Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. 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 $292.63/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −172.67 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.

Average price

$292.63

117 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$40.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.53

vs KY average

−16.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	298.86	1,620	96
Medium and Large 2	562	272.18	1,531	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	559	258.14	1,442	12thin

One grade step is worth $40.72/cwt here — about $178 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale117 hd

292.63

—

KY average25 barns · 1,168 hd

273.10

+19.53

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−16.63

This barn, trailing median30 sales

465.30

−172.67

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	1,632	140.60	2,294	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	111.85	1,397	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,569	108.46	1,702	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	928	105.19	976	9thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,260	139.50	1,758	1thin

Every lot, as filed

117 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 2	550–600	582	271.99/cwt	271.00–273.00	1,583	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,233	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	288.96/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,659	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	232.20/cwt	229.00–233.25	1,992	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	239.69/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	403	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,334	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	322.09/cwt	312.50–328.00	1,343	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	527	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,660	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	897	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	230.75/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,541	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	272.03/cwt	269.00–275.00	1,251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	219.22/cwt	209.00–223.00	1,594	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	228.29/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,520	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	240.49/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,753	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	259.75/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,621	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	272.57/cwt	268.00–275.00	1,426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	251.69/cwt	251.00–253.00	893	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	247.98/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,039	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	331.05/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	289.55/cwt	283.00–298.00	1,526	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	255.18/cwt	249.50–266.00	1,692	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	426	241.29/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,028	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	223.96/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,812	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	302.36/cwt	299.00–307.50	1,687	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	574	260.83/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,497	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,049	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,736	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	310.88/cwt	306.00–322.50	1,122	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,184	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	315.51/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,480	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	660	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,073	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	457	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	787	256.20/cwt	256.20–256.20	2,016	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	276.03/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,209	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,065	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	732	220.61/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,615	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	884	200.75/cwt	200.75–200.75	1,775	56
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	950	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,226	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	805	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	220	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	537	254.38/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,366	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	636	236.72/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	249.88/cwt	249.50–255.00	1,752	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	304.62/cwt	303.00–306.00	1,590	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	276.14/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,723	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,514	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	986	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	314.52/cwt	304.00–321.00	1,324	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	505	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	327.01/cwt	326.00–327.50	1,341	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	377	336.64/cwt	336.00–338.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,260	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,758	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	110.68/cwt	105.00–113.50	1,038	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	103.02/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,547	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,619	112.54/cwt	107.00–116.50	1,822	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	95.16/cwt	91.00–99.50	870	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,100	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	115.48/cwt	110.00–119.50	1,447	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	104.64/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,271	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	121.36/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,644	3
Bulls	—	—	1,753	146.01/cwt	145.00–147.00	2,560	3
Bulls	—	—	1,462	134.27/cwt	130.00–138.50	1,963	5
Bulls	—	—	2,115	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	3,299	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	289.90/cwt	284.00–295.00	1,386	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	259.95/cwt	252.00–266.00	1,482	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	558	275.51/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,537	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	184.27/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,513	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	301.29/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,109	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	239.66/cwt	234.00–248.00	1,460	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	254.90/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,236	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	519	232.55/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,207	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	228.51/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	316.84/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,166	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	671	216.97/cwt	214.00–221.00	1,456	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	245.50/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,377	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	241.87/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,391	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	261.23/cwt	251.00–268.00	1,108	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	211.40/cwt	204.00–225.00	1,611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	258.76/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,335	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	469	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	910	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	623	218.01/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	263.24/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,011	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	224.24/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,267	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	244.34/cwt	232.00–249.00	1,288	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	232.09/cwt	224.00–240.50	1,446	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	251.92/cwt	250.00–254.50	1,413	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	236.34/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,099	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	217.27/cwt	211.00–223.00	1,125	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	262	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	773	191.76/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,482	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	413	277.34/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,145	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	369	260.07/cwt	230.00–340.00	960	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	950	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	255.61/cwt	251.00–267.00	851	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	247.69/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,184	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	276.95/cwt	275.00–279.00	1,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	295.27/cwt	292.50–298.00	1,308	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	265.38/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,261	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	602	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,535	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	236.99/cwt	236.50–237.50	1,697	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	286.25/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,403	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 Nov 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,214Last week 590Year ago 583

