Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $495.15/cwt on 105 head, up $1.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 29 comparable sales and sits +29.55 against this barn's trailing median of $465.60.

Average price

$495.15

▲ 1.22 vs prior sale

105 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$28.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.02

vs KY average

+21.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	497.03	2,715	98
Medium and Large 2-3	553	468.80	2,590	7thin

One grade step is worth $28.23/cwt here — about $125 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

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.97, low $421.14, median $465.60 across 29 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 sale105 hd

495.15

—

KY average25 barns · 949 hd

478.13

+17.02

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+21.45

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.60

+29.55

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	1,660	213.70	3,547	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,287	181.70	2,338	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	173.50	2,611	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	940	150.14	1,412	6thin

Every lot, as filed

111 lots · USDA AMS · Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, 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 and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	450	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	263	560.24/cwt	555.00–565.00	1,473	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	582.64/cwt	580.00–585.00	1,853	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	373	535.10/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	476.89/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,055	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	165	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,151	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	410.46/cwt	402.00–420.00	2,508	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	553	476.69/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	435.56/cwt	430.00–442.50	2,565	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	511.48/cwt	502.00–517.50	2,383	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	438.05/cwt	427.50–442.00	2,282	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	246	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	1,494	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	303.34/cwt	302.00–307.50	2,842	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	564.22/cwt	560.00–572.50	2,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	493.96/cwt	485.00–502.50	1,645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	466.97/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,728	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	448.29/cwt	439.00–457.50	2,829	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	354.31/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,377	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	331.48/cwt	324.00–340.00	2,383	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,383	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	346.35/cwt	345.00–347.00	2,857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	483.96/cwt	472.50–487.50	2,802	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	422.00/cwt	414.00–431.00	2,870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	705.00/cwt	705.00–705.00	1,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	371.32/cwt	364.00–378.00	2,302	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	394.95/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,239	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	307.70/cwt	304.00–322.50	2,523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	378.77/cwt	371.00–390.00	2,739	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	790	378.50/cwt	378.50–378.50	2,990	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	345.21/cwt	331.00–349.00	2,993	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	467.16/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,210	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	280	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	2,095	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	390.68/cwt	388.00–392.00	2,422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	721	401.57/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,895	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	522.47/cwt	515.00–530.00	2,529	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	371.18/cwt	361.00–376.00	2,817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	568.40/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,484	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	522.51/cwt	505.00–530.00	2,785	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,018	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	1,944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,363	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	742	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	799	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,749	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	908	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,232	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	659	442.13/cwt	438.00–443.00	2,914	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	492.71/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,587	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	417.08/cwt	410.00–421.00	2,394	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	489.92/cwt	487.50–492.50	2,352	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	453	551.36/cwt	550.00–555.00	2,498	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	323	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,261	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	740	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,109	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	950	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,900	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,265	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	158.32/cwt	157.00–161.00	1,650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	445.82/cwt	437.50–448.00	2,104	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	393	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,358	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	402	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	413	504.00/cwt	495.00–512.50	2,082	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	236.61/cwt	207.00–265.00	2,551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	412.50/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	682	400.10/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,729	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	225	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	448.82/cwt	447.50–450.00	1,661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	418.72/cwt	417.00–422.50	2,177	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	431	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,993	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	340.12/cwt	339.00–342.50	2,296	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	475.21/cwt	472.50–478.00	2,471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	392.67/cwt	388.00–395.00	2,160	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	430.31/cwt	425.00–432.00	2,689	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	326	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	374.61/cwt	370.00–377.00	2,510	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	497	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,018	259.48/cwt	257.00–262.00	2,642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	476.64/cwt	470.00–482.00	2,888	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1150–1200	1,170	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,836	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,831	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,398	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	138.93/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,153	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	188.32/cwt	182.00–193.00	2,454	6
Bulls	—	—	1,660	213.70/cwt	210.00–218.00	3,547	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	173.76/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,202	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	450	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,261	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	327	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,027	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,291	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	505	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	238	612.74/cwt	605.00–620.00	1,458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	421	591.44/cwt	587.50–602.50	2,490	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	265	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	1,597	1

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

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Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

Tue May 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 829Last week 795Year ago 1,381

