Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. 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 $404.19/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −61.10 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.

Average price

$404.19

56 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$466

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

$56.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.29

vs KY average

−53.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	408.74	2,281	49
Medium and Large 2	532	380.40	2,025	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	515	352.43	1,815	2thin

One grade step is worth $56.31/cwt here — about $466 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

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 sale56 hd

404.19

—

KY average24 barns · 903 hd

397.91

+6.29

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−53.95

This barn, trailing median30 sales

465.30

−61.10

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	—	High	1,545	189.26	2,924	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,255	158.59	1,990	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	943	147.27	1,389	3thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	335.00/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,349	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	375.75/cwt	375.00–376.00	1,315	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	393.71/cwt	392.50–395.00	1,240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	779	348.57/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	428.03/cwt	424.00–431.00	1,669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,000	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	785	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	419.93/cwt	419.00–430.00	2,280	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	554	370.27/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,051	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,848	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	823	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	3,111	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	389.82/cwt	388.00–393.00	2,425	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,049	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	412.58/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	409.60/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,384	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,267	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	376.87/cwt	370.00–379.00	1,613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	373.79/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	352.43/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,351	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	360.97/cwt	355.00–363.00	1,725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,143	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	448	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	312	389.16/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,214	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,964	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	147.03/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,779	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	164.25/cwt	161.00–168.00	2,173	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	152.36/cwt	150.00–154.50	1,714	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	2,281	1
Bulls	—	—	1,562	194.65/cwt	192.50–198.00	3,040	3
Bulls	—	—	1,535	186.02/cwt	182.50–190.50	2,855	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	845	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	325.18/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,854	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,398	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	144.91/cwt	143.00–146.50	1,384	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	412	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	415.61/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,933	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	432.97/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,087	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	690	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	345.56/cwt	340.00–351.00	1,590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	415.50/cwt	415.00–416.00	1,492	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	313.76/cwt	309.00–327.50	2,303	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	438.36/cwt	436.00–441.00	1,859	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	510	404.31/cwt	402.00–406.00	2,062	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	647	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,245	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	402.03/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,139	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	988	313.52/cwt	311.00–321.00	3,098	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	402.82/cwt	392.00–405.50	2,320	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	436	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,818	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	750	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,348	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	329.58/cwt	320.00–334.00	2,175	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	352.98/cwt	351.00–355.00	2,213	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	382.68/cwt	372.00–387.00	2,009	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	381.98/cwt	380.00–382.50	2,009	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	359.58/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	732	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,577	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	368.48/cwt	365.00–372.00	1,953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	390.62/cwt	389.00–397.50	1,437	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,117	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	288.50/cwt	285.00–292.00	2,207	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	342.46/cwt	325.00–345.50	2,764	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	399.17/cwt	393.00–406.00	1,720	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	983	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,674	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	433.20/cwt	429.00–440.00	1,871	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	411.45/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,308	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	312.65/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	331.76/cwt	325.00–342.00	2,054	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	292.13/cwt	285.00–294.00	2,211	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	397.70/cwt	387.00–401.00	1,897	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	192.12/cwt	190.00–194.00	2,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	337.61/cwt	332.00–343.00	2,282	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	316.01/cwt	311.00–321.00	2,427	3

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 Oct 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 541Last week 609Year ago 1,191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 36Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 0Last week 19Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	372.50	372.50
3	350–400	370	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	445	360.00	360.00
4	450–500	478	355.00–363.00	360.97
3	500–550	522	330.00–340.00	335.00
2	550–600	570	320.00–330.00	325.18
1	650–700	680	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	392.50–395.00	393.71
4	350–400	350	375.00–376.00	375.75
4	400–450	428	370.00–379.00	376.87
4	450–500	471	370.00–375.00	373.79
3	500–550	528	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	585	341.00	341.00
2	650–700	652	301.00	301.00
1	700–750	725	276.00	276.00
1	950–1000	950	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	526	380.00–382.50	381.98
11	550–600	554	370.00–373.00	370.27
6	600–650	627	351.00–355.00	352.98
1	750–800	785	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	410.00	410.00
11	300–350	338	405.00–420.00	409.60
5	350–400	368	389.00–397.50	390.62
14	400–450	431	393.00–406.00	399.17
10	450–500	477	387.00–401.00	397.70
4	500–550	530	365.00–372.00	368.48
5	550–600	574	350.00–362.00	359.58
5	600–650	619	325.00–342.00	331.76
5	650–700	660	320.00–334.00	329.58
8	750–800	757	285.00–294.00	292.13
1	900–950	925	297.50	297.50
3	950–1000	983	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	411.00	411.00
6	400–450	436	417.00	417.00
14	450–500	465	410.00–420.00	415.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	543	419.00–430.00	419.93
8	550–600	573	410.00	410.00
13	600–650	622	388.00–393.00	389.82
1	650–700	685	351.00	351.00
2	700–750	732	352.00	352.00
5	750–800	779	343.00–350.00	348.57
65	800–850	823	378.00	378.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	470	409.00	409.00
4	500–550	523	382.50	382.50
1	550–600	570	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	387.50–390.00	389.16
1	350–400	360	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	515	350.00–355.00	352.43
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	660	301.00	301.00
1	850–900	870	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	442.50	442.50
2	400–450	412	462.00	462.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	345	422.50	422.50
4	350–400	359	415.00–416.00	415.50
18	400–450	424	436.00–441.00	438.36
22	450–500	482	425.00–440.00	432.97
9	500–550	532	395.00–410.00	402.03
18	550–600	576	392.00–405.50	402.82
1	600–650	630	347.50	347.50
4	650–700	676	332.00–343.00	337.61
4	700–750	734	309.00–327.50	313.76
3	750–800	768	311.00–321.00	316.01
14	800–850	807	325.00–345.50	342.46
2	850–900	867	331.00	331.00
8	950–1000	988	311.00–321.00	313.52
1	1000–1050	1,010	284.00	284.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	387.50	387.50
1	400–450	420	397.00	397.00
1	450–500	475	377.50	377.50
5	750–800	765	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	400.00–417.50	411.45
7	350–400	390	424.00–431.00	428.03
5	400–450	432	429.00–440.00	433.20
2	450–500	480	405.00–420.00	412.58
4	500–550	525	372.00–387.00	382.68
1	550–600	550	381.00	381.00
3	600–650	613	310.00–318.00	312.65
3	650–700	683	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	735	288.00	288.00
2	750–800	765	285.00–292.00	288.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	317.50	317.50
5	400–450	448	387.50	387.50
4	450–500	460	340.00–351.00	345.56
5	550–600	595	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	695	297.00	297.00
1	750–800	790	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	845	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	460.00	460.00
7	500–550	510	402.00–406.00	404.31
5	600–650	647	347.00	347.00
1	650–700	690	354.00	354.00
5	750–800	750	313.00	313.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	146.00–148.00	147.03
4	—	1,323	161.00–168.00	164.25
2	—	1,125	150.00–154.50	152.36
1	—	1,330	171.50	171.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	152.00	152.00
2	—	955	143.00–146.50	144.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,562	192.50–198.00	194.65
5	—	1,535	182.50–190.50	186.02

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	—	1,095	190.00–194.00	192.12

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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

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