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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Sep 18

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Sep 11Sep 18Sep 25 →

Receipts

747 head

▼ 556 vs last sale 1,303▼ 194 vs year ago 941 · −20.6%

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 3.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower based on limited comparisons. Demand was moderate on a moderate to light supply.

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 $235.45/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −159.14 against this barn's trailing median of $394.59.

Average price

$235.45

107 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$21.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.15

vs MO average

−1.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	238.91	1,366	31
Medium and Large 1-2	538	235.24	1,265	71
Medium and Large 2	543	217.02	1,179	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.89/cwt here — about $187 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

235.45

—

MO average15 barns · 1,866 hd

247.60

−12.15

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−1.56

This barn, trailing median34 sales

394.59

−159.14

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

76 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	320.33/cwt	317.50–323.00	1,054	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	314.38/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,160	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	278.50/cwt	273.00–284.00	1,072	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	394	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,044	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,070	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	276.61/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,170	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	244.16/cwt	234.00–255.00	1,148	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	271.96/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,300	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	274.41/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,408	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	249.54/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,313	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	265.32/cwt	255.00–279.00	1,401	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,385	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	272.64/cwt	267.00–277.50	1,589	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	254.93/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,486	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	248.02/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,545	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	233.55/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,455	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	259.20/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,636	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	251.17/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,665	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	238.13/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,581	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	686	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,612	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	243.71/cwt	243.50–245.00	1,779	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	236.51/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,727	18
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	755	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,737	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	237.46/cwt	234.00–241.00	1,836	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	204.56/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,585	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	233.35/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,848	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	218.91/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,793	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	227.65/cwt	227.00–228.50	1,894	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,877	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,994	4
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,062	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,071	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	239.42/cwt	220.00–250.00	749	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	852	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	268.11/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,003	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,069	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,087	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	230.52/cwt	230.00–231.00	975	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	251.98/cwt	247.00–259.00	1,081	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	463	252.11/cwt	251.00–253.00	1,167	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	225.76/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,070	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	239.11/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,148	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	237.08/cwt	224.00–244.00	1,235	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,166	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,344	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	557	235.42/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,311	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	212.56/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,197	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	230.85/cwt	222.00–236.00	1,334	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	239.83/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,410	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,312	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,476	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	224.14/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,408	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	230.22/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,515	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	658	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,461	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	221.51/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,480	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	206.47/cwt	203.00–210.00	1,414	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	221.33/cwt	221.00–223.00	1,589	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	727	192.34/cwt	191.00–193.00	1,398	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	215.96/cwt	204.00–220.00	1,661	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	812	201.08/cwt	199.00–202.50	1,633	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	199.66/cwt	199.00–200.00	1,707	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,015	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,786	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	291.95/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,109	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,071	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	272.29/cwt	240.00–290.00	1,149	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	263.11/cwt	258.00–280.00	1,281	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	247.95/cwt	238.00–256.00	1,210	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	258.33/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,330	20
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,457	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	229.78/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,213	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	257.53/cwt	248.00–265.00	1,468	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,339	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	244.86/cwt	238.00–252.00	1,489	16
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	231.31/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,564	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	220.24/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,623	7
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	198.42/cwt	189.00–207.50	1,617	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	857	185.63/cwt	175.00–189.50	1,591	10

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 Sep 18, 2024

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

Receipts 747Last week 1,303Year ago 941

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower based on limited comparisons. Demand was moderate on a moderate to light supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	220.00–250.00	239.42
3	350–400	355	240.00	240.00
2	400–450	423	230.00–231.00	230.52
11	450–500	474	215.00–229.00	225.76
3	500–550	530	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	563	210.00–215.00	212.56
2	600–650	610	215.00	215.00
2	650–700	685	203.00–210.00	206.47
3	700–750	727	191.00–193.00	192.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	463	251.00–253.00	252.11
12	550–600	557	235.00–236.00	235.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	658	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	250.00–271.00	268.11
16	400–450	429	247.00–259.00	251.98
22	450–500	480	230.00–251.00	239.11
50	500–550	521	224.00–244.00	237.08
21	550–600	578	222.00–236.00	230.85
13	600–650	628	218.00–230.00	224.14
22	650–700	668	215.00–225.00	221.51
6	700–750	718	221.00–223.00	221.33
5	750–800	769	204.00–220.00	215.96
5	800–850	812	199.00–202.50	201.08
3	850–900	855	199.00–200.00	199.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,015	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	272.00	272.00
2	400–450	410	265.00	265.00
3	500–550	542	248.00	248.00
16	550–600	588	235.00–247.00	239.83
8	600–650	628	235.00	235.00
18	650–700	658	230.00–231.00	230.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	317.50–323.00	320.33
4	350–400	369	300.00–322.00	314.38
13	550–600	583	267.00–277.50	272.64
14	600–650	631	258.00–261.00	259.20
6	650–700	663	250.00–253.00	251.17
21	700–750	730	243.50–245.00	243.71
6	750–800	773	234.00–241.00	237.46
14	800–850	832	227.00–228.50	227.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	273.00–284.00	278.50
14	400–450	423	270.00–285.00	276.61
19	450–500	478	260.00–280.00	271.96
17	500–550	528	255.00–279.00	265.32
10	550–600	583	250.00–266.00	254.93
23	600–650	623	240.00–259.00	248.02
16	650–700	664	225.00–245.00	238.13
18	700–750	730	235.00–237.00	236.51
6	750–800	792	230.00–234.00	233.35
8	800–850	819	205.00–225.00	218.91
2	850–900	875	214.50	214.50
4	950–1000	980	203.50	203.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	755	230.00	230.00
3	1050–1100	1,062	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	394	265.00	265.00
4	400–450	418	256.00	256.00
2	450–500	470	234.00–255.00	244.16
5	500–550	526	240.00–252.00	249.54
2	550–600	570	243.00	243.00
2	600–650	623	232.00–235.00	233.55
2	750–800	775	200.00–209.00	204.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	513	270.00–279.00	274.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	686	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	380	280.00–296.00	291.95
6	400–450	422	240.00–290.00	272.29
6	450–500	487	258.00–280.00	263.11
20	500–550	515	250.00–276.00	258.33
10	550–600	570	248.00–265.00	257.53
16	600–650	608	238.00–252.00	244.86
8	650–700	676	225.00–244.00	231.31
7	700–750	737	210.00–233.00	220.24
2	800–850	815	189.00–207.50	198.42
10	850–900	857	175.00–189.50	185.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	258.00	258.00
3	450–500	488	238.00–256.00	247.95
5	500–550	528	229.00–231.00	229.78
3	550–600	595	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	528	276.00	276.00

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.