Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold mostly steady to firm. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. 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 $498.99/cwt on 101 head, up $3.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 30 comparable sales and sits +33.70 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.

Average price

$498.99

▲ 3.85 vs prior sale

101 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$51.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.79

vs KY average

+24.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	507.21	2,779	85
Medium and Large 2-3	576	455.34	2,622	16thin

One grade step is worth $51.87/cwt here — about $157 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 sale101 hd

498.99

—

KY average28 barns · 1,459 hd

479.21

+19.79

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

+24.51

This barn, trailing median30 sales

465.30

+33.70

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	1,369	215.81	2,954	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,548	184.95	2,863	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,232	182.15	2,245	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	955	163.46	1,562	5thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,390	$2,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

117 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 1-2	750–800	768	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	474.40/cwt	462.50–477.50	2,021	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	443.69/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,804	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	510.05/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,637	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	540.61/cwt	527.50–547.50	2,590	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	2,545	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	389.83/cwt	381.00–394.00	2,425	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	322.58/cwt	321.00–325.00	2,716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	447.64/cwt	441.00–460.00	2,153	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	552.57/cwt	542.50–562.50	1,951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	532.30/cwt	520.00–542.00	2,747	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	489.04/cwt	480.00–492.50	2,563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	481.74/cwt	472.50–492.50	1,763	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	467.72/cwt	457.50–470.00	2,862	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	380.70/cwt	376.00–388.00	2,764	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	434.21/cwt	420.00–439.00	2,662	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	434.40/cwt	425.00–442.50	2,520	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	328.19/cwt	321.00–331.00	2,409	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	428.93/cwt	419.00–435.00	2,286	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	483	569.75/cwt	567.50–570.50	2,752	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	470.33/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,719	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	365	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	2,126	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	948	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	466.47/cwt	461.00–487.50	2,510	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	368.15/cwt	360.00–378.00	2,275	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	3,083	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,124	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	373	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,052	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,651	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	338.38/cwt	337.00–340.50	2,243	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	394.00/cwt	381.00–409.00	2,297	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	330.79/cwt	330.00–331.00	2,501	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	481	551.96/cwt	550.00–556.00	2,655	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	567	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	429	494.33/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,121	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	267	544.31/cwt	535.00–552.50	1,453	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	560	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	3,136	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,359	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	340	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	502.37/cwt	500.00–507.50	2,120	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	459	552.04/cwt	547.50–555.00	2,534	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	502	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,244	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,938	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,830	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	163.93/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,516	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,614	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	193.06/cwt	190.00–197.00	2,239	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	184.43/cwt	181.00–188.00	2,861	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	159.10/cwt	158.00–160.00	2,065	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	925	188.75/cwt	188.75–188.75	1,746	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,136	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	175.89/cwt	173.00–178.00	2,206	5
Bulls	—	—	1,369	215.81/cwt	215.00–216.50	2,954	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	185.95/cwt	181.00–189.00	2,330	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	374.19/cwt	365.00–377.50	2,533	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	216.54/cwt	212.50–220.00	2,150	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	602	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,914	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	900–950	948	279.25/cwt	279.25–279.25	2,647	54
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,010	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	366.24/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	481	436.25/cwt	430.00–439.00	2,098	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	503	561.64/cwt	552.50–565.00	2,825	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	484.01/cwt	470.00–517.50	2,304	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	966	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	654	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,083	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,805	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,189	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	306	521.66/cwt	520.00–525.00	1,596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	782	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,729	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,167	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	446.63/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,345	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	453.45/cwt	452.00–455.00	1,882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	416	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,101	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,976	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	1,654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	423.00/cwt	414.00–431.00	2,847	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	960	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,178	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	443.51/cwt	440.00–447.50	2,262	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	714	402.47/cwt	391.00–404.00	2,874	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	533.08/cwt	525.00–545.00	2,276	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	596.62/cwt	587.50–605.00	1,903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	990	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	406.34/cwt	401.00–412.50	2,174	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	495.86/cwt	485.00–501.50	2,802	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	867	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,040	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	554	421.41/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,335	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	769	288.90/cwt	287.50–295.00	2,222	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	648	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,138	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,252	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	457.36/cwt	455.00–459.00	2,653	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,107	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,674	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 May 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 973Last week 829Year ago 1,152

