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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 10

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Apr 3Apr 10Apr 17 →

Receipts

1,201 head

▲ 201 vs last sale 1,000▼ 446 vs year ago 1,647 · −27.1%

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, steers sold mostly steady to 6.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Dairy steers sold with a sharply lower undertone compared to the last dairy steer special two weeks ago. 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 $292.35/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −143.95 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$292.35

110 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$356

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2-3

$88.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.24

vs MO average

−13.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	311.78	1,683	32
Medium and Large 1-2	535	292.76	1,566	62
Medium and Large 2	551	265.03	1,459	11thin
Large 2-3	595	223.00	1,327	5thin

One grade step is worth $88.78/cwt here — about $356 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale110 hd

292.35

—

MO average16 barns · 2,373 hd

302.59

−10.24

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−13.12

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−143.95

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

86 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	363.46/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,312	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	341.67/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,274	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	293.77/cwt	282.50–296.00	1,216	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	353.54/cwt	347.50–357.50	1,495	39
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	333.74/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,425	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	322.46/cwt	304.00–332.50	1,528	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	291.82/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,383	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	480	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,402	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,567	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	316.99/cwt	314.00–325.00	1,652	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	273.84/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,427	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	297.67/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,554	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	313.88/cwt	293.00–317.00	1,764	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	280.76/cwt	261.00–290.00	1,592	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	254.46/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,491	5
Steers	550–600	Large 2-3	595	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,327	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	285.10/cwt	283.00–289.00	1,765	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	245.99/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,533	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	632	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,485	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	264.01/cwt	255.00–276.00	1,679	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	651	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,986	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	663	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,525	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	251.20/cwt	241.00–261.00	1,701	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	264.28/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,797	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,862	17
Steers	700–750	Large 2-3	713	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,005	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	235.82/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,705	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	221.00/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,702	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	868	218.84/cwt	210.00–229.00	1,900	3
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,073	165.98/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,781	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	345.86/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,055	18
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	314.38/cwt	309.00–319.00	1,050	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	287.91/cwt	275.00–297.00	1,068	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	306.22/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,158	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	333.02/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,262	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	406	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	914	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	254.67/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,057	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	326.31/cwt	309.00–327.50	1,361	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	290.59/cwt	275.00–301.00	1,252	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	277.85/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,303	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	293.83/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,387	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	258.78/cwt	248.00–270.00	1,258	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	267.79/cwt	267.00–269.00	1,384	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	232.60/cwt	210.00–243.00	1,210	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	261.66/cwt	247.00–267.00	1,371	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	261.32/cwt	259.00–264.00	1,490	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	246.27/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,414	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	239.07/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,372	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	205.62/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,269	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	253.34/cwt	248.00–257.00	1,606	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	238.20/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,510	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	225.55/cwt	214.00–238.00	1,606	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	184.97/cwt	181.00–187.00	1,341	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	212.99/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,636	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	903	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,589	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,063	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,271	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	331.82/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,228	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,016	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	314.93/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,338	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,455	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,544	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	298.12/cwt	275.00–318.00	1,425	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	291.87/cwt	275.00–308.00	1,535	20
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,450	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,626	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	277.61/cwt	262.00–282.00	1,577	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,737	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	263.39/cwt	244.00–271.00	1,665	14
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	240.88/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,638	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,653	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,549	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,611	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers13 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	344	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	829	7
Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium 3	354	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	471	5
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	385	226.43/cwt	212.00–247.50	872	33
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	427	227.90/cwt	223.00–230.00	973	10
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	468	237.22/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,110	27
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	535	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,198	3
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	565	207.01/cwt	196.00–230.00	1,170	10
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	611	189.74/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,159	13
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	651	185.96/cwt	180.00–186.50	1,211	12
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	713	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,283	6
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	758	177.57/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,346	38
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	885	174.28/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,542	21
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Large 3	1,014	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,622	21

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 10, 2024

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

Receipts 1,201Last week 1,000Year ago 1,647

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	428	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	468	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	555	293.00	293.00
2	600–650	618	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	325.00	325.00
5	350–400	370	320.00–355.00	331.82
6	400–450	425	305.00–325.00	314.93
12	450–500	478	275.00–318.00	298.12
20	500–550	526	275.00–308.00	291.87
10	550–600	568	262.00–282.00	277.61
14	600–650	632	244.00–271.00	263.39
3	650–700	680	235.00–248.00	240.88
4	750–800	755	219.00	219.00
2	800–850	833	186.00	186.00
2	850–900	885	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	262.50	262.50
6	500–550	539	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	361	355.00–365.00	363.46
39	400–450	423	347.50–357.50	353.54
9	500–550	521	314.00–325.00	316.99
15	550–600	562	293.00–317.00	313.88
22	600–650	619	283.00–289.00	285.10
6	650–700	680	262.00–272.00	264.28
17	700–750	704	264.50	264.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	632	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	373	330.00–355.00	341.67
16	400–450	427	325.00–342.50	333.74
30	450–500	474	304.00–332.50	322.46
44	500–550	522	280.00–307.00	297.67
18	550–600	567	261.00–290.00	280.76
16	600–650	636	255.00–276.00	264.01
16	650–700	677	241.00–261.00	251.20
10	700–750	723	230.00–240.00	235.82
2	750–800	770	220.00–222.00	221.00
3	850–900	868	210.00–229.00	218.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	663	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	595	223.00	223.00
3	700–750	713	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,073	164.00–170.00	165.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	651	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	519	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	414	282.50–296.00	293.77
7	450–500	474	280.00–303.00	291.82
6	500–550	521	271.00–275.00	273.84
5	550–600	586	250.00–260.00	254.46
2	600–650	623	245.00–247.00	245.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	305	340.00–350.00	345.86
18	350–400	379	320.00–337.00	333.02
16	400–450	417	309.00–327.50	326.31
9	450–500	472	282.00–300.00	293.83
9	500–550	517	267.00–269.00	267.79
16	550–600	570	259.00–264.00	261.32
32	600–650	634	248.00–257.00	253.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	309.00–319.00	314.38
10	350–400	378	295.00–317.50	306.22
17	400–450	431	275.00–301.00	290.59
30	450–500	469	270.00–289.00	277.85
48	500–550	524	247.00–267.00	261.66
13	550–600	574	240.00–258.00	246.27
15	600–650	634	225.00–245.00	238.20
3	700–750	712	214.00–238.00	225.55
2	750–800	768	210.00–216.00	212.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	406	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	275.00–297.00	287.91
13	400–450	415	252.00–269.00	254.67
6	450–500	486	248.00–270.00	258.78
5	500–550	520	210.00–243.00	232.60
5	550–600	574	220.00–244.00	239.07
8	600–650	617	190.00–220.00	205.62
3	700–750	725	181.00–187.00	184.97
2	900–950	903	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	344	241.00	241.00
33	350–400	385	212.00–247.50	226.43
10	400–450	427	223.00–230.00	227.90
27	450–500	468	231.00–250.00	237.22
3	500–550	535	224.00	224.00
10	550–600	565	196.00–230.00	207.01
13	600–650	611	180.00–200.00	189.74
12	650–700	651	180.00–186.50	185.96
6	700–750	713	180.00	180.00
38	750–800	758	160.00–180.00	177.57
21	850–900	885	160.00–180.00	174.28
21	1000–1050	1,014	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	133.00	133.00

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.