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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 16

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

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Receipts

866 head

▼ 135 vs last sale 1,001▼ 17 vs year ago 883 · −1.9%

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 4.00 lower, and the best test of 500lb-700lb heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a moderate to 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 $263.31/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −172.99 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$263.31

109 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,442

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$35.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.85

vs MO average

−36.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	274.45	1,549	39
Medium and Large 1-2	539	262.57	1,414	47
Medium 1-2	547	255.00	1,395	10thin
Medium and Large 2	531	238.93	1,270	13thin

One grade step is worth $35.53/cwt here — about $279 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 sale109 hd

263.31

—

MO average15 barns · 1,856 hd

285.15

−21.85

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−36.02

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−172.99

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

74 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	798	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	334.63/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,061	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	318.49/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,162	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	304.95/cwt	294.00–311.00	1,171	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,275	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	285.22/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,252	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,342	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	470	265.55/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,248	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	292.16/cwt	286.00–304.00	1,405	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	275.65/cwt	266.00–287.50	1,329	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	497	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,247	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	284.61/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,460	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	263.83/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,375	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	241.89/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,260	9
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	547	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,395	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	232.26/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,289	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	259.87/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,497	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	271.54/cwt	269.00–273.00	1,580	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	585	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,539	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,608	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,452	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	268.94/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,719	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	242.91/cwt	239.00–260.00	1,555	32
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	648	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,549	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	259.57/cwt	258.00–263.00	1,726	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	247.09/cwt	239.00–258.00	1,670	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	234.72/cwt	221.00–241.00	1,702	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	253.11/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,843	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	230.15/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,754	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	250.87/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,962	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	242.13/cwt	238.50–248.50	1,964	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	228.53/cwt	218.50–230.50	1,915	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,091	6
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,060	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,067	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	343	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,002	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	272.95/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,015	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	988	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,174	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	247.15/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,055	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	270.29/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,176	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,203	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	261.93/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,231	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	235.99/cwt	232.50–247.00	1,147	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,220	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,165	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	518	237.77/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,232	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	241.88/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,265	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	245.67/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,403	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	226.55/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,305	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	237.33/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,391	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	229.15/cwt	224.00–231.00	1,423	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	240.75/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,500	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	629	232.21/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,461	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	235.46/cwt	234.00–237.00	1,582	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	226.17/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,538	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	221.24/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,573	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,737	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,680	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,709	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,770	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	930	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,846	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	957	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,785	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	279.23/cwt	278.00–286.00	1,209	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	462	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,280	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	269.35/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,274	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,313	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	257.79/cwt	256.00–263.00	1,392	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,488	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	259.31/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,473	20
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	240.81/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,500	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	232.93/cwt	227.00–241.00	1,591	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	233.99/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,713	12
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	889	191.14/cwt	191.00–192.00	1,699	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

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

Receipts 866Last week 1,001Year ago 883

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly steady to 4.00 lower, and the best test of 500lb-700lb heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate 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	317	325.00–340.00	334.63
3	350–400	365	317.50–320.00	318.49
3	400–450	410	311.00	311.00
11	450–500	481	286.00–304.00	292.16
10	500–550	513	282.00–287.00	284.61
27	550–600	582	269.00–273.00	271.54
22	600–650	639	261.00–272.00	268.94
7	650–700	665	258.00–263.00	259.57
11	700–750	728	246.00–256.00	253.11
14	750–800	782	247.00–252.00	250.87
11	800–850	811	238.50–248.50	242.13
6	900–950	909	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	384	294.00–311.00	304.95
5	400–450	439	278.00–290.00	285.22
25	450–500	482	266.00–287.50	275.65
32	500–550	521	255.00–270.00	263.83
15	550–600	576	250.00–269.00	259.87
32	600–650	640	239.00–260.00	242.91
19	650–700	676	239.00–258.00	247.09
10	700–750	725	221.00–241.00	234.72
10	750–800	762	220.00–235.00	230.15
6	800–850	838	218.50–230.50	228.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,060	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	547	255.00	255.00
3	600–650	648	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	255.00	255.00
3	450–500	497	251.00	251.00
9	500–550	521	230.00–246.00	241.89
4	550–600	555	230.00–233.00	232.26
2	600–650	618	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	466	288.00	288.00
2	550–600	585	263.00	263.00
13	600–650	609	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	470	265.00–267.00	265.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	498	245.00	245.00
6	500–550	518	235.00–240.00	237.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	436	276.00	276.00
5	600–650	629	228.00–235.00	232.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	283.00	283.00
6	500–550	500	255.00	255.00
15	550–600	571	245.00–246.00	245.67
7	600–650	623	238.00–246.00	240.75
4	650–700	672	234.00–237.00	235.46
6	700–750	733	237.00	237.00
18	750–800	756	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	292.00	292.00
10	350–400	372	265.00–280.00	272.95
21	400–450	435	260.00–277.00	270.29
26	450–500	470	255.00–272.00	261.93
21	500–550	523	238.00–250.00	241.88
33	550–600	586	232.00–242.00	237.33
19	600–650	621	224.00–231.00	229.15
7	650–700	680	222.00–230.00	226.17
5	700–750	711	218.00–230.00	221.24
2	750–800	750	224.00	224.00
10	800–850	810	218.50	218.50
3	900–950	930	198.50	198.50
5	950–1000	957	186.50	186.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	260.00	260.00
9	400–450	427	245.00–250.00	247.15
17	450–500	486	232.50–247.00	235.99
2	500–550	500	233.00	233.00
20	550–600	576	215.00–228.00	226.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	433	278.00–286.00	279.23
2	450–500	473	264.00–275.00	269.35
6	500–550	540	256.00–263.00	257.79
20	550–600	568	250.00–266.00	259.31
7	600–650	623	236.00–253.00	240.81
8	650–700	683	227.00–241.00	232.93
12	700–750	732	225.00–237.00	233.99
7	850–900	889	191.00–192.00	191.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	462	277.00	277.00
17	500–550	515	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	551	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.