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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 23

● Final107 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30 →

Receipts

1,174 head

▲ 185 vs last sale 989▼ 730 vs year ago 1,904 · −38.3%

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, lightweight steers under 500lbs sold with a higher undertone, and steers over 500lbs sold mostly steady to 8.00 lower. Heifers sold unevenly steady from 5.00 lower to 7.00 higher. 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 $364.90/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −71.40 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$364.90

143 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$41.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.98

vs MO average

−9.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	374.76	2,116	75
Medium and Large 1-2	551	357.64	1,970	58
Medium and Large 2	552	333.11	1,837	10thin

One grade step is worth $41.65/cwt here — about $279 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 sale143 hd

364.90

—

MO average14 barns · 2,159 hd

367.88

−2.98

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−9.12

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−71.40

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

107 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	478.66/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,546	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	418.38/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,356	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	377.41/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,257	2
Steers	350–400	Large 3	363	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,125	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	446.80/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,702	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	411.71/cwt	410.00–412.50	1,581	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	391	374.98/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,466	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	408	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,775	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	419.07/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,748	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,491	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	384.41/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,668	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	444	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,776	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,863	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	409.93/cwt	407.50–420.00	1,898	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	381.83/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,840	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	358.26/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,738	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	501	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,804	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	337.88/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,743	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	380.79/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,041	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	361.91/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,940	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	543	375.01/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,036	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	553	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,046	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	562	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,051	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	353.76/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,027	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	375.07/cwt	365.00–379.00	2,198	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	328.33/cwt	322.50–337.50	1,927	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	602	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,047	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	608	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,961	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	308.22/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,902	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	338.76/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,094	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	324.59/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,077	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	271.86/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,789	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	331.21/cwt	327.50–332.50	2,203	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	320.06/cwt	307.50–327.50	2,151	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,204	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	302.82/cwt	290.00–308.00	2,338	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	268.29/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,114	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	263.42/cwt	250.00–275.00	2,197	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,032	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,346	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	912	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,307	6
Steers	900–950	Large 3	942	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,120	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	233.00/cwt	225.00–241.00	2,295	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,200	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	430.20/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,415	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	393.61/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,330	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1-2	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,435	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	384.94/cwt	360.00–392.50	1,420	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	399.20/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,665	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	366.49/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,569	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	344.28/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,505	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	460	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,426	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,717	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	468	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,685	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	351.70/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,657	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	325.17/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,545	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	475	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,164	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	507	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,622	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	336.57/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,760	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,588	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	533	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,759	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	322.22/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,717	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	317.67/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,795	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	567	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,786	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	337.15/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,918	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	298.71/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,715	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	598	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,734	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	288.73/cwt	272.50–295.00	1,790	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	314.46/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,972	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	272.21/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,807	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	32
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	703	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,529	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	286.20/cwt	280.00–287.50	2,023	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,880	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	260.01/cwt	240.00–265.00	2,015	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,075	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	856	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,072	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	387.16/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,432	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,210	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	414	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,791	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	413.50/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,728	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	448	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,792	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	371.77/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,811	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,943	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	357.40/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,876	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,026	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	339.46/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,904	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	599	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,947	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,947	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	308.67/cwt	300.00–317.50	2,090	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	246.74/cwt	237.50–260.00	1,999	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	238.94/cwt	235.00–245.00	2,122	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers10 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	355	302.60/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,074	16
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	436	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,297	17
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	515	292.35/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,506	21
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	553	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,477	10
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	626	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,490	8
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	762	238.50/cwt	226.00–242.00	1,817	52
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	819	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,794	5
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	865	227.74/cwt	210.00–234.75	1,970	22
Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 3	930	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,888	5
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 3	956	197.71/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,890	22

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

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Receipts 1,174Last week 989Year ago 1,904

