Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2025-03-12

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Mar 12
● Final126 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
2,088 head
▲ 1,718 vs last sale 370▲ 680 vs year ago 1,408 · +48.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 10.00 to 20.00 higher, and heifers were 10.00 to 25.00 higher. Quality was very attractive, with many groups of long weaned calves and yearlings, and high quality unweaned calves that still easily found new homes. The market was very active with many bidders and buyers eager to fill loads throughout the day. Supply was heavy and demand was very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $342.99/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −93.31 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.
Average price
$342.99
176 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$80.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.50
vs MO average
−15.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546350.921,91697
Medium and Large 1-2550341.701,87866
Medium and Large 2587296.431,74010thin
Medium 2592270.001,5983thin
One grade step is worth $80.92/cwt here — about $318 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 sale176 hd
342.99
—
MO average16 barns · 2,874 hd
356.49
−13.50
National average173 barns · 15,162 hd
358.67
−15.68
This barn, trailing median34 sales
436.30
−93.31
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
516463410356median 436.3003/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
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

126 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium 1-2301360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0847
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2306337.55/cwt330.00–350.001,0334
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322421.39/cwt405.00–430.001,3574
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330459.56/cwt440.00–470.001,51727
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned344412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,4177
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375426.02/cwt422.50–435.001,59816
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388400.84/cwt395.00–405.001,55524
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2392347.61/cwt335.00–355.001,3634
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned417385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6053
Steers400–450Medium 1-2422372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,5726
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned429400.12/cwt390.00–409.001,71720
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431408.33/cwt400.00–412.501,76035
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435387.16/cwt365.00–395.001,6847
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438333.83/cwt320.00–347.501,4622
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458399.12/cwt385.00–407.001,82841
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470368.76/cwt355.00–385.001,73317
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482316.99/cwt305.00–340.001,5283
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned490360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7642
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned506350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,77124
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515362.07/cwt355.00–370.001,86524
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520341.55/cwt330.00–355.001,77623
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned555330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8322
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566342.35/cwt325.00–350.001,93841
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571358.75/cwt355.00–362.502,04826
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2587296.43/cwt290.00–318.001,74010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned592331.41/cwt330.00–332.501,96223
Steers550–600Medium 2592270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5983
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610331.10/cwt317.50–344.002,02040
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,7682
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625305.17/cwt292.50–315.001,90736
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned625290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8134
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added649312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,0254
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2667271.47/cwt270.00–275.001,8117
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676317.02/cwt305.00–327.502,14338
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686293.48/cwt280.00–305.002,01327
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719307.48/cwt287.50–317.002,21164
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722275.67/cwt260.00–285.001,99015
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761268.99/cwt258.00–275.002,04717
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1422
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned789272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,1508
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1872
Steers800–850Large 2813215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7482
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2833264.02/cwt248.00–270.002,19932
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2900256.00/cwt255.00–257.002,3042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium 2305285.00/cwt285.00–285.008692
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332371.34/cwt370.00–385.001,23311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335340.00/cwt335.00–350.001,1393
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2343325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1153
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373348.03/cwt335.00–360.001,29810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376379.58/cwt370.00–392.501,42726
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned381368.26/cwt362.50–375.001,40325
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383319.07/cwt315.00–322.501,2225
Heifers350–400Medium 2392275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0785
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418383.19/cwt360.00–390.001,60228
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423318.26/cwt300.00–330.001,3468
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438347.38/cwt330.00–355.001,52221
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned443350.89/cwt350.00–357.501,5548
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned465337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,5692
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470364.56/cwt355.00–375.001,71338
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478337.03/cwt320.00–349.001,61131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481299.68/cwt285.00–310.001,4417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521325.55/cwt313.00–335.001,69658
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned533325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534296.06/cwt285.00–307.001,58119
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,4993
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575287.19/cwt280.00–302.501,65128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578310.20/cwt305.00–330.001,79345
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583267.76/cwt265.00–275.001,5617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611279.21/cwt270.00–283.001,70642
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned615297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,8306
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622295.07/cwt287.50–302.001,83525
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2622262.74/cwt260.00–267.001,6345
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665282.90/cwt272.00–295.001,88129
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678254.19/cwt239.00–260.001,72327
Heifers650–700Medium 2695200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3902
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned713241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7187
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718276.44/cwt255.00–280.001,98525
Heifers700–750Large 2728205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4926
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733239.71/cwt230.00–246.001,75718
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765216.42/cwt207.50–225.001,6562
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766246.05/cwt238.00–265.001,88520
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780240.90/cwt240.00–242.001,87916
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1202
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812230.48/cwt226.50–237.001,87118
Heifers800–850Large 2848190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6113
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,99817
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2918223.56/cwt217.00–227.502,0528
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2341387.48/cwt385.00–390.001,3215
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1347438.73/cwt435.00–450.001,5224
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5213
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6992
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned430390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6772
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2431380.52/cwt365.00–390.001,64023
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437400.11/cwt392.50–420.001,74814
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467331.41/cwt320.00–345.001,5483
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469382.59/cwt380.00–390.001,7944
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2479357.86/cwt350.00–380.001,71414
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned490375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8382
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned496345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7117
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520337.51/cwt322.50–345.001,75526
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9356
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned552325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7943
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565324.31/cwt312.00–330.001,83220
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578356.92/cwt331.00–370.002,06312
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2584285.20/cwt265.00–297.501,6665
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610303.57/cwt292.50–310.001,85210
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616322.00/cwt317.00–325.001,98412
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640270.83/cwt267.50–285.001,7335
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665289.43/cwt265.00–297.501,92517
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670313.81/cwt300.00–327.502,10314
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2693260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8023
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2728255.12/cwt246.00–262.501,8576
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2765258.37/cwt250.00–265.001,9775
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2850225.00/cwt220.00–230.001,9132
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers12 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3374281.56/cwt270.00–300.001,0535
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3454293.91/cwt290.00–307.001,33413
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3536259.94/cwt255.00–265.001,3934
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3574218.51/cwt215.00–220.001,25427
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3631203.19/cwt185.00–222.001,28228
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3690180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2423
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3721218.15/cwt206.00–223.001,57314
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3815205.35/cwt198.00–206.501,67430
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3864210.51/cwt207.00–210.751,81931
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3969203.58/cwt185.00–208.001,97328
Dairy Steers1050–1100Large 31,098195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,1412
Dairy Steers1250–1300Large 31,268182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,3082

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.