Russell Co. Stockyard Market Report

Russell Springs, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 10, 2024

962 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $265.98/cwt +10.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,060/hd at 774 lb · 135 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $271.47/cwt +1.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,554/hd at 572 lb · 88 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $275.83/cwt +12.83 vs last sale · ≈ $2,011/hd at 729 lb · 71 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	962	570	924
Feeder cattle	917	529	750
Slaughter cattle	33	22	104
Replacement cattle	12	19	70

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons available due to the market closure last week for the July 4th holiday. Feeder buyers were showing a strong preference for the weaned, pre-conditioned calves in all classes. Several high quality packages were in today's offering. The demand on slaughter cows remained strong.

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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	347.00	$347.00	$1,145	+49.44
395	395	1	339.00	$339.00	$1,339	+4.00
425–437	433	3	343.00–347.50	$344.47	$1,492	—
460–475 fancy	471	4	360.00–365.00	$363.78	$1,713	+12.78
450–488	474	14	320.00–347.00	$337.72	$1,601	+26.75
518 value added	518	7	329.00	$329.00	$1,704	—
500–547	529	13	300.00–322.00	$312.78	$1,655	-3.82
550–581	571	22	294.00–316.00	$309.51	$1,767	-4.52
557–592 value added	573	39	321.00–325.00	$323.07	$1,851	—
610–647	636	9	283.00–290.00	$285.50	$1,816	-22.35
642–647 value added	645	50	305.00–307.50	$306.50	$1,977	—
667–675 value added	670	7	293.00–297.00	$294.57	$1,974	—
675–692	681	8	278.00–288.00	$285.52	$1,944	—
729 value added	729	70	276.00	$276.00	$2,012	—
730	730	1	264.00	$264.00	$1,927	+1.00
750–770	755	4	255.00–258.00	$257.24	$1,942	+1.74
775 value added	775	131	266.25	$266.25	$2,063	—
800	800	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,920	+5.49
897	897	2	235.00	$235.00	$2,108	—
905	905	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,127	—
960	960	3	221.00	$221.00	$2,122	+4.00
1128	1128	3	180.00	$180.00	$2,030	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,013	—
475	475	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,282	—
520–525	523	2	281.00–290.00	$285.52	$1,493	—
585	585	1	284.00	$284.00	$1,661	—
625–640	635	3	265.00–272.00	$268.70	$1,706	—
695	695	3	255.00–268.00	$259.33	$1,802	—
735	735	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,874	—
1075	1075	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,849	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,169	—
635–640	638	2	245.00–252.00	$248.51	$1,585	+0.86

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287–295	290	3	292.50–295.00	$293.35	$851	-46.65
310	310	2	300.00	$300.00	$930	+1.60
360–392	387	11	282.00–294.00	$288.07	$1,115	-9.44
411–445	419	10	274.00–291.00	$281.33	$1,179	-5.24
460–495	484	24	272.50–292.00	$281.90	$1,364	—
500–546	530	62	260.00–282.00	$269.36	$1,428	+1.13
550–576 value added	566	55	274.00–280.00	$275.16	$1,557	—
560–596	583	33	256.00–270.00	$265.31	$1,547	-4.69
601 value added	601	57	280.00	$280.00	$1,683	—
610–625	621	6	248.00–264.00	$253.13	$1,572	+7.09
671–675	674	8	231.00–250.00	$238.10	$1,605	+1.10
707	707	2	233.50	$233.50	$1,651	-3.25
760	760	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,740	-13.00
1010	1010	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,687	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–385	375	3	272.00–275.00	$273.97	$1,027	—
450–495	473	4	254.00–269.00	$261.60	$1,237	—
511–542	525	9	240.00–258.00	$249.51	$1,310	—
550–587	576	8	235.00–249.00	$241.34	$1,390	—
600–640	625	5	226.00–241.00	$237.51	$1,484	—
675–695	682	3	215.00–228.00	$222.01	$1,514	—
725	725	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,522	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	250.00	$250.00	$900	-17.50
450	450	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,080	-9.54
640	640	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,376	-20.00
660	660	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,399	-5.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,062	—
530	530	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,283	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,157	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	344.00–350.00	$347.00	$1,197	+12.83
365–385	375	2	320.00–325.00	$322.57	$1,210	-19.93
402 fancy	402	2	338.00	$338.00	$1,359	+1.80
410–445	428	2	315.00–324.00	$319.32	$1,367	—
451 fancy	451	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,488	—
465–485	476	6	295.00–310.00	$303.30	$1,444	+0.94
505–547	521	8	298.00–305.00	$301.91	$1,573	+0.30
555–575	565	7	262.50–279.00	$270.12	$1,526	-20.22
612–642	621	11	260.00–278.00	$264.71	$1,644	-19.29
651–695	670	7	240.00–258.00	$252.73	$1,693	—
825	825	2	203.00	$203.00	$1,675	-6.00
1105	1105	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,945	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	307.50	$307.50	$800	—
420–447	438	3	292.00–295.00	$292.96	$1,283	—
490–497	494	4	280.00–290.00	$284.96	$1,408	—
500–510	505	3	270.00–280.00	$276.67	$1,397	—
555–580	573	5	240.00–246.00	$243.62	$1,396	—
605–630	618	4	240.00–254.00	$246.78	$1,525	—
670	670	2	230.00–235.00	$232.50	$1,558	—
725	725	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,580	—
835	835	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,553	—
990	990	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,584	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	275.00	$275.00	$756	—
362–380	368	3	280.00–282.50	$281.64	$1,036	-19.62
520	520	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,300	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	291.00	$291.00	$989	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,213	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110	1110	80-85%	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,110	-45.40
1025–1365	1213	80-85%	11	134.00–145.00	$140.76	$1,707	—
1415	1415	80-85%	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,542	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1040	955	85-90%	3	120.00–123.00	$120.94	$1,155	+1.02
975	975	85-90%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,316	+15.08
935–1460	1093	85-90%	4	84.00–100.00	$93.03	$1,017	—
1285	1285	85-90%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,349	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1650	1414	75-80%	4	136.00–145.00	$139.52	$1,973	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–2505	1930	3	145.00–160.00	$153.51	$2,963	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,585.00	$1,585.00
1145–1595	1293	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,775.00–2,325.00	$2,038.39

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,510.00	$1,510.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

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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.