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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 23

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Oct 16Oct 23Oct 30 →

Receipts

914 head

▲ 48 vs last sale 866▲ 168 vs year ago 746 · +22.5%

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, lightweight steer calves under 550lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, and steers over 550lbs were steady to 4.00 lower. Heifers sold unevenly steady from 2.00 higher to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a 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 $278.23/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −158.06 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$278.23

78 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$41.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.78

vs MO average

−20.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	286.58	1,497	41
Medium and Large 1-2	547	271.10	1,483	34
Medium and Large 2	523	244.87	1,281	3thin

One grade step is worth $41.71/cwt here — about $217 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 sale78 hd

278.23

—

MO average18 barns · 2,679 hd

281.01

−2.78

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−20.81

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−158.06

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

87 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	311.73/cwt	295.00–317.50	982	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,184	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	297.90/cwt	288.00–315.00	1,093	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	984	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	318.77/cwt	307.00–322.50	1,323	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	289.50/cwt	278.00–294.00	1,204	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	253.64/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,073	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	457	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,440	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	275.99/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,292	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	254.53/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,232	7
Steers	450–500	Large 2-3	488	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,010	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	291.71/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,496	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	244.87/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,281	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	274.80/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,445	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	544	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,474	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	270.24/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,524	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	264.33/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,549	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	265.71/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,605	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	628	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,639	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	255.34/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,609	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	232.67/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,501	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	250.77/cwt	244.00–260.00	1,688	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	259.95/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,781	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	252.75/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,792	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	244.66/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,742	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	762	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,638	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	237.06/cwt	222.50–247.00	1,830	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	241.66/cwt	238.00–243.00	1,974	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	215.21/cwt	209.00–225.00	1,894	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	921	206.52/cwt	205.00–208.50	1,902	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	279.22/cwt	275.00–295.00	874	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	274.52/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,018	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	235.14/cwt	226.00–240.00	985	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,239	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	258.66/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,123	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	458	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,099	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	266.88/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,246	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	251.26/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,201	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,117	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	233.64/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,236	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	539	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,294	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,276	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	220.29/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,223	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	234.64/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,356	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	593	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,162	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,436	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	231.95/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,443	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	237.94/cwt	237.00–239.50	1,504	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,318	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	203.51/cwt	200.00–214.00	1,370	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	237.95/cwt	233.00–246.00	1,609	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	224.78/cwt	214.00–230.50	1,520	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	221.60/cwt	210.00–227.50	1,589	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	236.62/cwt	236.00–237.50	1,730	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,763	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	221.55/cwt	214.00–226.00	1,708	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	788	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,576	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,659	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	945	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,786	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	983	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,011	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	281.51/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,064	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	284.34/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,237	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	276.21/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,315	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	258.30/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,263	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,088	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	262.29/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,374	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,570	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	252.19/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,443	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	261.50/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,613	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	619	217.43/cwt	216.00–218.00	1,346	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	243.73/cwt	225.00–253.00	1,553	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	213.35/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,476	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	200.47/cwt	195.00–220.00	1,467	12
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	192.02/cwt	183.00–195.00	1,517	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	192.41/cwt	187.00–197.00	1,555	11
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	535	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	984	2
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	566	174.07/cwt	170.00–180.00	985	5
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	633	177.51/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,124	4
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	680	158.04/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,075	5
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	716	196.56/cwt	170.00–206.00	1,407	96
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	780	179.19/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,398	12
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	805	162.50/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,308	2
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	867	173.32/cwt	162.00–175.00	1,503	16
Dairy Steers	1050–1100	Large 3	1,081	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,676	4

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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Receipts 914Last week 866Year ago 746

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	295.00–317.50	311.73
9	350–400	367	288.00–315.00	297.90
5	400–450	416	278.00–294.00	289.50
20	450–500	468	270.00–290.00	275.99
22	500–550	526	270.00–281.00	274.80
12	550–600	586	254.00–268.00	264.33
29	600–650	630	243.00–260.00	255.34
14	650–700	673	244.00–260.00	250.77
3	700–750	712	244.00–245.00	244.66
11	750–800	772	222.50–247.00	237.06
19	850–900	880	209.00–225.00	215.21
9	900–950	921	205.00–208.50	206.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	266.00	266.00
3	400–450	423	250.00–261.00	253.64
7	450–500	484	250.00–267.00	254.53
3	500–550	523	240.00–255.00	244.87
3	600–650	645	230.00–234.00	232.67
3	750–800	762	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	322.50	322.50
4	400–450	415	307.00–322.50	318.77
31	500–550	513	290.00–296.00	291.71
4	550–600	564	269.00–272.00	270.24
7	600–650	604	264.00–266.00	265.71
10	650–700	685	258.00–268.00	259.95
8	700–750	709	249.00–259.00	252.75
15	800–850	817	238.00–243.00	241.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	457	315.00	315.00
6	500–550	544	271.00	271.00
4	600–650	628	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	488	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	539	240.00	240.00
4	600–650	619	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	275.00–295.00	279.22
4	350–400	371	270.00–287.00	274.52
25	400–450	434	245.00–267.00	258.66
27	450–500	478	240.00–262.00	251.26
4	500–550	529	230.00–240.00	233.64
35	550–600	578	230.00–240.00	234.64
21	600–650	622	220.00–236.00	231.95
23	650–700	676	214.00–230.50	224.78
3	700–750	717	210.00–227.50	221.60
4	750–800	771	214.00–226.00	221.55
3	850–900	873	190.00	190.00
3	900–950	945	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	295.00	295.00
7	450–500	467	265.00–270.00	266.88
2	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
8	600–650	632	237.00–239.50	237.94
8	650–700	676	233.00–246.00	237.95
21	700–750	731	236.00–237.50	236.62
9	750–800	770	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	419	226.00–240.00	235.14
3	450–500	475	215.00	215.00
3	500–550	522	214.00	214.00
3	550–600	555	216.00–225.00	220.29
3	600–650	640	206.00	206.00
4	650–700	673	200.00–214.00	203.51
3	750–800	788	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	550	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	593	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	184.00	184.00
5	550–600	566	170.00–180.00	174.07
4	600–650	633	175.00–185.00	177.51
5	650–700	680	150.00–170.00	158.04
96	700–750	716	170.00–206.00	196.56
12	750–800	780	175.00–180.00	179.19
2	800–850	805	150.00–175.00	162.50
16	850–900	867	162.00–175.00	173.32
4	1050–1100	1,081	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	293.00	293.00
2	350–400	378	270.00–292.00	281.51
3	400–450	435	283.00–285.00	284.34
9	450–500	476	270.00–290.00	276.21
7	500–550	524	258.00–270.00	262.29
5	550–600	572	250.00–255.00	252.19
6	600–650	637	225.00–253.00	243.73
3	650–700	692	200.00–220.00	213.35
12	700–750	732	195.00–220.00	200.47
4	750–800	790	183.00–195.00	192.02
11	800–850	808	187.00–197.00	192.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	489	250.00–264.00	258.30
2	500–550	518	210.00	210.00
7	600–650	619	216.00–218.00	217.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	327.50	327.50
4	550–600	571	275.00	275.00
10	600–650	617	257.00–262.00	261.50

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.