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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Aug 28

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

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Receipts

707 head

▼ 292 vs last sale 999▼ 298 vs year ago 1,005 · −29.7%

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, based on a light test steers sold unevenly steady, from 3.00 higher to 5.00 lower, and heifers were mostly 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a 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 $272.87/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −163.42 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$272.87

48 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$52.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.34

vs MO average

+4.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	283.60	1,557	23
Medium and Large 1-2	543	269.05	1,461	21
Medium and Large 2	588	231.23	1,360	4thin

One grade step is worth $52.37/cwt here — about $197 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 sale48 hd

272.87

—

MO average14 barns · 1,120 hd

279.21

−6.34

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+4.32

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−163.42

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

75 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium 2-3	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	3
Steers	300–350	Large 2-3	334	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	795	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	921	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	341	300.36/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,024	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	959	2
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	398	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	836	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	406	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,056	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	285.76/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,209	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	309.65/cwt	300.50–322.00	1,313	17
Steers	450–500	Large 2-3	455	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	960	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	274.04/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,307	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	287.17/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,516	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	272.66/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,442	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	280.86/cwt	278.00–283.00	1,587	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	263.19/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,490	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	231.23/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,360	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,644	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	220.99/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,364	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	258.31/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,607	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	236.61/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,599	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	229.92/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,692	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	252.91/cwt	246.00–254.25	1,869	31
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	227.94/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,769	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	220.51/cwt	219.00–222.00	1,835	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	356	161.06/cwt	153.00–169.00	573	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	245.33/cwt	237.00–254.00	891	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	278.66/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,051	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,128	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	252.51/cwt	245.00–266.00	1,066	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	238.79/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,046	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	226.56/cwt	213.00–241.00	1,069	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	252.96/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,202	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	477	204.61/cwt	200.00–209.00	976	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,127	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	243.57/cwt	230.00–257.00	1,259	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,312	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	239.69/cwt	228.00–250.00	1,369	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,480	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	249.35/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,561	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	229.73/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,447	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	220.82/cwt	214.00–227.00	1,479	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	235.85/cwt	232.00–244.00	1,715	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	218.98/cwt	214.00–224.00	1,605	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	219.00/cwt	218.00–221.00	1,691	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	191.47/cwt	183.00–200.00	1,547	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,530	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	243.17/cwt	240.00–250.00	922	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	295.52/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,135	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	264.04/cwt	253.00–275.00	1,141	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	288.93/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,323	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	275.10/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,309	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,499	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	270.34/cwt	255.00–279.00	1,436	27
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,247	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	562	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,517	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,294	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	250.71/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,442	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	229.34/cwt	221.00–247.00	1,422	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	227.42/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,524	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	224.49/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,726	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	232.51/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,809	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	868	209.04/cwt	207.00–211.00	1,814	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers11 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	388	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	850	14
Dairy Steers	400–450	Medium 3	401	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	670	8
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	541	171.97/cwt	165.00–194.00	930	8
Dairy Steers	550–600	Medium 3	551	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	827	4
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	584	193.18/cwt	180.00–198.00	1,128	19
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,233	5
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	726	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,307	4
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	770	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,386	3
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	865	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,298	3
Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 3	917	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,559	9
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Large 3	1,049	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,574	7

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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 707Last week 999Year ago 1,005

Compared to last week, based on a light test steers sold unevenly steady, from 3.00 higher to 5.00 lower, and heifers were mostly 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a light supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	424	300.50–322.00	309.65
10	500–550	528	286.00–288.00	287.17
13	550–600	565	278.00–283.00	280.86
27	600–650	609	270.00	270.00
31	700–750	739	246.00–254.25	252.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	341	295.00–317.50	300.36
10	400–450	423	278.00–290.00	285.76
7	450–500	477	265.00–280.00	274.04
13	500–550	529	260.00–279.00	272.66
8	550–600	566	250.00–272.00	263.19
26	600–650	622	245.00–267.00	258.31
5	650–700	676	235.00–239.00	236.61
4	700–750	736	225.00–235.00	229.92
7	750–800	776	225.00–237.00	227.94
4	800–850	832	219.00–222.00	220.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	275.00	275.00
2	350–400	355	270.00	270.00
5	400–450	406	260.00	260.00
4	550–600	588	220.00–243.00	231.23
6	600–650	617	215.00–230.00	220.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	238.00	238.00
8	450–500	455	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	377	272.00–290.00	278.66
13	400–450	422	245.00–266.00	252.51
17	450–500	475	245.00–265.00	252.96
13	500–550	517	230.00–257.00	243.57
10	550–600	571	228.00–250.00	239.69
13	600–650	630	221.00–235.00	229.73
5	650–700	670	214.00–227.00	220.82
2	700–750	733	214.00–224.00	218.98
3	750–800	772	218.00–221.00	219.00
2	800–850	808	183.00–200.00	191.47
2	850–900	850	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	290.00	290.00
3	400–450	403	280.00	280.00
32	550–600	584	253.50	253.50
5	600–650	626	247.00–252.00	249.35
15	650–700	660	240.00	240.00
3	700–750	727	232.00–244.00	235.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	356	153.00–169.00	161.06
6	450–500	477	200.00–209.00	204.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	237.00–254.00	245.33
8	400–450	438	230.00–240.00	238.79
5	450–500	472	213.00–241.00	226.56
3	500–550	510	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	528	248.50	248.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	388	219.00	219.00
8	500–550	541	165.00–194.00	171.97
19	550–600	584	180.00–198.00	193.18
5	650–700	685	180.00	180.00
4	700–750	726	180.00	180.00
3	750–800	770	180.00	180.00
3	850–900	865	150.00	150.00
9	900–950	917	170.00	170.00
7	1000–1050	1,049	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	401	167.00	167.00
4	550–600	551	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	379	240.00–250.00	243.17
4	500–550	542	230.00	230.00
3	550–600	565	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	458	287.50–290.00	288.93
5	550–600	562	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	524	286.00	286.00
2	750–800	778	228.00–237.00	232.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	290.00–306.00	295.52
4	400–450	432	253.00–275.00	264.04
10	450–500	476	266.00–285.00	275.10
27	500–550	531	255.00–279.00	270.34
8	550–600	575	240.00–266.00	250.71
7	600–650	620	221.00–247.00	229.34
5	650–700	670	220.00–233.00	227.42
4	750–800	769	222.00–227.00	224.49
4	850–900	868	207.00–211.00	209.04

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.