Cattle Market Pulse

Washington Co. Cattle Sale Market Report

Springfield, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 8, 2021

2,525 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.00/cwt +0.52 vs last sale · ≈ $929/hd at 668 lb · 237 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.19/cwt -6.24 vs last sale · ≈ $888/hd at 576 lb · 154 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.45/cwt +0.22 vs last sale · ≈ $738/hd at 522 lb · 152 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 2,525 1,188 1,622
Feeder cattle 2,431 1,137 1,569
Slaughter cattle 89 51 52
Replacement cattle 5 — 1

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Strongest demand noted for weaned packages of calves. Slaughter cows sold steady 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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 $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
290 290 1 151.00 $151.00 $438 —
330–342 334 7 180.00–184.00 $182.69 $610 -16.31
350–395 374 15 169.00–184.00 $171.91 $643 +8.41
411 fancy 411 3 186.00 $186.00 $764 -3.00
405–440 425 41 165.00–180.00 $173.06 $736 -7.12
464 fancy 464 8 178.00 $178.00 $826 -0.09
452–495 475 31 158.00–171.00 $163.75 $778 +4.49
500–537 value added 519 21 163.00–166.00 $165.49 $859 —
502–548 526 81 150.00–162.50 $155.65 $819 -9.74
550–595 576 154 151.00–162.50 $154.19 $888 -6.24
600–646 623 84 139.00–155.50 $149.07 $929 -0.04
650–689 668 237 130.00–145.00 $139.00 $929 +0.52
700–748 721 124 120.00–134.75 $130.84 $943 +2.36
750–784 778 97 114.00–128.50 $125.91 $980 +1.34
803–847 816 50 113.00–124.50 $121.42 $991 +1.55
865–894 891 42 115.00–121.00 $120.13 $1,070 +10.65
894 value added 894 66 125.00 $125.00 $1,118 —
936 value added 936 58 116.75 $116.75 $1,093 —
935–940 937 3 105.50–109.50 $107.67 $1,009 +0.66
960 960 1 105.50 $105.50 $1,013 +4.50
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
270 270 1 130.00 $130.00 $351 —
300–325 313 2 154.00–160.00 $157.12 $492 —
372–385 382 8 160.00–163.50 $162.65 $621 +30.65
411–445 422 6 160.00–163.00 $161.01 $679 +9.01
465–488 480 9 147.50–155.50 $153.27 $736 +1.24
502–540 516 10 140.00–146.00 $143.63 $741 +2.19
550–596 579 25 135.00–146.50 $140.49 $813 -4.05
602–647 617 23 130.00–137.50 $134.32 $829 +1.77
655–680 669 5 120.00–125.00 $122.01 $816 -2.99
765 765 1 106.00 $106.00 $811 -5.02

