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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 20

● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209

← Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

541 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 609▼ 650 vs year ago 1,191 · −54.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 36▼ 34 vs year ago 64 · −53.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

0 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 19▲ 0 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

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 $404.19/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 8 of 33 comparable sales and sits −56.56 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.

Average price

$404.19

56 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$466

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

$56.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.29

vs KY average

−53.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	408.74	2,281	49
Medium and Large 2	532	380.40	2,025	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	515	352.43	1,815	2thin

One grade step is worth $56.31/cwt here — about $466 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 sale56 hd

404.19

—

KY average24 barns · 903 hd

397.91

+6.29

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−53.95

This barn, trailing median33 sales

460.76

−56.56

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 $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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,545	189.26	2,924	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,255	158.59	1,990	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	943	147.27	1,389	3thin

Every lot

105 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,161	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	312	389.16/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,214	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,458	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	359	415.50/cwt	415.00–416.00	1,492	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,593	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	360	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,386	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,661	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	412	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,903	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	438.36/cwt	436.00–441.00	1,859	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,922	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	432.97/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,087	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	352.43/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,815	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,000	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	402.03/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,139	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	543	419.93/cwt	419.00–430.00	2,280	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,120	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,349	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	402.82/cwt	392.00–405.50	2,320	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	622	389.82/cwt	388.00–393.00	2,425	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,189	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	660	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,987	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	337.61/cwt	332.00–343.00	2,282	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	685	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,404	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	732	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,577	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	313.76/cwt	309.00–327.50	2,303	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	316.01/cwt	311.00–321.00	2,427	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	779	348.57/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,715	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	807	342.46/cwt	325.00–345.50	2,764	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	823	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	3,111	65
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	867	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,870	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	870	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,740	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	988	313.52/cwt	311.00–321.00	3,098	8
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,868	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,148	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	393.71/cwt	392.50–395.00	1,240	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	409.60/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,384	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	340	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,267	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	375.75/cwt	375.00–376.00	1,315	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	390.62/cwt	389.00–397.50	1,437	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	370	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,521	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	370	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,351	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	376.87/cwt	370.00–379.00	1,613	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	399.17/cwt	393.00–406.00	1,720	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	436	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,818	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,602	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	465	415.61/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,933	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	373.79/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,761	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	397.70/cwt	387.00–401.00	1,897	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	478	360.97/cwt	355.00–363.00	1,725	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	522	335.00/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,749	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	526	381.98/cwt	380.00–382.50	2,009	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,848	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	368.48/cwt	365.00–372.00	1,953	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	554	370.27/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,051	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	325.18/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,854	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	359.58/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,064	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,995	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	331.76/cwt	325.00–342.00	2,054	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	627	352.98/cwt	351.00–355.00	2,213	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,963	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	329.58/cwt	320.00–334.00	2,175	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,979	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,001	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	292.13/cwt	285.00–294.00	2,211	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	785	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,426	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,752	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	950	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,256	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	983	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,674	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	411.45/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,308	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,240	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,656	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	360	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,143	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	428.03/cwt	424.00–431.00	1,669	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,667	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	433.20/cwt	429.00–440.00	1,871	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	448	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,736	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	345.56/cwt	340.00–351.00	1,590	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,793	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	412.58/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,980	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	510	404.31/cwt	402.00–406.00	2,062	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	382.68/cwt	372.00–387.00	2,009	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,096	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,964	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	312.65/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,917	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	647	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,245	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,049	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	690	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,443	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,064	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,117	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,348	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	288.50/cwt	285.00–292.00	2,207	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,989	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	790	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,896	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	845	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,197	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,535	186.02/cwt	182.50–190.50	2,855	5
Bulls	—	—	1,562	194.65/cwt	192.50–198.00	3,040	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	920	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,398	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	144.91/cwt	143.00–146.50	1,384	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	152.36/cwt	150.00–154.50	1,714	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	147.03/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,779	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,323	164.25/cwt	161.00–168.00	2,173	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	2,281	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,095	192.12/cwt	190.00–194.00	2,104	2