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 42Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 0Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	612.50	612.50
4	300–350	319	587.50–605.00	596.62
2	350–400	353	542.50–562.50	552.57
5	400–450	427	525.00–545.00	533.08
34	450–500	479	527.50–547.50	540.61
5	500–550	524	480.00–492.50	489.04
33	550–600	578	460.00–480.00	470.33
30	600–650	632	430.00–455.00	443.69
11	650–700	673	414.00–431.00	423.00
11	700–750	726	376.00–388.00	380.70
3	750–800	768	389.00	389.00
1	850–900	855	319.00	319.00
7	900–950	930	331.50	331.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	516	520.00–542.00	532.30
14	550–600	565	485.00–501.50	495.86
25	600–650	612	457.50–470.00	467.72
5	650–700	654	455.00	455.00
26	700–750	714	391.00–404.00	402.47
5	950–1000	960	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	700.00	700.00
20	450–500	483	567.50–570.50	569.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	625.00	625.00
1	350–400	385	587.50	587.50
3	400–450	425	555.00	555.00
6	450–500	481	550.00–556.00	551.96
18	500–550	503	552.50–565.00	561.64
4	550–600	560	560.00	560.00
6	600–650	602	484.00	484.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	306	520.00–525.00	521.66
1	350–400	360	530.00	530.00
3	400–450	416	505.00	505.00
2	450–500	475	512.50	512.50
1	500–550	515	425.00	425.00
15	550–600	580	455.00–459.00	457.36
3	600–650	615	421.00	421.00
1	650–700	650	390.00	390.00
6	750–800	782	349.00	349.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	535.00–552.50	544.31
6	300–350	321	500.00–525.00	510.05
9	350–400	366	472.50–492.50	481.74
14	400–450	426	462.50–477.50	474.40
53	450–500	481	441.00–460.00	447.64
34	500–550	533	419.00–435.00	428.93
27	550–600	583	381.00–409.00	394.00
8	600–650	618	360.00–378.00	368.15
8	650–700	663	337.00–340.50	338.38
14	700–750	734	321.00–331.00	328.19
5	750–800	756	330.00–331.00	330.79
5	800–850	842	321.00–325.00	322.58
1	850–900	860	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	510	440.00–447.50	443.51
11	550–600	554	420.00–425.00	421.41
9	600–650	622	381.00–394.00	389.83
7	700–750	720	353.50	353.50
2	850–900	867	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	545.00	545.00
8	350–400	373	550.00	550.00
13	400–450	429	490.00–500.00	494.33
11	450–500	465	482.50	482.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	402.50	402.50
1	250–300	285	507.50	507.50
1	300–350	340	447.50	447.50
1	350–400	360	465.00	465.00
2	400–450	415	452.00–455.00	453.45
7	450–500	481	430.00–439.00	436.25
11	500–550	535	401.00–412.50	406.34
2	550–600	578	365.00–367.50	366.24
4	600–650	648	330.00	330.00
5	650–700	654	318.50	318.50
7	750–800	769	287.50–295.00	288.90
1	950–1000	990	260.00	260.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	520.00	520.00
2	350–400	397	535.00	535.00
3	400–450	422	500.00–507.50	502.37
21	450–500	476	470.00–517.50	484.01
22	500–550	538	461.00–487.50	466.47
10	550–600	580	425.00–442.50	434.40
12	600–650	613	420.00–439.00	434.21
9	650–700	677	365.00–377.50	374.19
7	700–750	707	375.00	375.00
1	750–800	750	361.00	361.00
2	800–850	842	318.00	318.00
2	850–900	887	320.00	320.00
3	900–950	948	294.00	294.00
1	950–1000	970	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	600.00	600.00
3	350–400	365	582.50	582.50
18	450–500	459	547.50–555.00	552.04
2	500–550	502	505.00	505.00
2	550–600	567	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	402.50	402.50
1	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
3	350–400	380	475.00	475.00
2	400–450	400	485.00	485.00
1	450–500	490	430.00	430.00
3	500–550	525	440.00–450.00	446.63
1	550–600	585	405.00	405.00
1	650–700	670	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	790	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	830	222.50	222.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	925	188.75	188.75
1	1000–1050	1,010	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	900–950	948	279.25	279.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	183.00	183.00
3	—	925	160.00–169.00	163.93
1	—	1,002	142.50	142.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	172.00	172.00
6	—	1,551	181.00–188.00	184.43
1	—	1,560	201.00	201.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,160	190.00–197.00	193.06
2	—	1,298	158.00–160.00	159.10
5	—	1,254	173.00–178.00	175.89
6	—	1,253	181.00–189.00	185.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,369	215.00–216.50	215.81

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,390	2,900.00	2,900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	993	212.50–220.00	216.54

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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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

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