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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 12
● Final139 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,488 head
▲ 312 vs last sale 1,176▲ 355 vs year ago 1,133 · +31.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 71▲ 17 vs year ago 24 · +70.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 19▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. There was good to very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. There was moderate 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 $447.94/cwt on 204 head. That ranks 14 of 33 comparable sales and sits −12.82 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$447.94
204 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,494
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$199
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$43.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.12
vs KY average
−24.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556451.902,512182
Medium and Large 2562419.912,36213thin
Medium and Large 2-3566408.332,3139thin
One grade step is worth $43.56/cwt here — about $199 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale204 hd
447.94
—
KY average25 barns · 1,619 hd
424.82
+23.12
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
−24.04
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−12.82
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—High1,749187.433,2796thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,679160.882,7026thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,186149.711,77610
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low965134.221,2955thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,130170.001,9211thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,505211.003,1761thin

Every lot

139 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 · Steers47 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,0581
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy250580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,4501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,5272
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy310510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,5811
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315465.97/cwt457.50–475.001,4682
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed338540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8253
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375530.19/cwt530.00–531.001,9885
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379500.13/cwt492.50–505.001,8955
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2392472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,8522
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416510.38/cwt500.00–521.002,12311
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417472.23/cwt462.50–480.001,9698
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3436425.01/cwt420.00–427.501,8533
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,1671
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3455411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,8701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,3271
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474435.73/cwt430.00–445.002,0653
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477463.68/cwt455.00–475.002,21231
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518437.12/cwt425.00–447.502,26421
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3521402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,0943
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy523471.46/cwt470.00–472.502,4665
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527462.12/cwt455.00–467.502,43528
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528421.09/cwt420.00–422.502,2235
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565458.53/cwt450.00–467.002,59182
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578438.47/cwt425.00–446.502,53446
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2584419.18/cwt417.00–422.002,4488
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3589411.50/cwt411.00–414.002,4246
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy615442.98/cwt437.00–450.002,72413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623372.18/cwt370.00–374.002,3193
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624397.85/cwt389.00–406.002,48310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630415.69/cwt409.00–421.502,61942
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3636364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,3154
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668368.93/cwt364.00–380.002,46437
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4668
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,4391
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added692397.19/cwt390.00–407.002,749104
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2717340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4383
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718379.55/cwt374.00–385.002,72549
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734359.99/cwt350.00–370.002,64233
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773342.29/cwt335.00–346.002,64626
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added777352.06/cwt350.00–360.502,73622
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added805349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,8093
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824330.17/cwt324.00–331.002,72116
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2835311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,5971
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881309.65/cwt304.00–324.002,72810
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2927309.73/cwt300.00–313.002,8718
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2961305.61/cwt300.00–307.002,9375
Feeder Cattle · Heifers51 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2180415.00/cwt415.00–415.007471
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy205530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,0871
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230410.00/cwt410.00–410.009431
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy252512.50/cwt512.50–512.501,2922
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed270560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,5121
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2281428.78/cwt425.00–436.001,2053
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2296482.00/cwt482.00–482.001,4273
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4332
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,2681
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328431.11/cwt427.50–435.001,4142
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368427.60/cwt422.50–432.501,5742
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3373392.55/cwt385.00–400.001,4642
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7251
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3405377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,5271
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410446.73/cwt445.00–450.001,8328
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422432.15/cwt425.00–442.501,8247
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455440.82/cwt437.00–445.002,00610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471422.71/cwt414.00–432.501,99147
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480404.71/cwt400.00–406.001,9436
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3481388.76/cwt388.00–391.001,8704
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy503422.85/cwt415.00–425.002,12719
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512374.13/cwt361.00–380.001,91625
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537392.88/cwt385.00–394.002,1108
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3542351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,9022
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9358
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy560400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2408
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570384.22/cwt381.00–393.002,19032
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3571351.67/cwt347.50–355.002,0084
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583365.78/cwt354.00–373.502,13275
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619351.64/cwt350.00–355.002,17735
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626333.59/cwt325.00–340.002,08832
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3627322.34/cwt320.00–325.002,0213
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663359.50/cwt359.50–359.502,3838
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3664318.38/cwt317.50–320.002,1144
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672326.23/cwt320.00–340.002,19242
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,1561
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713321.76/cwt310.00–325.002,29450
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2727304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,2102
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3747290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1662
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added762344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,6214
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2779312.80/cwt302.50–320.002,43719
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3835285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3801
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9741
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5351
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9461
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,6794
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2923267.90/cwt260.00–278.002,4739
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2925238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,2021
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1851
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,040261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,7141
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,140208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,3711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2225497.72/cwt495.00–500.001,1202
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy245640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,5682
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2275560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,5401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3310402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,2481
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6671
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2340452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,5391
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365504.90/cwt497.50–512.501,8432
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy378539.07/cwt535.00–541.002,0383
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3440432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,9031
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2441461.43/cwt455.00–462.502,03510
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2466441.37/cwt432.00–447.502,0575
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy507445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,2565
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535406.45/cwt405.00–417.002,17515
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3545361.25/cwt357.50–365.001,9692
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy566393.06/cwt390.00–397.502,2255
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568374.80/cwt370.00–376.002,12911
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3580365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1174
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620367.91/cwt352.50–369.002,28115
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3640325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy645379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,4451
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2666349.39/cwt344.00–351.002,3275
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3690332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,2941
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,4222
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,025240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,4601
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3Value Added899269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,41861
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3940164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5421
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,505211.00/cwt211.00–211.003,1761
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,130170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,240177.50/cwt177.50–177.502,2011
Bulls——1,812184.53/cwt180.00–187.503,3443
Bulls——1,910196.75/cwt193.50–200.003,7582
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%865120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0381
Cows—Lean 85-90%990140.36/cwt139.50–141.501,3903
Cows—Lean 85-90%990130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2871
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170137.61/cwt136.00–139.501,6102
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180144.19/cwt140.50–148.001,7012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194155.58/cwt154.00–161.001,8586
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,1761
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,710166.95/cwt163.50–171.002,8553
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,738158.22/cwt156.00–161.002,7502
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,165197.50/cwt197.50–197.502,3011

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.