Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: All classes of feeder cattle sold steady with a strong demand for those value-added calves. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.02/cwt on 268 head.

Average price

$155.02

268 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

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

$14.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.91

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	563	155.44	875	260
Medium and Large 2-3	439	141.19	620	8thin

One grade step is worth $14.26/cwt here — about $254 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 sale268 hd

155.02

—

KY average18 barns · 2,765 hd

151.11

+3.91

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	1,604	109.40	1,754	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,401	81.65	1,144	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,155	72.45	837	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	945	62.00	586	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,255	110.00	1,381	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,055	$1,010	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$825	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,120	$950	1thin

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 1-2Fancy	—	482	163.79/cwt	163.00–168.00	789	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	155.75/cwt	146.00–161.00	813	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	164.77/cwt	158.00–168.00	700	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	166.06/cwt	163.00–168.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	172.98/cwt	172.50–175.00	498	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	465	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	925	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	141.60/cwt	140.00–142.00	901	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	672	154.85/cwt	154.85–154.85	1,041	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	912	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	155.04/cwt	150.00–161.00	733	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	131.53/cwt	126.00–135.00	876	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	185.40/cwt	184.00–191.00	992	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	373	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	753	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	310	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	445	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	919	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,127	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	167.57/cwt	164.50–176.00	883	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	162.33/cwt	159.00–164.00	873	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	135.02/cwt	134.00–136.00	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	729	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	637	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	173.13/cwt	164.00–176.00	739	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	157.79/cwt	156.50–159.50	1,117	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	159.64/cwt	154.00–166.00	1,007	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	174.84/cwt	166.00–180.00	1,007	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	820	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,310	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	499	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	918	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	167.98/cwt	167.00–169.00	699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,064	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	161.28/cwt	161.00–162.00	998	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	484	179.17/cwt	179.00–180.00	867	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,255	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,381	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	438	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	635	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	696	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	76.84/cwt	74.50–78.00	1,014	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,201	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	82.64/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,196	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	72.45/cwt	68.50–76.50	837	2
Bulls	—	—	1,065	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	905	1
Bulls	—	—	1,540	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,656	1
Bulls	—	—	1,754	115.97/cwt	115.00–117.00	2,034	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,010.00/head	1,010.00–1,010.00	1,010	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	165.58/cwt	160.00–175.00	884	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	175.48/cwt	172.50–178.00	665	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	140.54/cwt	134.00–152.00	677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,022	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	120.96/cwt	118.00–124.00	859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,043	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	120.56/cwt	114.50–123.50	991	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	143.96/cwt	139.00–152.00	822	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	401	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	698	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	144.61/cwt	142.00–156.00	845	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	147.54/cwt	143.00–150.00	546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	143.93/cwt	141.00–147.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	684	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 Jun 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 578Last week 600Year ago 311

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 43Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 10Year ago 99

Compared to last Wednesday: All classes of feeder cattle sold steady with a strong demand for those value-added calves. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	482	163.00–168.00	163.79
8	—	401	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	522	146.00–161.00	155.75
20	—	425	158.00–168.00	164.77
5	—	391	163.00–168.00	166.06
5	—	288	172.50–175.00	172.98
3	—	750	115.00	115.00
5	—	636	140.00–142.00	141.60
9	—	473	150.00–161.00	155.04
7	—	666	126.00–135.00	131.53
4	—	710	118.00–124.00	120.96
3	—	880	118.50	118.50
3	—	822	114.50–123.50	120.56
18	—	571	139.00–152.00	143.96
1	—	1,065	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	139.00	139.00
1	—	495	141.00	141.00
3	—	370	143.00–150.00	147.54
2	—	410	141.00–147.00	143.93
1	—	575	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	672	154.85	154.85
2	—	577	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	199.00	199.00
9	—	373	202.00	202.00
2	—	310	207.50	207.50
1	—	445	206.50	206.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	130.00	130.00
1	—	830	140.00	140.00
2	—	772	146.00	146.00
6	—	527	164.50–176.00	167.57
3	—	395	174.00	174.00
9	—	427	164.00–176.00	173.13
7	—	708	156.50–159.50	157.79
7	—	631	154.00–166.00	159.64
1	—	340	187.00	187.00
24	—	576	166.00–180.00	174.84
2	—	697	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	535	184.00–191.00	185.40
68	—	820	159.75	159.75
42	—	499	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	159.00–164.00	162.33
2	—	613	134.00–136.00	135.02
1	—	450	162.00	162.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	637	149.50	149.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	532	155.00	155.00
5	—	482	134.00–152.00	140.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	167.00–169.00	167.98
3	—	838	127.00	127.00
2	—	467	168.00	168.00
7	—	534	160.00–175.00	165.58
5	—	379	172.50–178.00	175.48
1	—	950	110.00	110.00
1	—	710	144.00	144.00
1	—	255	175.00	175.00
7	—	584	142.00–156.00	144.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	619	161.00–162.00	161.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	484	179.00–180.00	179.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	110.00	110.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,000	63.50	63.50
1	—	960	72.50	72.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,320	74.50–78.00	76.84
1	—	1,305	92.00	92.00
9	—	1,447	80.00–87.50	82.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	68.50–76.50	72.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,540	107.50	107.50
4	—	1,754	115.00–117.00	115.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,010.00	1,010.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	950.00	950.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle