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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, May 14

● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← May 7May 14May 21 →

Receipts

1,706 head

▲ 212 vs last sale 1,494▲ 686 vs year ago 1,020 · +67.3%

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, feeders sold unevenly steady. The supply of feeders was moderate to heavy and close to the same volume as last week with the addition of several Holstein steers. Although the numbers were similar the quality was not, much of the offering this week was in smaller lots and consisted of many unweaned calves. Demand was moderate, despite overall tight supplies buyers still consider a true weaning program, a couple rounds of shots, and a sharp knife a prerequisite for market toping prices. Cattle futures also threw a wrench in to the equation today with contracts seeing wide spread of trading, opening much higher then pulling a U-turn near lunch and closing sharply lower. This caused many buyers to become uneasy as there were not any concrete reasons as to why. Some speculated tomorrow would be a higher day, and they would bounce back, while others wondered if the top has now been found and weren't as confident. One highlight of today's auction was two pot loads of yearling Holstein steers. A short flash back to the old days when Springfield, MO was the dairy steer capitol of the world and had an entire auction day devoted to selling nothing Holstein steers from daylight till dark. Needless to say, those that can remember those days sure never seen prices levels like the two pot loads sold for today back in the glory days.

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 $376.48/cwt on 228 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −59.82 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$376.48

228 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$39.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.35

vs MO average

−8.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	381.91	2,106	119
Medium and Large 1-2	539	378.40	2,039	85
Medium and Large 2	578	342.94	1,982	9thin
Large 1-2	584	342.71	2,001	15thin

One grade step is worth $39.20/cwt here — about $105 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 sale228 hd

376.48

—

MO average17 barns · 4,348 hd

389.83

−13.35

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−8.12

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−59.82

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

102 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	329	461.97/cwt	420.00–472.50	1,520	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	499.92/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,650	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	457.53/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,665	10
Steers	350–400	Small and Medium 2-3	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,570	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,785	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	390	498.14/cwt	475.00–510.00	1,943	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	442.55/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,806	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	416	451.07/cwt	432.50–460.00	1,876	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	422	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,646	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	417.49/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,783	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,806	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	432	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,339	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	421.68/cwt	410.00–427.50	1,923	10
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	460	373.19/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,717	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	361.48/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,692	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	398.11/cwt	382.50–410.00	1,883	54
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	482	376.34/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,814	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	388.88/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,030	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	523	373.10/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,951	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	361.74/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,892	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	393.62/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,082	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	363.23/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,067	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	387.00/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,225	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	342.94/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,982	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	375.52/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,189	23
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	584	342.71/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,001	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	623	336.21/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,095	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	352.64/cwt	337.00–362.50	2,218	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	333.00/cwt	327.50–340.00	2,211	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	680	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,060	51
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	294.00/cwt	287.50–307.00	2,014	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	315.68/cwt	315.00–316.00	2,248	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	290.51/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,074	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,139	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,269	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	777	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,156	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,293	21
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	961	251.50/cwt	249.75–260.00	2,417	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	309	426.91/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,319	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,551	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	353	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,518	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	398.02/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,481	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,343	10
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2Unweaned	406	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,563	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	407	395.97/cwt	395.00–402.50	1,612	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	381.86/cwt	365.00–392.50	1,611	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,526	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	427	361.99/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,546	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	373.26/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,601	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	360.11/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,685	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,735	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	336.33/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,608	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	485	346.31/cwt	325.00–351.00	1,680	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	491	349.50/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,716	10
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	491	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,709	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	327.67/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,651	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	506	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,822	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	357.43/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,869	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	323.97/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,704	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	529	321.61/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,701	9
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2Unweaned	534	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,776	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,769	14
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	566	314.38/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,779	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	316.87/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,806	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	292.92/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,719	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	603	288.31/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,739	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,903	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	299.86/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,883	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	299.66/cwt	272.50–310.00	2,008	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	297.79/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,995	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	273.27/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,017	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	296.32/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,264	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	269.56/cwt	261.00–280.00	2,105	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	835	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,837	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	896	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,150	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	963	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,273	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,611	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	402	426.72/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,715	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	462	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,802	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	397.32/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,939	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	362.34/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,924	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	531	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,845	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	348.38/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,958	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	568	343.72/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,952	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	657	303.26/cwt	285.00–311.00	1,992	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	323.08/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,165	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,141	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers11 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 3	244	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	647	5
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	367	257.88/cwt	250.00–270.00	946	17
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	473	259.42/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,227	21
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	542	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,463	3
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	589	257.67/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,518	15
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	611	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,509	11
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	677	263.42/cwt	238.00–271.75	1,783	105
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	727	257.67/cwt	240.00–260.75	1,873	76
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	823	228.51/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,881	22
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	855	224.00/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,915	9
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 3	995	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,159	8

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 May 14, 2025

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

Receipts 1,706Last week 1,494Year ago 1,020

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	360.00–370.00	361.99
18	450–500	485	325.00–351.00	346.31
9	500–550	529	320.00–325.00	321.61
18	550–600	566	300.00–317.50	314.38
3	600–650	603	285.00–295.00	288.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	309	425.00–440.00	426.91
15	350–400	372	385.00–410.00	398.02
30	400–450	429	365.00–387.50	373.26
42	450–500	468	355.00–370.00	360.11
40	500–550	504	320.00–343.00	327.67
17	550–600	570	310.00–330.00	316.87
5	600–650	628	295.00–310.00	299.86
6	650–700	670	272.50–310.00	299.66
3	700–750	738	270.00–280.00	273.27
12	750–800	781	261.00–280.00	269.56
5	850–900	896	240.00	240.00
3	950–1000	963	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	430.00	430.00
23	400–450	407	395.00–402.50	395.97
7	500–550	506	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	424	360.00	360.00
6	450–500	478	315.00–347.50	336.33
5	500–550	526	320.00–325.00	323.97
8	550–600	587	280.00–315.00	292.92
2	650–700	660	280.00	280.00
2	800–850	835	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	491	348.00	348.00
7	550–600	550	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	406	385.00	385.00
7	500–550	534	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	491	345.00–352.50	349.50
14	500–550	536	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	470.00	470.00
7	400–450	422	365.00–392.50	381.86
5	450–500	472	367.50	367.50
28	500–550	523	350.00–360.00	357.43
12	600–650	604	315.00	315.00
7	650–700	670	295.00–300.00	297.79
4	750–800	764	285.00–300.00	296.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	390	475.00–510.00	498.14
23	400–450	416	432.50–460.00	451.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	422	390.00	390.00
12	450–500	482	365.00–385.00	376.34
37	500–550	523	355.00–375.00	373.10
20	600–650	623	320.00–350.00	336.21
51	650–700	680	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	485.00–510.00	499.92
10	350–400	364	440.00–485.00	457.53
10	400–450	427	400.00–440.00	417.49
54	450–500	473	382.50–410.00	398.11
25	500–550	522	370.00–395.00	388.88
23	550–600	583	350.00–385.00	375.52
19	600–650	629	337.00–362.50	352.64
10	650–700	664	327.50–340.00	333.00
10	700–750	714	285.00–300.00	290.51
2	750–800	753	284.00	284.00
21	850–900	875	262.00	262.00
12	950–1000	961	249.75–260.00	251.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	310.00	310.00
4	450–500	460	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	420.00–472.50	461.97
2	350–400	383	410.00	410.00
4	450–500	468	355.00–380.00	361.48
9	550–600	578	335.00–347.50	342.94
3	650–700	685	287.50–307.00	294.00
3	750–800	777	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	460	360.00–390.00	373.19
15	550–600	584	340.00–345.00	342.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	408	440.00–445.00	442.55
10	450–500	456	410.00–427.50	421.68
44	500–550	529	390.00–400.00	393.62
38	550–600	575	380.00–390.00	387.00
25	700–750	712	315.00–316.00	315.68
7	750–800	769	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	420.00	420.00
12	500–550	523	355.00–380.00	361.74
25	550–600	569	345.00–370.00	363.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	531	347.50	347.50
11	550–600	568	320.00–352.50	343.72
10	650–700	657	285.00–311.00	303.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	410.00	410.00
3	400–450	402	420.00–440.00	426.72
9	450–500	488	370.00–415.00	397.32
4	500–550	531	355.00–385.00	362.34
15	550–600	562	345.00–365.00	348.38
3	650–700	670	315.00–340.00	323.08
6	700–750	721	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	244	265.00	265.00
17	350–400	367	250.00–270.00	257.88
21	450–500	473	257.50–260.00	259.42
3	500–550	542	270.00	270.00
15	550–600	589	250.00–260.00	257.67
11	600–650	611	247.00	247.00
105	650–700	677	238.00–271.75	263.42
76	700–750	727	240.00–260.75	257.67
22	800–850	823	227.00–230.00	228.51
9	850–900	855	220.00–230.00	224.00
8	950–1000	995	217.00	217.00

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.