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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 22

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Receipts

927 head

▼ 194 vs last sale 1,121▼ 247 vs year ago 1,174 · −21.0%

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 steady to 8.00 lower. Many groups of unweaned calves in town today, but many of which were high quality. Demand was very good on a moderate supply.

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 $417.73/cwt on 85 head, down $3.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 34 comparable sales and sits +23.14 against this barn's trailing median of $394.59.

Average price

$417.73

▼ 3.96 vs prior sale

85 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$40.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.98

vs MO average

−4.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	430.89	2,354	48
Medium and Large 1-2	542	402.31	2,181	32
Medium and Large 2	517	390.00	2,016	5thin

One grade step is worth $40.89/cwt here — about $338 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 sale85 hd

417.73

—

MO average18 barns · 2,584 hd

428.71

−10.98

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−4.44

This barn, trailing median34 sales

394.59

+23.14

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

93 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	685.65/cwt	660.00–690.00	2,160	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	320	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,176	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	335	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,010	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	343	626.60/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,149	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,189	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	577.54/cwt	560.00–590.00	2,172	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	386	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,104	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	388	562.44/cwt	560.00–575.00	2,182	18
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	398	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,572	2
Steers	400–450	Medium 2	413	409.70/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,692	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	577.19/cwt	570.00–590.00	2,424	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	559.48/cwt	555.00–570.00	2,406	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	514.17/cwt	470.00–535.00	2,221	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	440	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,398	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	550.82/cwt	540.00–555.00	2,435	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	490.65/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,296	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	471	532.94/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,510	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	472	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,478	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	553.75/cwt	550.00–557.50	2,630	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	529.38/cwt	515.00–545.00	2,536	9
Steers	450–500	Medium 2-3	492	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,624	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	530.53/cwt	530.00–531.00	2,753	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	523.35/cwt	520.00–527.50	2,758	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	512.34/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,710	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	495.98/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,777	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	568	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,726	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	452.35/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,610	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	596	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,503	12
Steers	550–600	Medium 2-3	599	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,097	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	415.84/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,520	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,554	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	443.01/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,773	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,208	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	658	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	3,060	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	406.35/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,727	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	434.79/cwt	420.00–442.50	2,948	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	414.99/cwt	405.00–420.00	3,025	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,933	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,017	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	3,162	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	310	389.85/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,209	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	583.34/cwt	560.00–610.00	1,890	16
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	532.98/cwt	520.00–545.00	1,785	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	356	525.78/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,872	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	497.68/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,851	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	551.31/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,062	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,677	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	509.94/cwt	505.00–512.50	2,096	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	419	488.54/cwt	480.00–507.50	2,047	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	465.86/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,966	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	422	460.18/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,942	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2-3	438	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,445	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	438.04/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,923	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	448	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,702	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	467	349.96/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,634	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	469	464.70/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,179	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	446.87/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,141	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	409.57/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,986	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	490	428.69/cwt	422.00–435.00	2,101	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,016	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	411.73/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,137	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	448.08/cwt	442.50–465.00	2,352	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	553	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,253	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	560	381.73/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,138	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	425.81/cwt	412.50–440.00	2,414	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	390.59/cwt	380.00–402.50	2,269	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,153	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,356	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	377.44/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,355	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	398.87/cwt	387.50–407.50	2,509	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	382.49/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,517	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	347.69/cwt	345.00–352.50	2,409	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,450	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	897	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,758	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,918	9
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,099	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,989	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	525.10/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,880	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,224	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	413	559.59/cwt	540.00–567.50	2,311	22
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,413	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	532.07/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,224	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	539.80/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,526	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	517.99/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,440	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	498	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,652	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	507.14/cwt	485.00–515.00	2,586	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	525.45/cwt	515.00–540.00	2,743	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	438.98/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,586	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	432.00/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,773	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	381.61/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,576	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,664	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,756	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	329.96/cwt	322.50–345.00	2,607	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

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Receipts 927Last week 1,121Year ago 1,174

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	315	660.00–690.00	685.65
3	350–400	353	620.00	620.00
15	400–450	420	570.00–590.00	577.19
2	450–500	475	550.00–557.50	553.75
17	500–550	519	530.00–531.00	530.53
10	550–600	560	495.00–505.00	495.98
5	600–650	626	430.00–450.00	443.01
20	650–700	678	420.00–442.50	434.79
3	700–750	729	405.00–420.00	414.99
8	850–900	857	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	610.00–640.00	626.60
4	350–400	376	560.00–590.00	577.54
13	400–450	442	540.00–555.00	550.82
9	450–500	479	515.00–545.00	529.38
6	500–550	529	500.00–525.00	512.34
19	550–600	577	450.00–480.00	452.35
6	600–650	606	410.00–425.00	415.84
5	650–700	671	390.00–417.50	406.35
13	750–800	782	375.00	375.00
2	800–850	838	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	680.00	680.00
18	350–400	388	560.00–575.00	562.44
12	400–450	430	555.00–570.00	559.48
20	450–500	471	530.00–540.00	532.94
20	500–550	527	520.00–527.50	523.35
7	550–600	568	480.00	480.00
14	600–650	608	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	600.00	600.00
4	350–400	386	545.00	545.00
3	400–450	440	545.00	545.00
3	450–500	472	525.00	525.00
12	550–600	596	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	413	400.00–420.00	409.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	500.00	500.00
3	400–450	432	470.00–535.00	514.17
7	450–500	468	465.00–500.00	490.65
2	600–650	640	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	492	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	599	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	658	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	590.00	590.00
4	400–450	416	580.00	580.00
6	450–500	468	530.00–550.00	539.80
10	500–550	522	515.00–540.00	525.45
5	600–650	642	420.00–440.00	432.00
2	750–800	755	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	413	540.00–567.50	559.59
8	450–500	498	532.50	532.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	520.00–530.00	525.10
9	400–450	418	520.00–550.00	532.07
15	450–500	471	500.00–530.00	517.99
4	500–550	510	485.00–515.00	507.14
9	550–600	589	430.00–445.00	438.98
3	650–700	675	375.00–395.00	381.61
2	700–750	740	360.00	360.00
3	750–800	790	322.50–345.00	329.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	324	560.00–610.00	583.34
5	350–400	374	540.00–570.00	551.31
6	400–450	411	505.00–512.50	509.94
20	500–550	525	442.50–465.00	448.08
17	550–600	567	412.50–440.00	425.81
28	600–650	629	387.50–407.50	398.87
3	650–700	658	380.00–387.50	382.49
9	950–1000	981	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	370.00–400.00	389.85
8	400–450	448	380.00	380.00
6	450–500	467	340.00–370.00	349.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	335	520.00–545.00	532.98
8	350–400	372	480.00–530.00	497.68
13	400–450	422	460.00–480.00	465.86
15	450–500	479	440.00–465.00	446.87
19	500–550	519	400.00–430.00	411.73
10	550–600	581	380.00–402.50	390.59
4	600–650	624	375.00–380.00	377.44
13	650–700	693	345.00–352.50	347.69
2	700–750	700	350.00	350.00
6	850–900	897	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	356	520.00–530.00	525.78
26	400–450	422	450.00–475.00	460.18
15	450–500	490	422.00–435.00	428.69
3	550–600	560	380.00–385.00	381.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	419	480.00–507.50	488.54
20	450–500	469	455.00–480.00	464.70
11	550–600	553	407.50	407.50
2	600–650	620	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	430.00	430.00
5	400–450	439	430.00–445.00	438.04
11	450–500	485	400.00–430.00	409.57
5	500–550	517	390.00	390.00
3	600–650	615	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,099	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	330.00	330.00

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.