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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 21

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208

← Aug 14Aug 21Aug 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

309 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 273▲ 309 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

37 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 5▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 38▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers : 3.00-5.00 higher and Feeder heifers 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls steady. Todays cattle receipts : 369 hd

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.80/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$121.80

104 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$14.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.66

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	494	125.40	620	68
Medium and Large 2-3	477	115.51	551	32
Small 1-2	520	111.00	577	4thin

One grade step is worth $14.40/cwt here — about $42 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 sale104 hd

121.80

—

KY average26 barns · 3,268 hd

124.47

−2.66

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,848	87.12	1,610	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,208	59.45	718	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	49.51	599	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	920	44.39	408	4thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	231	156.73/cwt	155.00–160.00	362	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	516	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	149.32/cwt	149.00–151.00	576	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	402	148.97/cwt	137.00–153.00	599	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	144.23/cwt	136.00–146.00	705	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	504	149.15/cwt	133.00–152.00	752	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	143.05/cwt	136.00–149.00	825	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	889	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	138.30/cwt	133.00–140.00	949	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	697	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	819	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	143.07/cwt	135.00–151.00	398	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	439	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	135.48/cwt	121.00–139.00	507	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	130.15/cwt	125.00–133.50	549	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	496	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	122.61/cwt	122.00–125.00	565	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	479	115.27/cwt	104.50–122.00	552	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	126.32/cwt	121.00–129.00	649	21
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	520	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	577	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	111.73/cwt	110.00–113.50	587	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	124.25/cwt	124.00–125.00	706	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	587	110.16/cwt	100.00–115.00	647	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	112.86/cwt	100.00–117.00	725	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	711	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	103.43/cwt	99.50–111.00	796	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	128.55/cwt	123.00–134.00	487	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	547	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	139.13/cwt	131.00–143.00	669	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	511	116.84/cwt	112.50–121.00	597	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	135.11/cwt	134.00–137.00	734	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	559	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	699	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	126.44/cwt	123.00–133.00	776	4
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	640	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	653	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,230	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	959	1
Bulls	—	—	1,936	88.42/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,712	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	880	55.97/cwt	54.00–58.00	493	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	960	32.81/cwt	30.00–36.00	315	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,170	54.31/cwt	53.00–57.00	635	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	49.51/cwt	48.00–51.00	599	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,234	62.87/cwt	60.00–67.00	776	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	923	939.02/cwt	900.00–975.00	8,667	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	12,090	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	860	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	6,751	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,240	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,085	870.85/cwt	775.00–975.00	9,449	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,145	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	12,023	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,330	780.23/cwt	760.00–800.00	10,377	2
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,405	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,996	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,471	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

Wed Aug 21, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 309Last week 273Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 5Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 38Year ago 0

Compared to last week : Feeder steers : 3.00-5.00 higher and Feeder heifers 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls steady. Todays cattle receipts : 369 hd

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	130.00	130.00
1	—	680	125.00	125.00
2	—	405	135.00	135.00
4	—	379	123.00–134.00	128.55
4	—	614	123.00–133.00	126.44
5	—	559	125.00	125.00
7	—	481	131.00–143.00	139.13
9	—	543	134.00–137.00	135.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	125.00	125.00
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
4	—	511	112.50–121.00	116.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	102.00	102.00
2	—	660	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	101.50	101.50
2	—	325	135.00	135.00
4	—	278	135.00–151.00	143.07
4	—	568	124.00–125.00	124.25
4	—	642	100.00–117.00	112.86
6	—	422	125.00–133.50	130.15
6	—	770	99.50–111.00	103.43
10	—	374	121.00–139.00	135.48
10	—	461	122.00–125.00	122.61
21	—	514	121.00–129.00	126.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	111.50	111.50
2	—	305	130.00	130.00
2	—	375	120.00	120.00
2	—	525	110.00–113.50	111.73
4	—	587	100.00–115.00	110.16
21	—	479	104.50–122.00	115.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	154.00	154.00
3	—	231	155.00–160.00	156.73
4	—	402	137.00–153.00	148.97
4	—	607	146.50	146.50
4	—	686	133.00–140.00	138.30
6	—	386	149.00–151.00	149.32
7	—	504	133.00–152.00	149.15
10	—	489	136.00–146.00	144.23
13	—	577	136.00–149.00	143.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	697	117.50	117.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	975.00	975.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	923	900.00–975.00	939.02

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,405	925.00	925.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,330	760.00–800.00	780.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,085	775.00–975.00	870.85

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	860	785.00	785.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	835	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,936	87.00–90.00	88.42
1	—	1,230	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	48.00–51.00	49.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,170	53.00–57.00	54.31
6	—	1,234	60.00–67.00	62.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	54.00–58.00	55.97
2	—	960	30.00–36.00	32.81

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.