Sale reports / Kentucky / Russell Springs Livestock Auction / 2020-03-04

Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 4
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208
Feeder Cattle receipts
378 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 315▲ 378 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 34▲ 41 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--steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Todays receipts 419 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.20/cwt on 132 head.
Average price
$126.20
132 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$81
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$26.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.83
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2518128.93668108
Medium and Large 2-3532114.4560923
Small 1-2735102.007501thin
One grade step is worth $26.93/cwt here — about −$81 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 sale132 hd
126.20
—
KY average28 barns · 3,502 hd
128.03
−1.83
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—Average1,74189.721,5625thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30462.2081112
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14349.1956211
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low93139.013638thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370156.58/cwt146.00–164.005797
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400154.00/cwt154.00–154.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3455121.00/cwt121.00–121.005511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481160.58/cwt154.00–163.007726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535152.63/cwt142.00–161.008173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570154.00/cwt154.00–154.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617148.09/cwt137.00–153.009149
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3630127.00/cwt127.00–127.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687141.21/cwt139.00–143.0097016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690143.50/cwt143.50–143.5099014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711133.60/cwt122.00–140.0095010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765131.46/cwt122.00–135.001,00615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840120.14/cwt117.00–121.001,0097
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2868118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,0293
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,025105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235133.00/cwt133.00–133.003131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328139.00/cwt139.00–139.004563
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330117.00/cwt117.00–117.003861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3387124.00/cwt124.00–124.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2392139.93/cwt128.00–144.5054917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy393149.00/cwt149.00–149.005864
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3410110.00/cwt110.00–110.004512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429134.64/cwt125.00–136.005788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473134.03/cwt122.00–138.0063430
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525113.01/cwt112.00–114.005932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528130.10/cwt125.00–134.0068715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3571114.75/cwt105.00–118.5065515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2597120.00/cwt120.00–120.007164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658117.40/cwt106.00–120.0077211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3695100.00/cwt100.00–100.006951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715106.80/cwt102.00–111.0076410
Heifers—Small 1-2735102.00/cwt102.00–102.007501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770104.00/cwt104.00–104.008011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2850100.50/cwt100.50–100.508543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900105.00/cwt105.00–105.009451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy363172.00/cwt172.00–172.0062410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425157.50/cwt157.50–157.506696
Bulls—Small 1-2440108.00/cwt108.00–108.004751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477155.16/cwt148.00–159.007408
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3495131.00/cwt131.00–131.006481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520143.72/cwt140.00–151.007476
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585134.00/cwt134.00–134.007841
Bulls—Small 1-258590.00/cwt90.00–90.005271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2723119.02/cwt117.00–120.008613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2785125.00/cwt125.00–125.009812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2810114.00/cwt114.00–114.009231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,07586.00/cwt86.00–86.009251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56085.50/cwt85.50–85.501,3341
Bulls——1,78690.77/cwt88.00–93.501,6214
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79525.50/cwt25.50–25.502031
Cows—Lean 85-90%92051.22/cwt50.50–52.004712
Cows—Lean 85-90%96236.83/cwt35.00–39.003545
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08553.50/cwt53.50–53.505801
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,12356.49/cwt54.00–58.006344
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14948.76/cwt46.50–50.5056010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39465.06/cwt61.50–67.509078

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.