Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2025-08-13

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Aug 13
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
1,625 head
▲ 993 vs last sale 632▲ 634 vs year ago 991 · +64.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 20.00 higher with spots up to 25.00 higher, and steers over 700lbs sold with a higher undertone based on limited comparisons from last week. Heifers were mostly 8.00 to 16.00 higher with spots up to 22.00 higher. A load of 63 holstein steers weighing 855lbs commanded an impressive price of $300/cwt. Today's sale brought in many top consignments of high quality yearlings and calves. Demand was very good with a very active market on a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $412.92/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −23.37 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.
Average price
$412.92
161 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,265
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$40.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.95
vs MO average
+25.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550420.822,313125
Medium and Large 1-2546386.412,11231
Large 2536380.002,0375thin
One grade step is worth $40.82/cwt here — about $276 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 sale161 hd
412.92
—
MO average14 barns · 1,469 hd
416.87
−3.95
National average151 barns · 7,160 hd
387.49
+25.43
This barn, trailing median34 sales
436.30
−23.37
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

100 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1309497.93/cwt490.00–500.001,5395
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4633
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380464.93/cwt460.00–470.001,7672
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8728
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,0443
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433459.88/cwt455.00–465.001,9914
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned437485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1195
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475411.72/cwt410.00–415.001,9563
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481467.54/cwt455.00–475.002,24926
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487434.28/cwt420.00–445.002,11521
Steers450–500Medium 2488355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7327
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512437.71/cwt425.00–442.002,24150
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529398.33/cwt390.00–415.002,10713
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned532422.12/cwt420.00–425.002,2467
Steers500–550Large 2536380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0375
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,12013
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562372.10/cwt370.00–380.002,0915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579408.26/cwt397.50–422.502,36468
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,44020
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added616425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,61826
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618347.12/cwt340.00–352.502,1455
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622378.18/cwt367.50–385.002,35218
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634399.85/cwt390.00–405.002,53558
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663384.60/cwt370.00–390.002,55020
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned670357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,3954
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675359.65/cwt335.00–367.502,42829
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned715355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,53814
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned728339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,46813
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735376.33/cwt360.00–382.502,766103
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2738317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3434
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2749345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5846
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775332.15/cwt327.50–335.002,57422
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1791348.80/cwt340.00–350.002,7598
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1801349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,79511
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added809327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,64521
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2828292.63/cwt285.00–297.502,42310
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870328.11/cwt325.00–335.002,85510
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2883319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,81714
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1954317.11/cwt306.00–324.003,02521
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2971305.50/cwt305.50–305.502,96612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4363
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned353440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5532
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372455.89/cwt450.00–457.501,6969
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378439.15/cwt435.00–447.501,6604
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2392405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5883
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427431.22/cwt425.00–436.001,84113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned439421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,84818
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443411.45/cwt390.00–417.001,82312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2449385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7295
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463360.09/cwt350.00–365.001,6673
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474404.29/cwt400.00–415.001,91627
Heifers450–500Medium 2Unweaned474310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4697
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487388.13/cwt375.00–392.501,89017
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529398.26/cwt392.50–405.002,10726
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542369.92/cwt360.00–380.002,00513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned544388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,1118
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned557367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,0473
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561376.14/cwt362.50–377.502,11051
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569358.49/cwt335.00–360.002,04047
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2588362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1325
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9752
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2603314.98/cwt310.00–320.001,8992
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620351.41/cwt340.00–360.002,17928
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630374.78/cwt365.00–380.002,36169
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668312.81/cwt305.00–320.002,0904
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669349.32/cwt330.00–357.502,3377
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678371.84/cwt365.00–375.002,52116
Heifers650–700Medium 2687264.04/cwt255.00–282.001,8143
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769302.98/cwt292.50–310.002,33023
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835274.85/cwt273.00–282.502,2955
Heifers1050–1100Large 1-21,050265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,7832
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6752
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2373460.10/cwt455.00–465.001,7162
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0359
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435447.55/cwt435.00–452.501,94710
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2452380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7186
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465421.52/cwt415.00–435.001,9603
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0663
Bulls450–500Small and Medium 2-3494345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,70410
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525400.97/cwt400.00–405.002,1055
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1537420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2553
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566398.69/cwt390.00–410.002,2579
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2577374.05/cwt370.00–375.002,1585
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4452
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2639357.19/cwt345.00–364.002,28214
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2690340.89/cwt320.00–345.002,3526
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5562
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2730338.78/cwt335.00–340.002,4734
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2756323.99/cwt320.00–335.002,4495
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers11 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3372341.41/cwt340.00–345.001,27018
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3470315.18/cwt305.00–327.501,4818
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3514313.76/cwt310.00–335.001,6137
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3570290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6533
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3632294.60/cwt290.00–306.001,8628
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3666304.75/cwt296.00–308.002,03011
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3753285.56/cwt265.00–292.502,1508
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3812266.80/cwt258.00–281.002,16621
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3860297.31/cwt283.00–300.002,55775
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3907277.73/cwt270.50–285.002,51914
Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 31,001267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,67843

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.