Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. There was good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.48/cwt on 777 head.

Average price

$174.48

777 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,326

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$653

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

$74.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.75

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	768	175.01	1,344	744
Medium and Large 2-3	565	164.46	930	32
Small and Medium 1-2	685	101.00	692	1thin

One grade step is worth $74.01/cwt here — about $653 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 sale777 hd

174.48

—

KY average23 barns · 4,501 hd

177.23

−2.75

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	1,524	107.75	1,642	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,159	90.79	1,052	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,538	90.68	1,394	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	935	80.96	757	6thin

Every lot, as filed

102 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 2-3	—	722	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,119	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	165.32/cwt	158.00–171.00	774	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	390	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	685	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	879	178.44/cwt	176.10–180.90	1,568	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	434	215.16/cwt	214.00–217.00	934	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	672	167.41/cwt	161.50–168.00	1,125	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	172.41/cwt	172.00–174.00	915	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	167.70/cwt	167.50–168.00	936	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	172.33/cwt	172.00–172.50	910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	154.98/cwt	154.00–158.00	976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	491	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	878	116.96/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,027	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	197.69/cwt	190.00–206.00	556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	786	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,179	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	166.49/cwt	160.50–168.00	1,212	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	386	179.51/cwt	179.00–181.00	693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	172.02/cwt	161.00–178.00	1,091	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	194.42/cwt	188.00–201.00	945	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	175.72/cwt	166.00–180.00	1,007	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	197.67/cwt	189.00–205.00	834	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,214	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	214.84/cwt	207.00–218.00	793	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	208.00/cwt	197.00–213.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,196	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	831	165.30/cwt	165.30–165.30	1,374	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	186.69/cwt	183.00–193.00	1,156	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	196.33/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,115	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	186.60/cwt	175.00–192.00	983	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	163.55/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,268	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	168.58/cwt	158.00–171.00	1,136	54
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	800	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	972	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	201.62/cwt	198.00–203.00	1,061	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,183	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	700	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,218	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	912	169.79/cwt	169.25–170.75	1,548	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	890	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,477	62
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	760	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	859	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	120	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	154.97/cwt	152.00–162.00	880	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	79.82/cwt	75.00–83.00	754	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	713	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	804	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	1,337	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	100.48/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,507	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,531	88.07/cwt	85.50–94.00	1,348	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	99.81/cwt	96.00–104.50	1,167	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	90.08/cwt	86.00–94.00	1,036	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	81.28/cwt	80.00–82.00	951	4
Bulls	—	—	1,598	112.30/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,795	3
Bulls	—	—	1,468	104.33/cwt	101.00–107.50	1,532	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	197.61/cwt	195.00–203.00	747	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,131	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	144.05/cwt	141.00–155.00	965	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	588	140.20/cwt	139.00–145.00	824	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	205	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	882	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,080	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	396	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	731	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	187.16/cwt	181.00–191.00	603	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,213	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	193.46/cwt	185.00–198.00	813	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	987	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	158.46/cwt	157.00–160.00	987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	159.19/cwt	152.00–165.50	848	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	641	131.80/cwt	130.00–138.00	845	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	139.51/cwt	139.00–140.00	946	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	470	173.29/cwt	173.00–177.00	814	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	183.83/cwt	179.00–188.50	781	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	152.98/cwt	151.00–155.00	583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	143.41/cwt	141.00–146.00	825	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	147.88/cwt	140.00–155.00	997	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	153.21/cwt	143.00–158.00	939	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	154.17/cwt	151.00–159.00	503	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	127.76/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	167.18/cwt	159.00–174.00	624	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	159.85/cwt	155.00–162.00	694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	974	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	144.99/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,051	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	157.70/cwt	150.00–160.00	908	56

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 Jan 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,271Last week 1,052Year ago 1,814

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 32Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	722	155.00	155.00
2	—	345	189.00	189.00
3	—	528	172.00–172.50	172.33
3	—	431	185.00	185.00
4	—	630	154.00–158.00	154.98
4	—	491	184.00	184.00
1	—	235	180.00	180.00
3	—	878	114.00–119.00	116.96
1	—	980	120.00	120.00
1	—	595	164.00	164.00
3	—	786	150.00	150.00
4	—	386	179.00–181.00	179.51
1	—	250	164.00	164.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	879	176.10–180.90	178.44
11	—	434	214.00–217.00	215.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	281	190.00–206.00	197.69
26	—	728	160.50–168.00	166.49
35	—	634	161.00–178.00	172.02
18	—	486	188.00–201.00	194.42
16	—	573	166.00–180.00	175.72
6	—	422	189.00–205.00	197.67
4	—	867	140.00	140.00
1	—	820	135.00	135.00
4	—	369	207.00–218.00	214.84
3	—	320	197.00–213.00	208.00
2	—	972	123.00	123.00
35	—	527	175.00–192.00	186.60
28	—	775	160.00–170.00	163.55
54	—	674	158.00–171.00	168.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	831	165.30	165.30
24	—	619	183.00–193.00	186.69
24	—	568	189.00–199.00	196.33
17	—	526	198.00–203.00	201.62
7	—	680	174.00	174.00
3	—	700	174.00	174.00
178	—	912	169.25–170.75	169.79
62	—	890	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	468	158.00–171.00	165.32
1	—	245	159.00	159.00
15	—	533	152.00–165.50	159.19
35	—	674	140.00–155.00	147.88
24	—	613	143.00–158.00	153.21
14	—	326	151.00–159.00	154.17
4	—	810	121.00–130.00	127.76
6	—	373	159.00–174.00	167.18
4	—	434	155.00–162.00	159.85
11	—	725	137.00–148.00	144.99
1	—	785	135.00	135.00
56	—	576	150.00–160.00	157.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	672	161.50–168.00	167.41
16	—	531	172.00–174.00	172.41
5	—	558	167.50–168.00	167.70
2	—	605	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	396	184.50	184.50
13	—	470	173.00–177.00	173.29
8	—	425	179.00–188.50	183.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	641	130.00–138.00	131.80
1	—	450	150.00	150.00
2	—	678	139.00–140.00	139.51
5	—	381	151.00–155.00	152.98
1	—	950	124.00	124.00
1	—	720	124.00	124.00
8	—	575	141.00–146.00	143.41
1	—	530	148.00	148.00
1	—	410	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	121.50	121.50
1	—	760	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	125.00	125.00
1	—	770	130.00	130.00
1	—	455	181.00	181.00
1	—	210	195.00	195.00
1	—	120	224.00	224.00
11	—	568	152.00–162.00	154.97
8	—	378	195.00–203.00	197.61
1	—	870	130.00	130.00
5	—	670	141.00–155.00	144.05
1	—	1,080	106.00	106.00
7	—	322	181.00–191.00	187.16
4	—	933	130.00	130.00
3	—	420	185.00–198.00	193.46
2	—	705	140.00	140.00
2	—	623	157.00–160.00	158.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	143.00	143.00
1	—	485	166.00	166.00
1	—	320	150.00	150.00
5	—	588	139.00–145.00	140.20
1	—	410	171.00	171.00
1	—	205	176.00	176.00
2	—	735	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,080	95.00	95.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	944	75.00–83.00	79.82
1	—	970	73.50	73.50
1	—	865	93.00	93.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	81.50	81.50
2	—	1,500	97.00–104.00	100.48
4	—	1,531	85.50–94.00	88.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,169	96.00–104.50	99.81
10	—	1,150	86.00–94.00	90.08
4	—	1,170	80.00–82.00	81.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,598	109.00–115.00	112.30
4	—	1,468	101.00–107.50	104.33

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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