Russell Co. Stockyard Market Report

Russell Springs, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 8, 2025

553 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $338.00/cwt ≈ $3,191/hd at 944 lb · 54 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $391.17/cwt ≈ $2,383/hd at 609 lb · 36 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $410.77/cwt +28.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,154/hd at 524 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	553	595	551
Feeder cattle	486	558	471
Slaughter cattle	42	19	50
Replacement cattle	25	18	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 2.00-4.00 higher. There were instances of sharply higher prices across all classes of feeders. The demand for feeder cattle rebounded nicely on today's offering that had better quality and consistency when compared to last week. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	555.00	$555.00	$1,332	—
267	267	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,202	—
305–335	320	2	440.00–445.00	$442.62	$1,416	-26.39
385–395	387	5	434.00–440.00	$438.38	$1,697	+28.57
395 fancy	395	1	475.00	$475.00	$1,876	—
417 fancy	417	2	455.00	$455.00	$1,897	+20.17
425–440	432	5	412.00–439.00	$424.91	$1,836	+6.91
452 fancy	452	2	429.00	$429.00	$1,939	-0.22
463–490	479	16	398.00–420.00	$410.46	$1,966	+4.68
517–525 value added	519	5	426.00–431.00	$429.99	$2,232	—
512–530 fancy	521	6	415.00–425.00	$418.28	$2,179	—
515–545	529	10	387.50–410.00	$396.65	$2,098	+14.39
558–568 value added	563	6	402.00–403.00	$402.50	$2,266	+8.50
572–575	573	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,235	+5.88
602–636 value added	608	32	390.00–396.00	$395.01	$2,402	—
610–620	615	3	365.00–373.00	$368.98	$2,269	—
630	630	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,110	—
660	660	1	367.00	$367.00	$2,422	+2.00
767	767	2	344.00	$344.00	$2,638	—
944 value added	944	54	338.00	$338.00	$3,191	—
996	996	10	318.00	$318.00	$3,167	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–448	435	7	388.00–402.50	$395.96	$1,722	+5.96
460	460	1	372.50	$372.50	$1,714	+5.00
530–545	535	3	320.00–360.00	$342.29	$1,831	-7.71
565–585	574	5	310.00–365.00	$346.27	$1,988	+1.27
630–637	635	3	340.00–352.00	$348.03	$2,210	—
690	690	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,208	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,982	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,552	—
355–378 fancy	373	5	429.00–430.00	$429.19	$1,601	—
385	385	2	392.50	$392.50	$1,511	-12.50
416 fancy	416	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,747	—
437–440	438	7	389.00–402.50	$397.56	$1,741	+0.56
450–495	459	6	365.00–381.00	$374.17	$1,717	+6.02
505 value added	505	10	397.00	$397.00	$2,005	—
500–530	517	8	355.00–380.00	$366.90	$1,897	+21.26
551	551	3	355.00	$355.00	$1,956	+4.77
555–589 value added	575	9	367.00–372.00	$369.19	$2,123	—
630–645	641	5	314.00–328.00	$322.84	$2,069	-0.16
670–685	680	3	320.00–325.00	$323.36	$2,199	+17.38
728	728	4	294.00	$294.00	$2,140	—
750	750	1	292.00	$292.00	$2,190	-23.00
875	875	1	264.00	$264.00	$2,310	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	2	390.00–417.50	$403.87	$1,123	—
330–346	343	5	375.00–402.00	$391.36	$1,342	+16.52
365–393	382	5	370.00–380.00	$372.53	$1,423	+10.44
400–445	426	9	350.00–376.00	$364.39	$1,552	+38.17
462–497	478	6	310.00–350.00	$326.94	$1,563	-17.74
525–540	530	3	332.00–350.00	$342.90	$1,817	+22.90
550–590	570	2	325.00–330.00	$327.41	$1,866	+8.41
600	600	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,662	-24.00
650–655	653	2	285.00–290.00	$287.51	$1,877	—
735	735	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,838	—
935	935	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,104	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	425	2	420.00–425.00	$422.47	$1,795	+22.39
455–491	482	8	365.00–367.00	$366.27	$1,765	+1.02
505 fancy	505	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,970	—
510–541	528	7	355.00–365.00	$357.78	$1,889	-3.09
575–580	578	2	325.00–345.00	$334.96	$1,936	-1.49
605–630	613	3	320.00–330.00	$325.59	$1,996	+1.62
670–675	673	2	327.00–328.00	$327.50	$2,204	+17.50
765–792	779	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,986	—
915	915	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,150	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	365	4	330.00–385.00	$358.25	$1,308	-12.93
415–447	430	6	372.50–387.50	$382.23	$1,644	+6.52
517	517	2	347.50	$347.50	$1,797	+27.50
605	605	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,845	—
890	890	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,002	+5.00
917	917	4	219.00	$219.00	$2,008	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,173	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,616	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835	835	85-90%	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,169	—
1100	1100	85-90%	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,661	—
1075–1290	1153	85-90%	4	112.00–134.00	$122.42	$1,412	+2.81
1165	1165	85-90%	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,911	+44.39

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1210	1157	80-85%	3	154.00–158.00	$155.39	$1,798	—
1205	1205	80-85%	1	169.00	$169.00	$2,036	—
1400	1400	80-85%	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,974	—
1335–1475	1405	80-85%	2	130.00–137.00	$133.33	$1,873	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1270	1197	75-80%	3	164.00–171.00	$166.64	$1,995	-2.36
1710	1710	75-80%	1	144.00	$144.00	$2,462	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–1575	1555	2	175.00–177.00	$175.99	$2,737	—
1825	1825	1	187.00	$187.00	$3,413	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910 thin fleshed	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
920–1010	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,775.00–2,150.00	$1,933.77

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1160	1111	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,600.00–2,750.00	$2,302.02
1155–1225	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,700.00–2,000.00	$1,845.59
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,125.00	$2,125.00
1120–1385	1253	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,700.00–3,150.00	$2,948.80

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1105 thin fleshed	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

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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.