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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Sep 24

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

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Receipts

516 head

▼ 362 vs last sale 878▼ 213 vs year ago 729 · −29.2%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 26, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the best test of 500lb to 650lb steers sold 9.00 to 18.00 higher, and heifers were mostly 6.00 to 14.00 higher. Demand was good on a light supply after some much needed rain in the area this week.

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 $405.10/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 10 of 34 comparable sales and sits −31.20 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$405.10

30 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,209

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$580

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2-3

$123.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.48

vs MO average

−11.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	433.89	2,347	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	544	392.88	2,139	12thin
Large 2-3	570	310.00	1,767	3thin

One grade step is worth $123.89/cwt here — about $580 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 sale30 hd

405.10

—

MO average14 barns · 1,812 hd

425.58

−20.48

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−11.99

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−31.20

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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	465.67/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,546	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,669	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	409.80/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,537	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	439.98/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,734	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,671	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,781	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,023	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	435	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,814	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,797	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	431.74/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,021	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	467.18/cwt	459.00–475.00	2,191	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	515	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,034	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	444.06/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,340	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,350	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	389.22/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,176	7
Steers	550–600	Large 2-3	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	388.57/cwt	372.50–395.00	2,425	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	405.38/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,542	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	698	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,338	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	363.78/cwt	357.50–367.50	2,605	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	375.97/cwt	374.00–377.50	2,696	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	302.45/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,359	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	347.57/cwt	325.00–351.00	2,753	15
Steers	800–850	Large 2	813	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,459	2
Steers	800–850	Large 2-3	821	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,360	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	323.07/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,701	5
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1-2	1,240	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,976	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,221	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	418.36/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,385	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,571	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,881	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	345.20/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,629	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	385.44/cwt	367.50–397.50	1,858	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	417.20/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,186	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	373.71/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,958	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	532	367.42/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,955	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,200	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	330.37/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,877	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	357.78/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,043	9
Heifers	550–600	Large 2-3	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	336.02/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,271	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	679	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,098	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	368.44/cwt	362.50–377.00	2,561	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	698	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,583	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,450	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	304.49/cwt	302.00–307.00	2,308	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,711	8
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,048	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,699	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	396	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,544	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	434.21/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,867	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	418.61/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,014	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	409.10/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,115	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,988	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,317	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	382.14/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,205	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,331	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	368.29/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,254	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,430	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,176	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	339.12/cwt	322.50–355.00	2,313	8
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,670	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	10
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	632	261.55/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,653	7
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	738	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,066	3
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	763	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,022	4

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 516Last week 878Year ago 729

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	332	460.00–475.00	465.67
4	350–400	394	425.00–445.00	439.98
4	400–450	424	420.00	420.00
24	450–500	468	420.00–440.00	431.74
3	500–550	530	400.00	400.00
7	550–600	559	385.00–395.00	389.22
13	600–650	624	372.50–395.00	388.57
8	700–750	716	357.50–367.50	363.78
15	750–800	792	325.00–351.00	347.57
5	800–850	836	315.00–325.00	323.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	417.00	417.00
2	500–550	515	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	470.00	470.00
8	450–500	469	459.00–475.00	467.18
7	500–550	527	430.00–450.00	444.06
8	550–600	553	425.00	425.00
11	600–650	627	400.00–410.00	405.38
7	700–750	717	374.00–377.50	375.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
9	800–850	821	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	813	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1200–1250	1,240	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	400.00–415.00	409.80
2	400–450	423	395.00	395.00
4	450–500	455	395.00	395.00
2	650–700	698	335.00	335.00
2	750–800	780	300.00–305.00	302.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	390.00	390.00
7	450–500	472	330.00–350.00	345.20
3	550–600	568	327.00–337.00	330.37
3	600–650	640	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	532	365.00–370.00	367.42
4	650–700	679	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	410.00–430.00	418.36
3	350–400	388	405.00	405.00
26	450–500	482	367.50–397.50	385.44
7	500–550	524	365.00–385.00	373.71
9	550–600	571	350.00–370.00	357.78
10	650–700	676	327.50–345.00	336.02
2	750–800	758	302.00–307.00	304.49
8	850–900	886	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	427.50	427.50
19	500–550	524	405.00–425.00	417.20
12	550–600	557	395.00	395.00
21	650–700	695	362.50–377.00	368.44
7	700–750	704	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,048	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	698	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	575	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	425.00–440.00	434.21
16	450–500	481	410.00–440.00	418.61
3	500–550	517	400.00–420.00	409.10
9	550–600	577	360.00–390.00	382.14
6	600–650	612	365.00–375.00	368.29
8	650–700	682	322.50–355.00	339.12
3	900–950	905	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	590	395.00	395.00
2	600–650	623	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	572	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	530	375.00	375.00
2	600–650	640	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	553	310.00	310.00
7	600–650	632	250.00–270.00	261.55
3	700–750	738	280.00	280.00
4	750–800	763	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.