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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 3

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Mar 27Apr 3Apr 10 →

Receipts

1,000 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 988▼ 345 vs year ago 1,345 · −25.7%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Nov 2, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, lightweight steers weighing under 500lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher, and 500-600lb steers sold with a weaker undertone. Heifers under 550lbs were steady to 5.00 higher. Heavier weights of steers and heifers were not well tested. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.59/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −141.71 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$294.59

111 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$53.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.64

vs MO average

−16.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	308.44	1,654	59
Medium and Large 1-2	560	282.66	1,583	45
Medium and Large 2	571	254.58	1,453	7thin

One grade step is worth $53.86/cwt here — about $200 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale111 hd

294.59

—

MO average17 barns · 2,496 hd

313.23

−18.64

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−16.17

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−141.71

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.40, low $370.33, median $436.30 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

71 lots · USDA AMS · Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	377.24/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,181	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	344.19/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,112	3
Steers	300–350	Medium 2	345	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	880	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	357.22/cwt	354.00–385.00	1,361	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	336.97/cwt	322.50–347.50	1,284	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	391	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,290	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	350.43/cwt	343.00–372.50	1,482	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	330.08/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,406	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	356.66/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,612	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	326.92/cwt	313.00–336.00	1,546	68
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	296.19/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,451	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	499	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,552	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	331.86/cwt	307.50–337.00	1,683	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	289.11/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,483	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,425	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	293.79/cwt	288.00–299.00	1,628	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	561	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,633	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	280.31/cwt	262.00–288.00	1,617	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	250.51/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,473	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,702	14
Steers	600–650	Medium 2-3	608	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	912	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	260.59/cwt	254.00–278.00	1,616	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	231.30/cwt	221.00–242.00	1,545	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	253.23/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,709	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	237.11/cwt	228.50–247.00	1,736	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	236.23/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,800	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,789	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	895	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,611	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	911	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,895	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	955	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,719	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	300	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	750	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	334.48/cwt	318.00–345.00	1,090	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	307.62/cwt	287.00–312.00	1,009	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	324.39/cwt	307.00–326.00	1,210	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	294.56/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,134	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	393	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	908	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	397	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,243	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	309.59/cwt	300.00–324.00	1,310	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	425	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,169	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	289.79/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,246	54
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	258.30/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,206	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	291.04/cwt	286.00–294.00	1,371	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	279.10/cwt	266.00–286.00	1,340	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,403	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	277.18/cwt	274.00–286.00	1,439	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	262.84/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,377	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	233.66/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,271	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,427	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	559	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,398	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	242.46/cwt	231.00–246.00	1,406	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	247.87/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,502	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	235.90/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,456	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	225.94/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,491	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,380	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	208.34/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,500	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,620	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	801	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,522	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium 2	370	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,092	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	318.11/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,206	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	326.34/cwt	307.50–350.00	1,393	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,518	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	313.46/cwt	299.00–320.00	1,517	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,485	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,568	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,590	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	264.13/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,511	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	221.73/cwt	221.50–224.00	1,552	11
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	209.43/cwt	206.00–216.00	1,508	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	325	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	845	6
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	415	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	992	4

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

Wed Apr 3, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 1,000Last week 988Year ago 1,345

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	330.00	330.00
7	450–500	499	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	561	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	313	360.00–387.50	377.24
16	350–400	381	354.00–385.00	357.22
22	400–450	423	343.00–372.50	350.43
3	450–500	452	355.00–357.50	356.66
23	500–550	507	307.50–337.00	331.86
32	550–600	554	288.00–299.00	293.79
14	600–650	608	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	340.00–347.50	344.19
7	350–400	381	322.50–347.50	336.97
24	400–450	426	322.50–340.00	330.08
68	450–500	473	313.00–336.00	326.92
12	500–550	513	270.00–295.00	289.11
33	550–600	577	262.00–288.00	280.31
17	600–650	620	254.00–278.00	260.59
3	650–700	675	250.00–260.00	253.23
7	700–750	732	228.50–247.00	237.11
4	750–800	762	234.00–238.00	236.23
6	800–850	838	213.50	213.50
7	900–950	911	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	608	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	490	291.00–300.00	296.19
3	500–550	548	260.00	260.00
4	550–600	588	250.00–251.00	250.51
2	650–700	668	221.00–242.00	231.30
2	850–900	895	180.00	180.00
2	950–1000	955	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	287.00–312.00	307.62
17	350–400	385	280.00–301.00	294.56
54	400–450	430	275.00–296.00	289.79
40	450–500	480	266.00–286.00	279.10
26	500–550	524	250.00–271.00	262.84
17	550–600	580	231.00–246.00	242.46
17	600–650	617	220.00–240.00	235.90
2	650–700	660	222.00–230.00	225.94
3	700–750	720	200.00–215.00	208.34
3	750–800	757	214.00	214.00
4	800–850	801	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	275.00	275.00
8	550–600	559	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	326	318.00–345.00	334.48
12	350–400	373	307.00–326.00	324.39
18	400–450	423	300.00–324.00	309.59
33	450–500	471	286.00–294.00	291.04
24	500–550	519	274.00–286.00	277.18
6	550–600	553	258.00	258.00
9	600–650	606	244.00–249.00	247.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	397	313.00	313.00
5	500–550	512	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	250.00	250.00
2	350–400	393	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	255.00–260.00	258.30
3	500–550	544	233.00–235.00	233.66
3	650–700	690	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	379	310.00–327.50	318.11
15	400–450	427	307.50–350.00	326.34
12	450–500	484	299.00–320.00	313.46
5	500–550	521	285.00	285.00
5	550–600	572	255.00–271.00	264.13
3	700–750	720	206.00–216.00	209.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	482	315.00	315.00
2	500–550	528	297.00	297.00
8	550–600	558	285.00	285.00
3	600–650	600	255.00	255.00
11	700–750	700	221.50–224.00	221.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	260.00	260.00
4	400–450	415	239.00	239.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.