Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $343.88/cwt on 126 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −67.33 against this barn's trailing median of $411.21.

Average price

$343.88

126 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$58.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.64

vs KY average

+3.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	347.22	1,917	113
Medium and Large 2	540	319.68	1,728	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	558	288.50	1,608	2thin

One grade step is worth $58.72/cwt here — about $308 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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.44, low $348.35, median $411.21 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 sale126 hd

343.88

—

KY average24 barns · 1,240 hd

339.24

+4.64

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

+3.70

This barn, trailing median30 sales

411.21

−67.33

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	1,710	205.62	3,517	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,485	169.00	2,510	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	164.07	2,015	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,002	138.16	1,384	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,200	181.00	2,172	1thin

Every lot, as filed

123 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	300–350	340	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	210	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	309.71/cwt	307.50–311.00	1,750	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,887	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	360.10/cwt	357.50–361.00	1,887	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	362.22/cwt	356.00–368.00	2,470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	347.85/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,031	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	375.23/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,062	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	382.61/cwt	372.50–386.00	1,622	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	345.86/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	344.92/cwt	341.00–349.00	2,483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	348.50/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	374.17/cwt	369.00–385.00	1,463	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	369.93/cwt	368.00–373.00	2,305	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	843	304.10/cwt	304.10–304.10	2,564	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	529	361.66/cwt	358.00–364.00	1,913	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	372.50/cwt	370.00–375.00	913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	330.49/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,930	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	711	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,218	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	338.81/cwt	338.00–342.00	1,952	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	383.59/cwt	381.00–389.00	2,171	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	382.99/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	297.98/cwt	292.00–306.00	2,181	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	338.86/cwt	337.50–341.00	2,169	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	309.93/cwt	307.00–313.00	2,411	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	369.61/cwt	367.50–372.50	1,589	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	382.25/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	327.99/cwt	325.00–331.00	1,706	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,571	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	365.49/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,747	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	486	314.73/cwt	311.00–316.00	1,530	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	346.75/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	487	340.32/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,657	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	144.20/cwt	141.00–147.50	1,507	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,510	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	165.91/cwt	162.00–168.50	1,993	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	170.99/cwt	169.00–175.00	2,231	4
Bulls	—	—	1,390	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,537	1
Bulls	—	—	2,215	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	4,873	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	700–750	740	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,258	2
Bulls	—	—	1,733	210.03/cwt	208.00–215.00	3,640	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,200	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,172	1
Bulls	—	—	1,573	201.16/cwt	196.00–204.50	3,164	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	152.10/cwt	148.50–154.50	1,863	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	132.12/cwt	129.50–134.50	1,266	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	683	266.97/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	508	328.81/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	407	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,404	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	355	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	396.62/cwt	384.00–402.00	1,896	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	600	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	421	410.95/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,730	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	643	304.76/cwt	302.50–307.00	1,960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	401.05/cwt	390.00–408.00	1,725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	512	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,900	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	376	409.83/cwt	407.00–414.00	1,541	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	373.20/cwt	362.00–380.00	1,978	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	479	409.51/cwt	407.00–410.00	1,962	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,035	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	608	381.19/cwt	380.00–382.00	2,318	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	214.01/cwt	211.00–217.00	1,826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	720	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,563	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	300.59/cwt	291.00–303.00	2,516	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,167	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	391.17/cwt	387.50–395.00	1,303	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	296.50/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,969	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	765	365.30/cwt	365.30–365.30	2,795	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	320.03/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,971	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	323.71/cwt	319.00–332.00	2,023	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	385.86/cwt	380.00–389.00	1,300	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,217	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	391.50/cwt	388.00–393.00	2,083	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	348.68/cwt	336.00–352.00	1,865	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	331.32/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,250	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	367.00/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,758	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	411.09/cwt	402.50–417.50	1,537	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	369.71/cwt	360.00–378.00	2,126	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	330.65/cwt	322.00–339.00	2,391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	350.81/cwt	345.00–361.00	2,147	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	294.53/cwt	291.00–298.00	2,227	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	332.71/cwt	327.50–338.00	1,946	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	285.02/cwt	284.00–286.00	2,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	408.74/cwt	401.00–414.00	1,312	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	279.21/cwt	276.00–280.00	2,591	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	329.79/cwt	323.00–336.00	2,556	13

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 Jul 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 801Last week 1,017Year ago 1,038

