Russell Co. Stockyard Market Report

Russell Springs, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 24, 2024

560 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Russell Co. Stockyard report →

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $304.38/cwt +7.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,921/hd at 631 lb · 46 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $251.86/cwt +8.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,552/hd at 616 lb · 36 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $257.88/cwt ≈ $1,969/hd at 763 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	560	507	351
Feeder cattle	512	408	325
Slaughter cattle	33	87	24
Replacement cattle	15	12	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. traded 6.00-8.00 lower and those over 500 lbs. were 6.00-8.00 higher. Today's offering varied greatly in quality and kind. The feeder buyers very strongly preferred the highest quality weaned calves in all classes. Lower quality and "bawling" calves were discounted heavily. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls were 3.00-5.00 higher.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	383	5	320.00–345.00	$339.45	$1,300	+1.95
407 fancy	407	2	343.00	$343.00	$1,396	—
415–445	435	9	299.00–317.00	$310.17	$1,349	—
475–480	478	2	301.00–315.00	$307.96	$1,472	-10.48
509–535	515	12	296.00–313.00	$307.81	$1,585	—
565 value added	565	6	311.00	$311.00	$1,757	-5.50
572–590	587	13	306.50–307.00	$306.57	$1,800	-0.81
606–645	628	17	294.00–304.00	$296.27	$1,861	-0.38
600–638 value added	633	29	309.00–310.00	$309.13	$1,957	—
656–660 value added	658	15	296.00–297.00	$296.53	$1,951	—
660	660	1	276.00	$276.00	$1,822	-5.00
726 value added	726	8	271.00	$271.00	$1,967	—
705–741	735	20	246.00–263.00	$258.49	$1,900	-11.51
762 value added	762	26	260.00	$260.00	$1,981	—
769	769	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,922	—
815	815	1	243.00	$243.00	$1,980	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,006	—
365–395	385	3	310.00–311.00	$310.68	$1,196	—
450–495	472	6	278.00–290.00	$286.22	$1,351	—
500–525	513	5	277.00–290.00	$283.45	$1,454	-7.55
555–585	568	4	265.00–280.00	$271.89	$1,544	—
605	605	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,676	-6.00
655–693	677	11	240.00–256.00	$251.17	$1,700	—
792–795	793	3	223.00–230.00	$225.34	$1,787	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553–560	555	4	240.00–257.50	$253.08	$1,405	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	300.00	$300.00	$855	—
600	600	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,320	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,232	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	315.00	$315.00	$724	+25.00
257	257	2	315.00	$315.00	$810	—
325–335	333	4	296.00–310.00	$306.58	$1,021	+8.91
357–370	361	4	285.00–295.00	$287.56	$1,038	-26.44
425 fancy	425	2	304.00	$304.00	$1,292	—
417–442	430	4	286.00–290.00	$288.06	$1,239	-15.69
450–498	481	12	271.00–286.00	$277.90	$1,337	-2.41
515–541	530	31	260.00–280.00	$272.55	$1,445	+3.69
550–593	576	8	250.00–265.00	$256.04	$1,475	+1.24
610–618 value added	613	29	253.00–256.50	$254.25	$1,559	—
612–647	630	7	236.50–244.50	$241.94	$1,524	-1.12
665	665	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,609	+9.38
736	736	4	235.50	$235.50	$1,733	+25.50
757	757	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,726	—
815–816	816	5	205.00–209.00	$208.20	$1,699	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	2	290.00	$290.00	$760	—
325–340	330	3	272.50–285.00	$280.71	$926	—
405–445	431	7	272.50–277.50	$274.76	$1,184	-10.24
495	495	3	254.00–265.00	$261.33	$1,294	+0.44
540–545	543	2	246.00–250.00	$247.99	$1,347	-2.66
550–595	575	5	238.00–247.50	$243.23	$1,399	+6.89
665	665	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,463	+15.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	250.00	$250.00	$988	—
475	475	1	202.50	$202.50	$962	—
555	555	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,068	—
730–735	733	2	188.00–192.50	$190.24	$1,394	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–695	673	2	200.00–221.00	$210.15	$1,414	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,108	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	405.00	$405.00	$810	+88.00
255	255	1	355.00	$355.00	$905	—
310–315	313	4	330.00–350.00	$339.07	$1,061	—
370–385	378	2	332.00–337.00	$334.45	$1,264	+4.45
460–485	466	4	288.00–294.00	$291.48	$1,358	-23.52
505–540	516	12	274.00–289.00	$280.33	$1,447	-10.57
560–580	567	3	264.00–277.00	$272.56	$1,545	-7.51
627–645	635	8	244.50–253.00	$248.83	$1,580	-24.93
650–677	670	8	242.00–245.00	$243.88	$1,634	—
730–740	734	4	224.00–243.00	$231.53	$1,699	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,055	+12.50
375–395	385	4	285.00–305.00	$295.45	$1,137	-8.52
420	420	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,134	—
455–477	470	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,316	+3.35

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	257.50	$257.50	$914	-17.50
423	423	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,015	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	2	224.00	$224.00	$1,355	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,288	—
665	665	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,496	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1740	1432	75-80%	13	130.00–138.00	$133.86	$1,917	+0.31
1310–1730	1520	75-80%	2	144.00–146.00	$144.86	$2,202	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1040	987	85-90%	3	80.00–90.00	$84.75	$836	-51.15
1125	1125	85-90%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,238	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1270	1185	80-85%	2	125.00–133.50	$128.95	$1,528	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,726	—
1540–1795	1671	4	161.50–165.00	$162.89	$2,722	—
1760	1760	1	185.00	$185.00	$3,256	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780 thin fleshed	780	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
870	870	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
840–920	880	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,385.00–1,400.00	$1,392.84

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1265	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,225.00	$2,225.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

↑ Back to top

Beef Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	3	187.50	$187.50	$806	—

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,985.00	$1,985.00	—
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,325.00	$2,325.00	—

↑ Back to top

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.