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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 19
● Final118 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,217 head
▼ 271 vs last sale 1,488▲ 106 vs year ago 1,111 · +9.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 41▲ 16 vs year ago 12 · +133.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 2▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Sharply higher in some instances. There was good to very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 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 $465.00/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 21 of 33 comparable sales and sits +4.24 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$465.00
141 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,517
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$56.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+28.04
vs KY average
−0.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538469.022,525131
Medium and Large 2-3580412.252,39010thin
One grade step is worth $56.78/cwt here — about $135 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
465.00
—
KY average25 barns · 1,441 hd
436.96
+28.04
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
−0.33
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
+4.24
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—High1,840185.713,4175thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,234161.971,99813
CowsLean 85-90%Average940147.001,3821thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,401225.003,1523thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,173$3,2802thin

Every lot

118 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,4041
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3290420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2181
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3305480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4641
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328516.83/cwt515.00–525.001,6955
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy372549.20/cwt540.00–557.502,0436
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372508.39/cwt500.00–517.501,8916
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed397569.00/cwt569.00–569.002,2594
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed415586.03/cwt580.00–589.002,4323
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425471.38/cwt467.50–475.002,0032
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy427541.34/cwt537.50–543.002,3125
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431515.43/cwt505.00–524.502,22217
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3462429.14/cwt427.50–432.501,9833
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471450.92/cwt440.00–460.002,12414
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy481474.71/cwt470.00–479.002,28328
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0091
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525477.38/cwt470.00–489.502,50684
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534458.42/cwt442.50–464.002,44816
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy556473.00/cwt473.00–473.002,6308
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,6112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585443.74/cwt427.50–447.502,59621
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3587414.72/cwt410.00–416.002,4349
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625428.79/cwt421.00–440.002,68055
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627396.57/cwt387.00–412.502,48618
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,3481
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5866
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681380.81/cwt370.00–386.502,59345
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3690359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,4771
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added704381.25/cwt370.00–385.502,68421
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727359.56/cwt349.00–369.002,61451
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3733344.02/cwt342.00–345.002,5223
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,5221
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776345.65/cwt341.00–357.502,68233
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added814350.25/cwt350.25–350.252,85120
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2821339.98/cwt330.50–348.002,79130
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3826314.15/cwt311.00–319.002,5955
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2869328.46/cwt324.50–331.502,85420
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added870337.39/cwt332.00–337.752,93532
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2941321.00/cwt317.00–323.003,0213
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1-2115620.00/cwt620.00–620.007131
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,1361
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy260500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1831
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2293453.74/cwt452.50–455.001,3292
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332454.61/cwt447.50–465.001,5095
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4241
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy371475.13/cwt472.50–482.501,7634
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379458.76/cwt447.50–467.501,7396
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3386429.42/cwt420.00–435.001,6585
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed412480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9782
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414448.65/cwt430.00–457.501,85716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy421463.21/cwt460.00–465.001,95011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3429420.47/cwt420.00–425.001,80410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458448.42/cwt446.00–450.002,05420
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3471409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,9265
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474429.15/cwt417.50–445.002,03418
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed480471.00/cwt471.00–471.002,2613
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516425.32/cwt420.00–428.002,19530
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3524372.98/cwt371.00–375.001,9544
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy532437.26/cwt437.00–437.502,32617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536402.40/cwt391.00–415.002,15729
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy577406.60/cwt403.00–419.002,34617
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579357.88/cwt354.00–370.002,07211
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580392.61/cwt385.00–393.502,27723
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3587346.84/cwt345.00–347.502,0366
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626336.51/cwt330.00–349.002,10728
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2759
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3640322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667330.22/cwt320.00–334.002,20334
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3677319.11/cwt319.00–320.002,1609
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683343.02/cwt342.00–345.002,3436
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added704343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,4155
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724322.95/cwt319.50–335.002,33810
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3745298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,2201
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3790300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3703
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791311.36/cwt310.00–321.002,46328
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3491
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,7622
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3880287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,5301
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3990270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,6731
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,019274.43/cwt242.00–281.002,7966
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,059250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,6486
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1-2130730.00/cwt730.00–730.009491
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2265525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,3911
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy275590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,6233
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,6201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320507.03/cwt500.00–515.001,6222
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed340602.50/cwt602.50–602.502,0491
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3347480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6662
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2367494.89/cwt490.00–500.001,8163
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3385465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3420451.00/cwt451.00–451.001,8941
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2441466.05/cwt463.00–475.002,0557
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465458.99/cwt442.50–467.502,1343
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2529410.89/cwt402.50–420.002,17414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3545368.92/cwt367.50–375.002,0117
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3555375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0813
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573403.43/cwt397.50–410.002,3124
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3605305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8451
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy626392.88/cwt390.50–397.002,4599
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2636369.53/cwt350.00–378.002,3504
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3655335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1941
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,4571
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fancy770349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,6871
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2777321.95/cwt316.00–325.002,5023
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3790315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4891
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2816330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6933
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2855319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,7271
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3880294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,5871
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3Value Added903262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,36658
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,401225.00/cwt225.00–225.003,1523
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,205192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,3141
Bulls——1,999184.14/cwt180.50–187.503,6814
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,3821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224171.17/cwt170.00–174.502,0957
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237154.79/cwt152.00–160.501,9153
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253147.70/cwt144.00–151.001,8513
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2975207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,0181
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1733,279.90/head2,700.00–3,775.003,2802

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.