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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Aug 6

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Jul 30Aug 6Aug 13 →

Receipts

632 head

▲ 267 vs last sale 365▲ 207 vs year ago 425 · +48.7%

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 mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher based on a lighter test this week due to warm summer

temperatures in the area. Demand was moderate on a light 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 $396.05/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −40.25 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$396.05

80 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

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

$72.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.87

vs MO average

+6.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	405.42	2,218	53
Medium and Large 1-2	571	381.25	2,178	25
Medium and Large 2	535	332.64	1,780	2thin

One grade step is worth $72.78/cwt here — about $439 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale80 hd

396.05

—

MO average12 barns · 2,058 hd

413.92

−17.87

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

+6.03

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−40.25

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

67 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	307	506.28/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,554	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	353	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,589	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,697	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	446.20/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,740	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	414	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,884	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	436.66/cwt	432.50–445.00	1,830	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	464.79/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,003	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	432.94/cwt	420.00–441.00	2,091	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	501	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,079	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	387.48/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,050	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	408.69/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,182	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	332.64/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,780	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	549	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,141	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	556	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,280	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	398.73/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,281	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	387.51/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,259	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	587	375.63/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,205	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,295	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	608	339.14/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,062	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	363.69/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,280	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,445	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	353.87/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,367	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	335.00/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,345	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,662	33
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,644	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,464	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,627	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	294.97/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,463	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	433.28/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,430	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	395.42/cwt	380.00–412.00	1,511	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,630	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,385	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	379.24/cwt	375.00–392.50	1,585	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	402.57/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,711	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	376.77/cwt	355.00–387.50	1,748	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	334.62/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,553	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	397.83/cwt	395.00–412.50	1,914	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	386.70/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,007	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	359.24/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,918	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	364.73/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,035	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	342.80/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,999	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,027	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	331.28/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,054	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	310.85/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,949	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	348.13/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,218	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	326.68/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,140	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	359.96/cwt	357.50–367.50	2,455	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	687	292.49/cwt	287.00–310.00	2,009	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,671	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	763	273.91/cwt	270.00–285.00	2,090	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	291.45/cwt	290.00–297.00	2,361	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	455.93/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,523	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,777	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,764	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	448.38/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,933	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	418.52/cwt	417.50–420.00	1,913	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	398.57/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,925	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	493	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,947	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	385.46/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,089	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	566	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,080	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	361.50/cwt	342.50–380.00	2,046	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	334.99/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,147	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	329.25/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,255	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	329.61/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,383	14
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	317.47/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,476	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 Aug 6, 2025

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

Receipts 632Last week 365Year ago 425

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher based on a lighter test this week due to warm summer

temperatures in the area. Demand was moderate on a light supply.

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	307	495.00–510.00	506.28
2	350–400	365	465.00	465.00
7	400–450	431	460.00–475.00	464.79
15	450–500	483	420.00–441.00	432.94
18	500–550	534	397.50–420.00	408.69
23	550–600	572	390.00–417.50	398.73
2	600–650	600	382.50	382.50
3	650–700	652	375.00	375.00
33	700–750	708	376.00	376.00
3	750–800	750	352.50	352.50
7	800–850	801	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	450.00	450.00
4	500–550	549	390.00	390.00
14	550–600	587	370.00–380.00	375.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	414	455.00	455.00
8	500–550	501	415.00	415.00
4	550–600	556	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	325.00–340.00	332.64
3	600–650	608	335.00–345.00	339.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	435.00–450.00	446.20
6	400–450	419	432.50–445.00	436.66
4	500–550	529	385.00–390.00	387.48
3	550–600	583	385.00–390.00	387.51
12	600–650	627	355.00–370.00	363.69
19	650–700	669	337.50–365.00	353.87
2	700–750	700	330.00–340.00	335.00
2	750–800	770	320.00	320.00
2	800–850	835	290.00–300.00	294.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
6	350–400	382	380.00–412.00	395.42
4	400–450	418	375.00–392.50	379.24
13	450–500	464	355.00–387.50	376.77
7	500–550	534	350.00–365.00	359.24
16	550–600	583	340.00–345.00	342.80
4	600–650	620	320.00–335.00	331.28
6	650–700	655	320.00–330.00	326.68
5	800–850	810	290.00–297.00	291.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	430.00–435.00	433.28
3	350–400	388	420.00	420.00
13	400–450	425	395.00–420.00	402.57
13	450–500	481	395.00–412.50	397.83
19	500–550	519	372.50–390.00	386.70
23	550–600	558	355.00–375.00	364.73
12	600–650	637	340.00–355.00	348.13
20	650–700	682	357.50–367.50	359.96
3	750–800	763	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	605	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	355.00	355.00
4	450–500	464	330.00–347.50	334.62
3	600–650	627	310.00–312.50	310.85
4	650–700	687	287.00–310.00	292.49
4	750–800	763	270.00–285.00	273.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	415.00	415.00
4	450–500	483	390.00–402.00	398.57
10	500–550	542	365.00–395.00	385.46
14	550–600	566	342.50–380.00	361.50
8	600–650	641	330.00–340.00	334.99
7	650–700	685	325.00–335.00	329.25
14	700–750	723	326.00–340.00	329.61
2	750–800	780	315.00–320.00	317.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	334	445.00–475.00	455.93
3	350–400	397	447.50	447.50
11	400–450	431	430.00–455.00	448.38
10	450–500	457	417.50–420.00	418.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	493	395.00	395.00
9	550–600	566	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	300.00	300.00

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.