Washington Co. Cattle Sale Market Report

Springfield, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 29, 2021

1,390 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.86/cwt +5.94 vs last sale · ≈ $788/hd at 580 lb · 88 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $133.71/cwt +7.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,049/hd at 785 lb · 84 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $134.50/cwt +16.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,115/hd at 829 lb · 84 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,390	2,295	1,746
Feeder cattle	1,339	2,221	1,629
Slaughter cattle	46	66	96
Replacement cattle	5	8	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower on a light test. 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
195	195	1	215.00	$215.00	$419	—
230	230	1	172.50	$172.50	$397	—
280–290	285	2	163.00–170.00	$166.44	$474	+2.44
340–341	341	4	164.00–173.00	$170.75	$582	+2.02
362–395	373	12	164.00–180.00	$171.81	$641	+4.77
425 fancy	425	2	188.00	$188.00	$799	+2.00
405–445	427	12	165.00–180.00	$173.76	$742	+1.80
463–490	475	20	160.00–174.00	$167.56	$796	+1.32
502–536	521	32	153.00–169.00	$160.56	$837	+2.24
550–598	579	47	149.50–162.00	$155.02	$898	-4.00
600 fancy	600	2	160.00	$160.00	$960	—
602–648	631	75	140.00–156.00	$150.98	$953	+4.56
651 value added	651	11	150.25	$150.25	$978	+5.16
650–690	669	70	131.00–148.00	$139.84	$936	+1.12
705–747	721	32	130.75–140.00	$136.47	$984	+4.31
750–792	777	18	124.50–127.00	$125.50	$975	-0.23
787 value added	787	66	135.95	$135.95	$1,070	—
828 value added	828	63	136.50	$136.50	$1,130	—
815–837	831	21	125.00–128.90	$128.51	$1,068	+10.80
860–897	885	13	107.50–115.50	$111.59	$988	-5.78
917 value added	917	53	123.45	$123.45	$1,132	—
905–928	918	22	109.50–116.50	$114.90	$1,055	-2.09
965–975	970	2	102.50–105.00	$103.76	$1,006	—
1035	1035	1	105.50	$105.50	$1,092	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	151.00	$151.00	$378	—
310	310	1	152.00	$152.00	$471	-5.00
380	380	1	160.00	$160.00	$608	+6.01
420–425	423	2	154.00–160.00	$157.02	$664	-2.90
456–497	474	11	151.00–156.00	$153.09	$726	+1.12
510–538	531	4	150.00–151.00	$150.76	$801	+5.76
575–595	586	7	140.00–145.50	$143.06	$838	+1.03
600–620	610	2	135.00–135.50	$135.25	$825	-2.66
705–720	713	2	120.00–125.00	$122.47	$873	+5.47
900	900	1	100.00	$100.00	$900	—
990	990	1	96.00	$96.00	$950	—
1005	1005	1	90.00	$90.00	$904	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	141.00	$141.00	$289	-13.99
230 fancy	230	1	160.00	$160.00	$368	—
275–280	276	6	142.00–150.00	$146.92	$405	-2.94
300–348	334	14	138.00–148.00	$142.01	$474	-8.43
367–390	376	9	140.00–149.00	$146.71	$552	+4.84
400–446	421	30	135.00–150.00	$142.20	$599	+4.11
421 fancy	421	9	155.00	$155.00	$653	—
450–498	471	39	133.00–149.00	$145.45	$685	+7.82
500–546	523	44	131.00–145.50	$139.79	$731	+9.21
555–593	580	88	127.00–141.75	$135.86	$788	+5.94
610–646	624	81	120.00–132.00	$125.68	$784	-2.88
650–695	671	28	115.50–125.50	$123.38	$828	-2.15
725–737	733	3	114.00–120.00	$118.02	$865	-0.45
765–795	776	8	114.00–120.00	$115.93	$900	+0.66
805–808	808	6	114.00–119.00	$118.17	$955	+11.37
851–890	862	8	107.00–110.00	$108.98	$939	+2.46

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	120.00	$120.00	$288	—
285	285	1	138.00	$138.00	$393	+6.33
300–335	312	3	125.00–130.00	$126.79	$396	-5.27
380–395	387	3	122.00–130.00	$125.28	$485	-5.63
410–445	438	5	120.00–133.00	$126.11	$552	+5.28
460–480	470	11	125.00–130.00	$128.63	$605	+6.10
515–543	532	7	120.00–125.00	$121.26	$645	+1.26
550–595	566	13	120.00–126.00	$121.68	$689	—
620–635	628	2	110.00	$110.00	$691	-2.85
680–695	691	5	108.00–112.50	$109.69	$758	—
715	715	2	110.00–114.00	$112.00	$801	+10.46
1135	1135	2	90.00	$90.00	$1,022	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	195.00	$195.00	$400	+17.50
230 fancy	230	1	210.00	$210.00	$483	+18.00
260	260	3	200.00	$200.00	$520	+16.66
317–325	319	5	181.00–182.50	$182.19	$581	+12.89
350–395	373	5	151.00–167.50	$157.50	$587	-22.50
405–425	411	12	160.00–170.00	$163.96	$674	-11.88
451–496	471	17	149.00–157.00	$153.88	$725	-11.14
485 fancy	485	2	168.00	$168.00	$815	—
505–546	535	10	141.00–157.00	$151.38	$810	-4.65
550–587	573	22	143.00–155.00	$149.25	$855	+3.37
605–625	619	8	142.00–148.00	$145.39	$900	+7.92
650–669	666	7	119.00–130.00	$127.73	$851	+0.04
710	710	1	127.50	$127.50	$905	+13.40
815	815	1	116.00	$116.00	$945	+15.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	159.00	$159.00	$549	+1.35
380	380	1	125.00	$125.00	$475	-34.00
421	421	3	150.00	$150.00	$632	-10.00
460–477	471	3	140.00	$140.00	$659	-11.27
500–535	518	2	120.00–125.00	$122.58	$635	-10.77
561–580	566	4	131.00–133.00	$132.49	$750	+1.74
735	735	1	100.00	$100.00	$735	—
875	875	1	100.00	$100.00	$875	—
1030	1030	1	95.00	$95.00	$978	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1160	1140	80-85%	2	42.50–50.50	$46.57	$531	-9.63
1020–1390	1186	80-85%	9	54.00–61.50	$57.57	$683	—
1250–1440	1368	80-85%	6	63.00–67.00	$64.80	$886	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–905	854	85-90%	4	36.00–41.00	$38.83	$332	-5.51
800–1005	928	85-90%	5	51.00–56.50	$52.38	$486	-4.87
905–1000	953	85-90%	2	57.50–60.00	$58.69	$559	+9.29

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500	1500	75-80%	1	66.00	$66.00	$990	—
1465–1710	1558	75-80%	5	59.50–64.50	$62.39	$972	+0.39

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1755	1530	3	79.50–80.50	$79.94	$1,223	—
1540–1990	1835	3	85.00–87.50	$86.04	$1,579	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605	605	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	66.00	$66.00	$399

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
910–1075	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	860.00–925.00	$895.20

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	106.00	$106.00	$387	-12.28
470	470	1	90.00	$90.00	$423	-24.00
917	917	60	99.75	$99.75	$915	—

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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.