Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers overall traded 3.00-5.00 higher with those 450-650 lb. selling 7.00-9.00 higher. Better demand by feeder buyers today for a good quality offering which contained several packages of weaned, pre-conditioned calves. Slaughter cows sold steady and high dressing bulls were steady and average dressing bulls 8.00-10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.27/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −146.05 against this barn's trailing median of $415.33.

Average price

$269.27

96 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$6.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.83

vs KY average

+10.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	269.47	1,527	93
Medium and Large 2	515	263.28	1,356	3thin

One grade step is worth $6.19/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $469.65, low $340.68, median $415.33 across 31 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 sale96 hd

269.27

—

KY average26 barns · 1,814 hd

270.10

−0.83

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

+10.81

This barn, trailing median31 sales

415.33

−146.05

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	1,870	182.14	3,406	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	143.33	1,984	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,010	136.75	1,381	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	127.13	1,364	4thin

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)	935	$1,787	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,019	$1,669	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,090	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,023	$1,618	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	885	$1,625	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	920	$1,535	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	919	$1,431	3thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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	600–650	631	292.63/cwt	286.50–296.00	1,846	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	268.75/cwt	268.75–268.75	1,669	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	659	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,924	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	226.97/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,437	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	301.78/cwt	294.00–312.00	1,424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	264.69/cwt	259.50–275.00	1,938	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	281.98/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,486	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	267.59/cwt	262.50–277.50	1,533	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	283.02/cwt	273.00–288.00	1,313	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	293.14/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,284	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,005	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	327.75/cwt	327.00–333.00	1,255	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	260.31/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,588	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	265.77/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,528	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	285.78/cwt	284.00–287.50	1,217	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,716	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,610.00/head	1,610.00–1,610.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	229.86/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	325.00/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	303.28/cwt	302.50–304.00	964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	207.65/cwt	206.00–211.00	1,678	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	247.68/cwt	238.00–257.50	1,635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,086	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	503	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,579	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	282.83/cwt	282.50–283.00	1,451	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	290.05/cwt	284.00–293.00	1,401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	690	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	888	1,458.38/head	1,300.00–1,625.00	1,458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	296	331.64/cwt	325.00–345.00	982	3
Bulls	—	—	1,818	184.68/cwt	180.00–195.00	3,357	6
Bulls	—	—	2,025	174.53/cwt	174.00–175.00	3,534	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	127.13/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,364	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,651	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	144.59/cwt	139.00–155.00	2,011	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,644	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	900	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	980	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,019	1,668.87/head	1,525.00–1,750.00	1,669	4
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	722	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,552	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	640	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,434	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	890	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,139	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	306.72/cwt	305.00–308.00	1,810	46
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	935	1,787.10/head	1,775.00–1,800.00	1,787	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	885	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	920	1,535.00/head	1,535.00–1,535.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	263.28/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	287.66/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,668	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	493	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,578	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	590	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	509	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,512	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,471	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	269.67/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,249	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	237	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	273.69/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,719	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,566	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	845	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	288.37/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,528	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	243.32/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,533	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	314.12/cwt	311.00–317.50	1,332	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	678	242.51/cwt	240.50–243.50	1,644	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	474	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,386	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	402	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,146	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	305.28/cwt	305.00–308.00	1,862	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	244.62/cwt	243.50–246.00	1,526	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,054	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	284.03/cwt	276.00–289.00	1,872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	291.15/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,106	4

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 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 726Last week 512Year ago 755

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 33Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 15Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	324.00	324.00
4	400–450	424	311.00–317.50	314.12
5	450–500	472	294.00–312.00	301.78
2	500–550	512	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	590	302.00	302.00
19	600–650	631	286.50–296.00	292.63
6	650–700	659	276.00–289.00	284.03
43	700–750	732	259.50–275.00	264.69
6	800–850	846	237.00	237.00
6	850–900	863	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	493	320.00	320.00
11	500–550	503	314.00	314.00
46	550–600	590	305.00–308.00	306.72
11	600–650	610	305.00–308.00	305.28
25	650–700	659	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	285.00	285.00
8	500–550	530	285.00–290.00	288.37
9	550–600	580	285.00–288.00	287.66
8	600–650	628	260.00–280.00	273.69
3	650–700	660	262.50	262.50
1	750–800	765	235.00	235.00
1	800–850	835	225.00	225.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	640	224.00	224.00
2	700–750	722	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	474	292.50	292.50
76	600–650	621	268.75	268.75
52	650–700	678	240.50–243.50	242.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	237	307.00	307.00
2	400–450	422	274.00	274.00
1	450–500	490	260.00	260.00
3	500–550	515	260.00–265.00	263.28
3	600–650	633	225.00–231.00	226.97
1	700–750	725	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	345.00	345.00
1	250–300	260	315.00	315.00
2	300–350	318	302.50–304.00	303.28
7	350–400	368	295.00	295.00
11	400–450	426	284.00–287.50	285.78
13	450–500	464	273.00–288.00	283.02
13	500–550	527	272.50–285.00	281.98
79	550–600	573	262.50–277.50	267.59
10	600–650	624	243.50–246.00	244.62
5	650–700	673	234.00	234.00
5	700–750	718	239.00	239.00
2	750–800	757	233.00	233.00
3	800–850	808	206.00–211.00	207.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	355.00	355.00
3	250–300	296	325.00–345.00	331.64
2	300–350	335	320.00–330.00	325.00
13	350–400	383	327.00–333.00	327.75
5	400–450	438	290.00–298.00	293.14
3	450–500	483	284.00–293.00	290.05
6	500–550	513	282.50–283.00	282.83
14	550–600	575	261.00–270.00	265.77
6	600–650	610	257.00–265.00	260.31
2	650–700	660	238.00–257.50	247.68
2	700–750	725	225.00–235.00	229.86
1	750–800	785	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	509	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	315.00	315.00
4	350–400	380	287.50–295.00	291.15
3	450–500	463	269.00–270.00	269.67
1	550–600	580	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	630	240.00–245.00	243.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	431	196.00	196.00

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	—	1,145	1,610.00	1,610.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,019	1,525.00–1,750.00	1,668.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	935	1,775.00–1,800.00	1,787.10
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	888	1,300.00–1,625.00	1,458.38
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	1,375.00	1,375.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	1,535.00	1,535.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	1,625.00	1,625.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,818	180.00–195.00	184.68
2	—	2,025	174.00–175.00	174.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,073	124.00–130.00	127.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	127.00	127.00
13	—	1,391	139.00–155.00	144.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	145.50	145.50
1	—	890	128.00	128.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 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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