Washington Co. Cattle Sale Market Report

Springfield, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 5, 2022

1,824 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $168.28/cwt -4.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,209/hd at 718 lb · 111 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $156.05/cwt +0.31 vs last sale · ≈ $894/hd at 573 lb · 94 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $170.95/cwt +10.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,292/hd at 756 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,824	1,272	2,084
Feeder cattle	1,711	1,173	1,968
Slaughter cattle	111	96	115
Replacement cattle	2	3	1

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was moderate to good 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
334 fancy	334	7	210.00	$210.00	$701	—
325–345	337	5	184.00–192.00	$187.09	$630	-14.91
355–395	386	26	190.00–206.00	$198.32	$766	-7.71
417–425 fancy	422	11	202.00–205.00	$204.10	$861	—
402–448	431	27	185.00–200.00	$191.87	$827	-4.61
450–490	473	11	173.00–189.00	$179.19	$848	-4.12
476 fancy	476	4	198.00	$198.00	$942	-5.50
506–545	522	57	170.00–182.00	$176.76	$923	-1.42
546 value added	546	5	190.50	$190.50	$1,040	—
565 value added	565	10	181.00	$181.00	$1,023	—
550–595	574	66	160.00–178.00	$170.13	$977	-2.42
600–646	627	41	153.00–168.00	$164.95	$1,034	-1.92
630 value added	630	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,077	-5.21
661 value added	661	3	169.00	$169.00	$1,117	-5.50
650–675	664	46	150.00–166.50	$164.16	$1,090	+3.33
708 value added	708	65	174.50	$174.50	$1,235	-2.00
710–746	733	46	150.00–165.00	$159.48	$1,169	-1.43
750 value added	750	64	173.50	$173.50	$1,301	—
770–779	775	19	150.00–165.50	$162.36	$1,258	+1.61
833 value added	833	60	170.75	$170.75	$1,422	—
845–847	846	3	140.00–149.00	$143.00	$1,210	-20.58
851–887	867	8	140.00–151.00	$142.01	$1,231	+3.10
910–925	918	2	134.00–149.00	$141.44	$1,298	—
950	950	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,368	—
1015	1015	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,248	-17.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	268	3	171.00–176.00	$172.71	$463	-5.29
330	330	1	175.00	$175.00	$578	+17.00
350–370	363	3	174.00–179.00	$175.61	$637	—
420–446	440	5	170.00–175.00	$170.96	$752	-9.04
450–497	469	11	170.00–178.00	$173.49	$814	-1.87
510–535	519	17	162.00–167.00	$164.24	$852	+6.73
560–595	578	10	150.00–159.00	$151.39	$875	-2.67
600–605	603	2	145.00–150.00	$147.49	$889	-2.89
670	670	1	143.00	$143.00	$958	-3.00
731–745	737	5	140.00–147.00	$144.10	$1,062	+1.10
755–775	765	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,125	+7.00
890	890	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,148	—
1065	1065	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,331	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	176.00	$176.00	$396	+1.98
250–297	274	15	151.00–166.00	$157.74	$432	-1.26
310–345	332	26	150.00–163.00	$158.21	$525	+9.96
350–395	370	31	150.00–165.00	$157.80	$584	+7.98
415 fancy	415	2	173.00	$173.00	$718	—
412–447	436	54	150.00–163.00	$155.98	$680	+0.11
452–475 value added	466	16	167.00–170.00	$167.56	$781	—
452–497	473	59	148.00–164.00	$157.50	$745	+1.88
500–545	528	67	148.00–164.00	$156.01	$824	+4.20
537 value added	537	11	165.00–166.00	$165.45	$888	+2.05
552–581 value added	570	39	162.00–170.00	$166.73	$950	+6.62
552–596	575	55	140.00–157.00	$148.47	$854	-5.14
600–640	619	13	140.00–153.00	$144.57	$895	-3.71
607–634 value added	631	38	158.00–160.50	$160.22	$1,011	—
650–661	655	18	140.00–157.00	$149.62	$980	+6.33
669–682 value added	673	30	159.50–163.00	$160.53	$1,080	—
700–735	719	4	125.00–137.00	$131.28	$944	-16.16
735 value added	735	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,102	-15.00
785	785	2	132.00–137.00	$134.50	$1,056	-1.88
800–835	812	3	140.00–145.00	$143.29	$1,164	+3.31
915–945	930	2	120.00–133.00	$126.40	$1,176	-0.60

