Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---Under 550 lbs 8.00-12.00 higher---Over 550 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower and Feeder heifers 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows --2.00 higher and bulls 1.00 higher. Todays receipts : 341 hd.--------------Closed for Christmas and New Years -------Next sale January-- 08 --2020

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.88/cwt on 116 head.

Average price

$125.88

116 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$14.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.08

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	713	126.54	902	110
Small 1-2	540	124.00	670	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	549	111.79	614	5thin

One grade step is worth $14.75/cwt here — about $288 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 sale116 hd

125.88

—

KY average29 barns · 6,342 hd

123.80

+2.08

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	1,807	80.74	1,459	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,335	49.42	660	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,083	38.73	419	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	33.30	333	8thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	High	905	78.00	706	1thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1-2Fancy	—	345	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	355	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	270	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	358	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	318	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	541	3
Bulls	—	—	1,782	80.82/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,440	3
Bulls	—	—	1,485	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,158	1
Bulls	—	—	2,005	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	986	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	838	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	129.33/cwt	129.00–130.00	698	3
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	307	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	716.35/cwt	525.00–960.00	7,772	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,960	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	995	424.38/cwt	385.00–460.00	4,223	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	763	481.57/cwt	385.00–600.00	3,674	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,326	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	8,420	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,412	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	10,378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	871	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,457	843.38/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	12,288	5
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,491	869.92/cwt	550.00–975.00	12,971	5
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,417	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	13,462	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	7,196	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	132.01/cwt	131.00–132.50	697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	134.87/cwt	126.00–137.00	913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	154.04/cwt	153.00–154.50	644	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	111.64/cwt	109.00–114.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	126.33/cwt	120.00–132.00	664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,054	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	781	128.60/cwt	128.60–128.60	1,004	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,135.00/cwt	1,135.00–1,135.00	15,777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	120.47/cwt	109.00–123.00	802	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	907	89.37/cwt	80.00–94.00	811	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	55.42/cwt	50.00–60.00	791	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	38.73/cwt	34.50–42.00	419	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	26.64/cwt	25.00–28.50	279	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	129.82/cwt	125.00–140.00	606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	116.41/cwt	107.50–119.50	891	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,020	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	905	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	706	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	46.43/cwt	41.00–52.00	452	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	33.49/cwt	32.00–35.00	313	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,278	45.71/cwt	42.50–50.00	584	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	131.38/cwt	129.00–133.00	645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	121.17/cwt	117.00–122.00	794	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	123.64/cwt	119.00–128.00	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	130.28/cwt	127.00–135.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	113.47/cwt	108.00–119.00	588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	494	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	135.09/cwt	133.00–147.00	793	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 Dec 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 222Last week 985Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 57Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 20Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	345	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	112.00	112.00
4	—	986	85.00	85.00
3	—	540	129.00–130.00	129.33
1	—	725	112.00	112.00
1	—	600	113.00	113.00
1	—	250	132.50	132.50
7	—	666	109.00–123.00	120.47
3	—	907	80.00–94.00	89.37
3	—	467	125.00–140.00	129.82
2	—	1,020	70.00	70.00
2	—	310	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	109.00–114.00	111.64
5	—	526	120.00–132.00	126.33
7	—	765	107.50–119.50	116.41
2	—	927	110.00	110.00
8	—	491	129.00–133.00	131.38
6	—	655	117.00–122.00	121.17
1	—	285	147.50	147.50
1	—	240	135.00	135.00
3	—	568	119.00–128.00	123.64
3	—	433	127.00–135.00	130.28
1	—	1,055	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	781	128.60	128.60
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	111.00	111.00
2	—	518	108.00–119.00	113.47
1	—	590	106.00	106.00
1	—	455	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	172.50	172.50
1	—	358	172.50	172.50
3	—	318	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	123.50	123.50
2	—	1,050	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,155	75.00	75.00
3	—	528	131.00–132.50	132.01
3	—	623	129.50	129.50
5	—	677	126.00–137.00	134.87
8	—	418	153.00–154.50	154.04
9	—	827	127.50	127.50
1	—	295	167.50	167.50
13	—	587	133.00–147.00	135.09
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	432	71.00	71.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,782	78.00–84.00	80.82
1	—	1,485	78.00	78.00
2	—	2,005	82.00	82.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,427	50.00–60.00	55.42
21	—	1,278	42.50–50.00	45.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,083	34.50–42.00	38.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,046	25.00–28.50	26.64
2	—	973	41.00–52.00	46.43
2	—	935	32.00–35.00	33.49
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	78.00	78.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,085	525.00–960.00	716.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,245	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,235	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	995	385.00–460.00	424.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	763	385.00–600.00	481.57
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,326	635.00	635.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,412	735.00	735.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,457	800.00–1,000.00	843.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,491	550.00–975.00	869.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,417	950.00	950.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,390	1,135.00	1,135.00

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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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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle