Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers 1.00--3.00 lower under 600 lbs. Over 600 lbs 2.00--4.00 higher and Feeder heifers Steady to 3.00 lower . Slaughter cows 1.00 lower bulls 1.00 higher . Todays receipts 640 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.86/cwt on 422 head.

Average price

$152.86

422 head · 759 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,160

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.83

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	759	152.86	1,160	422

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 sale422 hd

152.86

—

KY average26 barns · 4,584 hd

147.02

+5.83

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	1,640	102.60	1,683	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,319	67.77	894	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,167	63.20	737	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	770	63.05	485	2thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	65.72/cwt	63.50–67.50	785	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	786	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	68.42/cwt	63.50–76.00	903	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	770	63.05/cwt	52.00–73.00	485	2
Bulls	—	—	1,525	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,495	1
Bulls	—	—	1,663	103.52/cwt	99.00–110.00	1,722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	869	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	570	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	599	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	615	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	131.00/cwt	123.00–136.00	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	144.14/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,028	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	746	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,149	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	480	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	825	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,238	124
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	150.61/cwt	149.00–153.00	840	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	162.31/cwt	162.25–162.50	1,031	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	129.04/cwt	120.00–138.00	804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	147.00/cwt	145.00–149.00	794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,083	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	894	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,173	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	1,289.13/cwt	1,250.00–1,325.00	15,573	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	8,987	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	550	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	952	11
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,420	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	17,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	844	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	60.67/cwt	59.00–62.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	163.78/cwt	151.00–166.00	950	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	145.10/cwt	138.00–147.00	817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	137.19/cwt	129.00–141.00	669	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	644	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,047	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	130.74/cwt	130.00–133.00	876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	146.10/cwt	139.00–160.00	773	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	131.73/cwt	128.50–135.00	968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	149.47/cwt	149.00–152.00	659	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	848	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	910	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,244	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	909	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 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 602Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	63.50–67.50	65.72
2	—	1,138	59.00–62.00	60.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	60.00	60.00
12	—	1,320	63.50–76.00	68.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	52.00–73.00	63.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	98.00	98.00
5	—	1,663	99.00–110.00	103.52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	160.00	160.00
7	—	713	143.00–145.00	144.14
12	—	635	162.25–162.50	162.31
2	—	540	145.00–149.00	147.00
2	—	757	143.00	143.00
7	—	820	143.00	143.00
12	—	580	151.00–166.00	163.78
2	—	997	118.00	118.00
1	—	850	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	746	154.00	154.00
1	—	480	171.00	171.00
124	—	825	150.00	150.00
11	—	550	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	644	162.50	162.50
20	—	910	136.75	136.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	108.00	108.00
5	—	558	149.00–153.00	150.61
2	—	623	120.00–138.00	129.04
1	—	790	121.00	121.00
3	—	548	154.00	154.00
4	—	670	130.00–133.00	130.74
2	—	735	128.50–135.00	131.73
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	105.00	105.00
1	—	615	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	622	123.00–136.00	131.00
1	—	695	130.00	130.00
15	—	715	125.00	125.00
6	—	563	138.00–147.00	145.10
9	—	488	129.00–141.00	137.19
6	—	529	139.00–160.00	146.10
6	—	441	149.00–152.00	149.47
2	—	377	147.00	147.00
1	—	790	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	890	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	617	137.50	137.50

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,208	1,250.00–1,325.00	1,289.13
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,420	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	860.00	860.00

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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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

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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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle