Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Slaughter/Replacement Cattle Market Report

Springfield, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 12, 2023

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	540	720	343
Slaughter cattle	481	554	260
Replacement cattle	59	166	83

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply.

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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
1280	1280	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,460.00	$1,460.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–985	793	85-90%	5	40.00–62.00	$51.04	$405	—
760–1178	977	85-90%	31	70.00–83.00	$77.59	$758	—
955–1275	1043	85-90%	5	98.00–102.00	$99.71	$1,040	+7.91
880–1292	1076	85-90%	87	84.00–96.00	$89.30	$961	-7.83

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1320	1171	80-85%	16	90.00–95.00	$93.08	$1,090	+1.16
1015–1418	1255	80-85%	100	94.00–104.50	$98.76	$1,239	—
1195–1390	1328	80-85%	11	105.00–109.00	$106.41	$1,413	+0.06

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1635	1464	75-80%	9	90.00–95.00	$93.00	$1,362	-5.80
1258–1815	1477	75-80%	75	95.50–104.50	$99.74	$1,473	-6.03
1615–1900	1758	75-80%	4	106.50–109.50	$107.84	$1,896	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–2395	1643	19	102.00–125.00	$116.15	$1,908	—
1495–2120	1747	18	126.00–143.00	$133.79	$2,337	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780	780	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	162.00	$162.00	$1,264
764–1310	999	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	96.00–127.00	$108.21	$1,081

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1425	1212	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,160.00–1,600.00	$1,371.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1200	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,085.00	$1,002.07

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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.