Russell Co. Stockyard Market Report

Russell Springs, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 14, 2024

669 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $239.84/cwt +12.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,957/hd at 816 lb · 64 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $286.24/cwt +2.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,772/hd at 619 lb · 38 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $236.19/cwt -14.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,582/hd at 670 lb · 34 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	669	626	714
Feeder cattle	576	536	625
Slaughter cattle	65	65	82
Replacement cattle	28	25	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 6.00-8.00 higher with the yearling heifers being sharply higher. The feeder calf buyers were more upbeat today showing better demand for all classes of feeders. More positive futures trading is helping to stop the downward trend on feeder cattle prices of previous weeks. Slaughter cows sold 7.00-9.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 2.00 higher with strong demand for both.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	310.00	$310.00	$822	—
340	340	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,139	—
420–440	431	5	291.00–304.00	$300.83	$1,297	-11.13
455–490	479	4	284.00–300.00	$292.15	$1,399	-7.85
473–496 fancy	481	18	309.00–311.00	$309.71	$1,490	—
516 value added	516	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,600	—
525–540	533	11	288.00–305.00	$302.99	$1,615	+7.41
550–592	577	20	285.00–301.00	$291.53	$1,682	+0.48
587 value added	587	5	308.00	$308.00	$1,808	+4.00
610–623	619	38	277.00–292.50	$286.24	$1,772	+2.10
650–662	659	10	279.50–287.00	$283.21	$1,866	+3.27
720	720	1	253.00	$253.00	$1,822	-3.31
726 value added	726	12	258.75	$258.75	$1,879	-21.25
756–777	769	16	228.00–245.00	$238.35	$1,833	+5.85
816 value added	816	63	240.00	$240.00	$1,958	—
825	825	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,898	+2.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	3	281.00	$281.00	$1,321	—
515	515	1	276.00	$276.00	$1,421	+0.27
560	560	5	274.00–276.00	$275.60	$1,543	+2.15
610	610	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,616	±0.00
685–695	690	3	252.50–256.00	$254.16	$1,754	—
785	785	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,758	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	237.50	$237.50	$843	—
463	463	3	259.00	$259.00	$1,199	—
547	547	2	253.00	$253.00	$1,384	—
670	670	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,534	-5.00
705	705	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,622	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–510	507	3	272.00–281.00	$278.04	$1,410	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	290.00	$290.00	$609	—
260	260	1	295.00	$295.00	$767	-29.17
315–327	323	3	290.00–305.00	$300.12	$969	+13.77
350–370	360	4	275.00–289.00	$281.15	$1,012	-9.16
400–445	434	18	270.00–288.00	$279.83	$1,214	+4.08
450–461	456	6	274.00–290.00	$284.07	$1,295	+15.40
500–540	517	31	260.00–278.00	$270.47	$1,398	+7.26
557–596	578	18	244.00–263.00	$250.82	$1,450	-0.36
604 value added	604	8	252.00	$252.00	$1,522	—
602–610	606	10	231.00–246.50	$243.59	$1,476	+4.50
656–697	670	34	222.00–242.50	$236.19	$1,582	+10.14
700–746	739	31	219.00–233.50	$229.79	$1,698	+20.46
751	751	6	229.00	$229.00	$1,720	+15.00
815	815	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,752	+17.00
850–885	866	5	194.00–202.50	$196.69	$1,703	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–345	321	4	282.50–285.00	$283.30	$909	—
390	390	1	268.00	$268.00	$1,045	—
415	415	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,079	—
450–495	476	5	262.00–265.00	$263.97	$1,256	—
513–540	522	6	251.00–255.00	$252.15	$1,316	—
595	595	2	242.00	$242.00	$1,440	—
675	675	2	214.00	$214.00	$1,444	—
705	705	1	211.00	$211.00	$1,488	—
840	840	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,659	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	280.00	$280.00	$826	+7.50
340	340	1	275.00	$275.00	$935	—
355–385	373	4	240.00–255.00	$246.67	$920	-16.53
427–445	433	3	232.50–244.00	$240.06	$1,039	—
472	472	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,204	+24.65
500–540	518	5	240.00–245.00	$243.52	$1,261	+14.48
580–590	585	2	230.00–235.00	$232.52	$1,360	-1.19
600–640	625	3	205.00–217.00	$210.53	$1,316	-7.47
815	815	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,394	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,034	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	405.00	$405.00	$992	—
305–315	308	3	310.00–325.00	$315.11	$971	+1.81
405–445	433	6	280.00–298.00	$293.25	$1,270	-4.49
450–482	468	8	278.00–296.00	$289.20	$1,353	+6.85
515 fancy	515	2	301.00	$301.00	$1,550	—
505–540	521	9	278.00–288.00	$282.75	$1,473	+7.21
557–595	571	9	265.00–278.00	$272.55	$1,556	+7.10
600–617	607	5	250.00–260.00	$254.75	$1,546	+7.11
655	655	4	238.00	$238.00	$1,559	+14.81
765	765	2	214.00	$214.00	$1,637	+6.00
845	845	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,711	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,078	—
410–415	413	2	265.00–270.00	$267.52	$1,105	+2.52
569–585	573	9	220.00–240.00	$228.45	$1,309	+8.45
765	765	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,553	+13.00
800	800	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,480	—
975	975	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,779	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	2	272.00	$272.00	$1,325	-0.50

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1615	1318	75-80%	14	145.00–155.00	$150.92	$1,989	—
1150–1630	1399	75-80%	14	156.00–170.00	$159.86	$2,236	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1275	1135	80-85%	12	149.00–161.50	$155.28	$1,762	—
885–1290	1137	80-85%	5	143.00–146.00	$144.79	$1,646	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–880	820	85-90%	3	110.00–123.50	$117.31	$962	—
915–1055	995	85-90%	3	143.00–150.00	$145.15	$1,444	+8.85
850–1115	1014	85-90%	7	128.00–137.00	$132.63	$1,345	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1810	1408	4	169.00–180.00	$174.40	$2,456	—
1475–1955	1751	5	183.00–194.00	$188.81	$3,306	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
730–835	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,450.00	$1,263.42

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895 thin fleshed	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
815–1005	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,625.00–1,675.00	$1,652.61
955 thin fleshed	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
990–1055	1023	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,450.00	$1,292.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1405	1187	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,585.00–1,935.00	$1,741.57
1115–1250	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,925.00–2,000.00	$1,958.69

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–785	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,575.00–1,625.00	$1,601.34
825	825	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,325.00	$2,325.00	—

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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.