Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers over 700 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. There was good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.11/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −141.10 against this barn's trailing median of $411.21.

Average price

$270.11

72 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$22.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.61

vs KY average

+11.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	272.33	1,512	64
Medium and Large 2	588	257.35	1,513	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	575	249.38	1,434	5thin

One grade step is worth $22.95/cwt here — about $78 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.44, low $348.35, median $411.21 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale72 hd

270.11

—

KY average25 barns · 1,942 hd

271.72

−1.61

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

+11.65

This barn, trailing median30 sales

411.21

−141.10

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	1,603	158.00	2,533	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,654	138.67	2,293	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,267	129.09	1,636	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	897	116.03	1,041	3thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,168	152.00	1,775	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	High	1,283	157.50	2,020	2thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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	250–300	265	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	242.18/cwt	233.00–248.00	1,521	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	271.69/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,426	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	282.51/cwt	280.00–291.00	929	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	296.48/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,399	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	330.50/cwt	330.00–331.00	1,415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	279.64/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,166	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	993	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	247.72/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	249.85/cwt	247.50–253.00	1,954	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,120	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	983	224.52/cwt	215.00–234.00	2,207	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	244.45/cwt	234.00–249.00	2,122	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	273.47/cwt	266.00–281.00	1,674	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	285.84/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,764	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	283.79/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	300.72/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,546	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	322.22/cwt	317.00–324.00	1,250	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	245.26/cwt	241.00–259.00	2,045	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	252.41/cwt	251.00–253.50	1,537	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	308.50/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,357	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	248.27/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,723	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	289.31/cwt	281.00–299.00	1,666	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	937	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,263	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	287.39/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,069	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	317.52/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,038	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	225.52/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	265.92/cwt	262.00–274.00	1,524	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,150	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,061	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	259.27/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,755	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	996	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	233.75/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,657	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	505	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	229.78/cwt	220.50–245.00	1,572	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	317.43/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,168	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	896	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,016	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	297.00/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,455	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	283.60/cwt	279.00–289.00	1,631	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	610	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,723	78
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	246.70/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,557	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	284.87/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,339	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	108.04/cwt	107.00–109.00	992	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,129	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	136.26/cwt	136.00–136.50	2,205	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,725	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	2,475	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,015	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,462	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	116.16/cwt	114.00–119.50	1,373	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,215	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,066	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,350	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,112	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	127.22/cwt	124.50–130.00	1,519	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,404	140.65/cwt	137.00–144.50	1,975	4
Bulls	—	—	1,603	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	391	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,408	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	264.33/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,361	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	432	299.33/cwt	298.00–300.00	1,293	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	965	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,554	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	720	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,620	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	905	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	269.63/cwt	269.00–271.00	755	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	233.00/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	294.16/cwt	293.00–294.50	1,397	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,106	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	417	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,337	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	584	249.48/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	777	216.65/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,000	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	376	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,090	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	817	265.58/cwt	263.00–265.80	2,170	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	257.35/cwt	256.00–258.00	1,513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,865	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	753	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,845	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	250.51/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	597	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,487	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	263.10/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,510	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	980	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	823	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,909	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	262.50/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	493	276.02/cwt	273.00–277.00	1,361	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	288.22/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,392	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	267.46/cwt	266.00–269.00	1,265	2

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 Jul 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 925Last week 1,038Year ago 519

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 40Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	280.00	280.00
4	300–350	329	280.00–291.00	282.51
8	350–400	372	280.00–294.00	287.39
18	400–450	417	270.00–285.00	279.64
8	450–500	470	271.00–288.00	284.87
17	500–550	525	260.00–278.00	271.69
33	550–600	573	262.00–274.00	265.92
31	600–650	628	233.00–248.00	242.18
20	650–700	684	220.50–245.00	229.78
1	800–850	825	230.00	230.00
4	850–900	896	225.00	225.00
5	900–950	916	225.00	225.00
3	950–1000	993	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	515	280.00–285.00	283.79
10	550–600	565	290.00	290.00
15	600–650	609	251.00–253.50	252.41
71	750–800	753	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	299.00	299.00
3	400–450	432	298.00–300.00	299.33
17	450–500	475	293.00–294.50	294.16
78	600–650	610	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	269.00–271.00	269.63
1	300–350	330	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	417	261.00	261.00
2	450–500	473	266.00–269.00	267.46
1	500–550	540	249.00	249.00
4	550–600	584	247.00–251.00	249.48
1	600–650	630	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	815	164.00	164.00
1	900–950	905	164.00	164.00
2	1000–1050	1,000	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	588	256.00–258.00	257.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	312.50	312.50
9	300–350	327	307.50–320.00	317.52
4	350–400	388	317.00–324.00	322.22
2	400–450	428	330.00–331.00	330.50
10	450–500	472	290.00–305.00	296.48
13	500–550	514	291.00–305.00	300.72
17	550–600	576	281.00–299.00	289.31
8	600–650	612	266.00–281.00	273.47
11	650–700	677	251.00–265.00	259.27
5	700–750	729	242.00–255.00	247.72
12	750–800	782	247.50–253.00	249.85
6	800–850	834	241.00–259.00	245.26
6	850–900	868	234.00–249.00	244.45
2	950–1000	983	215.00–234.00	224.52
1	1100–1150	1,120	217.00	217.00
1	1150–1200	1,150	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	513	313.00	313.00
6	600–650	617	285.00–286.00	285.84
8	650–700	665	280.50	280.50
1	700–750	705	260.00	260.00
65	800–850	817	263.00–265.80	265.58
58	900–950	937	241.50	241.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	395	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	440	307.00–310.00	308.50
1	450–500	475	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	595	271.00	271.00
2	600–650	628	250.00–251.00	250.51
11	650–700	694	248.00–249.00	248.27
1	700–750	735	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	391	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	720	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	291.00	291.00
8	450–500	483	280.00–290.00	288.22
1	500–550	540	282.00	282.00
2	550–600	590	260.00–265.00	262.50
1	600–650	615	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	670	240.00	240.00
4	700–750	715	230.00–234.00	233.00
3	750–800	777	215.00–220.00	216.65
4	800–850	823	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	292.50	292.50
1	250–300	275	316.00	316.00
2	300–350	332	300.00	300.00
6	350–400	368	310.00–320.00	317.43
8	450–500	490	290.00–304.00	297.00
3	500–550	515	264.00–265.00	264.33
7	550–600	575	279.00–289.00	283.60
4	600–650	631	240.00–256.00	246.70
2	650–700	678	220.00–231.00	225.52
4	700–750	709	230.00–235.00	233.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	262.50	262.50
3	350–400	376	290.00	290.00
4	450–500	493	273.00–277.00	276.02
1	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	597	249.00	249.00
1	650–700	680	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	835	181.00	181.00
1	950–1000	980	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	300.00	300.00
9	550–600	574	260.00–265.00	263.10
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	965	161.00	161.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	107.00–109.00	108.04
1	—	855	132.00	132.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,618	136.00–136.50	136.26
1	—	1,725	143.50	143.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	114.00–119.50	116.16
4	—	1,194	124.50–130.00	127.22
4	—	1,404	137.00–144.50	140.65
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	144.00	144.00
1	—	1,320	160.00	160.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,350	145.00	145.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,603	158.00	158.00

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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