Russell Co. Stockyard Market Report

Russell Springs, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 11, 2020

948 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.50/cwt +4.68 vs last sale · ≈ $707/hd at 559 lb · 64 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $140.23/cwt -0.37 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 625 lb · 53 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.44/cwt -1.73 vs last sale · ≈ $656/hd at 523 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	948	539	315
Feeder cattle	730	461	281
Slaughter cattle	89	44	30
Replacement cattle	129	34	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week : Feeder steers--Steady to 3.00 higher and Feeder heifers 2.00--3.00 higher . Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher . Todays receipts 945 hd.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	2	156.00	$156.00	$385	—
390	390	1	155.00	$155.00	$604	—
430–440	433	4	149.00–150.00	$149.75	$648	+0.18
450–477	465	17	148.00–156.00	$152.25	$708	+6.81
506–537	525	29	132.00–151.00	$142.28	$747	+1.64
550–595	563	20	133.00–153.50	$149.73	$843	+9.48
600–648	624	30	126.00–145.00	$138.88	$867	-1.72
626 value added	626	23	142.00	$142.00	$889	—
650–697	674	22	125.00–131.00	$128.53	$866	-5.61
704–735	709	7	119.00–129.00	$126.81	$899	+5.42
830	830	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,029	+2.30
880	880	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,056	—
1010	1010	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,050	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	120.00	$120.00	$504	—
555	555	1	132.00	$132.00	$733	—
660	660	1	100.00	$100.00	$660	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	2	104.00	$104.00	$530	-11.00
565	565	1	130.00	$130.00	$734	+10.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	120.00	$120.00	$570	-7.50
580	580	2	124.00	$124.00	$719	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266 fancy	266	1	146.00	$146.00	$388	-1.50
266–295	279	7	130.00–137.50	$133.67	$373	+8.67
300–337	310	13	131.00–139.00	$135.63	$420	+0.60
360–390	381	14	127.00–139.00	$134.52	$513	+3.55
400–445	429	22	124.00–139.00	$133.93	$575	+3.80
450–485	458	18	122.50–134.00	$129.66	$594	+0.03
500–545	523	39	120.00–131.50	$125.44	$656	-1.73
552–586	559	64	119.50–130.50	$126.50	$707	+4.68
600–640	613	37	118.00–124.00	$121.47	$745	+0.66
663–685	666	22	110.00–121.00	$115.94	$772	+14.58
705–742	730	3	114.00–118.00	$115.29	$842	+7.29
825	825	2	93.50	$93.50	$771	+2.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	117.00	$117.00	$415	+14.51
505–533	529	7	113.50–115.00	$113.70	$601	+3.70
550–560	557	3	107.50–109.00	$107.99	$602	—
700	700	2	84.50	$84.50	$592	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	120.00	$120.00	$312	—
335	335	1	124.00	$124.00	$415	—
355	355	1	118.00	$118.00	$419	—
400	400	1	120.00	$120.00	$480	—
497	497	2	125.50	$125.50	$624	—
510	510	2	121.00	$121.00	$617	—
605	605	2	102.00	$102.00	$617	—
710	710	1	87.50	$87.50	$621	—
795	795	1	87.50	$87.50	$696	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	423	2	100.00–122.00	$110.54	$468	—
490	490	1	100.00	$100.00	$490	—
655	655	1	87.00	$87.00	$570	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	167.50	$167.50	$410	—
326–343	333	7	145.00–157.50	$151.99	$506	-8.01
353 fancy	353	4	165.00	$165.00	$582	—
365–375	370	4	158.00–160.00	$158.99	$588	+3.52
407–447	435	14	135.00–154.50	$148.47	$646	+1.41
460–485	472	5	135.00–150.00	$142.68	$673	+5.46
500–545	510	20	125.00–145.50	$138.87	$708	+9.77
550–577	571	11	125.00–130.00	$126.00	$719	+0.46
609–633	620	24	116.00–124.00	$121.84	$755	+8.39
650–688	664	20	111.00–123.00	$117.03	$777	+3.64
705–725	715	2	107.00–109.00	$107.99	$772	-6.61
762	762	2	101.50	$101.50	$773	-4.50
810	810	1	107.00	$107.00	$867	—
920	920	1	80.00	$80.00	$736	—
965	965	1	90.00	$90.00	$868	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	126.00	$126.00	$611	-5.50
547	547	4	130.00	$130.00	$711	+15.05
715	715	1	87.00	$87.00	$622	—
795	795	1	87.00	$87.00	$692	—
820	820	1	85.00	$85.00	$697	—
925	925	1	84.00	$84.00	$777	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	99.00	$99.00	$723	—
858–870	860	6	82.00–89.00	$83.18	$715	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1785	1785	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	1	78.00	$78.00	$644	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	102.50	$102.50	$390	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1395	1200	75-80%	5	52.00–54.50	$53.52	$642	—
985–1740	1347	75-80%	21	55.00–75.00	$58.83	$792	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1140	977	80-85%	9	43.00–53.00	$47.44	$463	-1.39
785–1390	1047	80-85%	13	48.00–68.00	$53.32	$558	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–985	945	85-90%	3	53.50–67.00	$58.57	$553	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1895	1479	6	73.50–84.00	$79.96	$1,183	+1.74
1500–2040	1772	5	86.50–97.00	$91.56	$1,622	-0.51

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1087–1150	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,075.00–1,100.00	$1,090.34
1045–1175	1126	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	550.00–675.00	$629.35
1118–1195	1136	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	675.00–925.00	$772.09
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1120–1211	1188	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,088.22

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
677	677	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	535.00	$535.00
670–715	692	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	435.00–610.00	$513.90
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	635.00	$635.00
917–960	938	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	610.00–885.00	$788.37
972	972	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00	$725.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1355	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1310–1420	1370	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	1,400.00–1,650.00	$1,546.48	—
1410	1410	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1455–1540	1498	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–1,125.00	$942.82	—
1578	1578	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
1060–1288	1182	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	885.00–1,450.00	$1,242.31	—
1190–1280	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,050.00	$928.00	—
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	17	106.50	$106.50	$639	—
792 value added	792	43	100.75	$100.75	$798	—
863	863	8	85.00	$85.00	$734	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.