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	151.00	$151.00	$355	—
300–345	337	7	141.00–146.00	$143.81	$485	—
360–392	379	4	140.00–148.00	$142.19	$539	+3.20
400–435	426	7	140.00–148.00	$141.44	$603	-0.38
450–495	480	6	141.00–145.00	$143.14	$687	-1.50
536–546	541	11	140.00–145.00	$142.08	$769	—
550–595	590	10	134.00–139.00	$136.41	$805	+3.41
610–648	634	13	130.00–135.00	$131.96	$837	+1.19
675–695	688	3	130.00–135.00	$131.97	$908	+1.17
700	700	1	120.00	$120.00	$840	-15.99
772	772	2	120.00	$120.00	$926	±0.00
810–815	813	2	110.00	$110.00	$894	-10.00
860	860	2	100.00	$100.00	$860	-13.33

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	3	196.00	$196.00	$584	—
326	326	3	180.00	$180.00	$587	+1.22
350–399	382	8	172.00–185.00	$181.86	$695	+10.86
395 fancy	395	2	197.00	$197.00	$778	-14.00
405–440	430	19	170.00–186.00	$179.08	$770	-0.97
450	450	1	180.00	$180.00	$810	+16.92
505–545	520	18	156.00–169.50	$163.65	$851	+7.65
555–585 fancy	558	10	157.50–162.00	$157.97	$881	-6.53
560–597	582	32	140.00–155.50	$149.90	$872	+0.05
603–635	613	9	140.00–146.00	$144.30	$885	+7.47
650–690	659	13	133.00–145.00	$140.80	$928	+10.80
705–740	718	13	130.00–139.00	$134.70	$967	-0.80
750–795	772	3	120.00–131.00	$127.44	$984	—
817–822	820	4	125.00–138.00	$131.48	$1,078	+17.04
905	905	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,222	+12.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	158.00	$158.00	$324	—
265–295	280	4	170.00–171.00	$170.47	$477	+5.47
330	330	3	165.00	$165.00	$544	—
390	390	2	170.00	$170.00	$663	—
435–445	440	5	160.00–165.00	$162.60	$715	+0.35
461–477	469	6	159.00–165.00	$162.96	$764	+7.96
505–530	524	4	140.00–144.50	$143.42	$752	+1.66
582–585	583	3	140.00–145.00	$143.33	$836	+3.33
775	775	1	110.00	$110.00	$852	+10.00
850–895	875	5	100.00–112.00	$106.81	$935	+1.74
905–940	927	4	100.00	$100.00	$927	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1280	1204	80-85%	8	60.00–65.50	$62.36	$751	—
1073–1440	1279	80-85%	38	66.00–74.75	$71.61	$916	—
1165–1445	1329	80-85%	9	75.50–81.00	$76.89	$1,022	+3.64

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–995	913	85-90%	5	55.00–59.00	$56.60	$517	—
920–1000	976	85-90%	5	70.00–78.00	$71.91	$702	+18.09
770–1043	977	85-90%	14	60.00–69.50	$63.82	$624	+10.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460–1720	1599	75-80%	6	67.00–73.50	$70.82	$1,132	-1.96
1555–1655	1605	75-80%	2	77.00–79.50	$78.29	$1,257	—
1935	1935	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,258	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1690	1427	3	90.00–96.50	$93.67	$1,337	—
1350–1850	1615	6	103.00–109.00	$105.66	$1,706	—
1950–1960	1955	2	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$2,170	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
857	857	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	785.00	$785.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	110.00	$110.00	$517	—
716	716	4	110.00	$110.00	$788	—
860 value added	860	60	141.50	$141.50	$1,217	—

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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.