Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs. sold 7.00-8.00 lower and those over 500 lbs. were 4.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. A bit of a rebound on the heavier calves with the positive trading on the fat cattle futures. The new crop bawling calves in all classes faced discounts today. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.42/cwt on 74 head, up $9.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 32 comparable sales and sits +7.39 against this barn's trailing median of $481.03.

Average price

$488.42

▲ 9.58 vs prior sale

74 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$46.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.61

vs KY average

+7.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	500.43	2,738	40
Medium and Large 2	506	486.66	2,462	21
Medium and Large 2-3	583	454.29	2,649	13thin

One grade step is worth $46.14/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale74 hd

488.42

—

KY average26 barns · 1,332 hd

469.81

+18.61

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+7.40

This barn, trailing median32 sales

481.03

+7.39

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	—	High	1,912	219.44	4,196	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	186.46	2,286	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,355	184.72	2,503	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,003	160.33	1,609	11

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,338	$3,158	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,133	$2,600	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,346	$2,573	6
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$3,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,475	$5,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,560	$4,950	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,257	$2,335	3thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	418.19/cwt	410.00–423.00	2,170	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	368.40/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,321	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	459.08/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,969	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	592	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	536.63/cwt	535.00–540.00	1,755	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	390.40/cwt	377.00–400.00	2,436	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	501.59/cwt	500.00–506.00	1,871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	442.16/cwt	429.00–450.00	2,286	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	492.51/cwt	474.00–500.00	2,113	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	436	487.84/cwt	450.00–527.50	2,127	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	740	407.02/cwt	402.00–410.00	3,012	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	393	607.00/cwt	607.00–607.00	2,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	468.73/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,151	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	700–750	710	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,680	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	538.15/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,217	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	484.30/cwt	467.00–495.00	2,315	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	439.45/cwt	434.00–445.00	2,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	292	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	591	456.99/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,701	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	387.42/cwt	378.00–397.00	2,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	486.66/cwt	475.00–488.00	2,462	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	512.07/cwt	505.00–516.00	2,514	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	435.65/cwt	435.00–437.00	2,692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	515.31/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,654	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	1,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	404.28/cwt	400.00–407.00	2,769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	533.15/cwt	526.00–545.00	2,506	11
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	715	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	180	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	451.97/cwt	440.00–462.50	2,816	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	581.39/cwt	565.00–587.50	2,163	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	677.38/cwt	670.00–685.00	2,134	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	567.23/cwt	562.50–575.00	2,411	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	958	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	3,276	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	470.34/cwt	470.00–472.00	2,855	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,799	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	415.38/cwt	411.00–435.00	2,837	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	482.89/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,791	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	315.01/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	1,887	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	634.50/cwt	630.00–650.00	2,119	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	555	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	470	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,397	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	176.98/cwt	174.00–183.00	1,862	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	164.67/cwt	162.00–170.00	1,765	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	186.46/cwt	184.00–192.00	2,286	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	140.87/cwt	139.00–142.50	1,219	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	175.07/cwt	174.50–176.00	2,512	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	152.30/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,489	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,328	187.94/cwt	180.00–193.50	2,496	6
Bulls	—	—	1,912	219.44/cwt	216.00–224.00	4,196	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	3,158.13/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,158	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,346	2,572.82/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,573	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,560	4,950.00/head	4,950.00–4,950.00	4,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,475	5,000.00/head	5,000.00–5,000.00	5,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,257	2,335.28/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,335	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	970	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	474.02/cwt	465.00–483.00	2,375	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	491.31/cwt	490.00–492.00	2,334	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	247	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,107	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	306	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	1,567	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	583	404.98/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,361	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	454.96/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	454.25/cwt	452.00–455.00	2,171	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	413.47/cwt	400.00–424.00	2,361	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	387	474.62/cwt	455.00–485.00	1,837	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	533	377.20/cwt	365.00–402.00	2,010	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	392.69/cwt	385.00–397.00	2,274	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	379.79/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,472	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	370	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	672	340.38/cwt	339.00–342.50	2,287	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	274	579.89/cwt	570.00–590.00	1,589	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	381.51/cwt	378.00–385.00	2,701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	472.50/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,292	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	425.00/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	422.02/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,005	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	491.25/cwt	490.00–492.50	2,112	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,285	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	421	440.45/cwt	432.00–450.00	1,854	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	376.28/cwt	373.00–378.00	2,540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	557.32/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,118	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	526.66/cwt	515.00–540.00	1,991	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 Apr 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 772Last week 656Year ago 631

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 24Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 35Year ago 75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	429	450.00–465.00	459.08
7	450–500	478	452.00–455.00	454.25
8	500–550	519	410.00–423.00	418.19
10	550–600	579	385.00–397.00	392.69
3	600–650	630	365.00–370.00	368.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	335	500.00	500.00
9	350–400	387	455.00–485.00	474.62
3	400–450	405	420.00–435.00	425.00
3	450–500	475	410.00–435.00	422.02
4	500–550	533	365.00–402.00	377.20
2	550–600	592	380.00	380.00
4	650–700	672	339.00–342.50	340.38
1	700–750	745	327.00	327.00
1	750–800	765	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	274	570.00–590.00	579.89
3	300–350	327	535.00–540.00	536.63
4	350–400	373	500.00–506.00	501.59
15	400–450	429	474.00–500.00	492.51
4	450–500	459	460.00–485.00	468.73
24	500–550	517	429.00–450.00	442.16
30	550–600	571	400.00–424.00	413.47
27	600–650	624	377.00–400.00	390.40
10	650–700	651	365.00–385.00	379.79
2	750–800	765	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	710	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	380	550.00–560.00	557.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	650.00	650.00
1	300–350	300	625.00	625.00
9	400–450	436	450.00–527.50	487.84
9	450–500	478	467.00–495.00	484.30
2	500–550	540	434.00–445.00	439.45
11	550–600	591	445.00–465.00	456.99
2	600–650	610	378.00–397.00	387.42
1	750–800	790	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	551	508.00	508.00
12	600–650	607	470.00–472.00	470.34
4	650–700	662	460.00	460.00
172	700–750	740	402.00–410.00	407.02
62	950–1000	958	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	607.00	607.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	555.00	555.00
11	400–450	412	535.00–545.00	538.15
12	450–500	491	505.00–516.00	512.07
21	500–550	506	475.00–488.00	486.66
3	600–650	618	435.00–437.00	435.65
5	650–700	685	400.00–407.00	404.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	180	830.00	830.00
1	200–250	200	760.00	760.00
2	250–300	282	700.00	700.00
2	300–350	315	670.00–685.00	677.38
10	350–400	372	565.00–587.50	581.39
5	400–450	425	562.50–575.00	567.23
11	450–500	470	526.00–545.00	533.15
17	500–550	515	500.00–525.00	515.31
17	550–600	578	470.00–490.00	482.89
14	600–650	623	440.00–462.50	451.97
22	650–700	683	411.00–435.00	415.38
2	750–800	770	377.00	377.00
1	950–1000	960	310.00	310.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	715	372.00	372.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	770.00	770.00
4	300–350	334	630.00–650.00	634.50
1	350–400	355	570.00	570.00
1	400–450	400	505.00	505.00
3	450–500	475	490.00–492.00	491.31
4	500–550	501	465.00–483.00	474.02
2	550–600	558	445.00–465.00	454.96
1	650–700	660	390.00	390.00
2	700–750	708	378.00–385.00	381.51
2	850–900	868	310.00–320.00	315.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	510.00	510.00
1	550–600	555	485.00	485.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	247	670.00	670.00
1	250–300	290	625.00	625.00
3	300–350	306	512.00	512.00
6	350–400	378	515.00–540.00	526.66
4	400–450	421	432.00–450.00	440.45
1	450–500	490	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	517	442.00	442.00
2	550–600	583	400.00–410.00	404.98
1	650–700	675	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	775	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	490.00–492.50	491.25
2	450–500	485	470.00–475.00	472.50
1	550–600	555	430.00	430.00
3	650–700	675	373.00–378.00	376.28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,052	174.00–183.00	176.98
3	—	1,072	162.00–170.00	164.67
2	—	865	139.00–142.50	140.87
3	—	978	149.00–154.00	152.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,226	184.00–192.00	186.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	174.50–176.00	175.07
6	—	1,328	180.00–193.50	187.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,912	216.00–224.00	219.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,338	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,158.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,346	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,572.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,315	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,560	4,950.00	4,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,475	5,000.00	5,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,257	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,335.28
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	970	3,100.00	3,100.00

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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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