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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 9, 2020

2,614 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.33/cwt +0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 522 lb · 99 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $161.31/cwt +0.42 vs last sale · ≈ $784/hd at 486 lb · 89 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.88/cwt -0.53 vs last sale · ≈ $656/hd at 529 lb · 74 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 2,614 2,726 2,566
Feeder cattle 2,614 2,726 2,566

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 500 lbs steady to firm, over 500 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower, heifers under 400 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 400 to 600 lbs steady, over 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. No recent test of Holsteins for a price comparison. Demand unevenly moderate, good for light weight calves, supply moderate to heavy. Weigh up's average to full.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
292 thin fleshed 292 5 187.00 $187.00 $546 —
310–315 312 5 184.00–192.50 $189.71 $592 +15.71
359–393 380 19 172.00–178.50 $174.27 $662 -6.32
401–447 427 29 165.00–179.50 $171.25 $731 -0.66
457–495 484 56 160.50–174.00 $167.17 $809 +3.86
486–492 unweaned 489 33 150.00–153.00 $151.37 $740 -6.83
503–545 unweaned 516 32 136.00–150.00 $142.05 $733 -11.27
522–548 537 19 148.00–156.50 $154.25 $828 -3.92
568–570 unweaned 569 5 130.00–135.00 $132.00 $751 -10.00
550–599 581 60 130.00–152.00 $142.32 $827 -7.08
601–643 623 31 129.00–140.50 $137.11 $854 +7.11
624 624 5 130.00 $130.00 $811 ±0.00
624–646 unweaned 634 20 122.50–130.00 $126.14 $800 -8.23
652 unweaned 652 3 128.00 $128.00 $835 +0.08
656–699 673 59 125.00–134.00 $127.98 $861 -10.33
713–719 718 14 130.00 $130.00 $933 -3.34
715–725 unweaned 720 5 120.00 $120.00 $864 -5.00
752–797 768 43 125.00–131.00 $128.27 $985 -7.11
821 821 5 125.00 $125.00 $1,026 -9.31
947 947 5 120.00 $120.00 $1,136 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
273 273 3 182.00 $182.00 $497 —
321–344 333 8 173.00–175.00 $173.97 $579 +19.97
391 391 5 155.00 $155.00 $606 -0.80
442 442 3 160.50 $160.50 $709 +0.15
457 457 5 140.00 $140.00 $640 -8.66
485–494 493 6 135.00–139.00 $135.66 $669 -13.00
515–525 unweaned 522 3 134.00–136.00 $134.66 $703 +4.07
510–549 530 47 135.00–147.00 $141.32 $749 -3.92
563 563 6 130.00 $130.00 $732 -6.22
557–586 unweaned 575 8 125.00 $125.00 $719 -5.00
558–593 586 21 128.50–134.00 $130.79 $766 -5.43
625–640 637 23 121.00–133.00 $128.56 $819 -5.47
653–692 672 30 125.00–130.00 $128.09 $861 -1.28
680 unweaned 680 5 118.50 $118.50 $806 —
701–728 718 22 120.00–131.50 $128.27 $921 —
740–748 unweaned 745 3 115.00–119.00 $117.68 $877 —
752 752 5 123.00 $123.00 $925 -4.82
806–828 813 9 125.00 $125.00 $1,016 ±0.00
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
313 313 4 170.00 $170.00 $532 —
407 407 6 165.50 $165.50 $674 —
477 477 15 155.50 $155.50 $742 —
513–547 unweaned 522 11 130.00–136.00 $134.29 $701 —
533 533 22 143.50 $143.50 $765 —
586 586 6 132.00 $132.00 $774 —
655 unweaned 655 6 120.00 $120.00 $786 —
738 unweaned 738 9 117.50 $117.50 $867 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
595 595 4 118.50 $118.50 $705 —
643–645 643 15 117.50–122.00 $118.40 $761 —
714 714 4 115.00 $115.00 $821 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
428 428 4 130.00 $130.00 $556 —
493 493 3 125.00 $125.00 $616 -16.80
774 774 4 110.00 $110.00 $851 —
Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
454 454 4 70.00 $70.00 $318 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
263–296 288 9 160.00–174.00 $169.06 $487 —
315–317 316 9 155.00–170.00 $162.33 $513 +10.12
354–395 378 17 143.00–158.00 $147.80 $559 +2.30
402–441 420 60 138.00–152.50 $146.60 $616 +0.27
451–496 476 61 135.00–144.50 $140.11 $667 -0.87
500–539 521 60 125.00–139.00 $133.12 $694 +1.43
513–535 unweaned 524 39 124.50–132.00 $126.04 $660 +3.75
564–588 575 40 120.00–126.00 $124.31 $715 -0.84
570–595 unweaned 583 14 122.00–123.00 $122.51 $714 +2.09
609–620 618 27 119.00–123.00 $121.97 $754 -1.30
616–645 unweaned 627 14 115.00–119.50 $117.26 $735 -2.06
667–688 unweaned 673 12 105.00–110.00 $108.72 $732 -6.28
761–762 761 23 111.50–117.50 $115.15 $876 -3.95
