Russell Co. Stockyard Market Report

Russell Springs, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 26, 2025

731 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $279.84/cwt +23.84 vs last sale · ≈ $2,122/hd at 758 lb · 158 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $282.59/cwt ≈ $1,661/hd at 588 lb · 70 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $275.40/cwt ≈ $2,003/hd at 727 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	731	116	776
Feeder cattle	663	88	706
Slaughter cattle	38	28	48
Replacement cattle	30	—	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to market closure last week because of the inclement weather. Today's offering contained a wide variety of kinds and qualities. The feeder buyers favored the highest quality, favorably conditioned calves and paid premiums for them. The demand for slaughter cattle was very strong.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,560	—
415–445	436	4	362.50–377.50	$369.38	$1,610	+61.88
460–485	473	5	357.50–365.00	$359.95	$1,703	—
505–535	515	3	325.00–330.00	$327.29	$1,686	+13.20
516 value added	516	4	343.00	$343.00	$1,770	—
550–590	573	6	310.00–335.00	$320.44	$1,836	+7.44
620–647	633	6	287.50–297.00	$294.60	$1,865	—
618–641 value added	637	18	306.00–310.50	$309.77	$1,973	—
655–670 value added	656	12	295.00–299.00	$298.66	$1,959	—
665	665	2	284.00	$284.00	$1,889	—
722 value added	722	11	284.00	$284.00	$2,050	—
702–745	730	21	268.50–275.00	$270.89	$1,977	—
750–758	754	21	268.00–275.00	$270.62	$2,040	+14.62
759 value added	759	137	281.25	$281.25	$2,135	—
813	813	3	252.50	$252.50	$2,053	—
945	945	1	229.00	$229.00	$2,164	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	350.00	$350.00	$980	—
365	365	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,296	—
427	427	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,494	—
470–495	482	3	330.00–337.00	$332.33	$1,602	—
695	695	1	273.00	$273.00	$1,897	—
770	770	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,002	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	292.00	$292.00	$1,606	—
675–697	690	3	242.00–260.00	$254.13	$1,753	-14.87
745	745	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,937	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,674	—
655–670	663	2	240.00–255.00	$247.58	$1,641	—
850	850	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,572	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	2	330.00	$330.00	$868	-5.00
317–340	325	6	332.00–335.00	$333.50	$1,084	+21.50
350–385	369	6	310.00–335.00	$323.32	$1,193	—
400–430	416	7	300.00–319.00	$310.24	$1,291	+21.24
400–430 fancy	424	5	335.00–337.00	$336.62	$1,427	—
457 fancy	457	6	320.00–324.00	$322.67	$1,475	+15.67
450–497	470	13	293.00–315.00	$302.90	$1,424	+22.72
500–545	523	16	280.00–302.00	$288.95	$1,511	+8.95
550–578	564	8	265.00–282.00	$277.50	$1,565	—
591 value added	591	62	283.25	$283.25	$1,674	—
600–612 value added	612	25	277.50–279.00	$278.94	$1,707	—
630	630	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,701	—
650–697	682	25	254.00–265.00	$254.86	$1,738	+1.86
720	720	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,836	—
750	750	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,838	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	300.00	$300.00	$810	—
310–335	318	3	285.00–300.00	$295.13	$939	—
350	350	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,050	—
420–445	433	6	262.50–290.00	$277.01	$1,199	+40.48
478	478	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,314	—
540–545	542	4	234.00–266.00	$251.49	$1,363	-1.01
555	555	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,388	+7.32
605–635	620	3	225.00–241.00	$233.80	$1,450	-13.20
690–695	693	2	219.00–230.00	$224.48	$1,556	—
715–740	725	4	200.00–230.00	$212.20	$1,538	—
770	770	1	234.00	$234.00	$1,802	—
860	860	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,711	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–495	485	3	283.50–290.00	$287.51	$1,394	—
525–540	533	9	270.00–273.00	$270.68	$1,443	—
611–640	621	6	250.00–251.00	$250.16	$1,553	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,223	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	485.00	$485.00	$970	—
270	270	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,080	+74.30
308–315	311	5	380.00–392.50	$384.56	$1,196	—
370	370	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,406	+27.50
373 fancy	373	3	397.50	$397.50	$1,483	—
405 fancy	405	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,539	—
425	425	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,551	—
457–480 fancy	466	4	342.00–347.00	$344.03	$1,603	—
465–492	478	10	320.00–338.00	$327.57	$1,566	+20.07
510–542	531	7	290.00–307.00	$296.12	$1,572	+8.44
555–585	565	7	293.00–305.00	$298.49	$1,686	+34.50
600–630	620	3	292.00–293.00	$292.49	$1,813	—
665	665	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,842	—
705–748	731	5	249.00	$249.00	$1,820	—
750	750	1	256.00	$256.00	$1,920	—
905	905	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,036	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	350.00	$350.00	$770	—
320–345	333	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,016	—
425–440	433	3	330.00–337.50	$334.13	$1,447	—
547	547	2	282.50	$282.50	$1,545	—
570–596	590	5	265.00–284.00	$279.53	$1,649	—
615	615	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,538	—
680–685	683	2	237.00–252.00	$244.53	$1,670	—
750	750	2	229.00–235.00	$232.00	$1,740	—
835	835	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,795	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,232	—
425–447	439	5	342.50–345.00	$344.52	$1,512	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,188	—
750	750	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,560	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1475	1106	80-85%	6	130.00–139.50	$133.81	$1,480	-24.19
1055–1265	1197	80-85%	6	143.00–160.00	$149.55	$1,790	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1055	970	85-90%	2	90.00–100.00	$95.44	$926	-28.14
900–1130	988	85-90%	3	110.00–119.00	$114.64	$1,133	-8.94
1035–1075	1055	85-90%	2	122.00–130.00	$125.92	$1,328	+29.82

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1515	1393	75-80%	5	143.00–153.00	$147.98	$2,061	—
1440–1800	1620	75-80%	2	128.50–140.00	$133.61	$2,164	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1990	1692	3	145.00–150.00	$148.18	$2,507	—
1925–2105	2015	2	169.00–172.00	$170.43	$3,434	+8.43

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1130–1515	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,535.00–2,285.00	$1,906.16
1310	1310	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00
1060–1655	1318	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,675.00–2,200.00	$1,910.37
1320–1360	1340	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,335.00–2,410.00	$2,371.94
1240–1530	1398	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,025.00–2,385.00	$2,224.94
1485–1605	1545	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,060.00–2,385.00	$2,228.81

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,735.00	$1,735.00
940–1055	998	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,575.00–1,800.00	$1,693.98

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
807–915	843	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,825.00–1,850.00	$1,840.95
847	847	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,035.00	$2,035.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,660.00	$1,660.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.