Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Hot and dry weather conditions coupled with health concerns affecting demand of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $267.18/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −198.12 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.

Average price

$267.18

67 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$27.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.19

vs KY average

−1.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	270.07	1,497	60
Medium and Large 2-3	566	242.46	1,373	7thin

One grade step is worth $27.61/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale67 hd

267.18

—

KY average24 barns · 752 hd

272.37

−5.19

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

−1.37

This barn, trailing median30 sales

465.30

−198.12

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	1,844	164.26	3,028	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	131.57	1,598	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	908	124.59	1,131	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,485	120.50	1,789	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,062	$1,510	1thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	825	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	1,986	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	240.18/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,612	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	260.98/cwt	251.00–268.00	1,485	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	267.11/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,400	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	943	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,990	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,934	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,263	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	221.42/cwt	217.00–226.00	1,827	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,173	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	192.54/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,309	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	239.82/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,506	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	246.07/cwt	241.00–259.00	1,563	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	283.28/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,601	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	223.96/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,700	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	307.95/cwt	304.00–314.00	1,290	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	240.74/cwt	238.00–243.00	1,259	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	236.60/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	287.82/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,387	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	840	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	855	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	191.99/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	254.57/cwt	253.00–257.00	1,433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	242.96/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	250.56/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,052	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	229.65/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	265.73/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,270	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	642	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	775	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,040	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	252.41/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,325	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	658	227.49/cwt	226.00–229.00	1,497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,525	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	525	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	230	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,653	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	850–900	892	189.10/cwt	189.10–189.10	1,687	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	272.81/cwt	272.50–273.00	1,694	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	240.99/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,762	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	695	189.10/cwt	189.10–189.10	1,314	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	920	225.11/cwt	224.10–226.00	2,071	111
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	597	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,403	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	950	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	223.04/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,508	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	332.52/cwt	330.00–335.00	908	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	631	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,521	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,214	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	552	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,419	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	520	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,461	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	115.78/cwt	113.50–118.00	1,161	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	135.41/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,671	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	655	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	707	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,789	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,294	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,580	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,554	1
Bulls	—	—	1,700	161.26/cwt	160.00–162.50	2,741	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,262	3
Bulls	—	—	2,165	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	3,345	1
Bulls	—	—	1,810	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,258	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	226.98/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,432	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	271.98/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,267	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	214.02/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,545	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	294.49/cwt	293.00–296.00	995	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	235.94/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,227	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	291.60/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,248	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	235.66/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,348	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	259.74/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,348	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	311.54/cwt	303.00–319.00	1,193	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,020	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,642	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	214.65/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,430	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	259.25/cwt	254.00–265.00	1,255	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	264.96/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,105	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	255.38/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,359	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	297	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	979	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	205	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	246.89/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,422	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	212.56/cwt	208.00–217.00	1,639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	215.69/cwt	210.00–226.50	1,546	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	421	294.95/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,242	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	229.23/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,453	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	773	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,732	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	688	232.71/cwt	229.00–235.50	1,601	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	250.98/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,212	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	348	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	884	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	717	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,649	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,157	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	264.78/cwt	262.50–267.00	1,099	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	791	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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 854Last week 558Year ago 952

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 27Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	517	295.00	295.00
17	550–600	565	280.00–284.00	283.28
16	600–650	621	272.50–273.00	272.81
5	700–750	731	240.00–245.00	240.99
1	750–800	775	240.00	240.00
62	800–850	825	240.75	240.75
111	900–950	920	224.10–226.00	225.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	341.00	341.00
1	350–400	370	317.00	317.00
4	400–450	419	304.00–314.00	307.95
6	450–500	482	285.00–290.00	287.82
16	500–550	524	260.00–273.00	267.11
25	550–600	569	251.00–268.00	260.98
52	600–650	635	241.00–259.00	246.07
18	650–700	671	230.00–246.00	240.18
3	700–750	730	225.00–235.00	229.65
8	750–800	759	220.00–235.00	223.96
2	800–850	825	217.00–226.00	221.42
5	850–900	875	221.00	221.00
3	900–950	943	211.00	211.00
2	950–1000	970	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	292.50	292.50
1	300–350	305	292.50	292.50
1	400–450	440	287.00	287.00
4	450–500	478	264.00–270.00	265.73
3	500–550	525	250.00–256.00	252.41
4	550–600	597	235.00	235.00
2	600–650	642	235.00	235.00
2	650–700	658	226.00–229.00	227.49
1	700–750	725	228.00	228.00
1	750–800	795	211.00	211.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	239.00	239.00
2	250–300	297	242.50	242.50
1	300–350	305	252.50	252.50
1	350–400	390	251.00	251.00
3	400–450	420	248.00–255.00	250.56
2	450–500	465	241.00–245.00	242.96
4	500–550	523	238.00–243.00	240.74
5	550–600	586	236.00–237.00	236.60
2	600–650	635	218.00	218.00
2	650–700	680	190.00–195.00	192.54
2	700–750	745	184.50	184.50
3	750–800	755	190.00–196.00	191.99
1	800–850	840	160.00	160.00
1	850–900	855	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	563	253.00–257.00	254.57
11	600–650	628	239.00–240.00	239.82
7	650–700	688	229.00–235.50	232.71
9	700–750	717	230.00	230.00
15	750–800	773	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	370	286.00	286.00
6	400–450	417	260.00–276.00	264.96
16	450–500	484	254.00–265.00	259.25
18	500–550	532	250.00–260.00	255.38
30	550–600	576	241.00–250.00	246.89
20	600–650	634	225.00–233.00	229.23
8	650–700	666	210.00–220.00	214.65
31	700–750	717	210.00–226.50	215.69
4	750–800	771	208.00–217.00	212.56
2	800–850	845	210.00	210.00
1	850–900	895	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	421	290.00–299.00	294.95
2	450–500	465	270.00	270.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	207.00	207.00
1	650–700	695	189.10	189.10
1	950–1000	950	151.00	151.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	850–900	892	189.10	189.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	330.00–335.00	332.52
2	300–350	338	293.00–296.00	294.49
5	350–400	383	303.00–319.00	311.54
3	400–450	428	290.00–295.00	291.60
4	450–500	466	265.00–276.00	271.98
10	500–550	519	254.00–268.00	259.74
6	550–600	572	235.00–239.00	235.66
7	600–650	631	225.00–231.00	226.98
8	650–700	676	219.00–225.00	223.04
5	700–750	722	210.00–215.00	214.02
1	750–800	785	222.00	222.00
2	800–850	815	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	328.00	328.00
1	500–550	520	281.00	281.00
2	550–600	552	257.00	257.00
3	600–650	631	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	230.00	230.00
4	300–350	348	254.00	254.00
2	350–400	395	293.00	293.00
2	400–450	415	262.50–267.00	264.78
4	450–500	483	250.00–254.00	250.98
3	500–550	520	234.00–240.00	235.94
1	550–600	575	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	670	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	725	190.00	190.00
2	750–800	760	190.00	190.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,003	113.50–118.00	115.78
1	—	655	108.00	108.00
3	—	928	136.00	136.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,234	133.00–138.00	135.41
1	—	1,140	113.50	113.50
1	—	1,295	122.00	122.00
1	—	1,110	140.00	140.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	120.50	120.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,700	160.00–162.50	161.26
1	—	2,165	154.50	154.50
1	—	1,810	180.00	180.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,062	1,510.00	1,510.00

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