Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 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 $144.75/cwt on 397 head.

Average price

$144.75

397 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

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

$7.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.00

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	709	144.93	1,027	387
Medium and Large 2-3	559	137.71	770	10thin

One grade step is worth $7.22/cwt here — about $257 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 sale397 hd

144.75

—

KY average27 barns · 6,289 hd

143.74

+1.00

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	1,674	102.92	1,723	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	72.75	1,135	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	68.78	846	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	932	63.73	594	5thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	160.85/cwt	154.00–167.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	154.67/cwt	150.00–165.00	733	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	133.49/cwt	133.00–134.00	758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	158.40/cwt	158.40–158.40	976	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	147.52/cwt	140.00–153.50	856	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	128.51/cwt	125.00–132.00	878	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	822	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,184	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	149.37/cwt	140.00–154.50	913	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	131.72/cwt	121.50–133.00	1,108	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	136.96/cwt	130.00–143.00	725	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	149.87/cwt	142.00–155.00	573	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	979	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	143.02/cwt	132.00–146.50	689	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	125.20/cwt	120.00–131.00	840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	134.93/cwt	126.00–139.50	826	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	140.07/cwt	134.00–146.00	594	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	125.02/cwt	123.00–127.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	134.92/cwt	126.00–136.10	792	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	126.34/cwt	124.00–128.25	983	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	203	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	406	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,120	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,098	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	189.72/cwt	189.00–195.00	514	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	168.38/cwt	162.00–173.00	608	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	139.37/cwt	136.00–143.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	150.60/cwt	148.50–153.50	786	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	163.10/cwt	161.00–166.00	701	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	135.16/cwt	132.00–140.00	847	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	355	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,121	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	162.51/cwt	160.00–167.00	852	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	167.48/cwt	161.00–171.00	697	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	572	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	914	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	143.46/cwt	136.00–145.00	947	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	138.38/cwt	133.50–140.25	988	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	464	1
Bulls	—	—	1,828	107.79/cwt	107.00–108.50	1,970	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	157.72/cwt	150.50–162.00	748	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	912	1
Bulls	—	—	1,623	101.30/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,644	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	881	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	133.51/cwt	132.00–135.00	772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	139.03/cwt	139.00–139.50	812	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	121.99/cwt	119.00–122.25	1,031	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	900	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	239	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	363	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	4,752	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	1,158	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	465	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	58.09/cwt	56.00–60.00	647	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	72.35/cwt	71.00–74.00	664	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	73.08/cwt	72.00–75.00	977	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	60.98/cwt	60.00–62.00	588	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	68.37/cwt	64.00–71.00	816	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,110	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	157.06/cwt	150.00–166.00	514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	147.55/cwt	146.00–149.00	779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	123.95/cwt	123.95–123.95	1,137	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	123.20/cwt	123.00–123.25	1,196	16

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 Aug 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 704Last week 980Year ago 855

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 27Year ago 93

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	154.00–167.00	160.85
7	—	474	150.00–165.00	154.67
17	—	580	140.00–153.50	147.52
17	—	611	140.00–154.50	149.37
20	—	841	121.50–133.00	131.72
3	—	862	130.00	130.00
34	—	524	160.00–167.00	162.51
9	—	416	161.00–171.00	167.48
4	—	795	134.00	134.00
48	—	660	136.00–145.00	143.46
12	—	714	133.50–140.25	138.38
1	—	290	160.00	160.00
5	—	327	150.00–166.00	157.06
55	—	917	123.95	123.95
16	—	971	123.00–123.25	123.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	133.00–134.00	133.49
2	—	683	125.00–132.00	128.51
1	—	440	151.00	151.00
1	—	630	135.00	135.00
2	—	483	136.00	136.00
2	—	528	146.00–149.00	147.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	616	158.40	158.40
67	—	822	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	176.00	176.00
6	—	572	159.75	159.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	112.00	112.00
1	—	950	103.00	103.00
2	—	368	131.00	131.00
3	—	532	123.00–127.00	125.02
1	—	570	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	529	130.00–143.00	136.96
7	—	382	142.00–155.00	149.87
23	—	482	132.00–146.50	143.02
10	—	671	120.00–131.00	125.20
25	—	612	126.00–139.50	134.93
11	—	424	134.00–146.00	140.07
1	—	295	161.00	161.00
31	—	587	126.00–136.10	134.92
12	—	778	124.00–128.25	126.34
1	—	330	151.00	151.00
12	—	845	119.00–122.25	121.99
2	—	190	158.00	158.00
13	—	707	127.25	127.25
4	—	239	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	584	139.00–139.50	139.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,120	98.00	98.00
2	—	473	136.00–143.00	139.37
2	—	530	120.00	120.00
1	—	595	121.00	121.00
1	—	605	125.00	125.00
1	—	765	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	203	200.00	200.00
3	—	328	178.00	178.00
8	—	271	189.00–195.00	189.72
4	—	361	162.00–173.00	168.38
9	—	522	148.50–153.50	150.60
5	—	430	161.00–166.00	163.10
5	—	627	132.00–140.00	135.16
1	—	680	122.00	122.00
6	—	474	150.50–162.00	157.72
1	—	760	120.00	120.00
6	—	728	121.00	121.00
2	—	578	132.00–135.00	133.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	187.00	187.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,828	107.00–108.50	107.79
6	—	1,623	98.00–105.00	101.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	71.50	71.50
1	—	1,500	74.00	74.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	52.00	52.00
2	—	918	71.00–74.00	72.35
2	—	965	60.00–62.00	60.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	56.00–60.00	58.09
6	—	1,337	72.00–75.00	73.08
11	—	1,193	64.00–71.00	68.37

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	540.00	540.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle