Sale reports / Kentucky / Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky / 2019-07-22

Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 22
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
643 head
▼ 304 vs last sale 947▲ 643 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 48▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 1.00 lower. Good demand throughout the offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.49/cwt on 284 head.
Average price
$143.49
284 head · 678 lb average
Value per head Derived
$973
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.67
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2691144.51998259
Large 1370143.495312thin
Medium and Large 2-3564132.0374523
One grade step is worth $12.48/cwt here — about $253 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 sale284 hd
143.49
—
KY average26 barns · 5,255 hd
139.83
+3.67
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,47287.891,2946thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41061.298644thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22060.7574122
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01545.314606thin

Every lot

75 lots · USDA AMS · Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1370143.49/cwt143.00–144.005312
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380140.00/cwt135.00–144.505324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381153.43/cwt150.00–160.005856
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3400131.00/cwt131.00–131.005241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425166.00/cwt166.00–166.007063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427151.82/cwt145.00–155.0064814
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3458136.72/cwt130.00–140.006263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476152.50/cwt143.00–159.0072618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515143.89/cwt140.00–152.507416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy521162.00/cwt160.00–164.008445
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3522138.15/cwt137.50–139.007213
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3567130.00/cwt130.00–130.007372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578149.63/cwt140.00–158.0086526
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3610130.50/cwt130.50–130.507961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625150.67/cwt146.00–155.0094221
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3667132.42/cwt128.00–137.008836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675142.26/cwt137.00–149.0096020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708134.94/cwt129.00–137.509556
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008221
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3785120.00/cwt120.00–120.009421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added791145.70/cwt145.70–145.701,15262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818122.00/cwt120.00–123.009983
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added823138.70/cwt138.70–138.701,14258
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3875101.00/cwt101.00–101.008841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2887116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,0332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0869
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320139.22/cwt135.00–141.004465
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3345134.00/cwt134.00–134.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3355129.00/cwt129.00–129.004581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384139.14/cwt130.00–143.0053413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424137.33/cwt131.00–144.0058212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430121.00/cwt121.00–121.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479136.76/cwt130.00–141.0065550
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3482123.45/cwt120.00–127.505956
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3524121.59/cwt116.00–126.006377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526135.77/cwt127.00–143.0071432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575132.65/cwt128.00–136.0076311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3579121.59/cwt110.00–126.0070424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632125.61/cwt122.00–130.0079418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635114.50/cwt114.00–115.007272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666123.74/cwt121.00–129.0082423
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3677117.78/cwt115.00–120.007975
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3762104.36/cwt102.00–107.007953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768115.00/cwt114.00–116.008832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2830103.45/cwt101.00–106.008592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2855105.00/cwt105.00–105.008981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2920110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,04379.01/cwt75.00–83.008242
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2317145.00/cwt145.00–145.004602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3345135.00/cwt135.00–135.004661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2367140.37/cwt140.00–140.505154
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3370130.00/cwt130.00–130.004811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3420130.48/cwt130.00–132.005484
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432142.94/cwt139.00–147.0061810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465150.99/cwt149.00–152.007023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485123.00/cwt123.00–123.005971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3523126.03/cwt120.00–130.006594
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2529148.76/cwt144.00–154.007875
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573137.73/cwt130.00–145.007892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2616136.08/cwt128.00–139.5083819
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3660123.00/cwt123.00–123.008123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2662125.00/cwt125.00–125.008282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725114.00/cwt114.00–114.008271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770109.51/cwt108.00–111.008432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-393582.00/cwt82.00–82.007671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-397590.00/cwt90.00–90.008781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45090.51/cwt90.00–91.001,3122
Bulls——1,47879.41/cwt74.00–84.001,1742
Bulls——1,48893.74/cwt93.50–94.001,3952
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87537.93/cwt34.00–42.003322
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08549.00/cwt47.00–51.505324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11552.53/cwt52.00–53.005862
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20460.09/cwt56.00–63.5072314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29165.04/cwt64.00–68.008406
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41061.29/cwt59.00–63.508644

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.