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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Feb 25

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Feb 18Feb 25Mar 4 →

Receipts

1,248 head

▼ 1,998 vs last sale 3,246▼ 874 vs year ago 2,122 · −41.2%

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 sold unevenly steady from 5.00 higher to 10.00 lower after last week's impressive wean vac special sale. Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 13.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate 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 $480.17/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 27 of 34 comparable sales and sits +43.87 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$480.17

111 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$611

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

$72.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.58

vs MO average

−6.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	492.77	2,774	66
Medium and Large 1	560	486.53	2,724	16thin
Medium and Large 2	553	450.04	2,491	27
Medium 2	515	420.00	2,163	2thin

One grade step is worth $72.77/cwt here — about $611 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale111 hd

480.17

—

MO average19 barns · 2,754 hd

486.75

−6.58

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−6.85

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

+43.87

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

98 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	703.69/cwt	670.00–720.00	2,196	3
Steers	350–400	Large 1-2	352	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,006	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	616.60/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,244	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	570.94/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,152	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	565.43/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,380	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	552.52/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,354	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	504.27/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,168	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	438	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,409	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,340	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	508.78/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,330	15
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	464	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,274	7
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	470	421.22/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,980	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	482.44/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,306	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	481	502.96/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,419	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	538.58/cwt	530.00–545.00	2,612	29
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	515	420.00/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,163	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,783	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	475.11/cwt	465.00–477.50	2,504	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	525.34/cwt	500.00–527.50	2,858	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	476.50/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,707	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	468.77/cwt	460.00–474.00	2,705	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	426.76/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,467	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,532	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	415.19/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,574	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	630	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,552	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	433.98/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,764	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	663	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,453	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	431.06/cwt	415.00–434.00	2,862	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	412.89/cwt	407.50–415.00	2,783	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	691	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,522	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	410.44/cwt	406.00–414.00	2,926	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	372.49/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,727	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	762	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,591	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	369.08/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,838	27
Steers	750–800	Large 2-3	798	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,354	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	338.74/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,828	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	929	318.01/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,954	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	459.53/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,470	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	584.53/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,911	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	331	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,986	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	512.27/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,716	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	360	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,872	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,746	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	550.83/cwt	530.00–600.00	2,066	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	535.62/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,057	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	537.01/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,212	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	417	514.97/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,147	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	416.43/cwt	385.00–455.00	1,799	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	511.22/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,224	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	506.46/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,340	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	430.85/cwt	375.00–440.00	2,012	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	479.75/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,293	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	465.00/cwt	455.00–472.50	2,409	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	369.87/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,960	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	417.15/cwt	408.00–445.00	2,236	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	434.06/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,431	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	571	387.58/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,213	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	415.45/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,397	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	368.81/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,150	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	402.79/cwt	385.00–409.00	2,489	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	370.94/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,307	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	331.73/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,077	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	628	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,449	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	360.03/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,419	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	343.93/cwt	330.00–365.00	2,511	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,880	4
Heifers	750–800	Large 2-3	760	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,356	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,792	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	330.80/cwt	310.00–337.50	2,597	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,576	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,124	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	524.82/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,241	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,123	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,130	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	467	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,405	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	511.07/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,422	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,673	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	470.75/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,443	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,296	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	544	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,530	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	403.94/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,306	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	433.67/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,502	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	585	444.74/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,602	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	423.35/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,570	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,710	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	382.38/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,535	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,770	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,734	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	362.90/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,689	14
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	359.96/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,786	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	475	334.15/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,587	21
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	529	330.35/cwt	285.00–350.00	1,748	10
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	585	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,931	2
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	612	337.67/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,067	25
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	658	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,040	6
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	748	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,244	9
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	823	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,099	9
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	862	260.21/cwt	258.00–265.00	2,243	26

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 Feb 25, 2026

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

Receipts 1,248Last week 3,246Year ago 2,122

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	670.00–720.00	703.69
18	350–400	364	610.00–640.00	616.60
26	400–450	421	560.00–580.00	565.43
29	450–500	485	530.00–545.00	538.58
3	500–550	525	530.00	530.00
13	550–600	568	475.00–495.00	476.50
13	600–650	637	432.50–440.00	433.98
27	650–700	664	415.00–434.00	431.06
36	700–750	713	406.00–414.00	410.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	430	500.00–515.00	504.27
10	450–500	478	460.00–490.00	482.44
13	500–550	527	465.00–477.50	475.11
14	550–600	578	415.00–430.00	426.76
5	650–700	691	365.00	365.00
4	750–800	762	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	377	550.00–580.00	570.94
16	400–450	426	530.00–560.00	552.52
15	450–500	458	500.00–530.00	508.78
28	500–550	544	500.00–527.50	525.34
38	550–600	577	460.00–474.00	468.77
9	600–650	620	395.00–435.00	415.19
13	650–700	674	407.50–415.00	412.89
4	700–750	732	370.00–380.00	372.49
27	750–800	769	360.00–377.50	369.08
6	800–850	835	332.50–340.00	338.74
12	900–950	929	300.00–325.00	318.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	450	520.00	520.00
2	600–650	610	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	798	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	470	400.00–440.00	421.22
2	500–550	515	410.00–430.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	550.00	550.00
5	450–500	481	500.00–505.00	502.96
3	600–650	630	405.00	405.00
3	650–700	663	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	352	570.00	570.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	571	385.00–395.00	387.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	600.00	600.00
4	350–400	360	520.00	520.00
4	400–450	417	510.00–530.00	514.97
6	600–650	628	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	450.00–470.00	459.53
2	350–400	360	485.00	485.00
5	400–450	432	385.00–455.00	416.43
7	450–500	467	375.00–440.00	430.85
3	500–550	530	350.00–390.00	369.87
11	550–600	583	350.00–390.00	368.81
5	600–650	626	320.00–345.00	331.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	500.00–515.00	512.27
11	350–400	384	520.00–540.00	535.62
18	400–450	435	500.00–525.00	511.22
34	450–500	478	465.00–495.00	479.75
30	500–550	536	408.00–445.00	417.15
33	550–600	577	405.00–425.00	415.45
25	600–650	622	360.00–380.00	370.94
11	650–700	672	340.00–365.00	360.03
12	700–750	730	330.00–365.00	343.93
8	750–800	785	310.00–337.50	330.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	327	570.00–600.00	584.53
18	350–400	375	530.00–600.00	550.83
16	400–450	412	520.00–550.00	537.01
37	450–500	462	490.00–520.00	506.46
14	500–550	518	455.00–472.50	465.00
19	550–600	560	430.00–445.00	434.06
53	600–650	618	385.00–409.00	402.79
4	700–750	748	385.00	385.00
2	750–800	765	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	760	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	475	325.00–340.00	334.15
10	500–550	529	285.00–350.00	330.35
2	550–600	585	330.00	330.00
25	600–650	612	330.00–360.00	337.67
6	650–700	658	310.00	310.00
9	700–750	748	300.00	300.00
9	800–850	823	255.00	255.00
26	850–900	862	258.00–265.00	260.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	684	405.00	405.00
2	700–750	710	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	486	550.00	550.00
3	600–650	623	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	467	515.00	515.00
5	500–550	544	465.00	465.00
15	550–600	585	440.00–450.00	444.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	485.00	485.00
3	400–450	447	475.00	475.00
2	450–500	458	465.00	465.00
4	500–550	534	430.00	430.00
5	550–600	571	400.00–410.00	403.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	590.00	590.00
4	400–450	427	510.00–540.00	524.82
6	450–500	474	500.00–535.00	511.07
5	500–550	519	455.00–480.00	470.75
14	550–600	577	420.00–470.00	433.67
6	600–650	607	415.00–425.00	423.35
8	650–700	663	375.00–385.00	382.38
14	700–750	741	350.00–370.00	362.90
4	750–800	774	345.00–365.00	359.96

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.