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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 9
● Final150 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,453 head
▲ 405 vs last sale 1,048▲ 387 vs year ago 1,066 · +36.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 41▲ 9 vs year ago 36 · +25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 5 · −100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 600 lbs sold steady. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. There was good 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 $255.11/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −146.29 against this barn's trailing median of $401.40.
Average price
$255.11
202 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,401
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.14
vs KY average
−25.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551256.671,414179
Medium and Large 2529246.831,3066thin
Medium and Large 2-3538241.691,30117thin
One grade step is worth $14.98/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale202 hd
255.11
—
KY average25 barns · 2,459 hd
256.25
−1.14
National average188 barns · 25,726 hd
280.30
−25.19
This barn, trailing median33 sales
401.40
−146.29
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—Average1,471140.292,06312
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,590120.351,91310
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,239113.971,41227
CowsLean 85-90%High971107.901,0477thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,303152.501,9862thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,325130.001,7231thin

Every lot

150 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 · Steers53 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275345.00/cwt345.00–345.009491
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2292315.00/cwt315.00–315.009201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320341.16/cwt334.00–345.001,0923
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,3471
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369319.14/cwt318.00–320.001,1785
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy376369.31/cwt361.00–377.001,3892
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378349.28/cwt340.00–351.001,3206
Steers400–450Large 1-2415334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,3861
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2419316.61/cwt310.00–321.001,3275
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426353.82/cwt348.00–358.001,5076
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy429361.44/cwt361.00–362.501,55110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3445294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,3081
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,3921
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy468353.53/cwt343.00–364.001,65519
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478291.95/cwt289.00–295.001,3962
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486322.21/cwt317.00–327.001,56629
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513285.02/cwt280.00–290.001,4622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516319.62/cwt317.00–329.001,6498
Steers500–550Large 1-2521270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4075
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3528257.88/cwt250.00–260.001,3627
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534308.83/cwt301.00–315.001,64958
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555307.76/cwt306.00–313.001,7088
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3558267.99/cwt266.00–270.001,4952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573277.16/cwt275.00–280.001,5889
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585288.75/cwt280.00–296.001,68937
Steers550–600Large 1-2590259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5283
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614295.71/cwt289.50–300.001,81644
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2620225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3952
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628257.22/cwt252.00–259.001,6158
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641272.01/cwt261.00–278.001,74454
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3648246.67/cwt245.00–247.001,5986
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654271.20/cwt270.00–272.001,7745
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3668238.98/cwt238.00–240.001,5964
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671258.77/cwt250.50–265.001,73636
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680241.99/cwt240.00–246.001,6466
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy681289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,96811
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added711264.95/cwt261.00–268.001,88419
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3730225.99/cwt224.00–228.001,6502
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735254.31/cwt244.00–259.001,86918
Steers700–750Large 1-2738225.64/cwt223.00–231.001,6653
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3765219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6751
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added775254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,9726
Steers750–800Small and Medium 1-2775212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6431
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2780230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7941
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787239.80/cwt237.25–249.001,88718
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2821232.80/cwt224.00–237.001,9118
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added851245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,08525
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,8321
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2911216.88/cwt211.00–226.001,9766
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added921238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,1923
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3930194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,8041
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,016197.99/cwt196.00–199.002,0123
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,150195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,2431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3202208.00/cwt208.00–208.004201
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2222303.01/cwt300.00–310.006733
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270302.50/cwt302.50–302.508171
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295268.00/cwt268.00–268.007912
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327294.03/cwt285.00–301.009619
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3345281.00/cwt281.00–281.009691
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380309.00/cwt300.00–318.001,1749
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy386327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,2626
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3386270.75/cwt270.00–272.001,0454
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417312.89/cwt309.00–321.001,3057
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421271.82/cwt270.00–279.001,1447
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425284.53/cwt280.00–297.001,20916
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3432261.70/cwt260.00–265.001,1313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy454294.82/cwt291.00–302.001,3385
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460264.24/cwt263.00–266.001,2164
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472276.27/cwt267.00–285.001,30454
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480258.52/cwt253.00–261.001,24115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518256.49/cwt250.00–262.001,32946
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520265.32/cwt264.50–270.001,38013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520242.98/cwt239.00–245.001,26311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529246.83/cwt246.00–247.001,3066
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558271.38/cwt269.00–272.001,51424
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569251.90/cwt242.50–261.001,43396
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3572239.32/cwt235.00–241.001,3696
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5467
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630233.69/cwt230.00–247.001,47238
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3631218.89/cwt217.00–220.001,3818
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2634224.97/cwt222.00–228.001,42614
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660228.86/cwt220.00–234.001,51055
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3673209.91/cwt207.00–215.001,4138
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5121
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714217.97/cwt208.00–220.501,55616
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3714196.00/cwt193.00–197.001,3994
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3760195.66/cwt195.00–197.001,4873
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2796216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,7237
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3806191.33/cwt190.00–192.001,5423
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2814213.74/cwt208.00–219.001,7409
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added852220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,87920
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 2-31,150150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls38 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy200370.00/cwt370.00–370.007401
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2200340.00/cwt340.00–340.006801
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy280360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0081
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280303.00/cwt303.00–303.008481
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2295334.00/cwt334.00–334.009851
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2331318.45/cwt318.00–320.001,0544
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2336333.30/cwt329.00–341.001,1204
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy340350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1903
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2361335.54/cwt324.00–340.001,2114
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370278.11/cwt276.00–280.001,0292
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373313.96/cwt310.00–320.001,1714
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy389350.62/cwt345.00–352.501,3644
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3405285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1542
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420314.04/cwt310.00–317.001,3193
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy443347.25/cwt347.00–347.501,5382
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3481290.75/cwt290.00–291.001,3994
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483334.28/cwt328.00–337.001,6155
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484307.34/cwt300.00–312.001,4885
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2512298.51/cwt289.00–303.001,5284
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy562299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,6802
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4612
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3572241.80/cwt240.00–246.001,3835
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2576276.70/cwt269.00–286.001,5946
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4881
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2628261.96/cwt250.00–268.001,64518
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665252.37/cwt246.00–261.001,67812
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3669209.50/cwt208.00–211.001,4024
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713213.46/cwt210.00–217.001,5222
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3719202.78/cwt201.00–208.001,4584
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2733237.01/cwt234.00–240.001,7372
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2779219.72/cwt201.00–238.001,7126
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2814216.81/cwt215.00–220.001,7655
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3840198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,6631
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2855205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7531
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2930197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,8321
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3935193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8051
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3965182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,7561
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8621
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers350–400Large 3390123.00/cwt123.00–123.004801
Dairy Heifers600–650Large 3608149.00/cwt149.00–149.009063
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2561
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,325130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7231
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,240161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,9961
Heifers—Select and Choice1,365144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,9661
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,135161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,8271
Bulls——1,382132.29/cwt130.00–135.001,8286
Bulls——1,644145.74/cwt141.00–151.002,3965
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%923113.30/cwt112.50–114.001,0462
Cows—Lean 85-90%925125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1561
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,006100.92/cwt99.00–104.001,0154
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173121.46/cwt121.00–122.001,4252
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191107.31/cwt104.00–111.001,27810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,279117.42/cwt112.50–120.501,50215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500119.18/cwt118.00–120.001,7883
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,626125.80/cwt124.00–127.002,0465
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,633108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,7722
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2860133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1441

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.