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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Sep 3

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Aug 27Sep 3Sep 10 →

Receipts

939 head

▼ 448 vs last sale 1,387▼ 259 vs year ago 1,198 · −21.6%

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 under 650lbs sold unevenly from 6.00 lower to 4.00 higher, and steers over 650lbs were 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifers under 600lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, and 6 weight heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.44/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −18.15 against this barn's trailing median of $394.59.

Average price

$376.44

97 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

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

$18.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.88

vs MO average

+4.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	387.93	2,105	36
Medium and Large 1-2	553	369.66	2,044	61

One grade step is worth $18.27/cwt here — about $60 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 sale97 hd

376.44

—

MO average7 barns · 627 hd

384.32

−7.88

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

+4.93

This barn, trailing median34 sales

394.59

−18.15

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $337.37, median $394.59 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

81 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	558.16/cwt	525.00–575.00	1,769	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	460.79/cwt	445.00–495.00	1,696	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	514.39/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,903	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	464.35/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,978	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	398.96/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,743	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	499.59/cwt	480.00–511.00	2,208	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	467.96/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,134	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,989	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	440.75/cwt	427.50–460.00	2,146	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	431.13/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,225	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	422.09/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,220	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	440.81/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,341	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	389.72/cwt	360.00–405.00	2,081	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	437.11/cwt	420.00–458.00	2,496	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	368.60/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,112	11
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	578	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,196	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	402.91/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,333	37
Steers	550–600	Medium 2	583	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,041	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	404.48/cwt	402.00–417.00	2,451	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,232	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	390.36/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,483	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	411.72/cwt	390.00–414.00	2,684	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	370.98/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,526	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	383.74/cwt	382.50–385.00	2,725	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,664	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	365.70/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,809	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,609	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,839	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,932	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	455.16/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,411	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,252	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	494.90/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,608	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	457.45/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,647	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	368.23/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,377	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	425.13/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,658	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	365.37/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,524	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	412.49/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,732	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	425.02/cwt	422.00–440.00	1,849	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	353.12/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,642	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	409.87/cwt	400.00–416.00	1,918	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	387.01/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,846	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	488	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,586	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	513	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,908	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	389.95/cwt	385.00–394.00	2,020	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	374.47/cwt	362.50–385.00	2,003	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	367.27/cwt	345.00–377.50	2,079	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	384.76/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,235	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	598	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,153	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	615	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,442	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	322.55/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,993	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	350.69/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,174	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	379.51/cwt	370.00–384.00	2,361	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	643	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,154	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	345.35/cwt	327.50–365.00	2,300	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,274	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	312.52/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,391	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,591	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	483.98/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,912	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	403	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,733	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	464.18/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,015	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	455	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,684	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	437.00/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,067	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,240	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	387.46/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,910	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,155	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	413.05/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,189	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	366.39/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,982	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,953	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	396.54/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,256	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	406.62/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,350	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	380.55/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,363	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	394.24/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,503	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	368.16/cwt	367.50–375.00	2,496	19
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	367.51/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,584	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	346.07/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,557	10
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	321.23/cwt	313.00–335.00	2,525	10
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	844	307.67/cwt	305.00–308.00	2,597	9

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

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Receipts 939Last week 1,387Year ago 1,198

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	368	445.00–495.00	460.79
6	400–450	426	445.00–475.00	464.35
24	450–500	487	427.50–460.00	440.75
18	500–550	526	410.00–430.00	422.09
37	550–600	579	390.00–415.00	402.91
15	600–650	636	380.00–400.00	390.36
46	650–700	681	360.00–385.00	370.98
2	700–750	740	360.00	360.00
2	750–800	773	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	525.00–575.00	558.16
2	350–400	370	500.00–530.00	514.39
13	400–450	442	480.00–511.00	499.59
5	450–500	456	465.00–480.00	467.96
6	500–550	531	440.00–445.00	440.81
26	550–600	571	420.00–458.00	437.11
6	600–650	606	402.00–417.00	404.48
23	650–700	652	390.00–414.00	411.72
2	700–750	710	382.50–385.00	383.74
7	750–800	768	365.00–367.50	365.70
2	800–850	835	340.00	340.00
3	850–900	870	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	516	430.00–435.00	431.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	583	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	578	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	395.00–405.00	398.96
5	450–500	477	417.00	417.00
10	500–550	534	360.00–405.00	389.72
11	550–600	573	360.00–370.00	368.60
2	600–650	620	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	395	480.00–490.00	483.98
7	400–450	434	455.00–475.00	464.18
11	450–500	473	425.00–450.00	437.00
15	500–550	530	405.00–415.00	413.05
20	550–600	569	395.00–400.00	396.54
9	600–650	621	380.00–385.00	380.55
19	650–700	678	367.50–375.00	368.16
10	700–750	739	340.00–355.00	346.07
10	750–800	786	313.00–335.00	321.23
9	800–850	844	305.00–308.00	307.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	505.00	505.00
8	450–500	487	460.00	460.00
19	550–600	578	405.00–415.00	406.62
8	600–650	635	390.00–405.00	394.24
2	700–750	703	365.00–370.00	367.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	513	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	430.00	430.00
2	450–500	493	380.00–395.00	387.46
7	500–550	541	365.00–370.00	366.39
2	550–600	558	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	635	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	445.00–465.00	455.16
2	350–400	390	415.00–435.00	425.13
6	400–450	420	400.00–420.00	412.49
18	450–500	477	375.00–395.00	387.01
20	500–550	535	362.50–385.00	374.47
33	550–600	566	345.00–377.50	367.27
4	600–650	620	337.50–365.00	350.69
19	650–700	666	327.50–365.00	345.35
2	700–750	705	322.50	322.50
2	750–800	765	310.00–315.00	312.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	490.00–500.00	494.90
10	350–400	360	450.00–470.00	457.45
10	400–450	435	422.00–440.00	425.02
28	450–500	468	400.00–416.00	409.87
22	500–550	518	385.00–394.00	389.95
14	550–600	581	380.00–387.50	384.76
36	600–650	622	370.00–384.00	379.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	513	372.00	372.00
3	550–600	598	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	643	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	460	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	615	397.00	397.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	488	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	374	360.00–380.00	368.23
17	400–450	417	350.00–375.00	365.37
16	450–500	465	350.00–365.00	353.12
2	600–650	618	320.00–325.00	322.55

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.