Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers----under 600 lbs. 12.00--18.00 higher over 600 lbs.--4.00 higher----Feeder heifers 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows --3.00-5.00 higher--bulls---1.00 higher. Todays receipts 684 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.27/cwt on 212 head.

Average price

$146.27

212 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$952

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$240

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

$13.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.33

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	380	147.51	561	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	658	146.51	964	194
Large 1-2	637	144.00	917	12thin
Small and Medium 1-2	595	134.50	800	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about −$240 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 sale212 hd

146.27

—

KY average28 barns · 3,702 hd

145.94

+0.33

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	1,570	91.56	1,437	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,192	63.98	763	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	879	58.23	512	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	909	50.42	458	5thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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
Steers	Large 1-2	—	637	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	917	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,339	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	240	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	390	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	455	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	295	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	549	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	320	187.72/cwt	182.00–200.00	601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	446	189.31/cwt	179.00–197.00	844	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	114.51/cwt	114.00–115.00	882	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	163.67/cwt	163.00–165.00	556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	153.46/cwt	144.00–158.00	749	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	134.99/cwt	132.00–141.00	771	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	949	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	227	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	393	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	143.45/cwt	136.00–153.00	769	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	172.40/cwt	170.00–174.00	631	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	406	146.98/cwt	145.00–148.00	597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	589	126.98/cwt	122.00–133.00	748	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	386	162.99/cwt	157.00–165.00	629	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	339	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	431	136.47/cwt	119.00–140.00	588	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	288	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	137.04/cwt	136.00–138.00	648	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	136.60/cwt	131.50–138.50	721	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	147.49/cwt	140.00–153.00	633	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	130.25/cwt	128.50–130.50	801	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	144.01/cwt	140.00–157.00	513	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	135.37/cwt	129.50–137.00	761	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	123.63/cwt	120.00–124.00	821	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	141.86/cwt	136.00–151.00	678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	147.47/cwt	146.00–150.00	484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	147.18/cwt	140.00–154.00	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	608	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	800	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	385	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	591	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	795	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	476	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	638	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	736.74/cwt	725.00–750.00	7,920	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,200	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	600	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	786	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	590	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	413	154.01/cwt	153.00–155.00	636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	347	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	489	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	808	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,065	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	144.94/cwt	143.50–146.50	909	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	151.03/cwt	140.00–155.00	877	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	132.82/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,004	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	138.91/cwt	130.00–142.50	907	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	162.45/cwt	146.00–166.00	841	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	161.49/cwt	161.00–162.00	782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	133.96/cwt	132.00–135.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	173.83/cwt	162.00–180.00	718	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	522	168.16/cwt	167.00–168.50	878	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	201.86/cwt	193.00–208.00	848	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	193.75/cwt	180.00–200.00	698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	275	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	529	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	879	58.23/cwt	55.00–62.00	512	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,237	65.99/cwt	60.00–71.50	816	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,042	57.27/cwt	56.00–59.00	597	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	909	50.42/cwt	47.50–54.00	458	5
Bulls	—	—	1,705	94.34/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,608	2
Bulls	—	—	1,300	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,118	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	775	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	5,696	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	850	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,438	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	860	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,730	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	650	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,925	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	855	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,054	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	795	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,975	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	902	690.96/cwt	425.00–825.00	6,232	5
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	915	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,778	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	875	562.93/cwt	525.00–600.00	4,926	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	888	495.08/cwt	485.00–500.00	4,396	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,420	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,690	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	695.47/cwt	675.00–710.00	7,553	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	335	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	466	139.09/cwt	135.00–144.00	648	10

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 Feb 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 556Last week 904Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 42Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 11Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	637	144.00	144.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	131.00	131.00
1	—	590	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	153.00–155.00	154.01
2	—	347	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	808	131.75	131.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	627	143.50–146.50	144.94
18	—	581	140.00–155.00	151.03
17	—	756	132.00–133.00	132.82
16	—	653	130.00–142.50	138.91
13	—	518	146.00–166.00	162.45
4	—	484	161.00–162.00	161.49
3	—	715	132.00–135.00	133.96
3	—	413	162.00–180.00	173.83
2	—	340	175.00	175.00
2	—	295	178.00	178.00
1	—	950	119.00	119.00
1	—	800	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	522	167.00–168.50	168.16
7	—	420	193.00–208.00	201.86
5	—	360	180.00–200.00	193.75
1	—	275	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	180.00	180.00
1	—	390	205.00	205.00
1	—	455	179.00	179.00
3	—	295	186.00	186.00
3	—	320	182.00–200.00	187.72
7	—	446	179.00–197.00	189.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	170.00	170.00
1	—	716	111.00	111.00
2	—	610	131.00	131.00
2	—	672	123.00	123.00
2	—	770	114.00–115.00	114.51
3	—	340	163.00–165.00	163.67
3	—	488	144.00–158.00	153.46
3	—	571	132.00–141.00	134.99
3	—	871	109.00	109.00
9	—	227	173.00	173.00
9	—	536	136.00–153.00	143.45
10	—	366	170.00–174.00	172.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	406	145.00–148.00	146.98
4	—	589	122.00–133.00	126.98
8	—	386	157.00–165.00	162.99
10	—	466	135.00–144.00	139.09
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	591	134.50	134.50
3	—	476	134.00	134.00
1	—	335	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	339	147.00	147.00
6	—	431	119.00–140.00	136.47
3	—	288	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	136.00–138.00	137.04
3	—	381	130.00	130.00
1	—	730	96.00	96.00
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	528	131.50–138.50	136.60
19	—	429	140.00–153.00	147.49
16	—	615	128.50–130.50	130.25
14	—	356	140.00–157.00	144.01
12	—	562	129.50–137.00	135.37
11	—	664	120.00–124.00	123.63
5	—	478	136.00–151.00	141.86
5	—	328	146.00–150.00	147.47
3	—	806	107.50	107.50
2	—	745	118.00	118.00
2	—	288	140.00–154.00	147.18
1	—	220	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	131.50	131.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	725.00–750.00	736.74
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,086	675.00–710.00	695.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	650	450.00	450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	795	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	902	425.00–825.00	690.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	915	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	875	525.00–600.00	562.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	888	485.00–500.00	495.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,200	850.00	850.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	775	735.00	735.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	879	55.00–62.00	58.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,237	60.00–71.50	65.99
6	—	1,042	56.00–59.00	57.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	909	47.50–54.00	50.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,705	91.00–97.00	94.34
1	—	1,300	86.00	86.00

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