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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Mar 18

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Receipts

1,673 head

▲ 1,020 vs last sale 653▲ 479 vs year ago 1,194 · +40.1%

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 3.00 to 9.00 higher with spots up to 15.00 higher and heifers sold mostly 8.00 to 20.00 higher. A nice run of yearlings this week after a few lighter supply weeks. Demand was good.

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 $481.31/cwt on 195 head, up $6.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 34 comparable sales and sits +45.02 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$481.31

▲ 6.20 vs prior sale

195 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$392

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

$87.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.97

vs MO average

+9.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	509.74	2,764	105
Medium and Large 1-2	550	452.87	2,492	76
Medium and Large 2	561	422.50	2,371	14thin

One grade step is worth $87.24/cwt here — about $392 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale195 hd

481.31

—

MO average14 barns · 1,542 hd

477.34

+3.97

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+9.19

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

+45.02

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

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

86 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	579.62/cwt	570.00–590.00	1,930	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	656.32/cwt	620.00–675.00	2,231	20
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	371	403.74/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,498	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	529.11/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,026	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	584.51/cwt	565.00–630.00	2,250	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	511.98/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,166	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	550.93/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,363	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,958	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	496.91/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,316	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	529.07/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,481	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	476	480.43/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,287	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	451.13/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,152	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	470.48/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,409	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,292	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	529.66/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,807	73
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	535	458.18/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,451	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	464.31/cwt	462.50–520.00	2,647	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	440.37/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,545	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,407	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	608	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,493	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	432.51/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,643	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	436.61/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,690	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	412.71/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,546	33
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	432.31/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,840	66
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	380.44/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,614	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	690	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,553	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	383.71/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,763	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,628	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	376.73/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,920	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	335.79/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,760	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,922	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	840	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,394	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	852	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,684	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	350.28/cwt	347.50–354.00	3,072	522
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	984	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,026	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	533.59/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,734	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	559.45/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,835	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	542.36/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,936	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	357	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,928	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	481.87/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,855	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	478.64/cwt	470.00–485.00	1,982	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	417	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,168	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,848	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	511.55/cwt	502.50–530.00	2,169	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	489.38/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,236	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	456.05/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,189	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	489	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,127	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	421.01/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,076	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	448.63/cwt	430.00–462.50	2,310	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	415.60/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,144	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,310	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	375.22/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,962	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	429.18/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,382	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	559	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,404	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	401.24/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,283	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	592	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,398	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	597	364.98/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,179	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	379.79/cwt	377.50–380.00	2,347	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	409.34/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,538	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	342.49/cwt	332.50–375.00	2,308	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	394.98/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,678	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	376.75/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,667	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	345.95/cwt	325.00–352.50	2,508	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	372.01/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,798	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,509	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	883	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,799	62
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	978	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,787	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	581.72/cwt	580.00–585.00	1,949	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	563.75/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,052	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,710	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	496.35/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,194	15
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,092	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,336	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	490	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,544	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	443.71/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,298	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,210	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	423.88/cwt	420.00–427.50	2,425	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	414.07/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,522	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	664	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,822	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,773	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	367.50/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,536	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,450	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,860	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	803	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,550	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 Mar 18, 2026

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Receipts 1,673Last week 653Year ago 1,194

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	450.00	450.00
5	450–500	477	440.00–465.00	451.13
5	500–550	515	445.00	445.00
9	550–600	587	410.00	410.00
2	800–850	840	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	340	620.00–675.00	656.32
21	350–400	385	565.00–630.00	584.51
10	400–450	429	530.00–560.00	550.93
21	450–500	469	510.00–530.00	529.07
73	500–550	530	500.00–540.00	529.66
32	550–600	570	462.50–520.00	464.31
9	600–650	616	430.00–445.00	436.61
66	650–700	657	420.00–440.00	432.31
4	700–750	720	380.00–385.00	383.71
3	750–800	775	370.00–380.00	376.73
2	800–850	823	355.00	355.00
522	850–900	877	347.50–354.00	350.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	570.00–590.00	579.62
9	350–400	383	500.00–545.00	529.11
28	400–450	423	490.00–530.00	511.98
28	450–500	466	485.00–505.00	496.91
28	500–550	512	450.00–475.00	470.48
42	550–600	578	420.00–460.00	440.37
33	600–650	617	410.00–425.00	412.71
26	650–700	687	365.00–395.00	380.44
2	700–750	720	365.00	365.00
3	800–850	822	325.00–342.50	335.79
2	850–900	852	315.00	315.00
8	950–1000	984	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	400.00–405.00	403.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	611	420.00–435.00	432.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	476	475.00–490.00	480.43
6	500–550	535	445.00–465.00	458.18
8	600–650	608	410.00	410.00
2	650–700	690	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	328	550.00–580.00	559.45
13	350–400	357	540.00–550.00	542.36
15	400–450	424	502.50–530.00	511.55
8	450–500	457	485.00–490.00	489.38
23	500–550	515	430.00–462.50	448.63
12	550–600	555	420.00–435.00	429.18
13	600–650	620	395.00–425.00	409.34
19	650–700	678	385.00–405.00	394.98
7	700–750	708	372.50–380.00	376.75
5	750–800	752	370.00–380.00	372.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	489	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	592	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	540.00	540.00
3	400–450	417	520.00	520.00
6	500–550	519	445.00	445.00
4	550–600	559	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	525.00–550.00	533.59
14	350–400	385	470.00–495.00	481.87
8	400–450	414	470.00–485.00	478.64
33	450–500	480	430.00–470.00	456.05
30	500–550	516	400.00–425.00	415.60
7	550–600	569	390.00–415.00	401.24
12	600–650	618	377.50–380.00	379.79
8	650–700	674	332.50–375.00	342.49
17	700–750	725	325.00–352.50	345.95
2	750–800	772	325.00	325.00
62	850–900	883	317.00	317.00
3	950–1000	978	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	440.00	440.00
10	450–500	493	420.00–425.00	421.01
2	500–550	523	370.00–380.00	375.22
3	550–600	597	360.00–375.00	364.98
3	600–650	640	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	580.00–585.00	581.72
6	350–400	364	550.00–590.00	563.75
15	400–450	442	470.00–500.00	496.35
4	500–550	518	430.00–455.00	443.71
4	550–600	572	420.00–427.50	423.88
2	650–700	690	350.00–385.00	367.50
2	700–750	700	350.00	350.00
3	800–850	803	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	445	470.00	470.00
2	500–550	520	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	458	510.00	510.00
5	600–650	609	405.00–420.00	414.07
2	650–700	665	417.00	417.00
2	700–750	715	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	664	425.00	425.00

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.