Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 29, 2021

919 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.68/cwt -1.71 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 471 lb · 40 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.73/cwt -2.89 vs last sale · ≈ $733/hd at 574 lb · 34 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.01/cwt +3.61 vs last sale · ≈ $640/hd at 474 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	919	1,019	1,463
Feeder cattle	919	1,019	1,463

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower while feeder heifers traded steady under 600lbs and 1.00 to 4.00 lower over 600lbs on a light test. Supply was moderate to light this week and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–420	416	7	169.00–170.00	$169.71	$706	—
454–497	472	7	157.00–163.50	$159.93	$755	-3.07
505–515	508	13	154.50–156.00	$155.69	$791	-5.40
539 unweaned	539	6	145.00	$145.00	$782	—
558 unweaned	558	5	145.00	$145.00	$809	—
562–585	571	9	150.00–153.50	$151.91	$867	-1.49
614–644	636	21	145.00–153.50	$147.43	$938	-4.05
704–726	719	12	142.50–147.00	$143.97	$1,035	-1.40
750–764	762	6	139.50–142.00	$139.91	$1,066	-2.98
823	823	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,111	-7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–390	373	7	151.00–167.00	$160.32	$598	+4.71
400–440	427	3	145.00–156.00	$151.53	$647	+0.02
465–493	474	11	135.00–150.00	$144.45	$685	-4.84
497 unweaned	497	5	140.00	$140.00	$696	—
515–535	519	17	139.00–150.00	$146.03	$758	+0.03
560–593	576	8	134.00–148.00	$143.18	$825	-1.42
603–645	618	17	130.00–145.00	$141.71	$876	+1.71
650–670	668	8	130.00–135.00	$134.39	$898	-7.48
715–733	725	12	129.00–135.00	$133.99	$971	-0.01

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	6	139.00	$139.00	$744	—
845	845	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,149	—
1000	1000	3	126.00	$126.00	$1,260	+5.38
1085	1085	4	114.00	$114.00	$1,237	-7.48

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	4	129.50	$129.50	$809	—
803	803	6	126.00	$126.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–387	387	4	133.00–139.00	$137.51	$532	—
465–475	470	2	110.00	$110.00	$517	—
505	505	3	125.00	$125.00	$631	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–343	332	11	138.00–149.00	$142.39	$473	+9.11
388	388	3	140.00	$140.00	$543	+10.00
402–440	414	24	127.00–141.00	$133.62	$553	+1.81
460–495	474	32	125.00–140.00	$135.01	$640	+3.61
517–536	525	27	125.00–136.00	$131.92	$693	-1.58
553–592	574	34	125.00–136.00	$127.73	$733	-2.89
600–640	620	26	125.00–133.00	$128.64	$798	+0.35
655–683	677	11	119.50–129.00	$122.34	$828	-4.93
805–835	813	6	112.00–120.50	$118.67	$965	-7.14

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–398	390	5	146.00–159.00	$153.70	$599	+10.70
458–485	471	40	139.00–148.00	$142.68	$672	-1.71
502–548	529	21	136.00–148.00	$143.24	$758	-1.05
555–597	581	25	136.00–142.00	$140.41	$816	-0.77
602–625	614	30	133.00–141.50	$137.02	$841	+1.87
653–669	666	13	130.50–133.50	$132.27	$881	-5.69
720–739	735	14	130.00–138.00	$135.37	$995	-1.13
810–831	827	5	123.00–125.00	$124.61	$1,031	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	3	110.00–125.00	$118.38	$397	+13.55
360–370	363	3	120.00–125.00	$121.70	$442	+11.70
460–480	465	4	100.00–103.00	$102.23	$475	—
600	600	4	105.50	$105.50	$633	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	3	130.00	$130.00	$620	—
660	660	3	120.00	$120.00	$792	—
717	717	5	126.50	$126.50	$907	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,286	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	3	125.00	$125.00	$619	—
530	530	2	111.00	$111.00	$588	-4.00
638	638	2	119.00	$119.00	$759	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–392	378	11	144.00–159.00	$149.14	$564	+1.25
465–485	475	4	130.00–135.00	$133.78	$635	-10.44
520–547	528	11	125.00–130.00	$127.22	$672	-14.23
554–590	567	18	125.00–134.00	$127.53	$723	-5.55
610–647	630	24	120.00–131.00	$126.23	$795	-0.19
668	668	3	120.00	$120.00	$802	-10.98
703	703	2	124.00	$124.00	$872	-1.00
750–790	763	9	115.00–126.00	$119.14	$909	-5.39
800–825	817	3	115.00–119.00	$117.69	$962	+1.12
923	923	2	100.00	$100.00	$923	-12.89

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329	329	5	130.00	$130.00	$428	—
390	390	4	125.00	$125.00	$488	—
463	463	3	125.00	$125.00	$579	+5.00
500–510	505	6	120.00	$120.00	$606	—
562–565	563	9	105.00–107.00	$105.67	$595	—
925–930	928	2	90.00–93.00	$91.50	$849	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414–445	420	5	153.00–162.00	$160.09	$672	+2.09
463	463	5	155.00	$155.00	$718	-2.50
623	623	3	134.00	$134.00	$835	—

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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.