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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 17
● Final146 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,528 head
▼ 302 vs last sale 1,830▼ 47 vs year ago 1,575 · −3.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 66▼ 56 vs year ago 114 · −49.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 4▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder stees sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There was good 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 $341.34/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −119.42 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$341.34
85 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,934
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$36.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.14
vs KY average
−15.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567346.421,96470
Medium and Large 2567324.201,8398thin
Medium and Large 2-3563310.141,7457thin
One grade step is worth $36.28/cwt here — about $220 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 sale85 hd
341.34
—
KY average24 barns · 1,261 hd
344.49
−3.14
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
−15.82
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−119.42
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—Average1,498160.012,3964thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,567140.042,1957thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,239139.091,72322
CowsLean 85-90%Low986112.851,1136thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,015168.001,7051thin

Every lot

146 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 · Steers49 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,1271
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1031
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2541
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2364405.56/cwt397.00–409.001,4766
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416397.91/cwt393.00–404.001,6558
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422374.13/cwt372.50–375.001,5793
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426424.79/cwt423.00–425.001,81045
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3445363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,6151
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468386.56/cwt378.00–393.001,80927
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,8873
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480361.13/cwt359.00–365.001,73320
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3495342.51/cwt340.00–343.001,6956
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy530360.99/cwt360.00–362.001,9132
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530355.44/cwt352.50–358.001,8843
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534331.87/cwt326.00–340.001,7728
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,7071
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy550367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,0211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,04218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572324.94/cwt321.00–329.001,8597
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573311.83/cwt310.00–319.001,7876
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577342.44/cwt335.00–349.001,97638
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633330.78/cwt328.00–333.002,09416
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634312.08/cwt305.00–316.001,97926
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8421
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added658322.12/cwt320.00–330.002,12039
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8152
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665309.14/cwt300.00–317.002,05640
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,0297
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added703311.45/cwt307.50–315.002,18923
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724300.06/cwt288.00–306.502,17218
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2732279.80/cwt279.00–280.002,0485
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3738265.50/cwt264.00–266.001,9594
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fancy757302.75/cwt302.75–302.752,29266
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760291.19/cwt290.00–296.002,2135
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2763263.46/cwt260.00–269.002,0106
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,8251
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782277.95/cwt270.00–288.002,174113
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3825229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8891
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827261.14/cwt250.00–268.002,16015
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added869268.75/cwt268.75–268.752,33558
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870257.58/cwt256.50–260.502,24119
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2890239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,1271
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added920253.50/cwt253.50–253.502,33248
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2925217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0071
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930236.96/cwt230.00–244.002,2042
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2957241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,3062
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2995216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,1491
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,114231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,5736
Feeder Cattle · Heifers47 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240410.00/cwt410.00–410.009841
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240340.00/cwt340.00–340.008161
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2268388.35/cwt381.00–397.501,0414
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2287375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0762
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3316323.40/cwt320.00–327.001,0224
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1721
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335393.88/cwt390.00–395.001,3194
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3350330.50/cwt330.00–331.001,1572
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375370.12/cwt362.50–375.001,3887
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy387388.29/cwt387.50–392.501,5039
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2393342.52/cwt340.00–345.001,3464
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,3472
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415315.35/cwt312.50–318.001,3092
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy433352.99/cwt351.00–355.001,5284
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437343.28/cwt330.00–349.001,50029
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy472339.16/cwt337.00–340.001,6017
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475301.39/cwt298.00–303.001,43212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478327.86/cwt315.00–333.001,56723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490311.52/cwt308.00–312.001,52629
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519300.46/cwt290.00–308.001,55941
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525310.97/cwt310.00–315.001,63313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3526276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,4523
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535284.69/cwt282.00–287.001,52313
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553302.40/cwt302.00–302.501,67226
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571284.36/cwt280.00–290.001,62435
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576270.56/cwt269.00–273.001,5587
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3578258.52/cwt257.00–263.001,4944
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624260.87/cwt252.00–269.001,62821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy627296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,8565
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631284.65/cwt280.00–289.001,79626
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3643242.51/cwt240.00–243.001,5596
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656276.17/cwt273.00–281.001,8125
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673263.18/cwt253.00–269.001,77146
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3690233.37/cwt230.00–235.001,6103
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3705220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5511
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2728231.83/cwt230.00–236.001,6886
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added737267.58/cwt265.50–270.001,97213
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739250.01/cwt240.00–255.001,84813
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,9843
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3797207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,6542
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815230.78/cwt225.00–235.001,88117
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2820207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6971
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2852239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,0362
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2900210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8901
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3940192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,8051
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2943229.42/cwt229.00–232.002,1637
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,022197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,01310
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy316450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4223
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2317411.52/cwt405.00–419.001,3053
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3335295.00/cwt295.00–295.009881
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2347390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3532
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3350313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,0961
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5171
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2376392.01/cwt386.00–400.001,4744
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415356.38/cwt349.00–367.001,47919
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy423375.22/cwt370.00–381.001,5873
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3432320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3822
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460374.05/cwt369.00–379.001,7212
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2479348.61/cwt340.00–357.001,6709
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490328.76/cwt327.50–330.001,6112
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,4991
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5151
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2512315.40/cwt310.00–322.001,61512
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3525260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3652
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy527335.00/cwt330.00–340.001,7656
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2564317.15/cwt315.00–324.001,78911
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3592278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,6462
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600282.00/cwt281.00–283.001,6922
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2613298.42/cwt294.00–308.001,8298
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3655240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5721
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2677286.81/cwt280.00–294.001,94210
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7501
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2712271.44/cwt265.00–276.001,9336
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3715240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7161
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2768254.74/cwt250.00–264.001,9563
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2811220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7843
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2868224.12/cwt219.00–226.001,9457
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,047213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,2305
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3420285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1971
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3511278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,4214
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3695213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4802
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3801205.33/cwt205.00–206.001,6456
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3Value Added931213.60/cwt213.60–213.601,98955
Dairy Steers1050–1100Large 31,080196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,1171
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,015168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,7051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,365153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,0881
Bulls——1,542162.34/cwt161.00–163.002,5033
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%950123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1691
Cows—Lean 85-90%993115.03/cwt112.50–119.001,1424
Cows—Lean 85-90%99594.00/cwt94.00–94.009351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,3731
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234138.29/cwt133.00–141.501,70617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,305144.91/cwt142.00–150.001,8914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495141.35/cwt139.00–144.002,1133
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,583148.10/cwt146.00–150.002,3442
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,660130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,1582
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2888142.99/cwt138.00–148.001,2702

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.