Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeders due to low comparable receipts, however there was a higher undertone noted. Good demand for all classes of feeder calves. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Good demand for all slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.40/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −123.89 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$350.40

16 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,933

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$20.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.18

vs KY average

−14.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	358.46	1,972	9thin
Large 1-2	543	346.25	1,878	2thin
Medium and Large 2	558	337.54	1,885	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.92/cwt here — about $87 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 sale16 hd

350.40

—

KY average24 barns · 1,222 hd

358.57

−8.18

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−14.37

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.28

−123.89

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	—	Low	1,533	173.69	2,662	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,448	153.08	2,217	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,242	149.34	1,855	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	947	123.41	1,169	7thin

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,223	$2,250	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,205	$1,857	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$1,675	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,125	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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 1-2	400–450	415	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,321	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	235.79/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	311.65/cwt	232.50–335.00	1,642	17
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	685	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	600–650	615	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	987	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	430	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	293.06/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	328.86/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,368	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	303.73/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	321.21/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	320.99/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,538	8
Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	560	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	344.18/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,625	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,684	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	338.17/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,921	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	370	327.60/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,212	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	830	222.59/cwt	217.50–227.50	1,847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	530	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,802	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	409.88/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,455	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	857	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	2,395	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,947	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,834	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,998	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	356.44/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,039	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	366.96/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,563	3
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	555	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	410.05/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,981	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,830	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	455	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,502	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	498	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,955	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	331.44/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,042	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	523	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,027	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	722	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	550	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,104	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	115.39/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,027	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	121.82/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,194	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	153.08/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,217	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	155.79/cwt	151.00–163.00	1,960	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	142.96/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,791	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,428	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	133.82/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,278	2
Bulls	—	—	1,355	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,114	1
Bulls	—	—	1,574	180.99/cwt	174.00–188.00	2,849	5
Bulls	—	—	1,518	164.29/cwt	162.00–166.00	2,494	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	2,249.59/head	1,650.00–2,525.00	2,250	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	1,985.41/head	1,800.00–2,150.00	1,985	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	840	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	277.41/cwt	274.00–297.50	1,970	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,141	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	311.57/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	411.81/cwt	402.50–422.50	1,742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	331.36/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,885	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	334.95/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	378.54/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,794	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	277.57/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,471	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	245	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	345.54/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,469	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	883	209.99/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,854	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	730	237.55/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,734	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	800–850	835	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,858	1
Bulls	Large 2	450–500	495	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Large 2	650–700	695	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	361.17/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,070	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	535	338.77/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	370.78/cwt	362.50–377.50	1,958	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,029	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	493	358.76/cwt	357.50–360.00	1,769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	378.29/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,551	3

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 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 292Last week 514Year ago 415

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 17Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 1Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	395.00–425.00	409.88
2	400–450	415	430.00	430.00
2	450–500	483	400.00–420.00	410.05
3	500–550	506	362.50	362.50
6	550–600	572	340.00–365.00	356.44
2	600–650	633	310.00–332.50	321.21
6	700–750	701	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	377.50	377.50
3	400–450	426	360.00–380.00	366.96
5	450–500	495	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	520	335.00	335.00
4	550–600	568	335.00–347.50	338.17
1	600–650	605	302.50	302.50
1	650–700	685	290.00	290.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	555	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	850–900	857	279.50	279.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	347.50	347.50
5	400–450	416	320.00–332.50	328.86
8	450–500	479	315.00–327.50	320.99
4	550–600	555	300.00–305.00	303.73
1	600–650	630	270.00	270.00
3	700–750	717	230.00–242.50	235.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	352.50	352.50
1	350–400	390	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	415	312.50	312.50
4	450–500	465	290.00–302.50	293.06
4	500–550	530	270.00–280.00	277.57
1	600–650	620	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	755	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	302	365.00	365.00
5	400–450	425	337.50–350.00	345.54
10	450–500	472	335.00–352.50	344.18
17	500–550	527	232.50–335.00	311.65
2	600–650	610	276.00	276.00
1	850–900	895	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	325.00–330.00	327.60
1	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
2	650–700	685	247.50	247.50
2	800–850	830	217.50–227.50	222.59
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	252.50	252.50
1	600–650	615	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	450.00	450.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	498	392.50	392.50
2	500–550	535	337.50–340.00	338.77
1	650–700	670	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	730	235.00–240.00	237.55
1	800–850	835	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	420.00	420.00
1	250–300	285	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	360	407.50	407.50
4	400–450	423	402.50–422.50	411.81
12	500–550	528	362.50–377.50	370.78
2	550–600	573	355.00–367.50	361.17
5	600–650	616	320.00–335.00	331.44
1	650–700	650	300.00	300.00
7	700–750	710	274.00–297.50	277.41
1	850–900	865	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	523	387.50	387.50
1	550–600	550	382.50	382.50
2	700–750	722	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	362.50	362.50
2	450–500	493	357.50–360.00	358.76
2	500–550	525	300.00–322.50	311.57
1	550–600	570	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	370.00–390.00	378.29
4	450–500	474	370.00–390.00	378.54
2	500–550	510	330.00–340.00	334.95
5	550–600	569	322.50–340.00	331.36
1	600–650	625	280.00	280.00
2	850–900	883	205.00–215.00	209.99
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	695	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	890	114.00–117.00	115.39
3	—	980	118.00–124.00	121.82
2	—	955	129.00–139.00	133.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,448	150.00–157.00	153.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,258	151.00–163.00	155.79
6	—	1,253	139.00–149.00	142.96
1	—	1,050	136.00	136.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	156.00	156.00
5	—	1,574	174.00–188.00	180.99
2	—	1,518	162.00–166.00	164.29

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,223	1,650.00–2,525.00	2,249.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	1,675.00	1,675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,388	1,800.00–2,150.00	1,985.41
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,125	2,000.00	2,000.00

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle