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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 1

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Receipts

1,000 head

▼ 584 vs last sale 1,584▼ 88 vs year ago 1,088 · −8.1%

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, the steer and heifer calves under 500 lbs. sold with a sharply lower undertone. Steers over 500 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers over 500 lbs. sold 5.00 to 12.00 higher. The demand was moderate and supply was moderate to light. The quality was less attractive this week and sold in smaller packages.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $418.87/cwt on 134 head, down $5.75 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 34 comparable sales and sits +24.28 against this barn's trailing median of $394.59.

Average price

$418.87

▼ 5.75 vs prior sale

134 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,272

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$376

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$91.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.32

vs MO average

−4.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	452.13	2,421	52
Medium and Large 1-2	535	423.23	2,265	44
Medium and Large 2	525	407.63	2,140	6thin
Medium 2	567	360.94	2,045	32

One grade step is worth $91.20/cwt here — about $376 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 sale134 hd

418.87

—

MO average19 barns · 2,243 hd

426.19

−7.32

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−4.32

This barn, trailing median34 sales

394.59

+24.28

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $337.37, median $394.59 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

87 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	314	557.53/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,751	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	613.41/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,951	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,882	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	551.69/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,025	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,168	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	426	555.46/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,366	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	537.74/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,302	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	562.36/cwt	560.00–570.00	2,413	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	442	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,188	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	461.39/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,173	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	524.30/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,511	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	499.13/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,426	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	496	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,331	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	480.59/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,494	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	515.88/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,724	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	534	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,483	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	542	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,764	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,371	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	452.69/cwt	432.50–465.00	2,598	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	487.68/cwt	487.50–490.00	2,829	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	411.17/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,401	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	585	437.93/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,562	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,675	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,706	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	418.42/cwt	407.50–427.50	2,615	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,496	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	667	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	3,102	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	402.33/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,700	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	413.99/cwt	405.00–418.00	2,828	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	386.81/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,766	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	417.43/cwt	407.50–420.00	3,026	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	368.46/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,856	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	328.35/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,699	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,768	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,465	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,739	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	484.89/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,615	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,846	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	411.69/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,523	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	475.97/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,771	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	423	445.70/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,885	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	463.83/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,976	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	431.72/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,848	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,095	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	446	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,829	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	477.50/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,173	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2-3Unweaned	469	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,407	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	465.39/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,187	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	476	448.28/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,134	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	410.89/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,964	12
Heifers	450–500	Large 2	490	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,813	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,266	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	438.62/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,272	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	523	425.81/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,227	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	407.63/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,140	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	474.50/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,496	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	538	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,018	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	421.79/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,366	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	564	425.30/cwt	415.00–427.50	2,399	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	387.55/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,275	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	599	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,067	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	413.53/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,547	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	381.03/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,355	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	636	391.64/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,491	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,122	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,618	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,391	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	375.43/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,756	9
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	969	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,771	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	537.16/cwt	535.00–540.00	1,982	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,477	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	525.62/cwt	510.00–535.00	2,276	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,223	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	473	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,608	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	513.50/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,480	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	502	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,908	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	468.27/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,435	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,276	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	565	437.04/cwt	435.00–439.00	2,469	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	607	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,549	3
Bulls	600–650	Large 1-2	607	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,458	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	392.85/cwt	390.00–397.50	2,679	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	378.77/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,704	4
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	909	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,636	4
Bulls	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,019	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,802	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

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Receipts 1,000Last week 1,584Year ago 1,088

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	590.00–620.00	613.41
19	350–400	367	540.00–560.00	551.69
9	400–450	428	520.00–540.00	537.74
12	450–500	486	480.00–510.00	499.13
15	500–550	519	470.00–490.00	480.59
8	550–600	574	432.50–465.00	452.69
12	600–650	625	407.50–427.50	418.42
13	650–700	671	400.00–415.00	402.33
3	700–750	715	375.00–395.00	386.81
3	750–800	775	355.00–375.00	368.46
3	800–850	822	325.00–335.00	328.35
2	850–900	865	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	550.00–560.00	557.53
10	350–400	362	520.00	520.00
3	400–450	425	510.00	510.00
7	450–500	471	455.00–470.00	461.39
21	500–550	545	435.00	435.00
6	550–600	584	395.00–420.00	411.17
3	600–650	640	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	495.00	495.00
6	450–500	496	470.00	470.00
5	500–550	534	465.00	465.00
5	550–600	585	430.00–450.00	437.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	667	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	560.00–570.00	562.36
25	450–500	479	520.00–530.00	524.30
43	500–550	528	500.00–525.00	515.88
26	550–600	580	487.50–490.00	487.68
6	600–650	615	440.00	440.00
26	650–700	683	405.00–418.00	413.99
5	700–750	725	407.50–420.00	417.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	426	550.00–565.00	555.46
8	500–550	542	510.00	510.00
3	600–650	608	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	423	445.00–450.00	445.70
16	450–500	476	430.00–465.00	448.28
13	500–550	523	425.00–430.00	425.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	470.00–500.00	484.89
11	350–400	372	465.00–485.00	475.97
10	400–450	426	460.00–480.00	463.83
17	450–500	470	450.00–470.00	465.39
21	500–550	518	435.00–450.00	438.62
10	550–600	587	370.00–400.00	387.55
5	600–650	618	375.00–385.00	381.03
4	650–700	683	350.00	350.00
4	950–1000	969	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	315	465.00	465.00
9	350–400	370	410.00–425.00	411.69
15	400–450	428	420.00–445.00	431.72
12	450–500	478	400.00–420.00	410.89
6	500–550	525	400.00–417.50	407.63
3	600–650	643	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	446	410.00	410.00
17	500–550	538	375.00	375.00
15	550–600	599	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	469	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	319	545.00	545.00
3	350–400	362	510.00	510.00
6	400–450	432	485.00	485.00
4	450–500	455	475.00–480.00	477.50
26	500–550	526	460.00–480.00	474.50
11	550–600	561	407.50–430.00	421.79
34	600–650	616	390.00–417.50	413.53
2	650–700	680	385.00	385.00
9	700–750	734	370.00–390.00	375.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	500.00	500.00
9	500–550	512	442.50	442.50
6	550–600	564	415.00–427.50	425.30
6	600–650	636	375.00–400.00	391.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	510	450.00	450.00
12	550–600	565	435.00–439.00	437.04
3	600–650	607	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	475.00	475.00
3	550–600	555	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	369	535.00–540.00	537.16
9	400–450	433	510.00–535.00	525.62
13	450–500	483	500.00–520.00	513.50
3	500–550	520	465.00–475.00	468.27
8	650–700	682	390.00–397.50	392.85
4	700–750	714	370.00–390.00	378.77
4	900–950	909	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	502	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	607	405.00	405.00
4	1000–1050	1,019	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	580.00	580.00

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.