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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Jan 15

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Jan 8Jan 15Jan 22 →

Receipts

1,655 head

▼ 1,561 vs last sale 3,216▲ 1,167 vs year ago 488 · +239.1%

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's wean - vac special, steers sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher, and heifers under 700lbs sold unevenly from 2.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Another quality run with some groups of long weaned and vaccinated yearlings on offer again this week. 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 $318.94/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −117.35 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$318.94

154 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$528

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

$105.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.50

vs MO average

−23.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	335.89	1,850	60
Medium and Large 1-2	549	313.94	1,725	76
Large 1-2	570	292.00	1,664	9thin
Medium and Large 2	594	288.00	1,711	7thin
Medium 2-3	575	230.00	1,323	2thin

One grade step is worth $105.89/cwt here — about $528 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 sale154 hd

318.94

—

MO average18 barns · 4,387 hd

336.45

−17.50

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−23.51

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−117.35

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 · Steers46 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	366.51/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,191	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	428.60/cwt	400.00–447.50	1,419	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	363	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,225	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	421.58/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,560	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	358.26/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,361	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	391	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,232	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	381.56/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,572	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	350.72/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,526	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	3
Steers	450–500	Medium 2-3	455	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,024	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,637	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	338.29/cwt	327.50–352.50	1,600	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,378	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	360.03/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,735	27
Steers	450–500	Large 2	496	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,364	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	505	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,682	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	325.94/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,718	39
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	352.69/cwt	337.00–363.00	1,873	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	6
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	570	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,664	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	322.63/cwt	316.00–331.00	1,845	27
Steers	550–600	Medium 2-3	575	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,323	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	299.48/cwt	292.00–312.50	1,728	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	594	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,711	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	616	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,039	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	287.13/cwt	282.50–291.00	1,789	40
Steers	600–650	Large 2	623	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,526	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	308.93/cwt	294.50–314.50	1,946	122
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	638	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,837	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	305.85/cwt	288.00–323.00	2,052	104
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,966	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	280.27/cwt	273.00–286.00	1,931	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	692	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,792	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	705	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,168	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	282.72/cwt	274.00–287.00	2,030	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	267.87/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,931	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	261.29/cwt	250.00–269.00	2,017	53
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	275.14/cwt	271.00–280.00	2,141	62
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,182	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	244.98/cwt	243.00–247.00	2,021	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	240.94/cwt	235.00–245.00	2,082	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	897	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,234	39
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	938	228.71/cwt	219.00–235.00	2,145	22
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,303	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	951	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,140	10
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,182	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,364	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	364.14/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,162	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	315.63/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,016	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	296.12/cwt	290.00–322.50	1,140	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	345.21/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,343	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	393	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,238	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	406	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,269	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	308.35/cwt	295.00–313.00	1,314	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	324.82/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,393	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	440	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,298	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2-3	449	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,024	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	318.63/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,485	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	287.82/cwt	273.00–297.50	1,407	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	307.95/cwt	302.00–314.00	1,595	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	276.50/cwt	265.00–282.50	1,457	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	260.54/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,381	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	286.82/cwt	283.00–290.00	1,666	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	270.36/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,576	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	587	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,556	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	607	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,511	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	274.01/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,696	105
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	264.98/cwt	256.00–271.00	1,651	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,817	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	659	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,661	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,523	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	247.69/cwt	239.00–255.00	1,679	41
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	235.18/cwt	228.00–247.00	1,705	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	254.28/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,864	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	235.14/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,820	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,834	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,939	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	891	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,876	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	317.69/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,573	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	306.76/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,607	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	534	320.25/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,710	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,863	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	276.72/cwt	249.00–295.00	1,777	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,869	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	250.42/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,851	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	240.34/cwt	239.00–241.00	1,903	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,924	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 Jan 15, 2025

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

Receipts 1,655Last week 3,216Year ago 488

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	315.00	315.00
3	400–450	440	315.00	315.00
4	450–500	475	290.00	290.00
7	550–600	594	288.00	288.00
3	650–700	692	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	340.00–395.00	366.51
5	350–400	380	345.00–380.00	358.26
25	400–450	435	335.00–360.00	350.72
31	450–500	473	327.50–352.50	338.29
39	500–550	527	310.00–335.00	325.94
35	550–600	577	292.00–312.50	299.48
40	600–650	623	282.50–291.00	287.13
41	650–700	689	273.00–286.00	280.27
17	700–750	721	265.00–272.00	267.87
53	750–800	772	250.00–269.00	261.29
3	800–850	825	243.00–247.00	244.98
5	850–900	864	235.00–245.00	240.94
22	900–950	938	219.00–235.00	228.71
10	950–1000	951	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	570	292.00	292.00
3	1150–1200	1,182	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	331	400.00–447.50	428.60
3	350–400	370	420.00–425.00	421.58
6	400–450	412	375.00–395.00	381.56
27	450–500	482	355.00–375.00	360.03
27	500–550	531	337.00–363.00	352.69
27	550–600	572	316.00–331.00	322.63
122	600–650	630	294.50–314.50	308.93
104	650–700	671	288.00–323.00	305.85
31	700–750	718	274.00–287.00	282.72
62	750–800	778	271.00–280.00	275.14
5	800–850	805	271.00	271.00
39	850–900	897	249.00	249.00
1	900–950	940	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	496	275.00	275.00
4	600–650	623	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	337.50	337.50
2	500–550	505	333.00	333.00
2	600–650	638	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	225.00	225.00
2	550–600	575	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	458	357.50	357.50
6	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
5	650–700	678	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	616	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	705	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	495	300.00–322.00	317.69
7	500–550	524	300.00–316.00	306.76
5	600–650	642	249.00–295.00	276.72
4	700–750	739	240.00–260.00	250.42
3	750–800	792	239.00–241.00	240.34
3	800–850	810	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	534	317.50–327.50	320.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	601	310.00	310.00
2	700–750	700	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	319	360.00–377.50	364.14
10	350–400	389	340.00–362.50	345.21
20	400–450	429	320.00–347.50	324.82
37	450–500	466	300.00–332.50	318.63
23	500–550	518	302.00–314.00	307.95
44	550–600	581	283.00–290.00	286.82
105	600–650	619	267.50–280.00	274.01
17	650–700	656	277.00	277.00
35	700–750	733	252.00–256.00	254.28
9	850–900	858	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	322	310.00–317.50	315.63
6	350–400	385	290.00–322.50	296.12
8	400–450	426	295.00–313.00	308.35
32	450–500	489	273.00–297.50	287.82
25	500–550	527	265.00–282.50	276.50
32	550–600	583	262.50–280.00	270.36
34	600–650	623	256.00–271.00	264.98
41	650–700	678	239.00–255.00	247.69
17	700–750	725	228.00–247.00	235.18
13	750–800	774	225.00–236.00	235.14
2	800–850	808	227.00	227.00
7	850–900	891	210.50	210.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	530	242.50–265.00	260.54
3	600–650	607	249.00	249.00
2	650–700	665	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	295.00	295.00
9	550–600	587	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	406	312.50	312.50
6	650–700	659	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	228.00	228.00

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.