Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Tyson packing plant fire Friday hurt feeder calves prices and stock trading. Today quality of feeder calves very weak. Compared to last week : Feeder steers 5.00-7.00 lower and Feeder heifers 6.00-8.00 lower. Last years receipts 823 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.54/cwt on 120 head.

Average price

$131.54

120 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$22.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.53

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	135.00	756	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	606	134.41	815	99
Medium and Large 2-3	650	117.90	767	17thin
Small 1-2	573	112.83	647	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.17/cwt here — about $109 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 sale120 hd

131.54

—

KY average27 barns · 6,061 hd

139.07

−7.53

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	—	High	1,563	83.28	1,302	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,262	56.13	708	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,076	44.63	480	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	958	43.00	412	2thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	125.92/cwt	120.00–130.00	521	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	134.83/cwt	126.00–140.00	506	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	120.68/cwt	116.00–134.00	702	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	508	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,015	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	10,404	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	12,018	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	153.24/cwt	153.00–154.00	664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,041	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	131.26/cwt	124.00–139.00	827	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	140.10/cwt	134.00–146.00	803	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	115.45/cwt	112.00–119.00	615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	706	105.84/cwt	101.00–107.50	747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	120.75/cwt	120.50–121.00	827	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	122.23/cwt	120.50–124.50	829	9
Steers	Small 1-2	—	455	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	466	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	632	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	143.77/cwt	140.00–149.00	699	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	142.72/cwt	131.00–154.00	748	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	112.71/cwt	109.00–115.00	700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	109.41/cwt	107.00–117.00	638	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	119.93/cwt	117.00–126.00	616	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	117.23/cwt	115.00–120.00	739	12
Bulls	—	—	1,698	88.60/cwt	86.00–91.50	1,504	7
Bulls	—	—	1,503	82.39/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,238	3
Bulls	—	—	1,478	79.13/cwt	75.00–84.00	1,170	2
Bulls	—	—	970	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	553	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,277	59.53/cwt	56.00–65.50	760	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,076	44.63/cwt	42.00–47.00	480	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	395	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	132.67/cwt	124.00–138.00	624	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	103.28/cwt	94.00–110.00	581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	265	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	350	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	460	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,258	55.20/cwt	50.00–58.50	694	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	440	110.52/cwt	109.00–112.00	486	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	480	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	550	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	620	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	574	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	535	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	113.63/cwt	112.00–117.00	600	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	390	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	112.87/cwt	105.00–116.00	365	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	115.51/cwt	112.00–119.00	496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	114.67/cwt	114.00–116.00	556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	107.54/cwt	105.00–110.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	636	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 Aug 14, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 273Last week 928Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 42Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 11Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	135.00	135.00
1	—	705	109.00	109.00
2	—	795	90.00	90.00
4	—	414	120.00–130.00	125.92
5	—	375	126.00–140.00	134.83
12	—	582	116.00–134.00	120.68
16	—	514	117.00–126.00	119.93
12	—	630	115.00–120.00	117.23
9	—	470	124.00–138.00	132.67
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	107.50	107.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	94.00–110.00	103.28
1	—	415	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	143.00	143.00
1	—	350	145.00	145.00
4	—	433	153.00–154.00	153.24
4	—	901	94.50	94.50
12	—	955	109.00	109.00
13	—	630	124.00–139.00	131.26
1	—	230	140.00	140.00
29	—	573	134.00–146.00	140.10
1	—	290	134.00	134.00
2	—	685	120.50–121.00	120.75
10	—	486	140.00–149.00	143.77
21	—	524	131.00–154.00	142.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	136.00	136.00
2	—	533	112.00–119.00	115.45
4	—	706	101.00–107.50	105.84
9	—	678	120.50–124.50	122.23
1	—	590	114.00	114.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	102.50	102.50
2	—	632	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	109.00–115.00	112.71
5	—	656	114.50	114.50
6	—	583	107.00–117.00	109.41
2	—	397	134.00	134.00
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
1	—	245	108.00	108.00
3	—	900	77.00	77.00
2	—	775	107.00	107.00
2	—	430	128.00	128.00
3	—	528	112.00–117.00	113.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	120.00	120.00
11	—	323	105.00–116.00	112.87
4	—	429	112.00–119.00	115.51
3	—	485	114.00–116.00	114.67
2	—	580	105.00–110.00	107.54
1	—	715	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	109.00–112.00	110.52
1	—	480	107.00	107.00
1	—	620	92.50	92.50
1	—	535	101.00	101.00
1	—	390	118.00	118.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,698	86.00–91.50	88.60
3	—	1,503	78.00–84.00	82.39
2	—	1,478	75.00–84.00	79.13
1	—	970	57.00	57.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,277	56.00–65.50	59.53
11	—	1,258	50.00–58.50	55.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,076	42.00–47.00	44.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	34.00	34.00
1	—	885	52.00	52.00

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

Steers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle