Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to the market closure last week for the inclement weather. Continued strong demand for all classes of feeder cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $423.27/cwt on 12 head, down $4.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 32 comparable sales and sits −57.76 against this barn's trailing median of $481.03.

Average price

$423.27

▼ 4.29 vs prior sale

12 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,321

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$305

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

$27.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.53

vs KY average

−59.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	427.92	2,373	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	517	400.00	2,068	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.92/cwt here — about $305 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 sale12 hd

423.27

—

KY average12 barns · 167 hd

436.80

−13.53

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−59.76

This barn, trailing median32 sales

481.03

−57.76

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,135	165.43	1,878	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	951	142.64	1,356	7thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$1,950	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$1,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	400–450	417	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,283	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	431.13/cwt	427.00–447.00	2,281	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	404.37/cwt	399.00–410.00	2,103	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	360.62/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,128	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,045	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	865	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,005	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,618	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	167.64/cwt	166.50–169.00	2,012	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,199	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	136.90/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,305	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	446.53/cwt	442.50–455.00	1,942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	418.36/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,615	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,102	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	424.71/cwt	418.00–435.00	2,463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,984	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	595.00/cwt	575.00–605.00	1,488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	365.62/cwt	356.00–368.00	2,216	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	491.32/cwt	487.50–497.50	2,344	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	805	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,987	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,110	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	384.46/cwt	374.00–397.00	2,622	9

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 Feb 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 706Year ago 742

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 29Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 11Year ago 22

No trends available due to the market closure last week for the inclement weather. Continued strong demand for all classes of feeder cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	620.00	620.00
4	400–450	417	547.50	547.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	635.00	635.00
2	350–400	350	510.00	510.00
5	450–500	477	487.50–497.50	491.32
5	500–550	529	427.00–447.00	431.13
5	550–600	580	418.00–435.00	424.71
6	600–650	625	410.00–420.00	418.36
9	650–700	682	374.00–397.00	384.46
4	700–750	735	374.00	374.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	440.00	440.00
3	400–450	435	442.50–455.00	446.53
2	500–550	517	400.00	400.00
1	700–750	720	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
72	800–850	805	371.00	371.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	435	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	385	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	400	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	468.00	468.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	467.50	467.50
6	450–500	490	429.00	429.00
4	500–550	520	399.00–410.00	404.37
3	550–600	590	350.00–366.00	360.62
10	600–650	606	356.00–368.00	365.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	250	575.00–605.00	595.00
1	350–400	390	500.00	500.00
2	600–650	640	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	715	348.00	348.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	240.00	240.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,950.00	1,950.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	1,500.00	1,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	161.00	161.00
2	—	1,200	166.50–169.00	167.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	149.00	149.00
5	—	953	131.00–140.00	136.90
1	—	1,085	165.00	165.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle