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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Aug 14

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

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Receipts

991 head

▲ 566 vs last sale 425▲ 181 vs year ago 810 · +22.3%

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 steady to 4.00 lower based on limited comparisons from last week's light run. Demand was moderate 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 $299.55/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −136.74 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$299.55

88 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$52.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.05

vs MO average

+19.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	305.38	1,661	76
Medium and Large 1-2	574	272.03	1,561	6thin
Medium and Large 2	550	253.21	1,393	6thin

One grade step is worth $52.18/cwt here — about $268 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 sale88 hd

299.55

—

MO average14 barns · 1,447 hd

299.50

+0.05

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+19.21

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−136.74

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

80 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 1-2	321	323.65/cwt	316.00–332.50	1,039	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,008	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,199	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	321.68/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,309	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	287.58/cwt	281.00–301.00	1,237	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	432	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,253	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	316.03/cwt	310.00–319.00	1,381	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	306.42/cwt	287.00–311.00	1,452	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,480	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,560	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	280.68/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,364	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,347	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	310.44/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,624	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,651	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	559	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,691	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	249.81/cwt	238.00–256.00	1,414	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	272.03/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,561	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	275.45/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,694	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	615	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,581	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	237.30/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,507	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	264.71/cwt	252.00–273.00	1,789	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,882	40
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	231.39/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,573	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,946	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	255.99/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,848	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	203.55/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,486	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	768	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,870	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	256.55/cwt	254.00–259.00	1,999	53
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	858	227.03/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,948	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	321	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,051	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	348	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	985	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	954	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	301.64/cwt	296.00–307.00	1,155	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	237.29/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,008	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	290.26/cwt	286.00–298.00	1,268	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	282.58/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,249	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	286.67/cwt	286.00–287.00	1,299	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	457	282.40/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,291	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	265.81/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,255	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	239.50/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,174	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	503	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,081	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	273.22/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,451	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,268	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	542	264.85/cwt	261.50–270.00	1,435	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	233.51/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,319	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	254.98/cwt	248.00–259.50	1,443	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	587	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,350	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	256.12/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,570	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	618	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,458	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	242.10/cwt	237.50–251.00	1,501	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	230.07/cwt	220.00–242.00	1,541	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	256.07/cwt	247.00–261.00	1,744	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,631	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	707	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,654	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	213.51/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,672	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	313.68/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,299	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	297.99/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,433	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	259.97/cwt	250.00–282.50	1,256	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	272.66/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,445	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium 2	567	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,162	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	260.54/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,613	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium 2	622	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,238	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	747	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,770	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,815	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	215.55/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,752	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers13 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	336	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	672	8
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	397	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	794	10
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	410	197.89/cwt	195.00–211.00	811	29
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	472	198.29/cwt	192.00–205.00	936	10
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	522	203.26/cwt	201.00–204.00	1,061	8
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	578	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,133	2
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	607	204.02/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,238	6
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	676	198.57/cwt	194.00–199.00	1,342	21
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	738	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,255	2
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	773	183.28/cwt	174.00–193.00	1,417	2
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	824	189.37/cwt	186.50–195.00	1,560	3
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	877	182.77/cwt	181.50–184.50	1,603	31
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 3	990	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,762	20

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 Aug 14, 2024

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

Receipts 991Last week 425Year ago 810

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	296.00–307.00	301.64
6	400–450	437	286.00–298.00	290.26
3	450–500	453	286.00–287.00	286.67
13	600–650	613	255.00–262.00	256.12
13	650–700	681	247.00–261.00	256.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	283.00	283.00
12	400–450	442	275.00–285.00	282.58
10	450–500	472	260.00–278.00	265.81
11	500–550	531	265.00–277.00	273.22
15	550–600	566	248.00–259.50	254.98
18	600–650	620	237.50–251.00	242.10
6	650–700	670	220.00–242.00	230.07
4	700–750	703	232.00	232.00
2	750–800	783	210.00–217.00	213.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	321	327.50	327.50
16	450–500	457	282.00–285.00	282.40
28	500–550	542	261.50–270.00	264.85
7	700–750	707	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	251.00	251.00
4	400–450	425	220.00–250.00	237.29
10	450–500	490	220.00–250.00	239.50
3	500–550	535	237.00	237.00
3	550–600	565	220.00–240.00	233.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	587	230.00	230.00
16	600–650	618	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	325.00	325.00
3	400–450	407	320.00–325.00	321.68
6	450–500	486	321.00	321.00
31	500–550	523	300.00–319.00	310.44
6	550–600	554	298.00	298.00
26	700–750	709	274.50	274.50
53	750–800	779	254.00–259.00	256.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	321	316.00–332.50	323.65
2	350–400	355	305.00	305.00
12	400–450	437	310.00–319.00	316.03
9	450–500	474	287.00–311.00	306.42
6	550–600	574	265.00–282.00	272.03
33	600–650	615	260.00–279.00	275.45
11	650–700	676	252.00–273.00	264.71
12	700–750	722	252.00–261.00	255.99
2	850–900	858	224.00–230.00	227.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	294.00	294.00
3	400–450	430	281.00–301.00	287.58
5	450–500	486	275.00–282.00	280.68
2	500–550	518	260.00	260.00
4	550–600	566	238.00–256.00	249.81
2	600–650	635	225.00–250.00	237.30
4	650–700	680	210.00–240.00	231.39
5	700–750	730	200.00–218.00	203.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	479	309.00	309.00
39	550–600	559	302.50	302.50
40	650–700	677	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	432	290.00	290.00
4	600–650	615	257.00	257.00
14	750–800	768	243.50	243.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	200.00	200.00
10	350–400	397	200.00	200.00
29	400–450	410	195.00–211.00	197.89
10	450–500	472	192.00–205.00	198.29
8	500–550	522	201.00–204.00	203.26
2	550–600	578	196.00	196.00
6	600–650	607	200.00–206.00	204.02
21	650–700	676	194.00–199.00	198.57
2	700–750	738	170.00	170.00
2	750–800	773	174.00–193.00	183.28
3	800–850	824	186.50–195.00	189.37
31	850–900	877	181.50–184.50	182.77
20	950–1000	990	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	567	205.00	205.00
3	600–650	622	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	320.00	320.00
8	400–450	414	302.00–320.00	313.68
16	450–500	481	290.00–311.00	297.99
3	500–550	530	265.00–285.00	272.66
13	600–650	619	254.00–268.00	260.54
3	700–750	747	237.00	237.00
4	750–800	753	241.00	241.00
2	800–850	813	210.00–221.00	215.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	483	250.00–282.50	259.97

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.