Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher on a light test. 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 $460.76/cwt on 110 head, down $21.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 30 comparable sales and sits −4.54 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.

Average price

$460.76

▼ 21.67 vs prior sale

110 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$29.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.23

vs KY average

+1.57 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	462.89	2,581	102
Medium and Large 2-3	559	433.62	2,423	8thin

One grade step is worth $29.27/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale110 hd

460.76

—

KY average25 barns · 1,003 hd

461.99

−1.23

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+1.57

This barn, trailing median30 sales

465.30

−4.54

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	1,150	195.00	2,243	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,235	182.71	2,257	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,485	171.00	2,539	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	995	160.25	1,594	2thin

Every lot, as filed

102 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	300–350	336	469.28/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	462.40/cwt	450.00–467.50	2,210	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	434.47/cwt	420.00–438.00	2,316	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	437	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,098	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,982	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	258	571.21/cwt	567.50–575.00	1,474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	310.73/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,542	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,045	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	562.01/cwt	557.50–565.00	2,147	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	524.43/cwt	515.00–527.50	2,192	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	609.97/cwt	600.00–622.50	1,946	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	390.77/cwt	387.00–392.00	2,774	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	399.88/cwt	391.00–408.00	2,355	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	443.30/cwt	431.00–459.00	2,576	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	424.91/cwt	415.00–439.00	2,685	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	472.88/cwt	467.50–484.00	2,473	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	395.18/cwt	382.00–407.50	2,644	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	494.64/cwt	490.00–502.00	2,379	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	467.97/cwt	462.50–475.00	1,774	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	447.93/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,320	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	552	439.49/cwt	436.00–442.50	2,426	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	975	328.40/cwt	328.40–328.40	3,202	102
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	348.73/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,330	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,236	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	366.52/cwt	361.00–372.00	2,503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,348	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	304.01/cwt	303.00–305.00	2,827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	1,491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	426.58/cwt	422.50–437.50	2,525	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	477	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	356.68/cwt	355.00–357.50	2,775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	405.41/cwt	402.00–416.00	2,603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	468.85/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,983	17
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	562	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	458	472.93/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,166	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	459.54/cwt	450.00–467.50	2,367	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,279	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	368	486.32/cwt	482.50–492.50	1,790	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,563	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,619	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,539	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,294	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	174.03/cwt	173.00–175.00	1,989	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	196.56/cwt	193.00–200.00	2,561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	210	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	447	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,436	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	660	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,617	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	700–750	710	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	852	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	185.16/cwt	184.00–186.50	2,222	3
Bulls	—	—	1,150	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	587	385.59/cwt	380.00–388.00	2,263	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	439.05/cwt	437.50–442.50	2,121	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	468	518.25/cwt	512.50–525.00	2,425	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	500	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	365	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,227	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	265	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,226	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	444	435.92/cwt	427.50–437.50	1,935	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	362.75/cwt	362.50–363.00	2,557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	890	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,562	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	860	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	358	451.67/cwt	450.00–452.50	1,617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,140	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	416.02/cwt	412.50–417.50	2,176	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	367	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,954	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	445.77/cwt	440.00–447.50	1,939	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,339	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,288	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	706	403.50/cwt	403.50–403.50	2,849	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,940	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	472.39/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,220	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,005	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	449.24/cwt	442.00–451.00	2,727	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	346	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	447.37/cwt	445.00–452.50	2,358	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	406.24/cwt	402.50–410.00	2,571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	483.99/cwt	482.50–485.00	2,338	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	425.37/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,459	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	538	491.26/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,643	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	468.53/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,652	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	804	350.32/cwt	350.25–350.50	2,817	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	855	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,676	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	611	388.31/cwt	385.00–391.00	2,373	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	429.46/cwt	419.00–437.00	2,843	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	764	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,846	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

