Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 to lower. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.74/cwt on 779 head.

Average price

$138.74

779 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$189

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

$0.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.97

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	523	139.20	727	32
Medium and Large 1-2	661	138.72	917	747

One grade step is worth $0.48/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale779 hd

138.74

—

KY average27 barns · 5,583 hd

137.77

+0.97

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	—	High	1,788	96.57	1,727	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,654	62.89	1,041	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	59.43	730	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	49.69	486	17

Every lot, as filed

98 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	—	900	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	672	109.02/cwt	107.00–110.00	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	153.54/cwt	143.00–156.00	511	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	304	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	483	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	144.78/cwt	140.00–153.00	387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	109.35/cwt	108.75–112.00	830	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	134.97/cwt	125.00–139.50	709	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	110.17/cwt	110.00–110.50	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	331	132.18/cwt	130.00–137.50	438	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	114.24/cwt	111.00–118.00	817	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	127.60/cwt	125.00–131.00	612	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	513	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	326	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	145.33/cwt	144.00–146.00	719	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	442	150.13/cwt	150.00–151.00	664	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	413	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	173.53/cwt	164.00–181.00	652	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	176.77/cwt	170.00–185.00	599	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	164.78/cwt	159.00–175.00	694	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	128.79/cwt	120.00–137.50	738	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	146.97/cwt	142.00–152.00	563	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	119.76/cwt	112.00–126.50	746	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	856	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	452	147.61/cwt	147.00–153.00	667	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	135.93/cwt	130.00–138.00	518	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	118.21/cwt	115.00–120.00	616	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	128.47/cwt	127.00–130.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	703	107.51/cwt	105.00–110.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	117.23/cwt	112.00–121.00	796	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	135.32/cwt	130.00–138.50	651	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	140.45/cwt	134.00–149.00	591	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	132.29/cwt	130.00–135.50	822	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	139.76/cwt	134.50–149.00	791	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	159.50/cwt	159.00–160.00	415	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	311	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	603	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	394	155.79/cwt	155.00–162.00	614	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	603	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	724	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	150.75/cwt	147.00–156.00	713	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	145.55/cwt	137.50–148.00	741	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	116.46/cwt	114.00–119.00	830	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	360	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,042.30/cwt	830.00–1,100.00	11,309	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,622	62.41/cwt	60.00–64.50	1,012	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	60.95/cwt	59.00–64.50	777	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	51.97/cwt	49.00–56.00	511	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	66.13/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,100	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	54.34/cwt	50.00–58.00	618	13
Bulls	—	—	1,852	102.57/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,900	3
Bulls	—	—	1,890	94.92/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,794	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	44.23/cwt	41.00–48.00	426	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,985	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	1,161	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	66.06/cwt	65.00–67.00	813	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	853	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	138.08/cwt	135.00–142.50	804	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	132.96/cwt	130.00–143.00	897	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	125.81/cwt	115.00–132.00	908	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	167.77/cwt	160.00–177.00	629	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,010	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	408	175.56/cwt	174.50–176.50	716	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	283	145.61/cwt	141.00–148.00	412	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	877	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	950	110.40/cwt	110.40–110.40	1,049	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	144.94/cwt	140.00–153.00	910	105
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	624	133.97/cwt	131.00–135.00	836	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	466	86.52/cwt	80.00–95.00	403	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	690	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	149.90/cwt	141.00–156.00	862	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	114.57/cwt	111.00–116.00	989	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	176.52/cwt	170.00–187.00	586	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	324	190.72/cwt	190.00–192.50	618	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	142.37/cwt	137.00–145.00	665	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	801	123.30/cwt	123.30–123.30	988	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	117.21/cwt	110.50–124.00	921	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	158.86/cwt	150.00–165.50	763	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	125.01/cwt	123.00–127.00	841	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	575	72.59/cwt	70.00–75.00	417	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	367	152.81/cwt	150.00–157.00	561	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	164.23/cwt	159.50–172.00	696	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	111.77/cwt	108.00–114.00	912	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	366	181.44/cwt	180.00–182.50	664	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	508	143.68/cwt	141.00–145.00	730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	148.53/cwt	146.00–151.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	608	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	936	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	154.31/cwt	150.00–161.00	827	65
Bulls	—	—	1,290	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	1,077	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	821	102.99/cwt	102.00–109.00	846	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	824	2

