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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 14
● Final130 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,017 head
194 vs last sale 823 612 vs year ago 405 · +151.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
42 vs last sale 100 13 vs year ago 45 · +28.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
1 vs last sale 1 0 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $377.93/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 87.37 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.
Average price
$377.93
110 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$279
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$62.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.67
vs KY average
+5.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546382.072,086101
Medium and Large 2579346.442,0064thin
Medium and Large 2-3566319.321,8075thin
One grade step is worth $62.76/cwt here — about $279 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
516470424378median 465.3012/1503/0304/2806/1608/18
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 sale110 hd
377.93
KY average25 barns · 1,009 hd
367.25
+10.67
National average147 barns · 7,194 hd
372.43
+5.50
This barn, trailing median30 sales
465.30
−87.37
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
BullsLow1,644190.803,13612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,604166.012,6636thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,232160.441,97618
CowsLean 85-90%Average985145.111,4305thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,485179.502,6661thin
SteersSelectAverage1,325163.502,1661thin

Every lot, as filed

130 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
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650614314.19/cwt311.00–320.001,9294
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7463
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650633301.34/cwt300.00–302.001,9073
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550532318.24/cwt310.00–326.001,69310
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600580311.41/cwt310.00–318.001,8067
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500470341.38/cwt341.00–342.501,6044
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700651285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8554
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900878311.50/cwt311.50–311.502,73556
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600585328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,9191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700678306.23/cwt305.00–310.002,0764
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750727310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2544
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650610315.68/cwt310.00–325.001,9268
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700656347.35/cwt346.00–349.002,27920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600568381.80/cwt375.00–385.002,16929
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600574348.47/cwt346.00–350.002,0005
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800770289.84/cwt281.00–296.002,2325
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700669305.62/cwt300.00–308.002,0457
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,055210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,2161
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550520348.41/cwt340.00–354.001,8125
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800793335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,65762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550520349.29/cwt349.00–350.001,8167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574334.39/cwt323.00–341.001,91943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500460375.02/cwt369.00–381.001,7253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750704354.50/cwt354.50–354.502,49629
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650622354.18/cwt351.00–365.002,20310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350333388.03/cwt379.00–392.501,2927
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750738290.74/cwt285.00–296.002,1467
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650613318.01/cwt305.00–321.001,94932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850845252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,1291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750743293.60/cwt293.00–296.002,1815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550536390.99/cwt385.00–396.002,09619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450428378.86/cwt372.00–387.001,62216
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600579346.44/cwt342.50–349.002,0064
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550534327.61/cwt320.00–330.001,7496
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800773301.65/cwt300.00–305.002,3323
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750705310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1861
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500475384.31/cwt381.00–386.001,8257
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550530303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,6062
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4441
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650610289.45/cwt284.00–295.001,7662
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2051
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450442365.66/cwt365.00–366.001,6163
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400390364.17/cwt362.50–365.001,4203
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650620297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,8451
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650618274.49/cwt273.00–276.001,6962
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500455375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7061
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400355352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2511
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600550304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,6721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350315335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0551
SteersMedium and Large 2-3850–900892254.04/cwt248.00–255.502,2665
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600580316.02/cwt311.00–321.001,8334
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850820265.93/cwt263.00–269.002,1812
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800788291.50/cwt290.00–293.002,2972
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450432335.75/cwt335.00–336.001,4504
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600557297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,6572
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500460343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,5781
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650613305.10/cwt300.00–310.001,8702
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550510332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,6961
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400383352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,3502
CowsLean 85-90%960150.23/cwt147.50–153.501,4423
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,735140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,4291
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,576174.02/cwt173.50–175.002,7434
SteersSelect1,325163.50/cwt163.50–163.502,1661
Bulls1,548181.47/cwt179.50–185.002,8095
Bulls1,860204.75/cwt201.50–209.003,8083
CowsBoner 80-85%1,221159.73/cwt155.50–163.001,9507
CowsBoner 80-85%1,176152.19/cwt150.00–154.501,7905
CowsLean 85-90%1,023137.43/cwt134.50–140.501,4062
Bulls1,601192.01/cwt187.00–195.003,0744
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,585160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,5361
CowsBoner 80-85%1,291168.14/cwt166.00–171.502,1716
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450425352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,4961
Dairy SteersLarge 3700–750745232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,7281
Dairy HeifersLarge 3950–1000973190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,8543
Dairy SteersLarge 3650–700665155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0311
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added950–1000958250.30/cwt250.30–250.302,39854
SteersSelect and Choice1,485179.50/cwt179.50–179.502,6661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400360413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,4871
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500455320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4561
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700697282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9662
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3850–900890200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800765250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9131
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300250300.00/cwt300.00–300.007501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2875172.03/cwt171.00–173.001,5052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550507360.50/cwt360.50–360.501,82819
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650625341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,1311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550535370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450427408.21/cwt405.00–410.001,7434
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500465399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,8551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350338404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,3663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450415396.65/cwt395.00–397.501,6466
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850815308.00/cwt305.00–311.002,5102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500495422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,09117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523358.99/cwt350.00–367.001,87815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400393403.46/cwt397.00–410.001,5862
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600552392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,16410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469400.35/cwt390.00–407.501,8789
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476358.60/cwt354.00–366.001,70717
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450433393.29/cwt380.00–400.001,70311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350341405.96/cwt400.00–419.001,3844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850829327.61/cwt324.50–334.002,71693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670300.74/cwt291.00–304.002,01512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523342.88/cwt330.00–348.001,79320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800770286.72/cwt278.00–291.002,2083
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900875205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650600326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,9564
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380386.40/cwt382.50–387.501,4686
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000973212.99/cwt212.00–215.002,0723
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200195395.00/cwt395.00–395.007701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400370393.80/cwt390.00–399.001,4573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900860225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950945240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2681
SteersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,015238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,4161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850819248.97/cwt243.00–250.502,0395
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900870293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,5494
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950912275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5086
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300285407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,1611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2150–200150515.00/cwt515.00–515.007731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350325407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,3231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800762320.78/cwt310.00–329.002,44416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450427421.75/cwt421.00–422.501,8014
SteersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,055239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,5211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750704322.35/cwt320.00–330.002,26912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550511412.36/cwt407.00–419.002,10714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450421408.47/cwt400.00–420.001,7207
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650626340.41/cwt325.00–348.002,13119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400381402.56/cwt397.50–408.001,5344
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500460376.37/cwt374.00–381.001,7315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570357.90/cwt350.00–370.002,04014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700673334.83/cwt322.00–340.002,25313

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.