Washington Co. Cattle Sale Market Report

Springfield, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 25, 2021

1,123 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.21/cwt ±-0.00 vs last sale · ≈ $719/hd at 528 lb · 84 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.71/cwt -0.68 vs last sale · ≈ $649/hd at 474 lb · 71 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.74/cwt +1.36 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 577 lb · 59 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,123	1,438	1,046
Feeder cattle	1,032	1,365	982
Slaughter cattle	58	68	57
Replacement cattle	33	5	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady 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
325–346	343	6	180.00–191.00	$181.74	$623	—
390–398	396	13	169.00–185.00	$177.65	$703	+9.39
405–445	429	17	160.00–175.00	$168.42	$723	+1.21
450–475 fancy	470	5	168.00–171.00	$170.43	$801	-2.57
450–495	483	42	150.00–165.50	$160.62	$776	+2.55
510–527 value added	526	16	165.00–169.00	$165.24	$869	+2.75
500–547	529	39	149.00–161.50	$152.43	$806	+2.59
558 value added	558	10	160.00	$160.00	$893	±0.00
560–595	581	49	140.00–155.75	$150.05	$872	+0.99
606–632	618	16	139.00–150.00	$146.01	$902	+8.14
629 value added	629	7	155.00	$155.00	$975	+5.00
653–696	674	37	136.00–148.50	$143.30	$966	+2.46
700–749	725	43	130.00–145.50	$143.16	$1,038	+6.97
752–790	771	5	132.00–143.00	$137.70	$1,062	-4.76
810–837	826	9	134.00–136.00	$135.22	$1,117	-3.06
850–875	872	8	137.50–141.00	$137.93	$1,203	-0.18
900–940	909	5	126.00–129.00	$127.78	$1,162	-3.09

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	160.00	$160.00	$400	—
360	360	1	160.00	$160.00	$576	+6.00
440	440	1	151.00	$151.00	$664	-0.53
475–485	480	3	140.00–149.00	$143.03	$687	-1.51
510–545	535	7	144.00–147.00	$146.28	$783	+13.97
555–590	571	4	130.00–139.00	$134.22	$766	+0.83
622–630	628	8	135.00–137.50	$136.88	$860	+7.88
660–695	673	3	124.00–130.00	$126.30	$850	-3.95
720	720	1	125.00	$125.00	$900	±0.00
775	775	1	104.00	$104.00	$806	-25.51

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	147.00	$147.00	$279	—
220–240	230	2	135.00–150.00	$142.17	$327	-9.83
255–285	273	4	130.00–140.00	$134.08	$366	+2.44
300–340	314	11	130.00–139.00	$135.88	$427	+3.64
350–392	373	22	131.00–145.00	$139.95	$522	+3.86
400–445	426	48	130.00–144.50	$139.08	$592	-1.27
450–485 fancy	462	3	146.00–147.00	$146.65	$678	—
450–498	475	68	130.00–145.00	$136.27	$647	-1.12
505–535 value added	509	16	142.00–144.00	$142.26	$724	-0.35
510–545	532	68	127.00–140.00	$134.79	$717	-0.25
550–595	574	47	124.00–141.00	$133.87	$768	-1.84
560–577 value added	574	11	145.00–148.00	$147.47	$846	+3.24
605–641	628	44	124.00–140.00	$136.29	$856	+6.46
630–642 value added	632	10	142.00–143.00	$142.80	$902	—
650–685	668	12	124.00–136.50	$134.78	$900	+2.47
687 value added	687	9	143.00	$143.00	$982	-5.25
700–734	726	9	120.00–135.00	$132.51	$962	-1.23
757–760	757	9	131.00–137.50	$136.78	$1,035	+14.16
813	813	4	110.00	$110.00	$894	-7.46
860	860	4	112.00	$112.00	$963	-7.17

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	120.00	$120.00	$342	—
300	300	1	100.00	$100.00	$300	—
425	425	2	113.00	$113.00	$480	-7.32
475–480	478	2	118.00–120.00	$119.01	$569	-1.62
506–535	521	6	122.00–125.00	$123.46	$643	+2.84
570–575	574	4	110.00–115.00	$111.24	$639	-13.52
600–620	613	3	115.00–120.00	$116.68	$715	—
660–690	673	5	113.00–120.00	$116.34	$783	-2.41
700–723	714	5	106.00–111.00	$107.96	$771	+7.96
765	765	1	110.00	$110.00	$842	—
870	870	1	107.00	$107.00	$931	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	2	125.00	$125.00	$628	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	185.00	$185.00	$314	—
225–231	230	4	160.00–171.00	$168.30	$387	+5.30
250–295	273	2	171.00–185.00	$177.42	$484	+22.56
327 fancy	327	2	185.00	$185.00	$605	-7.50
330	330	2	167.00–171.00	$169.00	$558	-1.00
355–395	376	7	169.00–182.00	$177.11	$666	+1.90
406–435 fancy	411	17	176.00–181.00	$180.39	$741	+10.39
405–435	418	7	153.00–169.00	$159.01	$665	+0.18
455–495	470	11	150.00–162.00	$154.25	$725	+5.81
500–532	513	14	140.00–153.50	$148.89	$764	+1.33
555–591	577	38	130.00–140.00	$136.42	$787	+5.70
602–635	625	24	122.00–134.00	$126.67	$792	+2.33
655–690	676	5	120.00–125.00	$121.78	$823	+3.28
727	727	4	125.00	$125.00	$909	+15.17
780	780	2	115.00	$115.00	$897	—
870	870	4	104.50	$104.50	$909	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	140.00	$140.00	$343	—
265	265	1	140.00	$140.00	$371	+23.00
395	395	1	138.00	$138.00	$545	+28.00
400	400	1	143.00	$143.00	$572	—
460–475	471	5	147.00–148.00	$147.60	$695	—
515–540	528	2	121.00–130.00	$125.39	$662	-4.95
550–580	565	2	125.00–128.00	$126.46	$714	+16.46
685	685	1	111.00	$111.00	$760	-1.50
825–830	828	2	109.00	$109.00	$903	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1220	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	800.00–1,125.00	$977.80	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	80-85%	1	67.00	$67.00	$760	—
1170–1350	1233	80-85%	3	52.00–52.50	$52.16	$643	-7.36
1080–1395	1243	80-85%	13	53.50–61.50	$58.86	$732	-0.66

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–1535	1505	75-80%	2	62.00	$62.00	$933	-8.00
1510–1590	1539	75-80%	4	56.00–61.00	$58.53	$901	—
1590–1610	1600	75-80%	2	52.00–52.50	$52.25	$836	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–1005	859	85-90%	4	39.00–44.00	$41.74	$359	-11.17
900–975	938	85-90%	2	51.00–58.00	$54.64	$513	+10.44

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200	1200	1	60.00	$60.00	$720	—
1560	1560	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,420	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–920	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	74.00–76.00	$74.98	$679

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1280	1042	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	520.00–910.00	$704.54
980–1255	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	590.00–1,200.00	$808.93
905–1525	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	630.00–1,260.00	$990.01

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1420	1420	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,280.00	$1,280.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	111.00	$111.00	$377	-0.81
395	395	1	112.50	$112.50	$444	-0.50

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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.