Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2024-05-01

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, May 1

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Apr 24May 1May 8 →

Receipts

772 head

▼ 1,132 vs last sale 1,904▼ 408 vs year ago 1,180 · −34.6%

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

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 3 weight steers sold with a higher undertone, while heavier weights sold steady to 8.00 lower based on limited comparisons. Heifers under 600lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher and heavier weights sold with a weaker undertone. Demand was moderate on a light supply after a large run of feeders last week, and heavy amounts of much needed rainfall in the area over the weekend.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.96/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −126.63 against this barn's trailing median of $394.59.

Average price

$267.96

107 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,449

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$47.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.03

vs MO average

−0.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	282.20	1,495	52
Medium and Large 1-2	554	258.38	1,430	46
Medium and Large 2	541	234.65	1,269	9thin

One grade step is worth $47.54/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale107 hd

267.96

—

MO average18 barns · 2,717 hd

274.99

−7.03

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−0.42

This barn, trailing median34 sales

394.59

−126.63

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $337.37, median $394.59 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

70 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium 2-3	320	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	800	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	326	351.66/cwt	340.00–372.50	1,146	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	410.79/cwt	380.00–422.50	1,347	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	401.17/cwt	377.50–412.50	1,436	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	352.98/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,345	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	333.93/cwt	321.00–342.50	1,413	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	350.60/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,501	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	303.56/cwt	288.00–315.00	1,317	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	329.18/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,544	11
Steers	450–500	Medium 2-3	470	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,119	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	282.99/cwt	281.00–284.00	1,358	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	309.31/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,506	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	311.35/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,619	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	291.14/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,520	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,404	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	299.22/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,646	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	551	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,559	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	279.90/cwt	267.00–291.00	1,607	50
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	255.84/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,474	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	283.80/cwt	283.00–287.00	1,754	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	258.65/cwt	252.00–275.00	1,629	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	259.57/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,739	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	692	235.12/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,627	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	709	239.89/cwt	229.00–250.00	1,701	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,825	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	766	225.57/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,728	22
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	970	191.84/cwt	191.00–196.00	1,861	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	317	280.89/cwt	280.00–282.50	890	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	322.10/cwt	313.00–325.00	1,066	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	266.40/cwt	250.00–270.00	970	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	324.41/cwt	312.00–332.50	1,217	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	302.95/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,169	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	248.65/cwt	225.00–254.00	1,042	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	309.09/cwt	306.00–323.00	1,329	33
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	293.24/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,276	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	256.67/cwt	233.00–269.00	1,181	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	301.04/cwt	291.00–308.00	1,403	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	281.23/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,313	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	292.61/cwt	281.00–297.50	1,495	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	241.98/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,256	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	267.00/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,399	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,487	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	249.76/cwt	242.50–257.00	1,456	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	251.66/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,515	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	620	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,482	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	241.53/cwt	230.00–245.50	1,524	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,266	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	237.11/cwt	236.50–238.00	1,603	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	230.92/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,566	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	214.03/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,524	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,708	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	213.21/cwt	209.00–220.00	1,635	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	837	203.31/cwt	199.00–205.50	1,702	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	396.53/cwt	386.00–420.00	1,301	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	345.52/cwt	334.00–365.00	1,285	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	327.81/cwt	312.50–333.00	1,426	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,342	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	313.07/cwt	308.00–327.50	1,481	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,492	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	271.83/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,549	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	244.00/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,403	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	251.49/cwt	244.00–253.00	1,524	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	243.43/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,631	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	222.84/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,611	7
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	818	197.69/cwt	185.00–209.00	1,617	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	400–450	Medium 3	418	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	690	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 May 1, 2024

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

Receipts 772Last week 1,904Year ago 1,180

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	340.00–372.50	351.66
4	350–400	381	347.50–365.00	352.98
20	400–450	423	321.00–342.50	333.93
20	450–500	487	300.00–325.00	309.31
21	500–550	522	280.00–302.50	291.14
50	550–600	574	267.00–291.00	279.90
4	600–650	630	252.00–275.00	258.65
16	650–700	670	245.00–269.00	259.57
10	700–750	709	229.00–250.00	239.89
22	750–800	766	217.00–230.00	225.57
6	950–1000	970	191.00–196.00	191.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	380.00–422.50	410.79
5	350–400	358	377.50–412.50	401.17
11	400–450	428	345.00–365.00	350.60
11	450–500	469	329.00–330.00	329.18
16	500–550	520	306.00–320.00	311.35
9	550–600	550	293.00–300.00	299.22
5	600–650	618	283.00–287.00	283.80
2	700–750	713	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	551	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	470	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	288.00–315.00	303.56
5	450–500	480	281.00–284.00	282.99
3	500–550	540	260.00	260.00
5	550–600	576	240.00–261.00	255.84
4	650–700	692	220.00–240.00	235.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	280.00–282.50	280.89
4	350–400	386	300.00–306.00	302.95
11	400–450	435	280.00–303.00	293.24
19	450–500	467	273.00–290.00	281.23
23	500–550	524	250.00–279.00	267.00
23	550–600	583	242.50–257.00	249.76
29	600–650	631	230.00–245.50	241.53
27	650–700	678	229.00–235.00	230.92
3	700–750	712	210.00–219.00	214.03
4	750–800	767	209.00–220.00	213.21
3	800–850	837	199.00–205.50	203.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	313.00–325.00	322.10
4	350–400	375	312.00–332.50	324.41
33	400–450	430	306.00–323.00	309.09
27	450–500	466	291.00–308.00	301.04
30	500–550	511	281.00–297.50	292.61
22	550–600	555	268.00	268.00
3	600–650	602	249.00–253.00	251.66
5	650–700	676	236.50–238.00	237.11
4	700–750	733	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	364	250.00–270.00	266.40
6	400–450	419	225.00–254.00	248.65
7	450–500	460	233.00–269.00	256.67
6	500–550	519	240.00–243.00	241.98
3	550–600	585	220.00	220.00
2	600–650	633	200.00	200.00
3	750–800	775	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	620	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	375.00	375.00
3	350–400	372	334.00–365.00	345.52
4	400–450	435	312.50–333.00	327.81
12	450–500	473	308.00–327.50	313.07
4	500–550	518	288.00	288.00
5	550–600	570	269.00–280.00	271.83
6	600–650	606	244.00–253.00	251.49
4	650–700	670	241.00–246.00	243.43
7	700–750	723	218.00–229.00	222.84
3	800–850	818	185.00–209.00	197.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	386.00–420.00	396.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	295.00	295.00
3	500–550	545	250.00	250.00
3	550–600	575	240.00–252.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	418	165.00	165.00

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.