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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 13
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,547 head
▲ 738 vs last sale 809▲ 711 vs year ago 836 · +85.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 37▼ 23 vs year ago 55 · −41.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to being closed for the Labor Day holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.24/cwt on 821 head.
Average price
$153.24
821 head · 712 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$309
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.24
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2724154.301,117756
Medium and Large 2-3574140.8580865
One grade step is worth $13.46/cwt here — about $309 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 sale821 hd
153.24
—
KY average27 barns · 6,208 hd
151.00
+2.24
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—High1,80194.781,7075thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48074.001,0951thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26269.5487812
CowsLean 85-90%High90456.885148thin

Every lot

97 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3255140.00/cwt140.00–140.003571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2278165.75/cwt162.00–170.004612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320172.50/cwt172.50–172.505521
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3365161.11/cwt157.00–165.005882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy371186.00/cwt186.00–186.006903
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395179.84/cwt177.00–182.007107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428173.69/cwt168.00–177.0074323
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3444142.88/cwt140.00–144.006347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy457176.00/cwt176.00–176.008047
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480164.72/cwt160.00–172.0079132
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3481149.51/cwt148.00–153.507195
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3513150.47/cwt148.00–151.5077215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519172.24/cwt171.00–173.0089410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520162.42/cwt155.00–169.0084531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559171.38/cwt168.50–174.0095816
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3577139.63/cwt136.00–147.0080618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579160.19/cwt150.00–166.0092841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621159.65/cwt152.00–164.0099151
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3622145.73/cwt143.00–149.509065
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677152.67/cwt147.50–156.001,03450
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3687140.00/cwt140.00–140.009625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731147.36/cwt138.00–151.501,07741
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3745121.00/cwt121.00–121.009011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755145.62/cwt140.00–146.751,09940
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3760116.00/cwt116.00–116.008821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added787156.95/cwt156.95–156.951,23563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added828152.54/cwt149.00–154.501,263240
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3840117.00/cwt117.00–117.009831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2841143.53/cwt131.00–144.001,20771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2881135.25/cwt120.00–139.001,1929
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3885101.00/cwt101.00–101.008941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2915136.15/cwt134.00–136.501,2467
Steers—Medium and Large 2-391582.00/cwt82.00–82.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 2-398597.00/cwt97.00–97.009551
Steers—Medium and Large 2-31,025112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,103115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,26811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2236160.00/cwt160.00–160.003783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2288146.57/cwt143.00–151.004226
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3296140.00/cwt138.00–141.004143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3318135.49/cwt135.00–136.004312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335146.96/cwt141.00–151.0049210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3360132.80/cwt130.00–134.004785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379147.96/cwt140.00–152.0056127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420143.57/cwt138.00–150.0060320
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3438134.02/cwt132.00–136.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3457130.00/cwt130.00–130.005943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470142.93/cwt134.00–148.5067242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519138.90/cwt130.00–145.0072160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541149.00/cwt149.00–149.008064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573142.78/cwt133.00–147.0081855
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3577129.39/cwt125.00–131.007475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625141.08/cwt130.00–145.0088252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3632123.40/cwt120.00–125.007803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added649154.95/cwt154.95–154.951,00678
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3663123.99/cwt123.00–125.008222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,02673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2693143.21/cwt130.00–145.0099244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709138.28/cwt137.00–140.0098019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726129.91/cwt120.00–135.5094319
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3755111.00/cwt111.00–111.008381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765127.80/cwt119.00–130.009785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added818132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,0844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2845111.00/cwt111.00–111.009381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2875116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2997100.00/cwt100.00–100.009972
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2273155.68/cwt151.00–161.004252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3305141.00/cwt141.00–141.004301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2329161.53/cwt160.00–164.005315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy334183.28/cwt180.00–188.006125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy368182.21/cwt179.00–184.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3368147.41/cwt145.00–150.005422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2383173.86/cwt161.00–178.006665
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2403164.71/cwt162.00–170.006643
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3428147.09/cwt144.00–152.006303
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3476144.41/cwt140.00–149.006875
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478153.14/cwt150.00–160.007328
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528149.24/cwt140.00–155.0078812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571139.36/cwt134.00–146.0079610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2616133.10/cwt125.00–139.008206
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655135.00/cwt135.00–135.008841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2735115.96/cwt114.00–120.008523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3742103.00/cwt103.00–103.007644
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780104.00/cwt104.00–104.008111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3785102.50/cwt102.50–102.508051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2813106.27/cwt102.00–112.008644
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2925105.00/cwt105.00–105.009711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26085.50/cwt85.50–85.501,0771
Bulls——1,835103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,8901
Bulls——1,97095.13/cwt93.00–97.001,8743
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89066.00/cwt66.00–66.005871
Cows—Lean 85-90%90545.54/cwt41.00–48.504123
Cows—Lean 85-90%90663.10/cwt60.00–65.505724
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23466.96/cwt62.00–70.008267
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30273.14/cwt71.50–74.509525
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0951

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.