Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. No test on slaughter bulls. 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 $367.67/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −97.63 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.

Average price

$367.67

76 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$44.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.16

vs KY average

−6.35 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	377.27	2,064	57
Medium and Large 2	559	346.00	1,934	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	550	332.40	1,827	10thin

One grade step is worth $44.87/cwt here — about $237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.97, low $392.22, median $465.30 across 30 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 sale76 hd

367.67

—

KY average23 barns · 1,058 hd

359.50

+8.16

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−6.35

This barn, trailing median30 sales

465.30

−97.63

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	143.00	2,252	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	142.73	1,699	9thin
Steers	Select and Choice	High	1,595	182.00	2,903	1thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	371.28/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,790	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	289.51/cwt	288.00–291.00	2,084	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	306.48/cwt	304.00–309.00	2,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	100–150	145	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,946	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	296	457.51/cwt	452.50–460.00	1,354	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,148	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,526	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	390.70/cwt	385.00–392.50	1,285	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,837	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	417	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,751	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	250	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	372.96/cwt	370.00–377.00	2,145	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,945	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	334	427.80/cwt	420.00–431.00	1,429	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	461	400.86/cwt	400.00–404.00	1,848	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	413	390.49/cwt	390.00–393.00	1,613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,999	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	311.07/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,792	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	737	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	330.62/cwt	327.00–336.00	1,752	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	399.85/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	403.60/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,509	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	250.68/cwt	247.00–258.00	2,163	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	410.86/cwt	399.00–417.00	1,717	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	308.67/cwt	305.00–319.00	2,253	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	307.92/cwt	303.00–313.00	1,940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	185	518.95/cwt	515.00–522.50	960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	881	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,467	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	727	325.75/cwt	325.75–325.75	2,368	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	284.94/cwt	278.00–291.00	2,194	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	358.00/cwt	357.00–360.00	1,908	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	380.78/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,037	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	359.88/cwt	351.00–365.00	2,037	21
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,340	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	676	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,629	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	327.15/cwt	325.75–331.00	2,179	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	404.59/cwt	399.00–412.50	1,331	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	274.89/cwt	263.00–277.00	2,238	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	577	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	396.24/cwt	391.00–400.00	2,068	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	341.75/cwt	340.00–347.00	2,153	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	387.31/cwt	380.00–393.00	1,824	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	562	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,180	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	212.76/cwt	206.00–216.00	1,968	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,981	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	325.18/cwt	315.00–333.00	1,694	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,027	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	432.50/cwt	427.00–437.50	1,362	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,595	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,903	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	143.80/cwt	140.50–148.00	1,716	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	128.94/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,521	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,252	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	153.83/cwt	153.00–154.50	1,838	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	412.56/cwt	406.00–420.00	1,320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	426	362.17/cwt	362.00–362.50	1,543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	845	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,396	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	331.85/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,941	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	398.99/cwt	392.50–407.50	1,460	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	737	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,548	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	533	357.90/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,908	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	372	414.67/cwt	412.00–416.00	1,543	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	259.46/cwt	254.00–265.00	1,907	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	370.49/cwt	365.00–378.00	1,793	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	578	355.71/cwt	346.00–359.00	2,056	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	398.56/cwt	391.00–403.00	1,626	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	596	272.24/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	373.25/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,736	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,114	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	951	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,197	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	278.13/cwt	273.00–281.00	1,861	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	326.36/cwt	320.00–339.00	2,056	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	374.59/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,562	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	359.87/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,652	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	434	354.43/cwt	351.00–356.00	1,538	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,359	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	482	336.21/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,621	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	261.50/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,982	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,073	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	317.59/cwt	304.00–324.00	1,693	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	293.86/cwt	292.00–299.00	1,798	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	334	372.31/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,169	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	278.80/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,731	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	392.65/cwt	385.00–397.00	1,469	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	343.71/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,667	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	362.56/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	431	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,737	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	410.99/cwt	410.50–417.50	1,418	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	241.56/cwt	237.00–246.00	1,969	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 →

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

Mon Apr 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,117Last week 1,692Year ago 1,192