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 →

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

Mon Oct 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 541Last week 609Year ago 1,191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 36Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 0Last week 19Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	372.50	372.50
3	350–400	370	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	445	360.00	360.00
4	450–500	478	355.00–363.00	360.97
3	500–550	522	330.00–340.00	335.00
2	550–600	570	320.00–330.00	325.18
1	650–700	680	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	392.50–395.00	393.71
4	350–400	350	375.00–376.00	375.75
4	400–450	428	370.00–379.00	376.87
4	450–500	471	370.00–375.00	373.79
3	500–550	528	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	585	341.00	341.00
2	650–700	652	301.00	301.00
1	700–750	725	276.00	276.00
1	950–1000	950	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	526	380.00–382.50	381.98
11	550–600	554	370.00–373.00	370.27
6	600–650	627	351.00–355.00	352.98
1	750–800	785	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	410.00	410.00
11	300–350	338	405.00–420.00	409.60
5	350–400	368	389.00–397.50	390.62
14	400–450	431	393.00–406.00	399.17
10	450–500	477	387.00–401.00	397.70
4	500–550	530	365.00–372.00	368.48
5	550–600	574	350.00–362.00	359.58
5	600–650	619	325.00–342.00	331.76
5	650–700	660	320.00–334.00	329.58
8	750–800	757	285.00–294.00	292.13
1	900–950	925	297.50	297.50
3	950–1000	983	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	411.00	411.00
6	400–450	436	417.00	417.00
14	450–500	465	410.00–420.00	415.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	543	419.00–430.00	419.93
8	550–600	573	410.00	410.00
13	600–650	622	388.00–393.00	389.82
1	650–700	685	351.00	351.00
2	700–750	732	352.00	352.00
5	750–800	779	343.00–350.00	348.57
65	800–850	823	378.00	378.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	470	409.00	409.00
4	500–550	523	382.50	382.50
1	550–600	570	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	387.50–390.00	389.16
1	350–400	360	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	515	350.00–355.00	352.43
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	660	301.00	301.00
1	850–900	870	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	442.50	442.50
2	400–450	412	462.00	462.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	345	422.50	422.50
4	350–400	359	415.00–416.00	415.50
18	400–450	424	436.00–441.00	438.36
22	450–500	482	425.00–440.00	432.97
9	500–550	532	395.00–410.00	402.03
18	550–600	576	392.00–405.50	402.82
1	600–650	630	347.50	347.50
4	650–700	676	332.00–343.00	337.61
4	700–750	734	309.00–327.50	313.76
3	750–800	768	311.00–321.00	316.01
14	800–850	807	325.00–345.50	342.46
2	850–900	867	331.00	331.00
8	950–1000	988	311.00–321.00	313.52
1	1000–1050	1,010	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	387.50	387.50
1	400–450	420	397.00	397.00
1	450–500	475	377.50	377.50
5	750–800	765	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	400.00–417.50	411.45
7	350–400	390	424.00–431.00	428.03
5	400–450	432	429.00–440.00	433.20
2	450–500	480	405.00–420.00	412.58
4	500–550	525	372.00–387.00	382.68
1	550–600	550	381.00	381.00
3	600–650	613	310.00–318.00	312.65
3	650–700	683	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	735	288.00	288.00
2	750–800	765	285.00–292.00	288.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	317.50	317.50
5	400–450	448	387.50	387.50
4	450–500	460	340.00–351.00	345.56
5	550–600	595	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	695	297.00	297.00
1	750–800	790	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	845	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	460.00	460.00
7	500–550	510	402.00–406.00	404.31
5	600–650	647	347.00	347.00
1	650–700	690	354.00	354.00
5	750–800	750	313.00	313.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	146.00–148.00	147.03
4	—	1,323	161.00–168.00	164.25
2	—	1,125	150.00–154.50	152.36
1	—	1,330	171.50	171.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	152.00	152.00
2	—	955	143.00–146.50	144.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,562	192.50–198.00	194.65
5	—	1,535	182.50–190.50	186.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,095	190.00–194.00	192.12

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.