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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, May 13
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
856 head
▼ 708 vs last sale 1,564▼ 587 vs year ago 1,443 · −40.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 42▼ 31 vs year ago 58 · −53.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 3▼ 2 vs year ago 5 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher and feeder steers over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold under 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and feeder heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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 $303.64/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −157.12 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$303.64
63 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$25.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.32
vs KY average
−7.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552306.511,69155
Medium and Large 2566286.511,6224thin
Medium and Large 2-3540281.251,5194thin
One grade step is worth $25.26/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale63 hd
303.64
—
KY average26 barns · 1,071 hd
298.32
+5.32
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
−7.13
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−157.12
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—Average1,677148.512,4918thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,217123.831,50711
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,525123.001,8761thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,025114.501,1741thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)965$1,5301thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)888$1,1142thin

Every lot

123 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 1-2240375.00/cwt375.00–375.009001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285318.00/cwt318.00–318.009061
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,0081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy310362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,1241
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328341.68/cwt339.00–347.001,1213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2781
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363345.79/cwt335.00–351.001,2555
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420329.54/cwt325.00–335.001,38413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,3091
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy433346.38/cwt341.00–349.001,5003
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3450280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2601
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480325.03/cwt319.00–332.501,56031
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483305.55/cwt302.00–309.001,4762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520321.35/cwt320.00–324.001,6719
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530305.96/cwt300.00–312.001,62210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540281.25/cwt281.00–282.001,5194
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,6131
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added554317.19/cwt317.00–317.501,7578
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569298.89/cwt289.50–306.001,70128
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573283.34/cwt281.00–288.001,6243
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy610311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,8971
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612299.16/cwt296.50–303.501,83140
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627279.23/cwt272.00–289.001,75114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630262.34/cwt260.00–264.001,6533
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2639269.30/cwt265.00–270.001,7217
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669290.19/cwt285.00–294.001,9418
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674264.96/cwt257.00–271.001,78612
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3693250.65/cwt250.00–254.001,7376
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6731
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added708272.51/cwt270.00–275.001,9294
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715241.19/cwt240.00–243.001,7255
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716262.31/cwt254.00–265.001,87814
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784238.15/cwt231.00–242.501,86715
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added789247.64/cwt247.00–247.751,95475
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2820202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,6561
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823216.73/cwt212.00–225.001,7843
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added837237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9842
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2857230.86/cwt225.00–235.001,97813
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3860196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,6861
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2900225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0251
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added932226.10/cwt226.10–226.102,10755
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3940190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7861
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2988214.01/cwt213.00–215.002,1142
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,0901
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,010191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,9292
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 2-31,085191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,0721
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 2-31,150191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,1971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2200334.00/cwt334.00–334.006681
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270307.00/cwt307.00–307.008292
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333309.80/cwt307.00–311.001,0324
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3345280.00/cwt280.00–280.009661
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363311.08/cwt309.00–315.001,1294
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3383291.45/cwt290.00–296.001,1164
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420280.05/cwt271.00–286.001,17610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,1051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy438311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,3624
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472288.49/cwt280.00–293.001,36225
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484272.61/cwt271.00–275.001,3195
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3488265.30/cwt260.00–269.001,2958
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy496306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,5183
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515287.76/cwt283.00–290.001,4827
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533273.65/cwt263.00–281.001,45910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3533241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2852
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543255.34/cwt254.00–256.001,3863
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added554275.78/cwt270.00–278.001,5285
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3567244.79/cwt244.00–246.001,3885
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576263.34/cwt250.00–268.501,51729
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580246.98/cwt246.00–249.001,4323
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620241.66/cwt235.00–244.501,49815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622252.31/cwt250.00–255.501,56910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3638221.13/cwt217.00–223.001,4118
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668240.95/cwt233.00–245.001,61023
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,4771
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7341
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680206.43/cwt202.00–211.001,4042
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3681
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736216.73/cwt209.00–221.001,59511
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2737200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4742
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3760181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3761
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773211.97/cwt203.00–221.001,6392
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2807195.67/cwt195.00–197.001,5793
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3815179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4591
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824213.82/cwt209.00–214.501,7628
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7101
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3855171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,4621
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3925170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2230310.00/cwt310.00–310.007131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2285355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0122
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,1261
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,3423
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2402302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,2142
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,3391
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474310.27/cwt306.00–315.001,4719
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3505255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2881
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3261
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2529273.71/cwt270.00–275.001,4484
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3555249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3821
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568277.48/cwt267.00–285.001,5769
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,5391
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2605270.66/cwt260.00–276.001,6374
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5631
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3630219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3801
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5601
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3675223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5051
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680242.57/cwt237.00–250.001,6496
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2724230.57/cwt223.00–235.001,6695
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2840200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6801
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2850192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,6321
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2910188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7113
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,7181
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers1050–1100Large 3Value Added1,080183.60/cwt183.60–183.601,98352
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1101
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,578143.42/cwt140.00–149.502,2635
Bulls——1,843157.00/cwt155.00–160.002,8943
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,1741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,206124.84/cwt121.50–130.001,5067
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230116.08/cwt113.00–118.001,4283
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7571
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,8761
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28881,113.87/head875.00–1,275.001,1142
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29651,530.00/head1,530.00–1,530.001,5301
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2875132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1551

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.