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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-26

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Nov 26

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Nov 19Nov 26Dec 3 →

Receipts

139 head

▼ 804 vs last sale 943▼ 186 vs year ago 325 · −57.2%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Nov 2, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few receipts this Thanksgiving holiday week for an adequate price comparison. Demand light on a light 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 $306.15/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −130.15 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$306.15

23 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,282

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

$247.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−65.36

vs MO average

−92.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	531	372.05	1,976	13thin
Medium and Large 2	539	315.96	1,703	5thin
Small and Medium 3	555	125.00	694	5thin

One grade step is worth $247.05/cwt here — about $1,282 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 sale23 hd

306.15

—

MO average14 barns · 1,736 hd

371.51

−65.36

National average33 barns · 4,299 hd

398.67

−92.52

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−130.15

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

28 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	447.64/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,464	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,564	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,368	2
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,571	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	424.88/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,827	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	399.12/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,852	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	383.01/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,957	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	309.94/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,590	3
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 3	555	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	694	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	347.39/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,001	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,879	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	615	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,122	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	345.80/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,134	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	314.28/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,282	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	286.50/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,495	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,240	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	363.44/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,301	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	323.41/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,727	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	605	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,906	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	2
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,102	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,072	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	262.47/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,451	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	329.94/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,927	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	374	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	991	4
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	440	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,078	2
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	490	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,176	2
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	680	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,462	3

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 Nov 26, 2025

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

Receipts 139Last week 943Year ago 325

Too few receipts this Thanksgiving holiday week for an adequate price comparison. Demand light on a light supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	435.00–455.00	447.64
2	350–400	388	405.00	405.00
2	400–450	430	420.00–430.00	424.88
7	450–500	464	375.00–405.00	399.12
9	500–550	511	360.00–387.50	383.01
4	550–600	576	335.00–360.00	347.39
13	600–650	617	335.00–350.00	345.80
7	700–750	726	310.00–317.50	314.28
3	850–900	871	280.00–300.00	286.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	555	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	360.00	360.00
3	500–550	513	300.00–330.00	309.94
2	550–600	578	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	645	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	605	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	370.00	370.00
3	350–400	358	355.00–370.00	363.44
6	500–550	534	315.00–325.00	323.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1100–1150	1,102	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	255.00–270.00	262.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	584	325.00–335.00	329.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	265.00	265.00
2	400–450	440	245.00	245.00
2	450–500	490	240.00	240.00
3	650–700	680	215.00	215.00

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.