Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.66/cwt on 519 head.

Average price

$132.66

519 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$10.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.27

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	550	133.63	735	473
Medium and Large 2-3	486	122.79	597	46

One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about $138 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 sale519 hd

132.66

—

KY average27 barns · 5,371 hd

128.40

+4.27

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	1,546	101.53	1,569	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,640	68.29	1,120	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,223	65.97	807	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	973	59.10	575	8thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	138.51/cwt	130.00–147.00	657	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	118.11/cwt	115.00–119.00	915	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	341	126.59/cwt	126.00–129.00	432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	152.88/cwt	145.00–161.00	570	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	138.51/cwt	135.00–144.00	519	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	134.73/cwt	125.00–140.50	703	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,060	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	134.65/cwt	130.00–138.00	772	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	131.48/cwt	130.00–132.00	999	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	119.50/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	303	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	155.42/cwt	145.00–161.00	735	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	167.36/cwt	160.00–174.00	624	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	140.45/cwt	139.00–142.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	133.64/cwt	126.00–137.75	905	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	157.64/cwt	153.00–168.00	681	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,280	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	154.22/cwt	147.50–162.50	659	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	164.05/cwt	163.00–165.00	459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	606	118.98/cwt	116.00–120.00	721	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	125.00/cwt	124.00–126.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	140.44/cwt	134.00–145.00	727	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	146.16/cwt	141.00–150.00	472	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	723	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	803	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	137.97/cwt	131.50–142.50	793	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	113.99/cwt	112.00–115.00	809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	763	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	149.94/cwt	142.00–156.00	700	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	159.70/cwt	152.50–167.50	604	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	113.22/cwt	112.00–113.50	919	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	270	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	122.06/cwt	116.00–126.00	581	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	131.74/cwt	124.00–139.00	748	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	121.12/cwt	118.75–131.00	884	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	148.95/cwt	148.00–150.00	347	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	328	161.01/cwt	160.00–162.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	783	107.54/cwt	105.00–110.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	128.08/cwt	118.00–130.00	866	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	144.29/cwt	140.00–149.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	350	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	119.68/cwt	115.00–122.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	141.32/cwt	133.00–149.00	595	30
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	465	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	474	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	385	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	375	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	410	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	332	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,200	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,688	67.05/cwt	64.50–69.00	1,132	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	45.34/cwt	41.00–50.00	460	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	58.78/cwt	54.50–62.00	558	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	73.50/cwt	71.50–75.00	866	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	68.58/cwt	66.50–71.00	664	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	60.27/cwt	57.50–63.00	738	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	66.78/cwt	64.00–70.00	827	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,076	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	78.99/cwt	77.00–80.50	658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	151.53/cwt	150.00–155.00	571	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	149.73/cwt	140.00–156.50	786	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	129.64/cwt	120.00–132.50	940	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	535	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	414	147.03/cwt	145.00–151.00	609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	145.75/cwt	139.00–152.00	848	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	123.20/cwt	119.25–126.00	1,007	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	634	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	230	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	278	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	139.85/cwt	132.00–148.00	873	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	123.85/cwt	120.00–129.00	827	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	437	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,070	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	133.16/cwt	127.00–140.00	819	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	395	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	681	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	109.58/cwt	107.50–112.00	1,978	3
Bulls	—	—	1,485	102.40/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,521	5
Bulls	—	—	1,308	87.28/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,142	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	477	133.52/cwt	129.00–137.50	637	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	149.54/cwt	139.00–155.00	471	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	120.76/cwt	120.00–122.00	507	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	116.64/cwt	115.00–120.00	680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	128.11/cwt	119.00–134.00	802	31

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 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,289Last week 915Year ago 1,259

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 28Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year 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	—	740	115.00	115.00
5	—	341	126.00–129.00	126.59
11	—	375	135.00–144.00	138.51
1	—	840	90.00	90.00
12	—	476	116.00–126.00	122.06
1	—	1,130	83.00	83.00
2	—	783	105.00–110.00	107.54
1	—	290	130.00	130.00
3	—	517	115.00–122.00	119.68
1	—	640	109.00	109.00
4	—	420	120.00–122.00	120.76
3	—	583	115.00–120.00	116.64
1	—	650	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	474	130.00–147.00	138.51
16	—	775	115.00–119.00	118.11
17	—	373	145.00–161.00	152.88
99	—	522	125.00–140.50	134.73
17	—	812	112.00–113.50	113.22
112	—	568	124.00–139.00	131.74
26	—	730	118.75–131.00	121.12
2	—	233	148.00–150.00	148.95
28	—	676	118.00–130.00	128.08
2	—	273	140.00–149.00	144.29
30	—	421	133.00–149.00	141.32
10	—	315	139.00–155.00	149.54
31	—	626	119.00–134.00	128.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	161.00	161.00
2	—	328	160.00–162.00	161.01
4	—	350	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	111.00	111.00
31	—	760	130.00–132.00	131.48
6	—	861	116.00–121.00	119.50
40	—	473	145.00–161.00	155.42
12	—	373	160.00–174.00	167.36
67	—	677	126.00–137.75	133.64
18	—	432	153.00–168.00	157.64
75	—	525	140.00–156.50	149.73
21	—	725	120.00–132.50	129.64
115	—	582	139.00–152.00	145.75
25	—	817	119.25–126.00	123.20
1	—	335	160.00	160.00
30	—	624	132.00–148.00	139.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	573	130.00–138.00	134.65
1	—	875	112.00	112.00
2	—	303	149.00	149.00
2	—	523	139.00–142.00	140.45
4	—	377	150.00–155.00	151.53
5	—	414	145.00–151.00	147.03
1	—	495	133.00	133.00
5	—	634	130.00	130.00
1	—	815	108.00	108.00
1	—	230	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	182.50	182.50
1	—	415	173.00	173.00
3	—	535	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	98.00	98.00
4	—	606	116.00–120.00	118.98
2	—	580	124.00–126.00	125.00
2	—	723	110.00–112.00	111.00
2	—	763	97.00	97.00
2	—	800	106.00	106.00
1	—	870	100.00	100.00
3	—	318	137.50	137.50
1	—	1,070	82.00	82.00
3	—	477	129.00–137.50	133.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	427	147.50–162.50	154.22
2	—	280	163.00–165.00	164.05
20	—	518	134.00–145.00	140.44
3	—	323	141.00–150.00	146.16
27	—	575	131.50–142.50	137.97
3	—	710	112.00–115.00	113.99
40	—	467	142.00–156.00	149.94
7	—	378	152.50–167.50	159.70
8	—	668	120.00–129.00	123.85
1	—	780	110.00	110.00
11	—	615	127.00–140.00	133.16
1	—	815	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	172.50	172.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	102.00	102.00
1	—	385	97.50	97.50
1	—	410	81.00	81.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	833	77.00–80.50	78.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,688	64.50–69.00	67.05
1	—	1,495	72.00	72.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	41.00–50.00	45.34
3	—	950	54.50–62.00	58.78
3	—	968	66.50–71.00	68.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,178	71.50–75.00	73.50
7	—	1,224	57.50–63.00	60.27
12	—	1,238	64.00–70.00	66.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,805	107.50–112.00	109.58
5	—	1,485	100.00–104.00	102.40
2	—	1,308	84.00–90.00	87.28

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

Heifers · 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

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