Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 11, 2023

1,904 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $179.19/cwt -0.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,039/hd at 580 lb · 67 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $174.71/cwt -0.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,085/hd at 621 lb · 65 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $161.20/cwt +0.59 vs last sale · ≈ $912/hd at 566 lb · 62 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,904	2,647	1,795
Feeder cattle	1,904	2,647	1,795

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 650lbs traded mostly steady to 4.00 lower and steers over 650lbs traded steady. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Smaller draft sizes this week after last weeks large wean - vac sale, but receipts stayed heavy with many feeder cattle continuing to come to town.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	328	9	217.00–235.00	$223.43	$733	-4.32
350–393	373	24	208.00–221.00	$214.27	$799	-6.22
425–448	435	25	206.00–220.00	$213.84	$930	-6.61
460–495	484	21	204.00–226.00	$220.36	$1,067	+5.68
500–547	525	41	195.00–217.00	$202.52	$1,063	-4.64
527 fancy	527	9	224.00	$224.00	$1,180	—
543	543	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,032	-17.16
553–585	566	32	189.00–204.00	$191.89	$1,086	-5.71
600–644	623	32	183.00–203.50	$191.96	$1,196	-2.19
681–686	684	43	176.00–182.00	$179.28	$1,226	-0.06
703–743	728	47	172.00–178.00	$174.33	$1,269	+0.97
793	793	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,380	-0.44
826	826	11	176.00	$176.00	$1,454	+5.94

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	2	200.00	$200.00	$636	—
350–390	363	9	194.00–206.00	$196.80	$714	+3.87
425–448	440	13	190.00–206.00	$197.06	$867	+5.30
450–495	481	16	180.00–200.00	$195.48	$940	-0.23
522–549	531	25	177.00–194.50	$188.95	$1,003	+3.35
551–598	580	67	166.00–186.00	$179.19	$1,039	-0.92
600–645	621	65	161.00–180.00	$174.71	$1,085	-0.24
656–680	666	12	160.00–170.00	$167.90	$1,118	-4.31
700–740	710	13	155.00–170.00	$165.38	$1,174	-4.00
753–791	769	12	154.00–169.00	$164.68	$1,266	-2.48
801–815	804	5	160.00–167.00	$161.42	$1,298	-4.71

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
737	737	32	170.00	$170.00	$1,253	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	170.00	$170.00	$774	—
578	578	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,012	—
611–619	615	27	164.00–175.00	$170.08	$1,046	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	361	4	161.00–170.00	$167.54	$605	—
440	440	4	161.00	$161.00	$708	—
468–485	475	4	172.00–178.00	$175.50	$834	+5.50
500–530	511	5	150.00–164.00	$156.05	$797	—
580	580	4	158.00	$158.00	$916	-8.67
705	705	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,058	—
750–755	753	3	130.00–140.00	$136.68	$1,029	-12.39
822–835	825	4	115.00–126.00	$117.78	$972	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	438	6	150.00–155.00	$152.46	$668	—
508	508	2	130.00	$130.00	$660	—
619	619	5	105.00	$105.00	$650	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	3	169.00	$169.00	$1,175	—
937	937	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,218	-20.00
973	973	2	119.00	$119.00	$1,158	—
1090	1090	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,384	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	9	110.00	$110.00	$613	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–940	920	2	158.00–167.00	$162.40	$1,494	—
1025	1025	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,507	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	311	11	180.00–184.00	$182.09	$566	-2.91
374–388	379	11	181.00–191.00	$185.21	$702	+3.28
400–448	430	15	177.00–188.00	$181.32	$780	+0.62
468–498	479	42	170.00–189.00	$181.91	$871	-0.33
505–544	527	53	168.00–181.00	$175.06	$923	-4.36
555–588	567	49	169.00–175.00	$173.21	$982	+2.18
651–691	657	30	159.50–175.00	$169.10	$1,111	+4.27
710–731	715	32	154.00–164.00	$162.16	$1,159	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	330	7	161.00–176.00	$165.97	$548	-7.03
355–373	367	6	160.00–165.00	$162.87	$598	-4.54
405–448	425	17	156.00–173.00	$166.14	$706	-4.72
450–498	471	30	158.00–173.00	$166.14	$783	-0.25
500–548	528	42	155.00–167.00	$159.70	$843	-4.58
553–594	566	62	150.00–167.00	$161.20	$912	+0.59
600–640	619	47	150.00–166.00	$157.26	$973	-1.86
650–678	665	15	149.00–160.00	$151.94	$1,010	-3.35
705–735	719	8	139.00–155.00	$148.70	$1,069	+0.52
755–775	769	4	141.00–150.00	$144.21	$1,109	-4.32
805–820	813	3	135.00–140.00	$137.99	$1,122	-6.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	5	150.00	$150.00	$652	-3.71
455–480	467	3	135.00–150.00	$141.54	$661	-9.98
587–593	589	5	147.00–148.00	$147.40	$868	+2.76
660	660	4	145.00	$145.00	$957	+5.00
705–730	718	2	130.00–135.00	$132.54	$952	+0.54

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	13	155.00	$155.00	$839	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–535	529	5	157.00–164.00	$159.83	$846	-0.17
607	607	6	162.00	$162.00	$983	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
689	689	5	115.00	$115.00	$792	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	3	80.00	$80.00	$584	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	427	5	172.00–191.00	$178.56	$762	-7.44
453–495	467	18	174.00–194.00	$185.73	$867	-1.59
500–520	511	9	174.00–185.00	$180.19	$921	—
550–590	573	13	167.00–181.00	$172.74	$990	+8.14
600–645	627	7	159.00–175.00	$166.23	$1,042	+2.61
650–697	671	12	149.00–157.00	$153.71	$1,031	-8.49
700–745	726	6	149.00–155.00	$153.01	$1,111	-0.52
750–785	759	4	138.00–140.00	$139.51	$1,059	-6.00
864	864	6	137.00	$137.00	$1,184	-3.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	223.00	$223.00	$818	—
425–438	434	3	198.00–202.00	$200.69	$871	-1.31
456–475	462	11	195.00–198.00	$196.63	$908	-7.37
515–518	517	8	185.00–198.00	$190.49	$985	+3.49
550–566	554	16	185.00–189.50	$188.35	$1,043	+14.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	2	160.00	$160.00	$709	—
530	530	2	160.00	$160.00	$848	—
578–580	579	5	155.00	$155.00	$897	-3.00
635	635	3	130.00	$130.00	$826	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	8	90.00	$90.00	$388	—
534	534	4	120.00	$120.00	$641	—
580	580	10	115.00	$115.00	$667	—
680–690	686	51	105.00–118.00	$112.49	$772	—
724–739	729	16	110.00–115.00	$111.58	$813	—
810–832	825	10	114.00–115.00	$114.71	$946	—
862–899	896	48	110.00–130.00	$125.35	$1,123	—
1070–1080	1073	12	100.00–103.00	$102.24	$1,097	—

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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.