Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available due to the market closure last week for the July 4th holiday. Feeder buyers were showing a strong preference for the weaned, pre-conditioned calves in all classes. Several high quality packages were in today's offering. The demand on slaughter cows remained strong.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.06/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −163.97 against this barn's trailing median of $481.03.

Average price

$317.06

84 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$33.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.88

vs KY average

+14.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	318.25	1,784	81
Medium and Large 2	544	285.01	1,550	3thin

One grade step is worth $33.23/cwt here — about $235 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $524.17, low $382.73, median $481.03 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale84 hd

317.06

—

KY average17 barns · 723 hd

299.19

+17.88

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+14.15

This barn, trailing median32 sales

481.03

−163.97

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	1,930	153.51	2,963	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,414	139.52	1,973	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,221	135.18	1,650	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,055	108.33	1,143	9thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,243	$1,926	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,108	$1,530	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$1,510	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	920	$1,675	1thin

Every lot, as filed

102 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	897	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,108	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	340	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	344.47/cwt	343.00–347.50	1,492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	269.36/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,428	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	265.31/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,547	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,128	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	281.33/cwt	274.00–291.00	1,179	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	285.50/cwt	283.00–290.00	1,816	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	264.71/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,644	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	337.72/cwt	320.00–347.00	1,601	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	323.07/cwt	321.00–325.00	1,851	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,122	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	285.52/cwt	278.00–288.00	1,944	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	309.51/cwt	294.00–316.00	1,767	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	281.90/cwt	272.50–292.00	1,364	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	645	306.50/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,977	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	275.16/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,557	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	601	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,683	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,127	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	312.78/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,655	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,704	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	238.10/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,605	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	253.13/cwt	248.00–264.00	1,572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,651	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	301.91/cwt	298.00–305.00	1,573	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	288.07/cwt	282.00–294.00	1,115	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	322.57/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,687	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,585.00/head	1,585.00–1,585.00	1,585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	270.12/cwt	262.50–279.00	1,526	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	303.30/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,444	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,675	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	855	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,105	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	252.73/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,693	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	319.32/cwt	315.00–324.00	1,367	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	347.00/cwt	344.00–350.00	1,197	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	2,038.39/head	1,775.00–2,325.00	2,038	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	140.76/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,707	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,110	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,285	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,349	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,316	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	93.03/cwt	84.00–100.00	1,017	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	120.94/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,155	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	530	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	139.52/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,973	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,542	1
Bulls	—	—	1,930	153.51/cwt	145.00–160.00	2,963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	471	363.78/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,713	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	445	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	920	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,045	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,075	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	257.24/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	775	266.25/cwt	266.25–266.25	2,063	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	294.57/cwt	293.00–297.00	1,974	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	451	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	402	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,359	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	285.52/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	368	281.64/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,036	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,399	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	293.35/cwt	292.50–295.00	851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	243.62/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,396	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	232.50/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	292.96/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,283	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	249.51/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,310	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	729	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,012	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	276.67/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,397	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	284.96/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,408	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	241.34/cwt	235.00–249.00	1,390	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	273.97/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	222.01/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,075	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	261.60/cwt	254.00–269.00	1,237	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	246.78/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	259.33/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	990	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	268.70/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	237.51/cwt	226.00–241.00	1,484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	248.51/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	477	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,169	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,080	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 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 917Last week 529Year ago 750

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 22Year ago 104

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 19Year ago 70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	347.00	347.00
1	350–400	395	339.00	339.00
3	400–450	433	343.00–347.50	344.47
14	450–500	474	320.00–347.00	337.72
13	500–550	529	300.00–322.00	312.78
22	550–600	571	294.00–316.00	309.51
9	600–650	636	283.00–290.00	285.50
8	650–700	681	278.00–288.00	285.52
1	700–750	730	264.00	264.00
4	750–800	755	255.00–258.00	257.24
1	800–850	800	240.00	240.00
2	850–900	897	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	905	235.00	235.00
3	950–1000	960	221.00	221.00
3	1100–1150	1,128	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	518	329.00	329.00
39	550–600	573	321.00–325.00	323.07
50	600–650	645	305.00–307.50	306.50
7	650–700	670	293.00–297.00	294.57
70	700–750	729	276.00	276.00
131	750–800	775	266.25	266.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	471	360.00–365.00	363.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	277.50	277.50
2	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	523	281.00–290.00	285.52
1	550–600	585	284.00	284.00
3	600–650	635	265.00–272.00	268.70
3	650–700	695	255.00–268.00	259.33
1	700–750	735	255.00	255.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	477	245.00	245.00
2	600–650	638	245.00–252.00	248.51
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	291.00	291.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	344.00–350.00	347.00
2	350–400	375	320.00–325.00	322.57
2	400–450	428	315.00–324.00	319.32
6	450–500	476	295.00–310.00	303.30
8	500–550	521	298.00–305.00	301.91
7	550–600	565	262.50–279.00	270.12
11	600–650	621	260.00–278.00	264.71
7	650–700	670	240.00–258.00	252.73
2	800–850	825	203.00	203.00
1	1100–1150	1,105	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	307.50	307.50
3	400–450	438	292.00–295.00	292.96
4	450–500	494	280.00–290.00	284.96
3	500–550	505	270.00–280.00	276.67
5	550–600	573	240.00–246.00	243.62
4	600–650	618	240.00–254.00	246.78
2	650–700	670	230.00–235.00	232.50
1	700–750	725	218.00	218.00
1	800–850	835	186.00	186.00
1	950–1000	990	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	338.00	338.00
3	450–500	451	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	275.00	275.00
3	350–400	368	280.00–282.50	281.64
1	500–550	520	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	292.50–295.00	293.35
2	300–350	310	300.00	300.00
11	350–400	387	282.00–294.00	288.07
10	400–450	419	274.00–291.00	281.33
24	450–500	484	272.50–292.00	281.90
62	500–550	530	260.00–282.00	269.36
33	550–600	583	256.00–270.00	265.31
6	600–650	621	248.00–264.00	253.13
8	650–700	674	231.00–250.00	238.10
2	700–750	707	233.50	233.50
1	750–800	760	229.00	229.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	550–600	566	274.00–280.00	275.16
57	600–650	601	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	530	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	450	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	640	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	660	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	272.00–275.00	273.97
4	450–500	473	254.00–269.00	261.60
9	500–550	525	240.00–258.00	249.51
8	550–600	576	235.00–249.00	241.34
5	600–650	625	226.00–241.00	237.51
3	650–700	682	215.00–228.00	222.01
1	700–750	725	210.00	210.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,585.00	1,585.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,293	1,775.00–2,325.00	2,038.39
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	1,510.00	1,510.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,475.00	1,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,475.00	1,475.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	1,675.00	1,675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,213	134.00–145.00	140.76
1	—	1,110	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,415	109.00	109.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	105.00	105.00
1	—	975	135.00	135.00
4	—	1,093	84.00–100.00	93.03
3	—	955	120.00–123.00	120.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,414	136.00–145.00	139.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,930	145.00–160.00	153.51

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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