Washington Co. Cattle Sale Market Report

Springfield, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

2,084 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $133.31/cwt -2.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,043/hd at 783 lb · 161 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.84/cwt +3.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,089/hd at 826 lb · 147 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.97/cwt +0.14 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 571 lb · 129 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,084	1,474	1,696
Feeder cattle	1,990	1,410	1,602
Slaughter cattle	88	54	92
Replacement cattle	6	10	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 lbs sold mostly steady and over 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	156.00	$156.00	$452	—
338 fancy	338	3	184.00	$184.00	$622	—
325–343	339	4	160.00–175.00	$171.40	$581	+18.90
365–395	383	10	161.00–171.00	$166.66	$638	-0.43
405 fancy	405	1	170.00	$170.00	$688	+1.00
415–440	423	27	150.00–166.00	$158.10	$669	+0.57
451–495	480	52	140.00–156.00	$145.62	$699	-4.64
507–545	528	56	140.00–155.00	$145.31	$767	-0.29
550–598	571	86	130.00–145.50	$139.49	$796	+2.51
600–649	629	96	130.00–144.00	$137.23	$863	+0.87
650–697	666	118	123.00–138.00	$132.08	$880	-6.67
700–743	723	78	122.00–134.00	$130.77	$945	-2.97
755–795	780	99	122.50–134.80	$130.44	$1,017	-3.45
787 value added	787	62	137.90	$137.90	$1,085	-1.10
800–825	816	18	120.50–131.00	$126.01	$1,028	-2.46
821–834 value added	827	129	132.60–132.70	$132.65	$1,097	—
852 value added	852	61	131.95	$131.95	$1,124	-4.05
857–890	867	11	119.00–131.00	$125.07	$1,084	-3.09
900–935	918	4	114.00–117.00	$115.50	$1,060	-13.50
1061–1075	1065	4	108.25–109.00	$108.44	$1,155	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	374	4	140.00–151.00	$145.31	$543	+1.31
400–445	428	8	145.00–147.00	$145.36	$622	—
482–490	486	6	138.00–146.00	$140.98	$685	+5.18
505–547	531	18	130.00–135.50	$133.23	$707	-1.87
615–645	632	9	121.00–128.00	$126.12	$797	—
680–685	683	3	113.00–119.00	$115.99	$792	-9.01
710–720	715	2	106.00–111.00	$108.52	$776	—
775	775	1	106.00	$106.00	$822	-14.66
855	855	1	111.00	$111.00	$949	-3.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	100.00	$100.00	$560	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	123.00–132.50	$127.90	$298	—
280	280	1	133.00	$133.00	$372	-10.05
300–342	329	16	120.00–130.00	$125.90	$414	-5.20
360–395	374	11	120.00–135.00	$125.81	$471	-0.73
400–445	427	49	120.00–136.50	$127.62	$545	-3.54
450–498	466	65	122.50–136.00	$129.66	$604	+3.09
500–546	519	78	120.00–133.00	$125.57	$652	+0.97
550–595	571	129	115.00–130.00	$123.97	$708	+0.14
600–646	623	56	115.00–130.00	$120.43	$750	-8.01
650–697	676	61	113.00–128.25	$123.46	$835	-6.06
703–740	711	126	118.00–126.00	$124.02	$882	-0.70
761–798	790	50	114.00–122.50	$119.55	$944	-3.29
800–830	814	4	113.00–118.00	$114.78	$934	-2.71
1196	1196	9	99.00	$99.00	$1,184	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	7	110.00	$110.00	$390	-6.24
430–440	435	2	112.00–117.00	$114.47	$498	-0.53
475–490	483	2	110.00–119.00	$114.57	$553	+0.20
500–545	520	7	114.00–118.50	$116.52	$606	+3.14
560–590	581	4	103.00–105.00	$103.99	$604	-8.87
600–608	605	7	106.00–113.00	$110.71	$670	+0.38
665–695	685	3	103.00–111.00	$106.03	$726	-7.18
720–740	730	2	110.00	$110.00	$803	+1.32
765	765	1	112.00	$112.00	$857	+12.00
810	810	1	100.00	$100.00	$810	±0.00
935	935	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,019	+8.50
971	971	3	98.50	$98.50	$956	+7.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	1	69.00	$69.00	$894	—

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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	1	150.00	$150.00	$368	—
275	275	1	151.00	$151.00	$415	+1.00
370–373	372	4	165.00–169.00	$165.99	$617	+5.62
405–435	424	5	154.00–163.00	$159.94	$678	-0.43
460–494	485	14	134.00–141.00	$135.39	$657	-7.39
510–540	523	19	120.00–135.00	$126.57	$662	-6.04
551–592	576	23	115.00–130.00	$123.69	$712	-4.41
600–640	616	20	115.00–130.50	$120.69	$743	-0.50
650–690	669	8	115.00–123.00	$121.38	$812	-4.53
705–740	722	3	113.00–119.00	$115.00	$830	+0.49
750	750	1	111.00	$111.00	$832	—
820–838	832	5	99.00–110.00	$102.96	$857	-0.04

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–382	375	3	146.00–151.00	$147.60	$554	+16.60
465	465	1	146.00	$146.00	$679	+16.00
500–530	515	2	117.00–119.00	$117.97	$608	-3.01
580	580	1	104.00	$104.00	$603	-11.00
605–645	622	5	105.00–113.00	$109.05	$678	+4.05
650–685	670	3	110.00–111.00	$110.68	$742	+6.68
785	785	1	107.00	$107.00	$840	+2.00
800	800	1	93.00	$93.00	$744	-5.00
855	855	2	90.00	$90.00	$770	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1370	1215	80-85%	8	59.00–63.50	$60.19	$731	-3.16
1065–1335	1244	80-85%	6	42.50–49.50	$46.60	$580	-2.56
1020–1470	1246	80-85%	29	50.00–58.50	$54.41	$678	+5.25

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1030	896	85-90%	7	35.00–42.00	$38.91	$349	-4.33
885–960	933	85-90%	5	43.00–51.00	$46.56	$434	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–1525	1511	75-80%	4	59.50–60.50	$60.13	$909	—
1485–1590	1526	75-80%	4	56.00–58.00	$56.86	$868	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140	1140	1	79.00	$79.00	$901	—
1320–1445	1383	2	82.00–89.00	$85.66	$1,185	—
1955	1955	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,760	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	66.00	$66.00	$706

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070–1370	1234	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–830.00	$731.08

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	90.00	$90.00	$306	—
445	445	4	108.00	$108.00	$481	—
537	537	9	107.00	$107.00	$575	—
623	623	3	95.00	$95.00	$592	—
676	676	3	94.00	$94.00	$635	—
880	880	6	85.25	$85.25	$750	—
985	985	1	85.00	$85.00	$837	—

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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.