Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ----4.00--5.00--higher and Feeder heifers--3.00--5.00--higher . Slaughter cows --Steady to 1.00 --higher and bulls--firm . Todays receipts--579 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.18/cwt on 152 head.

Average price

$131.18

152 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$19.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.56

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	515	131.90	679	144
Medium and Large 2-3	387	120.17	465	6thin
Small 1-2	320	112.50	360	2thin

One grade step is worth $19.40/cwt here — about $319 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 sale152 hd

131.18

—

KY average27 barns · 5,658 hd

133.74

−2.56

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	1,746	100.48	1,755	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,226	63.18	774	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,021	61.85	631	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,043	52.76	550	7thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	High	930	78.00	725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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	—	335	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	145.55/cwt	144.00–153.00	770	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	160.53/cwt	158.00–163.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	20,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	138.23/cwt	130.00–144.00	845	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	895	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	152.77/cwt	139.00–158.00	747	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	140.22/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,022	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	619	134.20/cwt	134.00–135.00	831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	151.70/cwt	145.00–156.50	957	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	118.39/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,128	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	585	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	951	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	710	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	143.34/cwt	138.00–148.50	972	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	164.18/cwt	157.50–166.00	673	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	150.16/cwt	147.00–159.50	871	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	150.39/cwt	142.00–155.00	811	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,062	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	122.76/cwt	117.00–127.00	754	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	236	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	379	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	119.83/cwt	118.00–121.00	781	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	130.14/cwt	124.00–133.00	743	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	156.85/cwt	156.00–158.00	494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	134.99/cwt	129.00–143.00	576	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	158.50/cwt	157.00–162.00	445	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	135.49/cwt	125.00–140.00	630	23
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	795	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,366	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	980	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,595	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	13,924	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,800	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,415	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	13,584	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,770	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	60.23/cwt	58.00–62.50	699	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	996	49.77/cwt	48.50–52.50	496	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	59.17/cwt	54.00–62.00	746	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,221	63.75/cwt	54.00–67.00	778	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	61.85/cwt	58.00–64.00	631	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	724	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,014	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	131.63/cwt	130.00–136.50	1,027	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	151.11/cwt	143.00–159.00	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	317	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	539	1
Bulls	—	—	1,510	93.58/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,413	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	148.03/cwt	136.00–151.00	688	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	121.98/cwt	121.00–124.00	875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	412	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	86.33/cwt	85.00–94.00	830	7
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	930	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	796	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	320	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	134.08/cwt	121.00–141.00	704	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	134.61/cwt	130.00–145.00	517	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	112.01/cwt	110.00–116.00	811	4
Bulls	—	—	1,789	101.74/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,820	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	143.92/cwt	135.00–153.00	810	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	123.25/cwt	123.00–124.00	836	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	379	169.16/cwt	166.50–173.00	641	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	797	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	740	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	140.21/cwt	130.00–143.50	600	11

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 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 512Last week 713Year ago 309

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 72Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 39Year ago 23

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ----4.00--5.00--higher and Feeder heifers--3.00--5.00--higher . Slaughter cows --Steady to 1.00 --higher and bulls--firm . Todays receipts--579 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	—	335	152.50	152.50
12	—	529	144.00–153.00	145.55
2	—	360	158.00–163.00	160.53
12	—	611	130.00–144.00	138.23
2	—	785	114.00	114.00
22	—	465	136.00–151.00	148.03
3	—	717	121.00–124.00	121.98
24	—	563	135.00–153.00	143.92
4	—	678	123.00–124.00	123.25
4	—	886	90.00	90.00
1	—	295	169.00	169.00
11	—	428	130.00–143.50	140.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	412	162.00	162.00
5	—	379	166.50–173.00	169.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	140.00	140.00
3	—	500	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	125.00	125.00
5	—	619	134.00–135.00	134.20
1	—	505	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	489	139.00–158.00	152.77
4	—	729	139.00–143.00	140.22
15	—	631	145.00–156.50	151.70
5	—	953	116.00–120.00	118.39
20	—	678	138.00–148.50	143.34
6	—	410	157.50–166.00	164.18
1	—	840	127.50	127.50
26	—	580	147.00–159.50	150.16
12	—	539	142.00–155.00	150.39
1	—	885	120.00	120.00
1	—	940	122.00	122.00
12	—	780	130.00–136.50	131.63
2	—	365	143.00–159.00	151.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	170.00	170.00
3	—	585	162.50	162.50
1	—	317	170.00	170.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	724	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	117.50	117.50
1	—	370	102.50	102.50
1	—	440	131.00	131.00
1	—	580	110.00	110.00
2	—	335	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	614	117.00–127.00	122.76
5	—	236	151.00	151.00
9	—	652	118.00–121.00	119.83
13	—	571	124.00–133.00	130.14
5	—	315	156.00–158.00	156.85
16	—	427	129.00–143.00	134.99
7	—	281	157.00–162.00	158.50
1	—	810	121.00	121.00
23	—	465	125.00–140.00	135.49
7	—	962	85.00–94.00	86.33
1	—	860	92.50	92.50
35	—	525	121.00–141.00	134.08
8	—	384	130.00–145.00	134.61
4	—	724	110.00–116.00	112.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	112.50	112.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,450	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	795	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,415	960.00	960.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	58.00–62.50	60.23
5	—	996	48.50–52.50	49.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	54.00–62.00	59.17
21	—	1,221	54.00–67.00	63.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,021	58.00–64.00	61.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	90.00–96.00	93.58
11	—	1,789	98.00–105.00	101.74
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	78.00	78.00

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle