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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 11

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208

← Sep 4Sep 11Sep 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

345 head

▼ 656 vs last sale 1,001▲ 345 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

52 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 27▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 5▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week :" Feeder calves quality very weak " Feeder steers : 6.00-10.00 lower and Feeder heifers 5.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower bulls 2.00 lower. Todays receipts 403 hd. Last years receipts 589 hd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.69/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$132.69

95 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$14.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.53

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	559	133.60	746	89
Medium and Large 2-3	450	119.15	536	6thin

One grade step is worth $14.45/cwt here — about $211 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 sale95 hd

132.69

—

KY average28 barns · 5,955 hd

132.16

+0.53

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	—	Average	1,246	88.15	1,099	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,263	50.57	639	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,077	43.64	470	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	946	43.10	408	16

Every lot

59 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	225	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	329	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	135.07/cwt	130.00–142.00	425	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	372	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	567	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	391	116.73/cwt	110.00–119.00	456	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	139.98/cwt	136.00–145.00	598	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	137.14/cwt	124.00–142.00	656	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	140.53/cwt	129.00–146.00	731	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	567	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	703	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	130.97/cwt	122.00–136.00	824	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	129.27/cwt	127.50–135.00	888	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	889	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	124.70/cwt	124.50–125.00	958	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	849	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	998	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	223	110.79/cwt	100.00–120.00	247	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	311	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	384	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	393	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	123.05/cwt	117.00–127.00	454	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	119.65/cwt	118.00–122.00	512	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	428	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	488	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	123.80/cwt	122.50–125.00	581	6
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	475	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	451	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	120.98/cwt	118.00–124.00	618	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	545	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	518	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	117.00/cwt	114.00–121.00	651	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	616	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	100.66/cwt	99.50–103.00	619	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	103.70/cwt	98.50–105.00	690	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	703	89.00/cwt	88.50–89.50	626	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	759	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	752	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	688	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	238	121.61/cwt	120.00–125.00	289	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	316	123.19/cwt	117.50–135.00	389	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	125.98/cwt	121.00–127.00	457	6
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	395	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	458	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	125.27/cwt	121.00–137.50	525	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	127.20/cwt	121.00–135.00	597	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	486	113.79/cwt	107.00–117.00	553	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	117.42/cwt	110.00–122.00	602	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	120.52/cwt	120.00–126.00	692	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	112.13/cwt	95.00–116.00	704	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	108.05/cwt	106.00–110.00	719	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	937	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	647	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	430	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	378	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	512	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	445	12
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	565	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	489	16
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	703	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	562	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,093	92.73/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,014	12
Bulls	—	—	1,183	65.43/cwt	60.00–70.00	774	2
Bulls	—	—	1,902	84.96/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,616	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	944	38.48/cwt	33.50–43.00	363	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	949	49.05/cwt	45.00–53.00	465	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,077	43.64/cwt	39.00–46.00	470	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,194	49.89/cwt	48.50–51.00	596	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,605	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	867	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,838	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,083	818.04/cwt	775.00–850.00	8,859	4
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,435	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	10,763	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 Sep 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 345Last week 1,001Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 27Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	520	129.00–146.00	140.53
7	—	478	124.00–142.00	137.14
7	—	315	130.00–142.00	135.07
5	—	849	117.50	117.50
5	—	768	124.50–125.00	124.70
9	—	687	127.50–135.00	129.27
2	—	370	120.00	120.00
18	—	629	122.00–136.00	130.97
5	—	708	125.50	125.50
2	—	225	146.00	146.00
10	—	427	136.00–145.00	139.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	391	110.00–119.00	116.73
2	—	567	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	372	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	99.50–103.00	100.66
2	—	428	114.00	114.00
2	—	703	88.50–89.50	89.00
1	—	345	114.00	114.00
1	—	545	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	607	101.50	101.50
2	—	752	91.50	91.50
6	—	469	122.50–125.00	123.80
6	—	511	118.00–124.00	120.98
2	—	223	100.00–120.00	110.79
1	—	270	115.00	115.00
1	—	730	104.00	104.00
7	—	369	117.00–127.00	123.05
8	—	428	118.00–122.00	119.65
10	—	556	114.00–121.00	117.00
10	—	665	98.50–105.00	103.70
2	—	310	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	937	69.00	69.00
12	—	574	120.00–126.00	120.52
10	—	469	121.00–135.00	127.20
14	—	628	95.00–116.00	112.13
9	—	419	121.00–137.50	125.27
6	—	513	110.00–122.00	117.42
6	—	363	121.00–127.00	125.98
6	—	316	117.50–135.00	123.19
3	—	238	120.00–125.00	121.61
2	—	665	106.00–110.00	108.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	107.00–117.00	113.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	88.00	88.00
16	—	565	86.50	86.50
12	—	512	87.00	87.00
8	—	703	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	949	45.00–53.00	49.05
9	—	944	33.50–43.00	38.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,077	39.00–46.00	43.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	54.00	54.00
5	—	1,194	48.50–51.00	49.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	60.00–70.00	65.43
3	—	1,902	84.00–86.00	84.96
12	—	1,093	90.00–93.00	92.73

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,435	750.00	750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,083	775.00–850.00	818.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	875.00	875.00

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.