Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---3.00--5.00 higher--Feeder heifers--2.00--4.00 --higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00--2.00 higher. Todays receipts 627 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.94/cwt on 212 head.

Average price

$131.94

212 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$56.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.77

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	481	146.60	705	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	573	132.20	758	204
Small 1-2	580	89.99	522	3thin

One grade step is worth $56.61/cwt here — about $182 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

131.94

—

KY average27 barns · 6,830 hd

130.17

+1.77

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	—	Low	1,587	79.56	1,263	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,315	58.59	771	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	906	48.12	436	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,036	45.87	475	15

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	785	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	127.16/cwt	122.00–128.50	738	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	165.27/cwt	164.00–167.00	775	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	600	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	942	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	141.70/cwt	135.00–147.00	660	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	121.59/cwt	117.50–124.00	813	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	303	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	521	4
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,400	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	11,340	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	6,124	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	161.54/cwt	157.00–167.50	614	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	157.61/cwt	155.00–160.00	430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	432	176.54/cwt	170.00–183.00	763	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	225	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	421	1
Bulls	—	—	1,160	65.44/cwt	65.00–66.00	759	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	855	36.50/cwt	36.50–36.50	312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	145.65/cwt	141.00–153.00	746	6
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,425	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	12,611	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,325	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	11,064	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,049	46.54/cwt	35.00–50.50	488	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,271	56.02/cwt	53.00–58.00	712	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	913.12/cwt	785.00–1,085.00	10,437	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	936.25/cwt	900.00–950.00	10,720	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,344	61.50/cwt	57.00–72.50	827	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	759	1
Bulls	—	—	1,579	77.32/cwt	73.00–81.50	1,221	6
Bulls	—	—	1,887	93.46/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,764	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	275	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	125	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	535	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	59.71/cwt	54.50–68.00	490	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	708	542.61/cwt	510.00–575.00	3,842	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	683	74.98/cwt	70.00–80.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	700	125.10/cwt	125.10–125.10	876	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	128.63/cwt	122.00–135.00	939	13
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	870	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,525	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,285	907.27/cwt	685.00–1,050.00	11,658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	178.07/cwt	175.00–180.00	668	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	832	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	157.31/cwt	151.00–161.00	914	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	146.46/cwt	140.00–152.50	620	18
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Bulls	Small 2-3	—	415	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	163.24/cwt	156.00–165.00	710	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	371	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	154.04/cwt	143.00–160.00	638	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	157.14/cwt	148.00–165.00	820	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	463	169.54/cwt	168.00–170.00	785	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	129.93/cwt	124.50–143.00	676	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	139.50/cwt	131.00–142.00	956	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	120.52/cwt	117.50–125.00	751	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	259	181.13/cwt	179.00–187.00	469	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	163.82/cwt	162.00–167.00	796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	151.18/cwt	135.00–153.00	945	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	150.96/cwt	138.00–157.50	575	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	131.44/cwt	122.00–135.00	803	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	129.24/cwt	125.00–130.00	993	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	162.33/cwt	155.00–166.00	528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	131.55/cwt	129.00–134.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,055	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	827	2

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 Mar 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 525Last week 877Year ago 305

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 18Year ago 88

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 3Year ago 0

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---3.00--5.00 higher--Feeder heifers--2.00--4.00 --higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00--2.00 higher. Todays receipts 627 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	527	149.00	149.00
1	—	295	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	580	122.00–128.50	127.16
19	—	466	135.00–147.00	141.70
18	—	669	117.50–124.00	121.59
2	—	273	155.00–160.00	157.61
18	—	423	140.00–152.50	146.46
1	—	915	85.00	85.00
10	—	520	124.50–143.00	129.93
18	—	623	117.50–125.00	120.52
1	—	235	155.00	155.00
1	—	325	144.00	144.00
17	—	381	138.00–157.50	150.96
2	—	722	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	303	172.00	172.00
3	—	371	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	70.00–80.00	74.98
1	—	375	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	700	125.10	125.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	142.00	142.00
2	—	515	129.00–134.00	131.55
4	—	650	110.50	110.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	469	164.00–167.00	165.27
9	—	380	157.00–167.50	161.54
6	—	512	141.00–153.00	145.65
8	—	414	143.00–160.00	154.04
1	—	740	120.00	120.00
2	—	265	172.00	172.00
1	—	870	106.00	106.00
1	—	810	104.00	104.00
1	—	560	137.00	137.00
9	—	611	122.00–135.00	131.44
1	—	940	72.00	72.00
3	—	325	155.00–166.00	162.33
Bulls — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	463	168.00–170.00	169.54
4	—	259	179.00–187.00	181.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	157.00	157.00
8	—	432	170.00–183.00	176.54
1	—	225	187.00	187.00
5	—	375	175.00–180.00	178.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	730	122.00–135.00	128.63
12	—	581	151.00–161.00	157.31
5	—	435	156.00–165.00	163.24
5	—	522	148.00–165.00	157.14
10	—	685	131.00–142.00	139.50
1	—	380	172.50	172.50
6	—	486	162.00–167.00	163.82
20	—	625	135.00–153.00	151.18
17	—	768	125.00–130.00	129.24
1	—	335	171.00	171.00
2	—	925	114.00	114.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,400	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,425	885.00	885.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	835.00	835.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,143	785.00–1,085.00	913.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,145	900.00–950.00	936.25
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	708	510.00–575.00	542.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	832	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,285	685.00–1,050.00	907.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	65.00–66.00	65.44
6	—	1,579	73.00–81.50	77.32
3	—	1,887	90.00–97.00	93.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	36.50	36.50
14	—	1,049	35.00–50.50	46.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,271	53.00–58.00	56.02
12	—	1,344	57.00–72.50	61.50
1	—	1,460	52.00	52.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	32.00	32.00
1	—	1,250	10.00	10.00
1	—	955	56.00	56.00
4	—	820	54.50–68.00	59.71

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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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