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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 10
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,236 head
▼ 310 vs last sale 1,546▼ 78 vs year ago 1,314 · −5.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 59▼ 10 vs year ago 50 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. 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 $315.62/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −145.14 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$315.62
101 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,742
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$28.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.45
vs KY average
+16.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551318.831,75586
Medium and Large 2548301.451,6539thin
Medium and Large 2-3578290.831,6826thin
One grade step is worth $28.01/cwt here — about $74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale101 hd
315.62
—
KY average24 barns · 887 hd
304.17
+11.45
National average149 barns · 7,793 hd
299.42
+16.20
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−145.14
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—Average1,586175.212,7795thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,504139.002,0904thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,194132.021,57722
CowsLean 85-90%Low984118.041,1615thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,175151.001,7741thin

Every lot

124 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 · Steers46 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3225312.50/cwt312.50–312.507031
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273306.01/cwt302.50–310.008352
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280320.00/cwt320.00–320.008961
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378334.67/cwt327.50–342.001,2653
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,3531
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1901
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3400300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416335.71/cwt324.00–340.001,39718
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy422348.50/cwt347.50–349.001,4713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2442310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3702
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy451355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480328.64/cwt320.00–336.001,57729
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3481302.43/cwt300.00–305.001,4554
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484313.10/cwt312.50–315.001,51510
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511327.04/cwt326.00–330.001,6714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519321.95/cwt310.50–324.001,67136
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5341
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535300.51/cwt300.00–302.001,6084
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2559302.20/cwt301.00–304.001,6895
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564325.31/cwt322.00–326.001,8356
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581314.23/cwt307.00–320.001,82640
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590289.99/cwt288.00–292.001,7115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600274.67/cwt274.00–276.001,6483
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606320.70/cwt318.00–322.001,94316
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3623249.35/cwt248.00–250.001,5533
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641297.58/cwt290.00–306.001,90756
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5772
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682277.42/cwt266.00–280.501,89227
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685283.54/cwt283.00–286.501,94262
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2703240.50/cwt240.00–241.001,6912
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added707282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,99421
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720261.75/cwt252.00–270.001,88518
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3738232.02/cwt230.00–234.001,7122
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added752253.40/cwt253.00–255.001,9065
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3783225.68/cwt224.00–229.001,7673
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787249.18/cwt245.00–252.001,96115
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8681
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added818258.18/cwt249.50–264.502,112110
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824236.25/cwt231.00–241.001,9474
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3847215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8212
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2861234.60/cwt227.00–242.002,0204
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3870215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8711
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2921223.37/cwt221.00–223.502,05719
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3925193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,7851
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,025207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,1221
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,097202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,2167
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3288273.32/cwt270.00–275.007873
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325280.00/cwt280.00–280.009102
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375307.29/cwt300.00–310.001,1526
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375280.95/cwt280.00–285.001,0545
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385296.23/cwt294.00–297.001,1404
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423308.79/cwt297.00–311.001,30624
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy445313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,3932
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy472312.81/cwt311.00–315.001,47614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472301.08/cwt290.00–308.001,42126
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3474284.19/cwt281.00–286.001,3478
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,4161
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515291.93/cwt286.00–294.001,50325
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3522252.04/cwt249.00–257.001,3163
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534277.75/cwt268.00–285.001,48339
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565249.89/cwt249.00–255.001,4127
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576271.39/cwt261.00–275.001,56350
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578278.78/cwt277.00–280.001,61132
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605274.29/cwt273.00–276.001,6597
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617258.12/cwt248.00–264.501,59325
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628242.36/cwt238.00–245.001,5223
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3640230.50/cwt224.00–237.001,4752
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6836
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4671
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676243.39/cwt236.50–248.001,6459
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705241.32/cwt239.50–245.001,7016
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717228.06/cwt215.00–231.001,63531
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3735182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3381
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3091
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added782234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,83063
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783212.97/cwt205.00–221.001,6682
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3835175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4611
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,77910
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,034180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,86113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3280300.00/cwt300.00–300.008401
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2290330.00/cwt330.00–330.009571
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3330285.00/cwt285.00–285.009411
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2340325.50/cwt322.50–327.001,1073
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy345345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1901
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380347.27/cwt346.00–351.001,3204
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2387323.63/cwt320.00–329.001,2525
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy413346.01/cwt345.00–347.001,4292
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,3711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3428302.40/cwt300.00–307.001,2943
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2436333.40/cwt324.00–341.001,45413
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,3981
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470324.69/cwt315.00–331.001,52618
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy510325.78/cwt324.00–327.501,6616
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2517313.87/cwt303.00–320.001,62316
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3528290.67/cwt290.00–291.001,5353
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,5851
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3565285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6101
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570302.06/cwt290.00–312.001,72214
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7551
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,6241
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy621295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8323
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3632243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5364
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2636275.15/cwt269.00–283.001,7504
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2663267.84/cwt260.00–274.001,7763
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3685209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4321
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5401
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2715243.13/cwt234.00–248.001,7384
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2759235.88/cwt224.00–239.001,7905
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2780215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6771
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2811216.99/cwt212.00–227.001,7603
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3817139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1362
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,175151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,7741
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,348169.88/cwt169.00–171.002,2902
Bulls——1,375160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,2001
Bulls——1,930188.14/cwt186.00–190.003,6312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%910106.00/cwt106.00–106.009651
Cows—Lean 85-90%980128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2541
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010118.73/cwt116.50–123.001,1993
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179129.88/cwt126.00–133.501,53113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213140.51/cwt139.00–145.001,7046
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222124.32/cwt121.00–128.001,5193
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,0333
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,595142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,2651

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.