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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 27
● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
← Oct 20Oct 27latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
904 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 986▲ 904 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 42▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 8▲ 0 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 unevenly steady. Feeder heifer sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $404.75/cwt on 69 head, up $3.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 32 comparable sales and sits −56.43 against this barn's trailing median of $461.18.
Average price
$404.75
▲ 3.96 vs prior sale
69 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,222
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$354
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$69.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.81
vs KY average
−30.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548410.842,25360
Medium and Large 2548382.562,0975thin
Medium and Large 2-3557341.261,8994thin
One grade step is worth $69.58/cwt here — about $354 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale69 hd
404.75
—
KY average26 barns · 972 hd
399.94
+4.81
National average163 barns · 26,594 hd
435.15
−30.40
This barn, trailing median32 sales
461.18
−56.43
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
516461407352median 461.1803/0304/2806/2309/0110/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.97, low $366.49, median $461.18 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Low1,565173.832,7217thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,617134.862,1807thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,277130.831,67118
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low947104.179866thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,150142.001,6331thin

Every lot, as filed

114 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,9501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6332
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423426.64/cwt415.00–435.001,8055
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2091
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3471400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8843
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477432.83/cwt422.50–440.002,0657
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,3481
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523413.84/cwt400.00–430.002,16416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527389.27/cwt385.00–397.502,0513
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9082
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added536449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,40712
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567410.77/cwt400.00–414.002,3299
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568385.40/cwt376.00–397.502,18922
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,1612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3583322.51/cwt320.00–325.001,8802
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy620409.95/cwt398.00–410.902,54241
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625348.66/cwt340.00–367.502,1795
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640384.74/cwt378.00–390.002,46218
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3650327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1291
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687365.85/cwt362.50–366.002,51323
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689344.09/cwt332.50–355.002,3719
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710339.00/cwt338.00–340.002,4074
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3711312.53/cwt311.00–320.002,2226
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724323.68/cwt314.00–335.002,34314
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added777362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,81369
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,5213
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818328.15/cwt320.00–332.502,6849
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added839344.24/cwt336.25–346.002,888144
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3846309.33/cwt308.00–310.002,6173
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,6491
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2920309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,8431
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,012275.74/cwt272.50–282.002,7903
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,1161
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3245437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,0721
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2250450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3265380.00/cwt375.00–385.001,0072
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3801
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,3671
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4892
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382384.21/cwt380.00–388.001,4685
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385363.70/cwt360.00–367.501,4002
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy408400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6323
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420379.69/cwt365.00–385.001,59510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3423358.68/cwt357.50–360.001,5172
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy452417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,8876
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461366.02/cwt360.00–375.001,68715
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485355.08/cwt350.00–357.501,7223
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added501361.80/cwt360.00–363.001,8135
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3518331.14/cwt326.00–335.001,7153
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529343.22/cwt337.00–355.001,81623
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565317.52/cwt315.00–320.001,7942
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574329.37/cwt321.00–339.001,89129
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616318.95/cwt305.00–323.001,96513
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3628295.36/cwt292.50–301.001,8553
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670294.73/cwt292.50–297.001,9752
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675311.83/cwt305.00–315.002,10510
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added697332.60/cwt321.00–338.002,31830
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3715280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0021
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723293.56/cwt287.50–303.002,1229
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added748309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,3113
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,4831
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3780284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,2151
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783291.43/cwt280.00–296.002,28216
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,5261
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3835200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6701
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3884261.76/cwt239.00–278.002,3144
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2910254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,3112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2200455.00/cwt455.00–455.009101
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy235550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,2931
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3240422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,0141
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2250470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,1751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy310535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,6591
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2379500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8957
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3390460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7941
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0803
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3425405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435442.50/cwt435.00–447.501,9254
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2463416.70/cwt410.00–430.001,9296
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3478405.38/cwt400.00–410.001,9389
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3510362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8491
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519382.66/cwt372.00–392.501,98620
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy565382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,1611
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3576338.91/cwt320.00–355.001,9524
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579362.37/cwt350.00–370.002,09810
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630343.82/cwt335.00–352.502,16615
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3640322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0612
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy680352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,3971
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2684315.96/cwt309.00–325.002,16115
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3705307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,1681
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2709325.93/cwt317.50–331.002,3118
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2760297.40/cwt295.00–301.002,2605
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2818281.22/cwt280.00–282.502,3002
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3820287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,3581
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3905235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1271
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2932243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,2654
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3535257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3781
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3725275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9941
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3501
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,150142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,6331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,398163.55/cwt160.00–167.002,2863
Bulls——1,648175.34/cwt170.00–181.002,8902
Bulls——1,733187.74/cwt186.00–189.503,2542
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%880113.00/cwt113.00–113.009941
Cows—Lean 85-90%900130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1701
Cows—Lean 85-90%95291.00/cwt91.00–91.008663
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1391
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241121.43/cwt117.00–125.001,5076
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,8082
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300134.23/cwt130.50–138.001,74510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,613142.15/cwt139.50–144.502,2932
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,618131.94/cwt129.00–137.502,1355
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220181.54/cwt154.00–210.002,2152

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.