Sale reports / Kentucky / Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky / 2025-02-17

Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 17
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
138 head
887 vs last sale 1,025 1,397 vs year ago 1,535 · 91.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
25 vs last sale 32 29 vs year ago 36 · 80.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to limited amount of receipts due extreme rains and winter weather in the area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 900–1000 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
900–1000 lb steers averaged $254.00/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 75.85 against this barn's trailing median of $329.85.
Average price
$254.00
58 head · 922 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,342
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.87
vs KY average
1.67 vs national

What quality paid 900–1000 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2922254.002,34258
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 900–1000 lb

14 sales
370345319294median 329.8501/0502/2304/2805/2608/18
Steers 900–1000 lb: high $356.00, low $308.15, median $329.85 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 900–1000 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale58 hd
254.00
KY average7 barns · 96 hd
242.13
+11.87
National average44 barns · 3,359 hd
255.67
−1.67
This barn, trailing median14 sales
329.85
−75.85
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,272135.701,7254thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,26089.501,1281thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,380164.502,2701thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added850–900897206.85/cwt206.85–206.851,85557
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750717220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5772
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550511267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,3647
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,2301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575223.95/cwt221.00–227.001,2882
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650632240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950922254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,34258
CowsBoner 80-85%1,270152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,9301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,390101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,4041
CowsLean 85-90%1,26089.50/cwt89.50–89.501,1281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,213144.89/cwt141.00–149.001,7582
HeifersSelect and Choice1,380164.50/cwt164.50–164.502,2701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600570255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4541
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320270.00/cwt270.00–270.008641
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450420270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400390241.00/cwt241.00–241.009401
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700690200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500477254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2122

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.