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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 8
● Final118 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,473 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 1,416▲ 166 vs year ago 1,307 · +12.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 37▲ 10 vs year ago 56 · +17.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.46/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −154.94 against this barn's trailing median of $401.40.
Average price
$246.46
111 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,348
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.08
vs KY average
−17.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548248.911,36397
Medium and Large 2-3543229.461,24714thin
One grade step is worth $19.45/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale111 hd
246.46
—
KY average24 barns · 1,317 hd
250.54
−4.08
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
−17.50
This barn, trailing median33 sales
401.40
−154.94
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—Low1,836152.962,8088thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,628126.042,0528thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,231123.331,51925
CowsLean 85-90%Low972113.051,09811
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,335153.002,0431thin

Every lot

118 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265325.25/cwt321.00–330.008622
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285310.00/cwt310.00–310.008841
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310311.00/cwt311.00–311.009641
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331327.29/cwt325.00–330.001,0834
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360324.47/cwt317.00–332.001,1688
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,1051
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,0732
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3423287.58/cwt286.00–292.001,2164
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426331.23/cwt329.00–332.501,4114
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432311.68/cwt306.00–321.001,34611
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432300.82/cwt298.00–303.001,3006
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2459303.04/cwt298.00–306.001,3917
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471317.23/cwt309.00–324.001,49417
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3474284.01/cwt280.00–286.001,3464
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy489331.50/cwt327.00–332.001,62110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505322.73/cwt320.00–329.001,63019
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505292.64/cwt290.00–294.001,4783
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3513279.55/cwt276.00–283.001,4342
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529302.59/cwt297.00–308.001,60136
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4801
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564302.40/cwt300.00–308.001,70622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574272.79/cwt270.00–276.001,5665
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576291.10/cwt280.00–298.501,67771
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610274.03/cwt265.00–280.001,6725
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617289.43/cwt284.00–292.001,78617
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3618251.71/cwt250.00–254.001,5563
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2632259.15/cwt256.00–260.001,6386
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added652281.50/cwt281.50–281.501,83512
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665244.21/cwt240.00–248.001,6245
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679259.19/cwt252.00–267.001,76068
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720260.43/cwt260.00–261.001,87521
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726247.97/cwt233.00–251.001,80014
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added758241.66/cwt240.00–243.001,8326
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795225.22/cwt220.00–235.001,79020
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3795215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7092
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816219.26/cwt209.00–228.501,78917
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3865199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,7211
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880214.87/cwt209.00–220.001,8919
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added922218.75/cwt218.75–218.752,01753
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2925208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,9241
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3950185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7581
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2979204.80/cwt203.00–205.002,00510
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,030200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0601
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 2-31,095188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,0591
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3210241.00/cwt241.00–241.005061
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260305.25/cwt299.00–312.007942
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3290286.00/cwt286.00–286.008291
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3321271.49/cwt241.00–286.008714
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328301.05/cwt299.00–304.009873
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy366302.91/cwt301.00–305.001,10910
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370290.48/cwt280.00–297.001,07521
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3377276.58/cwt272.00–280.001,0433
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428278.35/cwt270.00–285.001,19122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430265.41/cwt260.00–269.001,1413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy434290.48/cwt290.00–292.001,2614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480272.59/cwt262.00–279.001,30842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483261.98/cwt258.00–266.001,2652
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506269.46/cwt265.00–270.001,36315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3524233.64/cwt230.00–236.001,2246
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534245.69/cwt239.00–256.001,31230
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3558226.33/cwt220.00–229.001,2638
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565253.99/cwt250.00–259.001,43511
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568242.39/cwt231.00–249.001,37741
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616243.16/cwt242.50–245.001,49847
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3626206.29/cwt202.00–211.001,2914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627230.19/cwt220.00–235.001,44327
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675209.58/cwt204.00–211.001,4157
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677223.39/cwt214.00–230.001,51240
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added679235.01/cwt233.00–237.001,59620
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719209.28/cwt200.00–218.001,5059
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added724220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,59613
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3747190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4196
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758214.30/cwt206.00–215.501,62412
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added775220.30/cwt220.00–220.601,707121
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3783193.97/cwt191.00–197.001,5192
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2839201.38/cwt200.50–209.001,69011
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3840161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3521
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2877203.65/cwt200.00–206.001,7863
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3881190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6746
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,025190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295305.00/cwt305.00–305.009002
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2324323.36/cwt314.00–331.001,0488
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,0322
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2373308.97/cwt306.00–311.001,1527
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3392293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,1492
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3400260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410312.33/cwt311.00–315.001,2813
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2417301.04/cwt290.00–309.001,25523
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy462313.13/cwt311.00–320.001,44717
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3465282.98/cwt281.00–285.001,3162
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2469298.44/cwt290.00–309.001,40025
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2511271.00/cwt270.00–277.001,3857
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy526288.78/cwt284.00–296.001,5195
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3532253.52/cwt250.00–257.001,3499
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3560230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2881
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy569276.41/cwt270.00–279.001,5735
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570254.16/cwt250.00–263.001,44913
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2605253.33/cwt240.00–256.001,5336
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3612232.34/cwt230.00–235.001,4223
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2690248.50/cwt240.00–249.501,71512
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2712217.72/cwt215.00–225.001,5506
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2868203.92/cwt200.00–208.001,7702
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3926150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3895
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 2-31,080135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4581
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3532271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4424
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3845170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4371
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,335153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,0431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,678151.16/cwt150.00–153.002,5364
Bulls——1,828142.39/cwt142.00–143.002,6032
Bulls——2,158167.15/cwt163.50–170.503,6072
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955101.62/cwt97.50–104.509703
Cows—Lean 85-90%960110.94/cwt109.00–113.001,0654
Cows—Lean 85-90%996123.72/cwt121.00–127.501,2324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214114.67/cwt111.00–119.001,3926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236129.41/cwt129.00–130.001,6005
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237124.87/cwt120.00–128.501,54514
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,598125.40/cwt123.50–128.002,0047
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,840130.50/cwt130.50–130.502,4011

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.