Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---Steady to 1.00 higher and Feeder heifers Steady to 1.00 lower . Slaughter cows 2.00--4.00 Higher and bulls Firm . Todays receipts 708 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.76/cwt on 236 head.

Average price

$140.76

236 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$775

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$13.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.10

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	554	141.63	784	221
Medium and Large 2	546	127.96	699	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	432	127.92	552	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.71/cwt here — about $232 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 sale236 hd

140.76

—

KY average25 barns · 5,616 hd

140.66

+0.10

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	1,787	96.08	1,717	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,246	70.44	878	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,053	56.35	593	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	842	46.89	395	3thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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	—	815	133.33/cwt	132.00–133.50	1,087	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	152.28/cwt	150.00–157.50	509	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	561	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	947	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	133.33/cwt	132.00–136.00	873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	131.33/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,026	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	133.09/cwt	126.00–134.75	844	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	149.48/cwt	148.00–151.00	725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	140.62/cwt	137.00–142.50	1,091	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	147.69/cwt	137.00–154.00	561	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	151.49/cwt	149.00–153.00	930	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	153.75/cwt	149.00–163.00	650	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	152.16/cwt	144.00–155.00	803	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	146.02/cwt	135.00–151.00	680	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	140.75/cwt	134.00–150.00	732	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	145.81/cwt	135.00–149.50	975	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	154.89/cwt	145.00–161.50	895	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,087	998.60/cwt	935.00–1,100.00	10,855	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	215	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	435	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	139.24/cwt	133.00–142.50	784	45
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	810	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,860	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	905	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,561	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	935	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	699	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	994	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	138.38/cwt	126.00–144.50	1,027	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	144.09/cwt	132.00–149.00	610	6
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,005	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	6,884	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	985	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,126	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	585	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	743	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	848	800.88/cwt	510.00–910.00	6,791	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	880	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,380	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	763	716.16/cwt	485.00–1,025.00	5,464	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,273	72.51/cwt	64.00–79.00	923	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,129	61.45/cwt	60.00–64.00	694	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	717	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,002	55.30/cwt	52.00–60.00	554	3
Bulls	—	—	1,955	100.94/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,973	4
Bulls	—	—	1,562	89.60/cwt	75.00–97.00	1,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,087	988.37/cwt	885.00–1,125.00	10,744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	13,491	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,333	1,099.48/cwt	1,075.00–1,125.00	14,656	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,300	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,025	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	755	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	227	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	55.34/cwt	54.00–57.00	490	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	528	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	863	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	455	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	751	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	651	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,042	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	128.94/cwt	115.00–142.50	458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	135.83/cwt	133.00–142.00	584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	140.20/cwt	138.00–142.50	460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	130.82/cwt	125.00–137.00	547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	145.46/cwt	137.00–151.00	612	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	959	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	253	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	300	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	126.33/cwt	121.00–135.00	730	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	540	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	826	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	464	156.03/cwt	147.00–158.50	724	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	127.42/cwt	120.00–134.00	851	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	136.51/cwt	132.00–138.00	837	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	142.14/cwt	138.00–145.00	687	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	161.14/cwt	156.00–164.00	593	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	135.32/cwt	126.00–143.00	720	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	147.28/cwt	134.00–154.50	826	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	932	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	102.57/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,056	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	994	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,345	1

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 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 614Last week 598Year ago 860

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 50Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 1Year ago 20

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---Steady to 1.00 higher and Feeder heifers Steady to 1.00 lower . Slaughter cows 2.00--4.00 Higher and bulls Firm . Todays receipts 708 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	815	132.00–133.50	133.33
4	—	334	150.00–157.50	152.28
5	—	781	126.00–135.00	131.33
31	—	634	126.00–134.75	133.09
1	—	905	90.00	90.00
18	—	380	137.00–154.00	147.69
1	—	220	170.00	170.00
34	—	466	135.00–151.00	146.02
15	—	520	134.00–150.00	140.75
45	—	563	133.00–142.50	139.24
6	—	423	132.00–149.00	144.09
4	—	668	120.00–134.00	127.42
3	—	1,035	90.00	90.00
1	—	280	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	182.50	182.50
3	—	253	177.50	177.50
2	—	300	165.00	165.00
15	—	464	147.00–158.50	156.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	699	142.25	142.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	522	124.00	124.00
2	—	355	115.00–142.50	128.94
2	—	418	125.00–137.00	130.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	133.00–142.00	135.83
1	—	735	112.50	112.50
5	—	578	121.00–135.00	126.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	342	164.00	164.00
4	—	485	148.00–151.00	149.48
6	—	776	137.00–142.50	140.62
16	—	614	149.00–153.00	151.49
7	—	423	149.00–163.00	153.75
13	—	528	144.00–155.00	152.16
19	—	669	135.00–149.50	145.81
28	—	578	145.00–161.50	154.89
6	—	742	126.00–144.50	138.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	162.50	162.50
3	—	435	164.00	164.00
16	—	528	163.50	163.50
8	—	455	165.00	165.00
3	—	651	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	146.00	146.00
1	—	450	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	128.00	128.00
3	—	655	132.00–136.00	133.33
9	—	421	137.00–151.00	145.46
1	—	1,065	90.00	90.00
1	—	835	107.00	107.00
10	—	613	132.00–138.00	136.51
26	—	483	138.00–145.00	142.14
3	—	368	156.00–164.00	161.14
20	—	532	126.00–143.00	135.32
16	—	561	134.00–154.50	147.28
2	—	1,030	95.00–110.00	102.57
2	—	865	95.00	95.00
2	—	795	125.00	125.00
1	—	1,140	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	134.00	134.00
2	—	328	138.00–142.50	140.20
1	—	620	112.00	112.00
3	—	515	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	540	153.00	153.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,087	935.00–1,100.00	998.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,087	885.00–1,125.00	988.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	725.00	725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	848	510.00–910.00	800.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	763	485.00–1,025.00	716.16
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	685.00	685.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,333	1,075.00–1,125.00	1,099.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	925.00	925.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	985	825.00	825.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,255	1,075.00	1,075.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,273	64.00–79.00	72.51
6	—	1,129	60.00–64.00	61.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	59.50	59.50
3	—	1,002	52.00–60.00	55.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	30.00	30.00
2	—	885	54.00–57.00	55.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,955	96.00–105.00	100.94
3	—	1,562	75.00–97.00	89.60

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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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

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