Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold unevenly steady with some softer undertones. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 up. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. 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 $229.36/cwt on 563 head.

Average price

$229.36

563 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$358

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

$4.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.44

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	687	229.60	1,577	534
Medium and Large 2-3	542	224.84	1,219	29

One grade step is worth $4.76/cwt here — about $358 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 sale563 hd

229.36

—

KY average25 barns · 6,197 hd

224.92

+4.44

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	1,531	119.49	1,830	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,189	95.54	1,136	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,592	95.31	1,517	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	902	86.33	779	6thin

Every lot, as filed

111 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 1-2	—	437	242.32/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,059	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,307	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	930	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,163	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	245.32/cwt	241.00–250.00	785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,123	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,203	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	167.50/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,474	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	246.55/cwt	240.00–254.00	902	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	238	212.69/cwt	212.00–213.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	209.07/cwt	205.00–211.00	1,081	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	412	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	213.41/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,112	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	214.12/cwt	208.00–224.00	1,355	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	187.67/cwt	185.00–193.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	223.46/cwt	213.00–228.50	1,292	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	462	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,104	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	433	239.22/cwt	237.00–241.00	1,036	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	226.71/cwt	219.00–235.00	948	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	207.26/cwt	205.00–211.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	977	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,090	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	402	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,005	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	225.67/cwt	223.00–227.00	959	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,023	115.50/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,182	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	357	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	137.70/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,274	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	291	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	207.38/cwt	204.00–214.00	1,360	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	668	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	560	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,294	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,430	1
Bulls	—	—	1,578	109.80/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,733	3
Bulls	—	—	1,395	124.01/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,730	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	97.04/cwt	93.50–100.50	1,136	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	87.93/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,064	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	95.31/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,517	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	929	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	644	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	89.00/cwt	86.00–90.50	823	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	104.76/cwt	104.50–105.00	1,278	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	517	240.44/cwt	237.00–241.00	1,243	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	241.75/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,119	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	215.04/cwt	208.00–220.00	1,236	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,580	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	—	905	166.90/cwt	166.90–166.90	1,510	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	881	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	204.74/cwt	199.00–205.50	1,585	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	711	224.91/cwt	223.50–226.00	1,599	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	252.97/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,308	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	778	224.92/cwt	221.50–228.50	1,750	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	115	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	193.73/cwt	189.00–200.00	1,705	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,435	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	256.55/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,219	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	220.03/cwt	218.00–221.00	1,162	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	214.49/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,557	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	244.41/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,391	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	873	216.85/cwt	216.85–216.85	1,893	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	226.73/cwt	218.00–231.00	1,515	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	192.84/cwt	191.00–193.50	1,807	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	237.47/cwt	229.00–246.00	1,254	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	244.52/cwt	241.00–254.00	932	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	637	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,401	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	239.93/cwt	239.00–243.00	1,132	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,077	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	185.24/cwt	182.00–188.00	1,449	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	215.98/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,004	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	145.41/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,267	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	617	198.29/cwt	197.00–199.00	1,223	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	209.54/cwt	202.00–215.00	1,318	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	233.09/cwt	231.00–234.50	1,347	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	206.93/cwt	199.00–213.00	1,382	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	204.64/cwt	202.00–209.00	1,191	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	193.02/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,407	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	233.44/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,118	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	609	251.55/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,532	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	223.72/cwt	213.00–229.50	1,159	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	225.27/cwt	220.00–235.00	694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	159.02/cwt	158.00–160.00	1,293	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	745	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,538	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	753	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,514	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	223.00/cwt	220.00–225.50	1,351	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	504	230.44/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,161	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	227.34/cwt	220.00–234.00	837	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	225.27/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,282	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	241.11/cwt	228.00–245.50	1,529	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	244.04/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,030	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	463	264.94/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,227	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	419	261.65/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,096	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	986	1

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 Jun 19, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,278Last week 1,314Year ago 620

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 50Year ago 76

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	240.00–244.00	242.32
1	—	700	182.00	182.00
3	—	320	241.00–250.00	245.32
2	—	880	160.00–175.00	167.50
4	—	366	240.00–254.00	246.55
4	—	521	208.00–216.00	213.41
16	—	633	208.00–224.00	214.12
3	—	925	132.00–145.00	137.70
1	—	1,130	130.00	130.00
3	—	656	204.00–214.00	207.38
4	—	297	225.00	225.00
1	—	1,090	124.00	124.00
10	—	463	235.00–246.00	241.75
1	—	750	190.00	190.00
6	—	575	208.00–220.00	215.04
1	—	835	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	201.00	201.00
1	—	930	125.00	125.00
1	—	820	137.00	137.00
1	—	640	188.00	188.00
1	—	465	210.00	210.00
1	—	1,090	113.00	113.00
1	—	760	167.00	167.00
3	—	425	223.00–227.00	225.67
1	—	885	145.00	145.00
2	—	1,023	114.00–117.00	115.50
2	—	357	235.00	235.00
1	—	950	115.00	115.00
3	—	291	212.00	212.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	402	250.00	250.00
1	—	560	231.00	231.00
7	—	517	237.00–241.00	240.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	238	212.00–213.00	212.69
10	—	517	205.00–211.00	209.07
2	—	412	216.00	216.00
1	—	860	110.00	110.00
3	—	660	185.00–193.00	187.67
1	—	350	210.00	210.00
1	—	280	201.00	201.00
1	—	780	164.00	164.00
3	—	323	205.00–211.00	207.26
1	—	970	111.00	111.00
3	—	465	215.00–218.00	215.98
7	—	617	197.00–199.00	198.29
1	—	805	125.00	125.00
1	—	725	176.00	176.00
12	—	582	202.00–209.00	204.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	578	213.00–228.50	223.46
13	—	418	219.00–235.00	226.71
13	—	782	182.00–188.00	185.24
12	—	871	140.00–154.00	145.41
39	—	629	202.00–215.00	209.54
1	—	1,075	131.00	131.00
27	—	668	199.00–213.00	206.93
3	—	238	235.00	235.00
30	—	729	190.00–195.00	193.02
27	—	479	225.00–237.00	233.44
39	—	518	213.00–229.50	223.72
3	—	308	220.00–235.00	225.27
2	—	813	158.00–160.00	159.02
13	—	368	220.00–234.00	227.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	462	239.00	239.00
6	—	433	237.00–241.00	239.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	231.00–234.50	233.09
10	—	745	206.50	206.50
8	—	753	201.00	201.00
9	—	606	220.00–225.50	223.00
9	—	504	230.00–231.00	230.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	653	242.00	242.00
30	—	711	223.50–226.00	224.91
4	—	517	250.00–256.00	252.97
114	—	778	221.50–228.50	224.92
8	—	566	253.50	253.50
58	—	873	216.85	216.85
21	—	609	250.00–252.50	251.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	341	258.50	258.50
28	—	774	199.00–205.50	204.74
1	—	115	302.50	302.50
14	—	880	189.00–200.00	193.73
1	—	295	241.00	241.00
27	—	475	245.00–262.00	256.55
1	—	835	196.00	196.00
11	—	726	210.00–216.00	214.49
42	—	569	230.00–248.00	244.41
80	—	668	218.00–231.00	226.73
15	—	937	191.00–193.50	192.84
19	—	528	229.00–246.00	237.47
7	—	381	241.00–254.00	244.52
15	—	634	228.00–245.50	241.11
10	—	422	240.00–256.00	244.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	218.00–221.00	220.03
1	—	760	185.00	185.00
1	—	405	201.00	201.00
2	—	637	220.00	220.00
12	—	472	239.00–243.00	239.93
3	—	725	198.00	198.00
4	—	569	224.00–226.00	225.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	463	264.00–270.00	264.94
10	—	419	259.00–265.00	261.65
1	—	375	263.00	263.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	905	166.90	166.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	135.00	135.00
3	—	1,578	106.00–112.00	109.80
3	—	1,395	119.00–126.00	124.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,171	93.50–100.50	97.04
4	—	1,210	87.00–90.00	87.93
2	—	1,220	104.50–105.00	104.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,592	95.00–96.00	95.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	101.00	101.00
2	—	858	75.00	75.00
3	—	925	86.00–90.50	89.00

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