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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 20
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,111 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 1,133▼ 217 vs year ago 1,328 · −16.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 24▼ 93 vs year ago 105 · −88.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher there was good to very good demand for feeder classes. Strongest demand noted for weaned packages and groups of pre-conditioned feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. No test on slaughter bulls. There was moderate 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 $328.89/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −131.86 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$328.89
86 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$57.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.55
vs KY average
−12.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544332.741,80978
Medium and Large 2528301.021,5895thin
Medium and Large 2-3558275.331,5373thin
One grade step is worth $57.41/cwt here — about $272 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale86 hd
328.89
—
KY average25 barns · 1,662 hd
315.34
+13.55
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
−12.05
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−131.86
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,495139.752,0892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,251131.551,6458thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,025104.501,0712thin

Every lot

104 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 · Steers50 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325354.07/cwt347.50–358.001,1514
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330326.16/cwt320.00–332.501,0762
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added350375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3131
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427337.50/cwt332.50–350.001,4417
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy428394.41/cwt391.00–400.001,68819
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added439381.65/cwt370.00–389.001,67511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2441314.34/cwt310.00–317.501,3864
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3451309.67/cwt307.00–311.001,3973
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470322.91/cwt321.00–325.001,5182
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478352.18/cwt345.00–354.001,6837
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy487363.01/cwt361.00–364.001,7688
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505359.84/cwt350.00–360.501,81716
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505301.70/cwt300.00–305.001,5243
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4651
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513337.01/cwt335.00–339.001,7295
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524317.46/cwt310.00–325.001,66322
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,88410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2562300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6862
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5682
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586326.29/cwt321.00–329.501,91225
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615318.14/cwt313.00–321.001,9577
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621288.60/cwt281.00–296.001,79215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633271.51/cwt270.00–272.001,7194
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3634263.23/cwt260.00–264.001,6695
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2653269.50/cwt269.00–270.001,7602
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667303.74/cwt300.50–305.002,02649
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680280.82/cwt274.50–290.501,91029
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680265.32/cwt265.00–266.001,8043
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706283.22/cwt280.00–283.502,00024
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3723252.05/cwt250.00–254.001,8222
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728272.60/cwt268.00–278.001,98554
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2762242.71/cwt240.00–245.501,84912
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added771267.11/cwt266.50–268.002,05912
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775261.26/cwt253.00–265.002,02555
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2814258.14/cwt250.00–266.002,10130
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added820269.95/cwt269.95–269.952,21458
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3835231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,9291
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2838245.80/cwt243.00–247.002,0605
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3865231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,9981
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868250.68/cwt240.00–256.502,17632
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2897237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,1268
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905233.00/cwt231.00–235.002,1092
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3945216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,0411
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2983227.30/cwt226.00–230.002,2343
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,015206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,0911
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,070225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,4084
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,100213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,3431
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 2-31,100190.50/cwt190.50–190.502,0961
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 2-31,225191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,3401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285300.00/cwt300.00–300.008552
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320303.00/cwt303.00–303.009701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy345331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,1421
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384321.30/cwt313.00–327.001,2346
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy392337.63/cwt337.50–338.001,32411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,3731
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2982
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2102
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455313.45/cwt309.00–318.001,4262
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468290.54/cwt285.00–300.001,36030
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3481266.01/cwt260.00–269.001,2803
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485275.00/cwt272.00–280.001,3343
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523258.77/cwt255.00–260.001,3534
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524284.24/cwt275.00–289.001,48918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533293.40/cwt292.00–295.001,56417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3543242.01/cwt240.00–243.001,3143
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565270.63/cwt261.00–275.001,52922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573251.49/cwt251.00–252.001,4414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577286.52/cwt283.00–290.001,65324
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3612231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4149
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy616282.90/cwt281.00–288.001,74311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618271.34/cwt267.00–276.001,67735
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633249.60/cwt245.00–257.001,58011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2646249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6094
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669253.18/cwt250.00–264.001,69440
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3669230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5396
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added681284.50/cwt284.50–284.501,9377
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2686246.04/cwt240.00–247.501,68823
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2706238.07/cwt231.00–240.001,68114
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added732254.63/cwt250.00–255.001,86480
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785241.22/cwt235.00–245.001,89416
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823218.01/cwt217.00–220.001,7943
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,9851
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3940190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7861
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9991
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2345357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,2331
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3871
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3181
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2479319.43/cwt310.00–326.001,5305
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2487293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,4272
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515299.37/cwt294.00–305.001,5424
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3515263.88/cwt260.00–268.001,3592
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,6501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,6302
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5932
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2616282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,7378
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672263.04/cwt250.00–264.501,76821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00095.00/cwt95.00–95.009501
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,1971
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205135.39/cwt134.00–136.001,6313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250122.06/cwt120.50–124.001,5263
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320140.03/cwt139.00–141.001,8482
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475157.50/cwt157.50–157.502,3231
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,8481

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.