Washington Co. Cattle Sale Market Report

Springfield, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

2,066 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $141.51/cwt -2.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,014/hd at 717 lb · 224 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $126.40/cwt -5.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,056/hd at 836 lb · 162 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.73/cwt -5.57 vs last sale · ≈ $909/hd at 729 lb · 123 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,066	1,748	1,471
Feeder cattle	1,968	1,676	1,401
Slaughter cattle	92	70	64
Replacement cattle	6	2	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 1.00 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
235	235	1	181.00	$181.00	$425	—
260	260	1	171.00	$171.00	$445	-20.00
285 fancy	285	1	201.00	$201.00	$573	—
325–347	336	4	170.00–177.00	$174.27	$586	-9.26
350–395	388	14	170.00–186.00	$179.35	$696	+1.07
400–445	421	28	170.00–184.00	$177.89	$749	+1.84
420–438 fancy	429	6	189.00–191.00	$190.02	$815	-0.82
455–495	480	47	170.00–182.50	$175.79	$844	+5.81
501–505 value added	502	4	177.00–179.00	$178.50	$896	-1.30
505–545	526	87	160.00–172.50	$166.96	$878	-4.20
550–595	567	59	152.50–169.00	$161.16	$914	-7.29
580–592 value added	589	13	172.00–172.50	$172.38	$1,015	-3.87
600–605 value added	604	11	170.00–174.00	$172.92	$1,044	+0.55
600–641	626	49	151.00–169.00	$163.78	$1,025	-0.12
650–653 value added	651	16	160.00–164.00	$161.50	$1,051	+3.50
657–691	675	27	144.50–159.00	$149.45	$1,009	-1.67
708 value added	708	60	146.00	$146.00	$1,034	—
700–736	720	164	130.00–143.50	$139.87	$1,007	-3.97
750–795	775	121	120.00–136.00	$129.52	$1,004	-7.42
800–846	830	103	113.00–127.50	$125.48	$1,041	-6.83
846 value added	846	59	128.00	$128.00	$1,083	—
850–855	851	19	121.00–124.00	$121.90	$1,037	-7.63
938	938	15	121.25	$121.25	$1,137	-0.75
975	975	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,082	-3.00
1030	1030	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,102	—
1050	1050	2	109.50–110.00	$109.75	$1,152	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	145.00	$145.00	$551	—
405–441	425	7	159.00–167.00	$162.71	$692	-0.70
461–470	462	9	157.00–166.00	$164.98	$762	+3.79
502–547	517	12	150.00–152.00	$150.35	$777	-4.86
560–570	567	3	140.00	$140.00	$794	-12.65
605–630	618	2	140.00–145.00	$142.55	$881	-0.31
688–695	692	9	133.00–139.00	$136.35	$944	—
705–730	719	4	120.00–127.00	$123.00	$884	+1.48
770	770	1	113.00	$113.00	$870	+21.00
900	900	1	84.00	$84.00	$756	—
1015	1015	2	80.00	$80.00	$812	—
1145	1145	1	84.00	$84.00	$962	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305	1305	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,396	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	2	168.00	$168.00	$415	-6.86
258 fancy	258	5	174.00	$174.00	$449	—
295–297	296	3	146.00–151.00	$147.66	$437	-6.29
301–346	325	18	150.00–160.00	$155.46	$505	-0.74
352–396	373	29	140.00–153.00	$146.86	$548	-11.38
400–445	422	44	142.50–157.00	$150.37	$635	-5.14
450–498	475	97	141.00–157.00	$150.47	$715	+1.86
503–542	518	49	139.00–152.50	$147.02	$762	+3.79
559 value added	559	8	148.50	$148.50	$830	-4.42
552–590	571	38	130.00–146.00	$138.10	$789	+3.75
608 value added	608	16	141.25	$141.25	$859	-1.71
605–646	626	59	127.00–137.50	$134.37	$841	+2.64
650–695	672	44	119.50–134.00	$128.44	$863	-0.75
700–745	717	52	117.00–125.00	$120.26	$862	-6.21
737 value added	737	71	128.00	$128.00	$943	-3.71
750–789	770	43	114.00–123.50	$119.44	$920	-4.41
805	805	1	102.00	$102.00	$821	-16.97
850–880	859	22	109.00–114.50	$113.29	$973	—
950	950	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,016	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	143.00	$143.00	$386	—
330–335	333	2	130.00–135.00	$132.48	$441	-7.65
350–387	369	5	130.00–134.00	$131.94	$487	-9.73
403–420	407	10	133.00–140.00	$135.30	$551	-3.79
460–495	476	8	130.00–137.00	$131.75	$627	+0.74
510–545	532	10	130.00–137.00	$133.09	$708	+1.67
607–645	620	4	115.00–120.00	$116.30	$721	-3.70
665–690	678	2	115.00	$115.00	$780	+3.25
757–760	758	3	110.00	$110.00	$834	+10.00
815	815	1	89.00	$89.00	$725	-21.00
910	910	1	91.00	$91.00	$828	-5.00
1065	1065	1	81.00	$81.00	$863	-12.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380	1380	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,104	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	234	4	200.00–209.00	$203.64	$477	+13.64
255	255	1	207.00	$207.00	$528	—
300–345	328	3	162.00–177.50	$167.58	$550	-6.42
353 fancy	353	3	191.00	$191.00	$674	—
380–397	391	11	171.00–186.00	$180.50	$706	-2.65
410–445	425	15	171.00–184.00	$176.67	$751	+12.80
452 fancy	452	4	182.00	$182.00	$823	—
451–495	475	18	165.00–173.00	$168.07	$798	+0.05
500–545	528	23	151.00–166.00	$157.87	$834	-0.02
550–595	571	15	140.00–154.00	$148.07	$845	-7.81
600–640	616	26	133.00–149.00	$142.94	$881	-2.63
666–675	669	5	130.00	$130.00	$870	-10.66
705–730	716	4	121.00–131.00	$125.23	$897	-7.61
750–795	773	2	121.00–134.50	$127.55	$986	+6.82
830	830	3	109.00	$109.00	$905	-12.49

