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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 3

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208

← Jan 27Feb 3Feb 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

516 head

▲ 141 vs last sale 375▲ 164 vs year ago 352 · +46.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 29▼ 49 vs year ago 70 · −70.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 8▼ 10 vs year ago 22 · −45.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers----Steady to 3.00 higher and Feeder heifers ----4.00--5.00 higher. Slaughter cows --1.00 lower and bulls --1.00--2.00 --lower. Todays receipts --549 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 $133.33/cwt on 240 head.

Average price

$133.33

240 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$933

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$35.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.18

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	561	135.08	758	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	703	133.43	938	233
Medium and Large 2-3	690	100.00	690	1thin

One grade step is worth $35.08/cwt here — about $68 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 sale240 hd

133.33

—

KY average27 barns · 4,389 hd

133.15

+0.18

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	1,813	88.21	1,599	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,410	57.82	815	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	45.90	540	8thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	431	158.20/cwt	158.00–159.00	682	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	150.68/cwt	139.00–158.00	649	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	456	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	702	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	140.77/cwt	131.00–149.00	662	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	495	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	671	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	509	154.99/cwt	154.00–158.00	789	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	146.41/cwt	135.00–153.00	788	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	134.99/cwt	134.00–139.00	775	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	142.38/cwt	139.50–147.00	841	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	141.08/cwt	134.00–144.00	880	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	641	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	897	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	131.14/cwt	123.00–135.50	883	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	690	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	690	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	128.61/cwt	125.00–130.00	923	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	126.34/cwt	126.25–127.00	984	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	812	129.95/cwt	129.95–129.95	1,055	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	819	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	999	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,008	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	903	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,025	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	996	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,076	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	238	137.74/cwt	130.00–145.00	328	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	317	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	495	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	462	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	139.20/cwt	135.00–145.00	535	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	140.32/cwt	130.00–144.00	591	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	137.23/cwt	130.00–139.00	649	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	133.50/cwt	127.00–139.00	704	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	572	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	123.70/cwt	116.00–129.00	717	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	717	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	121.32/cwt	112.00–135.00	767	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	115.93/cwt	115.00–117.00	767	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	853	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	826	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	737	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	810	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	265	173.58/cwt	170.00–180.00	460	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	384	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	626	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	442	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	663	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	145.02/cwt	140.00–149.50	670	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	133.59/cwt	130.00–143.00	716	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	136.32/cwt	135.00–137.00	770	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	129.25/cwt	127.00–130.00	776	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	118.45/cwt	112.00–120.00	792	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,580	83.00/cwt	82.50–84.00	1,311	3
Bulls	—	—	2,045	93.42/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,910	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,093	50.45/cwt	50.00–51.00	551	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	44.38/cwt	40.00–49.50	534	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,327	53.88/cwt	52.00–56.00	715	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,438	59.14/cwt	57.50–63.00	850	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	895	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	8,816	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	930	588.24/cwt	450.00–725.00	5,471	2
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	940	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,520	1
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,433	1,107.59/cwt	1,060.00–1,150.00	15,872	2

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 Feb 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 516Last week 375Year ago 352

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 29Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 8Year ago 22

Compared to last week : Feeder steers----Steady to 3.00 higher and Feeder heifers ----4.00--5.00 higher. Slaughter cows --1.00 lower and bulls --1.00--2.00 --lower. Todays receipts --549 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	421	130.00–144.00	140.32
2	—	345	134.00	134.00
40	—	580	116.00–129.00	123.70
26	—	527	127.00–139.00	133.50
1	—	910	89.00	89.00
2	—	765	108.00	108.00
18	—	473	130.00–139.00	137.23
5	—	632	112.00–135.00	121.32
11	—	662	115.00–117.00	115.93
2	—	238	130.00–145.00	137.74
10	—	384	135.00–145.00	139.20
9	—	735	116.00	116.00
4	—	823	89.50	89.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	150.00	150.00
2	—	317	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	107.00	107.00
2	—	675	100.00	100.00
3	—	618	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	462	140.00–149.50	145.02
2	—	442	150.00	150.00
6	—	536	130.00–143.00	133.59
3	—	565	135.00–137.00	136.32
9	—	669	112.00–120.00	118.45
8	—	600	127.00–130.00	129.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	265	170.00–180.00	173.58
8	—	384	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	135.50	135.50
5	—	574	134.00–139.00	134.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	456	154.00	154.00
4	—	509	154.00–158.00	154.99
5	—	431	158.00–159.00	158.20
10	—	641	140.00	140.00
10	—	819	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	538	135.00–153.00	146.41
3	—	996	108.00	108.00
33	—	718	125.00–130.00	128.61
5	—	903	113.50	113.50
26	—	673	123.00–135.50	131.14
2	—	880	114.50	114.50
18	—	624	134.00–144.00	141.08
17	—	779	126.25–127.00	126.34
5	—	470	131.00–149.00	140.77
14	—	591	139.50–147.00	142.38
5	—	431	139.00–158.00	150.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	812	129.95	129.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	2	—	1,433	1,060.00–1,150.00	1,107.59

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	930	450.00–725.00	588.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	985.00	985.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,438	57.50–63.00	59.14
3	—	1,327	52.00–56.00	53.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,203	40.00–49.50	44.38
2	—	1,093	50.00–51.00	50.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,045	90.00–97.00	93.42
3	—	1,580	82.50–84.00	83.00

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.