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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 4
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,228 head
▲ 121 vs last sale 1,107▼ 476 vs year ago 1,704 · −27.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 94▼ 8 vs year ago 72 · −11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.82/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −163.58 against this barn's trailing median of $401.40.
Average price
$237.82
120 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,297
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.84
vs KY average
−20.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541239.391,296109
Medium and Large 2584226.431,3225thin
Medium and Large 2-3584218.821,2786thin
One grade step is worth $20.57/cwt here — about $18 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 sale120 hd
237.82
—
KY average24 barns · 1,784 hd
235.98
+1.84
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−20.57
This barn, trailing median33 sales
401.40
−163.58
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—Low1,615143.382,3166thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,246111.291,38724
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,516109.671,6636thin
CowsLean 85-90%High954104.219946thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,030144.001,4831thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,530122.001,8671thin

Every lot

120 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245302.50/cwt302.50–302.507411
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265342.50/cwt342.50–342.509081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318296.65/cwt290.00–300.009433
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330262.50/cwt262.50–262.508661
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy345328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,1321
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2352307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,0812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368323.13/cwt319.00–326.001,18911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy379335.48/cwt330.00–337.001,2719
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423296.29/cwt293.00–299.001,2533
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424318.09/cwt306.00–322.501,34910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy439326.62/cwt325.00–329.001,4349
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465301.96/cwt300.00–304.001,4042
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471287.75/cwt280.00–298.001,3558
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3493273.01/cwt271.00–275.001,3462
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523289.22/cwt287.00–291.001,51327
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3651
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529277.00/cwt270.00–286.001,46530
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534264.40/cwt260.00–266.001,4125
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573253.48/cwt253.00–254.001,4522
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575265.21/cwt253.00–271.001,52528
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added584280.23/cwt278.00–281.501,63713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610277.89/cwt273.00–279.501,69512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618263.40/cwt257.00–268.001,62836
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy619283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7527
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3631240.74/cwt239.00–246.001,5198
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660265.25/cwt265.00–265.501,7514
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3672220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4782
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681254.68/cwt244.00–258.001,73433
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3725208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,5081
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added726258.25/cwt258.00–258.501,8756
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735241.52/cwt238.00–246.001,7759
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3763185.87/cwt183.50–189.501,4185
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781219.52/cwt217.00–225.001,7144
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820210.18/cwt200.00–220.001,7232
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7871
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added874249.21/cwt248.90–249.502,178126
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3950191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,8151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225270.00/cwt270.00–270.006081
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280240.00/cwt240.00–240.006721
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285249.19/cwt245.00–255.007107
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332234.86/cwt228.00–240.007808
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3345210.00/cwt210.00–210.007251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy363250.26/cwt250.00–251.009084
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370221.64/cwt217.50–229.008207
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373235.77/cwt230.00–241.0087914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416259.61/cwt255.00–262.001,0806
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424241.76/cwt234.00–250.001,02530
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433230.50/cwt230.00–231.0099812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3437221.33/cwt220.00–225.009678
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy452256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1572
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456230.88/cwt230.00–231.001,0539
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478241.22/cwt232.00–249.001,15372
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483228.51/cwt228.00–229.001,1042
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527238.46/cwt231.00–245.001,25770
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added539254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,3698
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574237.71/cwt230.00–248.001,36431
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584226.43/cwt224.00–229.501,3225
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3584218.82/cwt216.00–221.001,2786
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy601259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,55730
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618223.27/cwt215.00–233.001,38033
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5246
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3628205.06/cwt202.00–210.001,2883
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660227.87/cwt220.00–234.001,5048
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660213.66/cwt210.00–217.001,4103
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680204.47/cwt200.00–209.001,3902
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717217.17/cwt213.00–221.001,55712
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added759236.25/cwt221.00–237.001,79365
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785202.91/cwt200.00–209.001,5933
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3785190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4921
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7661
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8401
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3910141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2831
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 2-31,118161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,8003
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3210245.00/cwt245.00–245.005151
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2240312.00/cwt312.00–312.007491
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3260280.00/cwt280.00–280.007281
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2277311.80/cwt307.50–320.008645
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2339309.28/cwt305.00–310.001,0487
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365290.25/cwt290.00–291.001,0594
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370225.00/cwt225.00–225.008331
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375310.83/cwt302.50–319.001,1665
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy388328.77/cwt327.50–330.001,2762
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3420260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0921
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2423305.73/cwt301.00–311.001,2934
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455304.48/cwt303.00–306.001,3852
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474275.29/cwt274.00–279.001,30511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480291.91/cwt290.00–297.001,40112
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2901
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy513277.35/cwt274.00–281.001,4235
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3520232.43/cwt230.00–235.001,2092
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2538242.73/cwt239.00–244.001,3064
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2539257.47/cwt250.00–260.001,38811
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy555264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4651
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568241.75/cwt235.00–250.001,37325
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3578221.64/cwt220.00–225.001,2813
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2613228.99/cwt221.00–237.001,40423
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3625210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3132
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy632240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5174
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3650212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3781
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672222.81/cwt218.00–233.001,4977
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2729206.12/cwt203.00–210.001,5036
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3741196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4523
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3772188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,4512
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3820186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,5251
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2835198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,6531
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3476239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,1383
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,530122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,8671
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,030144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,4831
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,564142.32/cwt140.00–146.002,2264
Bulls——1,675152.50/cwt152.50–152.502,5541
Bulls——1,760138.50/cwt138.50–138.502,4381
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92095.23/cwt94.00–96.008763
Cows—Lean 85-90%975105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0241
Cows—Lean 85-90%993117.28/cwt114.50–121.001,1652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130120.50/cwt119.50–122.001,3623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250114.83/cwt109.50–117.501,43510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274105.55/cwt103.00–108.001,34511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,7401
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,482112.33/cwt110.50–114.501,6653
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600100.51/cwt100.00–101.001,6082

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.