Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend due to light test on feeder calves. Yearling steers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $273.61/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −200.67 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$273.61

8 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$58.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.20

vs KY average

−17.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	300.00	1,530	1thin
Medium and Large 2	555	282.50	1,568	2thin
Large 1-2	528	280.00	1,479	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	241.95	1,403	2thin

One grade step is worth $58.05/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale8 hd

273.61

—

KY average23 barns · 694 hd

290.81

−17.20

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−17.48

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.28

−200.67

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	1,649	163.04	2,689	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,529	139.60	2,135	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,264	137.80	1,742	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,121	115.21	1,292	4thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	860	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,045	$1,435	1thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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 1-2Value Added	650–700	696	255.25/cwt	255.25–255.25	1,777	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	441	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,089	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	224.83/cwt	222.50–227.00	1,282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	241.95/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	232.98/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,566	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	259.60/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,207	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,022	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,248	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	976	239.08/cwt	231.50–243.40	2,333	315
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,045	230.57/cwt	225.75–234.80	2,409	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	885	247.43/cwt	242.25–252.00	2,190	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	269.96/cwt	265.00–275.00	899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	280.47/cwt	277.50–286.00	1,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,214	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	930	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1050–1100	1,072	221.90/cwt	221.90–221.90	2,379	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	296.01/cwt	292.50–300.00	808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	271.23/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,554	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	233.21/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	702	251.90/cwt	251.90–251.90	1,768	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,827	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	833	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,166	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,902	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	146.33/cwt	143.50–152.00	1,889	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	135.79/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,742	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	115.21/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,292	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,855	1
Bulls	—	—	2,000	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	3,460	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	138.96/cwt	138.50–139.50	2,096	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	580	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,334	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	515	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,370	1
Bulls	—	—	1,700	165.04/cwt	164.00–166.00	2,806	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	142.95/cwt	141.50–144.50	2,227	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	127.41/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,496	4
Bulls	—	—	1,423	156.07/cwt	153.00–159.00	2,221	2
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	915	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,013	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	497	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,317	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	461	286.65/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,321	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	663	222.04/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,472	2
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	670	257.88/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,728	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	633	253.06/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,602	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	831	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,571	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	570	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,345	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	877	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,447	2
Heifers	Large 2-3	500–550	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	680	219.02/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,489	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	500	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	403	276.21/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,113	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	900–950	910	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,693	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,494	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	640	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	258.44/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,432	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	204.12/cwt	200.00–212.50	1,694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	285.98/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,067	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	300–350	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	415	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,062	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	226.74/cwt	226.00–227.50	1,515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	186.20/cwt	182.50–190.00	1,545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	263.55/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,226	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,435.00/head	1,435.00–1,435.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	223.50/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,314	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	537	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,208	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	601	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	261.14/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,384	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 Jul 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,217Last week 1,082Year ago 1,065

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 49Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 24Year ago 30

Compared to last week: No trend due to light test on feeder calves. Yearling steers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold on a light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
74	650–700	696	255.25	255.25
141	700–750	702	251.90	251.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	441	247.00	247.00
2	500–550	537	225.00	225.00
2	550–600	570	222.50–227.00	224.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	292.50–300.00	296.01
2	300–350	305	305.00	305.00
3	350–400	373	282.50–292.50	285.98
3	400–450	425	277.50–286.00	280.47
4	500–550	530	255.00–270.00	261.14
9	550–600	554	250.00–261.00	258.44
5	600–650	621	230.00–239.00	233.21
12	650–700	672	232.00–235.00	232.98
1	700–750	705	217.50	217.50
2	750–800	792	209.00	209.00
3	800–850	830	200.00–212.50	204.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	275.00	275.00
2	300–350	333	265.00–275.00	269.96
1	350–400	365	272.50	272.50
1	400–450	425	268.00	268.00
5	450–500	465	254.00–264.00	259.60
3	500–550	531	247.50	247.50
2	550–600	560	235.00	235.00
3	600–650	633	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	250.00	250.00
3	400–450	415	256.00	256.00
2	450–500	497	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	500	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	570	236.00	236.00
1	600–650	640	229.00	229.00
2	650–700	680	218.00–220.00	219.02
4	800–850	831	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	240.00–244.00	241.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	510	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	632	262.00	262.00
6	650–700	662	276.00	276.00
4	700–750	708	268.00	268.00
2	1000–1050	1,022	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	800–850	833	260.00	260.00
291	850–900	885	242.25–252.00	247.43
315	950–1000	976	231.50–243.40	239.08
103	1000–1050	1,045	225.75–234.80	230.57
48	1050–1100	1,072	221.90	221.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	565	285.00	285.00
3	600–650	601	258.00	258.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	555	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	633	250.00–256.00	253.06
2	650–700	670	250.00–266.00	257.88
1	900–950	915	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	285.00	285.00
1	300–350	330	290.00	290.00
3	450–500	465	260.00–270.00	263.55
2	500–550	505	264.00	264.00
2	600–650	647	220.00	220.00
2	650–700	668	226.00–227.50	226.74
1	700–750	730	200.00	200.00
2	800–850	830	182.50–190.00	186.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	325.00	325.00
2	300–350	320	325.00	325.00
2	400–450	415	292.50	292.50
2	550–600	573	270.00–272.50	271.23
2	700–750	730	222.00–225.00	223.50
1	850–900	855	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	270.00–282.50	276.21
3	450–500	461	280.00–300.00	286.65
1	500–550	515	266.00	266.00
1	550–600	580	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	663	220.00–224.00	222.04
1	750–800	750	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	910	186.00	186.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	877	165.00	165.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	1,435.00	1,435.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,291	143.50–152.00	146.33
9	—	1,283	132.00–140.00	135.79
4	—	1,174	124.00–129.00	127.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,121	113.00–117.00	115.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	127.50	127.50
2	—	1,508	138.50–139.50	138.96
4	—	1,558	141.50–144.50	142.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,000	173.00	173.00
2	—	1,700	164.00–166.00	165.04
2	—	1,423	153.00–159.00	156.07

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