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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 2

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Sep 25Oct 2Oct 9 →

Receipts

862 head

▲ 133 vs last sale 729▲ 393 vs year ago 469 · +83.8%

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 unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 2.00 higher, and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good 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 $240.37/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −154.22 against this barn's trailing median of $394.59.

Average price

$240.37

56 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,329

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$384

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$64.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.38

vs MO average

−6.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	254.85	1,448	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	547	240.49	1,315	36
Medium and Large 2	553	222.04	1,228	5thin
Medium 2	560	190.00	1,064	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.85/cwt here — about $384 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 sale56 hd

240.37

—

MO average15 barns · 1,570 hd

253.75

−13.38

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−6.41

This barn, trailing median34 sales

394.59

−154.22

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

79 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	303	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	992	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	806	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	348	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,044	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	289.09/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,052	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	277.40/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,182	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	295.08/cwt	291.00–296.00	1,284	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	295.12/cwt	288.00–299.00	1,381	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	234.88/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,099	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,344	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	279.54/cwt	269.00–288.00	1,339	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	274.37/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,421	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	285.23/cwt	282.00–293.00	1,486	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	527	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,365	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	544	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,512	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	265.35/cwt	259.00–275.00	1,528	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	578	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,491	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,637	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	253.17/cwt	248.00–256.00	1,552	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	623	243.27/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,516	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	223.56/cwt	212.00–237.00	1,393	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	260.93/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,631	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	258.75/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,721	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	245.04/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,649	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	229.70/cwt	218.00–232.00	1,585	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	248.48/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,792	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	241.13/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,741	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,635	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	241.99/cwt	239.00–243.00	1,960	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	229.40/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,865	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	922	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,973	5
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,004	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,993	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	281.00/cwt	280.00–285.00	922	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	853	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	871	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	264.10/cwt	262.00–267.00	967	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,214	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	268.80/cwt	259.00–276.00	1,156	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	435	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	879	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,108	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,302	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	263.85/cwt	257.00–271.00	1,256	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	233.53/cwt	222.00–245.00	1,121	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	241.34/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,248	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	225.41/cwt	215.00–231.00	1,201	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	560	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,064	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	254.85/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,448	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	240.12/cwt	231.00–246.00	1,369	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	580	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,375	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	216.99/cwt	214.00–220.00	1,265	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	605	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,385	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	241.51/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,464	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	233.27/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,432	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	212.43/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,366	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,373	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	227.35/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,526	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	240.19/cwt	234.00–246.00	1,628	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	215.29/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,565	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	197.30/cwt	196.00–200.00	1,444	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	237.23/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,739	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	233.18/cwt	233.00–236.00	1,765	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,664	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	828	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,896	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	209.65/cwt	208.50–212.00	1,866	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,028	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,912	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	305.94/cwt	300.00–310.00	933	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	292.00/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,124	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	283.56/cwt	269.00–289.00	1,199	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,126	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	253.19/cwt	253.00–254.00	1,195	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	269.25/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,274	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	260.18/cwt	251.00–269.00	1,376	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	255.82/cwt	253.00–266.00	1,415	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	236.06/cwt	233.00–241.00	1,464	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,371	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	229.40/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,539	19
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,637	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	228.68/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,738	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	682	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,415	72

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 Oct 2, 2024

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

Receipts 862Last week 729Year ago 469

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	303	327.50	327.50
5	400–450	435	291.00–296.00	295.08
3	450–500	468	288.00–299.00	295.12
10	500–550	521	282.00–293.00	285.23
11	550–600	589	278.00	278.00
12	600–650	625	257.00–267.00	260.93
4	650–700	665	255.00–260.00	258.75
17	700–750	721	248.00–249.00	248.48
24	800–850	810	239.00–243.00	241.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	300.00	300.00
5	350–400	364	280.00–297.50	289.09
9	400–450	426	270.00–289.00	277.40
6	450–500	479	269.00–288.00	279.54
18	500–550	518	265.00–281.00	274.37
27	550–600	576	259.00–275.00	265.35
15	600–650	613	248.00–256.00	253.17
34	650–700	673	236.00–250.00	245.04
5	700–750	722	235.00–248.00	241.13
10	800–850	813	224.00–230.00	229.40
5	900–950	922	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,004	198.50	198.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	260.00	260.00
5	450–500	468	220.00–255.00	234.88
4	600–650	623	212.00–237.00	223.56
6	650–700	690	218.00–232.00	229.70
2	700–750	740	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	283.00	283.00
7	500–550	544	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	259.00	259.00
8	550–600	578	258.00	258.00
9	600–650	623	240.00–245.00	243.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	260.00	260.00
2	350–400	363	240.00	240.00
2	400–450	443	250.00	250.00
7	450–500	480	222.00–245.00	233.53
3	500–550	533	215.00–231.00	225.41
2	550–600	583	214.00–220.00	216.99
7	600–650	643	210.00–219.00	212.43
5	650–700	660	208.00	208.00
3	700–750	732	196.00–200.00	197.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	237.00	237.00
3	600–650	605	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	289.00	289.00
13	550–600	568	253.00–255.00	254.85
8	600–650	606	240.00–244.00	241.51
22	650–700	678	234.00–246.00	240.19
10	700–750	733	236.00–238.00	237.23
17	750–800	757	233.00–236.00	233.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	280.00–285.00	281.00
4	350–400	366	262.00–267.00	264.10
9	400–450	430	259.00–276.00	268.80
21	450–500	476	257.00–271.00	263.85
16	500–550	517	235.00–251.00	241.34
18	550–600	570	231.00–246.00	240.12
35	600–650	614	230.00–240.00	233.27
27	650–700	671	225.00–230.00	227.35
5	700–750	727	210.00–227.00	215.29
4	750–800	774	215.00	215.00
3	850–900	890	208.50–212.00	209.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,028	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	202.00	202.00
2	550–600	560	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	800–850	828	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
72	650–700	682	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	305	300.00–310.00	305.94
3	350–400	385	290.00–295.00	292.00
7	400–450	423	269.00–289.00	283.56
9	450–500	473	265.00–271.00	269.25
14	500–550	529	251.00–269.00	260.18
6	550–600	553	253.00–266.00	255.82
4	600–650	620	233.00–241.00	236.06
19	650–700	671	223.00–240.00	229.40
4	700–750	715	229.00	229.00
6	750–800	760	227.00–230.00	228.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	260.00	260.00
5	450–500	472	253.00–254.00	253.19
2	600–650	623	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	280.00	280.00

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.