Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and bull calves sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers traded sharply higher. Receipts today were low today due to inclement weather but all feeder cattle saw good demand on a high quality offering. No test on slaughter cow and bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.76/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$168.76

126 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$975

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$27.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.10

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	579	170.28	986	119
Medium and Large 2-3	557	142.84	796	7thin

One grade step is worth $27.44/cwt here — about $190 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 sale126 hd

168.76

—

KY average22 barns · 3,401 hd

157.66

+11.10

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	1,788	113.28	2,025	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,450	90.00	1,305	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,183	77.51	917	2thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	176.00/cwt	174.00–178.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	929	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	366	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	542	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,057	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,150	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	170.38/cwt	165.00–176.00	801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	180.75/cwt	177.00–182.00	1,059	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	475	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	948	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	153.38/cwt	150.00–157.00	802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	139.97/cwt	137.50–145.00	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	174.81/cwt	170.00–179.00	904	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,112	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	181.75/cwt	176.00–187.50	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	169.57/cwt	167.50–174.00	488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	426	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	822	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	166.97/cwt	165.00–168.00	872	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	163.24/cwt	158.00–170.00	930	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	167.35/cwt	160.00–170.00	624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	176.32/cwt	175.00–177.00	808	3
Bulls	—	—	1,765	116.60/cwt	112.00–120.00	2,058	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	77.51/cwt	75.00–80.00	917	2
Bulls	—	—	1,880	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,880	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,305	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 Feb 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 186Last week 375Year ago 445

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 29Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	162.50	162.50
1	—	760	134.00	134.00
2	—	410	174.00–178.00	176.00
9	—	497	187.00	187.00
1	—	215	170.00	170.00
3	—	522	165.00–168.00	166.97
8	—	570	158.00–170.00	163.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	542	195.00	195.00
7	—	605	190.00	190.00
1	—	595	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	165.00–176.00	170.38
4	—	586	177.00–182.00	180.75
1	—	530	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	475	199.50	199.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	158.00	158.00
2	—	523	150.00–157.00	153.38
1	—	595	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	124.00	124.00
3	—	613	137.50–145.00	139.97
1	—	290	155.00	155.00
1	—	460	151.00	151.00
1	—	560	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	517	170.00–179.00	174.81
1	—	590	171.00	171.00
1	—	310	172.50	172.50
3	—	606	156.00	156.00
2	—	420	176.00–187.50	181.75
2	—	880	125.00	125.00
3	—	288	167.50–174.00	169.57
4	—	373	160.00–170.00	167.35
3	—	458	175.00–177.00	176.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	670	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	426	193.00	193.00
3	—	340	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,765	112.00–120.00	116.60
1	—	1,880	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	75.00–80.00	77.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	90.00	90.00

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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