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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 17

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209

← Feb 10Feb 17Feb 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

138 head

▼ 887 vs last sale 1,025▼ 1,397 vs year ago 1,535 · −91.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 32▼ 29 vs year ago 36 · −80.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to limited amount of receipts due extreme rains and winter weather in the area.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 900–1000 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

900–1000 lb steers averaged $254.00/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −75.85 against this barn's trailing median of $329.85.

Average price

$254.00

58 head · 922 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,342

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.87

vs KY average

−1.67 vs national

Price by quality 900–1000 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	922	254.00	2,342	58

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 900–1000 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale58 hd

254.00

—

KY average7 barns · 96 hd

242.13

+11.87

National average44 barns · 3,359 hd

255.67

−1.67

This barn, trailing median10 sales

329.85

−75.85

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 900–1000 lb

10 sales

Steers 900–1000 lb: high $356.00, low $308.74, median $329.85 across 10 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,272	135.70	1,725	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,260	89.50	1,128	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,380	164.50	2,270	1thin

Every lot

18 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	922	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,342	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	864	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	940	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,230	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,134	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	477	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,212	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,364	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	223.95/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,288	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,517	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	690	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,380	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,577	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,454	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3Value Added	897	206.85/cwt	206.85–206.85	1,855	57
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,380	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	2,270	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	144.89/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,758	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,260	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,128	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,930	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,390	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,404	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

Mon Feb 17, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 138Last week 1,025Year ago 1,535

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 32Year ago 36

No trends due to limited amount of receipts due extreme rains and winter weather in the area.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	850–900	897	206.85	206.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	307.50	307.50
7	500–550	511	267.00	267.00
2	550–600	575	221.00–227.00	223.95
2	600–650	632	240.00	240.00
2	700–750	717	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	420	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	241.00	241.00
2	450–500	477	254.00	254.00
1	650–700	690	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	900–950	922	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	255.00	255.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	152.00	152.00
1	—	1,390	101.00	101.00
2	—	1,213	141.00–149.00	144.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	89.50	89.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	164.50	164.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.