Sale reports / Kentucky / Russell Springs Livestock Auction / 2024-05-01

Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, May 1
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208
Feeder Cattle receipts
516 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 671▼ 76 vs year ago 592 · −12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 58▲ 33 vs year ago 27 · +122.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 25▲ 2 vs year ago 18 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers sold 5.00-7.00 higher with the exception of those steers in the 500 lb. range and they were sharply higher. The 400-600 lb. heifers traded sharply higher with the remaining heifers selling mostly steady. Very good demand was seen across all classes of feeder calves despite some volatility with the futures market in recent days. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.37/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −143.28 against this barn's trailing median of $404.65.
Average price
$261.37
43 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,458
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$261
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$41.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.31
vs KY average
−7.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560268.951,50531
Medium and Large 2554244.631,35510thin
Medium and Large 2-3547227.501,2442thin
One grade step is worth $41.45/cwt here — about $261 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 sale43 hd
261.37
—
KY average27 barns · 1,467 hd
262.68
−1.31
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
−7.01
This barn, trailing median34 sales
404.65
−143.28
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—Average1,737154.612,6865thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,424126.631,80322
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,177123.711,45522
CowsLean 85-90%High1,039120.711,2548thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,248$1,7372thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,118$1,7192thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,6251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$1,4751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,112$1,4593thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,065$1,3502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)765$1,7251thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,120$1,4305

Every lot

105 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,1261
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341375.64/cwt370.00–382.501,2814
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365351.99/cwt340.00–365.001,2852
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy378390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4743
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380263.09/cwt240.00–285.001,0002
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385318.65/cwt315.00–322.501,2272
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423328.14/cwt325.00–332.501,3884
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430349.77/cwt349.00–350.501,5044
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440300.00/cwt285.00–307.501,3203
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy463344.86/cwt340.00–350.001,5972
Steers450–500Large 1-2465255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1861
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479317.61/cwt300.00–331.001,5219
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2491293.72/cwt290.00–297.501,4424
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512313.14/cwt312.00–320.001,6037
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,7095
Steers500–550Large 1-2522255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523286.85/cwt280.00–295.001,5007
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523243.25/cwt230.00–270.001,2723
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562312.01/cwt307.50–315.001,7538
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570269.74/cwt267.50–274.001,5383
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579289.42/cwt285.00–297.501,67612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614280.36/cwt270.00–288.001,72117
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631255.14/cwt242.00–264.001,6104
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662281.48/cwt265.00–289.001,86317
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668234.61/cwt220.00–250.001,5672
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,7581
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783240.35/cwt235.00–242.001,8826
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,97715
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,8321
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,100170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285330.00/cwt330.00–330.009411
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290300.00/cwt300.00–300.008701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326302.97/cwt300.00–310.009884
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2334291.88/cwt290.00–292.509754
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy358358.79/cwt357.50–365.001,2846
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368315.22/cwt303.00–330.001,16014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376281.01/cwt275.00–295.001,0574
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417307.74/cwt298.00–320.001,28314
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423275.31/cwt265.00–290.001,1658
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0841
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy428331.91/cwt328.00–334.001,4218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,4655
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465300.29/cwt290.00–312.501,3968
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470238.47/cwt230.00–247.501,1212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482270.00/cwt260.00–280.001,30114
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added502298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,4962
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516283.20/cwt277.00–290.001,4616
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516256.52/cwt250.00–262.001,3244
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3547227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2442
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573273.81/cwt272.00–275.001,5695
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577259.63/cwt245.00–265.001,49818
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579236.71/cwt224.00–242.001,3716
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616240.51/cwt236.50–260.001,48217
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630227.48/cwt225.00–230.001,4332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3633183.46/cwt170.00–195.001,1613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681227.28/cwt220.00–233.501,54819
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729220.28/cwt216.00–221.501,60613
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4901
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4631
Heifers750–800Large 1-2797185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,4782
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2805184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,4811
Heifers850–900Large 1-2860178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,5311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2200340.00/cwt340.00–340.006801
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3245280.00/cwt280.00–280.006861
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2278373.05/cwt360.00–385.001,0373
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0121
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3305265.00/cwt265.00–265.008081
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,1141
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,0643
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy358361.69/cwt360.00–362.501,2953
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360339.54/cwt331.00–352.501,2226
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375320.10/cwt317.50–322.501,2002
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,2251
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2426323.32/cwt315.00–341.001,3777
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2468311.32/cwt297.50–320.001,4578
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3468222.65/cwt217.00–228.001,0422
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy507325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6482
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519291.05/cwt280.00–298.001,51111
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2811
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4883
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2617256.89/cwt255.00–257.501,5854
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2669246.64/cwt237.50–256.001,6505
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2803211.01/cwt208.00–214.001,6942
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2852200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7042
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,643158.38/cwt157.00–161.002,6023
Bulls——1,878148.96/cwt148.00–150.002,7972
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925104.00/cwt104.00–104.009621
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,044125.31/cwt120.00–139.001,3085
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083117.57/cwt117.00–118.001,2732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156132.00/cwt130.00–134.001,5264
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1881
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182123.04/cwt115.00–129.001,45417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388133.23/cwt130.00–136.001,8496
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,437124.16/cwt118.00–129.001,78416
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29601,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-29851,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0351,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0451,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1181,719.35/head1,625.00–1,800.001,7192
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1451,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1881,551.32/head1,525.00–1,575.001,5512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2481,736.92/head1,725.00–1,750.001,7372
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,429.62/head1,425.00–1,450.001,4305
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-27651,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251

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.