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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 9

● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

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Receipts

1,001 head

▲ 139 vs last sale 862▲ 135 vs year ago 866 · +15.6%

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 2.00 to 6.00 higher, with spots up to 12.00 higher. Heifers under 550lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone and heifers over 550lbs were steady to 3.00 higher. Dairy steers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher compared to the last holstein steer special sale two weeks ago. 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 $276.37/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −159.93 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$276.37

123 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,486

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$443

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2-3

$82.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.96

vs MO average

−17.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	289.60	1,561	40
Medium and Large 1-2	535	273.26	1,462	76
Medium and Large 2	579	255.29	1,478	4thin
Large 2-3	540	207.00	1,118	3thin

One grade step is worth $82.60/cwt here — about $443 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

276.37

—

MO average18 barns · 1,969 hd

287.33

−10.96

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−17.94

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−159.93

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

91 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,047	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,100	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	326.39/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,253	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	318.45/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,347	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	292.09/cwt	282.50–302.50	1,265	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	468	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,329	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	282.38/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,327	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	294.32/cwt	293.00–297.00	1,398	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	274.59/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,442	61
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	294.11/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,553	28
Steers	500–550	Large 2-3	540	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,118	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	279.08/cwt	274.00–281.00	1,577	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	267.83/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,540	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	579	255.29/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,478	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	618	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,551	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	629	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,661	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	272.99/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,720	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	256.91/cwt	252.00–257.50	1,629	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	259.74/cwt	258.00–264.00	1,738	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	245.98/cwt	238.00–256.00	1,653	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	232.87/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,595	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	256.65/cwt	253.00–259.00	1,832	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	243.85/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,768	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,778	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	251.36/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,928	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	238.51/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,944	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	229.75/cwt	228.50–234.00	2,017	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	219.66/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,999	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,086	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	328.49/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,071	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	253.82/cwt	245.00–262.00	845	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	317.13/cwt	307.50–327.50	1,192	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	255.49/cwt	245.00–262.50	963	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,190	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	312.42/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,259	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	419	300.81/cwt	297.50–306.00	1,260	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,041	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	274.76/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,179	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	280.51/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,307	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	244.49/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,156	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	262.15/cwt	254.00–275.00	1,243	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,300	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	257.75/cwt	254.50–275.00	1,333	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	250.46/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,335	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,261	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	252.17/cwt	248.00–253.00	1,397	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	223.61/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,270	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	240.60/cwt	233.00–246.00	1,386	29
Heifers	550–600	Large 2-3	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	603	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,435	9
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	608	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,471	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	244.09/cwt	236.00–249.00	1,499	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	232.83/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,441	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	209.89/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,308	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	663	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,326	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	212.48/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,424	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	224.84/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,524	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,652	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,654	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	222.67/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,625	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	219.35/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,711	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	206.02/cwt	204.00–208.00	1,669	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	214.80/cwt	213.00–215.50	1,764	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	854	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,828	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	313.79/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,202	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	409	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,346	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,357	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	276.38/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,230	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	284.07/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,312	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	269.95/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,309	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	261.52/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,407	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,315	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,501	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	257.54/cwt	254.00–263.00	1,440	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	242.43/cwt	234.00–251.00	1,515	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	235.47/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,582	13
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	224.96/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,631	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	227.49/cwt	227.00–228.00	1,740	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,812	4
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,911	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,950	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers10 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	323	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	652	3
Dairy Steers	300–350	Medium 3	344	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	602	11
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	375	190.71/cwt	190.00–194.00	715	11
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	562	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,040	3
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	605	192.40/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,164	5
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	773	179.51/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,388	4
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	819	179.84/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,473	16
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	853	181.27/cwt	180.00–183.00	1,546	19
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 3	991	189.84/cwt	175.00–191.75	1,881	53
Dairy Steers	1050–1100	Large 3	1,062	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,646	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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

Wed Oct 9, 2024

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Receipts 1,001Last week 862Year ago 866

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	579	250.00–257.00	255.29
3	650–700	685	230.00–237.50	232.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	295.00	295.00
18	400–450	433	282.50–302.50	292.09
23	450–500	470	275.00–292.00	282.38
61	500–550	525	269.00–279.00	274.59
15	550–600	575	265.00–270.00	267.83
27	600–650	634	252.00–257.50	256.91
24	650–700	672	238.00–256.00	245.98
6	700–750	725	235.00–250.00	243.85
3	750–800	750	237.00	237.00
2	800–850	815	237.00–240.00	238.51
6	850–900	878	228.50–234.00	229.75
3	900–950	910	219.00–220.00	219.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	540	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	332.50	332.50
13	350–400	384	320.00–337.50	326.39
29	400–450	423	302.50–327.50	318.45
11	450–500	475	293.00–297.00	294.32
28	500–550	528	282.00–295.00	294.11
12	550–600	565	274.00–281.00	279.08
4	600–650	630	270.00–274.00	272.99
26	650–700	669	258.00–264.00	259.74
5	700–750	714	253.00–259.00	256.65
3	750–800	767	250.00–254.00	251.36
8	900–950	929	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	468	284.00	284.00
6	600–650	629	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	618	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	245.00–262.00	253.82
5	350–400	377	245.00–262.50	255.49
3	400–450	425	245.00	245.00
3	450–500	473	235.00–250.00	244.49
4	500–550	541	233.00	233.00
5	550–600	568	220.00–228.00	223.61
3	600–650	623	200.00–220.00	209.89
2	650–700	670	210.00–215.00	212.48
2	800–850	810	204.00–208.00	206.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	608	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	326	320.00–340.00	328.49
24	350–400	376	307.50–327.50	317.13
5	400–450	403	302.00–315.00	312.42
12	450–500	466	275.00–287.00	280.51
22	500–550	517	254.50–275.00	257.75
6	550–600	554	248.00–253.00	252.17
11	600–650	614	236.00–249.00	244.09
7	650–700	687	240.50	240.50
7	700–750	701	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	305.00	305.00
22	400–450	429	260.00–277.00	274.76
18	450–500	474	254.00–275.00	262.15
23	500–550	533	246.00–253.00	250.46
29	550–600	576	233.00–246.00	240.60
22	600–650	619	222.00–235.00	232.83
17	650–700	678	220.00–234.00	224.84
4	700–750	730	220.00–229.00	222.67
6	750–800	780	215.00–229.00	219.35
8	800–850	821	213.00–215.50	214.80
4	850–900	854	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	498	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	419	297.50–306.00	300.81
9	600–650	603	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	663	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	580	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	202.00	202.00
11	350–400	375	190.00–194.00	190.71
3	550–600	562	185.00	185.00
5	600–650	605	190.00–193.00	192.40
4	750–800	773	178.00–180.00	179.51
16	800–850	819	175.00–182.00	179.84
19	850–900	853	180.00–183.00	181.27
53	950–1000	991	175.00–191.75	189.84
3	1050–1100	1,062	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	344	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	312.50–315.00	313.79
10	400–450	445	273.00–290.00	276.38
9	450–500	462	275.00–290.00	284.07
16	500–550	538	255.00–272.50	261.52
13	550–600	559	254.00–263.00	257.54
12	600–650	625	234.00–251.00	242.43
13	650–700	672	225.00–242.00	235.47
3	700–750	725	220.00–235.00	224.96
2	750–800	765	227.00–228.00	227.49
4	800–850	800	226.50	226.50
2	900–950	923	207.00	207.00
2	950–1000	985	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	265.00–275.00	269.95
2	500–550	548	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	409	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	323.00	323.00
15	550–600	556	270.00	270.00

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.