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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 5
● Final130 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,176 head
▲ 367 vs last sale 809▲ 1,176 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 10▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 3▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to being closed last week for the holiday break. However market and demand appeared to be very strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $435.19/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 13 of 33 comparable sales and sits −25.57 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$435.19
141 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,386
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.12
vs KY average
−31.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548436.562,393135
Medium and Large 2-3550404.512,2256thin
One grade step is worth $32.05/cwt here — about $168 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale141 hd
435.19
—
KY average9 barns · 411 hd
420.07
+15.12
National average195 barns · 28,890 hd
466.33
−31.14
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−25.57
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—High1,723194.913,3596thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,252161.842,02631
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,589161.762,5709thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low990134.551,3326thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,380182.232,5152thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,335231.003,0841thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,325$2,5023thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)991$2,2204thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,342$2,7412thin

Every lot

130 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3270400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0801
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4521
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340465.65/cwt460.00–472.501,5834
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370505.50/cwt500.00–511.001,8702
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379474.78/cwt470.00–480.001,7994
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed380492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,8723
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3381444.49/cwt440.00–447.501,6945
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy422476.76/cwt470.00–485.002,0123
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8491
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440451.72/cwt440.00–460.001,9886
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3450410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8451
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy479462.17/cwt461.00–467.502,21411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480448.19/cwt440.00–457.502,15110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521441.92/cwt434.00–451.002,30228
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522420.33/cwt410.00–428.002,19425
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3527404.34/cwt404.00–405.002,1313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy532463.00/cwt463.00–463.002,46310
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy555452.01/cwt450.00–453.002,5096
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568439.92/cwt434.00–445.002,49948
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573404.68/cwt400.00–409.002,3193
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581421.94/cwt411.00–430.002,45118
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy616418.56/cwt415.00–419.502,57822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617390.15/cwt379.00–397.002,40714
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630403.92/cwt403.00–406.002,54527
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3633368.82/cwt365.00–371.002,3355
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659391.73/cwt388.00–394.502,58213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665367.00/cwt365.00–369.002,4412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674378.48/cwt370.00–385.002,55187
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added716361.54/cwt359.00–364.002,5896
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722348.71/cwt340.00–356.002,51820
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3745330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4591
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774354.56/cwt348.00–357.502,74418
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3777320.67/cwt320.00–321.002,4923
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added778359.18/cwt358.50–359.502,7949
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832340.40/cwt340.00–341.002,8325
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872331.81/cwt329.00–336.002,8935
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added920339.25/cwt339.25–339.253,12158
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2928318.95/cwt307.00–320.002,96030
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2954320.00/cwt320.00–320.003,0535
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225435.00/cwt435.00–435.009791
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240390.00/cwt390.00–390.009361
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2264410.00/cwt400.00–420.001,0824
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1261
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3313406.26/cwt405.00–407.501,2722
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2329430.15/cwt420.00–437.501,4154
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy332462.71/cwt462.00–467.501,5368
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360413.16/cwt412.50–415.001,4874
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376430.10/cwt423.00–437.501,6175
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380447.86/cwt445.00–450.001,70219
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413420.25/cwt410.00–427.501,73614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3422406.48/cwt400.00–408.001,7155
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy445445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9801
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460418.75/cwt415.00–422.501,9262
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472404.11/cwt397.00–411.001,90717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3487385.36/cwt380.00–389.001,87713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3521362.18/cwt359.00–366.001,8875
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522403.82/cwt397.00–408.002,10817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528378.45/cwt370.00–388.001,99834
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy554398.94/cwt397.50–400.002,2107
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564386.91/cwt380.00–388.502,18228
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3577353.53/cwt350.00–357.502,0405
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582367.69/cwt360.00–377.002,14044
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3611320.28/cwt317.50–321.001,95713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,2553
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631339.50/cwt325.00–346.002,14229
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666332.62/cwt324.00–340.002,21512
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3682310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1142
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690363.50/cwt363.50–363.502,5088
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,1071
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added714330.37/cwt329.00–332.002,35924
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722314.62/cwt305.00–324.002,2729
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777317.26/cwt315.00–325.002,4659
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3790300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3701
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3885242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,1421
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3946265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,5073
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2170530.00/cwt530.00–530.009011
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3260435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,1311
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2290455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4561
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320428.63/cwt425.00–432.501,3722
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3340350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1901
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350521.00/cwt521.00–521.001,8243
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2357479.00/cwt479.00–479.001,7102
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,6561
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427438.60/cwt430.00–447.501,8736
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3430425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8281
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy432455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9662
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3470396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,8611
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2491424.46/cwt413.00–430.002,0843
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy520430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2361
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525413.08/cwt400.00–420.002,1693
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3528393.78/cwt385.00–398.002,0793
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3560383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,1451
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575401.75/cwt401.00–402.002,3104
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625379.03/cwt369.00–385.002,36910
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3626354.52/cwt351.00–356.502,2195
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy650370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4054
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2653352.47/cwt345.00–360.002,3022
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3657332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,1852
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3713267.47/cwt265.00–270.001,9072
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2746345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5745
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2762285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1722
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3775282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,1861
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2912249.22/cwt240.00–254.002,2736
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,3061
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,005228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,2911
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,020290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,9581
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3929269.50/cwt269.50–269.502,50455
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,335231.00/cwt231.00–231.003,0841
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,380182.23/cwt180.50–184.002,5152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,563188.39/cwt185.00–193.502,9453
Bulls——1,845184.00/cwt184.00–184.003,3951
Bulls——1,903210.14/cwt209.00–211.003,9992
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%850150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2751
Cows—Lean 85-90%985131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2901
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0901
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035139.09/cwt138.00–139.501,4403
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188139.76/cwt139.50–140.001,6602
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234170.55/cwt167.00–175.002,10511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262162.10/cwt158.00–166.002,04612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286152.73/cwt147.00–155.001,9646
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,541162.60/cwt159.00–165.502,5065
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,588152.51/cwt150.00–155.002,4222
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,708168.93/cwt168.00–170.002,8852
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-2950186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,7671
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175200.47/cwt199.00–202.002,3562
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29912,219.61/head1,900.00–2,675.002,2204
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3252,501.65/head2,225.00–3,035.002,5023
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3422,741.05/head2,500.00–2,985.002,7412

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.