Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to last weeks low receipts however a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $309.26/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −165.02 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$309.26

20 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$37.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.84

vs KY average

+4.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	312.90	1,741	18thin
Medium and Large 2	570	278.00	1,585	1thin
Large 1-2	550	275.00	1,513	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.90/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale20 hd

309.26

—

KY average25 barns · 1,226 hd

294.42

+14.84

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+4.87

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.28

−165.02

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	1,758	153.57	2,699	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,468	130.94	1,923	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	124.26	1,560	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,044	105.44	1,101	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$1,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	850–900	850	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	298.49/cwt	298.00–299.00	1,863	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	902	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,890	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	258.55/cwt	250.00–265.00	959	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	277.26/cwt	276.00–277.50	1,453	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	295.29/cwt	292.50–304.00	1,719	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,086	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	314.51/cwt	313.00–316.00	1,676	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	310.84/cwt	299.00–319.00	1,337	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	432	332.44/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,436	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	342.58/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,295	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	540	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	297.58/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,078	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,994	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	959	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	267.19/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,379	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	279.75/cwt	272.50–287.00	1,762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	915	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,050	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	277.44/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,040	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	238.08/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	276.49/cwt	271.00–287.50	1,142	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	266.26/cwt	262.00–275.00	1,664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	799	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	242.95/cwt	237.50–244.00	1,980	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	290.18/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,651	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	244.48/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	218.51/cwt	218.00–219.00	1,814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	215.43/cwt	214.00–221.00	1,465	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	309.99/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,348	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	321.25/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,269	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	291.49/cwt	291.00–291.50	1,997	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,492	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	244.51/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,381	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	125.82/cwt	122.50–129.50	1,556	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,890	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	631	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	114.86/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,274	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	103.79/cwt	98.00–108.00	1,074	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	133.77/cwt	129.00–137.50	1,973	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	579	226.62/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,312	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	705	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,523	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	122.45/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,773	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	113.16/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,415	2
Bulls	—	—	1,833	156.39/cwt	153.50–160.00	2,867	3
Bulls	—	—	1,645	149.33/cwt	147.00–151.50	2,456	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	765	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,461	1
Steers	Large 2	450–500	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	530	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	375	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	975	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	462	263.96/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,219	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	605	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,767	1
Heifers	Large 2	350–400	370	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	860	1
Bulls	Large 2	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Bulls	Large 2	650–700	690	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,559	1
Bulls	Large 2	400–450	415	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,048	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	345.04/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,277	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	329.10/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	261	344.21/cwt	330.00–350.00	898	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	300.30/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	566	218.77/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,238	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	203.70/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,249	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,168	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,090	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,158	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	477	232.44/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,109	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,155	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	261.68/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,112	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	226.04/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,413	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	246.02/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	247.49/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,015	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	1

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 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 415Last week 132Year ago 616

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 33Year ago 89

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 9Year ago 26

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to last weeks low receipts however a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	850	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	330.00–337.50	332.44
2	500–550	540	322.50	322.50
4	550–600	586	322.50	322.50
6	600–650	624	298.00–299.00	298.49
69	650–700	685	291.00–291.50	291.49
60	900–950	915	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	378	340.00–345.00	342.58
5	400–450	430	299.00–319.00	310.84
2	450–500	465	295.00–300.00	297.58
8	500–550	533	313.00–316.00	314.51
4	550–600	582	292.50–304.00	295.29
2	600–650	630	272.50–287.00	279.75
2	650–700	692	276.00	276.00
10	800–850	815	237.50–244.00	242.95
3	850–900	855	244.00	244.00
4	900–950	902	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	386	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	570	278.00	278.00
1	700–750	700	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	835	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	880	204.00	204.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	180.00	180.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	255.00	255.00
7	350–400	371	250.00–265.00	258.55
3	400–450	425	260.00–262.50	261.68
2	450–500	467	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	562	238.00	238.00
6	600–650	625	225.00–228.00	226.04
1	650–700	680	201.00	201.00
1	700–750	710	204.00	204.00
1	1150–1200	1,155	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	524	276.00–277.50	277.26
17	550–600	577	258.50	258.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	295.00	295.00
6	350–400	375	270.00–290.00	277.44
7	400–450	413	271.00–287.50	276.49
16	500–550	516	258.00–270.00	267.19
5	550–600	565	240.00–248.00	244.51
2	600–650	623	235.00–241.00	238.08
6	650–700	680	214.00–221.00	215.43
5	750–800	799	218.00	218.00
4	1050–1100	1,078	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	260.00	260.00
4	450–500	462	261.00–270.00	263.96
1	500–550	530	236.00	236.00
4	550–600	579	220.00–238.00	226.62
1	750–800	765	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	227.50	227.50
2	400–450	445	245.00	245.00
4	450–500	477	230.00–240.00	232.44
1	500–550	530	200.00	200.00
4	550–600	566	218.00–220.00	218.77
2	600–650	613	200.00–207.50	203.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	261	330.00–350.00	344.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	320.00–337.50	329.10
2	350–400	395	312.50–330.00	321.25
6	400–450	435	302.50–317.50	309.99
1	450–500	480	295.00	295.00
3	500–550	512	291.00–305.00	300.30
5	550–600	569	285.00–298.00	290.18
3	600–650	625	262.00–275.00	266.26
2	650–700	683	240.00–249.00	244.48
1	750–800	785	231.00	231.00
2	800–850	830	218.00–219.00	218.51
1	850–900	850	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	705	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	347.50	347.50
3	350–400	370	342.50–350.00	345.04
1	600–650	605	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	252.50	252.50
1	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	690	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	295.00	295.00
1	400–450	430	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	480	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	530	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	575	247.00–248.00	247.49
3	600–650	632	245.00–248.00	246.02
1	650–700	680	220.00	220.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	1,750.00	1,750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,237	122.50–129.50	125.82
1	—	1,395	135.50	135.50
2	—	1,250	110.00–116.00	113.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	76.00	76.00
4	—	1,109	112.00–119.00	114.86
5	—	1,035	98.00–108.00	103.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,475	129.00–137.50	133.77
2	—	1,448	120.00–125.00	122.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,833	153.50–160.00	156.39
2	—	1,645	147.00–151.50	149.33

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 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle