Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2025-06-04

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Jun 4
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
850 head
▼ 703 vs last sale 1,553▼ 623 vs year ago 1,473 · −42.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher, and heifers were 5.00 to 12.00 higher. Despite the downpours outside the barn, supply was moderate and demand was good for the high quality calves and yearlings on offer today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $366.52/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −69.78 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.
Average price
$366.52
73 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,017
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$418
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$69.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.77
vs MO average
−12.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548384.582,10941
Medium and Large 1-2564355.722,00718thin
Medium and Large 2528353.341,8663thin
Large 1-2553345.001,9082thin
Large 2537315.001,6919thin
One grade step is worth $69.58/cwt here — about $418 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 sale73 hd
366.52
—
MO average16 barns · 5,035 hd
382.29
−15.77
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−12.06
This barn, trailing median34 sales
436.30
−69.78
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

89 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3162
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340469.73/cwt465.00–505.001,5979
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5643
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366447.96/cwt440.00–460.001,6405
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned369432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,5965
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6416
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376386.97/cwt375.00–400.001,4557
Steers400–450Medium 2418316.27/cwt300.00–325.001,3229
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420409.64/cwt400.00–425.001,72010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned463395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8296
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465419.32/cwt400.00–430.001,95010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468367.57/cwt365.00–370.001,7206
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482390.91/cwt380.00–395.001,88419
Steers500–550Large 2504340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7144
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521392.03/cwt385.00–402.502,04217
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528353.34/cwt350.00–355.001,8663
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541370.80/cwt370.00–375.002,0066
Steers550–600Large 1-2553345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9082
Steers550–600Large 2563295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6615
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566380.15/cwt370.00–387.502,15222
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576348.18/cwt340.00–365.002,00612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned588370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1762
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,1202
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620341.18/cwt327.50–347.502,11510
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621353.99/cwt350.00–365.002,19821
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7733
Steers600–650Large 2623287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,7912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673341.99/cwt332.50–346.002,30228
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned679331.50/cwt331.50–331.502,25114
Steers650–700Large 3683250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7087
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685318.62/cwt310.00–335.002,18314
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719306.28/cwt295.00–310.002,2028
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,40911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740286.26/cwt285.00–287.502,1182
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788280.02/cwt275.00–285.002,2072
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned795280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2263
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2416
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2928219.88/cwt205.00–235.002,0402
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2602
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3982
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360430.53/cwt430.00–431.001,55017
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374397.25/cwt380.00–417.501,48614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390363.34/cwt362.50–365.001,4173
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418389.79/cwt382.50–397.501,62921
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421375.15/cwt365.00–380.001,57913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423341.86/cwt335.00–350.001,4464
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462371.16/cwt365.00–385.001,71513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483350.21/cwt340.00–360.001,69224
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2489327.48/cwt325.00–330.001,6015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512357.34/cwt350.00–365.001,83024
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned513320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6422
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518328.78/cwt315.00–335.001,70336
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525289.86/cwt285.00–295.001,5222
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9604
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570345.70/cwt340.00–355.001,97026
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571315.88/cwt305.00–322.501,80412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576289.94/cwt275.00–295.001,6708
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2603307.19/cwt285.00–310.001,8529
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616325.58/cwt315.00–335.002,00613
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638279.99/cwt275.00–285.001,7863
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669299.40/cwt290.00–305.002,0039
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670316.92/cwt310.00–322.502,1234
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705312.50/cwt305.00–320.002,2032
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728255.26/cwt240.00–270.001,8582
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement744326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,42514
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2884241.81/cwt225.00–255.002,1385
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2903236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,1313
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,008236.72/cwt236.00–237.002,3867
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4522
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360392.43/cwt390.00–395.001,4132
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377448.82/cwt445.00–465.001,6925
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2383431.94/cwt415.00–440.001,6548
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5562
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2423408.93/cwt400.00–417.501,7309
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned459357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,6414
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472404.05/cwt392.50–415.001,90719
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473377.03/cwt365.00–385.001,78316
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488336.55/cwt320.00–345.001,6423
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531380.43/cwt380.00–385.002,02012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2538365.38/cwt355.00–375.001,96612
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573377.40/cwt370.00–385.002,1632
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578358.88/cwt350.00–370.002,07412
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1601352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,1197
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2624342.65/cwt332.50–350.002,13813
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,9842
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683314.27/cwt305.00–325.002,1464
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2711301.27/cwt295.00–305.002,1424
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2795290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3062
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815274.88/cwt265.00–285.002,2402

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.