Russell Co. Stockyard Market Report

Russell Springs, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 6, 2023

556 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $224.44/cwt -1.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,628/hd at 725 lb · 86 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $249.10/cwt +4.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,165/hd at 468 lb · 19 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $213.87/cwt +15.18 vs last sale · ≈ $915/hd at 428 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	556	707	621
Feeder cattle	473	612	586
Slaughter cattle	62	95	28
Replacement cattle	21	—	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs. sold 7.00-9.00 lower and those over 500 lbs. were 6.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. traded 8.00-10.00 higher and over 500 lbs. were steady. The buyers showed strong interest for the weaned and higher quality feeder calves despite their concerns over the volatile futures market. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady and slaughter bulls were 1.00-3.00 lower.

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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	257.50	$257.50	$850	+10.90
405–445 fancy	419	11	250.00–259.50	$255.38	$1,070	—
420–435	425	3	220.00–240.00	$230.00	$978	-24.61
458–460	459	4	228.00–230.00	$229.50	$1,053	-13.50
455–482 fancy	470	15	252.00–256.50	$254.33	$1,195	-8.67
535–547	539	8	220.00–237.00	$228.68	$1,233	+3.25
550–575	558	3	234.00–238.00	$235.37	$1,313	+15.82
570	570	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,186	-11.55
656 value added	656	4	227.50	$227.50	$1,492	—
721	721	13	216.00	$216.00	$1,557	+6.43
711–727 value added	726	73	224.50–226.00	$225.94	$1,640	-1.06
865	865	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,592	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	191.00	$191.00	$831	—
525	525	1	180.00	$180.00	$945	-23.34
570–580	573	3	202.00–205.00	$203.99	$1,169	+2.48
615–630	623	2	195.00–204.00	$199.45	$1,243	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	168.00	$168.00	$773	—
540	540	1	170.00	$170.00	$918	—
650	650	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,170	—
830–835	833	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,291	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	175.00	$175.00	$971	—
805	805	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,344	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,156	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	283	3	212.00–235.00	$226.46	$641	+11.03
310	310	1	227.00	$227.00	$704	+15.40
377–382	380	4	213.00–222.50	$217.72	$827	+17.72
400–447	428	17	200.00–222.00	$213.87	$915	+15.18
450–485	469	13	190.00–209.00	$199.83	$937	+0.19
503–547	525	15	184.00–198.00	$192.35	$1,010	+1.06
550–590	569	11	184.00–197.00	$188.37	$1,072	-4.43
645	645	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,155	-10.11
665–680	669	4	176.00–183.00	$181.22	$1,212	+4.41
707–740	718	3	177.00–185.00	$182.25	$1,309	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	373	3	190.00	$190.00	$709	—
415	415	1	190.00	$190.00	$788	—
535	535	1	170.00	$170.00	$910	—
555–575	561	6	164.00–172.50	$168.33	$944	—
660–695	687	5	164.00–168.00	$165.41	$1,136	—
740	740	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,258	—
792	792	2	162.00	$162.00	$1,283	—
910	910	2	130.00–136.00	$133.00	$1,210	—
975	975	4	120.00	$120.00	$1,170	—
1020	1020	4	116.00	$116.00	$1,183	—
1082	1082	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,472	—

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	-10.00
420	420	1	170.00	$170.00	$714	-20.00
495–497	497	7	150.00–170.00	$162.43	$807	—
502–525	511	6	140.00–150.00	$142.53	$728	-39.47
551–595	566	13	140.00–155.00	$150.34	$851	—
635	635	1	135.00	$135.00	$857	-38.72
775	775	2	138.00	$138.00	$1,070	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	2	158.00	$158.00	$1,082	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	240.00	$240.00	$612	—
305–335	320	2	230.00–255.00	$241.91	$774	-2.09
370 fancy	370	2	271.00	$271.00	$1,003	+11.00
375–385	380	2	256.00–265.00	$260.56	$990	—
445	445	1	234.00	$234.00	$1,041	+10.91
455–490	472	11	220.00–234.00	$226.42	$1,069	+5.38
505–540	514	7	220.00–226.00	$223.94	$1,151	+16.42
575	575	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,098	-1.15
605–640	620	12	185.00–193.50	$190.21	$1,179	—
655–680	669	8	174.00–188.00	$181.92	$1,217	—
723–740	726	7	160.00–168.00	$163.41	$1,186	-6.59

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	182.00	$182.00	$500	—
360–365	361	5	184.00–185.00	$184.80	$667	-19.20
475–491	487	4	160.00–170.00	$167.56	$816	—
500–510	503	3	165.00–170.00	$166.69	$838	-20.28
570–590	580	2	141.00–154.00	$147.61	$856	-19.89
610	610	1	140.00	$140.00	$854	-28.00
655–672	666	3	136.00–139.00	$136.98	$912	—
830	830	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	4	191.00	$191.00	$814	—
495	495	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,002	—
510–542	528	5	180.00–200.00	$190.60	$1,006	—
570	570	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,026	—
600	600	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,020	—
687	687	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,134	—
705–725	715	2	150.00–151.00	$150.51	$1,076	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	163.00	$163.00	$750	—
682	682	2	142.00	$142.00	$968	—
720	720	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,080	—
760–795	778	2	146.00–150.00	$147.95	$1,151	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–2010	1524	75-80%	20	80.00–88.00	$83.65	$1,275	—
1615–1640	1628	75-80%	2	90.00	$90.00	$1,465	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1235	1168	80-85%	2	93.00–94.00	$93.47	$1,092	—
1145–1310	1187	80-85%	9	70.00–78.00	$74.35	$883	—
1120–1295	1207	80-85%	7	83.00–87.50	$84.38	$1,018	-9.05

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1020	915	85-90%	3	94.00–99.00	$96.35	$882	—
800–1160	987	85-90%	3	69.00–74.00	$70.74	$698	—
1015–1150	1070	85-90%	4	50.00–60.00	$53.10	$568	-3.33
1070	1070	85-90%	1	88.00	$88.00	$942	+31.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395	1395	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,325	—
1157–1820	1515	5	108.00–112.00	$110.13	$1,668	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1170	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,035.00–1,300.00	$1,164.90
1155–1170	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,124.84
1170–1315	1252	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,100.00–1,400.00	$1,314.03
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,135.00	$1,135.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,435.00	$1,435.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,410.00	$1,410.00
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	126.00	$126.00	$655	-6.00

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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.