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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 14, 2023

2,545 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $280.23/cwt +25.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,717/hd at 613 lb · 156 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $244.27/cwt -5.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,385/hd at 567 lb · 110 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $247.20/cwt -0.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,305/hd at 528 lb · 92 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 2,545 1,637 1,021
Feeder cattle 2,545 1,637 1,021

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers traded unevenly steady from 4.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Supply was heavy and demand was very good for the high quality, long weaned cattle from reputation breeders in the offering. Many groups of high quality holstein steers were also included in the mix that demanded impressive prices.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
309 309 6 292.50 $292.50 $904 —
455–491 483 71 275.00–294.00 $288.95 $1,396 +3.71
502–535 515 58 270.00–289.50 $280.76 $1,446 +1.81
562 fancy 562 18 289.50 $289.50 $1,627 —
553–580 566 60 268.00–279.00 $270.89 $1,533 +6.08
575–597 unweaned 585 11 253.00–255.00 $253.93 $1,485 —
600–618 612 20 244.00–258.50 $250.75 $1,535 -3.54
602–619 fancy 613 136 282.75–285.50 $284.57 $1,744 +17.57
658–683 671 90 231.00–243.00 $239.13 $1,605 +7.06
718 718 15 216.00 $216.00 $1,551 -4.00
773 773 6 215.00 $215.00 $1,662 -1.00
901–942 933 25 204.00–211.00 $206.48 $1,926 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
326 326 4 270.00 $270.00 $880 -16.93
350–390 373 10 258.00–267.50 $261.75 $976 -13.43
410–446 428 32 259.00–273.00 $264.48 $1,132 -1.51
466–499 485 19 250.00–270.00 $260.23 $1,262 -2.37
500–540 517 3 241.00–261.00 $254.10 $1,314 -0.61
550–599 583 46 231.00–252.00 $246.71 $1,438 -0.52
606 unweaned 606 9 215.00 $215.00 $1,303 —
600–648 616 50 225.00–240.00 $232.62 $1,433 +4.87
661–692 670 23 213.00–229.00 $222.27 $1,489 +12.95
679 unweaned 679 20 212.00 $212.00 $1,439 —
698 698 11 205.00 $205.00 $1,431 -4.32
712–715 713 5 205.00–206.00 $205.60 $1,466 +0.09
765–785 769 6 200.00–210.00 $203.04 $1,561 —
819–830 821 5 200.00–202.00 $201.60 $1,655 +7.24
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305–325 317 3 234.00–242.50 $239.59 $760 —
439–445 440 10 233.00–250.00 $236.44 $1,040 -4.84
450–493 475 8 220.00–240.00 $234.54 $1,114 -9.32
515 515 2 200.00 $200.00 $1,030 -22.62
566–585 572 10 217.00–228.00 $224.62 $1,285 +14.77
607–625 610 7 190.00–211.00 $207.92 $1,268 -2.08
675–676 676 20 197.00–212.50 $211.73 $1,431 —
820 820 2 163.00 $163.00 $1,337 —
Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
408 408 13 198.00 $198.00 $808 —
528 528 12 194.00 $194.00 $1,024 —
653 653 5 154.00 $154.00 $1,006 —
720 720 5 134.00 $134.00 $965 —
785 785 6 140.00 $140.00 $1,099 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
619 unweaned 619 21 235.00 $235.00 $1,455 —
988 988 4 195.50 $195.50 $1,932 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
604 604 8 234.00 $234.00 $1,413 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
473 fancy 473 22 279.00 $279.00 $1,320 —
466–489 482 38 265.50–270.00 $266.87 $1,286 +13.96
505–547 528 92 240.50–252.00 $247.20 $1,305 -0.84
554–588 567 110 237.00–248.00 $244.27 $1,385 -5.27
604–633 613 57 221.00–229.00 $225.59 $1,383 -3.88
650–688 680 33 204.00–218.00 $215.37 $1,465 —
835 835 4 174.00–187.00 $183.75 $1,534 —
905 905 7 180.00 $180.00 $1,629 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
360–376 369 14 220.00–241.00 $234.01 $863 -8.62
400–447 431 72 220.00–243.00 $230.72 $994 +0.53
454–490 472 56 220.00–244.00 $237.53 $1,121 +14.73
503–548 529 66 216.00–235.00 $227.05 $1,201 -3.33
535 unweaned 535 11 224.00 $224.00 $1,198 —
553–599 576 60 210.00–227.00 $219.12 $1,262 -5.41
622 unweaned 622 11 201.00 $201.00 $1,250 —
600–645 630 35 200.00–214.00 $204.81 $1,290 -1.76
650–680 663 15 181.00–198.00 $187.30 $1,242 -8.49
700–724 712 8 186.00–200.00 $192.88 $1,373 —
753–783 768 6 174.00–182.50 $178.33 $1,370 +8.33
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
405–436 419 19 205.00–210.00 $207.89 $871 -5.13
465–473 470 8 208.00–212.00 $209.49 $985 +5.92
509–543 529 21 200.00–216.00 $211.35 $1,118 -2.00
550–595 587 12 200.00–210.00 $201.56 $1,183 -0.42
615–645 639 6 176.00–195.00 $184.77 $1,181 —
690 690 3 176.00 $176.00 $1,214 —
730–745 738 2 157.00–164.00 $160.46 $1,184 +2.99
783 783 2 165.00 $165.00 $1,292 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
497 unweaned 497 13 213.00 $213.00 $1,059 —
574 unweaned 574 11 209.00 $209.00 $1,200 —
787 787 10 184.00 $184.00 $1,448 —
Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
387 387 15 166.00 $166.00 $642 —
485 485 18 166.50 $166.50 $808 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
610 unweaned 610 14 221.00 $221.00 $1,348 —
Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
432 432 12 140.00 $140.00 $605 -21.00
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
352 352 5 150.00 $150.00 $528 -23.19
410–435 423 6 150.00–180.00 $165.44 $700 -10.56

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
312 312 3 260.00 $260.00 $811 +10.00
410–445 430 3 234.00–249.00 $239.10 $1,028 —
463–483 473 11 225.00–251.00 $236.08 $1,117 -14.40
505–530 516 21 219.00–239.00 $229.58 $1,185 -8.25
550 550 2 222.00 $222.00 $1,221 +3.69
600–640 620 5 212.00–223.00 $219.37 $1,360 +1.95
715–725 722 6 179.00–181.00 $179.66 $1,297 -9.45
753 753 3 160.00 $160.00 $1,205 —
885 885 3 166.00 $166.00 $1,469 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
473 473 6 194.00 $194.00 $918 —
501 501 9 219.00 $219.00 $1,097 —
580–590 588 10 208.00–210.00 $208.39 $1,225 —
Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
627 627 9 134.00 $134.00 $840 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
557 557 7 239.00 $239.00 $1,331 -4.49
723 723 2 206.00 $206.00 $1,489 —

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
416 416 10 125.00 $125.00 $520 —
491 491 9 125.00 $125.00 $614 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
401–427 411 24 175.00–180.00 $178.05 $732 —
467 467 9 171.00 $171.00 $799 —
546 546 8 168.00 $168.00 $917 —
695 695 7 166.00 $166.00 $1,154 —
705–724 718 10 159.00–167.00 $161.36 $1,159 —
764–798 772 13 150.00–173.00 $167.51 $1,293 —
818–824 820 53 169.75–176.75 $174.63 $1,432 —
852–881 872 47 169.25–173.50 $170.58 $1,487 —
916 916 17 174.00 $174.00 $1,594 —
963 963 7 171.50 $171.50 $1,652 —

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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.