Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Slaughter/Replacement Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 11, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	452	367	493
Slaughter cattle	375	275	377
Replacement cattle	77	92	116

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower. Supply and demand over slaughter classes and bred cows was both moderate, and cow calf pairs were scarce this week.

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1275	940	85-90%	19	33.00–36.50	$35.03	$329	—
874–1310	1055	85-90%	39	36.00–45.00	$41.55	$438	-0.74
810–1361	1140	85-90%	60	45.50–56.00	$48.07	$548	—
1125–1225	1171	85-90%	4	55.00–59.00	$56.95	$667	+5.88

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1613	1274	80-85%	18	49.00–54.00	$52.11	$664	-1.26
1045–1625	1313	80-85%	40	54.00–68.00	$59.43	$780	—
1165–1595	1415	80-85%	6	67.00–73.00	$70.79	$1,002	-0.20

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1348–1635	1478	75-80%	23	63.50–68.50	$65.78	$972	—
1320–1623	1531	75-80%	12	69.50–74.00	$70.26	$1,076	—
1415–1950	1601	75-80%	4	55.00–63.50	$59.81	$958	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1770	1536	11	71.00–83.00	$78.51	$1,206	—
1360–2140	1709	15	84.00–94.50	$89.79	$1,535	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–1155	823	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	72.50–94.00	$85.35	$702
795–1260	1072	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	72.00–91.00	$81.70	$876

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1210	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	700.00–950.00	$796.19
1125–1430	1254	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	650.00–935.00	$819.30
960–1850	1397	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	900.00–1,300.00	$1,076.15

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1290	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–875.00	$791.86

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1045	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	350.00–500.00	$440.96

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–905	847	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	585.00–850.00	$721.58
883–1005	917	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	600.00–875.00	$771.73

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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
1100–1485	1357	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00–1,160.00	$1,098.33	-338.34

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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.