Sale reports / Kentucky / Russell Springs Livestock Auction / 2026-04-08

Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 8
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208
Feeder Cattle receipts
952 head
▲ 159 vs last sale 793▲ 471 vs year ago 481 · +97.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 62▼ 4 vs year ago 40 · −10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 43▼ 95 vs year ago 120 · −79.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00-10.00 higher. The feeder buyers continued to pay premiums for the highest quality calves that are in favorable condition especially if they are weaned with vaccinations. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00-8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $425.75/cwt on 79 head, down $28.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 34 comparable sales and sits +21.10 against this barn's trailing median of $404.65.
Average price
$425.75
▼ 28.31 vs prior sale
79 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,355
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$912
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3
$133.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.58
vs KY average
−2.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556437.452,43265
Medium and Large 2-3543376.652,04613thin
Small and Medium 2-3500304.001,5201thin
One grade step is worth $133.45/cwt here — about $912 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale79 hd
425.75
—
KY average25 barns · 1,295 hd
420.18
+5.58
National average175 barns · 10,626 hd
428.36
−2.61
This barn, trailing median34 sales
404.65
+21.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
484426368310median 404.6503/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $469.65, low $324.12, median $404.65 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Average1,500214.003,2102thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,327188.352,49912
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,189182.582,1718thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low956162.161,55010

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,320$3,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,058$3,2752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$3,2343thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$2,8501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,293$2,8412thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,103$2,7502thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)863$3,5994thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,393$4,0482thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,033$4,1242thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,270$2,6501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,190$2,3001thin

Every lot

109 lots · USDA AMS · Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium 2-3260525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,3653
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2273697.71/cwt690.00–705.001,9052
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275619.89/cwt590.00–650.001,7055
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310650.16/cwt640.00–660.002,0152
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315700.00/cwt700.00–700.002,2051
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3328532.12/cwt485.00–570.001,7457
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365603.45/cwt600.00–607.002,2032
Steers350–400Medium 1-2Fleshy375532.00/cwt532.00–532.001,9951
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379629.28/cwt620.00–635.002,38510
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3379563.91/cwt527.00–600.002,13710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,62716
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420582.00/cwt582.00–582.002,4442
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3421533.38/cwt495.00–565.002,2466
Steers400–450Medium 2-3432397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,7152
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2452540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,4412
Steers450–500Medium 1-2455475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3469517.41/cwt495.00–530.002,4279
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477563.46/cwt555.00–575.002,68818
Steers450–500Medium 2-3492317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,5602
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2519514.68/cwt512.00–517.002,6714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527534.28/cwt526.00–547.502,81614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3527490.94/cwt455.00–502.502,5875
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy531565.00/cwt565.00–565.003,0004
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553485.38/cwt480.00–500.002,68412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3579414.88/cwt390.00–450.002,4027
Steers550–600Medium 1-2595407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,4221
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621439.72/cwt430.00–454.002,73110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3631406.11/cwt395.00–413.002,5635
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2637422.52/cwt420.00–425.002,6918
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3650367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,3861
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy653432.20/cwt431.00–434.002,8225
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2654422.99/cwt417.00–429.002,7664
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2666399.74/cwt396.00–405.002,6629
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy707405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,8632
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727389.52/cwt385.00–392.502,8323
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,8471
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,8691
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added757400.60/cwt400.60–400.603,033142
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2200690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,3801
Heifers250–300Small and Medium 2-3260415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0796
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275551.68/cwt527.50–575.001,5172
Heifers250–300Medium 1-2280472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,3232
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2283643.58/cwt625.00–650.001,8214
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326599.44/cwt587.50–610.001,9544
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3329526.23/cwt451.00–560.001,7317
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy356580.02/cwt570.00–585.002,0653
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360561.75/cwt552.00–565.002,0227
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 2-3372337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,2562
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3383506.60/cwt475.00–517.001,94017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2412535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,2046
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3432479.37/cwt460.00–497.002,07120
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy461507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,3404
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471484.85/cwt475.00–495.002,28420
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478446.49/cwt415.00–457.502,1347
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 2-3500304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,5201
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy516472.99/cwt470.00–477.502,44110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3521389.78/cwt378.00–415.002,0317
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537449.87/cwt440.00–460.002,41625
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy550445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,4483
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3569361.33/cwt315.00–387.002,0566
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589411.94/cwt399.00–417.002,42627
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610391.09/cwt380.00–394.502,38637
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3621349.72/cwt330.00–370.002,1724
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637407.14/cwt406.00–413.002,59396
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3662325.39/cwt291.00–342.002,1545
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672371.68/cwt362.00–390.002,4988
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2686351.23/cwt350.00–355.002,4098
Heifers700–750Medium 1-2747321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,3982
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2772331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,5552
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3890277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,4651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2290663.49/cwt655.00–680.001,9243
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3320617.27/cwt610.00–625.001,9752
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2340652.76/cwt635.00–670.002,2192
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3388536.61/cwt530.00–540.002,0823
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390560.94/cwt555.00–580.002,1884
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2406546.11/cwt530.00–550.002,21711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3410510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474497.94/cwt492.00–507.002,3609
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2513497.18/cwt487.00–510.002,5515
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3545430.00/cwt420.00–440.002,3442
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2564470.67/cwt465.00–472.502,6554
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2605405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,4501
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2652400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6082
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3690370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5531
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2713376.36/cwt375.00–379.002,6833
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,065232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,4711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,175204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,3971
Bulls——1,825224.00/cwt224.00–224.004,0881
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%820144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1811
Cows—Lean 85-90%902150.50/cwt148.00–153.001,3583
Cows—Lean 85-90%960185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7761
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,014168.22/cwt163.00–177.001,7065
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,9171
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194184.95/cwt175.00–196.002,2087
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,230171.27/cwt170.00–174.002,1073
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,359194.04/cwt178.00–210.002,6379
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28702,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0552,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2203,233.81/head2,750.00–3,700.003,2343
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2453,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2932,840.62/head2,400.00–3,250.002,8412
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3203,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-28633,599.13/head3,500.00–3,700.003,5994
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0334,124.46/head4,050.00–4,200.004,1242
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3934,047.58/head4,000.00–4,100.004,0482

This sale against other markets

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.