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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 2

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209

← Nov 25Dec 2Dec 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,195 head

▲ 768 vs last sale 427▲ 1,195 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

47 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 89▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.33/cwt on 549 head.

Average price

$138.33

549 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$15.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.73

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	622	139.59	868	503
Medium and Large 2-3	567	124.56	706	46

One grade step is worth $15.04/cwt here — about $162 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 sale549 hd

138.33

—

KY average14 barns · 1,568 hd

135.60

+2.73

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,666	79.69	1,328	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,652	52.01	859	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,200	47.76	573	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	943	44.47	419	7thin

Every lot

82 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	348	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	298	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	453	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	144.85/cwt	137.50–149.00	461	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	338	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	544	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	452	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	355	158.34/cwt	157.00–159.00	562	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	145.42/cwt	136.00–151.00	545	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	422	126.62/cwt	125.00–130.00	534	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	428	157.13/cwt	155.00–160.00	673	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	138.21/cwt	132.00–142.00	593	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	470	151.42/cwt	150.00–154.00	712	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	570	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	137.00/cwt	130.00–147.00	653	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	141.92/cwt	132.00–149.00	742	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	533	126.91/cwt	120.00–130.00	676	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	143.08/cwt	130.00–147.50	818	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	587	124.06/cwt	120.00–128.00	728	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	629	124.49/cwt	120.00–126.00	783	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	136.97/cwt	130.00–145.50	868	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	655	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	897	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	659	123.46/cwt	122.00–128.00	814	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	135.60/cwt	130.00–140.00	913	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	133.82/cwt	125.00–140.00	970	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	121.00/cwt	119.00–123.00	889	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	136.05/cwt	125.00–139.75	1,058	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	795	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	946	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	800	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	840	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	815	137.90/cwt	137.90–137.90	1,124	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	819	131.41/cwt	129.50–133.00	1,076	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,028	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,107	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	220	121.82/cwt	120.00–124.00	268	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	245	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	260	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	284	123.58/cwt	120.00–126.00	351	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	126.54/cwt	120.00–134.00	406	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	333	137.24/cwt	137.00–139.00	457	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	127.87/cwt	119.00–135.00	478	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	129.27/cwt	121.00–132.00	533	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	495	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	123.42/cwt	117.00–133.00	581	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	471	109.69/cwt	105.00–114.00	517	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	510	110.76/cwt	110.00–113.00	565	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	122.08/cwt	115.00–130.50	637	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	121.77/cwt	115.00–129.00	693	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	595	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	655	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	607	129.43/cwt	129.00–130.50	786	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	623	106.11/cwt	104.00–111.00	661	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	121.32/cwt	113.00–127.00	758	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	667	108.04/cwt	107.00–110.00	721	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	120.17/cwt	115.00–123.50	810	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	706	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	727	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	118.35/cwt	113.00–121.50	853	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	118.63/cwt	112.00–120.00	911	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	895	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	931	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	493	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	520	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	151.99/cwt	151.00–155.00	593	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	142.77/cwt	136.00–144.00	612	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	132.83/cwt	130.00–138.00	635	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	483	119.72/cwt	112.50–126.50	578	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	131.05/cwt	124.00–136.00	700	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	129.96/cwt	129.00–134.00	751	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	124.84/cwt	114.00–130.00	789	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	123.33/cwt	119.00–127.00	814	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	695	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	785	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	924	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	885	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	885	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	400	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	360	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	529	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	323	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	558	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	755	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	581	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,101	75.75/cwt	75.75–75.75	834	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,666	79.69/cwt	75.00–83.00	1,328	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	923	43.85/cwt	42.00–46.00	405	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	933	40.46/cwt	40.00–41.00	377	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	572	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	42.38/cwt	41.00–43.50	464	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,143	53.84/cwt	52.00–55.50	615	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	47.67/cwt	44.50–50.50	582	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,650	51.26/cwt	50.00–52.50	846	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,655	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	885	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 →

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

Mon Dec 2, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,195Last week 427Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 89Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	721	113.00–121.50	118.35
21	—	412	121.00–132.00	129.27
14	—	374	119.00–135.00	127.87
12	—	768	112.00–120.00	118.63
10	—	321	120.00–134.00	126.54
4	—	284	120.00–126.00	123.58
2	—	220	120.00–124.00	121.82
34	—	674	115.00–123.50	120.17
41	—	471	117.00–133.00	123.42
45	—	625	113.00–127.00	121.32
60	—	522	115.00–130.50	122.08
51	—	569	115.00–129.00	121.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	333	137.00–139.00	137.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	623	104.00–111.00	106.11
7	—	471	105.00–114.00	109.69
4	—	510	110.00–113.00	110.76
3	—	667	107.00–110.00	108.04
1	—	895	104.00	104.00
1	—	706	103.00	103.00
1	—	595	110.00	110.00
1	—	430	115.00	115.00
1	—	245	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	607	129.00–130.50	129.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	483	112.50–126.50	119.72
1	—	885	100.00	100.00
1	—	695	113.00	113.00
1	—	385	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	632	114.00–130.00	124.84
17	—	534	124.00–136.00	131.05
14	—	478	130.00–138.00	132.83
11	—	429	136.00–144.00	142.77
8	—	578	129.00–134.00	129.96
8	—	390	151.00–155.00	151.99
3	—	660	119.00–127.00	123.33
2	—	818	113.00	113.00
1	—	345	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	61.00	61.00
1	—	755	77.00	77.00
1	—	620	90.00	90.00
4	—	1,101	75.75	75.75
1	—	400	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	136.00–151.00	145.42
3	—	318	137.50–149.00	144.85
2	—	1,030	107.00–108.00	107.50
1	—	910	113.00	113.00
1	—	298	152.00	152.00
8	—	819	129.50–133.00	131.41
13	—	429	132.00–142.00	138.21
23	—	477	130.00–147.00	137.00
34	—	778	125.00–139.75	136.05
44	—	725	125.00–140.00	133.82
52	—	523	132.00–149.00	141.92
61	—	572	130.00–147.50	143.08
63	—	673	130.00–140.00	135.60
76	—	634	130.00–145.50	136.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	470	150.00–154.00	151.42
18	—	428	155.00–160.00	157.13
10	—	338	161.00	161.00
3	—	355	157.00–159.00	158.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	655	137.00	137.00
45	—	815	137.90	137.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	120.00	120.00
1	—	345	131.00	131.00
1	—	475	120.00	120.00
1	—	795	119.00	119.00
1	—	800	105.00	105.00
2	—	735	119.00–123.00	121.00
3	—	390	130.00	130.00
3	—	422	125.00–130.00	126.62
4	—	629	120.00–126.00	124.49
7	—	659	122.00–128.00	123.46
11	—	533	120.00–130.00	126.91
11	—	587	120.00–128.00	124.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,666	75.00–83.00	79.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	41.00–43.50	42.38
2	—	1,143	52.00–55.50	53.84
16	—	1,220	44.50–50.50	47.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	53.50	53.50
2	—	1,650	50.00–52.50	51.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	55.00	55.00
2	—	933	40.00–41.00	40.46
4	—	923	42.00–46.00	43.85

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.