Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2025-11-19

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Nov 19
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
943 head
▼ 1,979 vs last sale 2,922▼ 2,255 vs year ago 3,198 · −70.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 550lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and steers over 500lbs sold steady to 12.00 lower. Heifers sold unevenly from 3.00 higher to 12.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply of mostly short weaned calves after last week's wean-vac yearling special sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $395.28/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −41.02 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.
Average price
$395.28
86 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$730
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$113.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.16
vs MO average
−14.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544423.082,30242
Medium and Large 1-2551384.652,12029
Medium and Large 2594345.002,04912thin
Medium 1-2507310.001,5723thin
One grade step is worth $113.08/cwt here — about $730 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 sale86 hd
395.28
—
MO average17 barns · 2,928 hd
391.12
+4.16
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
−14.80
This barn, trailing median34 sales
436.30
−41.02
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317479.89/cwt470.00–490.001,5213
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned330410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3532
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343438.94/cwt435.00–450.001,5065
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374479.67/cwt470.00–490.001,7948
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375433.69/cwt420.00–440.001,6263
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416458.46/cwt445.00–470.001,90717
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430439.32/cwt425.00–442.501,8897
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2437381.33/cwt375.00–395.001,6663
Steers400–450Medium 1-2441420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,85213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned457425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9426
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479361.84/cwt350.00–385.001,73313
Steers450–500Medium 1-2481370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7805
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485414.12/cwt395.00–425.002,00815
Steers500–550Medium 1-2507310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned510400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0409
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524404.02/cwt402.50–405.002,1175
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535431.27/cwt410.00–442.502,30726
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559409.76/cwt405.00–420.002,29116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585368.99/cwt365.00–385.002,15915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2594345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,04912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605324.99/cwt320.00–330.001,9669
Steers600–650Large 2615320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9689
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627351.93/cwt345.00–360.002,20732
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639378.22/cwt365.00–380.002,41744
Steers600–650Medium 1-2Unweaned648280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8146
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676345.14/cwt330.00–360.002,33310
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2432
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned718330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,36911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2718320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2983
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731342.55/cwt330.00–345.002,50431
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,5974
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764345.75/cwt340.00–355.002,64213
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765329.90/cwt325.00–335.002,5242
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned768325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4962
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2802270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1652
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1806333.40/cwt332.50–337.002,6875
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810317.52/cwt315.00–325.002,5724
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338445.41/cwt430.00–450.001,5054
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342367.86/cwt360.00–375.001,2587
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368399.78/cwt390.00–420.001,4713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377452.56/cwt440.00–480.001,7063
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379364.74/cwt355.00–375.001,38213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned394385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5177
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1402397.91/cwt395.00–415.001,6007
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427369.81/cwt365.00–385.001,57915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432346.79/cwt340.00–350.001,4989
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned442380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6803
Heifers450–500Medium 2459281.03/cwt260.00–290.001,2907
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned460315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4495
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462377.98/cwt375.00–390.001,74610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469338.33/cwt335.00–340.001,5873
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474353.69/cwt350.00–365.001,67631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned490355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7403
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned517335.69/cwt325.00–345.001,7368
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528340.07/cwt320.00–345.001,79635
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530313.52/cwt305.00–320.001,66210
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560329.62/cwt320.00–345.001,84628
Heifers550–600Medium 2565280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5822
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574312.50/cwt305.00–315.001,79416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1598365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,18330
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1003
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7473
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625312.47/cwt305.00–315.001,95312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9757
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659316.00/cwt310.00–325.002,08210
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1782
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned681280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9075
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685269.41/cwt260.00–285.001,8458
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712286.82/cwt280.00–287.502,04211
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2722260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8772
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770281.67/cwt280.00–285.002,1693
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,1802
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2852258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,1987
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7952
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416453.53/cwt450.00–465.001,8879
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2421430.48/cwt405.00–440.001,8126
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2459380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7444
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2471358.79/cwt350.00–370.001,6908
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,0004
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9974
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8315
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2576337.64/cwt330.00–345.001,9456
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615317.44/cwt310.00–340.001,9524
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,4539
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672328.19/cwt315.00–345.002,20511
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2854267.49/cwt265.00–280.002,2846
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2872250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1802

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.