Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady-1.00 higher; Yearling steers sold steady-1.00 Higher with good demand, feeder heifers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for weaned feeder cattle, lower demand for non-weaned cattle with moderate offerings and good buyer activity this week. Buyers showed good interest in yearling steer cattle and cattle with favorable condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.80/cwt on 499 head.

Average price

$147.80

499 head · 813 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,201

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$565

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

$26.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.56

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	817	148.24	1,211	491
Medium and Large 2-3	533	121.28	647	8thin

One grade step is worth $26.96/cwt here — about $565 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale499 hd

147.80

—

KY average25 barns · 4,636 hd

147.24

+0.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	Low	1,671	84.39	1,410	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,515	64.76	981	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,188	58.99	701	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	977	51.96	508	11

Every lot, as filed

81 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	134.99/cwt	120.00–139.00	694	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	127.92/cwt	115.00–138.00	732	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	510	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	720	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	398	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	723	110.83/cwt	100.00–121.00	801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	802	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,143	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	890	150.65/cwt	145.25–152.00	1,341	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	687	157.30/cwt	157.30–157.30	1,081	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	132.87/cwt	120.00–139.50	1,103	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,181	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	136.04/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,061	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	130.98/cwt	130.00–132.00	876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	461	130.64/cwt	130.00–132.50	602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	149.30/cwt	131.00–156.00	776	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	138.79/cwt	131.00–139.25	1,282	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	134.08/cwt	131.00–137.00	778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	137.87/cwt	132.00–140.50	863	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,122	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	784	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,151	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	995	147.34/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,466	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	931	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,397	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	456	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	748	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	136.34/cwt	120.00–150.00	701	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	146.00/cwt	140.00–150.00	637	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	126.36/cwt	124.00–131.00	730	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	122.47/cwt	118.00–128.00	773	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	48.69/cwt	46.00–52.00	469	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	55.88/cwt	53.00–59.00	555	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	68.58/cwt	64.00–76.00	826	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	59.46/cwt	56.00–63.00	707	35
Bulls	—	—	2,030	74.89/cwt	74.00–76.50	1,520	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	61.39/cwt	58.00–63.50	911	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,531	66.54/cwt	64.00–70.00	1,019	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	52.89/cwt	48.00–55.50	623	9
Bulls	—	—	1,591	86.50/cwt	83.50–88.00	1,376	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,334.62/cwt	1,300.00–1,375.00	17,350	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,055.51/cwt	960.00–1,200.00	12,930	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,073.30/cwt	975.00–1,185.00	12,611	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,008	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,287	936.26/cwt	925.00–950.00	12,050	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	822.03/cwt	635.00–910.00	10,316	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	802.86/cwt	735.00–900.00	10,317	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,281	1,197.90/cwt	1,060.00–1,325.00	15,345	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,172.69/cwt	1,025.00–1,285.00	15,245	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	465	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	127.26/cwt	120.00–131.00	849	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	145.02/cwt	140.00–155.00	541	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	371	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	537	117.67/cwt	117.00–119.00	632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	108.85/cwt	103.00–112.00	628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	592	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	912	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	118.96/cwt	115.00–124.00	508	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	124.12/cwt	120.00–133.00	479	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	140.62/cwt	133.00–149.00	681	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	491	103.32/cwt	100.00–110.00	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	116.55/cwt	114.00–119.00	565	2

How this sale compares

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 →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Fri Oct 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 790Last week 872Year ago 868

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 99Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	514	120.00–139.00	134.99
12	—	572	115.00–138.00	127.92
3	—	776	107.00	107.00
3	—	656	123.00	123.00
2	—	815	110.00	110.00
4	—	332	120.00	120.00
2	—	240	136.00	136.00
11	—	427	115.00–124.00	118.96
6	—	386	120.00–133.00	124.12
2	—	607	128.00	128.00
2	—	485	114.00–119.00	116.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	112.50	112.50
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
4	—	577	103.00–112.00	108.85
1	—	640	105.00	105.00
1	—	355	111.00	111.00
3	—	491	100.00–110.00	103.32
2	—	532	106.00	106.00
1	—	420	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	592	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	128.00	128.00
1	—	720	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	100.00–121.00	110.83
1	—	600	101.00	101.00
1	—	375	125.00	125.00
4	—	461	130.00–132.50	130.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	802	142.50	142.50
99	—	890	145.25–152.00	150.65
77	—	687	157.30	157.30
38	—	738	152.00	152.00
19	—	784	146.75	146.75
59	—	995	140.00–148.00	147.34
54	—	931	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	830	120.00–139.50	132.87
2	—	895	132.00	132.00
2	—	780	130.00–142.00	136.04
1	—	400	155.00	155.00
4	—	669	130.00–132.00	130.98
1	—	480	150.00	150.00
1	—	380	155.00	155.00
1	—	325	155.00	155.00
21	—	520	131.00–156.00	149.30
37	—	924	131.00–139.25	138.79
2	—	580	131.00–137.00	134.08
1	—	705	127.00	127.00
22	—	626	132.00–140.50	137.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	93.00	93.00
11	—	514	120.00–150.00	136.34
10	—	436	140.00–150.00	146.00
8	—	578	124.00–131.00	126.36
7	—	631	118.00–128.00	122.47
2	—	310	150.00	150.00
3	—	667	120.00–131.00	127.26
3	—	373	140.00–155.00	145.02
3	—	265	140.00	140.00
2	—	755	106.00	106.00
1	—	950	86.00	86.00
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
7	—	484	133.00–149.00	140.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	456	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	117.00–119.00	117.67
1	—	495	114.00	114.00
1	—	810	91.00	91.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	964	46.00–52.00	48.69
5	—	993	53.00–59.00	55.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,204	64.00–76.00	68.58
35	—	1,189	56.00–63.00	59.46
9	—	1,177	48.00–55.50	52.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,484	58.00–63.50	61.39
17	—	1,531	64.00–70.00	66.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,030	74.00–76.50	74.89
9	—	1,591	83.50–88.00	86.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,334.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,225	960.00–1,200.00	1,055.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	975.00–1,185.00	1,073.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,281	1,060.00–1,325.00	1,197.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,300	1,025.00–1,285.00	1,172.69
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,287	925.00–950.00	936.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,255	635.00–910.00	822.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,285	735.00–900.00	802.86

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.

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Richmond Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle