Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. 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 $482.43/cwt on 74 head, down $16.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 30 comparable sales and sits +17.13 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.

Average price

$482.43

▼ 16.57 vs prior sale

74 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$42.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.76

vs KY average

+22.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	484.71	2,594	70
Medium and Large 2-3	534	442.48	2,361	4thin

One grade step is worth $42.24/cwt here — about $233 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 sale74 hd

482.43

—

KY average17 barns · 679 hd

470.67

+11.76

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

+22.06

This barn, trailing median30 sales

465.30

+17.13

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	1,712	222.01	3,801	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,264	178.44	2,255	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	164.29	1,634	5thin

Every lot, as filed

107 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 1-2Fancy	250–300	275	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	446.55/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	556.70/cwt	555.00–567.50	1,548	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	518.38/cwt	502.50–527.50	2,234	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	373.21/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	472.60/cwt	470.00–477.50	1,796	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	511.91/cwt	500.00–522.50	2,150	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	317.50/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	618.48/cwt	600.00–627.50	1,763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	393.01/cwt	392.00–403.00	2,637	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	471.96/cwt	462.50–480.00	2,303	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	459.03/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,974	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	233	458.28/cwt	450.00–467.50	1,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	365.96/cwt	360.00–384.00	2,598	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	578.80/cwt	570.00–590.00	2,217	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	426	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,343	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	350.77/cwt	344.00–354.00	2,736	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	944	319.01/cwt	310.00–322.00	3,011	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	450.64/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,163	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	434.13/cwt	417.50–441.00	2,648	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	593.09/cwt	587.50–600.00	1,957	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	449.60/cwt	445.00–453.50	2,788	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	477.54/cwt	471.00–490.00	2,550	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	502.89/cwt	500.00–507.50	1,695	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	417.26/cwt	412.00–425.00	2,420	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,696	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	383	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,183	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	331.47/cwt	329.00–334.00	2,599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	433.22/cwt	421.00–439.00	2,292	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	325.47/cwt	322.00–332.00	2,239	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	350.33/cwt	348.00–360.00	2,351	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	411	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	382	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,910	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	305.50/cwt	305.00–306.00	2,255	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	540.00/cwt	525.00–547.50	2,133	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,454	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	675	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	456.62/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,406	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	350	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,153	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,464	2
Bulls	—	—	1,468	209.36/cwt	204.00–215.00	3,073	2
Bulls	—	—	1,885	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	4,467	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	163.81/cwt	160.50–170.00	1,610	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,515	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,827	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,300	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	580	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,259	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,300	3
Bulls	—	—	1,791	224.59/cwt	221.00–227.50	4,022	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	171.13/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,173	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	191.65/cwt	187.00–195.00	2,587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	783	304.67/cwt	304.00–305.00	2,386	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	458	462.84/cwt	460.00–467.50	2,120	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	532.43/cwt	530.00–535.00	2,289	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	2,451	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	665	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	677	303.52/cwt	300.00–311.00	2,055	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	346.25/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	453	431.99/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	407	439.99/cwt	437.50–442.50	1,791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	514	411.68/cwt	402.50–415.00	2,116	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	487	450.57/cwt	450.00–452.00	2,194	