Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600lbs sold sharply higher. Feeder steers over 600lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with some instances of sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher with the increase on a few extremely high dressing individuals.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.13/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −83.47 against this barn's trailing median of $400.60.

Average price

$317.13

64 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$68.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.70

vs KY average

+2.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	328.07	1,732	46
Large 1-2	502	312.50	1,569	2thin
Medium and Large 2	539	288.00	1,552	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	575	260.00	1,495	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.07/cwt here — about $237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.22, low $345.17, median $400.60 across 27 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 sale64 hd

317.13

—

KY average26 barns · 1,963 hd

300.43

+16.70

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

+2.17

This barn, trailing median27 sales

400.60

−83.47

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	1,824	181.16	3,304	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	140.67	2,138	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,281	140.49	1,799	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,081	122.88	1,329	9thin

Every lot, as filed

118 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 2	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	1
Steers	Large 2	600–650	634	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,807	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	434	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,606	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	323.75/cwt	323.75–323.75	1,975	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	310.88/cwt	302.50–315.00	2,046	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,113	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	675	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,637	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	4
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	815	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	354.58/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,823	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	462	297.08/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,373	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	303.71/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,184	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	538	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,883	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	426	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,864	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	795	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,170	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	502	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,569	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	630	228.92/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,442	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	244.98/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	294.06/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,514	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	344.91/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,459	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	290.00/cwt	282.50–297.50	1,827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	242.02/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,622	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,200	3
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	857	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,014	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	642	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	816	273.20/cwt	272.00–274.30	2,229	133
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	475	313.26/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,488	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,105	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	657	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,102	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	325.19/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,219	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	385	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,194	1
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	410	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	435	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	740	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,061	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	504	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,006	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	341.68/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,989	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,003	1
Steers	Large 2	450–500	496	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,662	3
Steers	Large 2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	276.24/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,892	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	249.97/cwt	242.50–257.50	1,732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	462	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,929	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	537	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,853	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	128.01/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,546	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	147.47/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,935	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,203	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	135.16/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,706	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	125.89/cwt	122.00–131.00	1,376	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	112.34/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,168	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,002	1
Bulls	—	—	1,824	181.16/cwt	170.00–210.00	3,304	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	330.83/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,780	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,393	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	780	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	326.01/cwt	322.50–327.50	2,038	10
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	530	312.43/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,656	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	364.36/cwt	362.50–365.00	1,716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	391.87/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,673	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	467	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,576	2
Bulls	Large 2-3	500–550	517	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,332	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	324.91/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Large 2-3	400–450	445	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	319.54/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,518	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	337.61/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,074	4
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	329.59/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,407	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	491	296.89/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,458	4
Heifers	Large 2	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	281.07/cwt	277.50–282.50	1,591	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	235	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	323.65/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,660	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	930	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	377	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,093	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	412	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	314.40/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,383	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	312.74/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	332.55/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	230.24/cwt	227.50–231.00	1,688	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	931	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,002	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	991	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	765	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,989	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	491	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,706	9
Bulls	Large 2	500–550	525	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	363.46/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,396	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,007	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	288.98/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,762	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	357.34/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,279	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 Mar 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 685Last week 617Year ago 689

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 50Year ago 60

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	455	372.50	372.50
2	500–550	520	320.00–330.00	325.19
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	496	335.00	335.00
14	600–650	634	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	350	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	514	350.00–367.50	354.58
1	550–600	570	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	635	330.00	330.00
6	650–700	658	302.50–315.00	310.88
1	700–750	735	272.50	272.50
1	750–800	770	252.50	252.50
1	800–850	805	262.50	262.50
3	850–900	880	250.00	250.00
1	950–1000	995	235.00	235.00
1	1100–1150	1,105	212.50	212.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	377.50	377.50
4	550–600	565	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	642	315.00	315.00
1	800–850	815	237.50	237.50
2	850–900	857	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	437.50	437.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	490.00	490.00
17	500–550	504	398.00	398.00
3	550–600	582	340.00–342.50	341.68
8	600–650	625	355.00	355.00
2	650–700	657	320.00	320.00
7	700–750	740	278.50	278.50
10	750–800	795	273.00	273.00
133	800–850	816	272.00–274.30	273.20
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	405	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	475	300.00–317.50	313.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	434	370.00	370.00
9	450–500	491	347.50	347.50
9	500–550	538	350.00	350.00
5	550–600	556	330.00	330.00
80	600–650	610	323.75	323.75
6	750–800	765	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
2	400–450	412	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	491	295.00–297.50	296.89
2	500–550	502	312.50	312.50
4	600–650	630	220.00–237.50	228.92
1	650–700	675	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	310.00	310.00
1	250–300	275	292.50	292.50
1	300–350	305	325.00	325.00
7	350–400	390	295.00–310.00	303.71
4	400–450	440	310.00–317.50	314.40
5	450–500	462	285.00–300.00	297.08
1	550–600	575	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	330.00–345.00	337.61
1	350–400	385	325.00	325.00
7	400–450	427	320.00–335.00	329.59
6	450–500	475	310.00–325.00	319.54
8	500–550	515	287.50–300.00	294.06
7	550–600	566	277.50–282.50	281.07
2	600–650	638	240.00–250.00	244.98
5	650–700	670	240.00–245.00	242.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	357.50	357.50
1	300–350	320	367.50	367.50
13	350–400	384	360.00–377.50	363.46
8	400–450	423	340.00–352.50	344.91
5	450–500	476	330.00–342.50	332.55
26	500–550	513	312.50–325.00	323.65
6	550–600	554	290.00–317.50	312.74
4	600–650	630	282.50–297.50	290.00
9	700–750	733	227.50–231.00	230.24
2	750–800	753	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	845	237.50	237.50
3	900–950	931	215.00	215.00
1	950–1000	985	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	402.50	402.50
1	350–400	355	392.50	392.50
5	400–450	427	380.00–395.00	391.87
1	450–500	465	395.00	395.00
3	500–550	538	327.50–332.50	330.83
4	550–600	581	320.00–337.50	324.91
10	600–650	625	322.50–327.50	326.01
6	650–700	685	272.50–280.00	276.24
5	700–750	734	240.00	240.00
2	750–800	775	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	805	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	358	350.00–360.00	357.34
3	400–450	431	350.00	350.00
4	450–500	471	362.50–365.00	364.36
2	550–600	570	280.00–297.50	288.98
2	650–700	693	242.50–257.50	249.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	417.50	417.50
5	450–500	462	417.50	417.50
4	500–550	537	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	530	305.00–320.00	312.43
1	600–650	610	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	780	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	435	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	467	337.50	337.50
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	225.00	225.00
2	500–550	517	277.50	277.50
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	295.00	295.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,208	126.00–129.00	128.01
13	—	1,312	142.00–151.00	147.47
10	—	1,262	130.00–140.00	135.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,585	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,390	144.00	144.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,093	122.00–131.00	125.89
2	—	1,040	110.00–115.00	112.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,824	170.00–210.00	181.16

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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