Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Lightweight feeder cattle sold steady, feeders over 500# sold 2.00-4.00 higher with a strong demand. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00-8.00 higher on the high dressing individuals.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.61/cwt on 272 head.

Average price

$162.61

272 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,169

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$40.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.77

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	719	163.53	1,176	263
Medium and Large 2-3	640	141.83	908	6thin
Large 1-2	808	123.33	997	3thin

One grade step is worth $40.20/cwt here — about $180 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 sale272 hd

162.61

—

KY average27 barns · 5,843 hd

166.38

−3.77

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	—	High	1,627	104.56	1,701	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,380	77.47	1,069	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,064	67.75	721	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	945	61.55	582	9thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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	—	400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	136.32/cwt	135.50–141.00	1,031	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	485	197.15/cwt	195.00–198.00	956	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	382	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	445	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	160.15/cwt	158.50–161.00	834	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	158.03/cwt	150.00–160.00	743	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	150.98/cwt	140.00–153.50	779	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	691	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,030	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	845	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,014	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	903	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	735	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	128.51/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,167	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,172	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	154.11/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,137	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	143.67/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,109	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	178.13/cwt	170.00–186.00	1,031	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	988	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	179.68/cwt	178.00–187.00	880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	166.90/cwt	159.00–171.50	1,046	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,144	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	166.98/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,132	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	186.96/cwt	181.00–191.00	974	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	735	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,176	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	816	155.85/cwt	155.85–155.85	1,272	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	195.46/cwt	195.00–196.00	999	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	168.34/cwt	167.00–169.00	742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	917	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	168.82/cwt	163.00–177.00	638	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	227	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	456	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	63.64/cwt	60.00–68.50	603	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,012	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	83.07/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,120	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	76.54/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,059	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,042	69.92/cwt	68.50–72.50	729	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	53.92/cwt	52.50–56.00	500	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	733	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	64.15/cwt	62.50–65.50	699	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,015	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	797	1
Bulls	—	—	1,645	115.35/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,898	2
Bulls	—	—	1,838	106.04/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,949	2
Bulls	—	—	1,170	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	936	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,518	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,991	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	165.80/cwt	157.00–172.00	844	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	927	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	166.28/cwt	158.00–170.00	770	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	163.65/cwt	155.00–174.00	941	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	155.42/cwt	151.00–160.00	948	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	168.93/cwt	162.00–177.50	642	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	136.45/cwt	136.00–136.50	972	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	147.48/cwt	137.00–151.50	908	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	240	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	452	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	140.65/cwt	135.00–147.50	947	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,069	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	639	132.66/cwt	122.00–136.00	848	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	151.27/cwt	141.00–154.50	858	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	412	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	164.03/cwt	154.00–169.00	704	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	175.23/cwt	172.00–180.00	561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	178.71/cwt	177.50–180.00	407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	537	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 May 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 555Last week 655Year ago 460

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 54Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 15Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	140.00	140.00
3	—	463	125.00	125.00
9	—	639	122.00–136.00	132.66
2	—	370	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	756	135.50–141.00	136.32
28	—	470	150.00–160.00	158.03
20	—	516	140.00–153.50	150.98
14	—	380	162.00–177.50	168.93
9	—	712	136.00–136.50	136.45
9	—	616	137.00–151.50	147.48
14	—	673	135.00–147.50	140.65
11	—	835	128.00	128.00
20	—	567	141.00–154.50	151.27
15	—	429	154.00–169.00	164.03
6	—	320	172.00–180.00	175.23
2	—	228	177.50–180.00	178.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	521	158.50–161.00	160.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	186.00	186.00
2	—	452	170.00	170.00
2	—	412	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	485	195.00–198.00	197.15
2	—	382	193.00	193.00
1	—	445	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	161.00	161.00
2	—	645	140.00	140.00
1	—	535	160.00	160.00
2	—	790	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	691	149.00	149.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	120.00	120.00
1	—	735	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	908	127.00–130.00	128.51
11	—	800	146.50	146.50
10	—	738	148.00–155.00	154.11
6	—	772	142.00–146.00	143.67
20	—	579	170.00–186.00	178.13
6	—	490	178.00–187.00	179.68
16	—	627	159.00–171.50	166.90
2	—	867	132.00	132.00
1	—	345	184.00	184.00
5	—	435	191.00	191.00
5	—	678	165.00–175.00	166.98
4	—	521	181.00–191.00	186.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	735	160.00	160.00
134	—	816	155.85	155.85
19	—	511	195.00–196.00	195.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	132.00	132.00
3	—	441	167.00–169.00	168.34
1	—	700	131.00	131.00
5	—	378	163.00–177.00	168.82
1	—	305	177.50	177.50
7	—	509	157.00–172.00	165.80
1	—	760	122.00	122.00
15	—	463	158.00–170.00	166.28
6	—	575	155.00–174.00	163.65
5	—	610	151.00–160.00	155.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	227	201.00	201.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	145.00	145.00
2	—	350	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	947	60.00–68.50	63.64
3	—	928	52.50–56.00	53.92
1	—	990	74.00	74.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	70.00	70.00
3	—	1,348	82.00–85.00	83.07
10	—	1,383	74.00–80.00	76.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,042	68.50–72.50	69.92
6	—	1,090	62.50–65.50	64.15
1	—	1,015	78.50	78.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,645	114.00–117.00	115.35
2	—	1,838	104.00–108.00	106.04
1	—	1,170	80.00	80.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	810.00	810.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	810.00	810.00

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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