Sale reports / Kentucky / Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky / 2025-08-25

Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 25
● Final166 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,673 head
▲ 1,248 vs last sale 425▲ 819 vs year ago 854 · +95.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 31▲ 16 vs year ago 20 · +80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 9▼ 2 vs year ago 2 · −100.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 10.0 to 15.00 higher. Feeder Steers over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. No test on slaughter bulls due no comparable receipts. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $404.88/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 9 of 33 comparable sales and sits −55.88 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$404.88
110 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,169
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$60.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.27
vs KY average
−4.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531412.262,18993
Medium and Large 2557369.672,05912thin
Medium and Large 2-3569352.242,0035thin
One grade step is worth $60.01/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale110 hd
404.88
—
KY average24 barns · 816 hd
395.61
+9.27
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
−4.42
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−55.88
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
516461407352median 460.7603/0304/2806/2309/0111/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.97, low $366.49, median $460.76 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—High1,673212.503,5552thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,582178.112,8189thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,212174.732,11810
CowsLean 85-90%Low981150.491,4766thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,246238.992,97810
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,162218.002,5332thin

Every lot

166 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers56 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2241
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2323450.23/cwt440.00–460.001,4542
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy366490.01/cwt482.50–492.501,7934
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed370507.50/cwt507.50–507.501,8781
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374468.49/cwt465.00–482.501,7528
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3378393.96/cwt367.50–423.001,4892
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,6841
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy400492.50/cwt487.50–495.001,9703
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425436.25/cwt430.00–440.001,8547
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425426.95/cwt426.00–428.001,8154
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426470.32/cwt460.00–474.002,0049
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458462.00/cwt462.00–462.002,1164
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472450.49/cwt440.00–457.002,12611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3479399.72/cwt397.50–401.001,9155
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483420.47/cwt419.00–422.502,03112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy512438.92/cwt438.00–440.002,24713
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513377.44/cwt375.00–380.001,9364
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518393.12/cwt385.00–401.002,03633
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520427.45/cwt417.00–428.502,22325
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3547365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9972
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568411.58/cwt406.00–417.502,33811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576382.48/cwt370.00–391.002,2035
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579365.78/cwt360.00–368.002,1188
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3583343.74/cwt340.00–351.002,0043
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy585422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,4726
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614387.13/cwt381.00–390.002,37728
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy623399.50/cwt396.00–403.502,48912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630347.67/cwt343.00–350.002,1903
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633366.55/cwt355.00–373.502,32031
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2382
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy654414.50/cwt414.50–414.502,71182
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2663345.00/cwt342.50–347.502,2873
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3668326.84/cwt326.00–327.502,1833
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675397.07/cwt371.00–403.002,680122
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682360.51/cwt349.00–366.002,45920
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2703348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,4463
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709359.28/cwt355.00–360.002,54721
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3718302.46/cwt301.00–304.002,1722
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732330.50/cwt319.00–335.002,41914
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy737383.13/cwt379.00–384.002,82482
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750346.33/cwt344.00–351.002,5973
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2801
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fancy761381.75/cwt381.75–381.752,90568
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3765305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3331
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777328.26/cwt322.50–336.002,55118
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added811363.31/cwt353.50–370.002,946122
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2817338.71/cwt330.00–346.002,7676
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3820262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,1481
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2822319.93/cwt315.00–323.002,6308
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added892347.80/cwt347.80–347.803,10254
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3900309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,7812
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2906321.32/cwt313.00–325.502,91112
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2940298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,8011
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,5351
Steers1000–1050Large 2-31,010181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,8281
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,070252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,6961
Feeder Cattle · Heifers51 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy230497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,1441
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230402.50/cwt402.50–402.509261
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2272445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2102
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0311
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1971
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3300390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333432.22/cwt425.00–440.001,4395
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340408.00/cwt406.00–410.001,3872
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4003
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2357416.32/cwt402.50–422.501,4864
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360450.35/cwt450.00–451.001,6213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3378355.47/cwt351.00–360.001,3442
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415426.04/cwt421.00–433.001,7687
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418391.76/cwt387.50–395.001,6389
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423409.92/cwt397.50–415.001,73421
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3434380.93/cwt380.00–382.501,6537
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473406.22/cwt403.00–411.001,92122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483387.41/cwt377.50–397.501,87136
