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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Aug 20

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

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Receipts

610 head

▼ 1,015 vs last sale 1,625▼ 389 vs year ago 999 · −38.9%

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, the best test of 550lb to 650lb steers sold 5.00 to 12.00 higher, and lighter weights sold with an uneven undertone. Heifers sold with a steady to firm undertone based on limited comparisons. Demand was good 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 $413.10/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −23.20 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$413.10

59 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$381

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

$71.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.52

vs MO average

+13.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	423.91	2,325	40
Medium and Large 1-2	537	400.44	2,150	15thin
Medium and Large 2	552	352.50	1,944	4thin

One grade step is worth $71.41/cwt here — about $381 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 sale59 hd

413.10

—

MO average11 barns · 905 hd

413.62

−0.52

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+13.21

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−23.20

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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	566.32/cwt	550.00–570.00	1,778	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	447.48/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,445	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	480.03/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,767	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	495.32/cwt	490.00–507.00	1,872	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,613	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	464.54/cwt	462.50–480.00	1,872	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	453.76/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,942	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,035	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	456.88/cwt	447.50–460.00	2,102	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	433.29/cwt	427.00–437.50	2,080	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	386.30/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,877	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	435.56/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,282	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	404.06/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,125	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,954	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,173	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	555	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,192	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	416.41/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,365	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,333	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,926	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	416.71/cwt	410.00–432.00	2,542	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,569	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	394.39/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,485	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	402.19/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,630	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	375.84/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,507	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	684	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,651	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	693	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,529	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,573	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,636	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	335.62/cwt	325.00–341.00	2,578	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	773	280.19/cwt	260.00–300.00	2,166	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,661	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	306	502.45/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,537	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	418.48/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,573	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	424.27/cwt	412.00–430.00	1,748	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	417	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,804	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	397.63/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,841	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	366.64/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,760	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,058	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,956	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	367.68/cwt	362.00–377.50	1,938	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,981	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	359.65/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,075	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,165	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	329.98/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,963	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,128	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,314	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,048	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	354.04/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,326	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,472	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	723	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,916	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,602	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	294.87/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,300	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	847	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,499	3
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,080	217.17/cwt	200.00–220.00	2,345	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,444	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,007	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	445.77/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,917	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	443.85/cwt	442.00–455.00	2,024	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	421.17/cwt	417.50–425.00	1,937	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	395.80/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,125	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	411.10/cwt	407.00–415.00	2,339	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	387.51/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,236	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,325	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,402	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,380	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 20, 2025

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Receipts 610Last week 1,625Year ago 999

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	437.50	437.50
2	350–400	385	440.00	440.00
5	400–450	430	425.00–455.00	445.77
2	450–500	460	417.50–425.00	421.17
8	500–550	537	385.00–400.00	395.80
15	550–600	577	380.00–390.00	387.51
2	600–650	620	375.00	375.00
2	750–800	758	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	470.00	470.00
7	450–500	456	442.00–455.00	443.85
4	550–600	569	407.00–415.00	411.10
3	600–650	632	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	314	550.00–570.00	566.32
3	350–400	378	490.00–507.00	495.32
11	400–450	403	462.50–480.00	464.54
4	450–500	460	447.50–460.00	456.88
18	500–550	524	425.00–445.00	435.56
15	550–600	568	410.00–420.00	416.41
8	600–650	610	410.00–432.00	416.71
20	650–700	654	397.50–420.00	402.19
4	700–750	703	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	470.00	470.00
7	550–600	569	410.00	410.00
18	600–650	619	415.00	415.00
6	650–700	684	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	445.00–450.00	447.48
2	350–400	368	475.00–485.00	480.03
4	400–450	428	450.00–455.00	453.76
23	450–500	480	427.00–437.50	433.29
9	500–550	526	397.50–420.00	404.06
2	550–600	550	395.00	395.00
7	600–650	630	375.00–400.00	394.39
3	650–700	667	365.00–387.50	375.84
5	700–750	700	367.50	367.50
3	750–800	768	325.00–341.00	335.62
4	800–850	829	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	420.00	420.00
12	450–500	486	380.00–400.00	386.30
2	500–550	528	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	575	335.00	335.00
2	750–800	773	260.00–300.00	280.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	693	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	555	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	376	415.00–425.00	418.48
15	400–450	412	412.00–430.00	424.27
5	450–500	463	380.00–410.00	397.63
19	500–550	527	362.00–377.50	367.68
23	550–600	577	355.00–365.00	359.65
10	650–700	657	340.00–360.00	354.04
2	750–800	780	285.00–305.00	294.87
3	800–850	847	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	417	432.50	432.50
16	500–550	531	373.00	373.00
6	600–650	608	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	306	500.00–510.00	502.45
3	450–500	490	420.00	420.00
2	500–550	508	385.00	385.00
2	550–600	585	370.00	370.00
3	600–650	617	375.00	375.00
2	650–700	668	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	733	355.00	355.00
6	750–800	755	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,080	200.00–220.00	217.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	350.00–372.50	366.64
3	550–600	595	327.50–335.00	329.98
3	600–650	640	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	723	265.00	265.00

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.