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	597	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,322	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	398.95/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,454	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,273	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	537	434.20/cwt	432.50–435.00	2,332	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,060	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	443.70/cwt	442.50–450.00	2,627	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	845	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	391.60/cwt	390.00–394.00	2,432	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	496.86/cwt	492.50–505.00	2,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	504.55/cwt	500.00–517.50	2,619	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	522.50/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,698	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,399	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	422.58/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	692	410.09/cwt	410.00–410.10	2,838	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	911	342.79/cwt	338.70–347.20	3,123	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	505	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,303	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	431	489.38/cwt	485.00–492.50	2,109	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	995	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	444.95/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,291	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	552	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	915	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,118	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	940	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,190	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,128	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,577	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 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 857Last week 973Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 34Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	640.00	640.00
11	350–400	382	500.00	500.00
4	400–450	411	475.00	475.00
8	450–500	458	460.00–467.50	462.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	450.00–467.50	458.28
7	250–300	278	555.00–567.50	556.70
8	300–350	337	500.00–507.50	502.89
15	350–400	380	470.00–477.50	472.60
21	400–450	430	450.00–465.00	459.03
23	450–500	480	440.00–457.50	450.64
35	500–550	529	421.00–439.00	433.22
25	550–600	580	412.00–425.00	417.26
3	600–650	623	360.00–380.00	373.21
23	650–700	688	322.00–332.00	325.47
2	700–750	738	305.00–306.00	305.50
4	750–800	784	329.00–334.00	331.47
1	850–900	890	310.00	310.00
1	950–1000	995	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	505	456.00	456.00
5	600–650	621	390.00–394.00	391.60
2	650–700	662	376.00	376.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	520.00	520.00
1	300–350	325	450.00	450.00
2	350–400	360	437.50	437.50
6	400–450	407	437.50–442.50	439.99
3	450–500	453	430.00–435.00	431.99
4	500–550	514	402.50–415.00	411.68
5	550–600	597	389.00	389.00
2	600–650	640	342.50–350.00	346.25
4	650–700	677	300.00–311.00	303.52
1	700–750	745	302.50	302.50
3	750–800	783	304.00–305.00	304.67
1	850–900	870	265.00	265.00
1	950–1000	995	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	570.00	570.00
3	350–400	395	525.00–547.50	540.00
9	400–450	420	500.00–522.50	511.91
14	450–500	488	462.50–480.00	471.96
7	500–550	527	445.00–465.00	456.62
3	550–600	565	440.00–450.00	446.55
2	600–650	635	395.00	395.00
6	650–700	671	348.00–360.00	350.33
2	700–750	712	346.00	346.00
1	750–800	765	349.00	349.00
2	800–850	825	310.00–325.00	317.50
6	850–900	864	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	570.00	570.00
1	450–500	460	500.00	500.00
1	650–700	665	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	365	475.00	475.00
4	400–450	431	485.00–492.50	489.38
7	450–500	487	450.00–452.00	450.57
6	500–550	537	432.50–435.00	434.20
2	550–600	573	420.00–425.00	422.58
1	600–650	615	390.00	390.00
2	650–700	655	347.00	347.00
1	900–950	940	233.00	233.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	600.00–627.50	618.48
7	300–350	330	587.50–600.00	593.09
5	350–400	383	570.00–590.00	578.80
21	400–450	431	502.50–527.50	518.38
3	450–500	473	492.50–505.00	496.86
30	500–550	534	471.00–490.00	477.54
8	550–600	592	442.50–450.00	443.70
17	600–650	610	417.50–441.00	434.13
20	650–700	671	392.00–403.00	393.01
4	700–750	710	360.00–384.00	365.96
14	750–800	780	344.00–354.00	350.77
3	800–850	812	340.00	340.00
8	900–950	944	310.00–322.00	319.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	426	550.00	550.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	519	500.00–517.50	504.55
3	550–600	551	474.00	474.00
20	600–650	620	445.00–453.50	449.60
69	650–700	692	410.00–410.10	410.09
111	900–950	911	338.70–347.20	342.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	680.00	680.00
3	350–400	350	615.00	615.00
4	400–450	430	530.00–535.00	532.43
3	450–500	465	527.00	527.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	520.00–530.00	522.50
2	350–400	355	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	430	495.00	495.00
3	450–500	463	457.50	457.50
2	500–550	515	440.00–450.00	444.95
2	550–600	552	440.00	440.00
5	600–650	615	395.00–400.00	398.95
1	650–700	680	379.00	379.00
1	750–800	750	327.50	327.50
1	800–850	845	317.50	317.50
1	900–950	915	290.00	290.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	217.00	217.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	525	212.50	212.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	204.00–215.00	209.36
1	—	1,885	237.00	237.00
4	—	1,791	221.00–227.50	224.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	983	160.50–170.00	163.81
1	—	1,010	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,015	180.00	180.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	151.00	151.00
3	—	1,250	184.00	184.00
2	—	1,270	168.00–175.00	171.13
4	—	1,350	187.00–195.00	191.65

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