Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2026-01-14

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Jan 14
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
1,850 head
▼ 365 vs last sale 2,215▲ 195 vs year ago 1,655 · +11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, lightweight steers under 550lbs sold mostly 15.00 to 35.00 higher, and heavier weights sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers were mostly steady to 7.00 higher. The first run of holstein steers for over a month brought in high quality steers and active bidding. Demand was very good for all classes in the offering on another heavy supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $461.32/cwt on 207 head. That ranks 24 of 34 comparable sales and sits +25.02 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.
Average price
$461.32
207 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$596
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$129.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.59
vs MO average
−10.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529496.562,62590
Medium and Large 1-2561443.072,48497
Medium and Large 2533407.012,16912thin
Medium 2552367.502,0308thin
One grade step is worth $129.06/cwt here — about $596 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 sale207 hd
461.32
—
MO average21 barns · 6,655 hd
461.91
−0.59
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
−10.66
This barn, trailing median34 sales
436.30
+25.02
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

103 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310550.65/cwt530.00–570.001,7072
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330580.01/cwt570.00–590.001,91415
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7162
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367581.61/cwt550.00–590.002,1358
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372499.27/cwt490.00–530.001,85711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned409495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,0255
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428549.11/cwt530.00–570.002,35020
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8664
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430507.98/cwt490.00–510.002,18410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned439560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,4584
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472482.10/cwt460.00–495.002,27653
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474505.39/cwt500.00–515.002,39614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511513.87/cwt500.00–550.002,62636
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1558
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520460.95/cwt445.00–485.002,39718
Steers500–550Medium 2520375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9502
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528455.92/cwt450.00–465.002,40720
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned537490.74/cwt487.50–505.002,63543
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added542475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,5755
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554462.64/cwt450.00–470.002,56311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned560432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,4222
Steers550–600Medium 2563365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0556
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573381.04/cwt370.00–400.002,1834
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589429.28/cwt410.00–445.002,52852
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605428.95/cwt420.00–440.002,595104
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632420.16/cwt420.00–425.002,65531
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2632370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3382
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658405.01/cwt400.00–410.002,66522
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682379.78/cwt360.00–395.002,59038
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,7299
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708380.92/cwt375.00–390.002,69728
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738361.72/cwt335.00–372.502,66943
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added753375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,8243
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768353.87/cwt330.00–360.002,71816
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771367.54/cwt365.00–368.002,83447
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2817340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,7788
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1846342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,8987
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2858327.57/cwt320.00–335.002,8112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312512.37/cwt500.00–520.001,5998
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333457.33/cwt440.00–470.001,5238
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381442.83/cwt420.00–450.001,68720
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1389461.34/cwt460.00–470.001,7957
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2409430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7598
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421430.68/cwt410.00–450.001,81328
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned429430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8455
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435388.67/cwt385.00–400.001,6914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473415.89/cwt400.00–440.001,96740
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned474400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8964
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned487435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,1187
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2487382.29/cwt350.00–395.001,8627
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned501380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9045
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522395.24/cwt380.00–400.002,06343
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526424.23/cwt415.00–435.002,23124
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536360.74/cwt355.00–370.001,93412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556404.97/cwt400.00–415.002,2525
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569371.97/cwt360.00–380.002,11723
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0132
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned612340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626347.86/cwt335.00–360.002,17873
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629370.73/cwt370.00–371.002,33230
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1622
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658369.13/cwt342.50–378.002,42979
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned674315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1236
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681326.56/cwt315.00–340.002,22422
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715312.50/cwt310.00–315.002,2342
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned725305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2112
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,4804
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2792316.79/cwt300.00–320.002,50913
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5954
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2822279.36/cwt270.00–297.502,2964
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2851287.50/cwt282.50–290.002,4476
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2979274.09/cwt270.00–282.502,6833
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2383526.61/cwt500.00–540.002,0173
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2426496.71/cwt480.00–500.002,1166
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,3222
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2449420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8865
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1457500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2857
Bulls450–500Medium 2460375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2479448.19/cwt440.00–485.002,14723
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,3502
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0403
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2527436.62/cwt425.00–450.002,30120
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned539425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2914
Bulls550–600Medium 2558385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1482
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2566419.07/cwt400.00–435.002,37210
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned570460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,6228
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1612413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,5283
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2634368.44/cwt365.00–375.002,33616
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2650365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3733
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,5463
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1704360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5347
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2722341.71/cwt320.00–355.002,4673
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers11 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3392300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1762
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3482325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5673
Dairy Steers500–550Medium 3543185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0055
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3599300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7976
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3632302.66/cwt299.00–311.001,91376
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3653307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,00574
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3734302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,21761
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3777278.84/cwt277.50–280.002,16719
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3834281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,3447
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3990235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,3272
Dairy Steers1100–1150Large 31,137225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,5583

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.