Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500lbs sold sharply higher with feeder steers over 500lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Yearling steers sold 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.73/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −154.56 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$319.73

81 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$362

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

$55.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.36

vs KY average

+3.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	325.73	1,739	69
Medium and Large 2	535	302.50	1,618	1thin
Large 1-2	525	292.50	1,537	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	531	277.55	1,474	5thin
Large 2	510	270.00	1,377	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.73/cwt here — about $362 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $506.67, low $384.21, median $474.28 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale81 hd

319.73

—

KY average26 barns · 1,550 hd

303.37

+16.36

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

+3.66

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.28

−154.56

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	—	High	1,738	139.55	2,425	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,409	122.01	1,719	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,261	121.16	1,527	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	995	96.00	955	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,165	163.00	1,899	10

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,228	$1,331	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,325	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,264	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,075	$1,210	1thin

Every lot, as filed

114 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	650–700	664	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	236	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	257.51/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,347	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	238.00/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,483	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	253.35/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,946	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	257.69/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	281.27/cwt	272.50–292.50	1,336	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	247.76/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,811	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	715	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,909	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	295.51/cwt	287.50–305.00	1,649	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	260.57/cwt	252.50–271.00	1,657	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	295.47/cwt	294.00–297.50	1,241	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	241.08/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,991	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	422	373.22/cwt	373.00–382.50	1,575	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	809	250.90/cwt	250.90–250.90	2,030	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	348.06/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,253	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	290.54/cwt	284.00–297.00	1,781	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	355.22/cwt	330.00–362.50	1,446	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,804	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	306.32/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,611	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,415	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	287.98/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,218	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	273.99/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,249	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	311	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	902	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	337.40/cwt	322.50–350.00	1,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	277.88/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,175	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	282.52/cwt	277.50–292.50	1,562	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	286.05/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,533	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	282.28/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,073	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	897	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	288.04/cwt	275.00–300.00	956	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	331.67/cwt	322.50–350.00	962	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	200.24/cwt	197.50–203.00	1,608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	215.00/cwt	207.50–222.50	1,591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	237.69/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,707	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,697	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	931	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,815	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,210.00/head	1,210.00–1,210.00	1,210	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	1,331.46/head	1,275.00–1,385.00	1,331	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,263.54/head	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,264	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	85.13/cwt	82.50–88.00	702	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	125.07/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,568	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	110.09/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,228	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,165	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,899	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	129.51/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,947	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	114.52/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,506	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	695	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,651	1
Bulls	—	—	1,843	147.39/cwt	140.00–154.00	2,716	6
Bulls	—	—	1,668	134.32/cwt	129.00–139.00	2,240	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	96.21/cwt	93.50–101.50	883	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	904	62.29/cwt	57.00–65.00	563	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	113.33/cwt	109.00–118.00	1,444	5
Steers	Large 2	500–550	510	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	630	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,380	1
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	905	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,810	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	715	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,723	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	543	280.07/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,521	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	565	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,483	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	518	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,515	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	572	237.02/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,356	3
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	396	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,228	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	555	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,623	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	600–650	635	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,149	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	347.80/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,638	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,883	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	525	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,416	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	310	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	783	2
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	463	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,134	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	374	253.58/cwt	245.00–265.00	948	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	228.83/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,080	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	612	202.41/cwt	196.00–208.00	1,239	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	296.38/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,076	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	307.86/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,133	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	287.90/cwt	277.50–295.00	835	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	258.37/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,085	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	227.69/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,179	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	258.84/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,245	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	223.75/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,369	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	283.84/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,235	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	309	252.55/cwt	250.00–255.00	780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	263.49/cwt	260.00–270.00	970	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	227.61/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,329	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	304	292.53/cwt	285.00–300.00	889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	222.40/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	304.86/cwt	287.50–315.00	1,466	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	692	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,439	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	448	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,142	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	524	277.56/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	447	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,106	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	207.68/cwt	207.00–208.00	1,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,400	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,791	42

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 Mar 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 689Last week 431Year ago 444

