Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. No test on slaughter bulls. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $425.01/cwt on 71 head, down $12.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 31 comparable sales and sits +9.69 against this barn's trailing median of $415.33.

Average price

$425.01

▼ 12.59 vs prior sale

71 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,287

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$25.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.13

vs KY average

+9.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	427.89	2,296	63
Medium and Large 2-3	549	402.39	2,209	8thin

One grade step is worth $25.50/cwt here — about $87 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $469.65, low $340.68, median $415.33 across 31 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 sale71 hd

425.01

—

KY average26 barns · 954 hd

414.88

+10.13

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

+9.18

This barn, trailing median31 sales

415.33

+9.69

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	—	Low	1,703	215.10	3,664	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,203	181.51	2,184	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,502	181.50	2,726	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	918	146.24	1,342	2thin

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,333	$2,857	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,144	$2,389	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,041	$2,220	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	760	$2,450	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

108 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 1-2	250–300	275	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,070	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	471.16/cwt	455.00–477.50	2,624	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	420.01/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	598.43/cwt	592.00–600.00	2,340	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	533.67/cwt	525.00–537.00	2,615	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	450	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	511	524.14/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,678	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	520.13/cwt	510.00–527.00	2,283	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	413.76/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,871	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	355.93/cwt	347.00–362.00	3,157	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	507	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,251	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,379	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,436	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	729	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,617	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	388	643.30/cwt	630.00–650.00	2,496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	697	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,269	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	416	440.77/cwt	440.00–442.00	1,834	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	514	410.48/cwt	406.00–412.00	2,110	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	361	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	1,848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	860	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	374.86/cwt	367.00–378.00	2,474	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,929	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	384.67/cwt	380.00–387.00	2,831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	542.55/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,327	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,047	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,141	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	477.02/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,504	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	432	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	449.75/cwt	440.00–455.50	2,788	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	540	506.05/cwt	497.50–507.00	2,733	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	485.80/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	962	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,271	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	775	391.55/cwt	385.00–399.00	3,035	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	412.84/cwt	408.00–414.00	3,059	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	808	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,949	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	857	369.45/cwt	368.00–369.75	3,166	71
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	446.75/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,359	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,090	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	513.74/cwt	507.00–527.00	2,173	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,019	266.07/cwt	262.00–270.00	2,711	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	396.23/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,338	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,646	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	175.58/cwt	173.00–177.50	2,038	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	146.24/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,342	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,669	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	2,830	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	198.66/cwt	193.50–204.00	2,364	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	185.97/cwt	182.00–189.00	2,325	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	165.34/cwt	165.00–165.50	1,971	3
Bulls	—	—	1,505	194.96/cwt	194.50–195.50	2,934	2
Bulls	—	—	1,895	228.23/cwt	227.50–229.00	4,325	2
Bulls	—	—	1,708	219.77/cwt	215.50–224.50	3,754	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	2,388.77/head	1,600.00–3,100.00	2,389	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	2,857.04/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,857	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	2,220.47/head	1,475.00–3,100.00	2,220	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	331	601.67/cwt	600.00–605.00	1,992	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	711	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	546.21/cwt	537.00–555.00	2,349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	363	600.05/cwt	595.00–612.00	2,178	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	855	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	472	505.57/cwt	502.00–510.00	2,386	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	624	406.20/cwt	402.50–410.00	2,535	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	584	394.29/cwt	392.00–395.00	2,303	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	449.91/cwt	440.00–457.00	2,115	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	497	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	444.78/cwt	432.50–450.00	1,632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	982	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	325.31/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	484.67/cwt	482.00–487.50	1,624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	404.94/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,308	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	490.83/cwt	482.00–497.00	1,816	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	425.98/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,241	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	373.27/cwt	365.00–382.00	2,340	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	458.38/cwt	453.00–469.00	1,971	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	379.83/cwt	374.00–385.00	2,552	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	451.05/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,526	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	471.70/cwt	465.00–483.00	2,439	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	450	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,138	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,791	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	372.49/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,347	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,635	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	572.08/cwt	570.00–585.00	2,237	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	487.82/cwt	480.00–497.50	2,307	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	369.88/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,360	2

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 Jun 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 706Last week 781Year ago 292

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 26Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 14Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	660.00	660.00
1	300–350	330	540.00	540.00
5	350–400	391	592.00–600.00	598.43
7	400–450	439	510.00–527.00	520.13
14	450–500	490	525.00–537.00	533.67
7	500–550	525	470.00–480.00	477.02
6	550–600	557	455.00–477.50	471.16
4	600–650	629	415.00–435.00	420.01
8	650–700	694	405.00–415.00	413.76
3	700–750	736	380.00–387.00	384.67
5	850–900	887	347.00–362.00	355.93
2	1000–1050	1,047	300.00	300.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	635.00	635.00
3	350–400	388	630.00–650.00	643.30
1	450–500	450	552.50	552.50
12	500–550	511	520.00–535.00	524.14
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	501.00	501.00
1	400–450	445	497.50	497.50
1	450–500	470	492.50	492.50
1	500–550	540	430.00	430.00
1	600–650	615	405.00	405.00
1	650–700	650	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	535.00–550.00	542.55
1	400–450	440	497.00	497.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	432	590.00	590.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	540	497.50–507.00	506.05
5	550–600	580	480.00–495.00	485.80
24	600–650	620	440.00–455.50	449.75
5	700–750	741	408.00–414.00	412.84
9	750–800	775	385.00–399.00	391.55
3	800–850	808	365.00	365.00
71	850–900	857	368.00–369.75	369.45
6	950–1000	962	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	507	444.00	444.00
15	550–600	555	439.00	439.00
6	600–650	610	390.00	390.00
68	700–750	729	359.00	359.00
4	850–900	860	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	445.00	445.00
1	350–400	365	422.50	422.50
4	400–450	416	440.00–442.00	440.77
2	450–500	497	410.00	410.00
4	500–550	514	406.00–412.00	410.48
4	550–600	584	392.00–395.00	394.29
1	600–650	605	350.00	350.00
9	650–700	697	325.50	325.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	361	512.00	512.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	482.00–487.50	484.67
4	350–400	367	432.50–450.00	444.78
24	400–450	430	453.00–469.00	458.38
10	450–500	470	440.00–457.00	449.91
37	500–550	526	415.00–435.00	425.98
7	550–600	570	400.00–420.00	404.94
11	600–650	627	365.00–382.00	373.27
7	650–700	660	367.00–378.00	374.86
3	700–750	713	337.00	337.00
3	750–800	755	320.00–332.00	325.31
1	800–850	805	310.00	310.00
2	850–900	865	316.00	316.00
2	950–1000	982	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	482.00–497.00	490.83
4	450–500	450	475.00	475.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	490.00	490.00
1	350–400	350	455.00	455.00
1	400–450	430	472.00	472.00
1	450–500	460	460.00	460.00
3	500–550	528	440.00–450.00	446.75
4	550–600	590	390.00–400.00	396.23
2	600–650	638	360.00–380.00	369.88
1	700–750	715	370.00	370.00
1	850–900	855	275.00	275.00
4	1000–1050	1,019	262.00–270.00	266.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	550.00	550.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	625.00	625.00
2	300–350	317	565.00	565.00
7	350–400	391	570.00–585.00	572.08
4	400–450	423	507.00–527.00	513.74
8	450–500	473	480.00–497.50	487.82
6	500–550	517	465.00–483.00	471.70
4	550–600	560	440.00–455.00	451.05
3	600–650	630	360.00–380.00	372.49
8	650–700	672	374.00–385.00	379.83
6	700–750	732	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	775	360.00	360.00
1	900–950	940	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	600.00–605.00	601.67
7	350–400	363	595.00–612.00	600.05
2	400–450	430	537.00–555.00	546.21
3	450–500	472	502.00–510.00	505.57
4	600–650	624	402.50–410.00	406.20
3	700–750	711	385.00	385.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,161	173.00–177.50	175.58
3	—	1,190	193.50–204.00	198.66
6	—	1,250	182.00–189.00	185.97
3	—	1,192	165.00–165.50	165.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	143.00–150.00	146.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	175.00	175.00
1	—	1,455	194.50	194.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	194.50–195.50	194.96
2	—	1,895	227.50–229.00	228.23
3	—	1,708	215.50–224.50	219.77

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,144	1,600.00–3,100.00	2,388.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,333	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,857.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,041	1,475.00–3,100.00	2,220.47

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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Heifers · 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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