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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Dec 17

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 2 →

Receipts

690 head

▼ 1,406 vs last sale 2,096▼ 99 vs year ago 789 · −12.5%

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 and heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 12.00 higher. Despite lighter receipts compared to last week's yearling special, demand was very good for the high quality calves in town.

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 $429.81/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 16 of 34 comparable sales and sits −6.48 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$429.81

110 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,346

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$60.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.11

vs MO average

−14.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	443.27	2,423	60
Medium and Large 1-2	540	425.55	2,299	36
Medium and Large 2	557	383.10	2,135	14thin

One grade step is worth $60.18/cwt here — about $288 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 sale110 hd

429.81

—

MO average20 barns · 3,797 hd

430.92

−1.11

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−14.29

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−6.48

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

76 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	512.85/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,841	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	463.35/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,821	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	457.39/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,935	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	411.20/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,752	5
Steers	400–450	Medium 2	430	378.97/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,630	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	507.68/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,396	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	432.45/cwt	427.00–460.00	2,119	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	399.95/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,964	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,500	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	461.27/cwt	450.00–477.50	2,408	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	432.80/cwt	420.00–449.00	2,264	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	546	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,211	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	555	426.91/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,369	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	558	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,148	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	435.89/cwt	433.00–460.00	2,445	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	351.67/cwt	300.00–385.00	2,015	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	406.69/cwt	402.00–417.00	2,379	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	401.76/cwt	397.50–405.00	2,439	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,154	4
Steers	600–650	Large 2-3	630	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,197	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	373.71/cwt	360.00–392.50	2,381	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	660	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,508	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	322.78/cwt	322.00–325.00	2,305	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,496	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	316.51/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,595	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	913	295.78/cwt	280.00–312.00	2,700	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	463.13/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,482	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,571	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	362	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,086	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	416.83/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,517	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	353.81/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,352	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	439.92/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,834	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	338.84/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,423	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	352.16/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,602	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,909	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	422.11/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,009	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	407.49/cwt	385.00–417.00	1,952	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	485	279.73/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,357	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	508	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,524	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	403.71/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,119	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	339.93/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,802	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	371.26/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,001	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,172	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	317.67/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,827	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	370.02/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,202	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	615	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,565	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	362.55/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,255	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	348.31/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,177	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	359.35/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,415	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	302.06/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,166	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,341	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,913	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	806	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,337	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium 2	361	294.05/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,062	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,748	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium 2-3	404	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,071	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,985	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,538	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	450.18/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,859	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	432	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,901	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	455	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,388	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	386.33/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,800	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,318	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,775	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	516	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,961	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,101	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	435.04/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,332	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,331	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	392.51/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,284	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,356	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,093	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	354.89/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,356	4

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 Dec 17, 2025

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

Receipts 690Last week 2,096Year ago 789

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	430	360.00–385.00	378.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	426	400.00–435.00	411.20
6	450–500	491	390.00–420.00	399.95
7	500–550	546	405.00	405.00
5	550–600	573	300.00–385.00	351.67
4	600–650	629	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	555	425.00–435.00	426.91
2	650–700	660	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	460.00–470.00	463.35
11	400–450	423	440.00–475.00	457.39
18	450–500	490	427.00–460.00	432.45
26	500–550	523	420.00–449.00	432.80
10	550–600	585	402.00–417.00	406.69
16	600–650	637	360.00–392.50	373.71
8	700–750	714	322.00–325.00	322.78
3	750–800	780	320.00	320.00
12	800–850	820	310.00–320.00	316.51
2	900–950	913	280.00–312.00	295.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	359	500.00–520.00	512.85
13	450–500	472	490.00–525.00	507.68
17	500–550	522	450.00–477.50	461.27
28	550–600	561	433.00–460.00	435.89
13	600–650	607	397.50–405.00	401.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	630	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	558	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	432	440.00	440.00
4	500–550	516	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	608	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	490.00	490.00
3	450–500	488	475.00	475.00
6	500–550	536	430.00–445.00	435.04
2	550–600	555	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	413	440.00–460.00	450.18
8	450–500	466	380.00–400.00	386.33
4	500–550	532	395.00	395.00
4	550–600	582	385.00–395.00	392.51
4	650–700	664	345.00–365.00	354.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	375.00	375.00
7	500–550	500	355.00	355.00
5	600–650	644	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	404	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	361	290.00–300.00	294.05
2	450–500	455	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	460.00–480.00	463.13
3	350–400	357	440.00	440.00
5	400–450	417	430.00–445.00	439.92
12	450–500	476	415.00–435.00	422.11
14	500–550	525	390.00–415.00	403.71
5	550–600	557	390.00	390.00
6	600–650	622	360.00–365.00	362.55
8	650–700	672	340.00–370.00	359.35
3	700–750	718	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
8	550–600	585	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
6	350–400	364	410.00–430.00	416.83
31	450–500	479	385.00–417.00	407.49
13	500–550	539	360.00–385.00	371.26
11	550–600	595	350.00–380.00	370.02
21	600–650	625	340.00–355.00	348.31
2	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
7	700–750	717	295.00–315.00	302.06
5	800–850	806	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	382	340.00–360.00	353.81
6	400–450	420	330.00–370.00	338.84
7	450–500	455	350.00–365.00	352.16
11	500–550	530	330.00–347.50	339.93
4	550–600	575	310.00–325.00	317.67
2	750–800	750	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	362	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	485	270.00–290.00	279.73
2	500–550	508	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	417.00	417.00

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.