Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold fully steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.10/cwt on 107 head.

Average price

$127.10

107 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.74

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	455	127.10	578	107

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale107 hd

127.10

—

KY average28 barns · 7,085 hd

120.36

+6.74

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	1,800	87.54	1,576	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,262	49.14	620	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,167	46.68	545	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	42.71	456	10

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	—	1,863	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,770	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	47.42/cwt	46.00–49.00	554	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	499	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	55.03/cwt	54.00–56.50	754	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	51.36/cwt	50.00–52.00	742	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,073	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	483	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	573	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	796	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	150.43/cwt	150.00–152.00	620	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	143.86/cwt	140.00–146.00	676	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	128.86/cwt	122.00–132.00	548	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	876	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	149.61/cwt	149.00–150.00	558	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	125.08/cwt	122.00–127.00	642	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	133.85/cwt	132.00–138.00	501	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	138.19/cwt	134.00–142.00	796	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	795	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	125.77/cwt	122.00–133.00	650	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	146.77/cwt	146.50–147.00	688	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	124.07/cwt	122.00–126.00	690	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	123.37/cwt	121.00–125.00	714	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	147.34/cwt	145.00–155.00	609	22
Bulls	—	—	1,480	75.62/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,119	2
Bulls	—	—	1,865	84.85/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	128.13/cwt	126.50–132.00	605	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	166.92/cwt	153.00–175.00	558	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	37.86/cwt	35.00–40.00	387	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	47.56/cwt	46.00–50.00	530	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	780	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	126.00/cwt	123.00–130.00	347	7

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 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 1,091Year ago 222

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 85Year ago 64

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold fully steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,863	95.00	95.00
2	—	1,480	72.00–78.00	75.62
5	—	1,865	84.00–86.00	84.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,168	46.00–49.00	47.42
1	—	1,160	43.00	43.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	54.00–56.50	55.03
4	—	1,444	50.00–52.00	51.36
5	—	1,073	45.00	45.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,022	35.00–40.00	37.86
5	—	1,115	46.00–50.00	47.56

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	390	147.00	147.00
5	—	647	123.00	123.00
14	—	517	122.00–133.00	125.77
15	—	469	146.50–147.00	146.77
15	—	579	121.00–125.00	123.37
22	—	413	145.00–155.00	147.34
3	—	325	130.00	130.00
3	—	672	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	412	150.00–152.00	150.43
1	—	730	119.00	119.00
11	—	470	140.00–146.00	143.86
6	—	695	126.00	126.00
8	—	373	149.00–150.00	149.61
13	—	576	134.00–142.00	138.19
6	—	500	135.00	135.00
14	—	334	153.00–175.00	166.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	560	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	425	122.00–132.00	128.86
13	—	513	122.00–127.00	125.08
14	—	374	132.00–138.00	133.85
12	—	556	122.00–126.00	124.07
25	—	472	126.50–132.00	128.13
6	—	605	110.00	110.00
7	—	275	123.00–130.00	126.00

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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