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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 21
● Final133 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,051 head
164 vs last sale 887 66 vs year ago 1,117 · 5.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
15 vs last sale 48 16 vs year ago 17 · +94.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 3 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There was good demand for feeder classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $475.02/cwt on 144 head, down $24.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 30 comparable sales and sits +9.73 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.
Average price
$475.02
24.25 vs prior sale
144 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$51.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.37
vs KY average
4.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547485.562,654110
Medium and Large 2560452.282,53213thin
Medium and Large 2-3550433.942,38521
One grade step is worth $51.62/cwt here — about $269 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
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 sale144 hd
475.02
KY average24 barns · 1,435 hd
479.40
−4.37
National average158 barns · 12,009 hd
479.03
−4.01
This barn, trailing median30 sales
465.30
+9.73
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
BullsAverage1,607198.993,1974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,234176.382,17719
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,544170.182,6273thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low888150.901,3415thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,080198.002,1381thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)930$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)860$4,4501thin

Every lot, as filed

133 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed250–300252650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,6382
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300260620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,6121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750713384.48/cwt380.00–391.002,7413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550526522.87/cwt520.00–525.002,75026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700664426.77/cwt415.00–430.002,83422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650609429.58/cwt417.00–435.002,61617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850822354.90/cwt350.00–361.002,91711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800785364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,8571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950913312.97/cwt311.00–315.002,8572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500488530.18/cwt520.00–537.502,58721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650619451.57/cwt445.00–456.002,79515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700658389.55/cwt380.00–400.002,56310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350305630.50/cwt620.00–637.501,9235
SteersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,060291.00/cwt291.00–291.003,0853
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500485516.42/cwt500.00–527.502,50514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574453.34/cwt445.00–464.002,60237
SteersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,020290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,9581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500461475.51/cwt462.50–485.002,19218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,070305.00/cwt305.00–305.003,2641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550520430.87/cwt417.00–438.002,24170
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250227598.20/cwt595.00–600.001,3583
SteersMedium and Large 1-21100–11501,130268.00/cwt268.00–268.003,0281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450412549.06/cwt540.00–560.002,2626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2150–200185645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,1931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600590384.38/cwt380.00–400.002,26816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350320524.95/cwt512.50–532.501,68010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750728340.34/cwt331.00–345.002,4786
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450433493.18/cwt480.00–500.002,13533
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621376.81/cwt370.00–381.002,34032
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550518470.60/cwt460.00–475.002,4388
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450425533.72/cwt520.00–540.002,2683
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300273604.72/cwt590.00–615.001,6516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670354.33/cwt351.00–359.002,3743
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650618401.67/cwt390.00–409.002,48215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800771338.57/cwt327.00–344.002,6105
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900850306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,6011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850815323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,6321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400369531.22/cwt522.50–537.501,96010
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600560467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,6181
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350327620.46/cwt612.50–625.002,0295
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600562438.19/cwt435.00–450.002,46311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700671388.26/cwt381.00–394.002,6057
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900855300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400370604.14/cwt600.00–615.002,2357
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500482505.02/cwt500.00–510.002,4347
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200183732.19/cwt725.00–740.001,3402
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950–1000960310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,9761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250230645.00/cwt640.00–650.001,4842
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450429520.22/cwt505.00–523.002,23218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400378614.16/cwt612.50–615.002,3223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350337652.59/cwt647.50–655.002,1996
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300251700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,7573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300257625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,6062
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650630417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,6271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450431560.65/cwt557.50–562.502,41613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy150–200185765.00/cwt765.00–765.001,41510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400377552.50/cwt552.50–552.502,0836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450410570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,3371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350330564.29/cwt560.00–570.001,8623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500456532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,4284
HeifersSelect and Choice1,080198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,1381
Bulls1,808203.73/cwt200.50–206.003,6832
CowsLean 85-90%873148.88/cwt146.00–150.001,3004
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,625158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,5681
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,503176.27/cwt175.00–177.502,6492
CowsBoner 80-85%1,050140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29301,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,264174.35/cwt170.00–180.002,20411
Bulls1,405194.25/cwt194.00–194.502,7292
CowsBoner 80-85%1,070152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6261
CowsBoner 80-85%1,238190.23/cwt184.00–193.502,3556
CowsLean 85-90%950159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,5111
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350345512.50/cwt512.50–512.501,7681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300254750.00/cwt750.00–750.001,9059
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600560490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,7447
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500457543.78/cwt540.00–547.502,4856
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28604,450.00/head4,450.00–4,450.004,4501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550538540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,9054
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300263549.84/cwt545.00–552.501,4463
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450432459.31/cwt455.00–465.001,9848
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500492441.00/cwt441.00–441.002,1704
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500473502.46/cwt500.00–505.002,3772
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700685345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3631
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850835277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,3171
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800785332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,6101
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550545391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,1312
HeifersMedium and Large 2-31000–10501,040225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,3401
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550528453.42/cwt451.00–457.502,3948
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600575379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,1791
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400363500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8154
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450430500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400390552.50/cwt552.50–552.502,1551
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550528446.34/cwt442.50–450.002,3572
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350335575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,9261
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600563421.95/cwt420.00–431.002,37613
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350338526.39/cwt520.00–532.501,7792
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700660360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3762
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400375480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8001
SteersMedium and Large 2-31150–12001,160275.00/cwt275.00–275.003,1901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550516488.97/cwt475.00–505.002,52321
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600590440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,5966
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550520442.01/cwt440.00–451.002,29813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400386571.22/cwt555.00–575.002,2058
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed350–400373575.85/cwt575.00–580.002,1486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450409531.63/cwt530.00–535.002,17412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650613385.47/cwt383.00–388.002,3632
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485490.01/cwt489.00–497.502,37711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600561416.47/cwt403.00–420.002,33615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600554478.98/cwt471.00–481.002,65415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850802376.80/cwt376.80–376.803,02270
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750718409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,9379
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700685375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5692
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400365582.50/cwt582.50–582.502,1261
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500488504.19/cwt500.00–510.002,46010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed300–350305585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,7841
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450447510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2802
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550534462.80/cwt462.00–467.502,4717
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600590422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,4932
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,1271
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550541450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800792373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,95441
BullsMedium and Large 2150–200195680.00/cwt680.00–680.001,3261
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350310580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,7982
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700679363.28/cwt363.00–365.002,4677
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500486492.18/cwt490.00–500.002,3929
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450440510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2441
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400385530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0412
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600575377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1711
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300290575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,6681
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,8891
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600570381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,1721
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475454.17/cwt450.00–457.502,15711
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450433472.54/cwt470.00–475.002,0462

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.