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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 10
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
723 head
▼ 199 vs last sale 922▲ 133 vs year ago 590 · +22.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 53▲ 22 vs year ago 28 · +78.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $371.40/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −89.36 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$371.40
74 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.95
vs KY average
−53.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546374.072,04362
Medium and Large 2-3531357.601,90012thin
One grade step is worth $16.47/cwt here — about $144 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 sale74 hd
371.40
—
KY average23 barns · 867 hd
364.45
+6.95
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−53.47
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−89.36
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—High1,637187.263,0667thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,618148.392,4008thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,297140.541,82216
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low959131.371,2607thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,205174.002,0971thin

Every lot

99 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2761
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328412.21/cwt400.00–425.001,3522
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368408.13/cwt400.00–417.501,5023
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,3971
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432391.26/cwt380.00–402.501,6908
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy469403.99/cwt400.00–405.001,8955
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472388.39/cwt380.00–397.501,8337
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475365.11/cwt360.00–367.501,7343
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,0132
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3519363.65/cwt359.00–365.001,8879
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523381.08/cwt370.00–385.001,99337
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,2121
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3568339.46/cwt337.50–341.001,9283
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589358.75/cwt349.00–361.002,11322
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618345.40/cwt340.00–352.002,1357
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619382.95/cwt378.00–386.002,37023
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3632330.07/cwt325.00–332.502,0863
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy648394.50/cwt394.50–394.502,55634
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3668304.79/cwt300.00–311.002,0364
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674340.02/cwt335.00–347.502,29219
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722329.76/cwt327.00–334.002,3819
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added724356.59/cwt356.00–358.002,58223
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy732376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,75247
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,4731
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3783295.97/cwt295.00–298.002,3173
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added787360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,83369
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2803314.49/cwt310.00–319.002,5252
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868321.50/cwt321.50–321.502,79113
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2993299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,96911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245385.00/cwt385.00–385.009432
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3287350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0052
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330380.88/cwt377.50–386.001,2574
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3345350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2081
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365391.84/cwt384.00–397.501,4305
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374369.65/cwt365.00–375.001,3829
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3388332.45/cwt330.00–335.001,2902
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy403372.48/cwt370.00–375.001,5012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426354.15/cwt350.00–362.501,5097
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4621
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6383
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467343.28/cwt337.50–355.001,60316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483327.38/cwt325.00–332.501,5813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3509310.02/cwt308.00–314.001,5786
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513340.12/cwt335.00–345.001,7452
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519322.16/cwt310.00–325.001,67210
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569322.13/cwt315.00–331.001,83339
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570344.12/cwt338.50–350.001,96114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3574308.77/cwt307.00–311.001,77211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,0184
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620314.84/cwt310.00–324.001,9525
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,8691
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3650275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7881
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663308.39/cwt304.00–311.002,0453
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added707316.98/cwt315.00–321.002,24123
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,0231
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,9061
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763287.38/cwt286.00–290.002,1933
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4633
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3840212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,7851
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added942284.50/cwt284.50–284.502,68021
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,3281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3260335.00/cwt335.00–335.008711
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3300372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,1181
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2323392.76/cwt385.00–400.001,2696
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2379381.29/cwt375.00–390.001,4454
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3420317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,3341
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425377.99/cwt370.00–385.001,6066
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6731
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519352.49/cwt345.00–355.001,8294
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3519332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,7266
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2566332.24/cwt322.50–343.001,8806
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3572312.31/cwt310.00–317.001,7863
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635310.88/cwt300.00–317.501,9743
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3663295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9563
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675305.81/cwt305.00–307.502,0643
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3700270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8901
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1392
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy735330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4261
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2752290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1812
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3760252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,9191
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3800222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7761
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2835235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9621
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3880239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,1031
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,2291
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,205174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,0971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,440172.86/cwt170.00–175.502,4892
Bulls——1,685187.76/cwt184.00–189.503,1643
Bulls——1,763200.92/cwt198.50–203.503,5422
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%890120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,0721
Cows—Lean 85-90%970127.04/cwt125.50–128.501,2322
Cows—Lean 85-90%971136.26/cwt135.00–139.001,3234
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,103126.02/cwt123.50–129.501,3903
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290160.57/cwt157.00–164.002,0712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,346136.31/cwt132.00–140.001,8357
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,359148.80/cwt145.00–150.002,0224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,582151.11/cwt149.50–155.002,3915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,677143.85/cwt141.00–146.002,4123

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.