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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 28
● Final138 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,107 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 1,191▲ 339 vs year ago 768 · +44.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 64▲ 51 vs year ago 43 · +118.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Strongest demand noted for weaned and pre-conditioned feeder packages. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. 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 $271.77/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −188.99 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$271.77
79 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.84
vs KY average
−28.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551278.121,53355
Medium and Large 2542259.761,40819thin
Medium and Large 2-3544247.631,3465thin
One grade step is worth $30.49/cwt here — about $187 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 sale79 hd
271.77
—
KY average25 barns · 1,248 hd
270.93
+0.84
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
−28.92
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−188.99
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—High1,784151.112,69612
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,270122.381,55442
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,584121.151,9199thin
CowsLean 85-90%High939107.831,0138thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,170141.001,6501thin

Every lot

138 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2299299.00/cwt299.00–299.008941
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315302.00/cwt302.00–302.009511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3315267.00/cwt267.00–267.008411
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy355337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,1961
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369324.21/cwt319.00–330.001,1965
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0881
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1262
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424318.50/cwt307.00–324.001,3505
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,2191
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433297.49/cwt296.00–299.001,2882
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475276.50/cwt273.00–280.001,3132
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479290.56/cwt280.00–293.001,39219
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511296.52/cwt291.00–301.001,51511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527262.09/cwt260.00–266.001,38113
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531279.45/cwt270.00–288.001,4847
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3532250.79/cwt249.50–255.001,3344
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565270.41/cwt262.00–278.001,52831
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575254.70/cwt251.00–259.001,4656
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576282.66/cwt280.00–284.001,6286
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3871
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2605208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2581
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608277.08/cwt269.00–279.501,6858
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2617244.29/cwt240.00–246.001,5074
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628258.11/cwt250.00–268.001,62135
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3641225.76/cwt224.00–229.001,4474
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2657230.84/cwt230.00–235.001,5176
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670249.37/cwt239.00–256.501,67126
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676259.91/cwt259.00–262.001,75726
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3679221.79/cwt220.00–224.001,5065
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5521
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3717202.84/cwt200.00–205.001,4543
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734248.49/cwt243.50–253.001,82425
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6131
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3750207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5531
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,89112
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777234.02/cwt224.00–239.001,81828
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826217.25/cwt207.00–225.001,79412
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2866227.18/cwt216.00–230.001,96711
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added883246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,17258
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3887209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,8542
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2929214.02/cwt208.00–219.001,9887
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,030190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9571
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,095195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,1351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2190229.34/cwt229.00–230.004363
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275236.00/cwt236.00–236.006491
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280225.00/cwt225.00–225.006301
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305270.00/cwt270.00–270.008242
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330248.88/cwt240.00–253.008214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3368236.66/cwt236.00–237.008713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379249.60/cwt241.00–259.0094614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3413220.51/cwt220.00–221.009112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428245.38/cwt239.00–250.001,05021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0051
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473259.64/cwt257.50–260.001,2287
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473247.64/cwt239.00–255.001,17127
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473230.49/cwt230.00–231.001,0904
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480220.32/cwt220.00–221.001,0583
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517243.60/cwt233.00–250.001,25933
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518253.63/cwt252.00–255.001,3148
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532230.52/cwt229.00–231.001,2264
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3532221.98/cwt220.00–224.001,1814
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3013
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3574221.65/cwt220.00–225.001,2728
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576238.94/cwt230.00–246.001,37636
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added592251.72/cwt250.00–252.001,4907
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611243.31/cwt240.00–248.001,48724
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616231.42/cwt224.00–240.501,42625
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3628215.19/cwt214.00–217.001,3515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635218.84/cwt218.00–220.001,39012
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3678211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4313
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680230.71/cwt224.00–235.001,56913
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680217.66/cwt217.00–218.001,4803
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691236.77/cwt236.00–238.751,63625
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713229.79/cwt229.00–231.001,6385
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733215.14/cwt210.00–224.001,5779
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760227.25/cwt227.25–227.251,7277
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3765179.35/cwt179.00–180.001,3723
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776213.95/cwt205.00–221.001,66011
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3800175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4001
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813199.99/cwt198.00–201.001,6263
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2825185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5261
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2890189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,6821
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,6821
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8053
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,6391
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2215308.00/cwt308.00–308.006621
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3285255.00/cwt255.00–255.007271
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2335305.66/cwt300.00–317.501,0243
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2364323.98/cwt322.00–326.001,1794
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3375270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0131
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3415275.32/cwt275.00–276.001,1433
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,3101
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427300.46/cwt293.00–303.001,2836
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428286.89/cwt282.00–289.001,2285
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,3903
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475265.30/cwt260.00–274.001,2608
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,2791
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519245.47/cwt238.00–255.001,2747
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy520261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,3571
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3532225.94/cwt224.00–230.001,2023
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3552225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2422
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy578249.35/cwt248.00–250.001,4413
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578231.66/cwt227.00–240.001,33922
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610227.33/cwt220.00–231.001,38710
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3625206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2881
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3302
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2677207.11/cwt205.00–217.001,4028
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3722186.41/cwt184.00–189.001,3465
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2729216.03/cwt209.00–221.501,57523
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3784187.48/cwt185.00–190.001,4704
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2824183.92/cwt180.00–190.001,5165
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2886203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,8039
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3940174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,6361
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2978179.50/cwt179.00–180.001,7562
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3325245.57/cwt241.00–250.007982
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3454245.01/cwt244.50–247.001,1125
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3515235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2101
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3570224.32/cwt222.00–234.001,2795
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3645206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3291
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3695205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4255
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3700191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3371
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3900181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,6291
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,170141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,6501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,569140.60/cwt139.00–143.002,2064
Bulls——1,860164.50/cwt164.50–164.503,0601
Bulls——1,896155.21/cwt153.00–157.002,9437
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%825118.00/cwt118.00–118.009741
Cows—Lean 85-90%885104.55/cwt103.00–106.009252
Cows—Lean 85-90%93395.97/cwt95.50–96.508952
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018114.53/cwt113.00–115.501,1663
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231116.46/cwt113.50–119.501,43415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265133.39/cwt130.00–139.501,6874
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,296124.33/cwt120.00–129.001,61123
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,6491
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,565130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,0351
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,607120.83/cwt117.50–125.001,9427

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.