Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers --2.00---3.00 higher and Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 *lower. Slaughter cows and bulls--1.00 lower . Todays receipts --874 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.39/cwt on 380 head.

Average price

$127.39

380 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$339

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

$30.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.06

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	637	128.13	817	353
Medium and Large 2-3	484	119.24	577	25
Small 1-2	490	97.50	478	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.63/cwt here — about $339 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 sale380 hd

127.39

—

KY average24 barns · 5,200 hd

127.33

+0.06

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	1,683	95.97	1,615	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,359	58.15	790	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	990	55.00	545	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,070	50.21	537	10

Every lot, as filed

77 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	—	584	126.66/cwt	122.00–135.00	740	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	149.54/cwt	143.00–153.00	495	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	130.91/cwt	125.00–138.00	670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	123.46/cwt	120.00–131.00	477	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	142.14/cwt	135.00–150.00	448	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	112.00/cwt	108.00–116.00	700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	127.68/cwt	125.00–128.50	1,010	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	137.00/cwt	134.00–140.00	907	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	142.45/cwt	136.00–144.25	895	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	151.10/cwt	142.00–155.00	710	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	146.04/cwt	136.00–150.00	830	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	135.58/cwt	134.50–136.00	960	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	148.42/cwt	146.00–152.00	788	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	148.01/cwt	135.00–153.50	628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,193.57/cwt	1,125.00–1,250.00	14,144	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	128.41/cwt	125.50–144.00	620	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	128.02/cwt	121.50–131.00	467	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	135.24/cwt	124.50–143.00	367	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	116.13/cwt	113.50–116.50	727	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	132.03/cwt	128.00–136.00	426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,022	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	889	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	930	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	365	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	305	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	128.92/cwt	122.00–133.00	545	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	124.22/cwt	120.00–125.75	725	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	117.38/cwt	115.00–119.50	852	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	545	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	59.48/cwt	56.00–67.00	824	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,308	55.66/cwt	53.00–63.50	728	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	964	51.34/cwt	45.00–54.00	495	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	57.05/cwt	56.00–58.00	727	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,028	37.11/cwt	30.00–46.50	381	2
Bulls	—	—	1,689	97.35/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,644	5
Bulls	—	—	1,668	92.52/cwt	92.00–93.00	1,543	2
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	780	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,240	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	685	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,281	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,630	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,335	1,135.00/cwt	1,135.00–1,135.00	15,152	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	558	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	870	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	481	158.83/cwt	158.00–160.00	764	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	365	161.57/cwt	157.00–164.00	590	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	300	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	548	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	390	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	371	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	121.13/cwt	99.00–128.00	579	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	121.05/cwt	118.00–124.00	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	394	116.25/cwt	115.00–120.00	458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	682	130.88/cwt	130.75–131.00	893	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	759	128.10/cwt	128.10–128.10	972	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	121.74/cwt	115.00–126.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	431	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	142.89/cwt	128.00–150.00	597	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	122.06/cwt	118.00–124.00	801	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	141.74/cwt	132.00–149.00	661	12

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 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 800Last week 695Year ago 816

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 56Year ago 71

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 13Year ago 16

Compared to last week : Feeder steers --2.00---3.00 higher and Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 *lower. Slaughter cows and bulls--1.00 lower . Todays receipts --874 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	584	122.00–135.00	126.66
10	—	331	143.00–153.00	149.54
3	—	512	125.00–138.00	130.91
3	—	386	120.00–131.00	123.46
1	—	1,020	78.00	78.00
1	—	800	96.00	96.00
1	—	295	132.00	132.00
2	—	625	108.00–116.00	112.00
14	—	418	128.00–150.00	142.89
13	—	656	118.00–124.00	122.06
12	—	466	132.00–149.00	141.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	135.00–150.00	142.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	115.00–126.00	121.74
1	—	575	119.00	119.00
1	—	500	116.00	116.00
1	—	365	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	133.50	133.50
1	—	350	118.00	118.00
1	—	640	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	791	125.00–128.50	127.68
22	—	662	134.00–140.00	137.00
21	—	628	136.00–144.25	142.45
21	—	470	142.00–155.00	151.10
14	—	568	136.00–150.00	146.04
7	—	708	134.50–136.00	135.58
7	—	531	146.00–152.00	148.42
5	—	826	126.50	126.50
4	—	424	135.00–153.50	148.01
1	—	385	150.00	150.00
1	—	255	135.00	135.00
1	—	245	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	558	156.00	156.00
5	—	481	158.00–160.00	158.83
3	—	365	157.00–164.00	161.57
1	—	300	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	483	125.50–144.00	128.41
13	—	365	121.50–131.00	128.02
11	—	271	124.50–143.00	135.24
8	—	626	113.50–116.50	116.13
4	—	895	109.00	109.00
4	—	323	128.00–136.00	132.03
3	—	535	144.00	144.00
2	—	1,022	87.00	87.00
2	—	845	110.00	110.00
2	—	750	107.50	107.50
2	—	692	113.50	113.50
1	—	930	90.00	90.00
24	—	423	122.00–133.00	128.92
22	—	584	120.00–125.75	124.22
17	—	726	115.00–119.50	117.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	156.00	156.00
1	—	305	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
1	—	390	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	478	99.00–128.00	121.13
6	—	526	118.00–124.00	121.05
4	—	394	115.00–120.00	116.25
3	—	433	123.50	123.50
2	—	560	114.50	114.50
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	682	130.75–131.00	130.88
65	—	759	128.10	128.10

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	2	—	1,185	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,193.57
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	780	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	685	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,335	1,135.00	1,135.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	55.00	55.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,386	56.00–67.00	59.48
8	—	1,308	53.00–63.50	55.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	964	45.00–54.00	51.34
3	—	1,275	56.00–58.00	57.05
2	—	1,028	30.00–46.50	37.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,689	95.00–102.00	97.35
2	—	1,668	92.00–93.00	92.52

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