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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 11
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,478 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 1,565▼ 144 vs year ago 1,622 · −8.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 53▼ 23 vs year ago 67 · −34.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, and some packages sharply higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower on a light test. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $298.96/cwt on 173 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −161.80 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$298.96
173 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$42.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.14
vs KY average
−17.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557305.781,703137
Medium and Large 2577275.281,58829
Medium and Large 2-3558263.571,4707thin
One grade step is worth $42.21/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale173 hd
298.96
—
KY average25 barns · 1,019 hd
293.81
+5.14
National average167 barns · 13,796 hd
316.07
−17.11
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−161.80
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

33 sales
516461407352median 460.7603/0304/2806/2309/0111/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.97, low $366.49, median $460.76 across 33 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—Low1,582130.222,0605thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,490121.091,8044thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220116.471,42119
CowsLean 85-90%High927102.209479thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,180130.001,5341thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,243171.002,1252thin

Every lot

132 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280321.00/cwt321.00–321.008991
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3315285.00/cwt285.00–285.008981
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318362.78/cwt362.00–366.001,1546
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320329.27/cwt321.00–340.001,0543
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378316.42/cwt300.00–342.501,1965
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5219
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2396357.52/cwt347.50–362.501,4163
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,1991
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426340.53/cwt330.00–349.001,45126
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426325.74/cwt325.00–326.001,3884
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy427378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,6146
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474310.74/cwt310.00–312.001,4734
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478326.93/cwt316.00–333.001,56312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy490347.65/cwt342.00–349.501,70319
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy510328.67/cwt326.00–330.001,6769
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3516264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,3623
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522320.77/cwt317.00–324.001,67412
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525278.37/cwt275.00–280.001,4613
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529300.32/cwt290.00–308.001,58934
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,79540
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579296.99/cwt285.00–320.001,72042
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583274.92/cwt274.00–275.501,60326
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3589263.25/cwt260.00–266.001,5514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added602303.25/cwt303.00–304.001,82616
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617273.87/cwt264.00–280.001,69026
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631260.78/cwt260.00–261.001,6469
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669254.61/cwt248.00–264.001,70323
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726241.97/cwt240.00–248.001,75737
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730249.65/cwt249.50–250.001,82248
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3730210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5331
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2731228.65/cwt226.00–230.001,6713
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5931
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774231.63/cwt225.00–240.001,79320
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added792251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,99260
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824217.71/cwt210.00–227.501,79412
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added834237.46/cwt231.50–238.501,98065
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2871209.67/cwt200.00–219.001,82611
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added880225.72/cwt224.00–228.251,98665
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2923213.18/cwt207.50–218.501,96811
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,8721
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,015190.04/cwt188.00–194.001,9294
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3201280.00/cwt280.00–280.005632
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225300.00/cwt292.50–307.506752
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250295.00/cwt295.00–295.007381
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2251302.50/cwt302.50–302.507592
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280272.50/cwt272.50–272.507631
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3309274.26/cwt270.00–275.008477
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,0143
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330304.65/cwt292.00–311.001,0054
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2337286.68/cwt280.00–289.0096618
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370272.43/cwt270.00–275.001,0082
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371283.15/cwt282.00–285.001,0508
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375301.10/cwt291.00–305.001,12915
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,2212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418307.57/cwt304.00–311.001,28611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423291.81/cwt283.00–300.001,23415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2551
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473297.09/cwt296.00–299.001,4058
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485260.90/cwt260.00–266.001,26519
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486280.99/cwt271.00–285.501,36615
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517251.70/cwt250.00–254.001,30116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524280.72/cwt276.00–281.501,47121
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525264.25/cwt258.00–271.001,38728
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3534243.94/cwt241.00–249.001,3035
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563252.77/cwt246.00–263.001,42330
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575235.00/cwt231.00–239.001,3512
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5582
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590242.63/cwt240.00–247.001,43218
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619238.46/cwt229.00–240.751,47634
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3623218.97/cwt217.00–220.001,3643
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632249.68/cwt248.50–250.001,57872
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3761
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662239.61/cwt239.00–240.001,58628
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680228.24/cwt220.00–234.001,55219
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,4181
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727219.43/cwt205.00–221.501,59519
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4631
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781219.32/cwt206.00–221.001,71344
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added820225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,84519
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840200.66/cwt200.00–202.001,6863
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2852213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,8152
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3900156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,4041
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,8241
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2270349.00/cwt349.00–349.009421
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3280302.50/cwt302.50–302.508472
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325315.43/cwt305.00–324.001,0254
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy331340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1253
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370323.52/cwt320.00–326.001,1974
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2371346.59/cwt337.50–353.001,2864
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3372303.41/cwt300.00–310.001,1293
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,4731
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3407284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,1566
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2412291.20/cwt290.00–297.001,2006
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420349.48/cwt349.00–351.001,4684
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2438317.63/cwt310.00–325.001,3912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy461330.28/cwt325.00–333.001,5233
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480311.33/cwt301.00–316.001,49417
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3491290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4245
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy506311.97/cwt308.00–313.001,5795
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523289.30/cwt280.00–296.001,51322
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2536272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4583
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5162
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3572255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4592
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2574287.47/cwt281.00–294.001,6509
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy610271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6531
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2627259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6242
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2684240.72/cwt240.00–245.001,6477
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2730229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6721
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2757203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,5372
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3795190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5111
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2825200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6502
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2885213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,8851
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2935175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6361
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,030131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3491
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,050125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3131
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,210178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,1541
Steers—Select and Choice1,275164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,0911
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,180130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5341
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,255115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,4501
Bulls——1,398129.87/cwt129.00–131.001,8163
Bulls——2,460146.00/cwt146.00–146.003,5921
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90695.44/cwt93.00–98.008654
Cows—Lean 85-90%93583.00/cwt83.00–83.007761
Cows—Lean 85-90%946113.75/cwt107.50–118.001,0764
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,120110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2322
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,169114.82/cwt111.00–119.001,34211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,347121.64/cwt120.00–124.001,6386
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490124.74/cwt121.00–128.501,8592
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490117.43/cwt115.00–120.001,7502

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.