Sale reports / Kentucky / Russell Springs Livestock Auction / 2024-03-13

Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 13
● Final128 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208
Feeder Cattle receipts
731 head
▲ 244 vs last sale 487▼ 8 vs year ago 739 · −1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 50▲ 52 vs year ago 38 · +136.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 50▲ 47 vs year ago 8 · +587.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs. sold sharply higher and those over 600 lbs. were 6.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 6.00-8.00 higher. Another extremely good quality offering saw strong demand from the feeder buyers. Producers continue to market a large number of feeders under 500 pounds. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $264.96/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −139.69 against this barn's trailing median of $404.65.
Average price
$264.96
86 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,425
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$469
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$84.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.14
vs KY average
−11.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537272.461,46366
Medium and Large 2541242.971,31619thin
Medium and Large 2-3530187.509941thin
One grade step is worth $84.96/cwt here — about $469 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale86 hd
264.96
—
KY average25 barns · 1,643 hd
261.82
+3.14
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
−11.21
This barn, trailing median34 sales
404.65
−139.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
484426368310median 404.6503/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $469.65, low $324.12, median $404.65 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,517135.342,05411
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,382123.541,70713
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,208118.861,43621
CowsLean 85-90%High999113.401,13327

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,142$1,8107
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,7492thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,085$1,6545
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,055$1,6382thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,127$1,4913thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$1,4744thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)981$1,2185
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,295$2,4251thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,230$1,7751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,1251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,224$2,0654thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,129$1,73413

Every lot

128 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2252370.00/cwt370.00–370.009322
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2274302.47/cwt300.00–305.008294
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy312406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,2672
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345330.83/cwt322.50–335.001,1413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366364.19/cwt355.00–370.001,3334
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,1933
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375255.00/cwt255.00–255.009561
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,6162
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425306.89/cwt285.00–320.001,3043
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429354.37/cwt347.50–365.001,52014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472302.01/cwt286.00–311.001,4256
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476332.49/cwt316.00–344.001,58320
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy494350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,72911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520263.88/cwt252.50–270.001,3723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2461
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537305.37/cwt302.50–316.001,64018
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579296.69/cwt283.00–301.001,71834
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2582264.34/cwt255.00–270.001,5387
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3595225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3391
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,89415
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629279.48/cwt270.00–295.001,7585
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,7036
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8484
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685264.88/cwt254.00–270.501,81415
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3901
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2713220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,5725
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715255.97/cwt247.00–264.001,8303
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777245.08/cwt237.00–246.001,90410
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,8802
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2856217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,8583
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2267309.31/cwt295.00–330.008263
Heifers300–350Medium 1-2310230.00/cwt230.00–230.007131
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320282.50/cwt282.50–282.509041
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322313.01/cwt295.00–330.001,0089
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370250.00/cwt250.00–250.009251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy377329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,2402
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377305.37/cwt285.00–317.001,15114
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383269.83/cwt250.00–280.001,0333
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410324.26/cwt322.00–325.001,3298
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420256.43/cwt252.50–260.001,0772
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426301.12/cwt285.00–315.001,28322
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430190.00/cwt190.00–190.008171
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460290.81/cwt277.50–296.001,33826
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475301.28/cwt299.00–305.001,43111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480254.79/cwt228.00–265.001,2238
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007761
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507296.25/cwt292.50–299.001,5026
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529277.09/cwt260.00–287.501,46640
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529248.40/cwt220.00–265.001,31415
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530187.50/cwt187.50–187.509941
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5342
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562254.06/cwt241.00–258.001,42818
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588222.63/cwt217.00–231.001,3094
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628238.31/cwt234.00–241.001,49716
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632208.14/cwt200.00–220.001,3154
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670218.45/cwt212.00–224.001,46410
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6405
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2241
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713222.02/cwt220.00–224.001,5833
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725234.25/cwt234.25–234.251,69856
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762213.34/cwt200.00–222.001,6265
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,73814
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3865161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3932
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,105145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2230360.00/cwt360.00–360.008281
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2292290.00/cwt290.00–290.008472
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2332342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,1372
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0741
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,2715
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2373328.49/cwt312.00–343.001,22510
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2423311.00/cwt290.00–318.501,31616
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy435339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,4751
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1531
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2472297.72/cwt287.50–307.501,4056
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3475227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0781
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy481315.62/cwt312.00–317.001,5187
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3611
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515281.52/cwt272.50–290.001,45011
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2520216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1231
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy560292.25/cwt292.00–292.501,6372
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575280.90/cwt260.00–287.501,61517
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3590205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2101
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619245.45/cwt231.00–257.501,5196
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy627275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7242
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665251.50/cwt250.00–253.001,6722
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4851
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7621
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2768224.16/cwt212.00–235.001,7224
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2830197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,6391
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2860198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,7031
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,060188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,9931
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,175100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1751
Bulls——1,397128.17/cwt121.50–134.001,7913
Bulls——1,618143.46/cwt136.00–152.002,3217
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%964107.12/cwt103.00–110.001,0336
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003117.99/cwt113.00–130.001,18319
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06588.57/cwt85.00–92.009432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207111.11/cwt108.00–115.001,3415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208121.28/cwt117.00–130.001,46516
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,346128.10/cwt124.00–134.001,7247
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,424118.21/cwt110.00–122.001,6836
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2301,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2952,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-28601,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed9501,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29851,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0151,448.34/head1,300.00–1,575.001,4482
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1002,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,118.33/head1,900.00–2,300.002,1182
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2071,916.85/head1,825.00–2,100.001,9176
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2482,012.17/head1,850.00–2,175.002,0122
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3052,112.60/head2,100.00–2,125.002,1132
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27901,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2795935.00/head935.00–935.009351
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28601,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28751,080.14/head1,000.00–1,150.001,0802
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29301,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0001,749.00/head1,700.00–1,800.001,7492
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0131,289.81/head1,100.00–1,475.001,2902
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0201,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0551,524.29/head1,450.00–1,600.001,5242
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1301,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1801,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1821,757.45/head1,550.00–1,885.001,7573
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2011,907.26/head1,785.00–1,985.001,9076
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2551,654.18/head1,600.00–1,750.001,6543
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2701,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251

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.