Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2026-11-04

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Nov 4
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
← Oct 28Nov 4latest
Receipts
607 head
▼ 306 vs last sale 913▼ 91 vs year ago 698 · −13.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 5.00 to 12.00 lower based on very few weight comparisons, and heifers sold with a sharply lower undertone also based on few comparisons. A light run of mostly plain type calves this week, many unweaned or short weaned and many bulls in the mix.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.03/cwt on 107 head, down $30.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −68.45 against this barn's trailing median of $394.48.
Average price
$326.03
▼ 30.50 vs prior sale
107 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−35.57
vs MO average
−33.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526343.751,8078thin
Medium and Large 1-2539327.271,76388
Medium 2560320.001,7923thin
Medium and Large 2558296.951,6578thin
One grade step is worth $46.80/cwt here — about $150 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 sale107 hd
326.03
—
MO average17 barns · 1,746 hd
361.60
−35.57
National average91 barns · 8,635 hd
359.14
−33.11
This barn, trailing median35 sales
394.48
−68.45
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

35 sales
453406359312median 394.4803/0404/2907/0809/0911/04
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $326.03, median $394.48 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

81 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned325540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,7552
Steers300–350Medium 2325350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1385
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2352454.40/cwt430.00–460.001,5998
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416419.79/cwt400.00–435.001,7465
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425481.07/cwt470.00–485.002,0454
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427380.26/cwt370.00–387.501,6247
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned443385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7063
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned452415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8766
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9638
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477355.74/cwt345.00–370.001,6977
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned507375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518357.28/cwt350.00–365.001,85117
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned518327.54/cwt320.00–335.001,6972
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530334.02/cwt330.00–340.001,7705
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540381.37/cwt365.00–385.002,05916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0816
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579324.90/cwt300.00–332.501,88117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned585328.36/cwt325.00–330.001,9213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586353.23/cwt340.00–360.002,07022
Steers550–600Large 2-3591315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8625
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned623318.71/cwt310.00–330.001,9867
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625328.32/cwt320.00–335.002,05219
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8882
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9802
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690332.45/cwt330.00–345.002,2946
Steers700–750Large 2-3709292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,07411
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733330.85/cwt325.00–340.002,4256
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2772290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2392
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6727
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0804
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned320400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2803
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned357410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4643
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned364415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5119
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373392.05/cwt385.00–400.001,4622
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,3483
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403416.65/cwt410.00–420.001,6793
Heifers400–450Medium 2Unweaned408320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3063
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6802
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427363.83/cwt357.50–370.001,5545
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428387.47/cwt380.00–400.001,6586
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned440370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6282
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476324.47/cwt315.00–335.001,5445
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484354.96/cwt345.00–375.001,71826
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned515305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7806
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned516332.43/cwt325.00–342.501,71530
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524334.53/cwt327.50–341.001,75324
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8872
Heifers550–600Medium 2560320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7923
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567318.99/cwt310.00–325.001,80927
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned576312.16/cwt310.00–312.501,7987
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584292.12/cwt280.00–295.001,7065
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned612310.93/cwt295.00–315.001,90315
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9096
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662311.09/cwt300.00–315.002,0594
Heifers650–700Large 2-3666285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8986
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2686278.51/cwt270.00–285.001,9117
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728310.02/cwt300.00–315.002,2573
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,7913
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned362480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,7388
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2385459.74/cwt440.00–480.001,7702
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410447.50/cwt430.00–465.001,8352
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9922
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6164
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2482374.67/cwt370.00–405.001,80614
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9425
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522363.52/cwt350.00–370.001,89810
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned546320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7474
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7144
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0343
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565336.45/cwt330.00–345.001,90117
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned580305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7692
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6943
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned615270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6612
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned639318.33/cwt315.00–325.002,0346
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2689307.83/cwt305.00–320.002,1215
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned700300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1004
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2735305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2427
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2760288.04/cwt260.00–295.002,1895
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2872250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1802
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2891270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4064

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.