Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends Due Closed For Holiday June 30 Todays receipts ----647 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.33/cwt on 216 head.

Average price

$149.33

216 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$477

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

$32.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.85

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	656	149.67	982	213
Medium and Large 2	520	129.00	671	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	430	117.50	505	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.17/cwt here — about $477 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 sale216 hd

149.33

—

KY average11 barns · 1,550 hd

145.48

+3.85

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	1,960	101.76	1,994	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,293	67.29	870	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,108	57.02	632	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	908	47.00	427	4thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	136.76/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,046	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	970	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	358	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,007	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	158.44/cwt	156.00–164.00	591	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	110.69/cwt	110.00–112.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	439	168.28/cwt	166.00–171.50	739	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	148.24/cwt	145.00–149.00	608	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	138.46/cwt	126.00–145.00	714	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	149.50/cwt	136.00–155.00	640	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	142.80/cwt	132.00–150.00	955	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	157.42/cwt	142.00–165.00	929	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	632	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	130.27/cwt	125.00–134.00	823	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	126.33/cwt	124.00–127.50	902	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	147.35/cwt	137.00–160.00	768	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	114.49/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	150.34/cwt	132.00–155.50	931	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	142.06/cwt	140.00–143.00	470	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	425	117.67/cwt	111.00–125.00	500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	485	164.34/cwt	163.00–165.00	797	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	212	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	65.50/cwt	62.00–69.00	635	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	630	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	233	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,136	62.24/cwt	59.00–64.00	707	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	68.48/cwt	64.00–77.00	911	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,695	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,119	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	125.88/cwt	112.50–140.00	466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	159.87/cwt	140.00–162.00	783	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	598	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	987	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	377	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	530	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	898	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	961	54.78/cwt	52.00–58.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	130.24/cwt	125.00–133.00	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	653	2
Bulls	—	—	2,098	95.03/cwt	94.00–96.00	1,994	2
Bulls	—	—	1,929	103.26/cwt	95.00–108.00	1,992	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	139.70/cwt	120.00–143.00	584	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	451	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	106.59/cwt	100.00–113.00	989	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	10,893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	130.27/cwt	125.50–135.00	677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	162.43/cwt	150.00–164.00	877	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	132.98/cwt	121.00–136.00	818	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	855	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	761	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	146.60/cwt	133.00–156.00	815	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	880	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,223	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	131.66/cwt	127.00–132.50	891	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	123.16/cwt	113.00–128.00	882	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	159.41/cwt	147.50–163.00	654	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	142.07/cwt	131.00–150.00	673	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	137.59/cwt	130.00–144.00	794	30

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 Jul 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 598Last week 729Year ago 671

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 39Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 9Year ago 19

No Trends Due Closed For Holiday June 30 Todays receipts ----647 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	765	134.00–139.00	136.76
1	—	1,050	106.00	106.00
6	—	712	141.50	141.50
13	—	428	136.00–155.00	149.50
13	—	669	132.00–150.00	142.80
13	—	590	142.00–165.00	157.42
2	—	888	110.00–119.00	114.49
2	—	830	111.00	111.00
28	—	619	132.00–155.50	150.34
10	—	490	140.00–162.00	159.87
2	—	928	100.00–113.00	106.59
17	—	540	150.00–164.00	162.43
2	—	392	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	439	166.00–171.50	168.28
2	—	632	158.00	158.00
3	—	485	163.00–165.00	164.34
8	—	598	165.00	165.00
5	—	377	163.00	163.00
3	—	530	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	880	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	725	133.75	133.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	159.00	159.00
1	—	860	115.00	115.00
1	—	350	144.00	144.00
11	—	410	145.00–149.00	148.24
45	—	516	126.00–145.00	138.46
8	—	632	125.00–134.00	130.27
9	—	714	124.00–127.50	126.33
3	—	331	140.00–143.00	142.06
1	—	265	170.00	170.00
7	—	677	127.00–132.50	131.66
30	—	474	131.00–150.00	142.07
30	—	577	130.00–144.00	137.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	125.00–133.00	130.24
2	—	522	125.00	125.00
1	—	615	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	418	120.00–143.00	139.70
4	—	520	125.50–135.00	130.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	373	156.00–164.00	158.44
4	—	655	135.00	135.00
10	—	521	137.00–160.00	147.35
2	—	865	88.50	88.50
9	—	615	121.00–136.00	132.98
4	—	556	133.00–156.00	146.60
4	—	456	148.00	148.00
5	—	716	113.00–128.00	123.16
10	—	410	147.50–163.00	159.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	110.00–112.00	110.69
2	—	855	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	111.00–125.00	117.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	112.50–140.00	125.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	20.00	20.00
2	—	970	62.00–69.00	65.50
1	—	630	37.00	37.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,136	59.00–64.00	62.24
17	—	1,330	64.00–77.00	68.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	66.00	66.00
4	—	961	52.00–58.00	54.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,098	94.00–96.00	95.03
9	—	1,929	95.00–108.00	103.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	935.00	935.00

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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle