Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $287.03/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −178.26 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.

Average price

$287.03

52 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$385

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

$67.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.13

vs KY average

+16.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	295.95	1,635	42
Medium and Large 2	566	266.00	1,507	5thin
Large 1-2	565	240.00	1,356	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	547	228.67	1,250	3thin

One grade step is worth $67.28/cwt here — about $385 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.97, low $392.22, median $465.30 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 sale52 hd

287.03

—

KY average23 barns · 872 hd

286.90

+0.13

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

+16.53

This barn, trailing median30 sales

465.30

−178.26

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	1,665	175.10	2,916	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,515	142.35	2,157	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,274	138.23	1,761	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,095	116.91	1,280	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,335	150.00	2,003	1thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	717	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,689	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	236.37/cwt	233.00–238.00	1,395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	995	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,751	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	287.02/cwt	279.00–292.00	1,487	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	221.64/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,922	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	772	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,880	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	724	251.42/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,820	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	240.69/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,743	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	292.18/cwt	291.00–293.00	1,706	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	320.96/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,374	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	227.80/cwt	227.00–229.00	1,911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	238.00/cwt	230.00–241.50	1,859	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,082	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	287	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	973	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	261.36/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,712	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	251.97/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	287.37/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,397	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,265	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,305	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	273.75/cwt	262.00–279.00	1,738	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	344.43/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	224.99/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	265.00/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,545	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	287.45/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,799	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	298.49/cwt	298.00–299.00	1,707	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	866	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,645	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	788	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	572	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,356	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	910	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,556	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	302.06/cwt	299.00–304.00	1,583	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	235.57/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,479	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	293.23/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,249	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	208.42/cwt	200.00–212.00	1,480	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	234.98/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,205	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	262.43/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	531	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,487	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	143.71/cwt	140.50–148.00	2,210	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	119.23/cwt	119.00–119.50	1,691	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	130.66/cwt	126.50–133.50	1,719	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	157.30/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,977	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	143.75/cwt	140.50–147.00	1,538	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,425	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,461	1
Steers	Select	—	1,335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,003	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	124.11/cwt	120.00–127.50	1,154	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	134.72/cwt	134.00–135.50	2,045	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	2,210	1
Bulls	—	—	1,903	177.41/cwt	174.50–180.50	3,376	2
Bulls	—	—	1,687	164.15/cwt	163.50–164.50	2,769	3
Bulls	—	—	1,395	189.20/cwt	188.00–190.00	2,639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	287.27/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,390	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	236.99/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,550	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	257.61/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,311	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	258.20/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,503	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	990	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	945	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	318.36/cwt	316.00–321.00	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	657	239.77/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,575	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	484	255.12/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,235	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	840	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	267.02/cwt	261.00–276.00	1,284	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	230.30/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,571	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	246.88/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,417	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,084	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	228.37/cwt	220.00–233.50	1,756	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	252.77/cwt	249.00–261.00	1,340	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	236.68/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,467	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	683	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,468	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	763	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,373	3

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 Aug 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 558Last week 522Year ago 222

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 42Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	657	239.00–240.00	239.77
9	700–750	717	235.50	235.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	257.00	257.00
1	300–350	340	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	400	250.00	250.00
4	450–500	484	250.00–259.00	255.12
3	550–600	590	233.00–238.00	236.37
1	600–650	620	225.00	225.00
3	650–700	695	210.00	210.00
3	750–800	763	180.00	180.00
1	800–850	840	195.00	195.00
1	950–1000	995	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	317	252.00	252.00
2	350–400	387	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	425	261.00	261.00
20	450–500	481	261.00–276.00	267.02
15	500–550	530	249.00–261.00	252.77
44	550–600	574	240.00–255.00	246.88
20	600–650	620	230.00–243.00	236.68
26	650–700	682	220.00–234.00	230.30
3	700–750	733	219.00	219.00
12	750–800	769	220.00–233.50	228.37
1	800–850	830	220.00	220.00
1	900–950	925	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	284.00	284.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	565	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	287	339.00	339.00
2	300–350	335	323.00	323.00
2	350–400	380	342.00–347.00	344.43
8	400–450	428	315.00–325.00	320.96
3	450–500	486	285.00–292.00	287.37
7	500–550	518	279.00–292.00	287.02
11	550–600	584	291.00–293.00	292.18
39	600–650	635	262.00–279.00	273.75
13	650–700	655	255.00–263.00	261.36
31	700–750	724	230.00–247.00	240.69
35	750–800	781	230.00–241.50	238.00
5	800–850	839	227.00–229.00	227.80
6	850–900	867	220.00–230.00	221.64
3	900–950	916	210.00	210.00
1	950–1000	975	196.00	196.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	181.00	181.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	524	299.00–304.00	302.06
12	550–600	572	298.00–299.00	298.49
14	600–650	626	285.00–290.00	287.45
7	700–750	724	250.00–252.00	251.42
10	750–800	772	243.50	243.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	277.50	277.50
1	400–450	435	281.00	281.00
1	450–500	450	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	510	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	565	218.00	218.00
1	600–650	620	247.50	247.50
1	650–700	695	241.00	241.00
2	750–800	775	224.00–226.00	224.99
3	850–900	866	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	305.00	305.00
2	400–450	447	292.00	292.00
1	450–500	450	281.00	281.00
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
4	550–600	583	260.00–270.00	265.00
2	600–650	635	250.00–254.00	251.97
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	175.00	175.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	150.00	150.00
2	550–600	572	237.00	237.00
1	900–950	910	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	322.00	322.00
2	300–350	323	316.00–321.00	318.36
2	350–400	392	335.00	335.00
5	400–450	426	290.00–307.00	293.23
4	450–500	484	281.00–290.00	287.27
13	500–550	509	250.00–263.00	257.61
7	550–600	582	255.00–270.00	258.20
5	600–650	628	230.00–239.00	235.57
4	650–700	654	225.00–241.00	236.99
4	700–750	710	200.00–212.00	208.42
3	750–800	755	202.00	202.00
2	800–850	842	197.00	197.00
3	850–900	865	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	249.00	249.00
2	450–500	468	260.00–265.00	262.43
2	500–550	513	230.00–240.00	234.98
1	600–650	615	217.50	217.50
3	650–700	683	215.00	215.00
1	900–950	945	175.00	175.00
1	950–1000	990	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	299.00	299.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,538	140.50–148.00	143.71
2	—	1,518	134.00–135.50	134.72
1	—	1,440	153.50	153.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	119.00–119.50	119.23
4	—	1,316	126.50–133.50	130.66
3	—	1,257	154.00–160.00	157.30
2	—	1,070	140.50–147.00	143.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	102.50	102.50
2	—	930	120.00–127.50	124.11
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	150.00	150.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,903	174.50–180.50	177.41
3	—	1,687	163.50–164.50	164.15
2	—	1,395	188.00–190.00	189.20

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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