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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 30
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
264 head
▼ 576 vs last sale 840▼ 844 vs year ago 1,108 · −76.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 54▼ 41 vs year ago 67 · −61.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to limited amount of comparable receipts. Receipts and demand for cattle restricted this week's extremely wet conditions in the area combined with storm damage.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.74/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −173.67 against this barn's trailing median of $401.40.
Average price
$227.74
26 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,272
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.47
vs KY average
−19.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566229.781,29922
Medium and Large 2-3521216.511,1284thin
One grade step is worth $13.27/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale26 hd
227.74
—
KY average25 barns · 1,122 hd
232.20
−4.47
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−19.04
This barn, trailing median33 sales
401.40
−173.67
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—Low1,150124.001,4261thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,516119.161,8074thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,214111.401,35214
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,075104.541,1243thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,110140.001,5541thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,465166.002,4321thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255319.00/cwt319.00–319.008131
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375260.00/cwt260.00–260.009751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,2521
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,1931
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426298.24/cwt290.00–306.001,2715
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3428265.09/cwt260.00–270.001,1352
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3472231.98/cwt230.00–235.001,0953
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy481297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,4294
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3205
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,4801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,6171
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578271.28/cwt266.00–276.501,56814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4042
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616231.83/cwt229.00–240.001,4286
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640253.98/cwt251.00–257.001,6252
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675218.00/cwt215.00–221.001,4722
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6212
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5401
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729237.09/cwt230.00–245.001,7288
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771220.33/cwt220.00–221.001,6993
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2819215.78/cwt211.00–226.001,7674
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875208.48/cwt207.00–210.001,8242
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3885194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,7171
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,070190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0335
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 1-21,223177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,1654
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333232.42/cwt225.00–241.007749
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3355210.00/cwt210.00–210.007461
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375231.00/cwt231.00–231.008663
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3408210.76/cwt210.00–213.008604
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429232.87/cwt229.00–242.0099915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3465216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0041
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471228.61/cwt220.00–238.501,07718
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy472245.97/cwt245.00–248.001,1616
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513229.05/cwt221.00–239.001,1755
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3521216.51/cwt214.00–218.001,1284
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581229.99/cwt220.00–236.001,33617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621229.16/cwt229.00–230.001,42312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632217.23/cwt207.00–224.001,37310
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3650204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3261
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688221.82/cwt221.00–226.001,5266
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3735190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3972
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5611
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3758186.00/cwt182.00–190.001,4103
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3835171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,4281
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,5291
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,4731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3330225.00/cwt225.00–225.007431
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2355284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,0081
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,1822
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425300.05/cwt298.00–302.001,2752
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy435317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,3791
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3443263.35/cwt260.00–265.001,1673
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2484267.07/cwt260.00–278.001,2934
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1981
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3518220.49/cwt220.00–221.001,1422
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3565212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1981
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570224.35/cwt220.00–228.001,2793
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3635185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1751
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670217.95/cwt211.00–225.001,4602
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,465166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,4321
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,110140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,5541
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,150124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,4261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075104.54/cwt100.50–107.001,1243
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165118.17/cwt115.00–121.501,3775
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22899.33/cwt98.50–100.001,2202
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238107.94/cwt105.00–110.001,3366
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,5681
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,5521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,538123.22/cwt120.00–125.501,8953

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.