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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 11

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208

← Sep 4Sep 11Sep 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

705 head

▲ 113 vs last sale 592▲ 85 vs year ago 620 · +13.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 74▲ 1 vs year ago 39 · +2.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 19▲ 16 vs year ago 9 · +177.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. sharply higher and those over 500 lbs. were mostly steady. Feeder buyers showed better demand especially for the those plainer calves that had been discounted in previous weeks. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-6.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 3.00-5.00 lower on a lighter test and lower quality offering for both.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.33/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −164.32 against this barn's trailing median of $404.65.

Average price

$240.33

101 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$32.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.66

vs KY average

+1.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	242.58	1,356	94
Medium and Large 2-3	543	210.12	1,142	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.46/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale101 hd

240.33

—

KY average24 barns · 2,232 hd

238.68

+1.66

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

+1.72

This barn, trailing median34 sales

404.65

−164.32

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,767	150.73	2,663	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,361	122.79	1,671	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,130	115.56	1,306	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,113	103.18	1,148	8thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,350	$2,025	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,975	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,158	$1,920	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,175	$1,825	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$1,650	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$1,540	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,080	$1,475	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,370	$1,850	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$1,425	1thin

Every lot

88 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	997	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	370	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	966	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	280.44/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,192	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,094	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	266.95/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,263	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	483	251.14/cwt	248.00–257.50	1,213	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	269.15/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,392	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	532	246.24/cwt	225.00–256.00	1,310	5
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	550	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,155	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	563	252.14/cwt	247.50–257.00	1,420	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	267.43/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,522	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	267.27/cwt	252.00–276.00	1,657	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	623	234.05/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,458	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	245.70/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,624	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	664	223.60/cwt	217.00–235.00	1,485	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	725	246.25/cwt	246.25–246.25	1,785	50
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	235.01/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,704	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	230.83/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,750	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	795	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,606	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,808	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	863	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,855	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	278	272.17/cwt	268.00–276.00	757	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	278.71/cwt	277.50–280.00	878	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	342	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	855	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	262.38/cwt	261.00–265.00	976	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	978	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	274.41/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,131	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	422	251.97/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,063	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	482	234.99/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,133	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	237.29/cwt	228.00–247.00	1,227	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	517	213.32/cwt	212.00–214.00	1,103	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	230.18/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,296	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	563	207.72/cwt	199.00–216.00	1,169	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	569	245.55/cwt	244.75–247.00	1,397	68
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	231.28/cwt	228.00–232.00	1,425	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	618	201.96/cwt	196.00–214.00	1,248	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	659	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,588	49
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	228.38/cwt	215.00–234.50	1,523	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	685	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,418	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,565	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	740	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,691	72
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	212.26/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,630	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	191.04/cwt	184.00–198.00	1,538	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	821	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,671	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	870	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,514	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,743	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	940	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,683	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	250	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	638	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	309.28/cwt	307.50–311.00	804	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	280.65/cwt	270.00–289.00	892	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,040	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	274.56/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,137	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	417	252.24/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,052	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	234.52/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,102	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	267.35/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,265	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	259.32/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,335	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,181	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	240.33/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,394	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,276	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	225.30/cwt	223.00–227.50	1,408	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,377	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	705	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,368	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,570	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	785	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,484	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	824	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,450	6
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	962	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,876	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,762	145.97/cwt	134.00–152.00	2,572	3
Bulls	—	—	1,780	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,937	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,046	109.24/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,143	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,105	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,381	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,134	114.21/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,295	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,179	97.11/cwt	94.00–99.50	1,145	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,288	127.64/cwt	126.00–129.50	1,644	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,315	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,828	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	119.55/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,656	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	800	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	840	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	945	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,000	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	1,080	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,188	1,535.47/head	1,450.00–1,625.00	1,535	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	1,930.43/head	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,930	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,270	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	950	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,370	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1

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 Sep 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 705Last week 592Year ago 620

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 74Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 19Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	268.00–276.00	272.17
2	300–350	315	277.50–280.00	278.71
3	350–400	372	261.00–265.00	262.38
6	400–450	412	271.00–280.00	274.41
17	500–550	517	228.00–247.00	237.29
9	550–600	563	220.00–237.00	230.18
20	600–650	616	228.00–232.00	231.28
25	650–700	667	215.00–234.50	228.38
2	700–750	702	223.00	223.00
3	750–800	768	207.00–220.00	212.26
2	800–850	805	184.00–198.00	191.04
1	850–900	885	197.00	197.00
1	900–950	940	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	395	247.50	247.50
7	400–450	422	240.00–254.00	251.97
10	450–500	482	225.00–237.50	234.99
3	500–550	517	212.00–214.00	213.32
4	550–600	563	199.00–216.00	207.72
6	600–650	618	196.00–214.00	201.96
1	650–700	685	207.00	207.00
1	850–900	870	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	550–600	569	244.75–247.00	245.55
49	650–700	659	241.00	241.00
72	700–750	740	228.50	228.50
12	800–850	821	203.50	203.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	289.00	289.00
5	400–450	425	277.00–285.00	280.44
2	450–500	473	264.00–270.00	266.95
24	500–550	517	260.00–282.00	269.15
28	550–600	569	260.00–280.00	267.43
18	600–650	620	252.00–276.00	267.27
7	650–700	661	240.00–256.00	245.70
25	700–750	725	229.00–242.00	235.01
12	750–800	758	227.00–232.00	230.83
1	800–850	845	214.00	214.00
2	850–900	863	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	261.00	261.00
1	400–450	425	257.50	257.50
3	450–500	483	248.00–257.50	251.14
5	500–550	532	225.00–256.00	246.24
2	550–600	563	247.50–257.00	252.14
7	600–650	623	225.00–246.00	234.05
7	650–700	664	217.00–235.00	223.60
1	750–800	795	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
50	700–750	725	246.25	246.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	307.50–311.00	309.28
3	300–350	318	270.00–289.00	280.65
1	350–400	385	270.00	270.00
14	400–450	414	265.00–279.00	274.56
5	450–500	473	264.00–275.00	267.35
12	500–550	515	253.00–270.00	259.32
8	550–600	580	233.00–250.00	240.33
2	600–650	625	223.00–227.50	225.30
1	700–750	730	215.00	215.00
2	950–1000	962	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	250	255.00	255.00
3	400–450	417	250.00–257.00	252.24
2	450–500	470	234.00–235.00	234.52
1	500–550	525	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	580	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	675	204.00	204.00
2	700–750	705	194.00	194.00
1	750–800	785	189.00	189.00
6	800–850	824	176.00	176.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	125.00	125.00
7	—	1,134	105.00–120.00	114.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,179	94.00–99.50	97.11
4	—	1,046	105.00–112.00	109.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	139.00	139.00
2	—	1,288	126.00–129.50	127.64
8	—	1,385	115.00–123.00	119.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	165.00	165.00
3	—	1,762	134.00–152.00	145.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,475.00	1,475.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,550.00	1,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,265	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,930.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	1,825.00	1,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,975.00	1,975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	2,025.00	2,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,188	1,450.00–1,625.00	1,535.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,270	2,025.00	2,025.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	1,400.00	1,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	1,525.00	1,525.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,425.00	1,425.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,370	1,850.00	1,850.00

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.