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 73Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 0Last week 0Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	602.50	602.50
1	350–400	385	595.00	595.00
3	400–450	402	560.00	560.00
1	450–500	450	530.00	530.00
2	500–550	505	486.00	486.00
3	550–600	553	470.00–490.00	476.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	605.00–620.00	612.74
2	250–300	263	555.00–565.00	560.24
2	300–350	318	580.00–585.00	582.64
3	350–400	375	560.00–572.50	564.22
3	400–450	402	535.00	535.00
12	450–500	466	502.00–517.50	511.48
5	500–550	518	460.00	460.00
9	550–600	589	430.00–442.50	435.56
4	600–650	611	402.00–420.00	410.46
2	700–750	705	377.50	377.50
1	750–800	765	354.00	354.00
1	800–850	810	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	650.00	650.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	557.50	557.50
3	300–350	326	525.00	525.00
1	350–400	395	517.50	517.50
2	450–500	497	495.00	495.00
1	500–550	535	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	590	410.00–415.00	412.50
1	600–650	635	392.00	392.00
1	650–700	655	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	710	346.00	346.00
1	750–800	775	320.00	320.00
2	1000–1050	1,018	257.00–262.00	259.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	620.00	620.00
2	350–400	373	530.00–540.00	535.10
6	400–450	413	495.00–512.50	504.00
1	450–500	450	502.50	502.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	510.00	510.00
4	200–250	246	607.50	607.50
6	300–350	333	485.00–502.50	493.96
6	350–400	370	460.00–475.00	466.97
22	400–450	431	470.00–485.00	476.89
11	450–500	473	460.00–470.00	467.16
46	500–550	521	427.50–442.00	438.05
11	550–600	567	390.00–405.00	394.95
5	600–650	620	364.00–378.00	371.32
6	650–700	671	345.00–360.00	354.31
6	700–750	719	324.00–340.00	331.48
1	750–800	750	331.00	331.00
5	800–850	820	304.00–322.50	307.70
4	900–950	937	302.00–307.50	303.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	531	445.00	445.00
16	550–600	574	410.00–421.00	417.08
3	600–650	620	388.00–392.00	390.68
9	650–700	670	370.00–377.00	374.61
7	700–750	742	347.00	347.00
41	750–800	799	344.00	344.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	480.00	480.00
2	350–400	370	447.50–450.00	448.82
5	400–450	431	462.50	462.50
5	450–500	472	437.50–448.00	445.82
13	500–550	520	417.00–422.50	418.72
3	550–600	550	388.00–395.00	392.67
2	600–650	645	340.00	340.00
4	650–700	675	339.00–342.50	340.12
2	700–750	730	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	760	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	705.00	705.00
1	250–300	295	710.00	710.00
1	300–350	320	607.50	607.50
1	350–400	370	557.50	557.50
9	400–450	437	550.00–575.00	568.40
16	450–500	484	515.00–530.00	522.47
38	500–550	525	480.00–502.50	492.71
33	550–600	579	472.50–487.50	483.96
12	600–650	631	439.00–457.50	448.29
5	650–700	680	414.00–431.00	422.00
11	700–750	723	371.00–390.00	378.77
5	750–800	759	361.00–376.00	371.18
3	800–850	825	345.00–347.00	346.35
17	850–900	867	331.00–349.00	345.21
5	1000–1050	1,018	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	533	505.00–530.00	522.51
5	550–600	551	504.00	504.00
9	600–650	606	470.00–482.00	476.64
12	650–700	659	438.00–443.00	442.13
12	700–750	721	400.00–405.00	401.57
9	750–800	790	378.50	378.50
59	900–950	908	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	540.00	540.00
1	350–400	355	535.00	535.00
1	400–450	415	547.50	547.50
2	450–500	480	487.50–492.50	489.92
3	500–550	520	472.50–478.00	475.21
4	550–600	577	464.00	464.00
7	600–650	625	425.00–432.00	430.31
10	650–700	682	400.00–401.00	400.10
1	700–750	745	340.00	340.00
1	1150–1200	1,170	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	323	700.00	700.00
3	350–400	393	600.00	600.00
7	400–450	421	587.50–602.50	591.44
11	450–500	453	550.00–555.00	551.36
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	285.00	285.00
1	950–1000	950	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	148.00	148.00
3	—	1,042	157.00–161.00	158.32
2	—	830	138.00–140.00	138.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	185.00	185.00
1	—	1,480	162.00	162.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,303	182.00–193.00	188.32
5	—	1,267	171.00–179.00	173.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,660	210.00–218.00	213.70

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,078	207.00–265.00	236.61

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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

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