Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 18, 2026

3,246 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $341.70/cwt ≈ $3,130/hd at 916 lb · 411 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $381.16/cwt -3.84 vs last sale · ≈ $3,026/hd at 794 lb · 125 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $347.13/cwt ≈ $3,107/hd at 895 lb · 117 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,246	1,349	0
Feeder cattle	3,246	1,349	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, lightweight steers under 600lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher, and yearling steers over 600lbs were mostly 4.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifers under 450lbs sold with a higher undertone and heifers over 450lbs were mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher. A very high quality day with many reputation consignments of weaned and vaccinated yearlings, some nice unweaned calves, and some stand out yearling consignments of 700lb-950lb steers. Demand was very good on a heavy supply.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306 unweaned	306	7	690.00	$690.00	$2,111	—
311–320	312	14	670.00–695.00	$689.27	$2,151	+44.81
352–387	369	31	610.00–640.00	$631.38	$2,330	-40.96
375 unweaned	375	3	580.00	$580.00	$2,175	—
405–435	417	5	575.00–610.00	$595.40	$2,483	-2.03
436 unweaned	436	9	590.00	$590.00	$2,572	+10.00
450–499	477	49	555.00–590.00	$566.24	$2,701	+1.51
500 unweaned	500	20	555.00	$555.00	$2,775	—
517–532	525	21	535.00–560.00	$554.12	$2,909	+1.37
550–570	564	9	475.00–500.00	$478.83	$2,701	-12.53
601–630 unweaned	613	15	435.00–457.50	$448.88	$2,752	—
607–640	621	76	432.50–465.00	$445.87	$2,769	+4.37
656–669	663	84	415.00–432.50	$422.37	$2,800	-0.83
701–746	721	104	387.00–414.00	$401.70	$2,896	+15.70
755–799	794	125	376.00–387.85	$381.16	$3,026	—
805–838	819	15	366.00–372.50	$368.85	$3,021	+9.15
865–897	895	117	346.25–359.00	$347.13	$3,107	—
905–933	916	411	335.50–345.50	$341.70	$3,130	—
959–966	961	13	327.00–330.00	$327.93	$3,151	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–340	325	6	600.00–650.00	$627.44	$2,039	+37.36
368–395	385	13	550.00–590.00	$579.03	$2,229	+13.71
410–449	433	29	525.00–570.00	$551.09	$2,386	+4.40
454–498	477	41	500.00–545.00	$527.64	$2,517	+12.34
515 unweaned	515	3	470.00	$470.00	$2,420	—
505–545	519	49	490.00–525.00	$504.62	$2,619	-3.13
550–592	574	96	425.00–465.00	$445.32	$2,556	-5.98
588–594 unweaned	592	16	437.50–445.00	$442.21	$2,618	+37.21
603–648	627	76	402.50–430.00	$416.64	$2,612	+18.20
655–661 unweaned	658	7	380.00–385.00	$382.87	$2,519	+17.87
660–696	678	103	395.00–412.00	$409.87	$2,779	+24.34
700–742	724	47	360.00–382.50	$374.51	$2,711	-4.74
758–792	785	82	345.00–375.00	$370.14	$2,906	+15.37
804–823	805	71	330.00–361.00	$359.66	$2,895	+16.62
882	882	15	340.00	$340.00	$2,999	+13.62
915	915	2	332.50	$332.50	$3,042	+17.50
952–967	956	29	315.00–320.00	$316.84	$3,029	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–388	372	5	460.00–470.00	$465.83	$1,733	-47.29
400–405	403	3	450.00–470.00	$463.39	$1,867	—
455–491	483	16	450.00–490.00	$484.79	$2,342	-2.61
505–535	523	7	420.00–465.00	$440.83	$2,306	-19.36
570–580	576	14	400.00–410.00	$403.19	$2,322	-15.98
625–626	626	6	390.00	$390.00	$2,441	—
661–695	665	9	375.00–380.00	$379.42	$2,523	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	15	420.00	$420.00	$1,953	—
546	546	23	400.00	$400.00	$2,184	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
649	649	10	420.00	$420.00	$2,726	—
