Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sod 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. 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 $171.26/cwt on 350 head.

Average price

$171.26

350 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,163

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$19.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.21

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	686	172.82	1,185	322
Medium and Large 2-3	602	153.31	923	28

One grade step is worth $19.51/cwt here — about $262 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 sale350 hd

171.26

—

KY average24 barns · 5,569 hd

167.05

+4.21

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	1,771	99.62	1,764	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,602	71.02	1,138	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,170	68.13	797	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	845	63.25	534	2thin
Heifers	Select	High	1,290	102.00	1,316	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,410	108.00	1,523	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,235	107.00	1,321	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	810	$785	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

96 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	—	782	130.84/cwt	127.00–143.00	1,023	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	150.26/cwt	141.00–156.00	867	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	162.00/cwt	150.00–168.00	693	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	411	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	162.58/cwt	160.00–165.00	837	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	806	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,048	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	149.31/cwt	140.00–157.00	930	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	181.78/cwt	171.00–186.00	854	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	169.21/cwt	165.00–174.00	1,042	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	910	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,192	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,414	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	380	213.47/cwt	207.00–222.00	811	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	144.43/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,314	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	752	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	981	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	185.06/cwt	180.00–193.00	701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	165.52/cwt	164.00–167.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	143.24/cwt	141.00–145.00	960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	622	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	147.00/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,120	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	166.37/cwt	160.00–168.00	948	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	179.51/cwt	171.00–183.00	1,047	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,031	117.98/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,216	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	192.17/cwt	184.00–196.00	809	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	166.14/cwt	161.00–175.00	882	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,143	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	163.14/cwt	158.00–169.50	1,096	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	602	176.38/cwt	174.00–177.00	1,062	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	159.40/cwt	155.00–163.00	1,156	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	190.09/cwt	187.00–193.00	620	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	921	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,543	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	541	184.74/cwt	180.00–189.00	999	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	171.58/cwt	171.00–172.00	1,222	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	151.40/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,241	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	183.96/cwt	178.00–190.00	695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	388	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	419	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	830	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	313	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	369	209.42/cwt	208.00–214.00	773	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,200	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,380	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,325	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	579	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	486	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,750	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	1,033	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,097	74.47/cwt	74.00–75.00	817	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,235	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,321	1
Steers	Select	—	1,410	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,523	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	66.92/cwt	64.50–70.00	819	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	905	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	543	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	77.61/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,204	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	68.44/cwt	67.50–70.00	1,097	3
Bulls	—	—	1,930	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,737	1
Bulls	—	—	1,718	102.82/cwt	102.00–103.50	1,766	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	785.00/head	785.00–785.00	785	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	166.61/cwt	163.00–170.00	866	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	135.98/cwt	132.00–140.00	895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	159.63/cwt	159.00–160.00	888	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	612	136.00/cwt	135.00–138.00	832	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	145.27/cwt	145.00–146.00	853	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	142.99/cwt	140.00–158.00	882	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	171.63/cwt	164.00–176.00	826	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,065	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	767	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	844	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	722	105.43/cwt	100.00–116.00	761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	602	166.91/cwt	160.00–167.25	1,005	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	593	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	937	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	144.56/cwt	140.00–149.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	127.35/cwt	119.00–130.00	903	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	489	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	379	131.04/cwt	130.00–132.00	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	135.90/cwt	130.00–140.00	976	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	138.54/cwt	130.00–144.00	935	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	417	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	154.41/cwt	147.00–160.00	804	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	156.96/cwt	149.00–161.00	526	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	136.99/cwt	135.00–139.00	863	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	132.80/cwt	120.00–136.00	752	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	777	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	141.49/cwt	140.00–143.00	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	159.38/cwt	150.00–167.00	762	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	162.45/cwt	153.00–167.00	606	12

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 Oct 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 934Last week 1,044Year ago 924

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 106Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	782	127.00–143.00	130.84
38	—	577	141.00–156.00	150.26
23	—	428	150.00–168.00	162.00
2	—	897	123.00	123.00
25	—	623	140.00–157.00	149.31
2	—	240	156.00	156.00
12	—	718	130.00–140.00	135.90
13	—	675	130.00–144.00	138.54
3	—	278	150.00	150.00
19	—	521	147.00–160.00	154.41
11	—	335	149.00–161.00	156.96
39	—	478	150.00–167.00	159.38
12	—	373	153.00–167.00	162.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	122.00	122.00
4	—	489	144.00	144.00
4	—	433	145.00	145.00
4	—	379	130.00–132.00	131.04
6	—	630	135.00–139.00	136.99
5	—	566	120.00–136.00	132.80
2	—	777	120.00	120.00
2	—	510	140.00–143.00	141.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	150.00	150.00
18	—	515	160.00–165.00	162.58
5	—	806	130.00	130.00
68	—	602	160.00–167.25	166.91
3	—	593	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	411	197.00	197.00
6	—	380	207.00–222.00	213.47
1	—	340	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	470	171.00–186.00	181.78
27	—	616	165.00–174.00	169.21
5	—	910	140.00–151.00	144.43
5	—	379	180.00–193.00	185.06
1	—	855	146.00	146.00
10	—	762	144.00–148.00	147.00
19	—	583	171.00–183.00	179.51
3	—	1,031	114.00–120.00	117.98
17	—	421	184.00–196.00	192.17
7	—	531	161.00–175.00	166.14
14	—	672	158.00–169.50	163.14
1	—	975	130.00	130.00
6	—	725	155.00–163.00	159.40
6	—	326	187.00–193.00	190.09
7	—	820	145.00–154.00	151.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	815	173.50	173.50
8	—	602	174.00–177.00	176.38
56	—	921	167.50	167.50
8	—	541	180.00–189.00	184.74
7	—	712	171.00–172.00	171.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	160.00	160.00
4	—	752	130.50	130.50
2	—	430	164.00–167.00	165.52
4	—	670	141.00–145.00	143.24
3	—	622	145.00	145.00
10	—	570	160.00–168.00	166.37
2	—	390	168.00	168.00
1	—	945	121.00	121.00
1	—	520	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	175.00	175.00
2	—	378	178.00–190.00	183.96
1	—	235	165.00	165.00
3	—	520	163.00–170.00	166.61
2	—	658	132.00–140.00	135.98
11	—	556	159.00–160.00	159.63
10	—	617	140.00–158.00	142.99
10	—	481	164.00–176.00	171.63
1	—	880	121.00	121.00
8	—	709	119.00–130.00	127.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	198.00	198.00
3	—	313	218.00	218.00
4	—	369	208.00–214.00	209.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	135.00–138.00	136.00
7	—	587	145.00–146.00	145.27
1	—	420	155.00	155.00
2	—	650	118.00–120.00	119.00
2	—	767	110.00	110.00
3	—	722	100.00–116.00	105.43
2	—	523	140.00–149.00	144.56
1	—	480	154.00	154.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	108.00	108.00
1	—	1,380	96.00	96.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	71.00	71.00
1	—	875	55.50	55.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	59.00	59.00
3	—	1,551	77.00–79.00	77.61
3	—	1,603	67.50–70.00	68.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,097	74.00–75.00	74.47
9	—	1,224	64.50–70.00	66.92
1	—	905	60.00	60.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	107.00	107.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	108.00	108.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	90.00	90.00
3	—	1,718	102.00–103.50	102.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	785.00	785.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	775.00	775.00

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

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

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Slaughter Cattle

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