Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500lbs sold mostly steady on a light test. Feeder steers over 500lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for all classes of feeder calves and slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.84/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −87.76 against this barn's trailing median of $400.60.

Average price

$312.84

43 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$315

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

$67.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.25

vs KY average

−17.11 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	327.84	1,732	23
Medium and Large 2	554	300.28	1,664	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	525	285.00	1,496	1thin
Large 1-2	560	281.25	1,575	2thin
Large 2-3	545	260.00	1,417	1thin

One grade step is worth $67.84/cwt here — about $315 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale43 hd

312.84

—

KY average25 barns · 1,281 hd

322.09

−9.25

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−17.11

This barn, trailing median27 sales

400.60

−87.76

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	—	Average	1,591	181.14	2,883	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,489	157.75	2,349	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,174	156.90	1,843	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,016	129.55	1,316	11

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,605	$2,726	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,263	$2,598	6
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	880	$2,400	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,385	$2,850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,378	$3,800	3thin

Every lot, as filed

107 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 1-2	300–350	336	397.02/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,334	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	500	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	372.60/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,117	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	402.42/cwt	397.50–407.50	1,738	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	345.07/cwt	337.50–357.50	1,653	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	349.48/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,961	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	315.09/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	286.81/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	306.90/cwt	306.90–306.90	2,164	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	296.16/cwt	292.50–300.00	2,141	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,944	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	401.52/cwt	390.00–416.00	1,887	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,234	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	418	389.63/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,629	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	287.47/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,929	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	401.67/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	262.50/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	329.05/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,724	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	399.53/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	361.13/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,582	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	411.46/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	346.19/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	386.88/cwt	385.00–392.50	1,741	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	412.59/cwt	400.00–422.50	1,679	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	317	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,371	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	288	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	235	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,081	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,082	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	341.39/cwt	335.00–347.50	2,117	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	405.82/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,331	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,203	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	555	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,109	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,535	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	253	435.05/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,101	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	159.00/cwt	154.00–164.00	2,409	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,944	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	161.40/cwt	155.00–186.00	1,942	14
Bulls	—	—	1,345	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,165	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,237	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	133.49/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,323	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	585	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,653	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	370	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,378	1
Bulls	—	—	1,653	186.18/cwt	175.00–202.00	3,078	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	127.77/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,320	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	147.91/cwt	141.00–152.00	1,652	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	455	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,775	3
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	571	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,970	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	483	332.44/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,606	2
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	692	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,920	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	620	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,845	1
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	815	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,956	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	535	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,498	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	410	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,527	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	742	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,144	2
Heifers	Large 2-3	500–550	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	1
Bulls	Large 2	650–700	680	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,734	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	350–400	395	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,304	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	780	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,165	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	351.41/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	333.02/cwt	327.50–347.50	1,682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	482	364.52/cwt	362.50–365.00	1,757	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	371.24/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,157	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	282.81/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,652	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	387.81/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,993	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	246.32/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	376.73/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	313.87/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,667	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	368.69/cwt	367.50–372.50	1,762	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	369.09/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,399	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	2,597.59/head	2,250.00–2,850.00	2,598	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,605	2,726.17/head	2,400.00–3,000.00	2,726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	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 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 370Last week 292Year ago 347

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 39Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 18Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	385.00	385.00
6	300–350	336	390.00–402.50	397.02
5	350–400	385	397.50–400.00	399.53
8	400–450	438	350.00–367.50	361.13
10	450–500	479	337.50–357.50	345.07
21	500–550	524	320.00–340.00	329.05
2	550–600	575	310.00–320.00	315.09
4	600–650	628	270.00–292.50	286.81
4	650–700	671	280.00–290.00	287.47
1	800–850	800	242.50	242.50
1	950–1000	955	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	418	387.50–390.00	389.63
5	450–500	482	362.50–365.00	364.52
65	700–750	705	306.90	306.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	345	362.50	362.50
5	350–400	379	360.00–372.50	369.09
1	400–450	410	340.00	340.00
4	450–500	493	325.00	325.00
9	500–550	531	300.00–317.50	313.87
7	550–600	584	280.00–292.50	282.81
2	600–650	600	260.00–265.00	262.50
2	650–700	688	240.00–252.50	246.32
1	750–800	770	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	460.00	460.00
2	250–300	253	430.00–440.00	435.05
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	330.00–335.00	332.44
1	500–550	535	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	585	282.50	282.50
1	650–700	675	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	342.50	342.50
1	350–400	360	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	410	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	525	285.00	285.00
2	600–650	605	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	432.50	432.50
1	500–550	500	392.50	392.50
2	550–600	555	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	437.50	437.50
3	300–350	328	400.00–412.50	405.82
3	350–400	363	405.00–415.00	411.46
6	400–450	407	400.00–422.50	412.59
4	450–500	450	385.00–392.50	386.88
5	500–550	522	372.50	372.50
2	550–600	585	342.50–350.00	346.19
5	600–650	620	335.00–347.50	341.39
1	650–700	655	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	755	277.50	277.50
1	800–850	815	247.50	247.50
1	900–950	915	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	372.50	372.50
1	400–450	410	372.50	372.50
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	620	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	347.50–355.00	351.41
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	560	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	370.00–392.50	376.73
4	450–500	478	367.50–372.50	368.69
5	500–550	505	327.50–347.50	333.02
1	550–600	575	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	635	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	680	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	400.00–405.00	401.67
6	400–450	432	397.50–407.50	402.42
15	450–500	470	390.00–416.00	401.52
2	500–550	520	370.00–375.00	372.60
10	550–600	561	345.00–357.50	349.48
1	600–650	625	355.00	355.00
2	650–700	667	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	723	292.50–300.00	296.16
1	850–900	880	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	514	385.00–390.00	387.81
4	550–600	581	370.00–375.00	371.24
2	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	397.50	397.50
1	400–450	425	377.50	377.50
5	450–500	479	387.50	387.50
1	500–550	500	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	460.00	460.00
1	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	390.00	390.00
4	550–600	571	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	692	277.50	277.50
2	700–750	742	289.00	289.00
1	750–800	780	277.50	277.50
1	800–850	815	240.00	240.00

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,535	3,800.00	3,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	3,800.00	3,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,263	2,250.00–2,850.00	2,597.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,605	2,400.00–3,000.00	2,726.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,385	2,850.00	2,850.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	2,400.00	2,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,515	154.00–164.00	159.00
1	—	1,305	149.00	149.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,203	155.00–186.00	161.40
7	—	1,117	141.00–152.00	147.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	113.00	113.00
6	—	991	130.00–138.00	133.49
4	—	1,033	126.00–129.00	127.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	161.00	161.00
4	—	1,653	175.00–202.00	186.18

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

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