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 75Year ago 54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	500	345.00	345.00
9	550–600	555	331.00	331.00
1	600–650	620	291.00	291.00
1	650–700	665	277.50	277.50
1	700–750	700	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	750	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	385.00–392.50	390.70
16	450–500	482	370.00–373.00	371.28
3	500–550	533	357.00–360.00	358.00
6	550–600	572	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	630	303.00–313.00	307.92
2	700–750	720	288.00–291.00	289.51
7	750–800	766	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	145	515.00	515.00
2	150–200	185	515.00–522.50	518.95
3	250–300	296	452.50–460.00	457.51
11	300–350	329	399.00–412.50	404.59
5	350–400	374	400.00–415.00	403.60
13	400–450	418	399.00–417.00	410.86
10	450–500	471	380.00–393.00	387.31
10	500–550	535	370.00–387.50	380.78
21	550–600	566	351.00–365.00	359.88
28	600–650	630	320.00–339.00	326.36
2	650–700	665	304.00–309.00	306.48
14	700–750	730	305.00–319.00	308.67
11	750–800	770	278.00–291.00	284.94
22	800–850	814	263.00–277.00	274.89
9	850–900	863	247.00–258.00	250.68
10	1100–1150	1,148	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	500.00	500.00
10	300–350	334	420.00–431.00	427.80
13	400–450	417	420.00	420.00
10	450–500	461	400.00–404.00	400.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	522	391.00–400.00	396.24
7	550–600	575	370.00–377.00	372.96
8	600–650	630	340.00–347.00	341.75
45	650–700	666	325.75–331.00	327.15
74	700–750	727	325.75	325.75
61	850–900	881	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	390.00–393.00	390.49
29	500–550	530	327.00–336.00	330.62
7	600–650	612	292.00–299.00	293.86
1	650–700	680	294.00	294.00
2	700–750	737	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	410.00	410.00
4	300–350	330	395.00–405.00	399.85
17	350–400	374	385.00–397.00	392.65
27	400–450	417	370.00–385.00	374.59
27	450–500	459	350.00–367.50	359.87
26	500–550	533	304.00–324.00	317.59
24	550–600	576	300.00–318.00	311.07
16	600–650	621	275.00–286.00	278.80
36	650–700	669	273.00–281.00	278.13
1	700–750	740	260.00	260.00
2	750–800	758	260.00–263.00	261.50
5	800–850	816	254.00	254.00
2	850–900	877	241.00	241.00
3	950–1000	951	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	345	410.50–417.50	410.99
24	350–400	372	412.00–416.00	414.67
53	400–450	431	403.00	403.00
7	450–500	465	370.00–377.50	373.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	375	362.50	362.50
2	400–450	415	360.00–365.00	362.56
16	450–500	485	340.00–347.00	343.71
3	500–550	535	299.00	299.00
1	550–600	585	295.00	295.00
3	600–650	640	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	370.00–373.00	372.31
1	350–400	370	345.00	345.00
7	400–450	434	351.00–356.00	354.43
18	450–500	482	332.50–337.50	336.21
4	550–600	596	271.00–276.00	272.24
1	600–650	605	242.00	242.00
1	650–700	695	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	562	210.00	210.00
1	600–650	635	211.00	211.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	577	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	676	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	412.50	412.50
2	300–350	320	406.00–420.00	412.56
6	350–400	366	392.50–407.50	398.99
10	400–450	408	391.00–403.00	398.56
15	450–500	484	365.00–378.00	370.49
8	500–550	521	315.00–333.00	325.18
7	550–600	585	322.00–340.00	331.85
2	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	688	288.00	288.00
2	700–750	735	254.00–265.00	259.46
1	750–800	755	288.00	288.00
2	800–850	815	237.00–246.00	241.56
1	850–900	885	229.00	229.00
3	900–950	925	206.00–216.00	212.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	427.00–437.50	432.50
2	350–400	360	432.50	432.50
5	500–550	533	350.00–365.00	357.90
4	550–600	578	346.00–359.00	355.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	357.50	357.50
3	400–450	426	362.00–362.50	362.17
1	500–550	510	285.00	285.00
2	700–750	737	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	845	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	382.50	382.50
1	400–450	435	385.00	385.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	182.00	182.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,193	140.50–148.00	143.80
2	—	1,180	128.00–130.00	128.94
2	—	1,195	153.00–154.50	153.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	143.00	143.00

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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