Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Slaughter/Replacement Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 17, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	474	355	435
Slaughter cattle	384	249	313
Replacement cattle	90	106	122

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher. The offering included a very light supply of both bred cows and cow/calf pairs following the special replacement cow and bull sale this past Saturday evening. Supply was moderate to heavy and demand good for slaughter classes.

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1325–1505	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,700.00–2,050.00	$1,863.87	—
1720	1720	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1435	1110	80-85%	78	51.00–61.00	$56.07	$622	—
1045–1295	1185	80-85%	10	67.50–72.50	$70.13	$831	—
885–1520	1195	80-85%	76	60.50–68.00	$64.44	$770	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–865	695	85-90%	5	20.00–32.00	$24.20	$168	-5.51
695–1220	951	85-90%	21	35.00–45.50	$40.16	$382	—
820–1388	1085	85-90%	52	46.00–57.00	$51.00	$553	-1.47
960–1255	1113	85-90%	6	58.00–62.00	$59.42	$661	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1510	1286	75-80%	34	55.00–63.00	$59.96	$771	—
1145–1595	1369	75-80%	33	62.00–68.50	$65.27	$894	+1.12
1195–1620	1472	75-80%	12	67.50–73.00	$69.63	$1,025	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–2590	1490	7	70.00–86.00	$80.47	$1,199	+3.41
1280–2095	1658	17	85.00–95.00	$90.39	$1,499	—
1655–2145	1881	11	96.50–106.00	$101.62	$1,911	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1825–1885	1855	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$2,050	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955–1175	1034	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	67.50–94.00	$79.41	$821

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1123–1245	1164	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	88.50–96.00	$91.17	$1,061
1160–1235	1198	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	64.00–86.00	$74.66	$894

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–910	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	60.00–88.00	$77.09	$654
785–970	878	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	74.00–80.00	$77.32	$679

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
763–865	804	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	106.00–116.00	$111.00	$892

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1065	953	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	101.50–106.00	$103.39	$985

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040–1290	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	785.00–1,060.00	$918.24
1100–1213	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	785.00–850.00	$824.63
1290–1350	1312	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	825.00–900.00	$858.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1118–1170	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	56.00–62.50	$59.76	$684
1100–1625	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	54.00–67.00	$62.27	$806

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1045	963	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	800.00–875.00	$827.12
980–1000	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–750.00	$699.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
1060–1220	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	700.00–810.00	$747.67

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1440–1470	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	64.00–65.00	$64.66	$938

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400–1545	1473	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–970	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	60.00–63.00	$61.44	$574

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	685.00	$685.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115–1227	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	850.00–900.00	$875.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00	$950.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
815	815	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00	$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.