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	460.00–490.00	478.66
6	350–400	381	435.00–455.00	446.80
20	400–450	417	410.00–425.00	419.07
5	450–500	463	407.50–420.00	409.93
18	500–550	536	380.00–390.00	380.79
35	550–600	586	365.00–379.00	375.07
30	600–650	618	330.00–345.00	338.76
16	650–700	665	327.50–332.50	331.21
8	700–750	711	310.00	310.00
51	750–800	772	290.00–308.00	302.82
5	850–900	853	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	460	405.00	405.00
6	500–550	543	365.00–385.00	375.01
9	550–600	562	365.00	365.00
8	600–650	602	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	400.00–435.00	418.38
3	350–400	384	410.00–412.50	411.71
22	400–450	434	370.00–405.00	384.41
23	450–500	482	370.00–395.00	381.83
23	500–550	536	350.00–375.00	361.91
29	550–600	573	340.00–362.50	353.76
18	600–650	640	322.50–335.00	324.59
12	650–700	672	307.50–327.50	320.06
6	750–800	788	265.00–275.00	268.29
10	800–850	834	250.00–275.00	263.42
6	900–950	912	253.00	253.00
2	950–1000	985	225.00–241.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	365.00–390.00	377.41
8	350–400	391	360.00–385.00	374.98
6	400–450	420	355.00	355.00
6	450–500	485	335.00–365.00	358.26
5	500–550	516	325.00–345.00	337.88
5	550–600	587	322.50–337.50	328.33
3	600–650	617	300.00–320.00	308.22
2	650–700	658	260.00–284.00	271.86
3	850–900	850	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	408	435.00	435.00
7	550–600	553	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	501	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	608	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	310.00	310.00
7	900–950	942	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	355	285.00–320.00	302.60
17	400–450	436	297.50	297.50
21	500–550	515	275.00–310.00	292.35
10	550–600	553	267.00	267.00
8	600–650	626	238.00	238.00
52	750–800	762	226.00–242.00	238.50
5	800–850	819	219.00	219.00
22	850–900	865	210.00–234.75	227.74
5	900–950	930	203.00	203.00
22	950–1000	956	195.00–210.00	197.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	375.00–400.00	387.16
5	400–450	418	405.00–430.00	413.50
9	450–500	487	365.00–387.50	371.77
2	500–550	525	355.00–360.00	357.40
9	550–600	561	335.00–345.00	339.46
5	600–650	623	312.50	312.50
4	650–700	677	300.00–317.50	308.67
3	800–850	810	237.50–260.00	246.74
5	850–900	888	235.00–245.00	238.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	414	432.50	432.50
5	500–550	525	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	400.00	400.00
7	550–600	599	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	555	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	410	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	329	420.00–450.00	430.20
3	350–400	350	410.00	410.00
14	400–450	417	390.00–410.00	399.20
11	450–500	464	370.00	370.00
10	500–550	523	327.50–340.00	336.57
31	550–600	569	327.50–342.50	337.15
19	600–650	627	305.00–322.50	314.46
32	650–700	675	310.00	310.00
6	700–750	707	280.00–287.50	286.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	375.00	375.00
4	400–450	437	320.00–357.50	344.28
8	450–500	475	310.00–335.00	325.17
2	500–550	525	302.50	302.50
2	700–750	703	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	385.00–405.00	393.61
6	350–400	369	360.00–392.50	384.94
23	400–450	428	360.00–380.00	366.49
23	450–500	471	345.00–360.00	351.70
8	500–550	533	320.00–325.00	322.22
7	550–600	574	290.00–310.00	298.71
12	600–650	620	272.50–295.00	288.73
7	650–700	664	270.00–285.00	272.21
2	700–750	723	260.00	260.00
12	750–800	775	240.00–265.00	260.01
2	800–850	830	250.00	250.00
4	850–900	856	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	420	395.00	395.00
4	500–550	533	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	405.00	405.00
9	450–500	468	360.00	360.00
3	500–550	507	320.00	320.00
6	550–600	565	306.00–320.00	317.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	598	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	567	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	460	310.00	310.00

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.