Sale reports / Kentucky / Russell Springs Livestock Auction / 2019-10-16

Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 16
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208
Feeder Cattle receipts
924 head
▲ 254 vs last sale 670▲ 924 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 76▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 26▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 higher with most of the increase on weaned preconditioned calves. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.23/cwt on 436 head.
Average price
$139.23
436 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$863
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$23.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.14
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2620139.29864435
Large 1580116.006731thin
One grade step is worth $23.29/cwt here — about $191 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 sale436 hd
139.23
—
KY average29 barns · 7,536 hd
138.09
+1.14
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—Low1,56377.831,2168thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,37745.9263221
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10443.6348210
CowsLean 85-90%Average96335.5934311

Every lot

63 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 1-2335160.00/cwt160.00–160.005363
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2359148.37/cwt147.00–150.005339
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432135.62/cwt133.50–141.0058614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added456144.68/cwt144.00–147.0066014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475135.39/cwt132.00–139.006439
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529143.50/cwt143.00–144.007598
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530134.25/cwt133.00–138.0071250
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577136.35/cwt130.00–139.0078748
Steers—Large 1580116.00/cwt116.00–116.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616144.59/cwt138.00–146.75891110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619130.52/cwt129.00–135.0080822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added677138.00/cwt134.50–144.0093454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683128.28/cwt122.00–130.0087614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708131.70/cwt127.50–135.509329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775128.50/cwt128.50–128.509962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added796141.44/cwt131.00–141.751,12669
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265120.80/cwt120.00–122.003205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327118.49/cwt116.00–120.003878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added335130.00/cwt130.00–130.004365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365117.98/cwt114.00–120.0043111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2409116.44/cwt112.00–123.0047619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added424127.52/cwt127.00–128.005418
Heifers—Small 1-2460108.00/cwt108.00–108.004975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475118.84/cwt112.00–124.0056441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added491125.00/cwt125.00–125.006146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523118.24/cwt111.00–121.0061857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524122.90/cwt122.00–124.0064414
Heifers—Small 1-2560112.71/cwt107.00–115.006317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567117.95/cwt111.00–120.0066911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583126.96/cwt123.50–129.007408
Heifers—Small 1-2620108.00/cwt108.00–108.006706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637111.22/cwt106.00–116.0070819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674112.82/cwt111.50–114.507609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added679123.49/cwt123.25–124.0083818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718115.00/cwt115.00–115.008269
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2245140.00/cwt140.00–140.003432
Bulls—Small 1-2300129.00/cwt129.00–129.003872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340145.35/cwt144.00–148.0049412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429139.54/cwt138.00–141.0059910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2459130.00/cwt129.00–133.0059720
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2508131.02/cwt130.00–132.0066610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2554126.41/cwt125.00–129.0070012
Bulls—Small 1-2560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006162
Bulls—Small 1-261089.00/cwt89.00–89.005434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619122.77/cwt118.00–128.0076019
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670120.93/cwt118.00–124.0081012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715122.65/cwt120.00–124.008776
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2752119.28/cwt119.00–120.008977
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283598.00/cwt98.00–98.008181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-297085.00/cwt85.00–85.008252
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0551
Bulls——1,55377.22/cwt75.00–80.001,1995
Bulls——1,63582.28/cwt81.00–83.501,3452
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80029.54/cwt25.00–35.002363
Cows—Lean 85-90%97736.63/cwt35.00–39.003586
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08445.18/cwt44.00–46.004907
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15040.00/cwt40.00–40.004603
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16841.53/cwt41.00–42.004852
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36050.65/cwt50.00–53.006896
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37341.02/cwt40.00–42.005634
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38845.12/cwt43.00–46.0062611
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,250900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,2502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,260768.90/cwt750.00–775.009,6888

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.