Russell Co. Stockyard Market Report

Russell Springs, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 12, 2021

673 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.29/cwt +5.58 vs last sale · ≈ $859/hd at 686 lb · 90 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $162.41/cwt +3.09 vs last sale · ≈ $852/hd at 525 lb · 52 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.32/cwt +2.16 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 519 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	673	504	765
Feeder cattle	530	460	704
Slaughter cattle	79	26	52
Replacement cattle	64	18	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---3.00--5.00 higher and Feeder heifers ---Steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher and bulls firm. Todays receipts --673 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
330	330	1	166.00	$166.00	$548	—
352 fancy	352	2	180.00	$180.00	$634	—
420 fancy	420	3	163.00	$163.00	$685	—
405–440	424	13	156.00–170.00	$165.29	$701	+10.28
455–472	470	7	155.00–166.00	$161.87	$761	+21.87
507–548 fancy	517	12	167.00–168.00	$167.74	$867	—
505–545	527	40	149.00–166.00	$160.81	$847	+1.49
555–585	565	3	154.00–160.00	$157.93	$892	+8.38
601–646	620	32	140.00–150.00	$148.06	$918	+6.13
651–666	654	13	145.00–146.50	$146.15	$956	+13.83
684 value added	684	21	135.00	$135.00	$923	—
730	730	3	128.00	$128.00	$934	+10.00
749 value added	749	20	129.50	$129.50	$970	—
945	945	2	113.00	$113.00	$1,068	—
1320	1320	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,320	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
647	647	1	127.00	$127.00	$822	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	139.00	$139.00	$799	+23.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	137.00	$137.00	$315	—
340	340	1	127.50	$127.50	$434	-32.01
350–397	373	7	126.00–136.00	$133.80	$499	-4.92
400–444	432	16	139.00–149.00	$143.66	$621	+0.01
452–490	470	25	134.00–148.00	$141.82	$667	+3.81
500–535	519	40	130.00–141.00	$136.32	$708	+2.16
558–594	575	24	124.00–136.50	$130.54	$751	-1.98
600–647	623	8	119.00–128.00	$123.89	$772	-4.36
658–678	664	14	115.00–124.50	$122.81	$815	+3.10
690 value added	690	76	125.75	$125.75	$868	—
790	790	2	120.00	$120.00	$948	+20.00
970	970	1	88.00	$88.00	$854	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–420	415	3	131.00–135.00	$132.30	$549	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	135.00	$135.00	$554	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	128.00	$128.00	$474	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220 fancy	220	1	177.00	$177.00	$389	—
280 fancy	280	1	185.00	$185.00	$518	—
345	345	1	142.50	$142.50	$492	—
375–385	380	2	147.50–150.00	$148.73	$565	-11.27
401–430	408	10	147.00–159.00	$154.88	$632	-2.30
455–475	470	5	140.00–158.00	$154.40	$726	+6.52
510–540	517	6	135.00–155.50	$147.78	$764	-2.93
555–585	565	9	138.00–156.00	$148.95	$842	+9.33
602–625	614	4	131.00–134.00	$132.47	$813	-0.71
670	670	1	124.00	$124.00	$831	-1.41
725	725	1	112.00	$112.00	$812	-5.34
775	775	1	122.00	$122.00	$946	+12.00
1100	1100	1	82.00	$82.00	$902	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	2	134.00	$134.00	$793	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1615	1615	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	1	116.00	$116.00	$818	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	75-80%	1	56.00	$56.00	$683	-8.96
1085–1715	1385	75-80%	32	62.00–79.00	$67.15	$930	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1015	922	85-90%	7	53.00–64.00	$61.31	$565	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–920	895	80-85%	2	50.00–51.50	$50.73	$454	—
1000	1000	80-85%	1	54.00	$54.00	$540	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1615	1332	3	60.00–77.50	$72.12	$961	—
1210–1645	1485	7	81.00–88.50	$85.55	$1,270	—
1295–2020	1818	7	89.00–100.00	$94.98	$1,727	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235–1410	1254	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	850.00–1,150.00	$1,124.05
1295	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1310–1365	1340	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	860.00–1,025.00	$929.06
1320–1480	1423	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	975.00–1,150.00	$1,032.54
1435 thin fleshed	1435	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1155	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00–1,200.00	$971.02
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
1050–1255	1179	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	725.00–1,300.00	$968.41

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1015	1015	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1305–1320	1313	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,550.00	$1,351.14	—
1390	1390	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1570–1785	1682	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,260.00–1,435.00	$1,389.16	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1230–1265	1243	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	985.00–1,475.00	$1,292.33	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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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.