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Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 1

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Receipts

908 head

▲ 392 vs last sale 516▲ 46 vs year ago 862 · +5.3%

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 sold mostly 6.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifers on a lighter test sold unevenly from 6.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate 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 $430.78/cwt on 140 head. That ranks 17 of 34 comparable sales and sits −5.52 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$430.78

140 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,347

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$363

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

$67.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.46

vs MO average

+8.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	442.44	2,369	90
Medium and Large 1-2	556	415.89	2,312	40
Medium 1-2	599	388.00	2,324	8thin
Medium and Large 2	535	375.00	2,006	2thin

One grade step is worth $67.44/cwt here — about $363 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 sale140 hd

430.78

—

MO average17 barns · 2,253 hd

411.31

+19.46

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+8.13

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−5.52

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

87 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	540.00/cwt	530.00–545.00	1,674	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	311	438.12/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,363	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	445.02/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,655	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	376	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,579	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	380.10/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,437	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	404	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,980	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	399.85/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,711	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	474.70/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,036	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	424.95/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,844	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	381.08/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,772	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	452.69/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,119	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	428.58/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,036	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	478	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,020	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	451.73/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,344	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	420.95/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,214	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	529	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,248	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,006	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	544	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,326	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	438.84/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,506	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	409.81/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,397	20
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	599	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,324	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	384.12/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,339	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	411.98/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,534	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,251	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,238	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	379.00/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,551	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	395.89/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,744	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	340.41/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,444	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,839	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	732	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,233	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	335.15/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,577	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	773	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,319	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	380.58/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,976	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	340.00/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,720	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	830	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,490	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	862	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,439	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	316.07/cwt	315.00–321.00	2,769	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	927	296.69/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,750	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	978	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,032	4
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,050	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,940	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	368.26/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,197	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	405.98/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,372	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	412.82/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,499	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	371	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,614	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,633	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,393	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	395.25/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,707	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	436	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,526	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	451	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,725	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	411.53/cwt	395.00–417.50	1,860	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	463	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,528	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	381.85/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,852	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	338.75/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,660	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	526	342.52/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,802	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,852	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	401.25/cwt	395.00–417.00	2,167	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	373.24/cwt	362.50–395.00	2,019	25
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	545	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,935	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	549	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,169	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	408.59/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,264	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,296	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	570	353.58/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,015	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,862	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	361.00/cwt	350.00–372.50	2,076	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	352.98/cwt	347.50–357.50	2,185	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	312.96/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,950	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	385.30/cwt	377.50–390.00	2,431	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	348.29/cwt	330.00–357.50	2,306	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	371.25/cwt	365.00–382.50	2,487	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,496	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	883	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,693	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	972	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,746	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	354	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,593	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium 2-3	354	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	991	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	461.96/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,931	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	423.02/cwt	410.00–427.50	1,777	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,149	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	416.48/cwt	405.00–427.50	2,012	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,275	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	501	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,067	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,984	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	567	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,254	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,311	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	380.45/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,336	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	392.45/cwt	387.50–395.00	2,421	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	349.62/cwt	330.00–370.00	2,328	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	306.42/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,408	12

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Receipts 908Last week 516Year ago 862

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 6.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifers on a lighter test sold unevenly from 6.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	400.00–410.00	405.98
7	350–400	363	400.00–425.00	412.82
7	400–450	432	385.00–405.00	395.25
8	450–500	485	370.00–385.00	381.85
25	500–550	541	362.50–395.00	373.24
3	550–600	575	350.00–372.50	361.00
5	600–650	619	347.50–357.50	352.98
3	650–700	662	330.00–357.50	348.29
3	700–750	745	335.00	335.00
6	850–900	883	305.00	305.00
6	950–1000	972	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	431.00	431.00
15	450–500	452	395.00–417.50	411.53
32	500–550	540	395.00–417.00	401.25
7	550–600	554	400.00–415.00	408.59
7	600–650	631	377.50–390.00	385.30
17	650–700	670	365.00–382.50	371.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	371	435.00	435.00
6	450–500	451	382.50	382.50
7	500–550	549	395.00	395.00
5	550–600	560	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	545	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	365.00–370.00	368.26
2	350–400	398	350.00	350.00
4	450–500	490	330.00–347.50	338.75
7	500–550	529	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	573	325.00	325.00
10	600–650	623	310.00–315.00	312.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	463	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	526	340.00–350.00	342.52
11	550–600	570	340.00–362.50	353.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	420	410.00–427.50	423.02
4	450–500	483	405.00–427.50	416.48
3	500–550	522	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	585	395.00	395.00
11	600–650	614	375.00–385.00	380.45
4	650–700	666	330.00–370.00	349.62
12	750–800	786	290.00–315.00	306.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	567	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	418	460.00–470.00	461.96
3	450–500	483	445.00	445.00
3	500–550	500	455.00	455.00
9	600–650	617	387.50–395.00	392.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	354	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	501	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	311	430.00–460.00	438.12
7	350–400	372	435.00–455.00	445.02
7	400–450	434	420.00–455.00	424.95
14	450–500	475	420.00–435.00	428.58
15	500–550	526	390.00–425.00	420.95
20	550–600	585	395.00–420.00	409.81
11	600–650	609	375.00–395.00	384.12
11	650–700	673	370.00–390.00	379.00
4	700–750	718	330.00–360.00	340.41
4	750–800	769	320.00–345.00	335.15
2	800–850	800	335.00–345.00	340.00
11	850–900	876	315.00–321.00	316.07
3	900–950	927	295.00–300.00	296.69
4	950–1000	978	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	530.00–545.00	540.00
27	400–450	429	465.00–490.00	474.70
25	450–500	468	440.00–457.50	452.69
48	500–550	519	440.00–460.00	451.73
16	550–600	571	425.00–450.00	438.84
30	600–650	615	400.00–417.50	411.98
19	650–700	693	392.50–400.00	395.89
4	700–750	728	390.00	390.00
8	750–800	782	375.00–385.00	380.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	420.00	420.00
10	450–500	478	422.50	422.50
5	500–550	529	425.00	425.00
2	800–850	830	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	404	490.00	490.00
26	500–550	544	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	599	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,050	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	365.00–395.00	380.10
2	400–450	428	395.00–405.00	399.85
6	450–500	465	370.00–395.00	381.08
2	500–550	535	375.00	375.00
2	600–650	643	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	663	337.50	337.50
2	750–800	773	300.00	300.00
3	850–900	862	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	732	305.00	305.00

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.