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	160.00	$160.00	$472	+19.00
330	330	1	154.00	$154.00	$508	—
371–393	381	9	158.00–166.00	$162.46	$619	-6.54
420–445	430	4	150.00–157.00	$151.71	$652	+21.71
500–530	510	8	140.00–143.00	$140.77	$718	+17.78
595	595	1	139.00	$139.00	$827	-2.44
700–730	715	2	111.00–114.00	$112.53	$805	+2.53
770–795	787	3	112.00–113.00	$112.33	$884	+32.33
870–891	884	5	90.00–93.00	$90.59	$801	-9.41
1090	1090	1	85.00	$85.00	$926	-5.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1385	1137	80-85%	13	53.00–60.00	$56.42	$641	-1.58
1065–1445	1248	80-85%	14	61.00–69.50	$66.02	$824	—
1165–1385	1271	80-85%	7	70.50–77.00	$73.38	$933	+6.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–930	878	85-90%	4	43.00–50.50	$46.83	$411	—
825–1035	943	85-90%	9	53.00–59.00	$55.68	$525	-3.51
940–1000	973	85-90%	3	63.00–65.50	$64.66	$629	-2.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–1570	1535	75-80%	3	71.50–72.50	$72.16	$1,108	—
1530–1540	1535	75-80%	2	63.50–70.00	$66.74	$1,024	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1895	1388	6	80.00–87.00	$83.91	$1,165	—
1295–1905	1510	6	90.00–96.50	$93.72	$1,415	—
1600–1925	1790	4	99.00–103.00	$101.20	$1,811	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1125	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–900.00	$868.99

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	93.00	$93.00	$437	—
605	605	1	103.00	$103.00	$623	—
893	893	9	97.50	$97.50	$871	—
1115	1115	1	80.00	$80.00	$892	—

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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.