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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 22

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

368 head

▲ 82 vs last sale 286▲ 368 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

66 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 51▲ 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 0▲ 26 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 fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

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 $115.21/cwt on 226 head.

Average price

$115.21

226 head · 784 lb average

Value per head Derived

$904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$8.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.81

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	785	115.25	905	225
Medium and Large 2-3	575	107.00	615	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.25/cwt here — about $290 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 sale226 hd

115.21

—

KY average26 barns · 5,406 hd

132.02

−16.81

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	1,548	83.76	1,297	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,330	59.58	792	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,149	55.28	635	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	951	44.70	425	20

Every lot

69 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	465	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	585	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	598	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	133.01/cwt	130.00–137.00	625	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	475	150.03/cwt	149.00–153.00	713	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	137.69/cwt	130.50–141.00	728	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	135.49/cwt	129.00–138.50	779	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	615	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	135.04/cwt	127.00–139.00	829	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	127.82/cwt	118.50–134.00	842	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	118.48/cwt	114.50–119.50	836	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	725	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	881	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	106.23/cwt	101.50–111.00	816	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	856	97.50/cwt	93.50–98.50	835	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	874	108.55/cwt	108.50–108.60	949	128
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	180	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	270	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	142.93/cwt	141.00–145.00	400	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	137.48/cwt	135.00–140.00	451	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	405	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	522	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	124.30/cwt	122.00–125.00	472	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	136.26/cwt	127.00–139.00	527	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	131.22/cwt	124.00–138.00	568	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	128.15/cwt	121.00–133.00	604	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	475	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	534	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	126.93/cwt	122.00–130.00	656	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	530	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	588	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	113.97/cwt	109.00–119.00	633	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	570	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	513	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	585	104.74/cwt	104.00–105.50	613	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	110.60/cwt	109.50–115.00	680	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	635	91.38/cwt	88.50–100.00	580	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	698	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	653	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	292	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	467	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	487	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	339	164.88/cwt	162.50–167.50	559	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	390	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	480	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	529	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	133.59/cwt	130.00–137.00	545	7
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	410	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	472	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	135.74/cwt	130.00–136.50	662	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	517	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	713	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	127.16/cwt	120.00–133.50	670	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	693	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	702	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	110.00/cwt	108.00–112.00	754	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	99.50/cwt	99.00–100.00	706	2
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	800	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	584	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,147	1
Bulls	—	—	1,568	85.20/cwt	82.00–88.50	1,336	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	773	27.75/cwt	27.50–28.00	215	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	954	53.35/cwt	50.00–57.50	509	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	967	46.21/cwt	40.50–49.00	447	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,017	31.81/cwt	30.00–35.00	324	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,111	56.00/cwt	51.00–59.50	622	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,164	46.99/cwt	40.00–49.50	547	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	62.23/cwt	60.00–65.00	750	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,328	57.23/cwt	53.00–59.50	760	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,333	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	846	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	8,969	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,794	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,169	605.79/cwt	550.00–650.00	7,082	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	718.32/cwt	700.00–735.00	8,440	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,196	711.77/cwt	635.00–840.00	8,513	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,313	878.91/cwt	750.00–985.00	11,540	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	13,388	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	15,188	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	12,255	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 Apr 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 368Last week 286Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 51Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	768	101.50–111.00	106.23
9	—	529	130.50–141.00	137.69
5	—	659	118.50–134.00	127.82
3	—	386	151.50	151.50
1	—	310	150.00	150.00
13	—	856	93.50–98.50	97.50
5	—	706	114.50–119.50	118.48
4	—	470	130.00–137.00	133.01
1	—	440	136.00	136.00
6	—	575	129.00–138.50	135.49
4	—	614	127.00–139.00	135.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	149.00–153.00	150.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	874	108.50–108.60	108.55
40	—	725	121.50	121.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	122.00–125.00	124.30
1	—	345	117.50	117.50
1	—	530	111.00	111.00
2	—	585	104.00–105.50	104.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	517	122.00–130.00	126.93
5	—	387	127.00–139.00	136.26
2	—	280	141.00–145.00	142.93
17	—	433	124.00–138.00	131.22
5	—	555	109.00–119.00	113.97
2	—	328	135.00–140.00	137.48
23	—	471	121.00–133.00	128.15
5	—	615	109.50–115.00	110.60
3	—	698	93.50	93.50
1	—	180	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	90.00	90.00
4	—	635	88.50–100.00	91.38
1	—	475	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	123.00	123.00
1	—	495	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	488	130.00–136.50	135.74
2	—	685	108.00–112.00	110.00
1	—	570	121.50	121.50
10	—	527	120.00–133.50	127.16
2	—	710	99.00–100.00	99.50
1	—	605	116.00	116.00
1	—	330	147.50	147.50
7	—	408	130.00–137.00	133.59
2	—	292	160.00	160.00
1	—	395	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	339	162.50–167.50	164.88
2	—	517	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	115.00	115.00
1	—	800	73.00	73.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	967	40.50–49.00	46.21
2	—	773	27.50–28.00	27.75
7	—	954	50.00–57.50	53.35
3	—	1,017	30.00–35.00	31.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,111	51.00–59.50	56.00
7	—	1,164	40.00–49.50	46.99
7	—	1,206	60.00–65.00	62.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,328	53.00–59.50	57.23
3	—	1,333	63.50	63.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,568	82.00–88.50	85.20
1	—	1,470	78.00	78.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,196	635.00–840.00	711.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,175	700.00–735.00	718.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,169	550.00–650.00	605.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	725.00	725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,313	750.00–985.00	878.91

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,350.00	1,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,075.00	1,075.00

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.