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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 9
● Final126 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,295 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 1,343▲ 59 vs year ago 1,236 · +4.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 28▼ 2 vs year ago 40 · −5.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 18▲ 0 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. 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 $392.85/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 5 of 33 comparable sales and sits −67.90 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$392.85
106 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,149
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$386
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$64.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.85
vs KY average
+11.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547400.802,19387
Medium and Large 2552368.482,03312thin
Medium and Large 2-3538335.891,8077thin
One grade step is worth $64.91/cwt here — about $386 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale106 hd
392.85
—
KY average22 barns · 797 hd
375.01
+17.85
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
+11.84
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−67.90
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—Average1,717191.673,2903thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,553171.612,6655thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,230162.782,00211
CowsLean 85-90%High879152.751,3422thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,380180.502,4911thin

Every lot

126 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2250480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3491
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy333476.65/cwt470.00–480.001,5873
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368413.39/cwt407.50–420.001,5213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy371470.10/cwt465.00–475.001,7444
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,5561
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy413462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,91010
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420407.27/cwt400.00–412.501,7113
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423421.39/cwt420.00–424.001,7823
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431439.26/cwt430.00–450.001,8939
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460437.96/cwt431.00–442.002,0158
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3471395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8603
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473410.72/cwt401.00–420.001,9436
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478384.41/cwt381.00–386.001,8373
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515378.38/cwt373.00–387.001,9495
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515331.07/cwt327.50–338.001,7053
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517417.67/cwt417.00–418.002,1596
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531404.97/cwt396.00–413.002,15040
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555339.50/cwt339.50–339.501,8844
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564401.93/cwt400.00–406.002,26720
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570386.96/cwt380.00–397.502,20621
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578361.41/cwt348.00–377.502,0897
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy610389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,3732
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613339.07/cwt330.00–350.002,07812
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628368.59/cwt361.00–374.002,31518
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,8691
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678349.03/cwt335.00–351.752,36625
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683360.29/cwt360.00–362.002,46161
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685308.91/cwt301.00–311.002,11612
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2688328.70/cwt328.00–330.002,2615
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725316.41/cwt300.00–320.502,29410
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added732322.68/cwt322.00–327.002,36216
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757299.42/cwt290.00–303.002,2677
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770316.60/cwt315.00–319.002,4385
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added801310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4836
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2820274.99/cwt274.00–277.002,2554
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835300.05/cwt299.00–305.002,50524
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868269.62/cwt261.00–278.002,3402
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added886301.55/cwt297.00–306.002,672148
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,3951
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added961278.90/cwt278.90–278.902,68094
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,025247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,5371
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2Fancy150590.00/cwt590.00–590.008851
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy200490.00/cwt490.00–490.009801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265460.38/cwt450.00–470.001,2202
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3270387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,0461
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy277490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,3572
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1901
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2329411.02/cwt403.00–415.001,3524
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4191
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376401.87/cwt392.00–410.001,51110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,4381
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,4602
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429366.71/cwt357.00–372.501,5735
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,4621
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy437385.03/cwt379.00–386.001,6837
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474364.13/cwt356.00–372.001,72638
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480330.96/cwt327.00–335.001,5892
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy482382.19/cwt377.00–384.001,8429
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2487342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,6682
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,6011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515360.11/cwt356.00–363.001,8555
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520328.51/cwt327.00–330.001,7082
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532346.71/cwt332.00–351.001,84427
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564333.22/cwt321.00–343.001,87924
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567362.39/cwt353.00–364.002,05520
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2587320.17/cwt320.00–320.501,8793
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,8421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618330.64/cwt328.50–334.502,04311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626320.49/cwt312.00–323.002,00632
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3655280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8341
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677307.78/cwt303.00–321.002,08416
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685290.52/cwt288.00–293.001,9902
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0592
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733279.97/cwt278.00–282.002,0522
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752278.98/cwt271.00–288.002,0983
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770261.01/cwt260.00–262.002,0102
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2877261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,2892
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added881284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,50263
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1601
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,030230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,3691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy210540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,1341
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2235440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,0341
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed250545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,3631
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2270436.17/cwt430.00–447.501,1783
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy295477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,4091
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2345437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,5092
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3201
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2382430.59/cwt405.00–445.001,6454
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2411389.64/cwt383.00–400.001,6014
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3418362.54/cwt360.00–365.001,5152
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy431430.68/cwt430.00–431.001,8563
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy468423.65/cwt417.50–430.001,9832
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470373.74/cwt372.50–375.001,7572
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478395.50/cwt384.00–401.001,8906
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2511398.98/cwt394.00–406.002,0397
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9311
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3518347.56/cwt345.00–350.001,8002
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy525404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,1211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565340.84/cwt332.00–350.001,9262
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy578380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1963
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8561
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3590313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,8471
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy605355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1483
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,8683
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3630280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7641
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2634337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,13710
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2668326.72/cwt317.00–334.002,1824
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,0621
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2735279.04/cwt276.00–285.002,0513
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2775290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2481
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2840236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9821
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3445149.00/cwt149.00–149.006631
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,380180.50/cwt180.50–180.502,4911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,610175.50/cwt175.50–175.502,8261
Bulls——1,635189.50/cwt189.50–189.503,0981
Bulls——1,905210.00/cwt210.00–210.004,0011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%815156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2711
Cows—Lean 85-90%942149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,4081
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,128169.89/cwt168.00–172.001,9162
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248155.23/cwt155.00–155.501,9372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254162.90/cwt160.00–166.002,0437
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,543176.15/cwt173.50–180.002,7183
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568164.81/cwt163.00–166.502,5842
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2933178.58/cwt177.00–180.001,6662

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.