Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend for this week due to low number of comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $372.74/cwt on 32 head, down $28.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −38.47 against this barn's trailing median of $411.21.

Average price

$372.74

▼ 28.66 vs prior sale

32 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$32.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.33

vs KY average

−3.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	379.95	2,099	25
Medium and Large 2-3	562	347.02	1,949	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.93/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.44, low $348.35, median $411.21 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 sale32 hd

372.74

—

KY average25 barns · 949 hd

402.08

−29.33

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

−3.07

This barn, trailing median30 sales

411.21

−38.47

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	1,731	228.31	3,952	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	183.00	2,283	2thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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	450–500	482	473.10/cwt	472.50–475.00	2,280	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	371.70/cwt	364.00–377.00	2,647	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	409.89/cwt	402.50–428.00	2,504	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	321.56/cwt	310.00–327.00	2,119	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	357.79/cwt	350.00–364.00	2,082	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	435.39/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,855	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	541.25/cwt	537.50–545.00	1,840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	450.95/cwt	447.50–460.00	1,506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	343.94/cwt	330.00–352.00	2,139	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	406.58/cwt	402.00–410.00	2,106	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	434.32/cwt	417.50–439.00	2,532	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	421.83/cwt	416.00–429.00	1,987	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	340.96/cwt	332.50–350.00	2,295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	456.81/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,174	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	440	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,325	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	445	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	550	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	270	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	635	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,762	7
Bulls	—	—	1,563	223.74/cwt	220.00–230.00	3,497	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,119	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,451	1
Bulls	—	—	2,235	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	5,409	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	357.53/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,924	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	436.13/cwt	430.00–442.50	2,290	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	494.97/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,044	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	597	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,878	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,107	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	329.95/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,329	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,036	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,919	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,237	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	250	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	475.20/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,034	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	593	333.00/cwt	332.00–335.00	1,975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	458	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,843	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,960	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	414.10/cwt	412.50–419.00	2,609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	460.73/cwt	450.00–474.00	2,004	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	526.70/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	494	366.99/cwt	365.00–369.00	1,813	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 Jul 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 256Last week 553Year ago 801

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 33Year ago 48

No trend for this week due to low number of comparable receipts.

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	295	500.00	500.00
2	300–350	340	537.50–545.00	541.25
1	350–400	385	532.50	532.50
3	400–450	413	480.00–502.50	494.97
8	450–500	482	472.50–475.00	473.10
2	500–550	525	430.00–442.50	436.13
2	550–600	592	450.00	450.00
7	600–650	611	402.50–428.00	409.89
2	650–700	675	400.00	400.00
5	700–750	712	364.00–377.00	371.70
1	750–800	770	341.00	341.00
2	800–850	800	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	555.00	555.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	455.00	455.00
14	550–600	597	482.00	482.00
4	600–650	612	451.00	451.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	470.00–480.00	475.20
1	450–500	460	442.50	442.50
2	500–550	505	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	565	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	630	386.00	386.00
1	700–750	700	301.00	301.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	630.00	630.00
3	300–350	343	520.00–530.00	526.70
1	350–400	360	492.50	492.50
9	400–450	435	450.00–474.00	460.73
14	450–500	476	450.00–475.00	456.81
1	500–550	530	400.00	400.00
5	550–600	583	417.50–439.00	434.32
4	600–650	630	412.50–419.00	414.10
2	650–700	673	332.50–350.00	340.96
2	750–800	770	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	585.00	585.00
2	350–400	355	550.00	550.00
2	400–450	445	480.00	480.00
7	600–650	635	435.00	435.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	462.50	462.50
1	400–450	445	425.00	425.00
3	450–500	458	402.50	402.50
1	500–550	520	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	570	392.50	392.50
1	650–700	670	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	282	470.00	470.00
5	300–350	334	447.50–460.00	450.95
2	350–400	357	462.50	462.50
9	400–450	426	430.00–440.00	435.39
11	450–500	471	416.00–429.00	421.83
11	500–550	518	402.00–410.00	406.58
13	550–600	582	350.00–364.00	357.79
3	600–650	622	330.00–352.00	343.94
8	650–700	659	310.00–327.00	321.56
6	700–750	706	320.00–335.00	329.95
1	750–800	770	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	477.50	477.50
1	550–600	550	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	410.00	410.00
2	300–350	340	418.00	418.00
1	350–400	365	437.50	437.50
1	400–450	435	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	494	365.00–369.00	366.99
4	500–550	538	355.00–360.00	357.53
3	550–600	593	332.00–335.00	333.00
1	600–650	625	321.00	321.00
1	650–700	670	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	745	287.50	287.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,563	220.00–230.00	223.74
1	—	2,235	242.00	242.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	173.00	173.00
1	—	1,270	193.00	193.00

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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