Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $134.09/cwt on 651 head.

Average price

$134.09

651 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$9.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.81

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	653	134.53	879	620
Medium and Large 2-3	602	125.35	755	31

One grade step is worth $9.18/cwt here — about $124 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 sale651 hd

134.09

—

KY average27 barns · 5,085 hd

128.28

+5.81

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	1,529	88.10	1,347	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,712	61.59	1,054	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,202	59.85	719	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	941	50.05	471	8thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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 1-2	—	230	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	95.04/cwt	91.00–99.00	917	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	138.77/cwt	130.00–145.00	443	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	119.32/cwt	114.00–126.00	740	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	110.71/cwt	110.00–113.00	637	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	141.68/cwt	135.00–151.00	536	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	124.92/cwt	115.00–130.50	708	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	124.02/cwt	121.00–127.00	444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	94.92/cwt	90.00–99.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	977	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	104.36/cwt	101.00–106.00	865	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,187	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	985	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	814	123.30/cwt	123.30–123.30	1,004	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,012	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	303	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	116.34/cwt	115.00–117.00	898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	167.26/cwt	160.00–175.00	540	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	109.06/cwt	107.00–110.00	905	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	121.61/cwt	112.00–125.25	885	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	146.84/cwt	140.00–156.00	697	81
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	134.60/cwt	129.50–136.50	630	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	125.96/cwt	125.00–128.00	785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	135.07/cwt	131.00–139.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	990	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	126.44/cwt	118.00–130.50	798	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	134.05/cwt	130.00–138.00	771	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	97.47/cwt	93.00–100.50	836	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	101.44/cwt	99.00–105.00	787	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	116.85/cwt	112.00–122.00	789	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	868	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,015	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	908	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	708	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	682	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	7,636	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	505	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	409	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	903	115.30/cwt	115.30–115.30	1,041	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	140.21/cwt	130.00–144.00	809	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	156.00/cwt	149.00–161.00	660	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	128.28/cwt	121.00–134.50	858	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	162.36/cwt	151.00–167.00	450	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	532	151.08/cwt	150.00–154.00	804	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	129.72/cwt	124.00–133.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	389	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	576	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	7,020	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	939	50.68/cwt	48.50–56.50	476	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,803	65.19/cwt	64.00–66.50	1,175	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	50.39/cwt	45.00–53.50	608	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	39.48/cwt	36.50–42.50	360	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	57.99/cwt	56.00–60.00	939	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	67.89/cwt	66.00–72.50	836	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	687	1
Bulls	—	—	1,133	78.56/cwt	77.00–80.00	890	2
Bulls	—	—	2,010	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,950	1
Bulls	—	—	1,685	93.18/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	156.23/cwt	150.00–162.00	653	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	95.90/cwt	95.50–96.00	900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	123.20/cwt	120.00–126.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	534	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	614	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	60.65/cwt	57.50–64.00	727	29
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	635	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	432	139.70/cwt	139.50–140.00	604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	138.83/cwt	130.00–142.75	862	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	140.88/cwt	130.00–145.00	735	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	161.56/cwt	155.00–164.00	625	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	108.45/cwt	107.50–109.00	936	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	217	188.02/cwt	184.00–190.00	408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	564	151.68/cwt	151.00–152.00	855	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	671	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	124.41/cwt	122.00–127.00	644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	481	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	108.40/cwt	105.00–115.00	777	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	156.51/cwt	154.00–165.00	579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	138.84/cwt	131.00–142.00	730	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	142.39/cwt	137.00–148.00	686	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,065	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	494	129.75/cwt	125.00–133.00	641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	147.64/cwt	142.50–150.00	493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	98.36/cwt	93.50–100.00	814	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	684	103.17/cwt	101.00–108.00	706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	100.31/cwt	95.50–102.00	866	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	133.44/cwt	127.50–143.00	571	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	127.85/cwt	122.00–135.00	611	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	125.09/cwt	120.00–130.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	111.64/cwt	110.00–114.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	139.94/cwt	135.00–145.00	375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	111.60/cwt	105.00–114.00	795	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	118.20/cwt	116.00–120.00	541	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	116.72/cwt	110.00–120.00	779	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	126.79/cwt	120.00–131.00	658	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,115	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	871	118.55/cwt	118.55–118.55	1,033	60

