Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: All classes of feeder cattle sold sharply higher. A much better quality feeder offering today with several weaned, pre-conditioned packages that saw strong demand from the buyers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.40/cwt on 113 head, up $23.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −24.63 against this barn's trailing median of $481.03.

Average price

$456.40

▲ 23.74 vs prior sale

113 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$414

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

$63.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.02

vs KY average

+54.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	464.75	2,583	87
Medium and Large 2	563	436.73	2,459	20
Medium and Large 2-3	541	400.83	2,170	6thin

One grade step is worth $63.92/cwt here — about $414 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale113 hd

456.40

—

KY average22 barns · 616 hd

434.38

+22.02

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

+54.52

This barn, trailing median32 sales

481.03

−24.63

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	1,600	221.98	3,552	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,187	180.20	2,138	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,466	179.68	2,634	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,068	154.49	1,650	10

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,322	$2,990	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,020	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,133	$1,888	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	880	$2,901	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	840	$2,725	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$2,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

102 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
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	387.98/cwt	382.00–390.00	2,204	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	725	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	637	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	474	435.87/cwt	432.00–439.00	2,066	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,944	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	453.22/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,121	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,366	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	175	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	575	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	467.30/cwt	455.00–480.00	1,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	358.71/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,249	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	425.09/cwt	422.00–427.00	2,028	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	448.97/cwt	445.00–452.00	1,935	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	373.86/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,138	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	398.58/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,073	17
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	645	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,933	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,337	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	355.30/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,054	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	408	395.60/cwt	395.00–399.00	1,614	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,847	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,175	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,283	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	352.76/cwt	352.00–355.00	2,335	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	505.20/cwt	500.00–507.00	2,132	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,045	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,020	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,322	2,989.91/head	2,600.00–3,400.00	2,990	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	2,900.85/head	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,901	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	840	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bulls	—	—	1,513	217.68/cwt	216.00–219.50	3,293	4
Bulls	—	—	1,775	230.58/cwt	225.50–234.50	4,093	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	174.13/cwt	173.00–175.00	2,048	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	192.33/cwt	186.50–197.50	2,323	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	3,016	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,245	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	159.30/cwt	156.50–162.00	1,665	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	143.10/cwt	137.00–149.00	1,494	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,851	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,131	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	181.49/cwt	173.50–187.50	2,653	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	388.87/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,003	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	457.29/cwt	452.00–460.00	2,003	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,997	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	212	765.00/cwt	765.00–765.00	1,622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	432.26/cwt	427.00–438.00	2,654	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	786	372.25/cwt	372.25–372.25	2,926	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	475.77/cwt	470.00–478.00	2,698	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	404.45/cwt	404.00–411.00	2,682	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	707	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,134	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,473	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	391.08/cwt	387.00–395.00	2,433	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	479	417.47/cwt	412.00–435.00	2,000	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,195	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,002	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	355.12/cwt	349.00–359.00	2,734	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	557	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,228	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	441	464.67/cwt	442.00–477.00	2,049	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,481	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	678	312.29/cwt	307.00–315.00	2,117	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,154	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	350.94/cwt	347.00–353.00	2,344	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	402.50/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	585	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,293	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	416.41/cwt	413.00–420.00	2,124	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	372.46/cwt	364.00–377.00	2,715	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	451.74/cwt	437.00–460.00	2,570	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	552.00/cwt	552.00–552.00	1,998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	480.04/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,535	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	340.60/cwt	340.00–341.00	3,035	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	483.81/cwt	470.00–493.00	2,385	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	414.34/cwt	395.00–418.50	2,511	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	497.33/cwt	491.00–525.00	2,178	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	386.10/cwt	374.00–393.00	2,618	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	451.46/cwt	447.50–467.00	2,438	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	347.84/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,925	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,553	1

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 Aug 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,042Last week 389Year ago 528

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 45Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 49Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	212	765.00	765.00
9	300–350	330	605.00	605.00
4	400–450	422	500.00–507.00	505.20
5	450–500	468	445.00–465.00	453.22
2	500–550	500	435.00	435.00
4	550–600	568	382.00–390.00	387.98
2	600–650	617	370.00	370.00
4	650–700	662	352.00–355.00	352.76
1	700–750	700	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	770	321.00	321.00
2	850–900	880	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	375	485.00	485.00
3	400–450	438	452.00–460.00	457.29
1	450–500	460	385.00	385.00
4	500–550	515	375.00–399.00	388.87
1	550–600	565	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	605	315.00	315.00
1	800–850	835	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	317.00	317.00
1	700–750	725	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	637	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	480.00	480.00
11	450–500	474	432.00–439.00	435.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	690.00	690.00
1	250–300	270	495.00	495.00
2	300–350	320	455.00–480.00	467.30
1	350–400	350	460.00	460.00
8	400–450	431	445.00–452.00	448.97
11	450–500	477	422.00–427.00	425.09
17	500–550	520	385.00–410.00	398.58
23	550–600	572	370.00–382.00	373.86
11	600–650	627	350.00–365.00	358.71
78	650–700	697	339.50	339.50
2	700–750	717	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	407.00	407.00
1	500–550	540	370.00	370.00
16	550–600	578	350.00–362.50	355.30
1	650–700	685	328.00	328.00
2	900–950	915	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	442.00	442.00
13	400–450	408	395.00–399.00	395.60
1	450–500	490	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	590	313.00	313.00
3	650–700	678	307.00–315.00	312.29
2	700–750	735	293.00	293.00
1	750–800	760	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	510	413.00–420.00	416.41
39	550–600	585	392.00	392.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	519	502.00	502.00
11	550–600	567	470.00–478.00	475.77
56	600–650	614	427.00–438.00	432.26
31	650–700	663	404.00–411.00	404.45
4	700–750	707	389.00	389.00
201	750–800	786	372.25	372.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	485.00	485.00
2	450–500	475	462.00	462.00
10	500–550	540	447.50–467.00	451.46
10	550–600	586	422.00	422.00
9	600–650	622	387.00–395.00	391.08
1	650–700	690	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	730	355.00	355.00
2	1000–1050	1,002	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	585.00	585.00
1	300–350	315	555.00	555.00
2	350–400	362	552.00	552.00
7	400–450	438	491.00–525.00	497.33
5	450–500	493	470.00–493.00	483.81
20	500–550	528	475.00–490.00	480.04
50	550–600	569	437.00–460.00	451.74
9	600–650	606	395.00–418.50	414.34
42	650–700	678	374.00–393.00	386.10
61	700–750	729	364.00–377.00	372.46
11	750–800	770	349.00–359.00	355.12
14	800–850	841	340.00–350.00	347.84
5	850–900	891	340.00–341.00	340.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	442.00–477.00	464.67
6	450–500	479	412.00–435.00	417.47
2	500–550	510	395.00–410.00	402.50
4	550–600	557	400.00	400.00
3	650–700	668	347.00–353.00	350.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	600.00	600.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,625.00	1,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,322	2,600.00–3,400.00	2,989.91
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	880	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,900.85
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	2,725.00	2,725.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,750.00	2,750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,513	216.00–219.50	217.68
2	—	1,775	225.50–234.50	230.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,176	173.00–175.00	174.13
2	—	1,208	186.50–197.50	192.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	204.50	204.50
1	—	1,480	144.00	144.00
6	—	1,462	173.50–187.50	181.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	182.50	182.50
3	—	1,045	156.50–162.00	159.30
5	—	1,044	137.00–149.00	143.10
1	—	1,095	169.00	169.00

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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