Sale reports / Kentucky / Russell Springs Livestock Auction / 2021-05-05

Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, May 5
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208
Feeder Cattle receipts
460 head
▲ 113 vs last sale 347▲ 126 vs year ago 334 · +37.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 29▼ 35 vs year ago 61 · −57.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 10▲ 8 vs year ago 10 · +80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---Steady to 4.00 higher and Feeder heifers--- 2.00--3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher and bulls 1.00--3.00 higher . Todays receipts 504 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.10/cwt on 250 head.
Average price
$135.10
250 head · 771 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,041
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$356
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.69
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2772135.581,047246
Medium and Large 2-3658105.136914thin
One grade step is worth $30.46/cwt here — about $356 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 sale250 hd
135.10
—
KY average27 barns · 4,264 hd
136.78
−1.69
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—Average1,81595.631,7367thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,22564.9679614
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,01148.974957thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average82842.173493thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385159.00/cwt159.00–159.006122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420155.01/cwt138.00–158.006517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523159.32/cwt159.00–160.0083311
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3550116.00/cwt116.00–116.006382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571149.55/cwt135.00–155.0085417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621141.93/cwt136.00–148.008814
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3630121.00/cwt121.00–121.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667132.32/cwt120.00–135.508835
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2700118.00/cwt118.00–118.008261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added805136.95/cwt136.95–136.951,102135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added882121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,07461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0111
Steers—Medium and Large 2-390067.50/cwt67.50–67.506081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy250170.00/cwt170.00–170.004251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280154.06/cwt145.00–162.504312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2321159.51/cwt147.50–162.505125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385138.72/cwt135.00–145.005349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431143.65/cwt137.00–147.0061919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3448126.00/cwt126.00–126.005643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476138.01/cwt133.00–143.0065718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517134.16/cwt130.00–139.0069413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578132.52/cwt128.00–134.007664
Heifers—Small 1-2605117.00/cwt117.00–117.007081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623128.25/cwt127.00–128.507996
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625107.50/cwt107.50–107.506722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683119.71/cwt119.50–120.008187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790100.00/cwt100.00–100.007901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-286587.00/cwt87.00–87.007531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,03089.00/cwt89.00–89.009172
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2305157.00/cwt157.00–157.004791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2377160.00/cwt160.00–160.006032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2416157.18/cwt157.00–157.506543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473147.88/cwt145.00–156.0069910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy502160.00/cwt160.00–160.008034
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523150.71/cwt149.00–152.507882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525124.36/cwt120.00–130.006536
Bulls—Small 1-2535126.50/cwt126.50–126.506772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571139.62/cwt126.00–142.0079723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2618133.18/cwt120.00–138.008237
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680125.41/cwt123.00–127.008535
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2710117.34/cwt107.00–120.008335
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765110.00/cwt110.00–110.008421
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42384.50/cwt84.00–85.001,2022
Bulls——1,972100.08/cwt96.50–104.501,9745
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%68029.00/cwt29.00–29.001971
Cows—Lean 85-90%74536.00/cwt36.00–36.002681
Cows—Boner 80-85%96057.33/cwt57.00–58.005503
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05042.70/cwt38.00–52.504484
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06061.50/cwt61.50–61.506521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22564.96/cwt63.00–70.0079614
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2945600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,6701
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2990900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,9101
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,020810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,2621
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,075700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,215843.66/cwt750.00–950.0010,2506
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,355800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,8401

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.