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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 13
● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,133 head
▼ 278 vs last sale 1,411▼ 678 vs year ago 1,811 · −37.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 33▼ 26 vs year ago 50 · −52.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 8 vs year ago 9 · −88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to being closed for the holiday break and winter weather closure. However strong demand and higher undertones noted for today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $318.68/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −142.08 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$318.68
70 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$252
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.00
vs KY average
−23.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553322.361,78261
Medium and Large 2555301.361,6743thin
Medium and Large 2-3528289.991,5306thin
One grade step is worth $32.36/cwt here — about $252 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale70 hd
318.68
—
KY average15 barns · 482 hd
314.68
+4.00
National average190 barns · 32,836 hd
342.45
−23.77
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−142.08
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—Average1,473155.662,2932thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,525136.512,0826thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,241134.721,67213
CowsLean 85-90%Low980108.561,0643thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,170171.002,0011thin

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)940$2,0501thin

Every lot

114 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 · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2235320.00/cwt320.00–320.007521
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330392.67/cwt389.00–400.001,2963
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added332409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,3582
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2337357.12/cwt347.50–362.001,2033
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377381.68/cwt381.00–383.001,4393
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378347.06/cwt344.00–350.001,3122
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3379321.71/cwt320.00–330.001,2196
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3972
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,6473
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418367.43/cwt360.00–371.001,5364
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3761
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458378.18/cwt377.00–381.001,73228
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470344.30/cwt339.00–356.001,61816
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3487313.86/cwt313.00–314.001,5287
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488326.85/cwt320.00–329.001,5954
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3519290.19/cwt290.00–291.001,5065
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,5701
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529333.44/cwt330.00–334.001,7647
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531320.98/cwt307.50–326.001,70424
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,6471
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573324.11/cwt323.00–328.001,85713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573301.04/cwt300.00–302.001,7252
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578318.39/cwt314.00–321.751,84017
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615321.97/cwt313.00–325.001,98096
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3623266.33/cwt260.00–271.001,6593
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627294.88/cwt290.00–309.001,84936
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,7981
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3656243.99/cwt241.00–250.001,6013
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667291.38/cwt289.50–300.001,94419
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682282.75/cwt270.00–285.501,92848
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2692264.50/cwt261.00–268.001,83013
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added716279.30/cwt274.00–280.502,00034
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6701
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727260.21/cwt250.00–266.001,89226
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762255.46/cwt244.00–260.001,94727
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3763238.50/cwt238.00–239.001,8202
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added781265.32/cwt262.00–268.502,07212
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3828223.98/cwt221.00–227.001,8553
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2836241.84/cwt233.00–248.002,02225
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added844255.44/cwt250.00–256.502,15612
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2869232.82/cwt221.00–237.002,02316
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added907242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,19911
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3930196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,8231
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,1551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336298.34/cwt293.00–301.001,0023
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3345266.00/cwt266.00–266.009181
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0151
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375310.48/cwt303.00–317.001,16419
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,0741
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425276.72/cwt272.50–279.001,1764
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436289.40/cwt280.00–299.001,26218
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy441313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,3804
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472286.40/cwt280.00–294.001,35227
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3473274.55/cwt270.00–279.001,2995
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525274.54/cwt263.00–280.001,44136
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,3892
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535280.34/cwt280.00–284.001,50034
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy551290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5988
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4371
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571272.35/cwt261.00–279.001,55522
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578286.75/cwt280.00–288.001,65727
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609271.33/cwt265.00–273.001,6525
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625254.37/cwt247.00–260.001,59021
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633238.48/cwt237.00–240.001,5102
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5191
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678240.65/cwt238.50–250.001,63241
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added679254.76/cwt252.00–257.001,73034
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706249.64/cwt247.00–253.001,76216
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713233.75/cwt230.00–243.001,66711
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,87411
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770207.01/cwt206.00–208.001,5943
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2786231.64/cwt230.00–235.001,8216
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,8191
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8756
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3820181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,4841
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9564
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added884230.75/cwt230.75–230.752,04027
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3910180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6381
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,005177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,7791
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2240360.00/cwt360.00–360.008641
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2270352.00/cwt352.00–352.009501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2345352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,2141
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2350315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1031
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2351
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2445325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4464
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2452364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,6452
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3951
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2543286.66/cwt285.00–290.001,5573
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy562300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6862
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2574274.25/cwt265.00–281.001,5747
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2586261.50/cwt261.50–261.501,5323
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2611270.31/cwt264.00–274.001,6526
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2684247.43/cwt241.00–254.001,6926
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3690236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6281
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2709238.01/cwt230.00–241.001,6874
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2795216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7172
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2886210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8613
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3950198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,8811
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,0091
Bulls1150–1200Medium and Large 2-31,175161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,8922
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3545275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4991
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3Value Added933209.40/cwt209.40–209.401,95457
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,170171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,0011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,473155.66/cwt153.00–158.502,2932
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%978117.84/cwt115.00–121.001,1522
Cows—Lean 85-90%98590.00/cwt90.00–90.008871
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,232123.19/cwt120.00–128.001,5183
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236134.89/cwt131.00–138.501,6676
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256143.10/cwt140.00–148.501,7974
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520137.77/cwt136.50–139.002,0942
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525148.11/cwt144.50–151.502,2592
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,530123.64/cwt120.00–127.001,8922
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29402,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501

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.