Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Slaughter/Replacement Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 22, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	512	381	444
Slaughter cattle	317	248	320
Replacement cattle	195	133	124

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 4.00-5.00 higher on a heavy supply. Other than the dispersal of a large lot of outstanding mellow yellow heifer pairs and bred heifers the supply of bred cows and cow/calf pairs was light following the monthly replacement sale this past Saturday evening. Supply was moderate to heavy and demand good for slaughter classes.

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1290	1136	80-85%	16	49.00–55.00	$52.11	$592	—
930–1445	1177	80-85%	68	54.00–62.00	$58.00	$683	—
1105–1460	1245	80-85%	25	61.50–69.50	$62.78	$782	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1065	865	85-90%	9	18.00–31.00	$22.51	$195	—
765–1425	1085	85-90%	18	33.00–44.00	$38.89	$422	-7.02
990–1276	1104	85-90%	19	52.50–60.00	$55.42	$612	—
830–1485	1146	85-90%	35	43.00–53.00	$48.06	$551	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1500	1338	75-80%	11	56.50–60.00	$58.09	$777	—
1200–1818	1490	75-80%	23	59.50–64.00	$61.37	$914	—
1125–1910	1499	75-80%	11	63.50–69.50	$66.23	$993	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1955	1507	7	65.00–79.00	$73.60	$1,109	—
1190–2200	1632	28	81.00–90.00	$85.67	$1,398	—
1290–2170	1829	13	90.00–102.00	$95.23	$1,742	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
983–1020	991	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	84.00–86.00	$84.79	$840
925–1210	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	68.00–95.00	$80.84	$831
1087–1135	1099	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	61.00–76.00	$70.30	$773

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
960–1045	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	63.00–77.00	$69.05	$692

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650–725	688	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	101.00–105.00	$102.89	$708
675–865	734	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	107.00–117.50	$112.27	$824

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1015	970	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	104.00–113.00	$108.29	$1,050
920–1093	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	106.00–112.50	$107.47	$1,096

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1170–1230	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00–875.00	$862.81
1110–1295	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	750.00–900.00	$813.40

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
843	843	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	550.00	$550.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–995	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–725.00	$711.80
960–1040	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	585.00–725.00	$652.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1145–1213	1179	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	63.00–67.00	$64.94	$766

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1420	1420	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1480–1535	1508	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	970.00–1,000.00	$984.73

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1450–1505	1478	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	60.50–69.00	$64.83	$958

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1005–1020	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	55.00–73.00	$64.07	$649

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1212–1248	1222	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,475.00–1,525.00	$1,489.59
1250	1250	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1083	1065	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,110.00	$1,035.45
1099–1104	1101	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,250.00–1,410.00	$1,321.29

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–865	795	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	585.00–825.00	$715.57

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600	600	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	650.00	$650.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	785.00	$785.00	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	935.00	$935.00	—
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1340	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	575.00	$575.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1151	1151	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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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.