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 28Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	475	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	523	268.00–275.00	272.57
6	550–600	582	271.00–273.00	271.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	315.00	315.00
1	300–350	330	316.00	316.00
5	350–400	361	306.00–322.50	310.88
11	400–450	417	312.50–328.00	322.09
12	450–500	469	306.00–320.00	315.51
20	500–550	527	283.00–298.00	289.55
24	550–600	574	281.00–294.00	288.96
12	600–650	624	250.00–267.00	259.75
20	650–700	663	249.50–266.00	255.18
46	700–750	729	230.00–247.50	240.49
8	750–800	775	230.00–246.00	239.69
25	800–850	809	221.00–225.00	223.96
33	850–900	858	229.00–233.25	232.20
1	1000–1050	1,015	202.00	202.00
4	1050–1100	1,055	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	229.00	229.00
1	250–300	265	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	438	274.00–278.00	276.03
2	450–500	460	269.00–275.00	272.03
5	500–550	537	250.00–260.00	254.38
7	550–600	574	257.00–265.00	260.83
4	600–650	636	235.00–240.00	236.72
10	650–700	668	229.00–240.00	230.75
8	700–750	732	220.00–224.00	220.61
1	800–850	800	208.00	208.00
6	850–900	897	191.00	191.00
6	1000–1050	1,049	165.50	165.50
1	1050–1100	1,065	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	330.00–332.00	331.05
12	400–450	403	331.00	331.00
4	450–500	469	321.00	321.00
15	500–550	527	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	522	303.00–306.00	304.62
14	550–600	558	299.00–307.50	302.36
19	600–650	624	270.00–283.00	276.14
43	700–750	701	249.50–255.00	249.88
62	750–800	787	256.20	256.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	252.00	252.00
2	250–300	262	260.00	260.00
4	300–350	333	251.00–267.00	255.61
12	350–400	384	260.00–271.00	263.24
9	400–450	424	251.00–268.00	261.23
32	450–500	478	240.00–258.00	247.69
47	500–550	527	232.00–249.00	244.34
50	550–600	575	235.00–250.00	241.87
42	600–650	623	224.00–240.50	232.09
25	650–700	666	220.00–235.00	228.29
14	700–750	727	209.00–223.00	219.22
5	750–800	762	204.00–225.00	211.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	233.00	233.00
4	350–400	369	230.00–340.00	260.07
7	400–450	426	240.00–244.00	241.29
5	450–500	465	234.00–239.00	236.34
6	500–550	518	211.00–223.00	217.27
5	550–600	565	221.00–228.00	224.24
3	600–650	623	215.00–220.00	218.01
2	650–700	660	219.00	219.00
2	900–950	910	175.00	175.00
1	950–1000	950	174.50	174.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	251.00–253.00	251.69
4	400–450	419	247.00–249.00	247.98
2	500–550	515	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	516	257.00–260.00	258.76
23	550–600	561	250.00–254.50	251.92
9	600–650	602	255.00	255.00
18	700–750	716	236.50–237.50	236.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	413	271.00–284.00	277.34
34	450–500	475	260.00–270.00	265.38
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	457	221.00	221.00
1	650–700	660	162.50	162.50
1	800–850	805	127.00	127.00
56	850–900	884	200.75	200.75
1	950–1000	950	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	308.00	308.00
5	350–400	368	310.00–325.00	316.84
12	400–450	421	304.00–321.00	314.52
9	450–500	478	284.00–295.00	289.90
1	500–550	535	283.00	283.00
5	550–600	570	252.00–266.00	259.95
12	600–650	609	234.00–248.00	239.66
2	650–700	665	231.00	231.00
4	750–800	783	204.00	204.00
4	800–850	821	182.00–185.00	184.27
1	900–950	915	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	336.00–338.00	336.64
3	400–450	410	326.00–327.50	327.01
1	500–550	505	292.00	292.00
8	550–600	558	270.00–278.00	275.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	300.00–302.50	301.29
2	400–450	443	292.50–298.00	295.27
2	450–500	490	282.50–290.00	286.25
1	500–550	505	264.00	264.00
6	550–600	561	241.00–248.00	245.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	295.00	295.00
2	350–400	365	275.00–279.00	276.95
1	400–450	405	240.00	240.00
2	450–500	485	250.00–260.00	254.90
4	500–550	519	230.00–235.00	232.55
2	600–650	628	228.00–229.00	228.51
5	650–700	671	214.00–221.00	216.97
5	750–800	773	190.00–195.00	191.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	139.50	139.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	938	105.00–113.50	110.68
4	—	914	91.00–99.50	95.16
2	—	940	117.00	117.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,502	100.00–105.00	103.02
4	—	1,619	107.00–116.50	112.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,253	110.00–119.50	115.48
11	—	1,215	100.00–106.50	104.64
3	—	1,355	120.00–124.00	121.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,753	145.00–147.00	146.01
5	—	1,462	130.00–138.50	134.27
1	—	2,115	156.00	156.00

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