Sale reports / Kentucky / Russell Springs Livestock Auction / 2024-03-20

Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 20
● Final127 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208
Feeder Cattle receipts
916 head
▲ 185 vs last sale 731▼ 43 vs year ago 959 · −4.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 90▲ 47 vs year ago 49 · +95.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 55▲ 24 vs year ago 20 · +120.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. A good quality offering today that contained several weaned, pre-conditioned calves. The buyers are still preferring the calves in "green" condition over the fleshier calves. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 5.00-7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $306.20/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −169.31 against this barn's trailing median of $475.50.
Average price
$306.20
95 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$572
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$93.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.16
vs KY average
−12.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545310.571,69286
Medium and Large 2540270.321,4608thin
Medium and Large 2-3515217.501,1201thin
One grade step is worth $93.07/cwt here — about $572 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale95 hd
306.20
—
KY average26 barns · 1,626 hd
304.03
+2.16
National average173 barns · 12,551 hd
318.29
−12.09
This barn, trailing median33 sales
475.50
−169.31
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

33 sales
538480423365median 475.5003/0404/2906/2408/2610/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $524.17, low $378.81, median $475.50 across 33 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—High1,572144.182,26711
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,339125.081,67515
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,156119.071,37614
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low971107.651,04543

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$1,8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,288$1,7882thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,065$1,60411
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,095$1,4251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,028$1,4006
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,087$1,3383thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,035$1,3251thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)780$1,0501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)820$1,4751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,351$1,9434thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,232$1,7126

Every lot

127 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2210400.00/cwt400.00–400.008401
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273339.82/cwt320.00–360.009282
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2283400.49/cwt400.00–401.001,1332
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335353.36/cwt342.00–370.001,1843
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0221
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3355250.00/cwt250.00–250.008881
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360347.74/cwt347.00–350.001,2524
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373316.66/cwt290.00–327.501,1815
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy401380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5243
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413361.63/cwt352.50–365.001,4949
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430259.97/cwt257.50–262.501,1182
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438306.25/cwt285.00–320.001,3415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465282.23/cwt275.00–296.001,3123
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473341.54/cwt337.00–343.001,6156
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476317.99/cwt305.00–330.001,51412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1761
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,1201
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517324.21/cwt321.00–325.001,67615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521303.75/cwt285.00–313.001,58328
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521271.26/cwt260.00–275.001,4136
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568319.70/cwt317.00–320.001,81620
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572302.02/cwt287.50–311.001,72823
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2597267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,5972
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,89417
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622247.82/cwt240.00–257.001,5416
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632295.97/cwt284.00–300.001,87146
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659251.11/cwt248.00–263.001,65573
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668286.91/cwt283.00–291.001,9176
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2671238.70/cwt235.00–245.001,6024
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,8974
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2737215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5852
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741257.18/cwt235.00–261.001,90636
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added751248.75/cwt248.75–248.751,86825
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775235.64/cwt223.00–240.001,82615
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6491
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added825231.25/cwt231.25–231.251,90824
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,9013
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,8641
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added886238.25/cwt238.25–238.252,11156
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added918224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,0567
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2952219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,0852
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,017209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,1264
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,050191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,0061
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2258308.74/cwt307.50–310.007972
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3320265.00/cwt265.00–265.008481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322301.90/cwt295.00–307.009726
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345280.00/cwt280.00–280.009661
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy359321.58/cwt320.00–326.001,1545
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367306.05/cwt295.00–314.001,12310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377261.21/cwt250.00–282.509857
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy423324.79/cwt324.00–327.001,37411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432258.41/cwt241.00–277.501,1168
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434298.36/cwt282.50–311.001,29516
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3473215.36/cwt207.50–222.501,0192
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476292.89/cwt280.00–302.001,3948
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy477308.51/cwt306.00–310.001,4728
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477262.51/cwt235.00–272.501,2527
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519300.23/cwt298.00–304.001,55817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523274.53/cwt260.00–285.001,43640
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531244.97/cwt240.00–255.001,3015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1562
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563258.24/cwt250.00–268.001,45428
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2589239.43/cwt229.00–243.001,4106
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613238.50/cwt225.00–247.001,46218
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625212.46/cwt210.00–215.001,3282
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672223.88/cwt216.00–230.501,50415
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3705145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0221
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714221.99/cwt212.50–227.501,58511
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718190.50/cwt190.00–191.001,3682
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy760173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3152
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769216.80/cwt206.00–219.001,66715
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added808221.50/cwt221.50–221.501,79035
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2825180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4851
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2837214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,79112
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2980174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,7051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2240360.00/cwt360.00–360.008641
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2250355.00/cwt355.00–355.008881
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2336341.78/cwt335.00–345.001,1483
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2392308.14/cwt302.50–310.001,2084
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415302.06/cwt290.00–316.001,2545
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1551
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy437336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,4682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2469301.80/cwt288.00–307.001,41513
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470269.95/cwt265.00–275.001,2693
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,5152
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3917
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519282.75/cwt275.00–295.001,4675
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy525310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6281
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4381
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy577290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6735
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2582273.99/cwt267.50–282.001,5959
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4301
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2628261.53/cwt254.00–267.001,6425
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2676249.07/cwt240.00–260.001,6846
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2683226.53/cwt225.00–228.001,5472
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2747218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6282
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2900170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,446137.77/cwt135.00–140.001,9924
Bulls——1,644147.85/cwt142.00–158.002,4317
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87087.94/cwt85.00–92.007653
Cows—Lean 85-90%89880.19/cwt79.50–81.007203
Cows—Lean 85-90%956103.33/cwt95.00–108.0098813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,001115.88/cwt110.00–123.001,16024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,144122.26/cwt120.00–125.001,39911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160111.05/cwt109.00–113.001,2882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2751
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,316134.36/cwt129.50–140.001,7684
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,348121.70/cwt110.00–125.001,64111
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed9201,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2551,871.81/head1,825.00–1,925.001,8722
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3201,768.34/head1,575.00–1,975.001,7683
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3402,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3551,899.26/head1,800.00–2,000.001,8993
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27801,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28801,237.86/head1,175.00–1,300.001,2382
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2880950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29911,478.34/head1,300.00–1,650.001,4786
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0351,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0401,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0401,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0501,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0951,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1231,482.34/head1,275.00–1,600.001,4823
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1541,755.13/head1,500.00–1,925.001,7555
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,531.72/head1,425.00–1,625.001,5322
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5351,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-28201,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751

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.