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 49Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 6Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	236	260.00	260.00
3	300–350	332	275.00–300.00	288.04
5	350–400	380	277.50–300.00	282.28
15	400–450	423	272.50–285.00	277.88
10	450–500	475	272.50–292.50	281.27
5	500–550	523	250.00–268.00	257.51
4	550–600	572	251.00	251.00
13	600–650	623	234.00–245.00	238.00
5	650–700	664	247.00	247.00
6	700–750	718	226.00–240.00	237.69
2	750–800	785	230.00	230.00
8	800–850	824	206.00	206.00
5	900–950	931	195.00	195.00
1	950–1000	975	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	420	294.00–297.50	295.47
7	450–500	465	301.00	301.00
5	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	572	230.00–247.50	237.02
1	600–650	630	219.00	219.00
2	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	240.00	240.00
1	300–350	300	227.50	227.50
2	400–450	447	247.50	247.50
6	450–500	472	220.00–234.00	228.83
3	550–600	578	207.00–208.00	207.68
5	600–650	612	196.00–208.00	202.41
2	650–700	692	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	247.50	247.50
4	300–350	309	250.00–255.00	252.55
6	350–400	368	260.00–270.00	263.49
8	400–450	420	250.00–265.00	258.37
16	450–500	481	250.00–265.00	258.84
5	500–550	518	220.00–234.00	227.69
11	550–600	584	220.00–232.00	227.61
8	600–650	612	220.00–225.00	223.75
4	650–700	686	225.00	225.00
2	700–750	740	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	322.50–350.00	331.67
1	300–350	320	320.00	320.00
3	350–400	383	322.50–350.00	337.40
1	400–450	400	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	487	327.50	327.50
11	500–550	536	270.00–295.00	286.05
6	550–600	553	277.50–292.50	282.52
2	600–650	600	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	650	245.00	245.00
2	700–750	740	207.50–222.50	215.00
2	800–850	803	197.50–203.00	200.24
2	850–900	897	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	290	277.50–295.00	287.90
8	300–350	311	290.00	290.00
2	350–400	368	300.00–315.00	307.86
3	400–450	423	280.00–305.00	287.98
3	450–500	456	271.00–280.00	273.99
2	600–650	615	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	670	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	543	265.00–285.00	280.07
1	550–600	565	262.50	262.50
1	650–700	695	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	311.00	311.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	245.00–265.00	253.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	335.00	335.00
5	350–400	360	340.00–350.00	348.06
9	400–450	407	330.00–362.50	355.22
20	450–500	471	337.50–355.00	347.80
16	500–550	526	295.00–317.50	306.32
6	550–600	558	287.50–305.00	295.51
9	600–650	636	252.50–271.00	260.57
4	650–700	680	255.00–266.00	257.69
21	700–750	731	246.00–253.00	247.76
2	750–800	768	247.00–260.00	253.35
9	800–850	826	230.00–242.50	241.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
44	400–450	422	373.00–382.50	373.22
42	500–550	530	338.00	338.00
5	550–600	562	321.00	321.00
12	600–650	613	284.00–297.00	290.54
1	650–700	655	287.50	287.50
19	700–750	715	267.00	267.00
62	800–850	809	250.90	250.90
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	270.00	270.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	396	310.00	310.00
4	500–550	518	292.50	292.50
1	550–600	555	292.50	292.50
1	700–750	715	241.00	241.00
1	900–950	905	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	304	285.00–300.00	292.53
2	350–400	363	290.00–302.50	296.38
10	400–450	435	280.00–292.50	283.84
6	450–500	481	287.50–315.00	304.86
1	500–550	535	302.50	302.50
2	700–750	725	215.00–230.00	222.40
1	800–850	810	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	255.00	255.00
4	500–550	524	270.00–280.00	277.56
1	550–600	560	277.50	277.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,210.00	1,210.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,228	1,275.00–1,385.00	1,331.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,085	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,263.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	82.50–88.00	85.13
11	—	1,115	105.00–116.00	110.09
8	—	918	93.50–101.50	96.21
4	—	904	57.00–65.00	62.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,254	120.00–135.00	125.07
5	—	1,274	109.00–118.00	113.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	126.00–133.00	129.51
2	—	1,315	114.00–115.00	114.52
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,165	163.00	163.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,843	140.00–154.00	147.39
9	—	1,668	129.00–139.00	134.32

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

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