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 Mar 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,629Last week 241Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 150Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	90.00	90.00
3	—	672	107.00–110.00	109.02
1	—	580	116.00	116.00
3	—	632	110.00–110.50	110.17
7	—	331	130.00–137.50	132.18
13	—	480	125.00–131.00	127.60
10	—	381	130.00–138.00	135.93
5	—	521	115.00–120.00	118.21
4	—	433	127.00–130.00	128.47
2	—	703	105.00–110.00	107.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	333	143.00–156.00	153.54
3	—	267	140.00–153.00	144.78
34	—	759	108.75–112.00	109.35
86	—	525	125.00–139.50	134.97
13	—	715	111.00–118.00	114.24
2	—	240	136.00	136.00
90	—	573	120.00–137.50	128.79
41	—	383	142.00–152.00	146.97
26	—	623	112.00–126.50	119.76
4	—	800	107.00	107.00
121	—	679	112.00–121.00	117.23
41	—	481	130.00–138.50	135.32
27	—	421	134.00–149.00	140.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	304	159.00	159.00
3	—	513	141.00	141.00
10	—	452	147.00–153.00	147.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	130.00	130.00
1	—	925	90.00	90.00
3	—	495	144.00–146.00	145.33
8	—	442	150.00–151.00	150.13
1	—	545	130.00	130.00
16	—	394	155.00–162.00	155.79
3	—	603	120.00	120.00
2	—	595	130.00	130.00
1	—	330	148.00	148.00
7	—	821	102.00–109.00	102.99
2	—	770	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	413	182.00	182.00
13	—	311	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	121.00	121.00
4	—	376	164.00–181.00	173.53
9	—	339	170.00–185.00	176.77
19	—	421	159.00–175.00	164.78
11	—	621	130.00–135.50	132.29
6	—	566	134.50–149.00	139.76
2	—	260	159.00–160.00	159.50
13	—	473	147.00–156.00	150.75
8	—	509	137.50–148.00	145.55
2	—	713	114.00–119.00	116.46
1	—	200	180.00	180.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	853	81.00	81.00
6	—	466	80.00–95.00	86.52
1	—	690	71.00	71.00
2	—	575	70.00–75.00	72.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	582	135.00–142.50	138.08
3	—	283	141.00–148.00	145.61
1	—	805	109.00	109.00
4	—	624	131.00–135.00	133.97
3	—	467	137.00–145.00	142.37
1	—	1,005	102.00	102.00
4	—	673	123.00–127.00	125.01
5	—	367	150.00–157.00	152.81
3	—	508	141.00–145.00	143.68
2	—	435	146.00–151.00	148.53
1	—	335	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	675	130.00–143.00	132.96
33	—	722	115.00–132.00	125.81
13	—	375	160.00–177.00	167.77
3	—	935	108.00	108.00
105	—	628	140.00–153.00	144.94
46	—	575	141.00–156.00	149.90
14	—	863	111.00–116.00	114.57
8	—	332	170.00–187.00	176.52
1	—	220	167.50	167.50
125	—	786	110.50–124.00	117.21
63	—	480	150.00–165.50	158.86
21	—	424	159.50–172.00	164.23
9	—	816	108.00–114.00	111.77
1	—	290	183.00	183.00
65	—	536	150.00–161.00	154.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	408	174.50–176.50	175.56
7	—	324	190.00–192.50	190.72
8	—	366	180.00–182.50	181.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	950	110.40	110.40
63	—	801	123.30	123.30
51	—	608	154.00	154.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,085	830.00–1,100.00	1,042.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,622	60.00–64.50	62.41
3	—	1,663	65.00–68.00	66.13
1	—	1,985	58.50	58.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,275	59.00–64.50	60.95
13	—	1,137	50.00–58.00	54.34
4	—	1,230	65.00–67.00	66.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	983	49.00–56.00	51.97
5	—	963	41.00–48.00	44.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,852	100.00–107.00	102.57
3	—	1,890	94.00–97.00	94.92
1	—	1,290	83.50	83.50

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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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle