Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher. Feeder buyers continued to show very strong demand for the high quality calves in all classes with the most emphasis on the lightweight calves. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $358.00/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −123.03 against this barn's trailing median of $481.03.

Average price

$358.00

62 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$309

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$70.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.71

vs KY average

−5.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	360.09	2,034	58
Medium and Large 2	542	340.17	1,844	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	595	290.00	1,726	1thin

One grade step is worth $70.09/cwt here — about $309 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $524.17, low $382.73, median $481.03 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale62 hd

358.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,414 hd

346.29

+11.71

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

−5.98

This barn, trailing median32 sales

481.03

−123.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,662	152.82	2,540	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,168	132.57	1,548	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,307	131.85	1,724	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,092	126.42	1,381	13

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,440	$2,525	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,145	$2,075	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	855	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	970	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	920	$1,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	768	$1,975	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	750	$1,875	1thin

Every lot, as filed

104 lots · USDA AMS · Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	541	388.32/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,101	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	405.36/cwt	385.00–417.50	1,686	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	300.55/cwt	298.00–305.00	1,755	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	250–300	255	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	311.70/cwt	306.00–317.50	1,590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	601	264.59/cwt	262.50–270.00	1,590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	954	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	289.29/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,828	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	712	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,296	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,437	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	397.94/cwt	385.00–404.00	1,532	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	293.90/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	306.63/cwt	290.00–309.50	2,174	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	349.71/cwt	342.50–354.00	2,018	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	342.56/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	437	306.00/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,337	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	359.60/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,474	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	386.89/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,261	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	333	508.97/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,695	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	484	413.15/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,000	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	340.17/cwt	339.00–342.50	1,844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	270.02/cwt	268.50–276.00	2,060	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	438.46/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	423	460.97/cwt	457.50–462.50	1,950	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	617	349.20/cwt	348.00–351.00	2,155	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	338.43/cwt	321.00–342.50	2,135	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	393.85/cwt	385.00–402.50	1,942	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	320.78/cwt	319.00–325.00	2,165	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	771	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,170	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	362.94/cwt	358.00–369.50	2,080	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	269.75/cwt	267.00–270.50	2,269	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	364.89/cwt	350.00–372.00	1,952	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	458.66/cwt	445.00–472.50	1,711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,985	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	323.27/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,849	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	292.27/cwt	287.50–297.00	1,762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	275.80/cwt	272.00–287.00	1,831	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	406	400.50/cwt	397.50–401.00	1,626	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	105.04/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,250	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,316	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	131.47/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,411	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,852	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	120.76/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,507	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	133.48/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,528	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	124.35/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,395	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,291	132.43/cwt	129.50–135.00	1,710	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	146.80/cwt	142.00–153.00	1,612	3
Bulls	—	—	1,585	160.15/cwt	157.00–165.00	2,538	2
Bulls	—	—	1,713	147.93/cwt	139.00–154.00	2,534	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,030	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	855	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	970	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	690	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	750	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	865	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	920	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	452.44/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,403	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	608	306.22/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,862	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	502	359.00/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,802	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,964	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	336.16/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,812	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,948	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	315.31/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,766	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	285.21/cwt	273.00–289.00	1,914	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,285	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	425	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	373	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	306.15/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	477	359.34/cwt	357.50–362.50	1,714	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	377.86/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	273.70/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	322.54/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	247	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	899	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	386.98/cwt	386.00–391.00	1,645	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	442	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,524	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	600–650	615	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	496	335.82/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,666	6

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

Wed Mar 26, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 605Last week 607Year ago 669

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 68Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 16Year ago 28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	500.00–510.00	508.97
1	350–400	385	510.00	510.00
6	400–450	423	457.50–462.50	460.97
16	450–500	484	410.00–415.00	413.15
3	500–550	541	387.50–390.00	388.32
5	600–650	617	348.00–351.00	349.20
2	700–750	712	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	595	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	415.00	415.00
2	450–500	480	365.00	365.00
3	500–550	542	339.00–342.50	340.17
1	600–650	640	306.00	306.00
1	700–750	745	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	429.00	429.00
2	350–400	373	445.00–472.50	458.66
3	400–450	427	430.00–450.00	438.46
16	450–500	493	385.00–402.50	393.85
12	500–550	535	350.00–372.00	364.89
20	550–600	577	342.50–354.00	349.71
7	600–650	631	321.00–342.50	338.43
30	650–700	675	319.00–325.00	320.78
18	700–750	709	290.00–309.50	306.63
5	750–800	763	268.50–276.00	270.02
9	800–850	841	267.00–270.50	269.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	573	358.00–369.50	362.94
33	750–800	771	281.50	281.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	387.50	387.50
8	300–350	326	380.00–390.00	386.89
8	350–400	385	385.00–404.00	397.94
9	400–450	416	385.00–417.50	405.36
4	450–500	471	335.00–345.00	342.56
5	500–550	510	306.00–317.50	311.70
5	550–600	584	298.00–305.00	300.55
11	600–650	632	280.00–300.00	289.29
7	650–700	671	273.00–289.00	285.21
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	295.00	295.00
1	400–450	425	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	360.00	360.00
1	300–350	320	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
3	400–450	437	300.00–313.00	306.00
2	450–500	463	300.00–312.50	306.15
1	500–550	520	281.00	281.00
6	600–650	601	262.50–270.00	264.59
1	650–700	660	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	362.50	362.50
7	400–450	410	350.00–367.50	359.60
5	500–550	535	290.00–300.00	293.90
1	550–600	560	284.00	284.00
1	650–700	690	262.50	262.50
1	700–750	740	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	410	475.00	475.00
16	450–500	477	357.50–362.50	359.34
1	500–550	525	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	560	312.00–317.00	315.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	485.00	485.00
3	350–400	380	401.00	401.00
5	400–450	425	386.00–391.00	386.98
12	500–550	539	330.00–352.50	336.16
25	550–600	572	310.00–335.00	323.27
2	600–650	603	287.50–297.00	292.27
4	650–700	664	272.00–287.00	275.80
1	700–750	730	269.00	269.00
1	750–800	750	259.00	259.00
1	800–850	810	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	310	450.00–455.00	452.44
7	400–450	406	397.50–401.00	400.50
5	500–550	502	357.50–365.00	359.00
9	600–650	608	300.00–307.00	306.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	247	364.00	364.00
2	400–450	442	362.00	362.00
6	450–500	496	335.00–340.00	335.82
2	550–600	590	267.50–280.00	273.70
1	650–700	690	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	335	390.00	390.00
2	350–400	368	370.00–385.00	377.86
2	500–550	513	320.00–325.00	322.54
1	750–800	770	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	255.00	255.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	100.00–110.00	105.04
1	—	940	140.00	140.00
7	—	1,073	127.00–136.00	131.47
3	—	1,122	124.00–125.00	124.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	126.00	126.00
10	—	1,291	129.50–135.00	132.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,248	115.00–125.00	120.76
5	—	1,145	127.00–138.00	133.48
3	—	1,098	142.00–153.00	146.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,585	157.00–165.00	160.15
3	—	1,713	139.00–154.00	147.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	855	1,850.00	1,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	2,075.00	2,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,440	2,525.00	2,525.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	845	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	690	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	1,875.00	1,875.00

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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

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