Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. Yearling steers sold mostly steady on a light test. Slaughter cows sold steady with the exception of some extremely high dressing individuals. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $334.69/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −81.75 against this barn's trailing median of $416.44.

Average price

$334.69

8 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,245

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$583

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

$54.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.70

vs KY average

−55.87 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	681	354.50	2,413	5thin
Medium 1-2	677	302.50	2,048	2thin
Large 2	610	300.00	1,830	1thin

One grade step is worth $54.50/cwt here — about $583 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 600–700 lb

19 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $447.39, low $368.53, median $416.44 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

334.69

—

KY average23 barns · 630 hd

358.39

−23.70

National average171 barns · 12,197 hd

390.56

−55.87

This barn, trailing median19 sales

416.44

−81.75

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	1,683	181.26	3,051	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,596	167.66	2,675	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,303	161.78	2,109	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,002	120.67	1,209	8thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2	550–600	557	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,866	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,280	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	104.00/cwt	98.00–110.00	976	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	117.12/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	305.84/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	286.11/cwt	280.00–292.50	2,197	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	376.68/cwt	365.00–382.25	2,286	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,346	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	378.35/cwt	362.50–382.50	1,967	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	205	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	336.72/cwt	332.50–342.50	1,596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	320.04/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,131	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,953	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	406.83/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,717	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	433.72/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,284	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,227	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,708	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,562	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	173.56/cwt	164.00–179.00	2,683	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	155.85/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,642	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,757	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	167.37/cwt	161.00–178.00	2,238	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	156.28/cwt	152.00–159.00	1,982	10
Bulls	—	—	1,420	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,102	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,662	1
Bulls	—	—	1,701	183.85/cwt	173.00–192.00	3,127	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	525	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,562	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	520	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,729	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	590	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,608	1
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	500	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,413	1
Heifers	Large 2	400–450	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	1
Steers	Large 2	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	495	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	678	308.26/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,090	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	821	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,993	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	793	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,918	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	909	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,172	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	677	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,048	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	392	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,245	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	337	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	661	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,429	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	871	345.47/cwt	340.75–349.75	3,009	115
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,190	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 Oct 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 559Last week 397Year ago 1,000

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 40Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	420.00	420.00
3	350–400	370	425.00–450.00	433.72
4	400–450	422	400.00–410.00	406.83
5	500–550	520	362.50–382.50	378.35
5	550–600	557	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	707	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	760	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	870	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	747	297.50	297.50
2	750–800	768	280.00–292.50	286.11
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	520	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	685	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	480	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	567	305.00–307.50	305.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
123	600–650	607	365.00–382.25	376.68
77	650–700	661	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	431	350.00	350.00
9	450–500	474	332.50–342.50	336.72
3	500–550	501	342.50	342.50
1	550–600	590	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	620	315.00	315.00
3	650–700	666	315.00–322.50	320.04
1	700–750	725	315.00	315.00
3	750–800	763	307.50	307.50
1	1050–1100	1,055	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	525	297.50	297.50
3	650–700	678	300.00–312.50	308.26
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	500	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	315.00	315.00
2	350–400	392	317.50	317.50
1	500–550	510	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	635	352.50	352.50
4	650–700	692	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	700	337.50	337.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
59	750–800	793	368.00	368.00
60	800–850	821	364.50	364.50
115	850–900	871	340.75–349.75	345.47
54	900–950	909	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	677	302.50	302.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	938	98.00–110.00	104.00
3	—	1,013	115.00–120.00	117.12
1	—	1,095	156.00	156.00
1	—	1,070	146.00	146.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,546	164.00–179.00	173.56
3	—	1,695	152.00–160.00	155.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	144.00	144.00
13	—	1,337	161.00–178.00	167.37
10	—	1,268	152.00–159.00	156.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	148.00	148.00
1	—	1,840	199.00	199.00
6	—	1,701	173.00–192.00	183.85

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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