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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Mar 5

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Feb 26Mar 5Mar 12 →

Receipts

370 head

▼ 1,752 vs last sale 2,122▼ 1,291 vs year ago 1,661 · −77.7%

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, receipts were too light for an adequate price comparison for most weights, but steers and heifers sold with a steady to weaker undertone. Demand was moderate to light on a light supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.37/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −127.22 against this barn's trailing median of $394.59.

Average price

$267.37

32 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$837

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

$178.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.83

vs MO average

−37.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	308.09	1,605	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	544	285.89	1,555	9thin
Medium and Large 2	540	265.52	1,434	5thin
Small and Medium 2-3	591	130.00	768	5thin

One grade step is worth $178.09/cwt here — about $837 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 sale32 hd

267.37

—

MO average16 barns · 3,251 hd

305.20

−37.83

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−37.65

This barn, trailing median34 sales

394.59

−127.22

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $337.37, median $394.59 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

58 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	430.18/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,368	13
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	402.92/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,334	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	418.87/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,558	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	401.63/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,546	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	390.54/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,675	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	332.67/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,447	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	307.49/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,427	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	363.39/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,755	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	348.99/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,766	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	326.67/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,780	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	556	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,835	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	276.29/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,583	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,930	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	314.11/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,812	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	284.66/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,768	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	308.24/cwt	305.00–318.00	2,031	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	275.22/cwt	265.00–286.00	1,838	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,941	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,034	2
Steers	800–850	Large 2	846	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,802	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	393.75/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,252	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	373.47/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,221	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	371.51/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,330	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,325	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	411	340.54/cwt	337.50–347.50	1,400	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,371	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	330.90/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,568	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	320.45/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,535	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,559	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,391	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	308.09/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,605	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	289.70/cwt	277.50–302.50	1,512	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	262.54/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,496	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	281.12/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,605	4
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 2-3	591	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	768	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	263.13/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,631	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,550	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	270.42/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,698	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,746	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,539	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	251.92/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,708	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	242.48/cwt	229.00–249.00	1,787	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,307	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	394.81/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,532	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,566	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,682	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,721	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	341.22/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,573	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,749	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	325.87/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,734	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,762	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	548	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,671	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	333.47/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,864	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	314.85/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,769	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,878	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,795	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	632	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,264	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 Mar 5, 2025

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

Receipts 370Last week 2,122Year ago 1,661

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	331	390.00–415.00	402.92
3	350–400	385	395.00–405.00	401.63
10	400–450	429	375.00–395.00	390.54
6	450–500	483	360.00–365.00	363.39
3	500–550	545	320.00–330.00	326.67
6	550–600	577	295.00–330.00	314.11
5	600–650	621	275.00–300.00	284.66
2	650–700	668	265.00–286.00	275.22
2	700–750	738	263.00	263.00
2	750–800	775	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	340.00	340.00
2	400–450	435	325.00–340.00	332.67
4	450–500	464	300.00–320.00	307.49
2	550–600	573	275.00–277.50	276.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	318	425.00–435.00	430.18
5	350–400	372	410.00–425.00	418.87
5	500–550	506	345.00–350.00	348.99
17	550–600	576	335.00	335.00
11	650–700	659	305.00–318.00	308.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	846	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	556	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	322.50	322.50
3	500–550	520	267.50	267.50
2	550–600	570	260.00–265.00	262.54
2	600–650	625	248.00	248.00
3	650–700	675	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	495	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	390.00–395.00	393.75
3	350–400	358	365.00–375.00	371.51
8	450–500	474	330.00–337.50	330.90
13	500–550	521	305.00–320.00	308.09
8	600–650	628	265.00–280.00	270.42
4	650–700	659	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	370.00–375.00	373.47
5	350–400	368	360.00	360.00
14	400–450	411	337.50–347.50	340.54
15	450–500	479	312.50–327.50	320.45
5	500–550	522	277.50–302.50	289.70
4	550–600	571	272.50–285.00	281.12
8	600–650	620	260.00–265.00	263.13
5	650–700	678	242.50–265.00	251.92
6	700–750	737	229.00–249.00	242.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	591	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	632	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	385.00–405.00	394.81
5	400–450	412	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	461	330.00–345.00	341.22
9	500–550	532	312.50–327.50	325.87
3	550–600	562	305.00–325.00	314.85
2	650–700	683	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	718	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	522	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	437	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	453	380.00	380.00
4	500–550	534	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	559	327.50–337.50	333.47

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.