Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers mostly steady. Slaughter cows and Bulls Steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.96/cwt on 559 head.

Average price

$135.96

559 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$7.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.56

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	697	136.20	950	518
Medium and Large 2-3	550	133.93	736	34
Large 1-2	629	128.57	809	7thin

One grade step is worth $7.62/cwt here — about $141 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 sale559 hd

135.96

—

KY average18 barns · 5,272 hd

135.41

+0.56

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	1,384	86.69	1,200	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,148	59.46	682	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,521	59.45	904	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	951	45.76	435	10

Every lot, as filed

79 lots · USDA AMS · Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, 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 2-3	—	481	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	113.02/cwt	108.00–121.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	116.34/cwt	112.00–121.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	116.76/cwt	115.00–120.00	493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	113.51/cwt	113.00–114.00	764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	111.57/cwt	104.00–120.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	129.27/cwt	120.00–135.00	750	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	117.30/cwt	112.00–121.00	850	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	124.61/cwt	111.00–130.50	829	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	119.07/cwt	114.00–119.50	924	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	129.39/cwt	124.00–134.00	679	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	127.23/cwt	120.00–132.00	784	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	129.27/cwt	122.00–134.00	605	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	133.23/cwt	129.00–135.00	578	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	129.51/cwt	128.00–131.00	470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	379	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	484	139.81/cwt	139.50–140.00	677	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	515	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	711	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	611	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	822	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	434	140.51/cwt	140.00–141.00	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	126.70/cwt	124.00–134.00	601	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	408	134.97/cwt	130.00–140.00	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	122.47/cwt	119.00–123.00	833	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	142.27/cwt	129.00–146.00	748	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	131.31/cwt	130.00–139.00	747	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	145.56/cwt	136.00–150.00	688	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	132.40/cwt	128.00–136.00	824	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	150.62/cwt	149.00–151.00	649	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	95.50/cwt	95.00–96.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	107.99/cwt	107.00–109.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	721	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	750	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	589	117.67/cwt	101.00–120.00	693	18
Steers	Large 1-2	—	538	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	699	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	666	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	852	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	497	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	820	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	154.64/cwt	150.00–160.00	646	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	151.75/cwt	143.00–155.00	721	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	128.68/cwt	120.00–132.00	988	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	164.96/cwt	159.00–171.00	630	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	148.75/cwt	141.00–154.00	787	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	135.83/cwt	130.00–140.50	906	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	119.46/cwt	112.00–121.00	1,062	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	145.13/cwt	139.00–154.00	852	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	139.37/cwt	136.00–148.00	868	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	133.13/cwt	126.00–141.75	964	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	121.06/cwt	112.00–124.00	998	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	537	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	972	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	846	133.70/cwt	133.70–133.70	1,131	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	131.49/cwt	129.00–134.00	872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	723	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	131.86/cwt	125.00–137.00	818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	133.12/cwt	127.00–139.00	761	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	140.14/cwt	140.00–141.00	678	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	133.08/cwt	120.00–135.00	704	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	808	63.47/cwt	60.00–67.00	513	2
Bulls	—	—	1,310	86.15/cwt	82.00–90.50	1,129	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	60.57/cwt	56.00–63.50	717	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	59.38/cwt	57.00–64.00	869	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	51.55/cwt	50.00–54.00	496	5
Bulls	—	—	1,925	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,829	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	64.84/cwt	64.50–65.50	737	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	65.34/cwt	64.50–66.50	927	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	51.32/cwt	49.00–53.00	548	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	39.96/cwt	34.00–43.50	375	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,818	50.78/cwt	50.50–51.00	923	2
Bulls	—	—	1,065	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	852	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 →

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

Mon Jun 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,259Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers mostly steady. Slaughter cows and Bulls Steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	110.00–112.00	111.00
3	—	632	108.00–121.00	113.02
3	—	515	112.00–121.00	116.34
3	—	422	115.00–120.00	116.76
2	—	925	91.00	91.00
2	—	673	113.00–114.00	113.51
2	—	370	104.00–120.00	111.57
6	—	721	104.00	104.00
18	—	589	101.00–120.00	117.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	580	120.00–135.00	129.27
66	—	725	112.00–121.00	117.30
66	—	665	111.00–130.50	124.61
47	—	776	114.00–119.50	119.07
43	—	525	124.00–134.00	129.39
33	—	616	120.00–132.00	127.23
28	—	468	122.00–134.00	129.27
16	—	434	129.00–135.00	133.23
4	—	346	133.00	133.00
2	—	363	128.00–131.00	129.51
2	—	285	133.00	133.00
1	—	985	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	484	139.50–140.00	139.81
12	—	515	138.00	138.00
9	—	611	134.50	134.50
4	—	434	140.00–141.00	140.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	474	124.00–134.00	126.70
2	—	408	130.00–140.00	134.97
2	—	350	127.00	127.00
1	—	575	120.00	120.00
1	—	510	127.00	127.00
1	—	345	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	680	119.00–123.00	122.47
13	—	526	129.00–146.00	142.27
10	—	569	130.00–139.00	131.31
6	—	473	136.00–150.00	145.56
5	—	622	128.00–136.00	132.40
5	—	431	149.00–151.00	150.62
3	—	355	165.00	165.00
2	—	770	95.00–96.00	95.50
2	—	718	107.00–109.00	107.99
1	—	325	145.00	145.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	130.00	130.00
5	—	666	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	497	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	987	109.00	109.00
9	—	418	150.00–160.00	154.64
13	—	475	143.00–155.00	151.75
15	—	768	120.00–132.00	128.68
22	—	382	159.00–171.00	164.96
28	—	529	141.00–154.00	148.75
38	—	667	130.00–140.50	135.83
51	—	889	112.00–121.00	119.46
56	—	587	139.00–154.00	145.13
56	—	623	136.00–148.00	139.37
67	—	724	126.00–141.75	133.13
75	—	824	112.00–124.00	121.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	537	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	668	145.50	145.50
61	—	846	133.70	133.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	130.00	130.00
1	—	440	147.00	147.00
2	—	663	129.00–134.00	131.49
2	—	723	122.00	122.00
5	—	620	125.00–137.00	131.86
6	—	572	127.00–139.00	133.12
7	—	484	140.00–141.00	140.14
10	—	529	120.00–135.00	133.08
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	808	60.00–67.00	63.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,310	82.00–90.50	86.15
1	—	1,925	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,065	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,184	56.00–63.50	60.57
4	—	1,136	64.50–65.50	64.84
4	—	1,068	49.00–53.00	51.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,464	57.00–64.00	59.38
3	—	1,418	64.50–66.50	65.34
2	—	1,818	50.50–51.00	50.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	963	50.00–54.00	51.55
5	—	938	34.00–43.50	39.96

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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