Sale reports / Kentucky / Russell Springs Livestock Auction / 2026-09-23

Russell Springs Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russell Springs, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 23
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2208
Feeder Cattle receipts
711 head
▲ 135 vs last sale 576▲ 282 vs year ago 429 · +65.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 28▼ 5 vs year ago 34 · −14.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 9▲ 4 vs year ago 13 · +30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-6.00 higher. The better quality weaned calves saw good demand. Today's offering contained several bawling and plain quality calves that received moderate discounts. Slaughter cows traded 2.00-4.00 lower and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $394.64/cwt on 52 head, down $6.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 33 comparable sales and sits −80.86 against this barn's trailing median of $475.50.
Average price
$394.64
▼ 6.65 vs prior sale
52 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,169
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$43.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.09
vs KY average
−10.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541409.672,21630
Medium and Large 2564381.152,15012thin
Medium and Large 2-3558365.772,03910thin
One grade step is worth $43.90/cwt here — about $177 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale52 hd
394.64
—
KY average27 barns · 746 hd
381.55
+13.09
National average175 barns · 12,027 hd
405.41
−10.77
This barn, trailing median33 sales
475.50
−80.86
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
538480423365median 475.5003/0404/2906/2408/2610/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,703180.193,0698thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,404138.811,9489thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,252135.361,6943thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,188126.281,5002thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,180$3,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,455$2,5702thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$2,4501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,405$2,2252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,395$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,290$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,245$2,0501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,173$2,2802thin

Every lot

102 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320537.00/cwt537.00–537.001,7182
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365532.00/cwt532.00–532.001,9421
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9641
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3424411.67/cwt404.00–415.001,7454
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425461.00/cwt457.00–465.001,9592
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429447.37/cwt445.00–452.001,9198
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2437432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,8882
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3450408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,8361
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461424.62/cwt422.00–435.001,9575
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,20912
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478445.96/cwt440.00–450.002,1325
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516395.30/cwt395.00–397.002,0407
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522420.31/cwt417.00–425.002,1946
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525386.92/cwt385.00–389.002,0312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3536372.07/cwt355.00–377.501,9945
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added551420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3149
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566402.64/cwt390.00–411.002,2798
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572379.99/cwt375.00–385.002,17410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3579359.46/cwt353.00–369.002,0815
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626381.25/cwt377.50–390.002,3879
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627361.02/cwt355.00–364.002,2646
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635338.24/cwt315.00–350.002,1483
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3658337.64/cwt333.00–340.002,2226
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2671352.65/cwt350.00–354.002,3666
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708358.23/cwt352.00–361.502,5368
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2716339.65/cwt334.00–345.002,4326
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3401
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,697143
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2796332.55/cwt315.00–334.002,64713
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2802323.80/cwt319.00–325.002,5975
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2818307.45/cwt305.00–310.002,5152
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,7671
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2881301.61/cwt300.00–305.002,6573
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2900312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,8131
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2959300.08/cwt295.00–300.502,87813
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,108274.00/cwt274.00–274.003,0365
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,160260.00/cwt260.00–260.003,0161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy280490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,3721
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328433.53/cwt420.00–437.001,4225
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345410.82/cwt406.00–412.001,4175
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy348452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,5733
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,4801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370363.29/cwt362.00–367.001,3444
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382379.13/cwt374.00–387.001,44811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419386.02/cwt379.00–390.001,6179
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,6844
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420370.53/cwt368.00–376.001,55610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3432350.63/cwt349.50–353.001,5156
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2455318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4471
Heifers450–500Large 1-2473337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,5943
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3474341.23/cwt338.00–348.001,61710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479372.73/cwt370.00–377.001,7854
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,7561
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509349.77/cwt345.00–360.001,78010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,87111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3526318.77/cwt309.00–330.001,67712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573327.73/cwt325.00–335.001,8787
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575319.52/cwt319.00–320.001,8376
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3581308.51/cwt307.00–310.001,7924
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617325.35/cwt322.00–326.002,0076
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,9341
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3668301.35/cwt300.00–302.002,0133
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3730272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,9861
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added802310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,48616
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2856303.50/cwt303.50–303.502,5985
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3280495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,3861
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335524.00/cwt524.00–524.001,7553
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2335510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7091
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2357486.29/cwt485.00–490.001,7364
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3378436.92/cwt425.00–445.001,6523
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2405472.00/cwt472.00–472.001,9124
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3441418.63/cwt395.00–432.001,8465
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9243
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3481345.21/cwt333.00–382.001,6607
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2520279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3528334.41/cwt334.00–335.001,7665
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2529355.37/cwt344.00–360.001,8807
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2552338.66/cwt335.00–342.001,8693
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3565325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8361
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8302
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615333.81/cwt329.00–335.002,0535
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,1221
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3688285.66/cwt271.00–300.001,9652
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1152
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2750300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,580171.69/cwt170.00–173.002,7133
Bulls——1,735190.26/cwt190.00–190.503,3012
Bulls——1,805181.97/cwt178.00–184.003,2853
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4631
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,188126.28/cwt124.00–128.001,5002
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,315138.04/cwt136.00–140.001,8152
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,383144.53/cwt144.00–145.001,9992
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,383128.99/cwt128.00–130.001,7842
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420140.45/cwt136.00–142.001,9945
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1732,279.90/head2,100.00–2,475.002,2802
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1803,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3002,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,3951,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4052,225.27/head2,200.00–2,250.002,2252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4552,569.85/head2,450.00–2,700.002,5702
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2452,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2902,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.