Tue Jun 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 919Last week 857Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 51Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	567.50–575.00	571.21
7	300–350	336	465.00–475.00	469.28
9	350–400	379	462.50–475.00	467.97
17	400–450	423	460.00–475.00	468.85
28	450–500	478	450.00–467.50	462.40
45	500–550	533	420.00–438.00	434.47
50	550–600	589	391.00–408.00	399.88
3	600–650	618	380.00	380.00
11	650–700	668	340.00–350.00	348.73
1	750–800	750	316.00	316.00
7	800–850	818	305.00–315.00	310.73
2	900–950	930	303.00–305.00	304.01
1	1000–1050	1,045	252.50	252.50
1	1050–1100	1,055	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	368	482.50–492.50	486.32
2	400–450	437	480.00	480.00
12	450–500	458	470.00–485.00	472.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	518	440.00–450.00	447.93
9	550–600	552	436.00–442.50	439.49
9	600–650	611	385.00–391.00	388.31
21	850–900	855	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	525.00	525.00
3	350–400	358	450.00–452.50	451.67
7	400–450	435	440.00–447.50	445.77
8	450–500	483	437.50–442.50	439.05
12	500–550	523	412.50–417.50	416.02
7	550–600	587	380.00–388.00	385.59
1	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	680	335.00	335.00
1	850–900	860	277.50	277.50
1	1100–1150	1,140	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	580.00	580.00
2	250–300	292	500.00	500.00
9	300–350	319	600.00–622.50	609.97
5	350–400	382	557.50–565.00	562.01
8	400–450	418	515.00–527.50	524.43
23	450–500	481	490.00–502.00	494.64
22	500–550	523	467.50–484.00	472.88
46	550–600	581	431.00–459.00	443.30
20	600–650	632	415.00–439.00	424.91
22	650–700	669	382.00–407.50	395.18
17	700–750	710	387.00–392.00	390.77
1	750–800	780	350.00	350.00
4	800–850	827	344.00	344.00
1	850–900	885	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	538	490.00–500.00	491.26
15	550–600	566	460.00–475.00	468.53
42	600–650	607	442.00–451.00	449.24
36	650–700	662	419.00–437.00	429.46
11	700–750	706	403.50	403.50
13	750–800	764	372.50	372.50
14	800–850	804	350.25–350.50	350.32
102	950–1000	975	328.40	328.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	650.00	650.00
1	250–300	265	630.00	630.00
1	350–400	365	610.00	610.00
14	400–450	447	545.00	545.00
9	450–500	468	512.50–525.00	518.25
2	500–550	500	520.00	520.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	590.00	590.00
2	350–400	367	532.50	532.50
6	400–450	444	427.50–437.50	435.92
13	450–500	483	482.50–485.00	483.99
3	500–550	527	445.00–452.50	447.37
5	550–600	578	420.00–430.00	425.37
2	600–650	633	402.50–410.00	406.24
1	650–700	685	374.00	374.00
2	700–750	705	362.50–363.00	362.75
1	850–900	890	317.00	317.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	562.50	562.50
3	400–450	448	495.00	495.00
2	450–500	465	490.00	490.00
4	500–550	515	450.00–467.50	459.54
7	550–600	592	422.50–437.50	426.58
4	600–650	642	402.00–416.00	405.41
2	650–700	683	361.00–372.00	366.52
1	700–750	720	342.50	342.50
3	750–800	778	355.00–357.50	356.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	520.00	520.00
2	450–500	477	520.00	520.00
2	550–600	562	447.50	447.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	415	467.50	467.50
2	450–500	470	470.00–475.00	472.39
2	500–550	517	442.50	442.50
1	600–650	640	381.00	381.00
1	650–700	685	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	755	339.00	339.00
1	850–900	875	285.00	285.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	230.00	230.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	245.00	245.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	120.00	120.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	347.50	347.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	151.00	151.00
1	—	955	169.50	169.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	171.00	171.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	165.00	165.00
2	—	1,143	173.00–175.00	174.03
2	—	1,303	193.00–200.00	196.56
3	—	1,200	184.00–186.50	185.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	195.00	195.00

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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