Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 26, 2025

1,830 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $281.19/cwt +9.24 vs last sale · ≈ $2,055/hd at 731 lb · 88 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $301.19/cwt +8.72 vs last sale · ≈ $2,024/hd at 672 lb · 87 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $276.04/cwt +13.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,822/hd at 660 lb · 77 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,830	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	319	26	425.00–450.00	$441.14	$1,407	+14.72
346 unweaned	346	7	445.00	$445.00	$1,540	—
351–395	362	21	425.00–455.00	$439.46	$1,591	+36.31
393 unweaned	393	2	435.00	$435.00	$1,710	—
400–448	423	50	395.00–435.00	$423.08	$1,790	+43.38
433 unweaned	433	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,689	—
459–483 unweaned	470	17	380.00–409.00	$394.98	$1,856	—
450–493	475	36	385.00–415.00	$397.89	$1,890	+34.35
500–542	514	55	340.00–377.50	$354.87	$1,824	+17.75
538 unweaned	538	4	335.00	$335.00	$1,802	+15.00
550–599	572	43	329.00–356.00	$343.31	$1,964	+14.50
603–649	624	68	307.50–336.00	$320.78	$2,002	+18.34
653–696	672	87	293.50–317.50	$301.19	$2,024	+8.72
700–749	731	88	273.00–286.00	$281.19	$2,055	+9.24
752–777	765	50	274.00–282.50	$277.41	$2,122	—
805–832	829	32	261.00–271.50	$267.45	$2,217	—
885–898	888	20	258.00–264.00	$259.21	$2,302	+7.66

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,380	+11.42
365–398	377	14	400.00–415.00	$407.49	$1,536	+36.10
400–440	421	12	367.50–390.00	$377.78	$1,590	+22.90
447 unweaned	447	6	385.00	$385.00	$1,721	—
469–495	477	16	347.50–385.00	$370.60	$1,768	+33.18
500–547	524	13	310.00–337.50	$329.83	$1,728	+2.11
578–580 unweaned	579	5	294.00–320.00	$304.42	$1,763	—
550–599	580	59	302.50–327.50	$319.98	$1,856	+10.64
600–640	615	25	285.00–307.50	$294.61	$1,812	+4.15
615 unweaned	615	2	287.50	$287.50	$1,768	—
660–695	683	32	265.00–293.00	$284.57	$1,944	+8.26
700–745	723	23	250.00–272.50	$269.61	$1,949	+8.49
750–790	780	36	250.00–272.00	$264.27	$2,061	+12.95
819–844	828	30	243.00–250.00	$246.98	$2,045	+2.87
855–890	876	4	240.00–255.00	$246.17	$2,156	+2.42
943	943	5	245.00	$245.00	$2,310	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	353	2	330.00–355.00	$342.59	$1,209	-17.41
415–448	435	4	315.00–350.00	$336.59	$1,464	—
452–490	462	4	285.00–330.00	$296.94	$1,372	-15.53
525–527	527	4	287.50–300.00	$290.62	$1,532	+10.07
563–595	574	6	290.00–300.00	$294.12	$1,688	+1.62
610–645	622	3	255.00–270.00	$260.19	$1,618	-9.81
695	695	2	257.50–262.50	$260.00	$1,807	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	16	247.00	$247.00	$1,317	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	6	312.50	$312.50	$1,078	—
965–985	969	5	195.00–205.00	$197.03	$1,909	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,755	—
995	995	2	221.00	$221.00	$2,199	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–343	337	14	370.00–400.00	$376.23	$1,268	+22.04
375 unweaned	375	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,500	+62.50
352–395	377	22	370.00–405.00	$383.51	$1,446	+27.00
405–420	409	9	355.00–390.00	$364.49	$1,491	+25.27
407–449 unweaned	416	56	345.00–375.00	$365.81	$1,522	+43.31
450–464	461	12	329.00–357.50	$332.84	$1,534	+13.94
500–546	526	57	300.00–320.00	$310.11	$1,631	+14.58
551–578 unweaned	565	12	273.00–282.00	$277.39	$1,567	—
570–593	584	45	283.00–300.50	$295.70	$1,727	+10.70
605–649	635	31	272.00–283.00	$277.50	$1,762	+5.45
650–683	660	77	269.50–295.00	$276.04	$1,822	+13.04
704	704	5	277.00	$277.00	$1,950	—
788	788	24	254.00	$254.00	$2,002	+13.82

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	345.00–365.00	$354.62	$1,181	—
355–395	384	18	330.00–365.00	$353.31	$1,357	+31.30
407–410 unweaned	408	4	325.00–340.00	$328.77	$1,341	—
405–449	432	25	320.00–345.00	$335.12	$1,448	+9.55
460–492 unweaned	470	11	310.00–322.50	$316.91	$1,489	—
450–499	485	42	315.00–330.00	$321.33	$1,558	+21.05
520–530 unweaned	523	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,438	+5.54
500–549	526	37	277.50–295.00	$288.15	$1,516	+9.37
554–590	577	30	267.50–288.00	$278.04	$1,604	+3.91
570–588 unweaned	581	5	270.00–275.00	$271.96	$1,580	—
605–647	632	23	250.00–267.50	$261.51	$1,653	+2.08
653–695	681	35	250.00–267.50	$260.25	$1,772	+12.05
708–740	723	21	237.00–248.00	$246.24	$1,780	+14.31
770–798	786	17	226.00–247.00	$236.33	$1,858	+3.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	378	2	300.00–307.00	$303.34	$1,147	+13.16
405–426	422	13	275.00–285.00	$277.27	$1,170	-15.19
450–498	474	15	266.00–300.00	$292.01	$1,384	+11.61
540	540	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,404	+10.19
555–585	573	3	232.50–257.50	$244.78	$1,403	+2.28
660	660	2	243.00–247.50	$245.25	$1,619	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	8	287.50	$287.50	$1,331	—
679	679	9	240.00	$240.00	$1,630	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	6	300.00	$300.00	$996	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	428	2	365.00–375.00	$369.91	$1,583	+17.23
450–468	459	6	330.00–375.00	$366.54	$1,682	+40.23
530	530	4	290.00–320.00	$312.50	$1,656	±0.00
550–578	560	9	292.50–317.50	$308.68	$1,729	+12.32
645	645	2	273.00	$273.00	$1,761	-3.20
653	653	3	282.00	$282.00	$1,841	—
700 unweaned	700	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,820	—
763–795	772	4	236.00–254.00	$245.29	$1,894	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,381	—
418	418	3	395.00	$395.00	$1,651	+20.00
438 unweaned	438	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,642	—
651	651	4	287.50	$287.50	$1,872	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–490	478	3	260.00–290.00	$278.34	$1,330	—
678	678	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,553	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361–395	365	14	255.00–280.00	$269.89	$985	—
440	440	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,188	—
488–495	492	13	231.00–257.50	$246.15	$1,211	+16.15
513–546	529	18	246.00–265.00	$256.30	$1,356	—
554–556	555	14	220.00–265.00	$247.11	$1,371	—
619–645	633	9	224.00–243.00	$232.25	$1,470	—
653–699	684	25	210.00–231.00	$220.24	$1,506	—
701–735	715	10	201.00–225.00	$217.84	$1,558	—
750–790	777	3	203.00–211.00	$208.42	$1,619	—
800–822	819	8	204.00–205.00	$204.88	$1,678	+18.88
933	933	8	185.00	$185.00	$1,726	—

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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.