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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Jan 22

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Jan 15Jan 22Jan 29 →

Receipts

921 head

▼ 734 vs last sale 1,655▲ 348 vs year ago 573 · +60.7%

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 unevenly from 3.00 higher to 8.00 lower. Heifers under 500lbs sold with a higher undertone and heifers over 500lbs were mostly steady 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 $323.02/cwt on 134 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −113.28 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$323.02

134 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,794

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$718

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$125.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.40

vs MO average

−17.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	333.48	1,862	81
Medium and Large 1-2	549	312.38	1,715	49
Medium and Large 2	598	275.00	1,645	2thin
Large 2	550	208.00	1,144	2thin

One grade step is worth $125.48/cwt here — about $718 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 sale134 hd

323.02

—

MO average15 barns · 3,828 hd

334.43

−11.40

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−17.92

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−113.28

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

79 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 1	313	422.52/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,322	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,202	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	407.92/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,554	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	306.28/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,179	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	389.97/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,591	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	421	358.70/cwt	357.50–360.00	1,510	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	414.35/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,757	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	372.13/cwt	357.50–395.00	1,701	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	461	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,664	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	302.03/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,414	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	337.11/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,598	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	343.51/cwt	325.00–351.00	1,831	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	317.35/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,691	34
Steers	550–600	Large 2	550	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,144	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	325.89/cwt	324.00–330.00	1,854	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	329.87/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,887	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	301.12/cwt	292.00–312.50	1,762	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	598	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,645	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,441	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	288.20/cwt	278.00–295.00	1,816	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	305.35/cwt	297.00–308.00	1,933	7
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	648	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,834	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,936	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	275.00/cwt	267.00–289.00	1,837	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	677	254.69/cwt	247.50–267.50	1,724	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	699	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,964	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	276.51/cwt	274.00–277.00	2,013	6
Steers	700–750	Large 2	745	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,565	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	256.70/cwt	248.00–269.00	1,984	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	252.51/cwt	251.00–254.00	2,108	2
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,009	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,099	6
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,052	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,999	3
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,053	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,359	6
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,184	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,380	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	338	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	997	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,129	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	350.32/cwt	330.00–362.50	1,279	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	358.61/cwt	341.00–366.00	1,531	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	427	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,366	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,380	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,313	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,490	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	330.03/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,584	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	505	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,401	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	302.83/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,541	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	285.88/cwt	272.00–295.00	1,495	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	525	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,076	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	271.09/cwt	266.00–277.00	1,526	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	291.10/cwt	286.00–295.00	1,651	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	274.76/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,682	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	616	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,546	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	259.89/cwt	242.50–267.00	1,617	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	245.34/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,673	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,864	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	229.53/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,797	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	816	218.97/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,787	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	209.89/cwt	204.00–218.00	1,941	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	344.75/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,631	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	328.71/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,561	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	309.55/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,619	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	555	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,782	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	299.58/cwt	282.50–310.00	1,663	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	292.38/cwt	288.00–305.00	1,798	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	271.99/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,754	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	249.17/cwt	244.00–261.00	1,764	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	238.09/cwt	237.50–241.00	1,867	6
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	803	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,927	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	912	207.06/cwt	196.00–210.00	1,888	11
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers10 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	472	230.09/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,086	4
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	525	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,247	6
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	562	243.49/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,368	16
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	2
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	705	194.37/cwt	180.00–196.00	1,370	10
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	753	206.89/cwt	182.00–207.50	1,558	44
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	860	197.31/cwt	194.00–197.50	1,697	38
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 3	953	200.75/cwt	200.75–200.75	1,913	47
Dairy Steers	1050–1100	Large 3	1,084	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,233	4
Dairy Steers	1100–1150	Large 3	1,148	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,089	2

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 22, 2025

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

Receipts 921Last week 1,655Year ago 573

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	305.00–307.50	306.28
2	450–500	468	290.00–315.00	302.03
2	550–600	598	275.00	275.00
3	600–650	613	235.00	235.00
3	650–700	677	247.50–267.50	254.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	384.00	384.00
2	400–450	408	385.00–395.00	389.97
7	450–500	474	335.00–342.50	337.11
34	500–550	533	305.00–327.50	317.35
15	550–600	585	292.00–312.50	301.12
6	600–650	630	278.00–295.00	288.20
43	650–700	668	267.00–289.00	275.00
17	750–800	773	248.00–269.00	256.70
2	800–850	835	251.00–254.00	252.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,009	208.00	208.00
3	1050–1100	1,052	190.00	190.00
9	1150–1200	1,184	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	461	361.00	361.00
19	550–600	569	324.00–330.00	325.89
15	650–700	699	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	208.00	208.00
5	700–750	745	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	420.00–425.00	422.52
6	350–400	381	395.00–430.00	407.92
13	400–450	424	400.00–425.00	414.35
15	450–500	457	357.50–395.00	372.13
27	500–550	533	325.00–351.00	343.51
35	550–600	572	320.00–337.50	329.87
7	600–650	633	297.00–308.00	305.35
5	650–700	652	297.00	297.00
6	700–750	728	274.00–277.00	276.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	421	357.50–360.00	358.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,053	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	648	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	472	220.00–241.00	230.09
6	500–550	525	237.50	237.50
16	550–600	562	235.00–250.00	243.49
2	600–650	600	225.00	225.00
10	700–750	705	180.00–196.00	194.37
44	750–800	753	182.00–207.50	206.89
38	850–900	860	194.00–197.50	197.31
47	950–1000	953	200.75	200.75
4	1050–1100	1,084	206.00	206.00
2	1100–1150	1,148	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	327.50–330.00	328.71
6	500–550	523	307.50–320.00	309.55
5	550–600	555	282.50–310.00	299.58
9	600–650	645	271.00–280.00	271.99
4	700–750	708	244.00–261.00	249.17
6	750–800	784	237.50–241.00	238.09
2	800–850	803	240.00	240.00
11	900–950	912	196.00–210.00	207.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	555	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	340.00–355.00	344.75
12	600–650	615	288.00–305.00	292.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	330.00–362.50	350.32
14	400–450	427	341.00–366.00	358.61
26	450–500	480	315.00–337.50	330.03
24	500–550	509	300.00–312.00	302.83
21	550–600	567	286.00–295.00	291.10
17	600–650	612	273.00–275.00	274.76
2	700–750	728	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	322.50	322.50
2	400–450	428	322.50	322.50
19	500–550	523	272.00–295.00	285.88
19	550–600	563	266.00–277.00	271.09
10	600–650	622	242.50–267.00	259.89
9	650–700	682	240.00–246.00	245.34
4	750–800	783	226.00–231.00	229.53
6	800–850	816	214.00–225.00	218.97
11	900–950	925	204.00–218.00	209.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	338	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	320.00	320.00
4	500–550	505	277.50	277.50
5	600–650	616	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	295.00	295.00
2	450–500	495	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	205.00	205.00

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.