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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 31
● Final141 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,156 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 1,218▼ 345 vs year ago 1,501 · −23.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 27▼ 26 vs year ago 78 · −33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 2▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifer sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 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 $501.97/cwt on 92 head, up $15.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 34 of 33 comparable sales and sits +41.21 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$501.97
▲ 15.13 vs prior sale
92 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,788
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$284
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$34.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.94
vs KY average
+18.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556503.202,80087
Medium and Large 2545497.502,7112thin
Medium and Large 2-3536469.172,5163thin
One grade step is worth $34.03/cwt here — about $284 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 sale92 hd
501.97
—
KY average24 barns · 1,362 hd
481.03
+20.94
National average169 barns · 10,003 hd
483.18
+18.79
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
+41.21
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—High1,528215.013,2857thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,154167.431,93320
CowsLean 85-90%High926156.831,45313

Every lot

141 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 · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1-2135705.00/cwt705.00–705.009521
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230655.00/cwt655.00–655.001,5071
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy235690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,6221
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3255550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,4031
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy275685.00/cwt685.00–685.001,8841
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed285720.00/cwt720.00–720.002,0523
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,8001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313623.32/cwt610.00–632.501,9513
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315562.50/cwt562.50–562.501,7721
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320680.00/cwt680.00–680.002,1761
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,7661
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,2752
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375506.00/cwt500.00–512.501,8982
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382610.62/cwt600.00–625.002,33313
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2387578.32/cwt575.00–585.002,2383
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy414594.86/cwt582.50–602.502,4637
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3422512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,1632
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430547.90/cwt540.00–555.002,3565
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,3211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed456582.82/cwt582.50–583.002,65814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy463558.95/cwt557.00–560.002,5889
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472537.98/cwt532.50–545.002,53910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475525.87/cwt525.00–527.502,4983
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485507.50/cwt505.00–510.002,4612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3522480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,5062
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527509.63/cwt500.00–522.502,68623
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added544529.00/cwt529.00–529.002,87810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545497.50/cwt497.50–497.502,7112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565500.66/cwt485.00–505.002,82916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,5281
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy571525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,99820
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577458.68/cwt450.00–467.502,64718
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613419.12/cwt410.00–427.502,56914
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy625470.50/cwt470.50–470.502,94120
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630441.65/cwt437.50–445.002,78214
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added678434.50/cwt434.50–434.502,94632
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687413.82/cwt406.50–421.002,84321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731379.06/cwt378.00–381.002,77110
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735385.58/cwt384.50–390.002,83434
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767366.00/cwt361.00–371.002,8074
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3775334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,5891
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816370.00/cwt370.00–370.003,01919
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added856350.13/cwt347.90–352.252,997125
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872329.03/cwt320.00–340.002,86911
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3875316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,7651
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy217610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,3242
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225547.50/cwt547.50–547.501,2321
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3232475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1022
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,2601
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2274508.07/cwt502.50–520.001,3924
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300572.50/cwt572.50–572.501,7183
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2324547.01/cwt542.40–555.001,77210
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3326505.57/cwt500.00–507.501,6484
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2348525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,8275
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3367479.69/cwt475.00–482.501,7607
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370498.78/cwt497.50–500.001,8452
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375513.26/cwt503.00–530.001,92512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410506.53/cwt500.00–510.002,0776
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415469.37/cwt467.50–470.001,9484
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427481.24/cwt472.50–497.502,05516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3432453.33/cwt450.00–457.501,9589
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy457488.12/cwt487.50–492.502,2318
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469469.97/cwt462.50–482.502,20424
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2133
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3484452.05/cwt450.00–457.502,18810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521415.82/cwt403.00–426.002,16631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532429.90/cwt429.00–433.002,28711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3539382.49/cwt375.00–385.002,0624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,3763
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576413.14/cwt408.00–415.002,38035
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3583374.44/cwt370.00–379.002,1832
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588386.50/cwt384.00–391.002,2736
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609393.96/cwt390.00–400.002,39914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624371.50/cwt368.50–388.002,31822
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3673325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1872
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676361.08/cwt360.00–363.002,44119
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694339.54/cwt339.00–345.002,35622
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2401
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added722351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,53416
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736330.25/cwt330.00–331.002,4314
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764327.99/cwt320.00–330.002,5065
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3773303.75/cwt302.50–305.002,3482
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2807316.68/cwt313.00–324.002,5563
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867323.19/cwt315.00–333.002,80214
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2870306.27/cwt302.50–310.002,6652
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3880292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,5741
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3905272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,4661
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3985268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,6401
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,040303.00/cwt303.00–303.003,1511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls39 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2260611.25/cwt605.00–617.501,5892
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy275700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,9251
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3301501.00/cwt501.00–501.001,5083
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310582.50/cwt582.50–582.501,8062
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2313622.50/cwt617.50–630.001,9484
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330647.50/cwt647.50–647.502,1371
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3350550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,9251
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed355660.00/cwt660.00–660.002,3432
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy362645.07/cwt635.00–647.502,3357
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2379613.58/cwt600.00–627.502,32512
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388566.60/cwt560.00–575.002,1986
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed410612.50/cwt612.50–612.502,5113
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423503.46/cwt500.00–510.002,1303
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425536.66/cwt527.50–545.002,2812
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy435579.45/cwt570.00–587.502,52112
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3440492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,1674
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3460485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,2311
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy474535.12/cwt532.50–539.002,5369
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,3804
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483516.45/cwt502.50–525.002,49415
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy506516.29/cwt510.00–520.002,6124
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519500.72/cwt490.00–507.502,5997
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,5221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3520470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,4442
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2562470.72/cwt462.50–487.002,6453
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3861
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3580433.78/cwt430.00–437.502,5162
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618386.63/cwt384.00–400.002,3896
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy627430.24/cwt427.00–435.002,6985
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671372.79/cwt368.00–377.502,5014
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy682400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,7282
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2700350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4501
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3740337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,4942
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2777327.83/cwt321.00–340.002,5476
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2803330.03/cwt320.00–340.002,6502
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3810301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,4381
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3990275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,7231
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,035279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,8881
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 2-31,070237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,5411
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3860226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,9441
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,390185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,5721
Bulls——1,438208.77/cwt205.00–212.003,0022
Bulls——1,607225.63/cwt220.00–235.003,6264
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%873143.35/cwt140.50–146.001,2513
Cows—Lean 85-90%923162.13/cwt158.00–165.001,4967
Cows—Lean 85-90%950171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,6251
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005151.44/cwt150.00–153.001,5222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,108146.69/cwt145.00–148.001,6253
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145157.77/cwt155.00–161.001,8065
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,146171.69/cwt168.00–175.001,9688
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218186.56/cwt183.00–190.002,2724
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,135254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,8831

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.