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483372.14/cwt369.00–375.001,79714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3489363.70/cwt362.00–367.001,7787
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,9928
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3521344.43/cwt338.00–347.501,7944
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526369.03/cwt359.00–375.001,94140
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532354.39/cwt350.00–356.001,8855
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570369.57/cwt368.00–375.002,10713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573334.21/cwt330.00–339.001,91510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2582349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,0312
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583360.89/cwt345.00–365.002,10420
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2624322.99/cwt320.00–325.002,0156
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631365.75/cwt365.75–365.752,3086
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632343.78/cwt332.50–350.002,17312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,9541
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2667318.66/cwt317.00–320.002,1253
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added681364.50/cwt364.50–364.502,48228
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682332.98/cwt325.00–344.002,27113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3688302.01/cwt300.00–304.002,0782
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3705260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8331
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy710359.60/cwt359.60–359.602,55375
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723315.56/cwt310.00–321.002,2812
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0301
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733292.01/cwt290.00–292.502,14010
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added757347.12/cwt337.00–348.002,62850
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758307.90/cwt298.00–318.002,3342
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2331
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3780280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1841
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825294.25/cwt294.00–295.002,4284
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2825212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,7491
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2899277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,4956
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,4351
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2940210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9741
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2953218.50/cwt217.00–220.002,0822
Feeder Cattle · Bulls38 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2200467.50/cwt467.50–467.509351
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2258450.05/cwt445.00–455.001,1612
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy275520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,4301
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1691
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy312515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,6072
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2316497.36/cwt485.00–502.501,5724
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3330410.96/cwt402.50–415.001,3563
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365429.47/cwt425.00–431.001,5686
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2381462.35/cwt452.50–467.501,7629
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418455.98/cwt450.00–460.001,9065
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435416.89/cwt409.00–427.501,8138
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2442396.31/cwt394.00–400.001,7523
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3445417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,8581
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy450450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3467363.36/cwt360.00–370.001,6973
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2479430.04/cwt427.00–436.002,0608
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486406.52/cwt400.00–415.001,97615
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy514398.53/cwt397.00–400.002,0484
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525345.34/cwt340.00–351.001,8132
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3528335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7693
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530370.96/cwt365.00–375.001,9667
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2557344.99/cwt340.00–350.001,9223
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575362.80/cwt357.50–377.502,0867
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585335.23/cwt332.50–338.001,9612
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615313.00/cwt312.00–314.001,9252
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2628335.53/cwt325.00–342.502,1074
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2664304.78/cwt300.00–315.002,0247
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3675235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5862
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2687295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0272
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy692325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2492
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718301.69/cwt290.00–304.002,1666
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2765275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1041
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3795260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0671
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2810260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1061
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3825204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,6831
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,2341
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,060232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,4591
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3360350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2601
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3405340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3771
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3510338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,7242
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3550327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,7991
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3605275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6641
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3685304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,0821
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3703299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,1024
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,134249.50/cwt248.00–250.002,8294
Steers—Select and Choice1,162218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,5332
Steers—Choice1,321231.98/cwt231.00–233.003,0646
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,673212.50/cwt209.50–215.503,5552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%905145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3121
Cows—Lean 85-90%905135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,2261
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,019155.61/cwt151.50–159.501,5864
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166174.77/cwt170.00–178.002,0385
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220163.48/cwt160.50–166.501,9942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283182.18/cwt181.00–183.502,3373
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480186.19/cwt183.00–190.002,7563
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,593169.95/cwt168.50–171.502,7072
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,653176.12/cwt174.00–180.002,9114
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2890196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,7441

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.