Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2025-11-05

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Nov 5
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
698 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 701▲ 226 vs year ago 472 · +47.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers weighing 400lb - 600lbs sold unevenly from 2.00 higher to 8.00 lower, and heifers sold with a lower undertone, all based on limited weight comparisons from last week. Demand was light for the unweaned and short weaned, plain quality calves that made up the majority of the offering today and supply was light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $361.02/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −75.28 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.
Average price
$361.02
128 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$345
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$73.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.12
vs MO average
−58.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531398.282,11313thin
Medium and Large 1-2551362.381,99691
Medium and Large 2565338.491,91219thin
Large 2544325.001,7685thin
One grade step is worth $73.28/cwt here — about $345 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale128 hd
361.02
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MO average19 barns · 2,607 hd
397.14
−36.12
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−58.08
This barn, trailing median34 sales
436.30
−75.28
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

78 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2309420.81/cwt415.00–430.001,3006
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3572
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360382.67/cwt370.00–395.001,3782
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2397427.53/cwt405.00–435.001,69712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425388.06/cwt370.00–395.001,6495
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427441.90/cwt440.00–450.001,8878
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437422.85/cwt400.00–430.001,84811
Steers400–450Medium 2438335.90/cwt325.00–350.001,4715
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464407.12/cwt400.00–435.001,8899
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472378.45/cwt370.00–400.001,78618
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483355.07/cwt350.00–365.001,7155
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522403.89/cwt395.00–415.002,10811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524372.73/cwt360.00–385.001,95348
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530350.16/cwt340.00–355.001,8568
Steers500–550Large 2544325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7685
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578367.42/cwt365.00–370.002,1242
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579353.57/cwt345.00–360.002,04738
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,94711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned596330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9675
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2603308.22/cwt290.00–317.501,8593
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608360.82/cwt355.00–365.002,19412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622341.30/cwt330.00–350.002,12316
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned637350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2303
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3252
Steers650–700Large 2-3655160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0482
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned670300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0102
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678331.27/cwt322.00–340.002,24625
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733321.29/cwt317.00–322.002,35521
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned778300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3342
Steers850–900Large 2855200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327352.07/cwt350.00–365.001,1517
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390315.82/cwt310.00–325.001,2325
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1392380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4902
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424396.71/cwt390.00–400.001,6826
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427370.80/cwt355.00–380.001,58325
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned435375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2439350.66/cwt345.00–352.501,5394
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463328.59/cwt325.00–332.001,5212
Heifers450–500Medium 2473296.51/cwt290.00–300.001,4026
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481342.01/cwt337.50–350.001,64510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned484340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6467
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518300.52/cwt290.00–317.001,5575
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned521321.37/cwt320.00–325.001,6747
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523322.75/cwt320.00–335.001,68820
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8905
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,9154
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2561277.43/cwt270.00–295.001,5566
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned564320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8054
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576320.00/cwt310.00–330.001,84310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned578255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4742
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615310.06/cwt300.00–320.001,9079
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620289.68/cwt280.00–300.001,7962
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661309.08/cwt290.00–314.002,04319
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665276.45/cwt267.50–285.001,8382
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned708292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0712
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715296.80/cwt290.00–307.002,1225
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2338435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4704
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2355407.50/cwt400.00–410.001,4474
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2418400.03/cwt385.00–420.001,6729
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5583
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1441440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9404
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460412.42/cwt405.00–420.001,8972
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5182
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2471377.36/cwt370.00–392.501,7776
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9832
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5634
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2527348.06/cwt330.00–350.001,83410
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned558345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9252
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566351.43/cwt350.00–360.001,9897
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2574334.97/cwt330.00–345.001,9236
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2594309.99/cwt300.00–315.001,8416
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1609350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1325
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1394
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2663329.87/cwt320.00–335.002,1873
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2727301.93/cwt290.00–310.002,1955
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3559245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3708
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3617220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3573
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3758205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5544

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.