830 830 3 108.00 $108.00 $896 —
880 880 3 104.00 $104.00 $915 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
318–340 332 14 150.00–162.00 $156.00 $518 —
365–395 384 4 141.00–143.00 $142.27 $546 +4.27
403 thin fleshed 403 3 146.00 $146.00 $588 —
400–448 430 13 125.00–132.00 $128.73 $554 +2.11
455–498 484 17 123.00–139.00 $129.96 $629 +2.69
509–538 unweaned 524 23 120.00–126.00 $123.28 $646 +8.28
525 thin fleshed 525 3 129.00 $129.00 $677 —
512–547 532 48 120.00–128.00 $123.84 $659 -1.86
570–594 582 17 117.00–125.00 $120.99 $704 +1.10
584–593 unweaned 588 9 114.50–115.00 $114.78 $675 -2.14
600–647 622 28 116.00–120.00 $118.02 $734 +0.46
668–685 unweaned 672 4 105.00–115.00 $112.45 $756 —
650–695 674 15 112.00–115.00 $114.46 $771 -1.62
695 695 5 108.00 $108.00 $751 -8.08
769–780 771 9 105.00–110.00 $105.56 $814 —
811–828 821 12 104.00–110.50 $107.43 $882 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
378 378 12 145.00 $145.00 $548 —
436 436 6 131.00 $131.00 $571 —
489 unweaned 489 15 125.00 $125.00 $611 —
578 578 4 117.00 $117.00 $676 —
708–710 709 6 105.00–109.50 $108.00 $766 —
713 unweaned 713 9 105.00 $105.00 $749 —
779 779 7 107.00 $107.00 $834 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
518 518 5 120.00 $120.00 $622 +5.00
553–593 unweaned 573 4 110.00 $110.00 $630 —
570–598 590 5 110.00–114.00 $112.39 $663 —
603–633 620 6 110.00–111.00 $110.34 $684 -6.41
633 unweaned 633 8 105.00 $105.00 $665 —
657 657 3 110.00 $110.00 $723 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
481 thin fleshed 481 5 115.00 $115.00 $553 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
620 620 4 110.00 $110.00 $682 ±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
355–375 363 12 150.00–154.00 $151.46 $550 —
409 thin fleshed 409 4 160.00 $160.00 $654 —
410–445 433 10 140.00–151.00 $146.64 $635 —
467–498 482 14 125.00–137.00 $131.68 $635 —
503–537 520 6 125.00–132.00 $128.39 $668 -5.62
558–595 578 16 120.00–124.00 $122.39 $707 -7.21
608 unweaned 608 6 114.00 $114.00 $693 —
613–648 634 12 112.50–129.00 $118.25 $750 -1.75
680–690 685 6 107.00–110.50 $108.49 $743 —
685–690 unweaned 687 6 100.00–109.00 $105.99 $728 —
710 unweaned 710 3 100.00 $100.00 $710 —
735 735 3 107.00–109.00 $107.67 $791 —
768–785 779 6 100.00–100.50 $100.34 $782 —
825–834 830 10 93.00–98.00 $95.49 $793 —
850–886 882 13 85.00–94.00 $88.43 $780 —
910–920 918 4 90.00–99.00 $96.77 $888 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
293 293 3 183.00 $183.00 $536 —
303–325 314 6 177.00–186.00 $180.76 $568 —
368–388 373 8 170.00–179.00 $176.66 $659 —
403–440 423 22 155.00–169.00 $162.98 $689 +14.11
508–531 517 14 127.00–133.00 $130.87 $677 -9.81
555–588 576 21 120.00–126.00 $123.36 $711 -9.68
604–624 612 10 120.00 $120.00 $734 —
617–624 unweaned 622 16 115.00–120.00 $116.24 $723 —
653–676 unweaned 671 16 110.00–120.00 $116.82 $784 -0.18
708–738 unweaned 720 5 104.00–117.00 $111.67 $804 —
769 769 8 106.50 $106.50 $819 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
263–275 267 3 160.00 $160.00 $427 —
404 404 12 152.00 $152.00 $614 —
507 507 12 125.00 $125.00 $634 —
565–573 568 6 119.00–120.00 $119.34 $678 —
611 unweaned 611 4 110.00 $110.00 $672 —
685 685 6 115.00 $115.00 $788 —
865 865 4 96.50 $96.50 $835 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
405 405 4 141.00 $141.00 $571 —
463–470 465 4 125.00–129.00 $127.99 $595 —
600 600 3 105.00 $105.00 $630 —
650–663 659 5 105.00 $105.00 $692 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
519–527 522 7 123.00 $123.00 $642 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
292 thin fleshed 292 3 80.00 $80.00 $234 —
328 328 3 75.00 $75.00 $246 —
350–385 360 25 75.00–83.00 $76.81 $277 —
432 432 7 87.50 $87.50 $378 —
447 thin fleshed 447 19 80.00 $80.00 $358 —
487 487 3 80.00 $80.00 $390 —
507–535 515 13 80.00–86.50 $84.26 $434 —
562–578 565 29 83.00–86.50 $84.50 $477 —
563–588 thin fleshed 576 12 65.00–70.00 $67.55 $389 —
605–633 626 10 82.50–85.50 $84.60 $530 —
803–846 837 23 86.00–88.50 $87.97 $736 —
889 889 9 79.50 $79.50 $707 —
908 908 9 85.50 $85.50 $776 —
Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
631 631 7 50.00 $50.00 $316 —
Medium 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
710 thin fleshed 710 6 60.00 $60.00 $426 —

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.