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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 2
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
919 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 857▲ 919 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 51▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher on a light test. No test on slaughter bulls. 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 $460.76/cwt on 110 head, down $21.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 33 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$460.76
▼ 21.67 vs prior sale
110 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,569
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$29.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.23
vs KY average
+1.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558462.892,581102
Medium and Large 2-3559433.622,4238thin
One grade step is worth $29.27/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale110 hd
460.76
—
KY average25 barns · 1,003 hd
461.99
−1.23
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
+1.57
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
+0.00
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—Low1,150195.002,2431thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,235182.712,2578thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,485171.002,5391thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low995160.251,5942thin

Every lot

102 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy210650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,3651
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2235580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,3631
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,6701
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2292500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4602
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2319609.97/cwt600.00–622.501,9469
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3346590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,0414
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,2271
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3367532.50/cwt532.50–532.501,9542
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382562.01/cwt557.50–565.002,1475
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418524.43/cwt515.00–527.502,1928
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3444435.92/cwt427.50–437.501,9356
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy447545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,43614
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy468518.25/cwt512.50–525.002,4259
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481494.64/cwt490.00–502.002,37923
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483483.99/cwt482.50–485.002,33813
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,6002
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523472.88/cwt467.50–484.002,47322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3527447.37/cwt445.00–452.502,3583
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added538491.26/cwt490.00–500.002,64317
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566468.53/cwt460.00–475.002,65215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3578425.37/cwt420.00–430.002,4595
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581443.30/cwt431.00–459.002,57646
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607449.24/cwt442.00–451.002,72742
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632424.91/cwt415.00–439.002,68520
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3633406.24/cwt402.50–410.002,5712
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662429.46/cwt419.00–437.002,84336
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669395.18/cwt382.00–407.502,64422
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,5621
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3705362.75/cwt362.50–363.002,5572
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706403.50/cwt403.50–403.502,84911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710390.77/cwt387.00–392.002,77417
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,84613
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,7301
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added804350.32/cwt350.25–350.502,81714
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,8454
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,9821
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3890317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,8211
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added975328.40/cwt328.40–328.403,202102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3255525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,3391
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2258571.21/cwt567.50–575.001,4742
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336469.28/cwt465.00–475.001,5777
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3358451.67/cwt450.00–452.501,6173
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy368486.32/cwt482.50–492.501,79010
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379467.97/cwt462.50–475.001,7749
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423468.85/cwt460.00–475.001,98317
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435445.77/cwt440.00–447.501,9397
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy437480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0982
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458472.93/cwt470.00–485.002,16612
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 2-3460330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5181
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478462.40/cwt450.00–467.502,21028
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483439.05/cwt437.50–442.502,1218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518447.93/cwt440.00–450.002,3206
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523416.02/cwt412.50–417.502,17612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533434.47/cwt420.00–438.002,31645
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added552439.49/cwt436.00–442.502,4269
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3587385.59/cwt380.00–388.002,2637
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589399.88/cwt391.00–408.002,35550
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611388.31/cwt385.00–391.002,3739
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3483
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1251
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668348.73/cwt340.00–350.002,33011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2781
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,3701
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818310.73/cwt305.00–315.002,5427
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added855313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,67621
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3860277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,3871
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930304.01/cwt303.00–305.002,8272
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,045252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,6391
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,055235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,4791
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 2-31,140240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,7361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2265562.50/cwt562.50–562.501,4911
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3320460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4721
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3415467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,9401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,2361
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2448495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,2183
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2792
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3470472.39/cwt470.00–475.002,2202
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy477520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,4802
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515459.54/cwt450.00–467.502,3674
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3517442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,2882
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy562447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,5152
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2592426.58/cwt422.50–437.502,5257
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3640381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,4381
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2642405.41/cwt402.00–416.002,6034
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683366.52/cwt361.00–372.002,5032
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3685325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2261
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,4661
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3755339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,5591
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2778356.68/cwt355.00–357.502,7753
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3875285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4941
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,005230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,3121
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3660245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6171
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers700–750Large 3710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008521
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,1891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,150195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,2431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,6191
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,5631
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,143174.03/cwt173.00–175.001,9892
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200185.16/cwt184.00–186.502,2223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303196.56/cwt193.00–200.002,5612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,390165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,2941
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,5391

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.