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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 4

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208

← Sep 27Oct 4Oct 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

335 head

▼ 518 vs last sale 853▼ 53 vs year ago 388 · −13.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

35 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 52▼ 62 vs year ago 97 · −63.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and bull calves sold sharply lower. Feeders heifers traded 7.00-9.00 lower. Feeder buyers are still discounting the bawling and plainer quality calves very heavily. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower and no test on slaughter bulls.

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 $208.33/cwt on 113 head.

Average price

$208.33

113 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,032

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$489

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2

$55.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.85

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	482	217.67	1,049	86
Large 1-2	504	182.25	918	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	552	178.67	986	22
Medium 1-2	345	162.50	561	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.17/cwt here — about $489 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 sale113 hd

208.33

—

KY average26 barns · 5,962 hd

195.48

+12.85

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,447	89.30	1,292	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,218	86.58	1,054	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	970	70.30	682	13

Every lot

68 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	616	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	325	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	569	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	875	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	390	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	702	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	849	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	950	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	473	244.07/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,154	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,188	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	588	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,376	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,267	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	642	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,483	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	979	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	713	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,583	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,465	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	878	227.75/cwt	227.75–227.75	2,000	65
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	200	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	510	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	327	222.02/cwt	215.00–230.00	726	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	345	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	561	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	357	217.93/cwt	205.00–220.00	778	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	177.40/cwt	170.00–185.00	683	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	216.34/cwt	213.00–221.00	919	15
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	425	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	850	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	427	191.30/cwt	182.00–196.00	817	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	446	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,053	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	468	186.44/cwt	167.00–200.00	873	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	221.94/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,045	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	216.61/cwt	208.00–226.00	1,142	11
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	530	176.33/cwt	161.00–186.00	935	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	539	179.03/cwt	172.50–195.00	965	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,102	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	210.63/cwt	206.00–215.00	1,192	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	197.31/cwt	195.00–199.00	1,241	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	632	175.85/cwt	155.00–187.50	1,111	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,486	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,389	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	810	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,385	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,105	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,337	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	581	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	315	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	654	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	350	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	691	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	227.14/cwt	223.00–239.00	868	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	405	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	810	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2Fleshy	425	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	578	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	236.28/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,007	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	430	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,045	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	222.78/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,047	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	221.92/cwt	212.50–225.00	1,181	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	536	173.34/cwt	157.50–190.00	929	5
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	540	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	967	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,177	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	560	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,022	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	565	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,051	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	605	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,150	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	665	172.93/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,150	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	188.25/cwt	186.00–201.00	1,259	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,369	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	767	168.75/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,294	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	953	93.57/cwt	90.00–98.00	892	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	967	70.61/cwt	63.00–78.00	683	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	972	57.15/cwt	50.00–60.00	555	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	884	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,172	83.96/cwt	80.00–90.00	984	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,232	96.89/cwt	93.00–104.00	1,194	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,362	83.67/cwt	83.00–84.00	1,140	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,495	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,106	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,532	94.94/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,454	3

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 Oct 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 335Last week 853Year ago 388

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 52Year ago 97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	632	155.00–187.50	175.85
1	—	335	165.00	165.00
3	—	427	182.00–196.00	191.30
1	—	1,105	121.00	121.00
1	—	565	195.00	195.00
3	—	468	167.00–200.00	186.44
2	—	385	170.00–185.00	177.40
6	—	539	172.50–195.00	179.03
1	—	735	189.00	189.00
1	—	810	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	255.00	255.00
11	—	527	208.00–226.00	216.61
6	—	327	215.00–230.00	222.02
4	—	471	215.00–229.00	221.94
15	—	425	213.00–221.00	216.34
6	—	629	195.00–199.00	197.31
2	—	685	217.00	217.00
8	—	357	205.00–220.00	217.93
21	—	566	206.00–215.00	210.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	446	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	200.00	200.00
3	—	530	161.00–186.00	176.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	145.00	145.00
1	—	325	175.00	175.00
1	—	390	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	218.00	218.00
1	—	395	215.00	215.00
1	—	615	206.00	206.00
1	—	280	220.00	220.00
3	—	775	189.00	189.00
1	—	430	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	878	227.75	227.75
2	—	642	231.00	231.00
11	—	588	234.00	234.00
15	—	473	244.00–245.00	244.07
4	—	713	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	669	186.00–201.00	188.25
5	—	382	223.00–239.00	227.14
3	—	470	215.00–227.00	222.78
5	—	426	234.00–240.00	236.28
3	—	270	215.00	215.00
1	—	750	182.50	182.50
1	—	550	214.00	214.00
8	—	532	212.50–225.00	221.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	430	243.00	243.00
2	—	485	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	179.00	179.00
1	—	605	190.00	190.00
1	—	565	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	200.00	200.00
4	—	767	165.00–170.00	168.75
1	—	315	207.50	207.50
2	—	665	170.00–176.00	172.93
1	—	350	197.50	197.50
5	—	536	157.50–190.00	173.34
1	—	560	182.50	182.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,232	93.00–104.00	96.89
7	—	1,172	80.00–90.00	83.96
1	—	1,495	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	967	63.00–78.00	70.61
1	—	1,005	88.00	88.00
5	—	972	50.00–60.00	57.15
2	—	953	90.00–98.00	93.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,362	83.00–84.00	83.67
3	—	1,532	90.00–102.00	94.94

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.