Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to a very low number in today's offering. Several inches of rainfall in recent days hindered producers from being able to get cattle to market and the buyers are stating it is very difficult to get calves started in the rain and mud.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.89/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −165.44 against this barn's trailing median of $415.33.

Average price

$249.89

7 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,398

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$35.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.97

vs KY average

−47.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	505	280.00	1,414	1thin
Medium 1-2	590	246.00	1,451	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	564	244.64	1,380	5thin

One grade step is worth $35.36/cwt here — about $34 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

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 sale7 hd

249.89

—

KY average23 barns · 1,082 hd

270.85

−20.97

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−47.11

This barn, trailing median31 sales

415.33

−165.44

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	1,885	149.73	2,822	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	130.92	1,674	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,585	130.66	2,071	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	995	116.41	1,159	10
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,430	160.00	2,288	1thin

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 2-3	350–400	387	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,200	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,384	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	350–400	372	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,116	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	325.70/cwt	317.50–335.00	879	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,262	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	263.99/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	314.09/cwt	306.00–322.50	1,602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	289.00/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,246	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	590	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	236.53/cwt	220.00–252.50	1,024	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	480	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,294	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	287.68/cwt	287.00–288.00	1,528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	242.68/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	622	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	280.18/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,348	3
Bulls	—	—	1,810	143.59/cwt	142.00–145.00	2,599	2
Bulls	—	—	2,035	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	3,297	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	133.24/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,250	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	121.89/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,615	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,231	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	96.10/cwt	84.00–105.00	1,009	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,801	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	125.49/cwt	125.00–126.00	2,087	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,016	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	123.58/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,191	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,288	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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 88Last week 742Year ago 388

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 49Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	490	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	270	317.50–335.00	325.70
2	350–400	367	352.50	352.50
3	450–500	450	307.50	307.50
3	500–550	531	287.00–288.00	287.68
2	550–600	590	263.00–265.00	263.99
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	372	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	307.50	307.50
2	500–550	510	306.00–322.50	314.09
3	550–600	593	313.00	313.00
1	750–800	765	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	276.00	276.00
1	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	530	292.00	292.00
1	650–700	675	269.00	269.00
2	750–800	750	243.50	243.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	330	312.00	312.00
4	400–450	431	286.00–290.00	289.00
3	450–500	481	278.00–285.00	280.18
1	500–550	505	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	650	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	220.00–252.50	236.53
1	500–550	520	252.50	252.50
4	550–600	575	240.00–251.00	242.68
2	600–650	622	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	307.00	307.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,810	142.00–145.00	143.59
1	—	2,035	162.00	162.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	938	132.00–134.00	133.24
1	—	1,070	115.00	115.00
3	—	1,050	84.00–105.00	96.10
4	—	964	120.00–130.00	123.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,325	120.00–124.00	121.89
1	—	1,140	158.00	158.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,663	125.00–126.00	125.49
1	—	1,430	141.00	141.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	160.00	160.00

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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