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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 25
● Final137 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,608 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 1,575▼ 171 vs year ago 1,779 · −9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 114▲ 28 vs year ago 40 · +70.0%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.57/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −139.84 against this barn's trailing median of $401.40.
Average price
$261.57
154 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,424
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.41
vs KY average
−5.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544264.701,441139
Medium and Large 2545242.021,3187thin
Medium and Large 2-3546224.211,2248thin
One grade step is worth $40.49/cwt here — about $217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale154 hd
261.57
—
KY average25 barns · 1,536 hd
258.15
+3.41
National average161 barns · 9,489 hd
266.87
−5.30
This barn, trailing median33 sales
401.40
−139.84
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
445399352305median 401.4003/0304/2806/2309/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.44, low $318.65, median $401.40 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—Average1,511139.162,10311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,530123.031,88310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,196120.001,43526
CowsLean 85-90%Low859106.7491719

Every lot

137 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 · Steers47 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy230337.50/cwt337.50–337.507762
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2232315.88/cwt312.50–322.507333
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy252340.00/cwt340.00–340.008572
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3253260.15/cwt245.00–275.006582
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270300.00/cwt300.00–300.008101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322300.00/cwt300.00–300.009662
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2324321.68/cwt310.00–330.001,0424
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325268.02/cwt245.00–282.008713
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy344359.62/cwt350.00–367.501,23711
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380323.50/cwt317.00–332.001,22916
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy387341.66/cwt338.00–353.001,32213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1851
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413301.42/cwt290.00–308.001,2453
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415262.59/cwt255.00–270.001,0902
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417358.80/cwt340.00–370.001,49613
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431331.58/cwt313.00–338.001,42916
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469323.32/cwt308.00–330.001,51619
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473348.31/cwt340.00–360.001,64815
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3479257.31/cwt240.00–269.001,2334
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483289.25/cwt277.00–301.001,3976
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519326.80/cwt320.00–340.001,69672
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522295.79/cwt290.00–314.001,54434
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522277.53/cwt270.00–288.001,44910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,3051
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571306.45/cwt295.00–312.001,75031
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572279.14/cwt266.00–285.001,59712
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3578248.84/cwt221.00–261.001,4387
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,8804
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,6861
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625302.18/cwt296.00–307.001,88937
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3632246.11/cwt234.00–255.001,5556
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639279.69/cwt275.00–292.001,78726
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,9241
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666282.38/cwt270.00–290.501,88196
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675248.60/cwt240.00–255.001,6787
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8291
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709271.27/cwt263.00–274.001,92335
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729255.31/cwt238.00–259.001,86116
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768244.80/cwt236.00–249.501,88045
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3790223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,7622
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,91912
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830226.29/cwt218.00–230.001,87810
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,0292
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added875235.60/cwt235.60–235.602,06237
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,8881
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added935222.52/cwt220.25–224.002,08118
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980194.95/cwt190.00–200.001,9112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers46 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy215315.00/cwt315.00–315.006771
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2217306.77/cwt300.00–310.006663
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy286316.00/cwt316.00–316.009044
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2317277.28/cwt276.00–280.008793
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322299.34/cwt288.00–305.009649
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy334321.49/cwt310.00–330.001,07414
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3345220.00/cwt220.00–220.007591
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350280.00/cwt280.00–280.009801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy373315.99/cwt306.00–336.001,17922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3376260.01/cwt259.00–262.009788
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380286.47/cwt280.00–300.001,08922
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy412309.18/cwt299.00–317.001,27427
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425287.57/cwt275.00–295.001,22232
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435239.45/cwt235.00–242.501,0424
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2441262.29/cwt258.00–269.001,15712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475279.30/cwt270.00–291.001,32750
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478244.65/cwt230.00–254.001,1696
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482263.96/cwt260.00–269.001,27216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy484301.40/cwt298.00–305.001,4594
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523246.01/cwt244.00–247.001,2873
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3527229.85/cwt220.00–233.001,2115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530279.26/cwt275.00–302.001,48035
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532263.25/cwt253.00–271.001,40067
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2561239.02/cwt236.00–240.001,3414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3577214.82/cwt208.00–223.001,2403
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580253.55/cwt244.00–260.001,47137
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615216.70/cwt209.00–221.001,3335
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4734
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631247.31/cwt245.00–252.001,56156
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631236.70/cwt226.00–244.501,49437
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5931
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672236.86/cwt225.00–244.001,59228
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3682219.03/cwt216.00–220.001,4944
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3703187.47/cwt180.00–195.001,3182
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729214.47/cwt211.00–218.001,5634
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added737236.05/cwt236.00–238.001,74079
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added753232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,74713
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755220.50/cwt218.00–223.001,6652
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3775197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,5271
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added806230.75/cwt230.75–230.751,86042
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6882
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3865149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,2891
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,7621
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2925190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7583
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3935152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,4211
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,027190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy275329.00/cwt329.00–329.009051
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2280300.00/cwt300.00–300.008401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2327286.66/cwt285.00–287.509373
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2340327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1142
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy377343.86/cwt332.50–361.001,29617
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387296.24/cwt285.00–303.001,1463
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2391327.26/cwt325.00–328.001,2804
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3420275.34/cwt270.00–280.001,1563
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy424327.73/cwt323.00–332.001,3909
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2437316.32/cwt312.00–320.001,3823
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2469308.88/cwt302.00–320.001,44918
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478286.51/cwt286.00–287.001,3702
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3721
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2505287.52/cwt280.00–302.001,4527
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy512311.21/cwt310.00–316.001,59318
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3522252.90/cwt248.00–260.001,32010
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533273.38/cwt270.00–275.001,4573
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565296.25/cwt288.00–300.001,6749
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5391
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3580254.67/cwt250.00–264.001,4773
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4261
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2621256.72/cwt250.00–272.001,59412
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3640200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2801
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2676248.10/cwt240.00–258.001,67719
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6371
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy725238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7262
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3725170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2331
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4901
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2780210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6381
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2828207.00/cwt201.00–211.001,7144
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2897186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,6682
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,8431
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3310250.00/cwt250.00–250.007751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,191117.75/cwt107.00–123.001,4024
Bulls——1,423157.71/cwt157.00–159.002,2442
Bulls——1,802148.86/cwt145.00–152.002,6825
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%71077.10/cwt70.00–82.005472
Cows—Lean 85-90%85793.83/cwt91.00–100.008045
Cows—Lean 85-90%867111.36/cwt107.50–114.009655
Cows—Lean 85-90%897121.14/cwt116.00–129.001,0877
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180124.10/cwt120.00–127.001,46412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209116.48/cwt110.50–118.501,40814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518125.54/cwt122.00–131.501,9068
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580113.01/cwt110.00–116.001,7862

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.