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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 21
● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,117 head
▼ 575 vs last sale 1,692▼ 75 vs year ago 1,192 · −6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 75▼ 37 vs year ago 54 · −68.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. No test on slaughter bulls. 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 $367.67/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −93.09 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$367.67
76 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,018
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$237
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$44.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.16
vs KY average
−6.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547377.272,06457
Medium and Large 2559346.001,9349thin
Medium and Large 2-3550332.401,82710thin
One grade step is worth $44.87/cwt here — about $237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale76 hd
367.67
—
KY average23 barns · 1,058 hd
359.50
+8.16
National average172 barns · 11,123 hd
374.02
−6.35
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−93.09
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%Average1,575143.002,2521thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,191142.731,6999thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,595182.002,9031thin

Every lot

111 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1-2145515.00/cwt515.00–515.007471
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1-2185518.95/cwt515.00–522.509602
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy250500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2296457.51/cwt452.50–460.001,3543
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2329404.59/cwt399.00–412.501,33111
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2329390.70/cwt385.00–392.501,2854
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy334427.80/cwt420.00–431.001,42910
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374403.60/cwt400.00–415.001,5095
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,75113
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418410.86/cwt399.00–417.001,71713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3445365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy461400.86/cwt400.00–404.001,84810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471387.31/cwt380.00–393.001,82410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482371.28/cwt370.00–373.001,79016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522396.24/cwt391.00–400.002,06819
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533358.00/cwt357.00–360.001,9083
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535380.78/cwt370.00–387.502,03710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,8379
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566359.88/cwt351.00–365.002,03721
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9456
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575372.96/cwt370.00–377.002,1457
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8041
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630341.75/cwt340.00–347.002,1538
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630326.36/cwt320.00–339.002,05628
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630307.92/cwt303.00–313.001,9402
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665306.48/cwt304.00–309.002,0382
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8451
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666327.15/cwt325.75–331.002,17945
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720289.51/cwt288.00–291.002,0842
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added727325.75/cwt325.75–325.752,36874
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730308.67/cwt305.00–319.002,25314
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3750268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,0101
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2766254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,9467
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770284.94/cwt278.00–291.002,19411
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2814274.89/cwt263.00–277.002,23822
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2863250.68/cwt247.00–258.002,1639
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added881280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,46761
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,148220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,52610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1691
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1971
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330399.85/cwt395.00–405.001,3204
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3334372.31/cwt370.00–373.001,2444
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy345410.99/cwt410.50–417.501,41813
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2771
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy372414.67/cwt412.00–416.001,54324
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374392.65/cwt385.00–397.001,46917
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,3591
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added413390.49/cwt390.00–393.001,6136
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415362.56/cwt360.00–365.001,5052
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417374.59/cwt370.00–385.001,56227
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy431403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,73753
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3434354.43/cwt351.00–356.001,5387
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2459359.87/cwt350.00–367.501,65227
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465373.25/cwt370.00–377.501,7367
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3482336.21/cwt332.50–337.501,62118
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485343.71/cwt340.00–347.001,66716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530330.62/cwt327.00–336.001,75229
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533317.59/cwt304.00–324.001,69326
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,6003
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576311.07/cwt300.00–318.001,79224
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7261
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3596272.24/cwt271.00–276.001,6234
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3605242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4641
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612293.86/cwt292.00–299.001,7987
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621278.80/cwt275.00–286.001,73116
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6963
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669278.13/cwt273.00–281.001,86136
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,9991
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3695250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7381
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added737282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,0782
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9241
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758261.50/cwt260.00–263.001,9822
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,0735
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2877241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,1142
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2951231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,1973
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2285412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,1761
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315432.50/cwt427.00–437.501,3622
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320412.56/cwt406.00–420.001,3202
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,5572
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3961
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2366398.99/cwt392.50–407.501,4606
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3375357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,3411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2408398.56/cwt391.00–403.001,62610
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3426362.17/cwt362.00–362.501,5433
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6751
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2484370.49/cwt365.00–378.001,79315
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3510285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4541
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521325.18/cwt315.00–333.001,6948
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy533357.90/cwt350.00–365.001,9085
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy578355.71/cwt346.00–359.002,0564
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2585331.85/cwt322.00–340.001,9417
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9222
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2688288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,9813
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2735259.46/cwt254.00–265.001,9072
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3737210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5482
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,1741
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815241.56/cwt237.00–246.001,9692
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3845210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7751
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2885229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,0271
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2925212.76/cwt206.00–216.001,9683
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3562210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1802
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3401
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3577270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5582
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3676241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6295
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,595182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,9031
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180128.94/cwt128.00–130.001,5212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193143.80/cwt140.50–148.001,7165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195153.83/cwt153.00–154.501,8382
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,575143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,2521

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.