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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Dec 18

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 8 →

Receipts

789 head

▼ 598 vs last sale 1,387▲ 358 vs year ago 431 · +83.1%

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 under 550lbs sold with a weaker undertone, and steers over 550lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers sold unevenly steady from 7.00 lower to 5.00 higher. 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 $296.05/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −140.25 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$296.05

125 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$60.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.65

vs MO average

−30.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	311.02	1,715	61
Medium and Large 1-2	553	289.05	1,598	52
Medium and Large 2	576	250.25	1,441	12thin

One grade step is worth $60.78/cwt here — about $274 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 sale125 hd

296.05

—

MO average16 barns · 2,858 hd

314.70

−18.65

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−30.58

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−140.25

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

86 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium 2	302	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	680	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	384.40/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,219	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	341.96/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,152	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	337.02/cwt	325.00–349.00	1,257	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	364.28/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,377	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	342.74/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,436	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	2
Steers	400–450	Medium 2	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	458	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,145	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	464	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,489	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	314.02/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,473	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	266.32/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,249	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	329.15/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,560	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	302.65/cwt	290.00–309.50	1,540	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	260.73/cwt	252.50–277.50	1,374	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	316.20/cwt	307.50–327.00	1,670	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	542	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,572	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	312.37/cwt	299.00–320.00	1,790	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	282.45/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,627	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	587	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,732	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	592	246.75/cwt	227.50–255.00	1,461	9
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	600	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,434	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	282.19/cwt	278.00–287.50	1,741	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	270.01/cwt	257.50–277.00	1,674	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,559	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	279.08/cwt	270.50–281.50	1,901	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	263.35/cwt	257.00–268.50	1,804	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	267.56/cwt	256.00–271.50	1,932	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	242.09/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,775	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	233.50/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,819	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,033	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	803	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,759	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	840	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,058	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	851	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,008	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	915	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,940	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	961	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,064	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	963	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	300.32/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,102	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	315.52/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,202	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	397	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,102	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	423	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	909	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	284.85/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,242	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	261.34/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,145	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	315.73/cwt	314.00–317.50	1,399	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	448	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,254	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	455	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,110	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	307.91/cwt	293.00–320.00	1,456	20
Heifers	450–500	Large 2	473	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	981	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	275.04/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,306	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,171	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,381	16
Heifers	500–550	Large 2	515	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,120	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	515	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	850	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	290.55/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,505	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	261.85/cwt	252.50–272.00	1,377	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	232.65/cwt	222.20–243.00	1,252	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	232.35/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,287	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	269.61/cwt	268.00–277.50	1,513	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	257.61/cwt	248.00–267.50	1,466	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	262.14/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,502	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,452	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	239.73/cwt	226.00–248.00	1,484	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	258.67/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,614	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	230.07/cwt	220.00–235.50	1,553	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,770	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,811	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,361	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	223.01/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,619	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,728	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,600	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,836	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,281	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,556	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	317.47/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,502	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,281	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	279.85/cwt	261.00–292.00	1,511	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	282.09/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,608	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,687	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	246.97/cwt	225.00–257.50	1,665	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,867	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	235.58/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,694	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,755	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	216.45/cwt	206.00–219.00	1,786	5
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	853	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,766	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	927	185.98/cwt	181.00–191.00	1,724	5

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 Dec 18, 2024

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

Receipts 789Last week 1,387Year ago 431

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	483	286.00	286.00
16	550–600	573	261.00–263.00	262.14
3	600–650	600	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	275.00	275.00
3	400–450	438	260.00–262.00	261.34
4	450–500	478	245.00	245.00
2	500–550	538	222.20–243.00	232.65
5	550–600	554	221.00–240.00	232.35
2	700–750	720	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	322.50	322.50
10	350–400	381	310.00–320.00	315.52
8	400–450	443	314.00–317.50	315.73
20	450–500	473	293.00–320.00	307.91
26	500–550	518	281.00–294.00	290.55
6	550–600	561	268.00–277.50	269.61
18	600–650	624	249.00–266.00	258.67
5	650–700	686	258.00	258.00
3	700–750	710	255.00	255.00
8	750–800	753	229.50	229.50
3	850–900	858	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	310.00	310.00
8	350–400	367	290.00–305.00	300.32
12	400–450	436	275.00–290.00	284.85
15	450–500	475	260.00–281.00	275.04
11	500–550	526	252.50–272.00	261.85
14	550–600	569	248.00–267.50	257.61
20	600–650	619	226.00–248.00	239.73
9	650–700	675	220.00–235.50	230.07
18	700–750	726	210.00–230.00	223.01
2	800–850	800	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	207.50	207.50
2	500–550	515	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	215.00	215.00
2	500–550	515	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	397	277.50	277.50
3	400–450	448	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	375.00–402.50	384.40
8	350–400	378	360.00–370.00	364.28
3	400–450	419	330.00–370.00	342.74
9	450–500	474	325.00–332.00	329.15
33	500–550	528	307.50–327.00	316.20
16	550–600	573	299.00–320.00	312.37
14	600–650	617	278.00–287.50	282.19
26	650–700	681	270.50–281.50	279.08
19	700–750	722	256.00–271.50	267.56
7	750–800	794	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	321.00	321.00
12	550–600	587	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	325.00–350.00	341.96
6	350–400	373	325.00–349.00	337.02
2	400–450	420	325.00	325.00
10	450–500	469	302.50–320.00	314.02
14	500–550	509	290.00–309.50	302.65
30	550–600	576	270.00–293.00	282.45
19	600–650	620	257.50–277.00	270.01
5	650–700	685	257.00–268.50	263.35
14	700–750	733	238.00–248.00	242.09
15	750–800	779	230.00–252.00	233.50
11	850–900	851	236.00	236.00
2	900–950	915	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	250.00	250.00
4	600–650	600	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	302	225.00	225.00
5	400–450	425	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	840	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	469	245.00–275.00	266.32
3	500–550	527	252.50–277.50	260.73
9	550–600	592	227.50–255.00	246.75
2	650–700	675	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	542	290.00	290.00
2	800–850	803	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	312.50	312.50
2	450–500	473	312.50–322.50	317.47
10	500–550	540	261.00–292.00	279.85
10	550–600	570	270.00–290.00	282.09
2	600–650	608	277.50	277.50
3	650–700	674	225.00–257.50	246.97
4	700–750	719	232.00–239.00	235.58
2	750–800	780	225.00	225.00
5	800–850	825	206.00–219.00	216.45
2	850–900	853	207.00	207.00
5	900–950	927	181.00–191.00	185.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	451	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	685	272.50	272.50

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.