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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 23
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
531 head
▼ 331 vs last sale 862▼ 339 vs year ago 870 · −39.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 38▲ 10 vs year ago 20 · +50.0%
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 and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher on a light test. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $423.23/cwt on 93 head, down $1.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 33 comparable sales and sits +21.83 against this barn's trailing median of $401.40.
Average price
$423.23
▼ 1.90 vs prior sale
93 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,267
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$29.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.48
vs KY average
+7.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536424.202,27490
Medium and Large 2-3525394.332,0703thin
One grade step is worth $29.86/cwt here — about $204 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 sale93 hd
423.23
—
KY average25 barns · 987 hd
415.75
+7.48
National average161 barns · 8,493 hd
415.83
+7.40
This barn, trailing median33 sales
401.40
+21.83
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
445399352305median 401.4003/0304/2806/2309/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.44, low $318.65, median $401.40 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—High1,543209.813,2376thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,465189.002,7691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,304185.362,41612
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,018163.831,6683thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,335225.003,0041thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)853$1,5252thin

Every lot

86 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,5801
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275602.50/cwt602.50–602.501,6571
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy316615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,9433
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2347575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,9955
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy353557.48/cwt555.00–560.001,9682
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365534.90/cwt527.50–542.501,9522
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy406531.87/cwt530.00–537.502,1594
Steers400–450Large 1-2416461.00/cwt461.00–461.001,9186
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427515.34/cwt510.00–525.002,20111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480497.72/cwt497.50–500.002,38911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2551
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521491.88/cwt490.00–492.502,56312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541456.65/cwt440.00–462.502,4705
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3548380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0823
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,6552
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582454.41/cwt445.00–462.502,64521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,5391
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618429.67/cwt420.00–440.002,65516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4261
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670419.59/cwt417.00–426.002,81160
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680393.97/cwt392.00–396.002,6792
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added711383.50/cwt383.50–383.502,7273
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3760341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,5951
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768358.21/cwt350.00–361.002,7515
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,78313
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,8141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,7401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,6281
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,8592
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375514.57/cwt505.00–525.001,9307
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,5841
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy381530.42/cwt529.00–535.002,0214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed403512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,0653
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428469.04/cwt465.00–477.502,0073
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435432.63/cwt431.00–437.501,8825
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440497.50/cwt497.50–497.502,1891
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468453.71/cwt450.00–467.502,12310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy472475.91/cwt472.00–481.002,24616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485438.66/cwt437.50–441.002,1283
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,0882
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,29016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527432.05/cwt427.00–437.502,27754
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575388.75/cwt325.00–415.002,23520
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,0011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618396.19/cwt390.00–399.502,44829
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640346.81/cwt342.00–365.002,2209
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2656338.75/cwt336.00–350.002,22211
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3695330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2941
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3745290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1611
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752342.71/cwt338.00–343.502,57714
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2806310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,49910
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,9501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375557.50/cwt557.50–557.502,0912
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3380450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7101
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2388532.52/cwt530.00–535.002,0662
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3410440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8041
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2434517.40/cwt505.00–527.502,2469
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,3022
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2476468.82/cwt462.50–482.502,2325
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,0951
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2502471.43/cwt470.00–472.502,3677
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3528424.87/cwt421.00–429.002,2432
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy565456.28/cwt452.50–460.002,5784
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3568414.46/cwt407.50–421.002,3542
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571437.14/cwt430.00–450.002,4969
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2629411.41/cwt402.00–415.002,58813
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3635377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,3971
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3655330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1621
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,4811
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2770347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,6761
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2820320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6241
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3632168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0622
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,335225.00/cwt225.00–225.003,0041
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,342194.46/cwt190.00–198.002,6103
Bulls——1,715235.00/cwt235.00–235.004,0301
Bulls——1,758220.25/cwt217.00–223.003,8722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4421
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,8541
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,7171
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241172.61/cwt170.50–176.002,1424
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323196.16/cwt193.50–200.002,5955
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,355184.35/cwt180.50–188.002,4983
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,7691
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2785202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5861
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28531,524.78/head1,500.00–1,550.001,5252

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.