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 58Year ago 40

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	200–250	210	432.50	432.50
1	300–350	340	407.50	407.50
1	600–650	600	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	402.50	402.50
1	250–300	260	385.00	385.00
2	300–350	333	387.50–395.00	391.17
1	350–400	375	383.00	383.00
4	400–450	424	372.50–386.00	382.61
2	450–500	495	350.00	350.00
7	500–550	521	340.00–352.00	345.86
2	550–600	585	327.50–338.00	332.71
7	600–650	625	319.00–332.00	323.71
1	650–700	665	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	715	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	810	305.00	305.00
2	850–900	853	211.00–217.00	214.01
1	950–1000	950	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	445	353.00	353.00
4	450–500	486	311.00–316.00	314.73
2	500–550	508	325.00–332.50	328.81
1	600–650	620	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	690	276.00	276.00
1	700–750	715	264.00	264.00
1	800–850	820	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	380.00–385.00	382.25
2	450–500	458	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	524	357.50–361.00	360.10
6	550–600	584	345.00–350.00	347.85
4	600–650	640	337.50–341.00	338.86
1	650–700	690	321.00	321.00
1	700–750	745	310.00	310.00
2	750–800	778	307.00–313.00	309.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	532	388.00–393.00	391.50
19	550–600	566	381.00–389.00	383.59
13	600–650	623	368.00–373.00	369.93
3	650–700	682	356.00–368.00	362.22
2	700–750	720	341.00–349.00	344.92
65	750–800	765	365.30	365.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	354.00	354.00
6	400–450	430	367.50–372.50	369.61
6	450–500	478	360.00–370.00	365.49
3	500–550	520	345.00–350.00	346.75
1	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	643	302.50–307.00	304.76
1	750–800	755	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	395.00	395.00
5	300–350	321	401.00–414.00	408.74
5	350–400	374	402.50–417.50	411.09
8	400–450	430	390.00–408.00	401.05
14	450–500	478	384.00–402.00	396.62
26	500–550	530	362.00–380.00	373.20
20	550–600	575	360.00–378.00	369.71
7	600–650	612	345.00–361.00	350.81
9	650–700	679	325.00–340.00	331.32
2	700–750	723	322.00–339.00	330.65
13	750–800	775	323.00–336.00	329.79
5	800–850	837	291.00–303.00	300.59
2	850–900	870	284.00–286.00	285.02
15	900–950	928	276.00–280.00	279.21
1	950–1000	995	242.00	242.00
1	1000–1050	1,035	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	421	410.00–415.00	410.95
6	450–500	479	407.00–410.00	409.51
15	600–650	608	380.00–382.00	381.19
5	700–750	720	356.00	356.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	415	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	465	345.00–352.00	348.50
6	500–550	520	325.00–331.00	327.99
5	550–600	565	307.50–311.00	309.71
10	600–650	629	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	670	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	720	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	775	273.00	273.00
1	800–850	820	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	245	370.00–375.00	372.50
3	250–300	283	370.00–382.50	375.23
13	300–350	337	380.00–389.00	385.86
8	350–400	391	369.00–385.00	374.17
6	400–450	431	380.00–387.50	382.99
45	450–500	479	355.00–372.50	367.00
20	500–550	535	336.00–352.00	348.68
40	550–600	584	320.00–336.00	330.49
11	600–650	616	311.00–325.00	320.03
8	650–700	664	290.00–311.00	296.50
7	700–750	732	292.00–306.00	297.98
4	750–800	756	291.00–298.00	294.53
1	800–850	805	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	529	358.00–364.00	361.66
10	550–600	576	338.00–342.00	338.81
2	600–650	605	336.00	336.00
1	650–700	675	321.00	321.00
9	700–750	711	312.00	312.00
65	800–850	843	304.10	304.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	352.50	352.50
1	350–400	380	327.50	327.50
2	400–450	407	345.00	345.00
8	450–500	487	340.00–342.50	340.32
1	500–550	530	306.00	306.00
1	550–600	585	271.00	271.00
2	650–700	683	264.00–270.00	266.97
1	700–750	710	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	750	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	402.50	402.50
5	350–400	376	407.00–414.00	409.83
1	400–450	420	390.00	390.00
3	450–500	455	382.00	382.00
11	500–550	512	371.00	371.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	740	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	237.50	237.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	141.00–147.50	144.20
2	—	958	129.50–134.50	132.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	169.00	169.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,201	162.00–168.50	165.91
4	—	1,305	169.00–175.00	170.99
4	—	1,225	148.50–154.50	152.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	182.50	182.50
1	—	2,215	220.00	220.00
4	—	1,733	208.00–215.00	210.03
2	—	1,573	196.00–204.50	201.16
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	181.00	181.00

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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