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Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 15

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208

← Jul 8Jul 15Jul 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

366 head

▼ 117 vs last sale 483▼ 72 vs year ago 438 · −16.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 32▼ 2 vs year ago 32 · −6.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 10▼ 27 vs year ago 36 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-7.00 lower. Today's offering lacked the quality and weaned packages that was seen last week. The better quality calves in today's sale sold similar to last week and the demand on the plain, unweaned calves was very soft. Slaughter cows traded 2.00-4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.50/cwt on 32 head, down $48.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 33 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $475.50.

Average price

$475.50

▼ 48.67 vs prior sale

32 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$902

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

$194.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.06

vs KY average

+36.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	494.24	2,657	24
Medium and Large 2	580	457.50	2,654	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	532	432.81	2,303	6thin
Medium 1-2	585	300.00	1,755	1thin

One grade step is worth $194.24/cwt here — about $902 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale32 hd

475.50

—

KY average27 barns · 731 hd

452.44

+23.06

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

+36.35

This barn, trailing median33 sales

475.50

+0.00

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

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $524.17, low $378.81, median $475.50 across 33 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,517	223.48	3,390	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,443	182.41	2,632	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,293	167.29	2,162	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,007	152.25	1,533	7thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,125	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,265	$2,450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,950	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	923	$2,148	3thin

Every lot

88 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,156	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	378	449.02/cwt	435.00–462.50	1,697	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	548.57/cwt	547.00–552.00	2,117	3
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	543.50/cwt	542.50–544.00	2,391	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	442	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,166	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,387	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	473	467.38/cwt	442.00–485.00	2,211	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	499.82/cwt	490.00–517.00	2,624	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	532	432.81/cwt	387.50–460.00	2,303	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	477.49/cwt	472.00–482.00	2,746	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,654	1
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	585	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,755	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,754	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	622	455.50/cwt	455.50–455.50	2,833	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	627	407.35/cwt	375.00–425.00	2,554	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	673	384.21/cwt	381.00–387.50	2,586	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	401.02/cwt	393.00–409.00	2,723	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	399.22/cwt	386.00–406.00	2,826	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	710	414.50/cwt	414.50–414.50	2,943	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	780	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,750	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,876	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,945	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	962	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,713	6
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,096	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,248	1
Heifers	250–300	Large 1-2	270	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,350	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,528	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	510.61/cwt	495.00–517.00	1,649	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	360	397.53/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,431	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,706	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	463.67/cwt	462.50–467.50	1,785	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	407	472.67/cwt	460.00–482.50	1,924	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	410	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,050	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	450.61/cwt	450.00–452.50	1,866	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	438	401.65/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,759	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	454	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,161	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	445.50/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,143	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	427.47/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,095	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,887	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	406.24/cwt	405.00–407.50	2,084	2
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	527	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,792	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	427.56/cwt	415.00–433.00	2,258	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	533	374.86/cwt	367.50–387.00	1,998	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	537	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,379	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	408.92/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,286	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	573	380.28/cwt	375.00–386.00	2,179	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	391.34/cwt	378.00–402.00	2,418	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,363	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	760	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,318	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	215	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	968	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,608	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	557.98/cwt	545.00–570.00	1,802	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	325	520.45/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,691	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,945	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	505.06/cwt	495.00–512.00	2,091	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	463.43/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,937	3
Bulls	400–450	Large 1-2	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1-2	435	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,618	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	436	424.79/cwt	412.00–442.50	1,852	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,178	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,086	1
Bulls	500–550	Large 1-2	500	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,050	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	500	398.75/cwt	395.00–402.50	1,994	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	510	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,423	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,203	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1-2	520	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,093	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,376	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,310	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,266	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	587	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,143	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	391.21/cwt	387.50–395.00	2,457	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	1
Bulls	700–750	Large 1-2	710	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,396	1
Bulls	750–800	Large 1-2	780	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,535	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,517	223.48/cwt	218.00–228.00	3,390	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	885	138.16/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,223	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	987	153.14/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,511	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,158	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,911	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,264	169.43/cwt	166.00–172.00	2,142	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,201	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,367	194.65/cwt	190.00–198.00	2,661	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,481	176.29/cwt	171.00–182.00	2,611	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	700	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	2,309.66/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,310	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	1,150	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

Wed Jul 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 366Last week 483Year ago 438

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 32Year ago 32

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 10Year ago 36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	485.00	485.00
2	350–400	375	455.00	455.00
4	400–450	414	450.00–452.50	450.61
2	450–500	490	425.00–430.00	427.47
2	500–550	513	405.00–407.50	406.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	395.00–400.00	397.53
3	400–450	438	395.00–405.00	401.65
1	450–500	490	385.00	385.00
3	500–550	533	367.50–387.00	374.86
2	550–600	573	375.00–386.00	380.28
1	650–700	695	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	500.00	500.00
2	500–550	527	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	537	443.00	443.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	520.00	520.00
6	300–350	323	495.00–517.00	510.61
4	350–400	385	462.50–467.50	463.67
9	400–450	407	460.00–482.50	472.67
7	450–500	481	440.00–455.00	445.50
8	500–550	528	415.00–433.00	427.56
7	550–600	559	400.00–430.00	408.92
7	600–650	618	378.00–402.00	391.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	500.00	500.00
8	450–500	454	476.00	476.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	435.00–462.50	449.02
2	400–450	442	490.00	490.00
5	450–500	473	442.00–485.00	467.38
6	500–550	532	387.50–460.00	432.81
3	600–650	627	375.00–425.00	407.35
1	750–800	780	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	673	381.00–387.50	384.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	575.00	575.00
3	400–450	440	542.50–544.00	543.50
18	500–550	525	490.00–517.00	499.82
6	550–600	575	472.00–482.00	477.49
4	600–650	612	450.00	450.00
4	650–700	679	393.00–409.00	401.02
3	700–750	708	386.00–406.00	399.22
1	950–1000	950	310.00	310.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	386	547.00–552.00	548.57
3	450–500	468	510.00	510.00
1	550–600	580	457.50	457.50
3	750–800	790	364.00	364.00
6	950–1000	962	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	585	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	622	455.50	455.50
10	700–750	710	414.50	414.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	460.00–470.00	463.43
2	500–550	510	432.00	432.00
2	550–600	570	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	325	500.00–530.00	520.45
4	400–450	436	412.00–442.50	424.79
1	450–500	485	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	500	395.00–402.50	398.75
2	550–600	587	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	665	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	295	545.00	545.00
2	300–350	323	545.00–570.00	557.98
2	350–400	397	490.00	490.00
5	400–450	414	495.00–512.00	505.06
5	450–500	471	462.50	462.50
2	500–550	540	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	550	420.00	420.00
2	600–650	628	387.50–395.00	391.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	372.00	372.00
1	500–550	520	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	500	410.00	410.00
1	700–750	710	337.50	337.50
1	750–800	780	325.00	325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,481	171.00–182.00	176.29
3	—	1,367	190.00–198.00	194.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	987	151.00–154.00	153.14
2	—	885	134.00–142.00	138.16
2	—	1,158	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	163.00	163.00
4	—	1,264	166.00–172.00	169.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,517	218.00–228.00	223.48

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,035	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,309.66

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	1,825.00	1,825.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	2,600.00	2,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	2,450.00	2,450.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	2,950.00	2,950.00

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.