Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 7.00-9.00 lower. The unweaned and plainer calves were discounted heavily by the buyers today. Slaughter cows traded 3.00-5.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $242.09/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$242.09

117 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$27.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.02

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	660	242.33	1,599	116
Medium and Large 2	630	215.00	1,355	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.33/cwt here — about $245 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 sale117 hd

242.09

—

KY average26 barns · 5,608 hd

235.07

+7.02

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	1,653	108.66	1,796	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,484	90.27	1,339	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,247	85.82	1,070	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	976	67.29	657	17

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$1,113	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$1,075	1thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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	—	477	208.04/cwt	200.00–215.00	992	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	225.26/cwt	220.00–230.00	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	230.30/cwt	221.00–237.00	1,442	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	214.23/cwt	207.00–225.00	1,185	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	698	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,703	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	234.81/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,381	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	447	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	190.31/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,094	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,239	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	190.80/cwt	184.00–198.00	1,002	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	209.17/cwt	202.50–216.00	910	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	211.33/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,124	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,293	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	535	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	237.07/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,150	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	237.41/cwt	221.00–244.00	1,235	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	425	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Full	—	430	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,033	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	521	235.81/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,229	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	93.05/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,367	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	51.31/cwt	50.00–56.00	511	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	94.03/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,191	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	84.70/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,282	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	63.08/cwt	60.00–70.00	607	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	93.96/cwt	93.00–95.00	888	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	82.03/cwt	80.00–87.00	824	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,114	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	693	1
Bulls	—	—	1,600	104.30/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,669	2
Bulls	—	—	1,705	113.02/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,927	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	915	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,090	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	337	204.94/cwt	192.50–212.50	691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	864	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,123	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	227.78/cwt	221.00–230.00	945	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	570	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	923	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,246	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,060	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,166	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	206.32/cwt	205.00–207.00	867	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,164	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,156	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	235.21/cwt	227.00–244.00	1,028	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	476	250.48/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,192	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	551	233.63/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,287	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	194.03/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,199	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,181	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 Oct 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 323Last week 574Year ago 733

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 57Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 6Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	200.00–215.00	208.04
3	—	357	220.00–230.00	225.26
5	—	553	207.00–225.00	214.23
1	—	625	207.00	207.00
6	—	532	200.00–220.00	211.33
1	—	655	197.00	197.00
12	—	437	227.00–244.00	235.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	197.50	197.50
1	—	690	182.00	182.00
3	—	575	185.00–195.00	190.31
2	—	480	194.00	194.00
1	—	700	177.00	177.00
6	—	525	184.00–198.00	190.80
1	—	630	187.00	187.00
1	—	335	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	237.50	237.50
4	—	476	250.00–251.00	250.48
8	—	551	231.00–234.00	233.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	202.50–216.00	209.17
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	626	221.00–237.00	230.30
6	—	588	231.00–239.00	234.81
6	—	485	230.00–242.00	237.07
4	—	520	221.00–244.00	237.41
5	—	696	237.00	237.00
2	—	745	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	698	244.00	244.00
5	—	517	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	447	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	165.00	165.00
1	—	465	235.00	235.00
1	—	545	200.00	200.00
4	—	415	221.00–230.00	227.78
3	—	578	200.00	200.00
3	—	618	185.00–200.00	194.03
2	—	675	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	161.00	161.00
1	—	570	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	243.00	243.00
12	—	521	235.00–237.00	235.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	337	192.50–212.50	204.94
5	—	864	130.00	130.00
1	—	440	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,100	115.00	115.00
3	—	923	135.00	135.00
2	—	1,060	110.00	110.00
2	—	970	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	205.00–207.00	206.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,469	90.00–98.00	93.05
3	—	1,513	82.00–88.00	84.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	995	50.00–56.00	51.31
8	—	963	60.00–70.00	63.08
2	—	945	93.00–95.00	93.96
3	—	1,005	80.00–87.00	82.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,267	92.00–97.00	94.03
1	—	1,280	87.00	87.00
1	—	1,155	60.00	60.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,600	100.00–108.00	104.30
2	—	1,705	112.00–114.00	113.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	980	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	925.00	925.00

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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Steers · 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

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Slaughter Cattle

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