Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---3.00--5.00 higher and Feeder heifers ---Steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher and bulls firm. Todays receipts --673 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.32/cwt on 221 head.

Average price

$131.32

221 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.51

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	410	135.00	554	2thin
Medium and Large 2	415	132.30	549	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	585	131.29	767	215
Small 1-2	370	128.00	474	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about $80 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 sale221 hd

131.32

—

KY average27 barns · 4,062 hd

127.81

+3.51

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	1,595	87.06	1,389	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,380	66.81	922	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	922	61.31	565	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	930	51.82	482	3thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1-2	—	470	141.82/cwt	134.00–148.00	667	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	154.40/cwt	140.00–158.00	726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	690	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	868	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	684	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	923	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	130.54/cwt	124.00–136.50	751	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	143.66/cwt	139.00–149.00	621	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	749	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	970	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	280	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	148.06/cwt	140.00–150.00	918	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	146.15/cwt	145.00–146.50	956	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	934	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	122.81/cwt	115.00–124.50	815	14
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	370	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	474	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	940	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	10,810	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	860	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	157.93/cwt	154.00–160.00	892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	548	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,010	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,343	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,015	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,598	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	352	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	634	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	220	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	389	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	995	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,716	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	950	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,463	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	905	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,656	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,220	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	683	1
Bulls	—	—	1,332	72.12/cwt	60.00–77.50	961	3
Bulls	—	—	1,818	94.98/cwt	89.00–100.00	1,727	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	922	61.31/cwt	53.00–64.00	565	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	67.15/cwt	62.00–79.00	930	32
Bulls	—	—	1,485	85.55/cwt	81.00–88.50	1,270	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	971.02/cwt	725.00–1,200.00	10,827	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,313	1,351.14/cwt	1,150.00–1,550.00	17,740	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,435	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	16,503	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,423	1,032.54/cwt	975.00–1,150.00	14,693	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,682	1,389.16/cwt	1,260.00–1,435.00	23,366	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	592	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	161.87/cwt	155.00–166.00	761	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	1,292.33/cwt	985.00–1,475.00	16,064	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,340	929.06/cwt	860.00–1,025.00	12,449	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	895	50.73/cwt	50.00–51.50	454	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,000	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	132.30/cwt	131.00–135.00	549	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	148.95/cwt	138.00–156.00	842	9
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,254	1,124.05/cwt	850.00–1,150.00	14,096	13
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,615	1,725.00/cwt	1,725.00–1,725.00	27,859	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,295	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	12,303	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	147.78/cwt	135.00–155.50	764	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	517	167.74/cwt	167.00–168.00	867	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	7,458	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,179	968.41/cwt	725.00–1,300.00	11,418	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	154.88/cwt	147.00–159.00	632	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	165.29/cwt	156.00–170.00	701	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	132.47/cwt	131.00–134.00	813	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	123.89/cwt	119.00–128.00	772	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	133.80/cwt	126.00–136.00	499	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	148.73/cwt	147.50–150.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	136.32/cwt	130.00–141.00	708	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	160.81/cwt	149.00–166.00	847	40

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 May 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 530Last week 460Year ago 704

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 26Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 64Last week 18Year ago 9

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---3.00--5.00 higher and Feeder heifers ---Steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher and bulls firm. Todays receipts --673 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	470	134.00–148.00	141.82
1	—	340	127.50	127.50
1	—	230	137.00	137.00
24	—	575	124.00–136.50	130.54
16	—	432	139.00–149.00	143.66
14	—	664	115.00–124.50	122.81
2	—	790	120.00	120.00
8	—	623	119.00–128.00	123.89
7	—	373	126.00–136.00	133.80
1	—	970	88.00	88.00
40	—	519	130.00–141.00	136.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	690	125.75	125.75
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	131.00–135.00	132.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	140.00–158.00	154.40
1	—	1,100	82.00	82.00
9	—	565	138.00–156.00	148.95
1	—	725	112.00	112.00
6	—	517	135.00–155.50	147.78
10	—	408	147.00–159.00	154.88
1	—	345	142.50	142.50
4	—	614	131.00–134.00	132.47
1	—	775	122.00	122.00
1	—	670	124.00	124.00
2	—	380	147.50–150.00	148.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	185.00	185.00
1	—	220	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	592	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	684	135.00	135.00
20	—	749	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	100.00	100.00
32	—	620	140.00–150.00	148.06
13	—	654	145.00–146.50	146.15
3	—	730	128.00	128.00
3	—	565	154.00–160.00	157.93
2	—	945	113.00	113.00
1	—	330	166.00	166.00
7	—	470	155.00–166.00	161.87
13	—	424	156.00–170.00	165.29
40	—	527	149.00–166.00	160.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	163.00	163.00
2	—	352	180.00	180.00
12	—	517	167.00–168.00	167.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	647	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	139.00	139.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,115	725.00–1,200.00	971.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,179	725.00–1,300.00	968.41
Bred Cows — Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,435	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,423	975.00–1,150.00	1,032.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,340	860.00–1,025.00	929.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,254	850.00–1,150.00	1,124.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,295	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,313	1,150.00–1,550.00	1,351.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,682	1,260.00–1,435.00	1,389.16
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,243	985.00–1,475.00	1,292.33
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,615	1,725.00	1,725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	56.00	56.00
32	—	1,385	62.00–79.00	67.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	922	53.00–64.00	61.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	895	50.00–51.50	50.73
1	—	1,000	54.00	54.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,332	60.00–77.50	72.12
7	—	1,818	89.00–100.00	94.98
7	—	1,485	81.00–88.50	85.55

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