Sale reports / Kentucky / Russell Springs Livestock Auction / 2022-06-15

Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 15
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208
Feeder Cattle receipts
437 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 433▼ 339 vs year ago 776 · −43.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 42▲ 23 vs year ago 18 · +127.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 54▼ 8 vs year ago 11 · −72.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: All feeder classes traded 6.00-8.00 lower except for those calves sold in weaned packages and load lots. Please note with temperatures in the mid 90's buyer activity was sluggish. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.00/cwt on 227 head.
Average price
$148.00
227 head · 628 lb average
Value per head Derived
$929
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$25.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.56
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2631149.59943213
Medium and Large 2-3584123.8472314thin
One grade step is worth $25.74/cwt here — about $220 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 sale227 hd
148.00
—
KY average25 barns · 4,519 hd
147.43
+0.56
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—Average1,833109.492,0076thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48686.631,28718
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22782.171,0086thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93566.1361822

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)841$1,2751thin

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310170.00/cwt170.00–170.005271
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3310153.00/cwt153.00–153.004741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy346181.00/cwt181.00–181.006263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360175.00/cwt175.00–175.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy402195.00/cwt195.00–195.007842
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3422165.24/cwt164.00–167.006974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427181.12/cwt180.00–183.007739
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy466185.97/cwt185.00–187.008678
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482163.37/cwt157.00–167.007874
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533161.85/cwt159.00–169.008637
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3553131.00/cwt131.00–131.007243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570161.09/cwt159.00–164.009187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613158.50/cwt158.00–159.009722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added792164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,29969
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265165.00/cwt165.00–165.004372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315165.00/cwt165.00–165.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3360141.00/cwt141.00–141.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419153.66/cwt142.00–158.006447
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426169.00/cwt169.00–169.007209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468150.44/cwt142.00–155.0070419
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3505128.00/cwt128.00–128.006462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521148.85/cwt145.00–151.0077615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2559137.47/cwt130.00–146.007684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3585119.91/cwt115.00–125.007012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643148.75/cwt148.75–148.7595680
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3686116.00/cwt116.00–116.007963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added741147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,09576
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3790116.00/cwt116.00–116.009163
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275175.00/cwt175.00–175.004811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2366177.61/cwt175.00–180.006504
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438163.60/cwt160.00–171.007173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy444177.00/cwt177.00–177.007865
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3445133.00/cwt133.00–133.005923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467149.08/cwt148.00–150.006969
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy490165.00/cwt165.00–165.008093
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3507120.00/cwt120.00–120.006082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522157.28/cwt148.00–160.5082119
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565129.57/cwt127.00–132.007322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585155.00/cwt155.00–155.009071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy620117.44/cwt110.00–125.007282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added645138.00/cwt138.00–138.008901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2723133.75/cwt125.00–138.009678
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2828125.02/cwt124.00–127.001,0353
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-387595.00/cwt95.00–95.008311
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,700113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,9301
Bulls——1,860108.69/cwt106.00–110.002,0225
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90360.58/cwt53.00–66.0054716
Cows—Lean 85-90%99087.06/cwt86.00–88.008622
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03677.85/cwt74.00–84.008074
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10088.50/cwt88.50–88.509741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23382.51/cwt81.00–83.501,0174
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33074.50/cwt74.50–74.509911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44887.37/cwt84.00–90.501,26513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45095.51/cwt95.00–96.001,3852
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67577.52/cwt74.00–80.001,2983
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28411,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751

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.