Sale reports / Kentucky / Russell Springs Livestock Auction / 2022-01-19

Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 19
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208
Feeder Cattle receipts
622 head
▼ 183 vs last sale 805▼ 46 vs year ago 668 · −6.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 55▼ 31 vs year ago 40 · −77.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 higher,

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.95/cwt on 256 head.
Average price
$155.95
256 head · 698 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,089
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.07
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2698155.951,089256
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale256 hd
155.95
—
KY average20 barns · 5,960 hd
156.02
−0.07
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—Average2,35095.002,2331thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45065.299472thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16054.506322thin

Every lot

37 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 1-2Value Added350207.50/cwt207.50–207.507262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added427192.00/cwt192.00–192.008209
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455186.00/cwt186.00–186.008465
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480170.00/cwt170.00–170.008163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540170.00/cwt170.00–170.009184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563149.00/cwt149.00–149.008396
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576166.88/cwt154.00–171.5096136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620160.93/cwt155.00–167.0099814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675154.75/cwt145.00–155.251,04562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705154.30/cwt154.00–154.501,08818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added766152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added823146.59/cwt141.00–148.351,20685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2921132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,2203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,112129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,4344
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325148.00/cwt148.00–148.004815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380152.00/cwt152.00–152.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added446143.00/cwt143.00–143.006386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516148.00/cwt148.00–148.007644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522150.05/cwt144.00–153.0078343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576141.91/cwt140.00–147.008177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610139.00/cwt139.00–139.008485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661138.23/cwt138.00–140.0091460
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705138.00/cwt138.00–138.009731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added820133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,09318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2840126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added941121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1393
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390168.00/cwt168.00–168.006555
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2445160.00/cwt160.00–160.007125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2464164.31/cwt160.00–166.0076215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533150.19/cwt144.00–158.008019
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575153.90/cwt150.00–157.0088511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2617136.14/cwt129.00–145.0084013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2658148.46/cwt138.00–159.0097710
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,35095.00/cwt95.00–95.002,2331
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10050.00/cwt50.00–50.005501
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22059.00/cwt59.00–59.007201
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45065.29/cwt64.00–67.009472

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.