Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher except for 600-700 lbs steers which sold steady 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 10.00 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 $492.37/cwt on 75 head, up $33.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 30 comparable sales and sits +27.07 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.

Average price

$492.37

▲ 33.94 vs prior sale

75 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$305

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

$89.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.91

vs KY average

+20.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	501.08	2,691	67
Medium and Large 2	543	431.69	2,344	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	579	412.00	2,385	5thin

One grade step is worth $89.08/cwt here — about $305 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

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 sale75 hd

492.37

—

KY average25 barns · 892 hd

476.45

+15.91

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+20.25

This barn, trailing median30 sales

465.30

+27.07

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	1,385	215.00	2,978	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,514	181.41	2,747	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,278	178.40	2,280	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	905	134.00	1,213	1thin

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	900	$3,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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 1-2	500–550	525	419.34/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,202	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	337.79/cwt	336.00–341.00	2,976	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	483.87/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,685	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	370.72/cwt	357.50–373.00	2,725	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	460.42/cwt	457.00–475.00	2,265	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	503.68/cwt	502.50–507.50	1,874	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	408.67/cwt	402.00–415.00	2,329	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	354.42/cwt	345.00–356.00	2,928	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	525.89/cwt	523.00–530.00	2,740	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	346.43/cwt	344.00–348.00	2,318	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	377.93/cwt	370.00–388.00	2,562	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	451.89/cwt	440.00–467.00	2,576	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	493.57/cwt	470.00–501.00	2,636	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	3,014	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,723	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	548.05/cwt	540.00–562.50	2,291	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	331.03/cwt	325.00–343.00	2,393	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,017	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	529.06/cwt	516.00–534.00	2,518	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,659	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	384.93/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,244	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	566	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,570	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	540.03/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,095	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,824	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	343.65/cwt	332.50–350.00	2,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	462.76/cwt	455.00–472.50	2,008	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	458	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,759	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	521.78/cwt	510.00–527.50	2,129	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	359.85/cwt	351.00–366.00	2,249	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	398	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,328	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	287	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,765	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	446.86/cwt	432.50–467.50	2,368	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	524	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,725	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	386.21/cwt	380.00–391.00	2,232	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	2,511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	550	405.67/cwt	401.00–415.00	2,231	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	183.28/cwt	182.00–184.00	2,386	3
Bulls	—	—	1,385	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,978	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,213	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	185.28/cwt	183.00–187.50	2,785	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	177.78/cwt	177.00–178.50	2,281	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	484.80/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,254	14
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	332	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	515	543.00/cwt	543.00–543.00	2,796	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	177.54/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	372	451.73/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	442.51/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,137	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	490	545.84/cwt	542.50–547.50	2,675	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	491.56/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,040	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	437	421.89/cwt	420.00–427.50	1,844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	840	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,201	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	434.75/cwt	432.50–437.00	2,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,169	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	533.77/cwt	520.00–538.00	2,461	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	386.94/cwt	380.00–391.00	2,755	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	356.53/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,770	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	671	404.47/cwt	402.00–408.50	2,714	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	415.83/cwt	403.00–427.00	2,591	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	906	333.85/cwt	332.00–340.00	3,025	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	436.00/cwt	435.00–438.00	2,250	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	477.43/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	975	313.70/cwt	313.70–313.70	3,059	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	761	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,637	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	376.80/cwt	376.00–377.00	2,219	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	431.69/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,344	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	600	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	436.32/cwt	429.50–440.00	2,692	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	955	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	489.94/cwt	485.00–492.50	2,268	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	403	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	339.50/cwt	339.00–340.00	2,180	4

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 Mar 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 890Last week 1,122Year ago 1,528

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 34Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 6Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	535.00	535.00
8	350–400	372	502.50–507.50	503.68
8	400–450	434	455.00–472.50	462.76
10	450–500	492	457.00–475.00	460.42
6	500–550	525	410.00–427.50	419.34
25	550–600	583	380.00–400.00	384.93
12	600–650	625	351.00–366.00	359.85
19	650–700	669	344.00–348.00	346.43
10	700–750	723	325.00–343.00	331.03
1	750–800	765	311.00	311.00
1	850–900	880	320.00	320.00
6	900–950	935	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	516	435.00–438.00	436.00
2	550–600	570	402.00–415.00	408.67
3	600–650	600	379.50	379.50
13	750–800	761	346.50	346.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	415	480.00–495.00	491.56
14	450–500	465	480.00–487.50	484.80
15	550–600	566	454.00	454.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	410.00	410.00
3	350–400	372	450.00–455.00	451.73
4	400–450	437	420.00–427.50	421.89
2	450–500	483	440.00–445.00	442.51
1	700–750	705	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	835	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	475.00–480.00	477.43
2	450–500	495	432.50–437.00	434.75
1	500–550	535	370.00	370.00
5	550–600	589	376.00–377.00	376.80
4	600–650	642	339.00–340.00	339.50
1	650–700	675	326.00	326.00
1	700–750	735	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	517.50	517.50
2	350–400	370	545.00	545.00
13	400–450	418	540.00–562.50	548.05
17	450–500	461	520.00–538.00	533.77
13	500–550	534	470.00–501.00	493.57
11	550–600	570	440.00–467.00	451.89
17	600–650	623	403.00–427.00	415.83
8	650–700	678	370.00–388.00	377.93
44	700–750	735	357.50–373.00	370.72
44	750–800	777	350.00–360.00	356.53
7	800–850	826	345.00–356.00	354.42
19	850–900	881	336.00–341.00	337.79
2	1000–1050	1,025	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	521	523.00–530.00	525.89
11	550–600	555	480.00–487.50	483.87
54	600–650	617	429.50–440.00	436.32
10	650–700	671	402.00–408.50	404.47
14	700–750	712	380.00–391.00	386.94
132	900–950	906	332.00–340.00	333.85
58	950–1000	975	313.70	313.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	287	615.00	615.00
4	300–350	332	602.50	602.50
10	350–400	398	585.00	585.00
1	400–450	410	612.50	612.50
6	450–500	490	542.50–547.50	545.84
2	500–550	515	543.00	543.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	403	442.50	442.50
1	500–550	515	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	595	415.00	415.00
1	600–650	615	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	655	381.00	381.00
1	700–750	740	345.00	345.00
1	800–850	840	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	500.00	500.00
3	450–500	496	517.50	517.50
3	500–550	543	425.00–435.00	431.69
1	600–650	600	381.00	381.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	540.00	540.00
2	350–400	388	535.00–545.00	540.03
3	400–450	408	510.00–527.50	521.78
7	450–500	476	516.00–534.00	529.06
3	500–550	530	432.50–467.50	446.86
4	550–600	578	380.00–391.00	386.21
9	600–650	622	427.50	427.50
3	700–750	730	332.50–350.00	343.65
1	800–850	825	330.00	330.00
1	850–900	855	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	550.00	550.00
5	450–500	458	602.50	602.50
5	500–550	524	520.00	520.00
3	550–600	550	401.00–415.00	405.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	355	452.50	452.50
1	500–550	530	370.00	370.00
1	950–1000	955	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	500.00	500.00
3	450–500	463	485.00–492.50	489.94
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	370.00	370.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	182.00–184.00	183.28
2	—	1,283	177.00–178.50	177.78
1	—	1,195	165.00	165.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	134.00	134.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	183.00–187.50	185.28
2	—	1,525	175.00–180.00	177.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	215.00	215.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	3,050.00	3,050.00

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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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