Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 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 $136.96/cwt on 361 head.

Average price

$136.96

361 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$18.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.84

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	595	138.51	823	330
Medium and Large 2-3	610	120.47	735	31

One grade step is worth $18.04/cwt here — about $89 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 sale361 hd

136.96

—

KY average24 barns · 5,384 hd

131.12

+5.84

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	1,564	88.44	1,383	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,636	60.32	987	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,227	57.24	702	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	927	56.02	519	5thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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 1-2Fancy	—	428	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	107.98/cwt	105.00–111.00	899	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	136.40/cwt	132.00–140.00	449	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	892	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	136.38/cwt	130.00–142.50	375	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	133.00/cwt	131.00–135.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	857	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,264	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	131.72/cwt	120.00–135.00	803	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	843	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	350	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	151.00/cwt	150.00–152.00	630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	130.49/cwt	130.00–131.00	881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	160.92/cwt	153.00–168.00	761	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	131.98/cwt	130.00–135.00	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	171.55/cwt	160.00–177.50	669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	139.64/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,078	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	147.51/cwt	139.50–150.75	985	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	167.55/cwt	155.00–170.00	731	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	129.28/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,118	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,145	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	136.68/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,106	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	151.87/cwt	146.00–156.00	878	46
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	597	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	651	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	145.29/cwt	139.00–150.00	894	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	792	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,182	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	732	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,076	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	151.55/cwt	141.00–155.00	796	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	138.03/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,005	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	708	90.50/cwt	90.00–91.00	641	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	168.48/cwt	163.00–175.00	706	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	181.20/cwt	174.00–185.00	681	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	128.28/cwt	123.00–132.00	849	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	170.21/cwt	168.00–172.50	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	757	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	489	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	49.73/cwt	46.00–53.50	566	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	924	57.03/cwt	53.00–61.00	527	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	755	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,062	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,657	61.65/cwt	60.00–63.00	1,022	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	60.10/cwt	55.00–63.00	767	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	682	1
Bulls	—	—	1,415	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,358	1
Bulls	—	—	1,628	93.06/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,515	3
Bulls	—	—	1,543	77.73/cwt	75.50–80.00	1,199	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	77.58/cwt	74.00–79.00	843	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	647.88/cwt	520.00–740.00	7,204	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	448	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	879	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	115.80/cwt	115.50–117.00	841	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	507	133.99/cwt	130.00–138.00	679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	162.48/cwt	160.00–167.50	762	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	150.15/cwt	145.00–154.00	772	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	138.46/cwt	130.00–143.00	804	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	121.37/cwt	120.00–125.00	807	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	149.80/cwt	149.80–149.80	987	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	137.46/cwt	135.00–140.00	488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	141.36/cwt	140.00–144.00	859	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	700	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	122.38/cwt	120.00–125.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	215	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	581	121.10/cwt	120.00–125.00	704	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	142.61/cwt	135.00–145.50	606	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	134.43/cwt	130.00–141.00	700	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	137.34/cwt	130.00–143.00	645	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	787	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	112.44/cwt	110.00–115.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	135.24/cwt	130.00–143.00	780	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	128.91/cwt	120.00–134.00	940	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	138.95/cwt	130.00–140.50	945	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	142.58/cwt	138.00–145.00	532	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	131.04/cwt	120.00–132.50	1,004	19

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 Nov 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 924Last week 1,032Year ago 922

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 58Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 33Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	182.00	182.00
1	—	450	170.00	170.00
2	—	350	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	90.00	90.00
2	—	535	131.00–135.00	133.00
1	—	810	112.50	112.50
3	—	417	150.00–152.00	151.00
2	—	675	130.00–131.00	130.49
1	—	765	120.00	120.00
1	—	710	120.00	120.00
3	—	630	130.00–135.00	131.98
1	—	480	142.50	142.50
1	—	360	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	857	147.50	147.50
9	—	511	165.00	165.00
35	—	792	149.25	149.25
7	—	732	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	473	153.00–168.00	160.92
7	—	390	160.00–177.50	171.55
15	—	772	131.00–145.00	139.64
1	—	345	182.50	182.50
58	—	668	139.50–150.75	147.51
12	—	436	155.00–170.00	167.55
10	—	865	128.00–131.00	129.28
7	—	916	125.00	125.00
11	—	809	130.00–142.00	136.68
46	—	578	146.00–156.00	151.87
31	—	615	139.00–150.00	145.29
1	—	950	120.00	120.00
22	—	525	141.00–155.00	151.55
17	—	728	130.00–143.00	138.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	833	105.00–111.00	107.98
5	—	329	132.00–140.00	136.40
6	—	275	130.00–142.50	136.38
18	—	610	120.00–135.00	131.72
1	—	1,005	104.00	104.00
1	—	875	117.00	117.00
18	—	425	135.00–145.50	142.61
23	—	521	130.00–141.00	134.43
50	—	470	130.00–143.00	137.34
39	—	577	130.00–143.00	135.24
17	—	729	120.00–134.00	128.91
47	—	680	130.00–140.50	138.95
7	—	373	138.00–145.00	142.58
19	—	766	120.00–132.50	131.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	637	140.00	140.00
72	—	659	149.80	149.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	665	120.00–125.00	121.37
3	—	522	120.00–125.00	122.38
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
1	—	365	130.00	130.00
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
1	—	410	127.50	127.50
9	—	581	120.00–125.00	121.10
2	—	787	115.00	115.00
2	—	630	110.00–115.00	112.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	106.00	106.00
7	—	419	163.00–175.00	168.48
10	—	376	174.00–185.00	181.20
9	—	662	123.00–132.00	128.28
2	—	305	168.00–172.50	170.21
1	—	280	170.00	170.00
5	—	726	115.50–117.00	115.80
10	—	469	160.00–167.50	162.48
9	—	514	145.00–154.00	150.15
23	—	581	130.00–143.00	138.46
6	—	608	140.00–144.00	141.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	130.00	130.00
2	—	338	130.00–135.00	132.52
1	—	1,010	87.00	87.00
2	—	670	101.00	101.00
3	—	507	130.00–138.00	133.99
1	—	750	117.00	117.00
1	—	710	100.00	100.00
2	—	355	135.00–140.00	137.46
6	—	583	120.00	120.00
1	—	215	107.00	107.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	597	109.00	109.00
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
2	—	708	90.00–91.00	90.50
1	—	455	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	52.00	52.00
4	—	924	53.00–61.00	57.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,139	46.00–53.50	49.73
16	—	1,276	55.00–63.00	60.10
1	—	1,065	64.00	64.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,660	64.00	64.00
5	—	1,657	60.00–63.00	61.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	96.00	96.00
3	—	1,628	90.00–94.00	93.06
2	—	1,543	75.50–80.00	77.73

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	5	—	1,086	74.00–79.00	77.58
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,112	520.00–740.00	647.88

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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