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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

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

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208

← Oct 27Nov 3Nov 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

764 head

▲ 189 vs last sale 575▲ 303 vs year ago 461 · +65.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

54 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 35▲ 10 vs year ago 44 · +22.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 0▼ 22 vs year ago 34 · −64.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand for weaned calves. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.05/cwt on 336 head.

Average price

$135.05

336 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Large 1 over Small 1-2

$19.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.98

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	466	138.88	647	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	516	135.24	697	322
Small 1-2	490	119.50	586	6thin

One grade step is worth $19.38/cwt here — about $61 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 sale336 hd

135.05

—

KY average25 barns · 6,132 hd

131.07

+3.98

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	1,833	87.96	1,613	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	57.88	683	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,571	57.56	904	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,080	40.98	443	5thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	432	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	581	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	341	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	631	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	366	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	637	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	581	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	426	180.47/cwt	175.00–184.50	769	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	163.80/cwt	152.00–172.00	706	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	162.15/cwt	151.00–170.00	748	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	475	170.75/cwt	169.00–174.00	811	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	508	162.34/cwt	161.00–162.50	825	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	151.68/cwt	146.00–159.00	808	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	839	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	156.25/cwt	154.00–157.00	878	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	152.76/cwt	150.00–155.00	889	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	614	153.94/cwt	153.00–156.50	945	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	143.69/cwt	136.00–154.00	887	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	672	147.94/cwt	146.00–148.50	994	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,004	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	776	143.27/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,112	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,053	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	881	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,176	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	913	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,187	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	255	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	428	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	267	157.30/cwt	145.00–162.00	420	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	143.45/cwt	142.00–145.00	466	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	326	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	496	5
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	340	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	422	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	139.29/cwt	136.00–143.00	520	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	383	141.02/cwt	137.00–145.00	540	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	142.60/cwt	140.00–145.00	593	30
Heifers	—	Large 1	425	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	519	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	133.10/cwt	125.00–139.00	624	41
Heifers	—	Large 1	490	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	730	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	523	141.62/cwt	141.00–142.00	741	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	130.78/cwt	125.00–132.00	688	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	555	140.23/cwt	133.00–142.00	778	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	131.38/cwt	126.00–135.00	755	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	622	134.39/cwt	134.00–135.00	836	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	123.61/cwt	119.00–130.00	779	20
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	116.88/cwt	115.00–118.00	781	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	737	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	907	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	940	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	835	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	994	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	897	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	933	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	454	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	165.73/cwt	164.00–167.00	539	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	703	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	148.66/cwt	142.00–155.00	694	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	143.29/cwt	129.00–152.00	759	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	128.02/cwt	124.00–131.00	787	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	124.16/cwt	117.00–128.50	858	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	831	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	707	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	700	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	757	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	719	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,650	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,238	1
Bulls	—	—	1,775	94.96/cwt	94.00–96.00	1,686	2
Bulls	—	—	1,933	87.62/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,694	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	35.26/cwt	30.00–40.00	335	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,167	44.80/cwt	40.00–49.00	523	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	56.83/cwt	55.00–59.00	668	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,193	61.01/cwt	60.00–62.00	728	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	55.97/cwt	54.00–58.00	856	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,675	61.52/cwt	60.00–63.00	1,030	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	1,260.00/cwt	1,260.00–1,260.00	11,844	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	891.66/cwt	810.00–1,025.00	11,529	9

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 Nov 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 764Last week 575Year ago 461

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 35Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 34

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand for weaned calves. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	373	136.00–143.00	139.29
2	—	790	119.00	119.00
8	—	668	115.00–118.00	116.88
20	—	630	119.00–130.00	123.61
8	—	267	145.00–162.00	157.30
27	—	575	126.00–135.00	131.38
39	—	526	125.00–132.00	130.78
41	—	469	125.00–139.00	133.10
3	—	897	104.00	104.00
30	—	416	140.00–145.00	142.60
22	—	325	142.00–145.00	143.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	326	152.00	152.00
8	—	523	141.00–142.00	141.62
49	—	555	133.00–142.00	140.23
12	—	383	137.00–145.00	141.02
2	—	255	168.00	168.00
6	—	835	119.00	119.00
6	—	737	123.00	123.00
15	—	622	134.00–135.00	134.39
7	—	780	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	122.00	122.00
5	—	490	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	115.00	115.00
3	—	340	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	614	153.00–156.50	153.94
20	—	508	161.00–162.50	162.34
23	—	426	175.00–184.50	180.47
5	—	366	174.00	174.00
6	—	341	185.00	185.00
20	—	672	146.00–148.50	147.94
18	—	475	169.00–174.00	170.75
12	—	776	141.00–144.00	143.27
13	—	913	130.00	130.00
11	—	582	150.00–155.00	152.76
5	—	881	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	617	136.00–154.00	143.69
3	—	780	135.00	135.00
12	—	431	152.00–172.00	163.80
6	—	332	175.00	175.00
4	—	702	143.00	143.00
3	—	240	180.00	180.00
15	—	533	146.00–159.00	151.68
8	—	562	154.00–157.00	156.25
3	—	375	155.00	155.00
24	—	461	151.00–170.00	162.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	550	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	757	95.00	95.00
5	—	707	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	275	165.00	165.00
8	—	691	117.00–128.50	124.16
11	—	325	164.00–167.00	165.73
24	—	530	129.00–152.00	143.29
6	—	445	158.00	158.00
20	—	467	142.00–155.00	148.66
3	—	815	102.00	102.00
16	—	615	124.00–131.00	128.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	950	30.00–40.00	35.26
3	—	1,167	40.00–49.00	44.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,675	60.00–63.00	61.52
5	—	1,530	54.00–58.00	55.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,175	55.00–59.00	56.83
2	—	1,193	60.00–62.00	61.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,775	94.00–96.00	94.96
1	—	1,650	75.00	75.00
3	—	1,933	85.00–91.00	87.62

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,293	810.00–1,025.00	891.66
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	940	1,260.00	1,260.00

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.