Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 10, 2021

2,001 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $158.00/cwt -1.88 vs last sale · ≈ $904/hd at 572 lb · 81 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.61/cwt +2.06 vs last sale · ≈ $729/hd at 580 lb · 77 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.23/cwt -1.31 vs last sale · ≈ $731/hd at 525 lb · 71 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,001	2,450	818
Feeder cattle	2,001	2,450	818

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, both feeder steers and heifers traded steady. Supply and demand was moderate with good buyer attendance.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–443	432	18	174.00–179.00	$175.94	$760	-5.38
455–485	476	26	166.50–183.50	$178.47	$850	+1.90
502–532	516	39	153.00–167.50	$159.92	$825	-4.87
553–597	572	81	153.00–165.50	$158.00	$904	+0.45
605–648	631	63	137.00–155.00	$144.96	$915	+2.10
657 fancy	657	9	154.75	$154.75	$1,017	—
650–689	669	32	136.50–141.00	$138.21	$925	-0.62
703–741	731	13	130.00–136.00	$133.81	$978	-1.76
785	785	4	131.00	$131.00	$1,028	+1.00
801–824	816	11	127.00–129.00	$127.71	$1,042	+0.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	6	174.00	$174.00	$525	—
404–435	419	27	154.00–166.00	$159.68	$669	-7.05
450–498	473	15	159.00–173.50	$166.07	$786	+5.04
517–540	534	30	138.00–150.00	$147.15	$786	+0.99
550–596	582	32	140.00–150.00	$142.95	$832	-2.35
628–635	633	8	125.00–136.00	$133.00	$842	—
670–690	680	10	129.00–133.50	$131.73	$896	+3.16
700–703	702	4	126.00–127.00	$126.50	$888	+0.70
754–775	760	21	127.00–128.75	$128.00	$973	+1.84
828–849	839	8	124.00–126.00	$125.26	$1,051	+0.82
878	878	6	123.00	$123.00	$1,080	-0.92
958	958	2	113.00	$113.00	$1,083	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–327	322	5	158.00–163.00	$161.04	$519	—
362–394	381	22	151.00–165.00	$161.26	$614	—
405–418	411	17	135.00–153.00	$144.87	$595	+10.70
455–496	477	25	135.00–153.00	$147.97	$706	-1.74
520–540	527	6	126.00–133.00	$130.61	$688	-3.39
550–566	561	11	130.00–136.50	$135.07	$758	+3.77
648	648	5	120.00	$120.00	$778	—
725–735	730	6	110.00–121.00	$115.46	$843	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	6	132.00	$132.00	$403	—
430	430	4	120.00	$120.00	$516	—
473	473	3	110.00	$110.00	$520	-4.00
553–563	556	6	110.00–112.00	$111.33	$619	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	142.00	$142.00	$419	—
315–349	340	29	144.00–149.00	$145.35	$494	-0.89
351–389	374	23	139.00–148.00	$142.61	$533	-1.70
407–442	428	24	135.00–139.00	$135.72	$581	-2.49
460–478	469	19	136.00–138.00	$137.15	$643	+1.32
500–548	524	42	120.00–130.00	$125.47	$657	-2.84
550–598	580	77	120.00–130.00	$125.61	$729	+2.06
618–645	636	18	119.50–122.00	$120.13	$764	-0.21
650–695	665	6	118.00–120.50	$118.87	$790	+0.45
782	782	3	114.00	$114.00	$891	-3.05
810	810	3	109.00	$109.00	$883	—
868	868	2	100.00	$100.00	$868	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–398	389	4	150.00	$150.00	$584	—
415–440	429	25	142.00–151.00	$147.41	$632	+6.08
454–490	469	41	142.00–145.50	$143.65	$674	-1.59
502–546	525	71	130.00–144.00	$139.23	$731	-1.31
551–590	563	19	127.50–136.00	$134.22	$756	-0.87
603–645	617	50	124.00–130.50	$127.59	$787	-2.44
677–682	680	15	124.50–131.50	$128.71	$875	+3.21
848	848	2	112.00	$112.00	$950	—
880	880	6	115.00–115.50	$115.17	$1,013	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–335	327	10	125.00–135.00	$131.23	$429	—
353–365	358	9	125.00–130.00	$126.68	$454	—
405–445	426	21	125.00–130.00	$128.78	$549	-1.22
450–495	472	41	125.00–131.00	$128.28	$605	-3.80
575–597	588	5	115.00	$115.00	$676	—
610–646	629	13	110.00–115.00	$111.44	$701	-12.77
673–696	689	10	110.00–115.00	$113.99	$785	+6.54
740	740	3	110.00	$110.00	$814	-0.28
770–778	775	5	105.00–110.00	$108.01	$837	-1.99

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–378	368	5	120.00–123.00	$121.23	$446	—
425–428	426	5	110.00–116.00	$112.41	$479	+2.41
472–476	475	9	120.00	$120.00	$570	—
520–546	537	6	117.00–120.00	$117.97	$633	+11.47
561–575	567	15	110.00–118.00	$112.80	$640	+12.80
698	698	2	104.00	$104.00	$726	+4.00
710	710	2	103.00	$103.00	$731	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	156.00	$156.00	$523	—
373–390	383	11	150.00–151.00	$150.18	$575	-5.26
458–495	485	24	140.00–149.00	$146.49	$710	-10.51
500–547	522	11	130.00–136.00	$133.11	$695	-3.58
553–591	583	20	129.00–138.00	$133.18	$776	—
620–628	624	6	120.00	$120.00	$749	-6.02
730	730	5	119.00	$119.00	$869	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	5	169.00	$169.00	$529	-7.00
374–395	377	7	169.00–180.00	$178.35	$672	+1.42
433	433	9	155.00–162.00	$158.89	$688	-10.61
505–538	518	22	143.00–152.00	$146.89	$761	-3.78
588	588	3	138.00	$138.00	$811	—
614–630	619	22	133.00–136.00	$134.14	$830	-1.54
700	700	3	123.50	$123.50	$864	—
758	758	2	120.00	$120.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379–399	389	11	140.00–150.00	$142.85	$556	—
443	443	2	135.00	$135.00	$598	—
458–492	482	24	135.00–141.00	$139.76	$674	—
510–545	531	5	120.00–125.00	$121.92	$647	—
568–591	579	12	120.00–125.00	$120.85	$700	—
655–664	661	7	110.00–117.00	$115.02	$760	—
755–763	759	4	109.00–111.00	$109.99	$835	—
895	895	4	105.00	$105.00	$940	—
1005	1005	3	90.00	$90.00	$904	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	80.00	$80.00	$274	—
370–388	379	7	83.00–89.00	$85.32	$323	-3.68
473–499	490	26	75.00–97.00	$92.80	$455	—
505–540	536	8	82.00–86.50	$85.78	$460	—
550–586	563	28	75.00–92.00	$88.01	$495	—
670–692	685	8	55.00–85.00	$75.07	$514	—
700–740	716	16	74.00–83.50	$80.75	$578	—
755	755	2	86.00	$86.00	$649	—
800–830	813	11	80.00–86.00	$83.15	$676	—
890–895	892	6	75.00–75.50	$75.17	$671	—
915–930	916	11	82.00–82.50	$82.45	$755	—

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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.