Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm. 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 $463.30/cwt on 138 head, down $4.40 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 29 comparable sales and sits −2.29 against this barn's trailing median of $465.60.

Average price

$463.30

▼ 4.40 vs prior sale

138 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$30.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.29

vs KY average

+4.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	463.97	2,568	135
Medium and Large 2-3	568	433.33	2,463	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.64/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale138 hd

463.30

—

KY average26 barns · 816 hd

456.01

+7.29

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

+4.25

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.60

−2.29

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	1,599	223.43	3,573	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,483	187.99	2,787	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,160	174.43	2,023	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	911	166.55	1,516	6thin

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)	1,315	$2,330	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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 1-2	100–150	145	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	1,117	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	170	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,471	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	497.23/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,452	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	409.71/cwt	407.00–422.00	2,368	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	331.47/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,347	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	335.85/cwt	327.50–340.00	2,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	423.99/cwt	407.00–432.50	2,620	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	369.02/cwt	355.00–379.00	2,343	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	487.28/cwt	470.00–492.50	1,915	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	354.36/cwt	342.50–364.00	2,332	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	313.57/cwt	312.00–329.00	2,540	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	696	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,749	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	482.46/cwt	462.50–487.50	2,538	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	442.55/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,549	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	425.82/cwt	417.00–439.00	2,270	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	442.87/cwt	437.50–450.00	2,148	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	380.86/cwt	370.00–389.00	2,597	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,815	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	524.43/cwt	520.00–527.50	2,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	507.35/cwt	487.50–511.50	2,451	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	487.22/cwt	477.50–500.00	1,998	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	483.37/cwt	475.00–490.00	1,556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,090	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	422.49/cwt	407.50–435.00	2,210	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	518	484.66/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	391.62/cwt	377.50–400.00	2,475	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	550.16/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	414.43/cwt	409.00–427.50	2,412	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	447.57/cwt	441.00–457.50	1,951	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	365.57/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,508	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	565	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	612	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	481.40/cwt	465.00–487.50	2,272	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,198	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	909	182.49/cwt	182.00–183.00	1,659	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,546	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	3,004	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	186.98/cwt	184.00–190.00	2,801	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,410	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	168.66/cwt	167.50–170.00	1,594	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	171.59/cwt	168.00–174.50	1,996	3
Bulls	—	—	1,843	230.57/cwt	227.50–233.50	4,249	2
Bulls	—	—	1,393	211.82/cwt	211.50–212.00	2,951	3
Bulls	—	—	1,730	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	4,221	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	185.00/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	270	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	452	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	2,387	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,330.00/head	2,330.00–2,330.00	2,330	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	1050–1100	1,084	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,851	46
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1200–1250	1,205	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,181	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	162.85/cwt	160.00–165.50	1,930	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	346.21/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	422	479.90/cwt	470.00–487.50	2,025	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	612	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,509	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,340	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,927	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	428.80/cwt	425.00–432.50	1,651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	420.68/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,019	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	569	392.90/cwt	392.50–393.00	2,236	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	980	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	935	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	335.47/cwt	333.00–339.00	2,231	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	357.43/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	880	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	627	381.60/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,393	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	427.50/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,544	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	395.03/cwt	389.00–400.00	2,433	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	509	451.49/cwt	450.00–452.50	2,298	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	552	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,363	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,749	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	380.29/cwt	375.00–389.50	2,730	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	334.49/cwt	331.00–338.00	2,903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	807	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,966	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	403.80/cwt	398.00–409.00	2,907	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,709	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 →

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

Tue Jun 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 862Last week 633Year ago 678

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 37Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 5Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	145	770.00	770.00
1	250–300	260	570.00	570.00
2	300–350	315	540.00–560.00	550.16
7	400–450	410	477.50–500.00	487.22
17	450–500	472	465.00–487.50	481.40
11	500–550	523	407.50–435.00	422.49
18	550–600	582	409.00–427.50	414.43
6	600–650	632	377.50–400.00	391.62
12	650–700	686	350.00–370.00	365.57
1	750–800	785	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	865	304.00	304.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	520.00	520.00
2	500–550	518	475.00–495.00	484.66
1	550–600	565	442.50	442.50
2	600–650	612	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	407.50	407.50
1	400–450	410	470.00	470.00
1	450–500	465	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	520	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	550	412.50	412.50
2	600–650	628	355.00–360.00	357.43
1	900–950	935	218.00	218.00
1	950–1000	980	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	170	615.00	615.00
1	250–300	270	555.00	555.00
1	300–350	300	600.00	600.00
2	350–400	360	550.00	550.00
5	400–450	430	520.00–527.50	524.43
50	450–500	483	487.50–511.50	507.35
57	500–550	526	462.50–487.50	482.46
65	550–600	576	425.00–460.00	442.55
31	600–650	618	407.00–432.50	423.99
7	650–700	682	370.00–389.00	380.86
14	700–750	718	375.00–389.50	380.29
2	750–800	782	340.00	340.00
3	800–850	808	327.50–340.00	335.85
2	850–900	868	331.00–338.00	334.49
1	900–950	900	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	561	490.00	490.00
10	600–650	627	449.00	449.00
7	650–700	696	395.00	395.00
41	700–750	720	398.00–409.00	403.80
55	800–850	807	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	452	528.00	528.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	500.00	500.00
2	450–500	485	482.50	482.50
1	500–550	515	445.00	445.00
2	550–600	595	425.00–430.00	427.50
5	600–650	627	380.00–385.00	381.60
1	850–900	880	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	535.00	535.00
5	250–300	292	485.00–500.00	497.23
3	300–350	322	475.00–490.00	483.37
11	350–400	393	470.00–492.50	487.28
16	400–450	436	441.00–457.50	447.57
25	450–500	485	437.50–450.00	442.87
44	500–550	533	417.00–439.00	425.82
6	550–600	578	407.00–422.00	409.71
10	600–650	635	355.00–379.00	369.02
9	650–700	658	342.50–364.00	354.36
11	700–750	708	330.00–340.00	331.47
4	750–800	797	310.00	310.00
11	800–850	810	312.00–329.00	313.57
1	1050–1100	1,090	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	535.00	535.00
1	350–400	370	500.00	500.00
24	400–450	422	470.00–487.50	479.90
8	600–650	612	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	465.00	465.00
2	350–400	385	425.00–432.50	428.80
1	400–450	430	350.00	350.00
7	450–500	480	420.00–425.00	420.68
1	500–550	505	400.00	400.00
10	550–600	569	392.50–393.00	392.90
2	600–650	638	342.50–350.00	346.21
5	650–700	665	333.00–339.00	335.47
1	700–750	720	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	509	450.00–452.50	451.49
5	550–600	552	428.00	428.00
22	600–650	616	389.00–400.00	395.03
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	1050–1100	1,084	263.00	263.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1200–1250	1,205	181.00	181.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	335.00	335.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	147.00	147.00
2	—	909	182.00–183.00	182.49
1	—	940	150.00	150.00
2	—	945	167.50–170.00	168.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	175.00	175.00
1	—	1,480	203.00	203.00
2	—	1,498	184.00–190.00	186.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,163	168.00–174.50	171.59
3	—	1,140	180.00–189.00	185.00
2	—	1,185	160.00–165.50	162.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,843	227.50–233.50	230.57
3	—	1,393	211.50–212.00	211.82
1	—	1,730	244.00	244.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	2,330.00	2,330.00

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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

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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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

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