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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 17

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Apr 10Apr 17Apr 24 →

Receipts

1,358 head

▲ 157 vs last sale 1,201▲ 99 vs year ago 1,259 · +7.9%

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 4.00 to 10.00 lower, excluding 6 weight steers which sold steady. Heifers under 500lbs sold with a sharply lower undertone and heifers over 500lbs were unevenly steady.

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 $281.26/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −155.03 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$281.26

155 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$574

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

$112.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.94

vs MO average

−23.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	307.07	1,613	32
Medium and Large 1-2	553	281.66	1,557	103
Medium and Large 2	558	252.24	1,408	15thin
Large 2-3	533	195.00	1,039	5thin

One grade step is worth $112.07/cwt here — about $574 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale155 hd

281.26

—

MO average17 barns · 2,988 hd

303.20

−21.94

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

−23.13

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−155.03

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

84 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	381.25/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,235	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	315.87/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,042	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	337.79/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,257	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	305.61/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,149	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	358.73/cwt	350.00–392.50	1,370	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	344.78/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,403	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	326.45/cwt	316.00–338.00	1,400	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	294.51/cwt	289.00–306.00	1,296	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	330.02/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,505	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	307.50/cwt	297.50–317.50	1,445	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	287.00/cwt	278.00–294.00	1,383	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,444	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	310.62/cwt	297.00–321.50	1,603	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	287.03/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,501	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	257.94/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,354	8
Steers	500–550	Large 2-3	533	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,039	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	553	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,576	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	291.69/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,651	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	277.48/cwt	263.00–288.00	1,593	54
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	578	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,607	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	596	245.73/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,465	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	225.00/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,361	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	264.49/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,635	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	289.35/cwt	272.00–295.00	1,808	63
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,508	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	275.66/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,852	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	247.66/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,694	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	687	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,800	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,811	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	241.21/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,778	32
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	234.95/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,790	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	226.96/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,768	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	222.48/cwt	213.00–224.00	1,838	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	231.39/cwt	230.00–231.75	1,934	83
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	838	187.54/cwt	170.00–200.00	1,572	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	881	206.11/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,816	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	932	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,911	9
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,033	182.51/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,885	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	299.42/cwt	292.00–305.00	952	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	319.03/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,053	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	987	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	310.48/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,146	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	301.05/cwt	293.00–307.50	1,135	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	275.46/cwt	268.00–293.00	1,176	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	252.71/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,112	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	452	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,202	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	275.94/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,300	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	266.54/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,258	71
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,299	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	247.26/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,194	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	501	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,338	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	268.25/cwt	267.00–269.50	1,395	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	242.76/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,265	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	257.22/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,350	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	538	246.22/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,325	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	557	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,415	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	255.61/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,449	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	232.65/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,338	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	264.27/cwt	261.00–265.50	1,557	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	255.50/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,592	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	233.05/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,480	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	238.87/cwt	237.00–248.00	1,600	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	228.02/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,560	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	215.04/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,570	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,635	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,676	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,675	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,141	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	355.97/cwt	355.00–358.00	1,349	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	383.42/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,457	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	304.01/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,347	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	449	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,358	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	302.75/cwt	288.00–322.50	1,468	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	278.19/cwt	259.00–297.00	1,435	29
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,569	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,410	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium 2	545	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,352	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	277.56/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,568	16
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	284.91/cwt	282.00–288.00	1,761	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	256.74/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,656	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	251.70/cwt	237.00–260.00	1,651	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	213.94/cwt	203.50–225.00	1,654	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	961	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,547	5

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 17, 2024

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Receipts 1,358Last week 1,201Year ago 1,259

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	292.00–305.00	299.42
22	350–400	377	293.00–307.50	301.05
35	400–450	427	268.00–293.00	275.46
71	450–500	472	256.00–274.00	266.54
43	500–550	525	245.00–265.00	257.22
23	550–600	567	245.00–259.00	255.61
19	600–650	635	230.00–238.00	233.05
5	650–700	684	220.00–231.00	228.02
24	700–750	730	215.00–216.00	215.04
5	750–800	772	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	316.00–320.00	319.03
10	350–400	369	310.00–312.50	310.48
14	450–500	471	275.00–280.00	275.94
25	500–550	520	267.00–269.50	268.25
32	550–600	589	261.00–265.50	264.27
23	600–650	623	247.00–263.00	255.50
33	650–700	670	237.00–248.00	238.87
10	700–750	743	220.00	220.00
3	750–800	762	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	481	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	538	230.00–250.00	246.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	359	275.00	275.00
4	400–450	440	250.00–258.00	252.71
8	450–500	483	240.00–255.00	247.26
9	500–550	521	236.00–253.00	242.76
4	550–600	575	220.00–239.00	232.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	501	267.00	267.00
3	550–600	557	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	379	355.00–358.00	355.97
5	400–450	443	302.50–305.00	304.01
12	450–500	485	288.00–322.50	302.75
29	500–550	516	259.00–297.00	278.19
16	550–600	565	270.00–284.00	277.56
3	600–650	645	240.00–265.00	256.74
4	650–700	656	237.00–260.00	251.70
2	750–800	773	203.50–225.00	213.94
5	950–1000	961	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	449	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	380.00–385.00	383.42
2	500–550	523	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	618	282.00–288.00	284.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	545	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	310.00	310.00
3	500–550	532	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	498	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	578	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	372	325.00–345.00	337.79
12	400–450	429	316.00–338.00	326.45
43	450–500	470	297.50–317.50	307.50
41	500–550	523	270.00–297.00	287.03
54	550–600	574	263.00–288.00	277.48
25	600–650	618	250.00–270.00	264.49
13	650–700	684	235.00–250.00	247.66
32	700–750	737	230.00–242.00	241.21
11	750–800	779	218.00–230.00	226.96
25	800–850	826	213.00–224.00	222.48
6	850–900	881	200.00–219.00	206.11
9	900–950	932	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	380.00–382.50	381.25
16	350–400	382	350.00–392.50	358.73
17	400–450	407	337.50–355.00	344.78
10	450–500	456	327.50–332.50	330.02
26	500–550	516	297.00–321.50	310.62
6	550–600	566	290.00–295.00	291.69
63	600–650	625	272.00–295.00	289.35
12	650–700	672	275.00–276.00	275.66
2	700–750	733	247.00	247.00
13	750–800	762	232.00–245.00	234.95
83	800–850	836	230.00–231.75	231.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	430	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	533	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,033	181.00–190.00	182.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	315.00–317.50	315.87
9	350–400	376	300.00–310.00	305.61
11	400–450	440	289.00–306.00	294.51
14	450–500	482	278.00–294.00	287.00
8	500–550	525	240.00–266.00	257.94
7	550–600	596	240.00–250.00	245.73
4	600–650	605	220.00–240.00	225.00
2	650–700	670	225.00	225.00
4	800–850	838	170.00–200.00	187.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	553	285.00	285.00
3	650–700	687	262.00	262.00

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.