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 May 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,232Last week 1,227Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 39Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	145.00	145.00
2	—	965	91.00–99.00	95.04
8	—	319	130.00–145.00	138.77
17	—	620	114.00–126.00	119.32
25	—	378	135.00–151.00	141.68
58	—	567	115.00–130.50	124.92
1	—	1,085	90.00	90.00
5	—	770	105.50	105.50
13	—	829	101.00–106.00	104.36
20	—	863	95.50–102.00	100.31
33	—	428	127.50–143.00	133.44
63	—	478	122.00–135.00	127.85
1	—	935	96.00	96.00
3	—	268	135.00–145.00	139.94
10	—	712	105.00–114.00	111.60
31	—	667	110.00–120.00	116.72
59	—	519	120.00–131.00	126.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	575	110.00–113.00	110.71
1	—	335	109.00	109.00
2	—	358	121.00–127.00	124.02
3	—	720	90.00–99.00	94.92
4	—	428	120.00–126.00	123.20
3	—	534	115.00	115.00
5	—	684	101.00–108.00	103.17
2	—	290	120.00–130.00	125.09
3	—	613	110.00–114.00	111.64
5	—	458	116.00–120.00	118.20
1	—	1,115	87.00	87.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,187	83.00	83.00
1	—	730	111.00	111.00
1	—	1,100	92.00	92.00
7	—	468	129.50–136.50	134.60
3	—	623	125.00–128.00	125.96
3	—	510	124.00–133.00	129.72
1	—	765	110.00	110.00
1	—	570	128.00	128.00
4	—	389	148.00	148.00
5	—	432	139.50–140.00	139.70
1	—	875	97.00	97.00
1	—	675	99.00	99.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	814	123.30	123.30
57	—	903	115.30	115.30
60	—	871	118.55	118.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	179.00	179.00
9	—	532	150.00–154.00	151.08
22	—	564	151.00–152.00	151.68
1	—	375	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	109.00	109.00
3	—	772	115.00–117.00	116.34
12	—	323	160.00–175.00	167.26
16	—	830	107.00–110.00	109.06
41	—	728	112.00–125.25	121.61
81	—	475	140.00–156.00	146.84
57	—	577	130.00–144.00	140.21
25	—	423	149.00–161.00	156.00
13	—	669	121.00–134.50	128.28
5	—	277	151.00–167.00	162.36
1	—	960	104.00	104.00
80	—	621	130.00–142.75	138.83
37	—	522	130.00–145.00	140.88
16	—	387	155.00–164.00	161.56
11	—	863	107.50–109.00	108.45
3	—	217	184.00–190.00	188.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	131.00–139.00	135.07
1	—	990	75.00	75.00
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
2	—	868	87.00	87.00
1	—	1,015	89.50	89.50
1	—	730	97.00	97.00
4	—	518	122.00–127.00	124.41
1	—	395	123.00	123.00
1	—	940	85.50	85.50
1	—	1,065	84.50	84.50
4	—	494	125.00–133.00	129.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	631	118.00–130.50	126.44
11	—	575	130.00–138.00	134.05
5	—	858	93.00–100.50	97.47
4	—	776	99.00–105.00	101.44
2	—	675	112.00–122.00	116.85
13	—	418	150.00–162.00	156.23
5	—	938	95.50–96.00	95.90
2	—	288	167.00	167.00
3	—	717	105.00–115.00	108.40
5	—	370	154.00–165.00	156.51
10	—	526	131.00–142.00	138.84
15	—	482	137.00–148.00	142.39
3	—	334	142.50–150.00	147.64
4	—	828	93.50–100.00	98.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	81.00	81.00
3	—	635	87.50	87.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	71.00	71.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	780.00	780.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	939	48.50–56.50	50.68
2	—	913	36.50–42.50	39.48
1	—	1,010	68.00	68.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,803	64.00–66.50	65.19
2	—	1,620	56.00–60.00	57.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,207	45.00–53.50	50.39
3	—	1,232	66.00–72.50	67.89
29	—	1,198	57.50–64.00	60.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	77.00–80.00	78.56
1	—	2,010	97.00	97.00
2	—	1,685	90.00–96.00	93.18

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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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle