Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend due to low receipts. Local flooding and severe weather made it difficult for cattle movement.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −120.60 against this barn's trailing median of $400.60.

Average price

$280.00

1 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−29.53

vs KY average

−41.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	580	280.00	1,624	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale1 hd

280.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,415 hd

309.53

−29.53

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−41.38

This barn, trailing median27 sales

400.60

−120.60

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	1,764	178.48	3,148	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,635	143.00	2,338	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,423	136.50	1,942	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	113.84	1,182	2thin

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)	795	$775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	339.90/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,475	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,377	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	400–450	435	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	600	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,575	1
Bulls	Large 2	650–700	695	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,668	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	795	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bulls	—	—	1,768	182.46/cwt	176.00–191.00	3,226	5
Bulls	—	—	1,753	168.52/cwt	167.00–170.00	2,954	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,750	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,695	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,303	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	113.84/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,182	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,338	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 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 444Year ago 209

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 24Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 4Year ago 1

Compared to last week: No trend due to low receipts. Local flooding and severe weather made it difficult for cattle movement.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	332.50	332.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	382.50	382.50
1	500–550	505	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	600	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	665	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	655	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	640	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	332.50–345.00	339.90
2	450–500	487	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	262.50	262.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,768	176.00–191.00	182.46
2	—	1,753	167.00–170.00	168.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	154.00	154.00
1	—	1,095	119.00	119.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	111.00–116.00	113.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	143.00	143.00

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

Heifers · 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