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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 14
● Final127 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,051 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 982▼ 35 vs year ago 1,086 · −3.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 57▼ 38 vs year ago 86 · −44.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 14▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.72/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −162.69 against this barn's trailing median of $401.40.
Average price
$238.72
74 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,297
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.47
vs KY average
−19.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539244.271,31657
Medium and Large 2573226.811,3005thin
Medium and Large 2-3553217.331,20212thin
One grade step is worth $26.94/cwt here — about $114 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 sale74 hd
238.72
—
KY average26 barns · 1,297 hd
235.25
+3.47
National average191 barns · 21,361 hd
257.81
−19.09
This barn, trailing median33 sales
401.40
−162.69
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—Average1,712159.032,72313
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,585125.001,9812thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,282124.101,59117
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,011103.321,04416
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,410132.001,8611thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,234149.941,8504thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,193184.462,2016thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,495161.162,4095thin
SteersSelectAverage1,200133.501,6021thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,135$1,2501thin

Every lot

127 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275295.00/cwt290.00–300.008112
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2321297.29/cwt290.00–312.009545
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,1381
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375325.66/cwt325.00–326.001,2213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3382215.00/cwt215.00–215.008212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0942
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418311.65/cwt309.00–319.001,30318
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420226.00/cwt226.00–226.009491
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435300.25/cwt298.00–301.001,3064
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy466312.99/cwt312.00–314.001,4594
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3467228.06/cwt224.00–230.001,0656
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473292.00/cwt282.50–302.001,38114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518292.51/cwt291.00–295.001,51518
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532281.10/cwt270.00–289.001,49516
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570279.35/cwt268.00–288.501,59232
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580252.84/cwt250.00–254.501,4666
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590225.55/cwt220.00–231.001,3312
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614253.61/cwt240.00–258.001,55720
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620265.33/cwt262.00–268.001,64511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3623213.39/cwt208.00–219.001,3292
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627228.06/cwt225.00–230.001,4303
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added652261.19/cwt261.00–265.001,70321
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669248.84/cwt240.00–258.001,66517
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2696230.25/cwt225.00–232.001,6034
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added704248.39/cwt245.00–254.501,74911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723237.97/cwt235.00–244.001,72116
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3725213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,5441
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,87819
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766237.36/cwt225.00–243.001,81811
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3768202.21/cwt198.00–210.001,5534
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6881
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828214.04/cwt212.00–216.001,7722
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2877216.95/cwt211.00–220.001,9033
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2927217.92/cwt206.00–221.002,0208
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2981211.47/cwt205.00–215.502,07512
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,010205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,0711
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,065199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,1191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245277.50/cwt277.50–277.506801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2283275.74/cwt267.50–280.007803
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285243.97/cwt237.50–250.006952
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320278.42/cwt270.00–284.008915
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3328240.49/cwt240.00–241.007892
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360237.50/cwt237.50–237.508551
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365255.00/cwt255.00–255.009311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377276.79/cwt276.00–279.001,0434
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy427275.99/cwt266.00–284.001,17819
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427252.50/cwt245.00–263.001,07811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440203.00/cwt203.00–203.008931
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469250.28/cwt240.00–260.001,17433
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475214.09/cwt204.00–223.001,0177
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482233.73/cwt228.00–238.001,1273
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522244.73/cwt231.00–249.001,27728
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3522219.80/cwt215.00–224.001,1475
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2081
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,3999
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563236.31/cwt230.00–245.001,33020
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575215.56/cwt200.00–223.001,2397
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584226.51/cwt226.00–228.001,3234
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3621194.98/cwt185.00–204.001,2116
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629222.60/cwt213.00–231.001,40022
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633240.35/cwt235.00–248.001,52139
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3658194.44/cwt189.00–200.001,2792
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668220.74/cwt209.00–230.001,47516
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690246.86/cwt237.00–247.001,703136
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720187.01/cwt185.00–190.001,3463
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729220.48/cwt210.00–225.001,60712
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3777191.77/cwt180.00–200.001,4906
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added778229.53/cwt228.00–230.001,78686
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7245
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2819201.09/cwt190.00–210.001,6477
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6581
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2938201.69/cwt188.00–203.501,89212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3225229.00/cwt229.00–229.005151
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2230270.00/cwt270.00–270.006211
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265332.36/cwt330.00–335.008812
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2311275.00/cwt275.00–275.008553
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3330215.00/cwt215.00–215.007101
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy379321.81/cwt315.00–329.001,2207
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2385302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1651
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3395241.00/cwt241.00–241.009521
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3430242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0431
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2438294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,2883
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy439303.80/cwt298.00–306.001,3348
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy450298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,3411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2467278.55/cwt272.00–290.001,3016
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3492232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1442
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3500205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy510282.84/cwt266.00–290.001,44214
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523254.22/cwt244.00–261.001,3307
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy555276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5321
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2590241.60/cwt238.00–245.001,4255
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3590222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3101
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy608249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5143
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3628197.78/cwt181.00–210.001,2424
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2632233.15/cwt230.00–235.001,4746
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3671197.57/cwt185.00–202.001,3264
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675220.07/cwt215.00–225.001,4852
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2716197.21/cwt186.00–205.001,4127
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2769191.34/cwt184.00–195.001,4719
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3770161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2401
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3810171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3851
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2830190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5772
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2870185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6101
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2938186.46/cwt181.00–192.001,7492
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3985163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,6061
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,025151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,5481
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3833172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,4373
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3Value Added867193.25/cwt193.25–193.251,67558
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,193184.46/cwt183.00–188.002,2016
Steers—Select1,200133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,6021
Steers—Select and Choice1,495161.16/cwt155.00–169.002,4095
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,234149.94/cwt146.00–156.001,8504
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,699155.92/cwt150.00–159.502,6497
Bulls——1,728162.66/cwt160.50–165.502,8116
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85788.67/cwt84.50–93.507605
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,007104.53/cwt94.50–108.501,0535
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,3201
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,164111.92/cwt110.00–118.501,3035
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286124.55/cwt120.00–129.501,60215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,7101
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,7731
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,635134.50/cwt134.50–134.502,1991
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,410132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,8611
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501

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.