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
205–245 220 4 142.50–152.00 $145.84 $321 +18.84
251–285 266 6 140.00–149.00 $144.94 $386 +5.40
317–345 333 10 136.00–148.00 $141.93 $473 -3.74
345 fancy 345 1 158.00 $158.00 $545 +7.00
350–397 382 44 140.00–153.00 $148.10 $566 +6.97
400–448 431 65 139.00–154.50 $148.58 $640 +3.73
455 fancy 455 1 163.00 $163.00 $742 —
450–497 478 80 135.00–150.00 $142.63 $682 +1.34
500 value added 500 3 152.00 $152.00 $760 +7.98
500–547 522 149 132.00–149.00 $141.24 $737 +5.52
550–598 576 60 125.00–141.00 $132.61 $764 +1.99
600–648 627 115 117.00–132.00 $123.63 $775 -4.06
635 value added 635 19 135.20 $135.20 $859 —
650–697 672 100 115.00–130.00 $122.22 $821 +0.07
700–742 723 44 112.00–122.00 $119.72 $866 +5.04
759 value added 759 28 124.00 $124.00 $941 —
751–790 767 21 112.50–121.50 $115.33 $885 -0.52
804–847 821 10 106.00–111.00 $109.53 $899 +8.17
860 860 1 111.00 $111.00 $955 +2.17
905–910 908 2 98.00–100.00 $99.00 $899 —
951 951 3 106.00 $106.00 $1,008 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
282 282 2 131.00 $131.00 $369 —
300–345 323 2 101.00–107.00 $103.79 $335 -26.21
350–382 366 5 130.00–138.00 $136.05 $498 —
415–442 435 7 130.00–135.00 $132.61 $577 +10.44
460–490 477 3 130.00–131.00 $130.66 $623 +11.18
505–548 528 13 120.00–130.00 $125.23 $661 +7.86
550–590 574 9 120.00–124.00 $122.10 $701 +7.10
620–645 636 6 110.00–116.00 $111.99 $712 —
670–695 680 5 109.00–112.00 $109.99 $748 +3.99
727 727 2 103.50 $103.50 $752 +2.50
775–785 782 3 100.00–106.00 $104.02 $813 +4.02
835 835 1 94.00 $94.00 $785 —
877 877 2 93.00 $93.00 $816 —
960 960 1 86.00 $86.00 $826 —
1005 1005 2 85.50 $85.50 $859 —
1080 1080 1 82.00 $82.00 $886 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
212 212 2 170.00 $170.00 $360 —
265 fancy 265 1 200.00 $200.00 $530 —
255–295 275 6 150.00–166.00 $156.57 $431 +0.57
310–335 324 8 157.00–162.00 $159.82 $518 +16.34
350–390 375 15 160.00–172.50 $164.76 $618 —
400–440 423 18 160.00–173.00 $166.58 $705 -0.47
437 fancy 437 14 179.50 $179.50 $784 —
455–477 466 27 158.00–170.00 $165.38 $771 +4.98
502–549 530 42 142.00–157.00 $148.25 $786 +12.57
550–586 573 23 131.00–146.50 $139.43 $799 -6.73
601–645 630 21 123.00–138.00 $129.34 $815 +2.00
650–673 665 5 121.00–126.00 $123.80 $823 -4.32
712–730 720 5 106.00–110.00 $108.39 $780 -5.64
775–787 783 3 104.00–107.00 $104.99 $822 -5.23
805–845 825 2 100.00–102.00 $101.02 $833 +10.02
850 850 1 99.00 $99.00 $842 —
930 930 1 109.50 $109.50 $1,018 +19.50
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 2 136.00 $136.00 $456 —
387 387 2 155.00 $155.00 $600 —
430 430 1 145.00 $145.00 $624 +2.25
465–473 472 6 150.00 $150.00 $708 +17.39
508–530 514 4 134.00–135.00 $134.74 $693 -1.26
585 585 1 125.00 $125.00 $731 -4.41
643–645 643 8 100.00–105.50 $104.81 $674 —
690 690 1 114.00 $114.00 $787 +9.00
700 700 1 100.00 $100.00 $700 ±0.00
830 830 1 90.50 $90.50 $751 —
870–880 875 2 83.50–84.00 $83.75 $733 —
930–945 934 4 80.00–81.00 $80.50 $752 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1075–1430 1214 80-85% 10 48.00–55.50 $52.93 $643 —
975–1485 1226 80-85% 20 57.00–64.50 $60.91 $747 —
1010–1420 1256 80-85% 9 65.00–67.50 $65.73 $826 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1435–1645 1540 75-80% 2 55.00–55.50 $55.27 $851 -15.73
1490–1600 1555 75-80% 3 65.50–71.00 $68.39 $1,063 —
1460–1690 1572 75-80% 8 56.00–64.50 $61.93 $974 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
765 765 85-90% 1 65.00 $65.00 $497 —
885–1000 952 85-90% 5 40.00–45.00 $42.91 $409 —
965–975 970 85-90% 3 53.50–60.50 $56.83 $551 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1160–1360 1299 4 86.00–90.00 $87.76 $1,140 —
1515 1515 1 79.50 $79.50 $1,204 —
1760–1940 1860 3 96.50–102.00 $98.57 $1,833 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
1135–1155 1145 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 2 70.00–71.00 $70.50 $807

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
765 765 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 700.00 $700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1165 1165 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 1 850.00 $850.00 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
270 270 1 83.00 $83.00 $224 —
345 345 1 112.00 $112.00 $386 —
392 392 2 114.00 $114.00 $447 +1.00
435 435 1 60.00 $60.00 $261 —
722 722 2 72.00 $72.00 $520 —
850 850 1 72.50 $72.50 $616 —

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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.