Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.18/cwt on 405 head.

Average price

$153.18

405 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,017

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

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

$23.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.15

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	668	154.40	1,031	384
Medium and Large 2-3	593	130.90	776	21

One grade step is worth $23.50/cwt here — about $255 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 sale405 hd

153.18

—

KY average21 barns · 6,214 hd

148.03

+5.15

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	—	Average	1,578	95.71	1,510	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,594	77.09	1,229	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,258	75.34	948	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	932	65.27	608	7thin
Steers	Select	High	1,550	122.00	1,891	1thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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	—	408	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	845	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	149.08/cwt	141.00–154.50	1,008	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	150.07/cwt	140.00–154.00	870	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,025	148.30/cwt	148.30–148.30	1,520	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	144.11/cwt	136.00–148.00	896	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,218	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,130	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	174.32/cwt	174.00–175.00	830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,485	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	157.43/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,006	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	858	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	142.31/cwt	140.00–150.50	1,338	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	198.69/cwt	190.00–203.00	840	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	141.49/cwt	141.00–142.00	955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	172.49/cwt	170.00–175.00	756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	188.60/cwt	178.00–192.00	918	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	788	179.75/cwt	179.75–179.75	1,416	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	180.75/cwt	180.75–180.75	1,039	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	899	169.75/cwt	169.75–169.75	1,526	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	172.51/cwt	164.00–175.00	973	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	185.55/cwt	181.00–190.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	169.98/cwt	161.00–171.50	1,052	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	830	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,015	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,252	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	507	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	961	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,056	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	350	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	127.36/cwt	122.00–130.00	964	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	156.89/cwt	151.00–165.00	827	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	152.38/cwt	150.00–158.00	893	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	137.13/cwt	130.00–141.00	902	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	168.71/cwt	160.00–175.00	737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	381	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	781	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	705	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	66.35/cwt	65.00–67.50	1,078	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	85.98/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,275	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,634	78.01/cwt	77.00–78.50	1,275	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	82.64/cwt	80.00–84.50	1,064	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	75.28/cwt	70.50–79.50	955	22
Steers	Select	—	1,550	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,891	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	66.46/cwt	60.50–69.50	619	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	58.02/cwt	57.00–59.00	540	2
Bulls	—	—	1,694	96.18/cwt	93.50–101.00	1,629	4
Bulls	—	—	1,303	90.32/cwt	88.00–92.50	1,177	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	64.72/cwt	62.00–68.50	749	4
Bulls	—	—	1,940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	2,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	167.74/cwt	160.00–171.00	777	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	168.29/cwt	160.00–172.00	557	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	177.27/cwt	172.00–181.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	119.38/cwt	115.00–123.00	982	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	154.27/cwt	145.00–157.50	811	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	154.01/cwt	147.00–163.00	741	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	453	168.58/cwt	168.50–169.00	764	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	442	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	143.11/cwt	140.00–152.00	890	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	126.04/cwt	120.00–132.00	896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	142.55/cwt	140.00–145.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	138.38/cwt	134.00–143.00	533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	129.03/cwt	128.00–132.00	849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	125.36/cwt	120.00–131.00	965	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	852	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,355	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	163.28/cwt	152.00–167.50	700	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	132.70/cwt	129.00–136.00	963	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	840	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,323	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	154.91/cwt	150.00–163.00	601	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	143.65/cwt	141.00–145.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	938	104.99/cwt	104.00–106.00	985	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,040	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	926	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	176.68/cwt	170.00–184.50	931	17

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 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 917Last week 1,224Year ago 517

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 58Year ago 27

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	—	408	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	169.00	169.00
1	—	290	159.00	159.00
1	—	590	150.00	150.00
2	—	300	161.00	161.00
3	—	476	174.00–175.00	174.32
2	—	675	141.00–142.00	141.49
1	—	620	142.00	142.00
2	—	438	170.00–175.00	172.49
1	—	830	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	158.00	158.00
13	—	1,106	134.25	134.25
2	—	977	147.00	147.00
9	—	940	140.00–150.50	142.31
9	—	423	190.00–203.00	198.69
52	—	487	178.00–192.00	188.60
10	—	564	164.00–175.00	172.51
4	—	366	181.00–190.00	185.55
24	—	619	161.00–171.50	169.98
1	—	1,150	120.00	120.00
1	—	865	140.00	140.00
17	—	527	170.00–184.50	176.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	788	179.75	179.75
21	—	575	180.75	180.75
58	—	899	169.75	169.75
42	—	730	171.50	171.50
5	—	507	189.50	189.50
16	—	607	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	151.00	151.00
23	—	676	141.00–154.50	149.08
30	—	580	140.00–154.00	150.07
9	—	622	136.00–148.00	144.11
6	—	812	150.00	150.00
30	—	526	145.00–157.50	154.27
26	—	481	147.00–163.00	154.01
3	—	770	120.00–131.00	125.36
20	—	429	152.00–167.50	163.28
7	—	726	129.00–136.00	132.70
14	—	388	150.00–163.00	154.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,025	148.30	148.30
62	—	639	152.00–158.00	157.43
19	—	528	162.50	162.50
15	—	852	159.00	159.00
37	—	840	157.50	157.50
10	—	668	155.75	155.75
14	—	577	160.50	160.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	453	168.50–169.00	168.58
2	—	442	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	134.00	134.00
2	—	475	140.00–145.00	142.55
2	—	385	134.00–143.00	138.38
3	—	527	140.00	140.00
2	—	620	130.00	130.00
4	—	658	128.00–132.00	129.03
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
1	—	785	106.00	106.00
3	—	410	141.00–145.00	143.65
2	—	938	104.00–106.00	104.99
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,015	91.00	91.00
1	—	350	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	122.00–130.00	127.36
8	—	527	151.00–165.00	156.89
7	—	586	150.00–158.00	152.38
6	—	658	130.00–141.00	137.13
3	—	437	160.00–175.00	168.71
10	—	463	160.00–171.00	167.74
6	—	331	160.00–172.00	168.29
3	—	377	172.00–181.00	177.27
3	—	823	115.00–123.00	119.38
1	—	870	110.00	110.00
5	—	622	140.00–152.00	143.11
4	—	711	120.00–132.00	126.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	381	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	130.00–131.00	130.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	75.00	75.00
4	—	931	60.50–69.50	66.46
2	—	930	57.00–59.00	58.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	65.00–67.50	66.35
2	—	1,483	84.00–88.00	85.98
4	—	1,634	77.00–78.50	78.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,288	80.00–84.50	82.64
22	—	1,268	70.50–79.50	75.28
4	—	1,158	62.00–68.50	64.72
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	122.00	122.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,694	93.50–101.00	96.18
3	—	1,303	88.00–92.50	90.32
1	—	1,940	110.00	110.00

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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