Sale reports / Kentucky / Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky / 2026-07-07

Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 7
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
554 head
23 vs last sale 531 554 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
9 vs last sale 30 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
1 vs last sale 2 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due being closed last week for the July 4th holiday break.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $458.29/cwt on 15 head, down $1.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits 7.01 against this barn's trailing median of $465.30.
Average price
$458.29
1.88 vs prior sale
15 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,479
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.02
vs KY average
1.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541461.802,49713thin
Medium and Large 2-3543435.502,3632thin
One grade step is worth $26.30/cwt here — about $134 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
516470424378median 465.3012/1503/0304/2806/1608/18
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 sale15 hd
458.29
KY average12 barns · 224 hd
444.27
+14.02
National average146 barns · 7,211 hd
459.48
−1.19
This barn, trailing median30 sales
465.30
−7.01
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,669227.893,8035thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,285180.202,3165thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,033169.601,7525thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,415$3,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,245$2,9652thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000955270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5793
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500480425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0401
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3950–1000955250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3881
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600555421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,3371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350320495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,5841
SteersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,079302.40/cwt300.00–303.003,2635
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900875310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,7131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600554413.81/cwt410.00–416.002,2938
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569433.86/cwt430.00–445.002,4694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650626436.72/cwt430.00–441.002,73417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950905328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,9681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900854335.50/cwt334.00–337.002,8654
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350325532.50/cwt532.50–532.501,7311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500486512.96/cwt502.50–525.002,49333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800792361.75/cwt361.75–361.752,86520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522416.05/cwt402.50–426.002,17220
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500480461.17/cwt460.00–470.002,2148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,8481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850815319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,6002
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610363.36/cwt360.00–370.002,2163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427515.99/cwt500.00–520.002,20332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800772359.03/cwt357.50–367.002,7727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400387477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,8482
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400369559.88/cwt555.00–565.002,0664
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450410495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,0302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400365540.72/cwt535.00–547.501,9743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450432479.93/cwt472.50–490.002,0733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750715355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800777312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,4282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800793315.00/cwt310.00–320.002,4986
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650628394.81/cwt390.00–403.002,47916
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600572428.10/cwt420.00–437.502,44912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550515434.50/cwt430.00–442.502,23810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,075259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,7841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500460469.39/cwt467.50–472.002,1597
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500482439.19/cwt430.00–450.002,11712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450426481.21/cwt473.00–488.002,0508
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700683358.75/cwt357.50–360.002,4502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650610415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,5322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566399.88/cwt380.00–406.002,26319
CowsBoner 80-85%1,228178.28/cwt177.00–179.502,1892
CowsLean 85-90%1,045154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,6092
CowsLean 85-90%985190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8721
CowsLean 85-90%1,045175.01/cwt173.00–177.001,8292
Bulls2,075238.19/cwt236.00–240.004,9422
Bulls1,398221.03/cwt219.00–222.003,0903
Dairy SteersLarge 3500–550520266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3835
Dairy SteersLarge 3700–750745272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,0301
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added900–950941283.11/cwt282.75–283.502,664107
Dairy SteersLarge 3950–1000960170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,345188.72/cwt188.00–189.502,5382
CowsBoner 80-85%1,280167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,1381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400363574.83/cwt570.00–580.002,0872
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600565447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,5284
Dairy SteersLarge 3900–950920174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,6011
Dairy SteersLarge 3850–900855171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,4621
Dairy SteersLarge 3650–700690309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,1321
Dairy SteersLarge 3550–600574251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4417
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600595380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2611
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550510367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,8742
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900885320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,8322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2452,964.81/head2,675.00–3,250.002,9652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4153,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450440532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,3431
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750745337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,5141
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400398450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7913
SteersMedium and Large 2-3950–1000965227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,1951
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400350435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5231
BullsMedium and Large 2-3950–1000965271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,6151
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600553374.97/cwt370.00–377.502,0743
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400380525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,9951
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450410480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9681
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550545387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,1121
HeifersMedium and Large 2-31050–11001,050238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,4991
BullsMedium and Large 2-31050–11001,055230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,4271
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550530450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550508435.22/cwt430.00–437.502,21113
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350305475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,4491
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500475489.30/cwt482.50–491.002,3245
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750740270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9981
BullsMedium and Large 2-3800–850830287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,3862
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700655335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650623382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,3806
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700690358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,4701
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450420460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9321
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650636417.99/cwt417.50–419.002,6583
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600595325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600560452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,5341
SteersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,012307.00/cwt303.00–308.003,1075
BullsMedium and Large 2-31000–10501,030241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,4821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550530420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2262
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500475442.53/cwt440.00–450.002,1024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650628450.25/cwt450.00–452.502,82810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524476.93/cwt475.00–478.002,4998

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.