Washington Co. Cattle Sale Market Report

Springfield, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 28, 2021

1,515 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.00/cwt +8.86 vs last sale · ≈ $997/hd at 635 lb · 107 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.89/cwt +12.21 vs last sale · ≈ $985/hd at 704 lb · 101 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.64/cwt +8.52 vs last sale · ≈ $766/hd at 533 lb · 90 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,515	716	1,266
Feeder cattle	1,413	677	1,229
Slaughter cattle	97	36	35
Replacement cattle	5	3	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. 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
330–345	340	3	152.00–164.00	$156.38	$532	—
360 fancy	360	1	174.00	$174.00	$626	—
370–393	388	5	156.00–166.00	$158.91	$617	+3.53
405–440	422	13	152.00–159.00	$155.52	$656	-4.48
450–485	467	16	154.00–168.00	$161.54	$754	+0.02
489 fancy	489	10	170.00	$170.00	$831	—
500 value added	500	4	172.00	$172.00	$860	—
500–520	512	26	150.00–168.00	$161.33	$826	-1.07
550–597	578	40	149.00–162.50	$158.67	$917	+3.21
596 fancy	596	7	167.00	$167.00	$995	—
596 value added	596	26	164.20	$164.20	$979	—
600–645	619	42	140.00–157.50	$151.26	$936	+3.12
640–647 value added	645	65	160.50–161.50	$160.71	$1,037	—
650–691	673	38	139.50–151.00	$145.44	$979	+1.01
675 value added	675	6	159.00	$159.00	$1,073	+7.10
700 value added	700	11	154.50	$154.50	$1,082	—
700–745	726	39	130.00–144.00	$136.88	$994	-3.23
750–797	776	49	128.50–141.00	$134.52	$1,044	-1.29
802–836	812	22	126.00–132.50	$130.72	$1,061	+3.82
850–882	870	10	122.50–130.50	$126.93	$1,104	+1.35
888 value added	888	58	140.80	$140.80	$1,250	—
917 value added	917	64	134.15	$134.15	$1,230	—
956	956	16	124.50	$124.50	$1,190	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	134.00	$134.00	$389	—
320	320	1	141.00	$141.00	$451	±0.00
390	390	1	140.00	$140.00	$546	+10.00
420	420	1	150.00	$150.00	$630	+27.99
477–498	490	5	150.00	$150.00	$735	+7.00
500–545	516	5	140.00–147.00	$142.08	$733	-6.26
562–595	577	4	140.00–148.00	$145.71	$841	+5.99
620–637	633	9	135.00–139.00	$136.23	$862	+1.82
683	683	3	131.00	$131.00	$895	+6.00
705–735	724	4	116.00–125.00	$122.30	$885	-2.70
778–795	781	11	120.00–125.00	$124.36	$971	+7.86
890	890	1	111.00	$111.00	$988	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,282	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
166	166	4	211.00	$211.00	$350	—
250–297	275	4	140.00–152.00	$146.49	$403	-5.51
307–340	321	14	142.50–155.00	$151.43	$486	+11.43
355–395	372	9	150.00–156.00	$151.42	$563	+15.12
402–445	425	41	140.00–152.50	$146.04	$621	+3.00
450–498	473	43	135.00–148.00	$142.13	$672	+0.95
481 fancy	481	3	150.00	$150.00	$722	—
500–548	533	90	132.00–149.50	$143.64	$766	+8.52
550–597	573	88	132.00–148.50	$141.26	$809	+6.23
600–647	632	37	129.00–140.00	$132.88	$840	+6.40
664 value added	664	13	143.25	$143.25	$951	—
650–682	669	64	127.00–141.00	$135.55	$907	+7.47
700 fancy	700	73	144.00	$144.00	$1,008	—
706 value added	706	7	138.50	$138.50	$978	—
700–732	717	21	115.00–130.00	$126.09	$904	-1.59
760–795	778	18	119.50–125.00	$121.12	$942	+6.12
810	810	3	120.00	$120.00	$972	+9.00
870–895	879	7	106.00–119.00	$108.71	$956	-1.71

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–360	355	2	130.00–132.00	$130.99	$465	+20.99
400	400	1	135.00	$135.00	$540	+4.70
450–470	463	4	127.00–132.00	$130.23	$603	+9.72
505–545	522	5	121.00–130.00	$125.29	$654	+3.29
570–597	587	8	129.00–130.00	$129.49	$760	+8.24
625–647	645	15	120.00–125.00	$123.07	$794	+13.76
670–681	678	4	124.00–125.00	$124.25	$842	+18.25
705–745	724	6	106.00–110.00	$108.98	$789	-8.02
777–778	778	6	108.50–111.00	$109.33	$851	+5.33
880–885	883	2	101.00–103.00	$102.00	$901	+1.00
905	905	1	95.00	$95.00	$860	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	181.00	$181.00	$326	—
280–281	281	4	163.00–171.00	$164.99	$464	—
330–348	345	10	147.50–160.00	$158.27	$546	—
411–445	417	9	150.00–156.00	$153.89	$642	-2.61
460–497	477	6	150.00–162.00	$156.95	$749	+6.95
505–535	518	4	140.00–148.00	$143.32	$742	-4.68
560–590	568	21	140.00–152.00	$145.19	$825	+7.55
600–648	633	8	131.00–135.00	$134.39	$851	-0.82
655–690	677	3	125.00–138.00	$129.87	$879	-5.13
700–740	719	5	124.00–132.00	$127.17	$914	+11.48
750–790	757	9	115.00–120.00	$119.42	$904	-4.11

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	141.00	$141.00	$486	—
445	445	1	140.00	$140.00	$623	—
460–480	470	2	140.00	$140.00	$658	—
530–540	535	2	121.00–129.00	$124.96	$669	-1.04
595	595	1	124.00	$124.00	$738	—
695	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	±0.00
795	795	1	100.00	$100.00	$795	—
925	925	1	91.00	$91.00	$842	—
990	990	2	85.00–86.00	$85.50	$846	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010	1010	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1195	1153	80-85%	4	65.00–68.50	$66.37	$765	+5.37
1082–1400	1252	80-85%	15	76.00–76.25	$76.15	$953	+1.99
1005–1422	1265	80-85%	28	70.00–75.50	$73.17	$926	-4.56

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–985	867	85-90%	3	50.00–58.00	$54.70	$474	—
820–1000	902	85-90%	3	70.00–75.00	$71.82	$648	-0.88
730–1045	929	85-90%	10	60.00–67.00	$63.50	$590	-9.20

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445	1445	75-80%	1	67.50	$67.50	$975	-8.50
1465–1755	1568	75-80%	8	73.50–76.50	$74.76	$1,172	-6.24
1650–1795	1726	75-80%	4	77.50–80.00	$78.90	$1,362	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1790	1388	3	87.00–93.00	$90.13	$1,251	—
1390–1920	1721	4	97.50–105.00	$101.98	$1,755	-8.73
1955–2145	2050	2	110.00–113.00	$111.57	$2,287	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$756

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1050	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–900.00	$763.21
1010	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1440	1440	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	940.00	$940.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	100.00	$100.00	$355	—
460	460	2	118.50	$118.50	$545	—

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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.