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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-12

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Jun 12

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19 →

Receipts

975 head

▼ 498 vs last sale 1,473▼ 1,570 vs year ago 2,545 · −61.7%

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, steers under 700lbs sold unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 6.00 higher and heifers under 600lbs were mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Heavier weights of steers and heifers were not well tested. Demand was moderate on a moderate to light 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 $292.94/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −143.36 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$292.94

67 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$414

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

$55.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.13

vs MO average

−6.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	302.47	1,679	22
Medium and Large 1-2	564	293.11	1,652	39
Medium 1-2	513	267.00	1,370	3thin
Medium and Large 2	513	246.66	1,265	3thin

One grade step is worth $55.81/cwt here — about $414 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 sale67 hd

292.94

—

MO average17 barns · 2,771 hd

310.06

−17.13

National average149 barns · 7,793 hd

299.42

−6.48

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−143.36

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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	359.56/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,122	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,089	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	344.75/cwt	340.00–346.00	1,307	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	333.85/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,269	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	266.89/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,033	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,035	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	320.17/cwt	316.00–328.00	1,335	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	340.13/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,435	3
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	434	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,215	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	314.21/cwt	306.00–317.00	1,477	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	324.10/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,556	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	283.83/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,379	11
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	513	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,370	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	246.66/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,265	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	306.16/cwt	304.00–307.00	1,589	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	297.05/cwt	287.00–304.00	1,589	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	300.75/cwt	295.50–312.00	1,720	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	289.37/cwt	282.00–294.00	1,710	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	289.46/cwt	281.00–301.00	1,792	51
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	274.40/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,748	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,856	6
Steers	650–700	Large 2	663	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,359	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	262.77/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,800	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	255.09/cwt	254.50–256.00	1,862	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	240.57/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,756	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	235.83/cwt	220.00–246.00	1,825	36
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	224.67/cwt	224.00–225.00	1,822	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	951	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,083	4
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,041	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,176	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	313	213.90/cwt	210.00–217.50	670	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	334.68/cwt	331.00–336.00	1,058	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	295.97/cwt	285.00–309.00	959	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	263.51/cwt	250.00–270.00	880	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	370	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,117	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	373	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	671	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	293.49/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,098	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	261.63/cwt	254.00–277.50	994	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	239.06/cwt	226.00–250.00	1,014	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	283.62/cwt	272.00–298.00	1,234	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	303.18/cwt	299.00–304.00	1,352	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	299.69/cwt	295.00–306.00	1,394	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	284.81/cwt	279.00–291.00	1,347	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	261.69/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,264	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	279.38/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,453	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	230.05/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,226	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	260.01/cwt	246.00–268.00	1,388	23
Heifers	550–600	Large 2	554	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,163	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	267.66/cwt	260.50–278.00	1,534	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	252.44/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,452	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	591	235.59/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,392	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	258.16/cwt	247.00–264.00	1,590	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	237.78/cwt	233.00–242.50	1,467	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,611	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium 2	685	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,281	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	221.40/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,574	6
Heifers	700–750	Large 2	719	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,366	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	210.23/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,621	8
Heifers	750–800	Large 2	783	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,605	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,643	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	920	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,776	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	958	184.28/cwt	173.00–188.00	1,765	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,010	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,234	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	308.65/cwt	298.00–317.50	1,306	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	273.93/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,287	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,513	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	272.68/cwt	260.00–289.00	1,442	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	253.53/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,356	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	279.86/cwt	268.00–286.00	1,626	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,488	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	275.96/cwt	275.00–278.00	1,733	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	257.70/cwt	247.00–266.00	1,624	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	242.90/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,652	10
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	215.89/cwt	209.00–223.00	1,755	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers10 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	394	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	942	18
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	521	224.36/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,169	11
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	618	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,199	3
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	691	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,341	4
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	713	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,305	2
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	778	198.14/cwt	185.00–199.00	1,542	68
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	833	186.59/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,554	15
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	882	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,742	23
Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 3	925	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,781	5
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 3	980	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,744	3

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

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Receipts 975Last week 1,473Year ago 2,545

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	335.00	335.00
4	350–400	380	330.00–337.50	333.85
3	400–450	417	316.00–328.00	320.17
16	450–500	470	306.00–317.00	314.21
19	500–550	535	287.00–304.00	297.05
20	550–600	591	282.00–294.00	289.37
25	600–650	637	270.00–280.00	274.40
9	650–700	685	250.00–270.00	262.77
2	700–750	730	237.00–244.00	240.57
36	750–800	774	220.00–246.00	235.83
6	800–850	811	224.00–225.00	224.67
4	950–1000	951	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	350.00–377.50	359.56
5	350–400	379	340.00–346.00	344.75
3	400–450	422	335.00–342.50	340.13
26	450–500	480	319.00–330.00	324.10
7	500–550	519	304.00–307.00	306.16
15	550–600	572	295.50–312.00	300.75
51	600–650	619	281.00–301.00	289.46
6	650–700	663	280.00	280.00
11	700–750	730	254.50–256.00	255.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	663	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,041	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	513	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	387	260.00–290.00	266.89
2	400–450	410	252.50	252.50
11	450–500	486	270.00–291.00	283.83
3	500–550	513	245.00–250.00	246.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	285.00–309.00	295.97
3	350–400	374	280.00–300.00	293.49
11	400–450	435	272.00–298.00	283.62
14	450–500	473	279.00–291.00	284.81
23	500–550	534	246.00–268.00	260.01
17	550–600	575	244.00–259.00	252.44
15	600–650	617	233.00–242.50	237.78
6	700–750	711	215.00–228.00	221.40
8	750–800	771	209.00–219.00	210.23
6	800–850	832	197.50	197.50
2	900–950	920	193.00	193.00
4	950–1000	958	173.00–188.00	184.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	331.00–336.00	334.68
6	400–450	446	299.00–304.00	303.18
25	450–500	465	295.00–306.00	299.69
32	500–550	520	270.00–290.00	279.38
31	550–600	573	260.50–278.00	267.66
9	600–650	616	247.00–264.00	258.16
20	650–700	674	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	554	210.00	210.00
6	700–750	719	190.00	190.00
5	750–800	783	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	210.00–217.50	213.90
9	350–400	373	180.00	180.00
2	650–700	685	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	334	250.00–270.00	263.51
3	350–400	380	254.00–277.50	261.63
4	400–450	424	226.00–250.00	239.06
3	450–500	483	255.00–265.00	261.69
2	500–550	533	220.00–240.00	230.05
5	550–600	591	230.00–237.00	235.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	310.00	310.00
5	400–450	423	298.00–317.50	308.65
12	450–500	470	270.00–297.00	273.93
8	500–550	529	260.00–289.00	272.68
5	550–600	581	268.00–286.00	279.86
9	600–650	630	247.00–266.00	257.70
10	650–700	680	238.00–246.00	242.90
3	800–850	813	209.00–223.00	215.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	295.00	295.00
3	600–650	628	275.00–278.00	275.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	297.00	297.00
2	500–550	535	250.00–257.00	253.53
3	550–600	595	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	394	239.00	239.00
11	500–550	521	220.00–231.00	224.36
3	600–650	618	194.00	194.00
4	650–700	691	194.00	194.00
2	700–750	713	183.00	183.00
68	750–800	778	185.00–199.00	198.14
15	800–850	833	185.00–188.00	186.59
23	850–900	882	197.50	197.50
5	900–950	925	192.50	192.50
3	950–1000	980	178.00	178.00

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.