Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer calves sold steady. Feeder heifer calves sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with good demand. Yearling steers and heifers sold steady on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower with the exception of a few very high dressing individuals.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.30/cwt on 434 head.

Average price

$156.30

434 head · 718 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,122

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$24.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.55

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	718	156.47	1,124	431
Medium and Large 2-3	603	132.00	796	3thin

One grade step is worth $24.47/cwt here — about $328 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 sale434 hd

156.30

—

KY average24 barns · 6,348 hd

161.85

−5.55

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	—	Average	1,779	107.55	1,913	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,284	81.54	1,047	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,370	78.45	1,074	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	67.41	709	11

Every lot, as filed

73 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	—	723	125.95/cwt	122.00–135.00	911	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	152.77/cwt	150.00–154.00	570	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	929	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	162.69/cwt	159.00–172.00	1,004	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	138.54/cwt	130.00–144.50	942	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	129.35/cwt	128.00–131.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	126.63/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,043	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	173.41/cwt	170.00–175.00	910	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	145.97/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,131	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	139.36/cwt	139.00–139.50	1,219	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	652	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	151.03/cwt	150.00–152.00	858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,069	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	185.89/cwt	173.00–190.00	701	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	684	158.10/cwt	156.00–167.00	1,081	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	173.73/cwt	168.00–179.00	994	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	154.37/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,149	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	830	147.03/cwt	141.50–149.90	1,220	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	174.56/cwt	171.50–180.00	1,093	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	179.02/cwt	172.00–185.00	859	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	180.40/cwt	170.00–188.00	779	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	182.50/cwt	175.00–190.00	606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	713	157.15/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,120	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	998	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,004	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	162.82/cwt	156.00–170.00	922	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	166.54/cwt	160.00–174.00	798	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	156.71/cwt	145.00–166.00	813	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	167.34/cwt	155.00–175.00	636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	600	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,014	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	62.88/cwt	61.50–64.00	562	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,369	78.94/cwt	76.50–83.00	1,081	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,004	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	72.88/cwt	70.00–74.50	862	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	587	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	87.32/cwt	76.50–95.00	1,181	9
Bulls	—	—	1,797	104.81/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,883	6
Bulls	—	—	1,640	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,591	1
Bulls	—	—	1,793	121.05/cwt	120.50–121.50	2,170	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	69.78/cwt	66.50–74.50	765	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,110.00/cwt	1,110.00–1,110.00	10,545	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,405	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	15,455	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,491	1,288.90/cwt	1,210.00–1,385.00	19,217	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	1,092.51/cwt	975.00–1,200.00	12,597	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	10,101	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,323	1,159.67/cwt	1,060.00–1,300.00	15,342	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	605	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	147.00/cwt	145.00–149.00	976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	481	167.63/cwt	165.00–169.00	806	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	153.33/cwt	146.00–165.00	954	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	135.01/cwt	132.00–138.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	133.11/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,020	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	159.81/cwt	152.00–167.00	468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,021	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	166.30/cwt	165.00–169.00	733	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	133.44/cwt	130.00–137.00	971	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	461	133.80/cwt	130.00–141.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	145.36/cwt	139.00–150.00	763	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	144.49/cwt	137.00–147.00	835	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	157.34/cwt	152.00–160.00	522	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	152.17/cwt	142.00–159.00	718	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	152.65/cwt	140.00–157.00	637	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	141.68/cwt	135.00–145.00	878	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	788	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,190	4

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 Apr 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 736Last week 393Year ago 1,039

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 65Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 22Year ago 69

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	723	122.00–135.00	125.95
8	—	373	150.00–154.00	152.77
19	—	680	130.00–144.50	138.54
5	—	824	120.00–130.00	126.63
13	—	766	125.00–138.00	133.11
4	—	293	152.00–167.00	159.81
3	—	858	119.00	119.00
9	—	525	139.00–150.00	145.36
18	—	578	137.00–147.00	144.49
7	—	332	152.00–160.00	157.34
17	—	472	142.00–159.00	152.17
21	—	417	140.00–157.00	152.65
16	—	620	135.00–145.00	141.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	128.00	128.00
3	—	625	128.00–131.00	129.35
3	—	533	135.00	135.00
4	—	563	130.00	130.00
4	—	461	130.00–141.00	133.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	619	150.00	150.00
5	—	515	160.00	160.00
2	—	652	147.00	147.00
6	—	568	150.00–152.00	151.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	481	165.00–169.00	167.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	617	159.00–172.00	162.69
9	—	525	170.00–175.00	173.41
16	—	775	142.00–150.00	145.97
7	—	875	139.00–139.50	139.36
11	—	694	154.00	154.00
4	—	377	173.00–190.00	185.89
24	—	572	168.00–179.00	173.73
32	—	744	150.00–155.00	154.37
16	—	480	172.00–185.00	179.02
11	—	432	170.00–188.00	180.40
3	—	332	175.00–190.00	182.50
2	—	920	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	146.00	146.00
2	—	630	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	684	156.00–167.00	158.10
163	—	830	141.50–149.90	147.03
8	—	626	171.50–180.00	174.56
12	—	713	154.00–158.00	157.15
4	—	531	188.00	188.00
3	—	558	180.00	180.00
4	—	788	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	566	156.00–170.00	162.82
8	—	479	160.00–174.00	166.54
7	—	519	145.00–166.00	156.71
1	—	265	192.50	192.50
4	—	380	155.00–175.00	167.34
6	—	327	185.00	185.00
5	—	664	145.00–149.00	147.00
3	—	622	146.00–165.00	153.33
6	—	441	165.00–169.00	166.30
2	—	728	130.00–137.00	133.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	134.00	134.00
3	—	475	132.00–138.00	135.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	893	61.50–64.00	62.88
1	—	1,020	57.50	57.50
8	—	1,096	66.50–74.50	69.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,369	76.50–83.00	78.94
1	—	1,375	73.00	73.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,183	70.00–74.50	72.88
9	—	1,352	76.50–95.00	87.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,797	101.00–110.00	104.81
1	—	1,640	97.00	97.00
2	—	1,793	120.50–121.50	121.05

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	1,110.00	1,110.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,405	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	910.00	910.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,323	1,060.00–1,300.00	1,159.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,491	1,210.00–1,385.00	1,288.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,153	975.00–1,200.00	1,092.51

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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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