Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers : 2.00-4.00 higher, Feeder heifers : 3.00-5.00 higher . Slaughter cows steady , Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.70/cwt on 409 head.

Average price

$127.70

409 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$14.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	690	128.20	885	394
Small 1-2	390	124.00	484	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	113.94	633	14thin

One grade step is worth $14.27/cwt here — about $252 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale409 hd

127.70

—

KY average26 barns · 5,385 hd

128.59

−0.88

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,700	90.20	1,534	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,212	56.60	686	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	900	54.00	486	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,005	47.38	476	11

Every lot, as filed

62 lots · USDA AMS · Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,760	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	139.51/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,091	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	143.39/cwt	134.00–150.00	880	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	152.75/cwt	142.00–158.00	877	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	153.48/cwt	149.00–166.00	493	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	152.61/cwt	140.00–159.00	792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	159.76/cwt	155.00–161.00	775	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	729	132.95/cwt	132.95–132.95	969	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	928	116.60/cwt	116.60–116.60	1,082	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	302	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	524	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	113.49/cwt	113.00–114.00	868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	106.53/cwt	101.00–112.00	928	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	742	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	842.50/cwt	660.00–1,025.00	9,731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	124.50/cwt	115.00–129.00	847	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	511	130.49/cwt	129.00–131.00	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	141.64/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,006	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	136.19/cwt	127.00–138.00	786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	130.37/cwt	123.00–133.00	638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	626	7
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	559	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	154.80/cwt	143.00–161.00	663	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	140.80/cwt	135.00–144.00	941	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	909	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	121.04/cwt	119.00–124.00	753	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	655	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	642	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	875	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	781	129.85/cwt	129.85–129.85	1,014	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	126.54/cwt	125.00–128.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	132.60/cwt	127.50–135.00	754	16
Bulls	—	—	1,338	85.17/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,140	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	831	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	133.19/cwt	124.00–140.00	641	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	455	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	435	1
Bulls	—	—	1,821	91.87/cwt	88.00–100.00	1,673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	565	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	486	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,212	56.60/cwt	50.00–63.00	686	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,005	47.38/cwt	40.00–54.00	476	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	144.41/cwt	135.00–147.00	608	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	140.06/cwt	132.00–143.00	541	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	616	111.87/cwt	105.00–113.50	689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	622	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	390	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	123.99/cwt	122.00–132.00	725	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	124.61/cwt	122.00–133.00	658	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	299	1

How this sale compares

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

Wed Jul 17, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 796Last week 348Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 38Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 20Year ago 0

Compared to last week : Feeder steers : 2.00-4.00 higher, Feeder heifers : 3.00-5.00 higher . Slaughter cows steady , Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,155	660.00–1,025.00	842.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	782	130.00–141.00	139.51
26	—	614	134.00–150.00	143.39
27	—	574	142.00–158.00	152.75
4	—	321	149.00–166.00	153.48
7	—	519	140.00–159.00	152.61
19	—	485	155.00–161.00	159.76
3	—	710	140.00–145.00	141.64
12	—	428	143.00–161.00	154.80
13	—	668	135.00–144.00	140.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	117.00	117.00
3	—	680	115.00–129.00	124.50
4	—	511	129.00–131.00	130.49
9	—	577	127.00–138.00	136.19
7	—	478	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	302	173.50	173.50
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	559	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	145.00	145.00
1	—	835	107.50	107.50
2	—	765	113.00–114.00	113.49
3	—	533	140.00	140.00
4	—	871	101.00–112.00	106.53
5	—	608	122.00	122.00
16	—	569	127.50–135.00	132.60
7	—	670	124.00	124.00
6	—	481	124.00–140.00	133.19
12	—	421	135.00–147.00	144.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	114.00	114.00
2	—	473	125.00–128.00	126.54
1	—	675	118.00	118.00
1	—	570	122.00	122.00
1	—	350	134.00	134.00
1	—	345	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	729	132.95	132.95
57	—	928	116.60	116.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	566	120.00	120.00
7	—	616	105.00–113.50	111.87
1	—	655	95.00	95.00
3	—	370	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	489	123.00–133.00	130.37
8	—	730	124.50	124.50
11	—	622	119.00–124.00	121.04
3	—	661	118.50	118.50
3	—	425	133.00	133.00
8	—	386	132.00–143.00	140.06
47	—	585	122.00–132.00	123.99
21	—	528	122.00–133.00	124.61
1	—	880	89.00	89.00
1	—	800	104.00	104.00
1	—	225	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	510	128.50	128.50
77	—	642	136.25	136.25
67	—	781	129.85	129.85
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	124.00	124.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	84.00–86.00	85.17
6	—	1,821	88.00–100.00	91.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	54.00	54.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,212	50.00–63.00	56.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,005	40.00–54.00	47.38

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle