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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Sep 4

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Aug 28Sep 4Sep 11 →

Receipts

1,198 head

▲ 491 vs last sale 707▲ 631 vs year ago 567 · +111.3%

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 and heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher with spots up to 10.00 higher. An attractive offering this week with some groups of long weaned yearlings, and short or unweaned good quality calves. Demand was good 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 $278.34/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −157.96 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$278.34

123 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$18.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.71

vs MO average

+8.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	285.09	1,540	78
Medium and Large 1-2	560	266.64	1,492	45

One grade step is worth $18.44/cwt here — about $48 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale123 hd

278.34

—

MO average8 barns · 535 hd

285.04

−6.71

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+8.94

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−157.96

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

85 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	303.08/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,003	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	308.42/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,141	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	285.97/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,181	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	248.89/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,053	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	318.47/cwt	301.00–322.00	1,389	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	281.76/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,290	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,389	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	487	281.89/cwt	281.00–283.00	1,373	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	518	286.06/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,482	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,521	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	266.33/cwt	254.00–277.00	1,425	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	557	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,498	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,621	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	264.96/cwt	253.00–275.00	1,526	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	584	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,542	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	252.80/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,532	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	284.82/cwt	266.00–286.50	1,780	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	628	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,636	16
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	628	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,488	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,801	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	246.62/cwt	223.00–259.00	1,660	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,503	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	238.65/cwt	227.00–248.00	1,711	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,911	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	725	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,769	37
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	241.20/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,852	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	205.39/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,582	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	253.51/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,960	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,057	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	843	218.84/cwt	218.00–223.00	1,845	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,964	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	975	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,048	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	308	245.45/cwt	230.00–256.00	756	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	236.03/cwt	230.00–260.00	869	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	277.98/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,048	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	271.55/cwt	256.00–276.00	1,135	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	285.17/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,201	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	235.83/cwt	228.00–250.00	993	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	460	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,058	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	461	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,208	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	278.91/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,291	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	261.77/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,212	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	229.64/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,093	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	270.75/cwt	258.00–275.00	1,386	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	227.83/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,185	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	526	262.18/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,379	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	252.45/cwt	241.00–256.00	1,346	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	244.20/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,377	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	261.11/cwt	257.00–268.00	1,488	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	261.42/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,600	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	233.62/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,455	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,353	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	232.11/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,544	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,664	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	238.77/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,719	45
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	219.87/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,590	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	225.26/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,710	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	767	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,611	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	212.44/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,683	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	841	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,707	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	196.07/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,706	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	927	186.30/cwt	182.50–190.00	1,727	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	988	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,724	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	348	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,044	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	297.36/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,109	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	274.89/cwt	267.00–295.00	1,177	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	251.01/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,104	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	271.25/cwt	267.00–282.00	1,294	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	486	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	972	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,196	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	261.10/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,381	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	247.05/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,396	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,351	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	237.26/cwt	230.00–248.50	1,511	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	238.54/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,622	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	703	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,476	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	239.85/cwt	237.50–243.00	1,734	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	228.78/cwt	227.50–230.50	1,746	14
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,747	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	900	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,665	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	957	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,799	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.

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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

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Receipts 1,198Last week 707Year ago 567

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	700–750	725	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	436	301.00–322.00	318.47
6	450–500	484	287.00	287.00
5	500–550	521	292.00	292.00
27	550–600	560	289.50	289.50
35	600–650	625	266.00–286.50	284.82
7	650–700	656	274.50	274.50
34	700–750	721	265.00	265.00
25	750–800	773	252.00–254.00	253.51
7	800–850	813	253.00	253.00
12	850–900	854	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	331	300.00–312.50	303.08
3	350–400	370	305.00–315.00	308.42
4	400–450	413	280.00–300.00	285.97
8	450–500	458	280.00–290.00	281.76
11	500–550	535	254.00–277.00	266.33
19	550–600	576	253.00–275.00	264.96
17	600–650	606	245.00–263.00	252.80
30	650–700	673	223.00–259.00	246.62
11	700–750	717	227.00–248.00	238.65
15	750–800	768	237.00–244.00	241.20
6	800–850	843	218.00–223.00	218.84
9	950–1000	975	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	628	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	250.00	250.00
6	400–450	423	230.00–253.00	248.89
3	450–500	490	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	635	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	683	220.00	220.00
2	750–800	770	200.00–211.00	205.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	487	281.00–283.00	281.89
37	500–550	518	285.00–287.00	286.06
9	550–600	584	264.00	264.00
16	600–650	628	260.50	260.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	557	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	526	261.00–264.00	262.18
15	550–600	555	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	308	230.00–256.00	245.45
5	350–400	368	230.00–260.00	236.03
8	400–450	421	228.00–250.00	235.83
4	450–500	476	220.00–238.00	229.64
4	500–550	520	225.00–230.00	227.83
2	600–650	638	212.00	212.00
3	750–800	767	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	421	279.00–287.00	285.17
23	450–500	463	277.00–279.00	278.91
41	500–550	512	258.00–275.00	270.75
11	550–600	570	257.00–268.00	261.11
30	600–650	612	251.00–264.00	261.42
8	650–700	671	248.00	248.00
45	700–750	720	230.00–242.50	238.77
25	750–800	759	221.00–230.00	225.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	377	261.00–281.00	277.98
9	400–450	418	256.00–276.00	271.55
22	450–500	463	250.00–266.00	261.77
38	500–550	533	241.00–256.00	252.45
20	550–600	564	230.00–252.00	244.20
8	600–650	623	223.00–240.00	233.62
19	650–700	665	228.00–236.00	232.11
8	700–750	723	215.00–221.00	219.87
7	750–800	792	201.00–217.00	212.44
8	800–850	841	203.00	203.00
2	850–900	870	190.00–202.00	196.07
4	900–950	927	182.50–190.00	186.30
7	950–1000	988	174.50	174.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	460	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	461	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	486	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	300.00	300.00
4	350–400	373	290.00–312.50	297.36
5	400–450	428	267.00–295.00	274.89
8	450–500	477	267.00–282.00	271.25
8	500–550	529	250.00–270.00	261.10
13	550–600	565	240.00–263.00	247.05
11	600–650	637	230.00–248.50	237.26
6	650–700	680	231.00–240.00	238.54
3	700–750	723	237.50–243.00	239.85
14	750–800	763	227.50–230.50	228.78
2	850–900	865	202.00	202.00
2	900–950	900	185.00	185.00
3	950–1000	957	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	250.00–252.00	251.01
3	450–500	493	242.50	242.50
3	550–600	575	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	703	210.00	210.00

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.