Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.82/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −173.39 against this barn's trailing median of $411.21.

Average price

$237.82

120 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,297

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$20.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.84

vs KY average

−20.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	239.39	1,296	109
Medium and Large 2	584	226.43	1,322	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	584	218.82	1,278	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.57/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale120 hd

237.82

—

KY average24 barns · 1,784 hd

235.98

+1.84

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−20.57

This barn, trailing median30 sales

411.21

−173.39

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	—	Low	1,615	143.38	2,316	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,246	111.29	1,387	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,516	109.67	1,663	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	954	104.21	994	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,030	144.00	1,483	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,530	122.00	1,867	1thin

Every lot, as filed

120 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 1-2	200–250	245	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	741	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	210.18/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	296.65/cwt	290.00–300.00	943	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	219.52/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,714	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	619	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,752	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	379	335.48/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,271	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	950	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	493	273.01/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	301.96/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,404	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	439	326.62/cwt	325.00–329.00	1,434	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,524	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	539	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,369	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	265.25/cwt	265.00–265.50	1,751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	874	249.21/cwt	248.90–249.50	2,178	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	289.22/cwt	287.00–291.00	1,513	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	584	218.82/cwt	216.00–221.00	1,278	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	437	221.33/cwt	220.00–225.00	967	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,118	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	221.64/cwt	217.50–229.00	820	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	910	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	228.51/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	204.47/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	230.50/cwt	230.00–231.00	998	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	205.06/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,288	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	234.86/cwt	228.00–240.00	780	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	323.13/cwt	319.00–326.00	1,189	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	253.48/cwt	253.00–254.00	1,452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	287.75/cwt	280.00–298.00	1,355	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	318.09/cwt	306.00–322.50	1,349	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	241.52/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,775	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	296.29/cwt	293.00–299.00	1,253	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	265.21/cwt	253.00–271.00	1,525	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	763	185.87/cwt	183.50–189.50	1,418	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,081	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	263.40/cwt	257.00–268.00	1,628	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	254.68/cwt	244.00–258.00	1,734	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	280.23/cwt	278.00–281.50	1,637	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	631	240.74/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,519	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	264.40/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,412	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	672	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,478	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	277.00/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,465	30
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	476	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,138	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	277.89/cwt	273.00–279.50	1,695	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	726	258.25/cwt	258.00–258.50	1,875	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	241.75/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,373	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	632	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,517	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	555	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	304.48/cwt	303.00–306.00	1,385	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	388	328.77/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,276	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	114.83/cwt	109.50–117.50	1,435	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	105.55/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,345	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	117.28/cwt	114.50–121.00	1,165	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,024	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,740	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	112.33/cwt	110.50–114.50	1,665	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,530	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,867	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,030	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,483	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	100.51/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,608	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	120.50/cwt	119.50–122.00	1,362	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	95.23/cwt	94.00–96.00	876	3
Bulls	—	—	1,760	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	2,438	1
Bulls	—	—	1,675	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,554	1
Bulls	—	—	1,564	142.32/cwt	140.00–146.00	2,226	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	291.91/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,401	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	257.47/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,388	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	228.99/cwt	221.00–237.00	1,404	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	513	277.35/cwt	274.00–281.00	1,423	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	260	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	210	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	275.29/cwt	274.00–279.00	1,305	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	277	311.80/cwt	307.50–320.00	864	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	305.73/cwt	301.00–311.00	1,293	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	206.12/cwt	203.00–210.00	1,503	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	222.81/cwt	218.00–233.00	1,497	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	309.28/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,048	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	221.64/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,281	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	772	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	310.83/cwt	302.50–319.00	1,166	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	237.71/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,364	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	226.43/cwt	224.00–229.50	1,322	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	230.88/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,053	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	213.66/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	202.91/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	227.87/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,504	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	249.19/cwt	245.00–255.00	710	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	238.46/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,257	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	363	250.26/cwt	250.00–251.00	908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	235.77/cwt	230.00–241.00	879	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	241.76/cwt	234.00–250.00	1,025	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	241.22/cwt	232.00–249.00	1,153	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	217.17/cwt	213.00–221.00	1,557	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	223.27/cwt	215.00–233.00	1,380	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	416	259.61/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,080	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	601	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,557	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	759	236.25/cwt	221.00–237.00	1,793	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	452	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,157	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	741	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	242.73/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,306	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	290.25/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,059	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	232.43/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,209	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,653	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 Nov 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,228Last week 1,107Year ago 1,704

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 94Year ago 72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	302.50	302.50
1	250–300	265	342.50	342.50
3	300–350	318	290.00–300.00	296.65
11	350–400	368	319.00–326.00	323.13
10	400–450	424	306.00–322.50	318.09
8	450–500	471	280.00–298.00	287.75
30	500–550	529	270.00–286.00	277.00
28	550–600	575	253.00–271.00	265.21
36	600–650	618	257.00–268.00	263.40
33	650–700	681	244.00–258.00	254.68
9	700–750	735	238.00–246.00	241.52
4	750–800	781	217.00–225.00	219.52
2	800–850	820	200.00–220.00	210.18
1	850–900	855	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	328.00	328.00
9	350–400	379	330.00–337.00	335.48
9	400–450	439	325.00–329.00	326.62
2	450–500	465	300.00–304.00	301.96
7	600–650	619	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	262.50	262.50
2	450–500	493	271.00–275.00	273.01
1	500–550	525	260.00	260.00
2	550–600	573	253.00–254.00	253.48
8	600–650	631	239.00–246.00	240.74
2	650–700	672	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	725	208.00	208.00
5	750–800	763	183.50–189.50	185.87
1	950–1000	950	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	523	287.00–291.00	289.22
13	550–600	584	278.00–281.50	280.23
12	600–650	610	273.00–279.50	277.89
4	650–700	660	265.00–265.50	265.25
6	700–750	726	258.00–258.50	258.25
126	850–900	874	248.90–249.50	249.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	307.00	307.00
3	400–450	423	293.00–299.00	296.29
5	500–550	534	260.00–266.00	264.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	539	254.00	254.00
6	600–650	622	245.00	245.00
65	750–800	759	221.00–237.00	236.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	240.00	240.00
1	300–350	345	210.00	210.00
7	350–400	370	217.50–229.00	221.64
8	400–450	437	220.00–225.00	221.33
2	450–500	483	228.00–229.00	228.51
6	550–600	584	216.00–221.00	218.82
3	600–650	628	202.00–210.00	205.06
2	650–700	680	200.00–209.00	204.47
1	750–800	785	190.00	190.00
1	900–950	910	141.00	141.00
3	1100–1150	1,118	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	433	230.00–231.00	230.50
9	450–500	456	230.00–231.00	230.88
5	550–600	584	224.00–229.50	226.43
3	650–700	660	210.00–217.00	213.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	270.00	270.00
7	250–300	285	245.00–255.00	249.19
8	300–350	332	228.00–240.00	234.86
14	350–400	373	230.00–241.00	235.77
30	400–450	424	234.00–250.00	241.76
72	450–500	478	232.00–249.00	241.22
70	500–550	527	231.00–245.00	238.46
31	550–600	574	230.00–248.00	237.71
33	600–650	618	215.00–233.00	223.27
8	650–700	660	220.00–234.00	227.87
12	700–750	717	213.00–221.00	217.17
3	750–800	785	200.00–209.00	202.91
1	800–850	810	218.00	218.00
1	850–900	860	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	250.00–251.00	250.26
6	400–450	416	255.00–262.00	259.61
2	450–500	452	256.00	256.00
30	600–650	601	259.00	259.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	476	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	245.00	245.00
1	250–300	260	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	370	225.00	225.00
1	400–450	420	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	485	266.00	266.00
2	500–550	520	230.00–235.00	232.43
3	550–600	578	220.00–225.00	221.64
2	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	650	212.00	212.00
3	700–750	741	196.00	196.00
2	750–800	772	188.00	188.00
1	800–850	820	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	312.00	312.00
5	250–300	277	307.50–320.00	311.80
7	300–350	339	305.00–310.00	309.28
5	350–400	375	302.50–319.00	310.83
4	400–450	423	301.00–311.00	305.73
12	450–500	480	290.00–297.00	291.91
11	500–550	539	250.00–260.00	257.47
25	550–600	568	235.00–250.00	241.75
23	600–650	613	221.00–237.00	228.99
7	650–700	672	218.00–233.00	222.81
6	700–750	729	203.00–210.00	206.12
1	800–850	835	198.00	198.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	327.50–330.00	328.77
2	450–500	455	303.00–306.00	304.48
5	500–550	513	274.00–281.00	277.35
1	550–600	555	264.00	264.00
4	600–650	632	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	290.00–291.00	290.25
11	450–500	474	274.00–279.00	275.29
4	500–550	538	239.00–244.00	242.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,250	109.50–117.50	114.83
11	—	1,274	103.00–108.00	105.55
3	—	1,130	119.50–122.00	120.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	114.50–121.00	117.28
1	—	975	105.00	105.00
3	—	920	94.00–96.00	95.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,482	110.50–114.50	112.33
2	—	1,600	100.00–101.00	100.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	144.00	144.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	138.50	138.50
1	—	1,675	152.50	152.50
4	—	1,564	140.00–146.00	142.32

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