Russell Co. Stockyard Market Report

Russell Springs, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 12, 2023

924 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $245.70/cwt ≈ $1,811/hd at 737 lb · 89 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $240.49/cwt +17.21 vs last sale · ≈ $2,029/hd at 844 lb · 76 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $229.73/cwt +6.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,100/hd at 479 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	924	652	984
Feeder cattle	750	608	863
Slaughter cattle	104	29	84
Replacement cattle	70	15	37

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend due to the July 4th holiday last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	282.50	$282.50	$848	+32.50
355 fancy	355	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,065	+10.00
385–399	396	12	251.00–265.00	$253.77	$1,005	-4.89
428 fancy	428	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,198	—
400–445	434	8	240.00–266.00	$256.40	$1,113	+15.61
450–477 fancy	461	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,245	—
475–495	483	4	251.00–256.00	$253.00	$1,222	+5.66
492–497 value added	496	8	275.00–280.00	$278.76	$1,383	—
510–535	518	3	230.00–245.00	$236.89	$1,227	-16.90
526–543 value added	535	19	263.00–276.00	$270.08	$1,445	-3.31
555–585	573	15	225.00–274.50	$264.40	$1,515	+24.30
568–596 value added	584	7	268.00–275.00	$272.08	$1,589	+9.77
600–615	608	6	265.00	$265.00	$1,611	+11.94
606–641 value added	634	24	265.00–276.50	$267.29	$1,695	—
650 value added	650	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,755	—
650–685	660	4	235.00–256.00	$247.84	$1,636	+23.84
703–722	709	11	219.00–239.00	$227.86	$1,616	—
705–742 value added	741	78	247.00–248.25	$248.22	$1,839	—
757	757	2	226.50	$226.50	$1,715	—
825	825	5	219.00	$219.00	$1,807	+7.00
845 value added	845	71	242.00	$242.00	$2,045	+18.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	4	222.00	$222.00	$837	—
438–445	440	4	220.00–231.00	$222.78	$980	—
455–480	472	6	200.00–235.00	$220.47	$1,041	—
685–695	688	3	193.00–214.00	$200.07	$1,376	-8.93

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	180.00	$180.00	$918	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	225.00	$225.00	$529	±0.00
277–290	285	7	220.00–230.00	$224.06	$639	-3.16
305 fancy	305	1	244.00	$244.00	$744	—
300–315	309	4	220.00–228.00	$225.29	$696	-4.97
360–397	381	14	218.00–229.00	$220.97	$842	-4.44
400–445	419	24	212.00–231.00	$219.88	$921	-7.36
450–489	479	40	221.00–237.00	$229.73	$1,100	+6.74
505–538	525	31	215.00–232.00	$223.00	$1,171	+1.86
550–589	574	22	220.00–229.00	$227.35	$1,305	+17.75
627	627	12	219.00	$219.00	$1,373	+15.51
730	730	2	193.00	$193.00	$1,409	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	212.50	$212.50	$563	±0.00
325–340	336	5	207.50–215.00	$212.14	$713	+2.14
360–380	367	3	206.00–208.00	$206.69	$759	-5.39
405–447	428	7	190.00–210.00	$206.41	$883	-6.44
458–490	470	12	202.00–214.00	$211.20	$993	+17.20
502–540	515	3	202.00–207.50	$205.58	$1,059	—
560–570	565	4	200.00–201.00	$200.50	$1,133	+10.00
610–615	613	2	195.00–200.00	$197.49	$1,211	+16.32
650	650	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,274	+16.00
800	800	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,344	+33.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	185.00	$185.00	$426	—
295	295	1	195.00	$195.00	$575	+20.00
510–513	512	4	170.00	$170.00	$870	±0.00
550	550	1	150.00	$150.00	$825	-19.93
615–630	623	2	177.00–180.00	$178.48	$1,112	+7.17
650–695	673	2	160.00–170.00	$165.17	$1,112	—
940	940	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,222	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	323	2	160.00–179.00	$169.57	$548	—
430	430	1	160.00	$160.00	$688	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,012	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	145.00	$145.00	$783	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	258	2	270.00–283.00	$276.69	$714	+8.04
270–295 fancy	283	4	287.00–300.00	$293.79	$831	—
325 fancy	325	1	290.00	$290.00	$942	+2.00
320–332	328	3	240.00–255.00	$250.12	$820	+4.60
350 fancy	350	1	270.00	$270.00	$945	—
380–392	388	3	249.00–256.00	$253.71	$984	+7.32
404 fancy	404	5	257.00	$257.00	$1,038	+14.00
405–435	423	8	230.00–247.00	$237.01	$1,003	+2.64
455–480	468	7	220.00–240.00	$235.28	$1,101	+6.41
502–540	523	25	215.00–232.00	$223.60	$1,169	-2.63
560–585	568	14	215.00–235.00	$224.46	$1,275	+11.16
620	620	2	216.00–220.00	$218.00	$1,352	+4.22
665	665	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,579	—
710–725	718	3	188.00–194.00	$191.32	$1,374	—
1035	1035	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,552	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	211.00	$211.00	$728	—
377	377	2	220.00	$220.00	$829	+5.27
405–435	418	3	210.00–222.50	$217.15	$908	+12.15
460	460	1	213.00	$213.00	$980	—
505–540	523	8	200.00–210.00	$204.35	$1,069	—
550–595	573	3	197.50–210.00	$202.80	$1,162	+12.80
605–615	612	3	199.00–200.00	$199.67	$1,222	—
655–685	670	2	193.00–199.00	$195.93	$1,313	+5.93
892	892	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,302	—
922	922	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,328	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	200.00	$200.00	$540	—
350	350	1	192.00	$192.00	$672	+21.00
425	425	2	172.50–190.00	$181.25	$770	+14.96
470	470	1	185.00	$185.00	$870	+15.00
590	590	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,050	—
605	605	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,035	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	180.00	$180.00	$621	—
425	425	1	165.00	$165.00	$701	—
450	450	1	140.00	$140.00	$630	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–875	842	85-90%	5	50.00–64.00	$58.93	$496	—
815–1250	907	85-90%	15	70.00–80.00	$73.83	$670	+18.42
895–1210	1001	85-90%	22	82.00–94.00	$87.50	$876	+14.40
1210	1210	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,210	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145	1145	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$802	—
1110–1435	1219	80-85%	16	84.00–96.00	$92.05	$1,122	+20.76
1170–1292	1252	80-85%	6	98.50–105.00	$102.94	$1,289	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1222–1590	1407	75-80%	14	95.00–102.00	$98.97	$1,393	—
1685	1685	75-80%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,516	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1890	1547	9	90.00–110.00	$100.76	$1,559	—
1385–1940	1689	4	118.00–124.00	$122.25	$2,065	+0.10
1870–2115	1993	2	128.00–135.00	$131.28	$2,616	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880 thin fleshed	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1045–1165	1102	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,168.84
1035–1195	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,330.38
1050–1185	1116	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,142.93
1465	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–875 thin fleshed	857	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–900.00	$842.51
930 thin fleshed	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
990	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1136–1230	1152	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,350.00–1,425.00	$1,408.19	—
1240 fancy	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—
1255 fancy	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
848 thin fleshed	848	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00	$900.00	—
940 thin fleshed	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795–820	808	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,163.47	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730–820 thin fleshed	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–850.00	$797.10	—
890 fancy	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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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.