Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers : 4.00--5.00 higher and Feeder heifers : 2.00--3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, bulls steady. Todays receipts 903 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.01/cwt on 234 head.

Average price

$131.01

234 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

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

$30.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.54

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	699	132.56	926	195
Medium and Large 2-3	487	123.78	603	38
Small 1-2	635	102.00	648	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.56/cwt here — about $278 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 sale234 hd

131.01

—

KY average27 barns · 8,221 hd

135.54

−4.54

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	1,699	81.56	1,386	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,242	49.93	620	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,091	41.98	458	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	982	35.90	353	5thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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	—	980	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	128.94/cwt	124.00–134.00	874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	135.34/cwt	135.00–136.00	437	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	143.27/cwt	142.00–146.00	540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	124.32/cwt	116.00–130.00	709	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	108.60/cwt	103.00–114.00	771	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	130.77/cwt	126.00–137.00	568	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	123.10/cwt	120.50–125.00	629	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	130.76/cwt	125.00–137.00	615	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	117.29/cwt	110.00–122.00	735	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	116.01/cwt	115.00–117.00	429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	112.65/cwt	111.00–115.00	597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	659	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	403	120.04/cwt	114.00–126.00	484	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	831	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	665	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	435	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	465	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	397	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	437	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	99.18/cwt	88.00–104.50	817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	108.68/cwt	104.50–117.00	728	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	126.11/cwt	125.00–130.00	406	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	112.31/cwt	99.00–114.50	796	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	113.93/cwt	108.50–116.50	711	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	114.42/cwt	112.00–119.00	535	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	125.04/cwt	117.00–134.00	660	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	115.02/cwt	112.00–116.00	437	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	119.93/cwt	114.00–133.00	500	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	408	93.76/cwt	90.00–105.00	383	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	113.21/cwt	110.00–120.00	426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	112.75/cwt	109.00–115.50	530	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	33.13/cwt	30.00–35.50	328	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	447	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,210	48.39/cwt	47.00–52.00	586	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,329	54.18/cwt	52.50–55.00	720	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,091	41.98/cwt	36.00–48.00	458	9
Bulls	—	—	1,553	77.23/cwt	76.00–78.50	1,199	2
Bulls	—	—	1,797	84.44/cwt	82.50–85.50	1,517	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	704.62/cwt	600.00–825.00	7,807	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,168	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,575	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	12,600	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,515	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	13,408	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	635	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	487	123.91/cwt	122.00–131.00	603	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	129.56/cwt	115.00–135.00	498	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	117.54/cwt	110.00–124.00	735	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	326	134.92/cwt	120.00–142.00	440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	823	97.99/cwt	89.00–106.50	806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	890	125.85/cwt	125.85–125.85	1,120	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	591	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	845	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	144.53/cwt	130.00–148.00	685	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	129.19/cwt	119.00–129.75	1,013	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	133.97/cwt	127.00–144.00	774	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	138.95/cwt	131.00–140.00	864	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	133.75/cwt	126.00–146.00	689	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	134.80/cwt	134.00–135.50	903	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,057	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	949	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	120.83/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,013	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	148.02/cwt	146.00–152.50	571	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	143.72/cwt	140.00–147.50	421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	220	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	114.83/cwt	108.00–117.00	603	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	100.78/cwt	90.00–110.00	640	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	112.98/cwt	109.00–117.00	654	13

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 Sep 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 816Last week 404Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 31Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 29Year ago 0

Compared to last week : Feeder steers : 4.00--5.00 higher and Feeder heifers : 2.00--3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, bulls steady. Todays receipts 903 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	78.00	78.00
2	—	678	124.00–134.00	128.94
3	—	323	135.00–136.00	135.34
3	—	377	142.00–146.00	143.27
7	—	570	116.00–130.00	124.32
8	—	710	103.00–114.00	108.60
10	—	434	126.00–137.00	130.77
14	—	511	120.50–125.00	123.10
16	—	470	125.00–137.00	130.76
25	—	627	110.00–122.00	117.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	105.00	105.00
1	—	670	104.00	104.00
1	—	975	73.00	73.00
2	—	370	115.00–117.00	116.01
3	—	530	111.00–115.00	112.65
3	—	563	117.00	117.00
4	—	403	114.00–126.00	120.04
4	—	831	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	107.00	107.00
2	—	397	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	96.00	96.00
3	—	288	137.00	137.00
4	—	824	88.00–104.50	99.18
4	—	993	73.00	73.00
5	—	670	104.50–117.00	108.68
5	—	890	86.50	86.50
6	—	322	125.00–130.00	126.11
7	—	709	99.00–114.50	112.31
8	—	624	108.50–116.50	113.93
10	—	468	112.00–119.00	114.42
13	—	528	117.00–134.00	125.04
17	—	380	112.00–116.00	115.02
18	—	417	114.00–133.00	119.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	408	90.00–105.00	93.76
5	—	376	110.00–120.00	113.21
7	—	470	109.00–115.50	112.75
26	—	525	108.00–117.00	114.83
14	—	635	90.00–110.00	100.78
13	—	579	109.00–117.00	112.98
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	487	122.00–131.00	123.91
8	—	384	115.00–135.00	129.56
4	—	625	110.00–124.00	117.54
3	—	326	120.00–142.00	134.92
2	—	823	89.00–106.50	97.99
1	—	580	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	890	125.85	125.85
6	—	591	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	474	130.00–148.00	144.53
19	—	784	119.00–129.75	129.19
19	—	578	127.00–144.00	133.97
18	—	622	131.00–140.00	138.95
14	—	515	126.00–146.00	133.75
11	—	670	134.00–135.50	134.80
8	—	881	120.00	120.00
8	—	711	133.50	133.50
6	—	838	115.00–122.00	120.83
5	—	386	146.00–152.50	148.02
2	—	293	140.00–147.50	143.72
1	—	310	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	155.00	155.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	990	30.00–35.50	33.13
1	—	950	47.00	47.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,210	47.00–52.00	48.39
4	—	1,329	52.50–55.00	54.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,091	36.00–48.00	41.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,553	76.00–78.50	77.23
3	—	1,797	82.50–85.50	84.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,108	600.00–825.00	704.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,575	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,515	885.00	885.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle