Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2026-07-22

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Jul 22
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
282 head
▼ 380 vs last sale 662▼ 388 vs year ago 670 · −57.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, receipts were too light for an adequate price comparison, but the undertone for steers and heifers was weaker. The feeder cattle futures board was down significantly this morning, and the heat of July kept receipts minimal. Demand was moderate to light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $392.98/cwt on 37 head, down $41.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −31.88 against this barn's trailing median of $424.86.
Average price
$392.98
▼ 41.85 vs prior sale
37 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,184
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$591
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$129.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.61
vs MO average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515495.002,5492thin
Medium and Large 1-2563391.702,20329
Medium and Large 2536365.151,9586thin
One grade step is worth $129.85/cwt here — about $591 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 sale37 hd
392.98
—
MO average10 barns · 163 hd
389.37
+3.61
This barn, trailing median32 sales
424.86
−31.88
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

32 sales
513451389327median 424.8603/0405/0607/0809/0210/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $499.21, low $340.76, median $424.86 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

57 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5302
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6383
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414472.43/cwt465.00–495.001,9564
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned455455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0702
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464499.35/cwt495.00–500.002,3178
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473474.10/cwt460.00–480.002,24210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2262
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,5623
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575380.09/cwt370.00–385.002,1863
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned614382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,34910
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0462
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5002
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625369.96/cwt365.00–385.002,3124
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned722345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4914
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5913
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2317449.84/cwt435.00–465.001,4263
Heifers400–450Large 2-3404285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1515
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5663
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned461440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0286
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462411.12/cwt400.00–415.001,8998
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned485407.47/cwt405.00–410.001,9764
Heifers450–500Large 2496300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4886
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1593
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536390.82/cwt385.00–400.002,0955
Heifers550–600Large 2574305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7515
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,9162
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned600362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1755
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636327.81/cwt320.00–350.002,0855
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4322
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1132
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned657347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,2837
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2444
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720318.00/cwt305.00–322.502,2904
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785297.87/cwt295.00–310.002,3385
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2938272.49/cwt270.00–275.002,5562
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0915
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427461.19/cwt450.00–480.001,9693
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned458482.46/cwt480.00–490.002,2104
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470444.28/cwt430.00–455.002,0885
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7863
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,3773
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2509442.01/cwt425.00–465.002,2507
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,5492
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523382.70/cwt350.00–400.002,0024
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563330.04/cwt320.00–340.001,8582
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565367.48/cwt365.00–370.002,0762
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned581376.51/cwt360.00–400.002,18820
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2622360.02/cwt355.00–365.002,2397
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3715
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680345.01/cwt330.00–360.002,3467
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2742330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4492
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned818270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2092
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2855270.99/cwt270.00–272.002,3172
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2915273.28/cwt270.00–275.002,5013
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2963270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,6003

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.