Sale reports / Kentucky / Russell Springs Livestock Auction / 2019-07-31

Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 31
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208
Feeder Cattle receipts
539 head
▼ 128 vs last sale 667▲ 539 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 62▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 14▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers 4.00-5.00 lower and Feeder heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.53/cwt on 213 head.
Average price
$129.53
213 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$716
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$315
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$11.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.42
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559130.20727198
Medium and Large 2-3499120.8760413thin
Small 1-2347119.004132thin
One grade step is worth $11.20/cwt here — about $315 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale213 hd
129.53
—
KY average26 barns · 5,297 hd
132.95
−3.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,57490.481,4248thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34262.8684428
CowsLean 85-90%High96158.0455810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average90250.264539thin

Every lot

58 lots · USDA AMS · Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382152.10/cwt146.00–159.005814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2417154.25/cwt151.00–157.006435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478159.78/cwt154.00–164.0076426
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3490134.00/cwt134.00–134.006572
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3520137.00/cwt137.00–137.007121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523155.42/cwt145.00–162.0081313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583153.45/cwt142.00–161.0089542
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3600132.00/cwt132.00–132.007922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606159.00/cwt159.00–159.0096425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625144.80/cwt136.00–147.0090514
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3655124.00/cwt124.00–124.008121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662149.12/cwt136.00–155.0098720
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3740136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740122.00/cwt122.00–122.009031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,0575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290131.00/cwt131.00–131.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325136.09/cwt130.00–140.004423
Heifers—Small 1-2347119.00/cwt119.00–119.004132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373142.15/cwt138.00–146.0053012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3391125.33/cwt123.00–130.004903
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430128.08/cwt125.00–130.005514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435144.05/cwt136.00–146.5062721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2457140.29/cwt132.00–142.0064124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3467125.00/cwt125.00–125.005842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517135.55/cwt128.00–140.0070140
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569128.00/cwt128.00–128.0072822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573126.60/cwt121.00–132.0072511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638124.00/cwt117.50–127.0079130
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678121.32/cwt113.00–124.008239
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3723104.00/cwt104.00–104.007522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732116.21/cwt109.00–119.5085113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785110.18/cwt107.00–115.008655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800105.00/cwt105.00–105.008401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-296689.00/cwt89.00–89.008606
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375147.01/cwt140.00–155.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425156.99/cwt155.00–162.006675
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2464150.27/cwt145.00–163.006978
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480139.00/cwt139.00–139.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518140.10/cwt136.00–144.007262
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571137.38/cwt134.00–143.007849
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2618130.50/cwt130.00–133.508067
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675121.00/cwt121.00–121.008171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740115.00/cwt115.00–115.008514
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,14576.00/cwt76.00–76.008701
Bulls——1,38386.35/cwt85.50–87.001,1942
Bulls——1,73695.03/cwt92.50–97.001,6505
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%90250.26/cwt45.00–54.504539
Cows—Lean 85-90%96158.04/cwt53.00–62.0055810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22460.05/cwt56.50–63.5073512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43164.97/cwt62.50–68.0093016
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2785925.00/cwt925.00–925.007,2611
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2975625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,0941
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200780.00/cwt780.00–780.009,3601

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.