Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower on a light test. There was moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was no test on slaughter bulls. 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 $156.00/cwt on 443 head.

Average price

$156.00

443 head · 750 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,170

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$394

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

$23.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.27

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	758	157.18	1,192	421
Medium and Large 2-3	599	133.24	797	22

One grade step is worth $23.94/cwt here — about $394 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 sale443 hd

156.00

—

KY average22 barns · 5,116 hd

155.73

+0.27

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	1,599	103.50	1,655	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,319	60.94	804	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	2,008	60.00	1,205	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,002	46.95	470	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	High	1,438	85.00	1,222	2thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	510	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	169.53/cwt	167.00–172.00	695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	178.06/cwt	176.00–180.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	157.49/cwt	155.00–160.00	882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	167.34/cwt	162.00–173.00	432	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	194.89/cwt	190.00–200.00	727	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	598	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	981	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	835	157.09/cwt	155.50–158.60	1,312	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	132.02/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,077	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	152.41/cwt	145.00–160.00	872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	154.70/cwt	151.00–159.00	982	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,169	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	140.91/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,039	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	766	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	132.09/cwt	128.00–133.50	826	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	712	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	150.11/cwt	143.00–155.50	991	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	801	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	160.05/cwt	156.00–166.00	832	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	794	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	171.33/cwt	170.00–172.00	834	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	130.09/cwt	120.00–134.00	831	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	105.00/cwt	101.00–109.00	551	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,690	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,521	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,185	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	948	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	59.13/cwt	58.00–60.00	748	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	45.93/cwt	45.00–47.00	450	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	512	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,008	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,205	2
Bulls	—	—	1,599	103.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,655	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	62.75/cwt	62.50–63.00	862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	149.10/cwt	130.00–158.00	875	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	146.21/cwt	145.00–148.00	885	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	808	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	122.04/cwt	116.00–124.00	897	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	136.85/cwt	133.00–140.00	520	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	142.51/cwt	140.00–144.00	599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	151.13/cwt	128.00–158.00	775	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	593	115.51/cwt	113.00–118.00	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	488	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	131.53/cwt	122.00–136.00	892	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	134.61/cwt	129.00–140.00	633	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	114.32/cwt	110.00–116.50	760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	121.26/cwt	120.00–125.00	580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	718	83.99/cwt	81.00–87.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	138.97/cwt	130.00–145.00	454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	790	157.02/cwt	153.10–159.00	1,240	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	190.64/cwt	182.00–195.00	816	8

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 Dec 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 665Last week 1,933Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 30Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	167.00–172.00	169.53
2	—	310	176.00–180.00	178.06
2	—	797	109.00	109.00
4	—	560	155.00–160.00	157.49
1	—	535	142.00	142.00
1	—	465	152.00	152.00
5	—	605	145.00–148.00	146.21
4	—	735	116.00–124.00	122.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	166.00	166.00
1	—	575	126.00	126.00
1	—	490	146.00	146.00
1	—	410	155.00	155.00
1	—	300	165.00	165.00
3	—	808	92.50	92.50
1	—	505	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	121.00	121.00
2	—	258	162.00–173.00	167.34
7	—	373	190.00–200.00	194.89
4	—	816	125.00–135.00	132.02
6	—	572	145.00–160.00	152.41
23	—	635	151.00–159.00	154.70
1	—	935	125.00	125.00
19	—	737	140.00–142.00	140.91
15	—	660	143.00–155.50	150.11
5	—	520	156.00–166.00	160.05
9	—	487	170.00–172.00	171.33
8	—	428	182.00–195.00	190.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	598	164.00	164.00
123	—	835	155.50–158.60	157.09
195	—	790	153.10–159.00	157.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	151.00	151.00
1	—	325	154.00	154.00
1	—	705	127.00	127.00
2	—	795	125.00	125.00
4	—	625	128.00–133.50	132.09
3	—	801	91.00	91.00
2	—	475	161.00	161.00
6	—	584	136.00	136.00
1	—	370	159.00	159.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	766	105.00	105.00
2	—	712	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	639	120.00–134.00	130.09
2	—	815	121.00	121.00
16	—	587	130.00–158.00	149.10
9	—	380	133.00–140.00	136.85
7	—	420	140.00–144.00	142.51
23	—	513	128.00–158.00	151.13
15	—	678	122.00–136.00	131.53
7	—	470	129.00–140.00	134.61
7	—	327	130.00–145.00	138.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	101.00–109.00	105.00
1	—	410	121.00	121.00
1	—	755	101.00	101.00
2	—	593	113.00–118.00	115.51
3	—	665	110.00–116.50	114.32
4	—	478	120.00–125.00	121.26
2	—	718	81.00–87.00	83.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	148.00	148.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,185	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	58.00–60.00	59.13
2	—	1,373	62.50–63.00	62.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	980	45.00–47.00	45.93
1	—	1,045	49.00	49.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,008	60.00	60.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,599	100.00–105.00	103.50

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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