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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 2

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Receipts

1,088 head

▼ 1,146 vs last sale 2,234▲ 88 vs year ago 1,000 · +8.8%

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 and heifers sold unevenly with steers selling 4.00 lower to 6.00 higher and heifers selling from 7.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Supply was moderate to light after last week's large calf and yearling special and demand was moderate.

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 $369.11/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −67.18 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$369.11

108 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,975

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$63.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.85

vs MO average

+0.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	387.32	2,042	63
Medium and Large 1-2	545	357.88	1,949	26
Medium and Large 2	548	324.09	1,777	19thin

One grade step is worth $63.23/cwt here — about $265 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 sale108 hd

369.11

—

MO average17 barns · 2,571 hd

368.27

+0.85

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+0.10

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−67.18

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

77 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 and Large 1	314	440.37/cwt	435.00–447.50	1,383	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	421.44/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,357	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	400.51/cwt	400.00–402.00	1,462	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	464.94/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,753	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	424.17/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,620	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	434.07/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,797	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,594	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	396.70/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,722	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	413.54/cwt	405.00–417.50	1,911	37
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	463	314.95/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,458	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	464	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,694	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	352.04/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,655	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	380.82/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,809	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	390.28/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,998	44
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	371.06/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,904	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	345.67/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,829	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	385.94/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,165	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,048	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	294.42/cwt	292.50–297.50	1,693	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	344.71/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,986	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,344	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,814	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	345.12/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,143	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	320.68/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,998	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	321.83/cwt	312.00–330.00	2,131	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	311.20/cwt	290.00–314.50	2,113	44
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	289.11/cwt	272.50–293.00	2,073	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,210	2
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	754	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,092	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,175	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,118	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,271	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,375	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	913	254.84/cwt	247.50–255.25	2,327	57
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,032	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,219	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,200	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	321	347.86/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,117	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	388.33/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,270	18
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	333	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,199	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	399.48/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,442	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	372	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,246	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	344.48/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,292	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	365.90/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,390	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	412	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,442	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	396.20/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,636	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	328.43/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,396	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	360.09/cwt	347.50–375.00	1,541	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	452	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,605	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	453	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,382	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	381.95/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,734	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	333.74/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,579	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	311.72/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,515	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	491	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,620	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	283.57/cwt	275.00–302.50	1,466	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	318.56/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,650	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	340.48/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,781	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	321.70/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,843	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	298.88/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,728	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,725	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	296.78/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,816	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	276.60/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,737	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	269.16/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,771	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	940	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,927	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	344	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,436	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	405.42/cwt	405.00–407.50	1,573	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,662	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,404	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	454	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,657	21
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	455	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,775	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	398.10/cwt	395.00–417.50	1,875	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	359.48/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,736	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	373.23/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,903	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	345.27/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,833	21
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,696	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	576	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,045	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,135	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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,088Last week 2,234Year ago 1,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	400.00–402.00	400.51
2	400–450	425	375.00	375.00
14	450–500	470	330.00–360.00	352.04
11	500–550	529	325.00–350.00	345.67
8	550–600	575	292.50–297.50	294.42
3	600–650	615	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	322	405.00–435.00	421.44
30	350–400	382	410.00–440.00	424.17
12	400–450	434	385.00–405.00	396.70
21	450–500	475	370.00–390.00	380.82
13	500–550	513	360.00–377.50	371.06
13	550–600	576	335.00–355.00	344.71
9	600–650	623	310.00–327.50	320.68
44	650–700	679	290.00–314.50	311.20
30	700–750	717	272.50–293.00	289.11
5	750–800	776	273.00	273.00
2	850–900	870	261.00	261.00
57	900–950	913	247.50–255.25	254.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	601	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	463	310.00–320.00	314.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	314	435.00–447.50	440.37
16	350–400	377	445.00–475.00	464.94
5	400–450	414	430.00–440.00	434.07
37	450–500	462	405.00–417.50	413.54
44	500–550	512	380.00–395.00	390.28
15	550–600	561	370.00–390.00	385.94
24	600–650	621	340.00–355.00	345.12
11	650–700	662	312.00–330.00	321.83
2	700–750	720	307.00	307.00
2	750–800	763	285.00	285.00
2	850–900	883	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	754	277.50	277.50
5	1000–1050	1,032	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	569	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	464	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	420.00	420.00
5	350–400	391	425.00	425.00
7	450–500	471	395.00–417.50	398.10
17	500–550	510	360.00–385.00	373.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	417.50	417.50
3	450–500	455	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	454	365.00	365.00
5	550–600	576	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	413	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	535	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	388	405.00–407.50	405.42
16	450–500	483	340.00–365.00	359.48
21	500–550	531	340.00–365.00	345.27
2	600–650	628	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	330.00–355.00	347.86
7	350–400	375	330.00–350.00	344.48
16	400–450	425	310.00–340.00	328.43
10	450–500	486	300.00–320.00	311.72
5	500–550	517	275.00–302.50	283.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	300	400.00	400.00
18	350–400	361	380.00–407.50	399.48
21	400–450	413	380.00–405.00	396.20
19	450–500	454	365.00–390.00	381.95
19	500–550	523	330.00–350.00	340.48
12	550–600	573	310.00–335.00	321.70
20	600–650	612	285.00–302.50	296.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	327	385.00–390.00	388.33
11	350–400	380	360.00–370.00	365.90
40	400–450	428	347.50–375.00	360.09
33	450–500	473	325.00–352.50	333.74
24	500–550	518	312.00–330.00	318.56
9	550–600	578	290.00–305.00	298.88
9	600–650	628	272.50–285.00	276.60
3	650–700	658	267.50–270.00	269.16
3	900–950	940	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	452	355.00	355.00
3	600–650	600	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	335.00	335.00
3	450–500	453	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	360.00	360.00
3	400–450	412	350.00	350.00
5	450–500	491	330.00	330.00

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.