Washington Co. Cattle Sale Market Report, Springfield, KY

Springfield, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock · usually sells Tuesdays

Sale of Tuesday, October 20, 2026

1,036 head sold ·Official USDA report · Price history in the app

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $336.22/cwt +30.31 vs last sale · ≈ $2,955/hd at 879 lb · 128 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $353.88/cwt -1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $2,787/hd at 788 lb · 82 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $407.83/cwt -3.70 vs last sale · ≈ $2,110/hd at 517 lb · 52 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,036	738	571
Feeder cattle	986	697	541
Slaughter cattle	42	41	30
Replacement cattle	8	0	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. No test on slaughter bulls due to no comparable receipts from last weeks sale. Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

▲ Feeder heifers: Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher
→ Feeder steers: Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold mostly steady
→ Slaughter bulls: No test on slaughter bulls due to no comparable receipts from last weeks sale
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower

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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 fancy	240	2	600.00	$600.00	$1,440	—
290	290	1	542.50	$542.50	$1,573	—
335	335	1	535.00	$535.00	$1,792	—
355 fancy	355	1	570.00	$570.00	$2,024	—
350–379	372	11	510.00–535.00	$528.39	$1,966	+55.99
400 thin fleshed	400	1	505.00	$505.00	$2,020	—
410 fancy	410	6	482.50	$482.50	$1,978	+5.00
417–448	437	19	452.50–462.50	$457.49	$1,999	+15.24
455–475	465	4	445.00–465.00	$455.22	$2,117	+16.88
502–532 value added	513	35	410.00–426.00	$413.89	$2,123	-9.11
500–545	526	17	391.00–400.00	$395.36	$2,080	-11.58
561 value added	561	3	405.00	$405.00	$2,272	-1.28
556–568	563	11	371.00–390.00	$378.48	$2,131	+12.61
605–645 value added	623	15	370.00–380.00	$376.47	$2,345	-4.53
600–643	627	15	351.00–368.00	$359.41	$2,254	+15.71
650–667 value added	663	8	362.00–365.00	$364.26	$2,415	+13.26
680–698	689	13	342.50–350.00	$345.22	$2,379	+12.72
700–730	716	13	326.00–342.00	$335.21	$2,400	-5.38
775–781	781	14	327.00–337.00	$336.29	$2,626	-3.31
789 value added	789	68	357.50	$357.50	$2,821	+1.11
817	817	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,696	—
860	860	1	304.00	$304.00	$2,614	-1.91
876–882 value added	879	127	335.00–337.90	$336.47	$2,958	—
910	910	2	290.00–297.00	$293.50	$2,671	-3.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,032	+77.50
436	436	3	432.00	$432.00	$1,884	—
470–485	480	3	430.00	$430.00	$2,064	+7.53
505	505	2	375.00–376.00	$375.50	$1,896	+15.50
585	585	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,048	-2.50
600–620	610	2	342.50–349.00	$345.80	$2,109	+38.30
650–685	671	4	300.00–315.00	$306.22	$2,055	—
720	720	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,304	+2.25
1050	1050	2	221.00	$221.00	$2,320	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,825	—
540	540	2	385.00	$385.00	$2,079	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235 fancy	235	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,187	—
240	240	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,044	-12.50
275	275	2	427.00	$427.00	$1,174	-10.50
310–335 fancy	326	4	460.00–475.00	$470.69	$1,534	—
347	347	2	432.50	$432.50	$1,501	+12.50
355 fancy	355	2	475.00	$475.00	$1,686	+63.73
350–370	362	5	435.00–447.50	$441.93	$1,600	+49.04
400–446	430	19	372.50–400.00	$386.13	$1,660	-8.14
400–441 fancy	436	15	403.00–410.00	$403.55	$1,759	-5.45
470–497	484	14	362.50–365.00	$364.48	$1,764	-6.52
500–546	518	30	350.00–361.00	$356.43	$1,846	+9.53
560 value added	560	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,072	+18.00
559–587	570	31	344.00–360.00	$351.16	$2,002	+26.58
603 value added	603	7	354.50	$354.50	$2,138	+22.00
600–640	609	22	320.00–339.00	$326.69	$1,990	+13.59
651–687	671	24	318.00–334.00	$325.24	$2,182	+8.82
715–722	720	3	310.00–318.00	$315.35	$2,271	+11.36
756	756	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,268	+27.50
769 value added	769	40	319.75	$319.75	$2,459	—
1095	1095	4	242.00	$242.00	$2,650	+22.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	412.50	$412.50	$763	—
230	230	1	397.50	$397.50	$914	+27.50
335–342	340	3	400.00–405.00	$401.64	$1,366	+29.14
385	385	3	400.00–401.00	$400.33	$1,541	+30.34
435	435	1	368.00	$368.00	$1,601	+1.93
450–485	467	6	350.00–355.00	$350.86	$1,639	-6.05
500–512	509	4	337.50–345.00	$341.90	$1,740	+8.85
585	585	2	337.50	$337.50	$1,974	+24.17
630	630	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,984	+30.00
680	680	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,040	—
710–715	712	3	290.00–295.00	$291.67	$2,077	+4.17
840	840	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,100	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,232	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	590.00	$590.00	$1,504	+91.11
305 fancy	305	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,830	+25.00
340	340	3	560.00	$560.00	$1,904	+45.11
350–385	368	2	500.00–525.00	$511.90	$1,884	+40.87
405–430 fancy	417	11	480.00–482.50	$480.92	$2,005	+30.92
410–440	426	4	430.00–455.00	$437.66	$1,864	+10.12
455–465	459	4	445.00–457.50	$454.40	$2,086	+25.18
487 fancy	487	2	487.50	$487.50	$2,374	+37.50
515 fancy	515	7	411.00	$411.00	$2,117	—
535–547	544	4	362.50–370.00	$368.15	$2,003	-15.98
555–565 fancy	558	3	384.00–387.50	$385.18	$2,149	+5.18
550–582	572	11	360.00–377.50	$370.78	$2,121	+16.67
600–648	620	14	340.00–357.50	$344.81	$2,138	+35.29
657–682	674	10	326.00–337.50	$334.46	$2,254	+21.96
700–733	724	8	315.00–325.00	$316.87	$2,294	+7.63
760	760	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,242	—
800	800	1	262.50	$262.50	$2,100	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,008	—
305–335	320	2	475.00–480.00	$477.62	$1,528	+74.04
370–392	385	3	465.00–470.00	$466.60	$1,796	+61.57
405	405	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,620	—
470–493	487	15	422.00–425.00	$422.59	$2,058	+9.25
530–540	535	2	357.50	$357.50	$1,913	+32.50
580–585	583	2	345.00–352.00	$348.52	$2,032	+17.00
612	612	2	337.00	$337.00	$2,062	—
700	700	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,118	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,664	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1230	1158	80-85%	6	110.00–117.00	$114.04	$1,321	—
1155–1295	1254	80-85%	5	144.00–152.50	$148.40	$1,861	+16.25
1175–1365	1287	80-85%	3	134.00–140.00	$136.58	$1,758	-4.34
1315–1360	1332	80-85%	3	119.00–128.00	$123.05	$1,639	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	75-80%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,963	—
1450–1585	1528	75-80%	6	134.00–139.50	$136.79	$2,090	—
1550	1550	75-80%	1	144.50	$144.50	$2,240	+12.00

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	85-90%	1	112.00	$112.00	$896	—
975–995	985	85-90%	2	117.50–119.00	$118.24	$1,165	+3.24

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560	1560	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,652	—
1495–1745	1620	2	180.00–183.50	$181.61	$2,942	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,604

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
755–955	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,600.00–2,250.00	$1,992.54
1300	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00

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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
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
963 value added	963	56	256.75	$256.75	$2,473	—

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Price trend

550–599 lb Medium and Large 1-2 steers — head-weighted average $/cwt by sale date, last 12 months.

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.

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