750	750	21	381.00	$381.00	$2,858	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513–524	519	26	450.00	$450.00	$2,336	±0.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,639	—
560	560	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,904	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–338	320	5	580.00–620.00	$600.70	$1,922	—
321 unweaned	321	4	580.00	$580.00	$1,862	+30.00
352	352	5	570.00	$570.00	$2,006	+70.00
408–430	422	6	520.00–532.50	$527.98	$2,228	+22.33
430 thin fleshed	430	8	547.50	$547.50	$2,354	—
450–457 unweaned	456	32	495.00–507.50	$505.96	$2,307	+35.96
452–472	464	17	490.00–515.00	$492.86	$2,287	+5.78
502–548	536	60	425.00–450.00	$440.12	$2,359	-0.59
550–583	566	47	415.00–440.00	$425.77	$2,410	+0.76
616 unweaned	616	5	370.00	$370.00	$2,279	—
602–643	631	85	385.00–420.00	$391.51	$2,470	-5.89
651–671	667	83	380.00–400.00	$386.58	$2,578	+6.58
710–735	726	37	360.00–370.00	$368.24	$2,673	—
763–781	778	18	355.00–377.50	$373.82	$2,908	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326 unweaned	326	9	565.00	$565.00	$1,842	—
352–375	356	22	460.00–500.00	$496.32	$1,767	+28.87
413–431	423	23	450.00–495.00	$470.21	$1,989	+18.41
441 unweaned	441	4	480.00	$480.00	$2,117	—
455–488	477	72	425.00–472.50	$447.31	$2,134	+3.33
494 unweaned	494	9	455.00	$455.00	$2,248	—
509–522 unweaned	512	8	385.00–392.50	$386.91	$1,981	—
505–546	527	55	380.00–415.00	$403.54	$2,127	+0.06
558–562 unweaned	561	7	375.00–380.00	$376.42	$2,112	—
555–598	580	93	380.00–414.00	$399.70	$2,318	+11.30
600–632	625	31	360.00–385.00	$375.88	$2,349	+6.63
655–687	679	15	350.00–362.50	$353.94	$2,403	+4.69
725–732	730	3	330.00–335.00	$333.34	$2,433	+2.05
752–795	775	22	317.50–345.00	$335.89	$2,603	+15.89
802–842	811	9	315.00–337.50	$332.31	$2,695	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–445	440	5	435.00–445.00	$441.00	$1,940	+38.31
455–492	486	19	425.00–440.00	$431.25	$2,096	+28.31
520 unweaned	520	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,976	—
530–541	538	10	370.00–380.00	$377.04	$2,028	+25.03
550–590	582	5	350.00–365.00	$359.12	$2,090	+2.64
618–632	626	7	340.00–350.00	$345.77	$2,165	+38.96
670	670	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,110	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–349	321	10	380.00–410.00	$396.97	$1,274	+6.97
440	440	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,760	—
495	495	5	380.00	$380.00	$1,881	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
627	627	11	385.00	$385.00	$2,414	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	9	430.00	$430.00	$1,909	±0.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,231	—
477	477	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,670	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–380	377	5	520.00–530.00	$524.03	$1,976	—
476–496	489	24	502.50–540.00	$516.20	$2,524	—
523 unweaned	523	6	470.00	$470.00	$2,458	+27.18
555–580	558	9	430.00–465.00	$460.96	$2,572	+30.63
602–618	611	12	395.00–420.00	$409.67	$2,503	+23.41
695	695	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,363	—
700–745	730	3	340.00–365.00	$347.99	$2,540	+15.47
752	752	8	355.00	$355.00	$2,670	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–620	605	4	430.00	$430.00	$2,602	+15.22
608 unweaned	608	5	420.00	$420.00	$2,554	—
705	705	2	375.00	$375.00	$2,644	-5.00
815	815	14	366.50	$366.50	$2,987	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	12	400.00	$400.00	$2,232	—

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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.