Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 28, 2022

1,380 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.73/cwt -19.36 vs last sale · ≈ $908/hd at 583 lb · 60 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.22/cwt -7.75 vs last sale · ≈ $843/hd at 569 lb · 43 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $147.82/cwt +0.86 vs last sale · ≈ $913/hd at 617 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,380	1,384	919
Feeder cattle	1,380	1,384	919

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded 5.00 to 12.00 lower with spots 20.00 lower. Heifers under 700lbs traded 7.00 to 12.00 lower and heifers over 700lbs were not well tested. Demand was light and quality was down this week with fewer long time weaned cattle in the offering after last weeks special wean - vac sale. Supply was moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	5	189.00	$189.00	$658	—
365–368	367	5	183.00–188.00	$187.01	$686	-1.31
402–445	409	9	170.00–175.00	$171.27	$700	-15.97
458–490	479	16	165.00–177.00	$169.88	$814	-19.08
505–531	519	17	165.00–178.50	$173.80	$902	-1.03
550–590	580	25	155.00–173.50	$166.24	$964	-9.19
600–635	614	41	157.00–173.00	$168.29	$1,033	+0.84
651–685	668	34	151.00–171.50	$163.50	$1,092	-2.67
704	704	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,056	-12.66
718–740	725	3	155.00–160.00	$158.30	$1,148	-4.36
757–780	765	6	148.00–156.00	$152.83	$1,169	-4.20
855–875	866	7	145.00–151.50	$149.09	$1,291	-7.91

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	5	190.00	$190.00	$674	—
425–445	434	8	186.00–191.00	$188.62	$819	-11.20
485	485	4	185.00–186.00	$185.75	$901	-23.28
578	578	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,040	-18.09
600–628	619	25	175.00–187.00	$177.47	$1,099	-30.29
712–749	726	25	165.00–174.00	$168.68	$1,225	-4.04
785–790	785	24	163.00–167.00	$163.34	$1,282	-7.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–492	478	8	150.00–167.00	$156.52	$748	—
510–535	522	6	140.00–160.00	$149.54	$781	-13.80
550	550	3	140.00–143.00	$141.00	$776	-18.15
600–638	624	7	130.00–150.00	$147.25	$919	—
680–695	688	3	136.00–145.00	$141.99	$977	-1.33
715–740	728	6	145.00–151.00	$148.05	$1,078	—
843	843	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,054	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	318	7	130.00–150.00	$144.16	$458	—
403	403	12	150.00	$150.00	$604	—
469–491	485	14	148.00	$148.00	$718	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
947	947	15	151.50	$151.50	$1,435	—
950–965	963	9	154.00–155.00	$154.11	$1,484	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
929	929	4	147.00	$147.00	$1,366	—
1120–1125	1123	2	114.00–118.00	$116.00	$1,303	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	4	156.00	$156.00	$476	—
363–388	377	5	150.00–158.00	$153.08	$577	—
412–446	429	17	141.00–158.00	$149.18	$640	-11.83
455–485	467	25	140.00–155.00	$146.71	$685	-10.30
489 unweaned	489	12	149.00	$149.00	$729	—
507–543	528	15	140.00–152.50	$145.47	$768	-8.80
550–596	569	43	140.00–153.50	$148.22	$843	-6.78
603–645	621	22	137.00–148.00	$141.37	$878	-12.58
655–697	680	16	136.00–146.00	$143.92	$979	-8.66
700–740	716	10	135.00–146.00	$142.20	$1,018	—
722 unweaned	722	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,011	—
835	835	4	143.50	$143.50	$1,198	-2.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464 unweaned	464	4	151.00	$151.00	$701	—
540–546	544	7	159.00–160.50	$160.07	$871	-13.72
552–590	579	40	155.00–162.50	$158.84	$920	-16.57
591 unweaned	591	20	149.50	$149.50	$884	—
603–620	610	5	156.00–157.00	$156.41	$954	-11.63
651–698	679	21	147.00–160.00	$154.17	$1,047	-7.36
703–730	718	13	150.50–153.50	$151.86	$1,090	-2.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	327	6	135.00–148.00	$145.78	$477	+3.78
365	365	4	138.00	$138.00	$504	-13.38
402–445	422	8	120.00–135.00	$128.90	$544	-8.74
453–495	483	9	130.00–136.00	$134.07	$648	-7.21
503–548	527	10	124.00–135.00	$130.91	$690	-10.09
550–573	559	6	120.00–142.00	$134.93	$754	-5.17
615–625	619	5	110.00–130.00	$121.92	$755	-11.76
730–745	738	2	125.00–135.00	$130.05	$960	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
942	942	3	139.50	$139.50	$1,314	—
1041	1041	10	134.50	$134.50	$1,400	—
1106	1106	7	131.50	$131.50	$1,454	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	8	131.00	$131.00	$487	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–395	375	10	172.00–184.00	$180.00	$675	—
405–445	438	12	170.00–186.00	$174.88	$766	—
465–498	487	3	170.00	$170.00	$828	—
505–537	517	29	150.00–160.00	$157.58	$815	-5.70
553–593	578	12	142.00–154.00	$149.67	$865	-13.61
608–638	616	22	144.00–156.00	$148.57	$915	+1.61
619 unweaned	619	20	147.00	$147.00	$910	—
660–693	685	8	132.00–145.00	$140.32	$961	—
700–748	734	10	120.00–138.00	$133.30	$978	-12.70
753–795	779	20	120.00–135.00	$130.23	$1,014	—
820–831	827	6	125.00–139.00	$134.37	$1,111	+0.37

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	3	140.00	$140.00	$626	-16.92
459	459	5	150.00	$150.00	$688	-7.51
521	521	4	127.00	$127.00	$662	—
562	562	5	140.00	$140.00	$787	—
625–645	632	3	125.00	$125.00	$790	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	5	126.00	$126.00	$518	—
496	496	8	121.00	$121.00	$600	—
556–594	578	17	111.00–115.00	$113.42	$656	—
600–644	628	9	95.00–115.00	$102.77	$645	-19.23
773	773	62	129.50	$129.50	$1,001	—
810–838	830	26	114.00–118.50	$117.32	$974	—
868–892	891	56	112.00–126.00	$125.51	$1,118	—
906	906	12	117.00	$117.00	$1,060	—
958	958	3	114.00	$114.00	$1,092	—

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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.