Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2025-10-29

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 29
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
701 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 746▼ 41 vs year ago 742 · −5.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 25.00 to 40.00 lower, and heifers were 20.00 to 30.00 lower. The feeder futures board was up today after multiple days in the red and a couple limit down days over the past week. Demand was light on a light supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $377.48/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −58.82 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.
Average price
$377.48
59 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,082
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.11
vs MO average
−52.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553387.712,14631
Medium and Large 1-2552369.862,04223
Medium and Large 2536349.051,8715thin
One grade step is worth $38.66/cwt here — about $275 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
377.48
—
MO average16 barns · 2,184 hd
383.59
−6.11
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
−52.24
This barn, trailing median34 sales
436.30
−58.82
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

74 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2331358.58/cwt352.50–370.001,1878
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332461.08/cwt445.00–470.001,53118
Steers300–350Medium 2-3332270.00/cwt270.00–270.008964
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339479.70/cwt460.00–482.001,62618
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5803
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378423.77/cwt415.00–427.501,6028
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408433.16/cwt430.00–435.001,7676
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424417.95/cwt402.00–425.001,77228
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8288
Steers450–500Medium 2455330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5023
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465413.98/cwt412.00–415.001,92512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned465412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,91613
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474404.67/cwt385.00–410.001,91817
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned488400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,95210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2491380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8664
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511374.44/cwt360.00–385.001,9138
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,13213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536349.05/cwt345.00–350.001,8715
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567378.07/cwt375.00–380.002,14416
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574367.41/cwt350.00–375.002,10915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2252
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620324.96/cwt320.00–335.002,0153
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned623355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2123
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624348.14/cwt340.00–360.002,1727
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned664340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2586
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667347.15/cwt330.00–355.002,31511
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677363.87/cwt358.00–371.002,46318
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned695330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2942
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,5404
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,4445
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,61411
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818316.77/cwt316.00–317.502,5912
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy830290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4075
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium 2-3324266.05/cwt250.00–270.0086215
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328357.44/cwt350.00–365.001,1722
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1341396.11/cwt395.00–397.001,35111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,4343
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384343.62/cwt340.00–365.001,3207
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390325.34/cwt315.00–330.001,26912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned399382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,5264
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429371.35/cwt350.00–375.001,5938
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430399.23/cwt392.50–412.001,71720
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned430360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5485
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433314.91/cwt300.00–330.001,3642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460329.89/cwt320.00–340.001,5172
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463382.31/cwt380.00–387.501,77017
Heifers450–500Medium 2469305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4305
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485368.21/cwt350.00–375.001,78617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519322.44/cwt317.00–327.501,67312
Heifers500–550Large 2523315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6473
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9955
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534337.80/cwt325.00–345.001,80411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned552370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0425
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned566342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9395
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7963
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0742
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581327.46/cwt322.00–350.001,9039
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610331.02/cwt325.00–333.002,0194
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned632315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9915
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1667
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,33210
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683315.76/cwt307.00–327.502,1578
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2684292.47/cwt280.00–300.002,0006
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,0872
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2808282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,2792
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8402
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned493375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8493
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9172
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2543330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7923
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2576356.27/cwt340.00–370.002,05212
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2673328.55/cwt320.00–345.002,21110
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2697305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1263
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2768270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0742
Bulls1000–1050Large 1-21,000241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,4105

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.