Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 1.00 lower. Good demand throughout the offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.49/cwt on 284 head.

Average price

$143.49

284 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$12.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.67

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	691	144.51	998	259
Large 1	370	143.49	531	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	564	132.03	745	23

One grade step is worth $12.48/cwt here — about $253 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 sale284 hd

143.49

—

KY average26 barns · 5,255 hd

139.83

+3.67

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	1,472	87.89	1,294	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,410	61.29	864	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	60.75	741	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	45.31	460	6thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	812	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	130.48/cwt	130.00–132.00	548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	126.03/cwt	120.00–130.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	137.73/cwt	130.00–145.00	789	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	109.51/cwt	108.00–111.00	843	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	150.99/cwt	149.00–152.00	702	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	140.37/cwt	140.00–140.50	515	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	148.76/cwt	144.00–154.00	787	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	142.94/cwt	139.00–147.00	618	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	136.08/cwt	128.00–139.50	838	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	115.00/cwt	114.00–116.00	883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	103.45/cwt	101.00–106.00	859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	79.01/cwt	75.00–83.00	824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	139.22/cwt	135.00–141.00	446	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	132.65/cwt	128.00–136.00	763	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	137.33/cwt	131.00–144.00	582	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	139.14/cwt	130.00–143.00	534	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	125.61/cwt	122.00–130.00	794	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	123.74/cwt	121.00–129.00	824	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	135.77/cwt	127.00–143.00	714	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	136.76/cwt	130.00–141.00	655	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	762	104.36/cwt	102.00–107.00	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	677	117.78/cwt	115.00–120.00	797	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	49.00/cwt	47.00–51.50	532	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	37.93/cwt	34.00–42.00	332	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	61.29/cwt	59.00–63.50	864	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	60.09/cwt	56.00–63.50	723	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	65.04/cwt	64.00–68.00	840	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	52.53/cwt	52.00–53.00	586	2
Bulls	—	—	1,488	93.74/cwt	93.50–94.00	1,395	2
Bulls	—	—	1,450	90.51/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,312	2
Bulls	—	—	1,478	79.41/cwt	74.00–84.00	1,174	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	132.42/cwt	128.00–137.00	883	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	140.00/cwt	135.00–144.50	532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	138.15/cwt	137.50–139.00	721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	136.72/cwt	130.00–140.00	626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	791	145.70/cwt	145.70–145.70	1,152	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	823	138.70/cwt	138.70–138.70	1,142	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	149.63/cwt	140.00–158.00	865	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	150.67/cwt	146.00–155.00	942	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	142.26/cwt	137.00–149.00	960	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	152.50/cwt	143.00–159.00	726	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	151.82/cwt	145.00–155.00	648	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,086	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	134.94/cwt	129.00–137.50	955	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	143.89/cwt	140.00–152.50	741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	153.43/cwt	150.00–160.00	585	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	122.00/cwt	120.00–123.00	998	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	521	162.00/cwt	160.00–164.00	844	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	706	3
Steers	Large 1	—	370	143.49/cwt	143.00–144.00	531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	121.59/cwt	110.00–126.00	704	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	524	121.59/cwt	116.00–126.00	637	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	123.45/cwt	120.00–127.50	595	6

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 Jul 22, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 643Last week 947Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 48Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 1.00 lower. Good demand throughout the offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	135.00	135.00
1	—	370	130.00	130.00
1	—	485	123.00	123.00
1	—	935	82.00	82.00
1	—	975	90.00	90.00
3	—	660	123.00	123.00
4	—	420	130.00–132.00	130.48
4	—	523	120.00–130.00	126.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	114.00	114.00
2	—	317	145.00	145.00
2	—	573	130.00–145.00	137.73
2	—	662	125.00	125.00
2	—	770	108.00–111.00	109.51
3	—	465	149.00–152.00	150.99
4	—	367	140.00–140.50	140.37
5	—	529	144.00–154.00	148.76
10	—	432	139.00–147.00	142.94
19	—	616	128.00–139.50	136.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	105.00	105.00
1	—	920	110.00	110.00
2	—	768	114.00–116.00	115.00
2	—	830	101.00–106.00	103.45
2	—	1,043	75.00–83.00	79.01
5	—	320	135.00–141.00	139.22
11	—	575	128.00–136.00	132.65
12	—	424	131.00–144.00	137.33
13	—	384	130.00–143.00	139.14
18	—	632	122.00–130.00	125.61
23	—	666	121.00–129.00	123.74
32	—	526	127.00–143.00	135.77
50	—	479	130.00–141.00	136.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	134.00	134.00
1	—	355	129.00	129.00
1	—	430	121.00	121.00
2	—	635	114.00–115.00	114.50
3	—	762	102.00–107.00	104.36
5	—	677	115.00–120.00	117.78
24	—	579	110.00–126.00	121.59
7	—	524	116.00–126.00	121.59
6	—	482	120.00–127.50	123.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	667	128.00–137.00	132.42
4	—	380	135.00–144.50	140.00
3	—	522	137.50–139.00	138.15
3	—	458	130.00–140.00	136.72
2	—	567	130.00	130.00
1	—	875	101.00	101.00
1	—	785	120.00	120.00
1	—	715	115.00	115.00
1	—	610	130.50	130.50
1	—	400	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	791	145.70	145.70
58	—	823	138.70	138.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	578	140.00–158.00	149.63
21	—	625	146.00–155.00	150.67
20	—	675	137.00–149.00	142.26
18	—	476	143.00–159.00	152.50
14	—	427	145.00–155.00	151.82
9	—	905	120.00	120.00
6	—	708	129.00–137.50	134.94
6	—	515	140.00–152.50	143.89
6	—	381	150.00–160.00	153.43
3	—	818	120.00–123.00	122.00
2	—	887	116.50	116.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	521	160.00–164.00	162.00
3	—	425	166.00	166.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	143.00–144.00	143.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,085	47.00–51.50	49.00
2	—	875	34.00–42.00	37.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,410	59.00–63.50	61.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,204	56.00–63.50	60.09
6	—	1,291	64.00–68.00	65.04
2	—	1,115	52.00–53.00	52.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	93.50–94.00	93.74
2	—	1,450	90.00–91.00	90.51
2	—	1,478	74.00–84.00	79.41

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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