Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower with feeder heifers over 500lbs mostly steady. Yearling steers sold steady with a good quality offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.73/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −96.55 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$377.73

22 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$537

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

$81.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.04

vs KY average

−51.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	391.33	2,118	17thin
Large 1-2	555	336.88	1,870	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	510	310.00	1,581	1thin

One grade step is worth $81.33/cwt here — about $537 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

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 sale22 hd

377.73

—

KY average23 barns · 959 hd

376.69

+1.04

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−51.99

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.28

−96.55

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	1,700	183.64	3,122	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,630	156.38	2,550	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,301	146.79	1,910	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,062	121.29	1,288	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,300	$2,575	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$1,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,305	$2,500	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$1,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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	750–800	750	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	340.28/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,484	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	332.68/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,618	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,005	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	402.84/cwt	402.50–405.00	2,143	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	997	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,218	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	387.11/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,164	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,040	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,203	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	887	345.57/cwt	344.75–346.75	3,065	165
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,087	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	380.06/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	329.39/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,049	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,033	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	3,053	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	919	341.10/cwt	337.00–346.50	3,135	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	809	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,678	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,275	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	311.05/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,941	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	335.24/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	232	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,009	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	325.61/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,915	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	342.58/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,812	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	977	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,379	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	361.07/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,329	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,118	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	250–300	270	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,016	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	352.06/cwt	347.50–357.50	2,045	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,295	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	105.90/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,001	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	122.75/cwt	117.00–128.00	1,415	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,401	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,668	157.57/cwt	157.00–158.00	2,628	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,395	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	577	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,933	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	640	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,936	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	137.64/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,763	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	154.41/cwt	151.00–159.00	2,035	6
Bulls	—	—	1,710	176.46/cwt	175.00–178.00	3,017	2
Bulls	—	—	1,680	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	3,326	1
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Large 2	350–400	350	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,068	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	540	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,769	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	653	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,188	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	582	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,513	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	445	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,424	2
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	460	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,656	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	385	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,194	1
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	850	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,444	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	625	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,938	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	675	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,772	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	495	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	460	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	487	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,315	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	383.48/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,649	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	423	302.46/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,279	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	721	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	345.00/cwt	342.50–347.50	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	297.85/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	945	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	629	286.60/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,803	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,947	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	328.66/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	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 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 657Last week 614Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 59Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 24Year ago 0

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	210	465.00	465.00
1	250–300	260	430.00	430.00
2	350–400	382	407.50	407.50
3	400–450	430	375.00–387.50	383.48
4	500–550	529	340.00–350.00	342.58
6	550–600	581	347.50–357.50	352.06
1	600–650	600	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	672	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	725	272.50	272.50
1	750–800	750	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	810	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	890	230.00	230.00
1	900–950	915	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	395	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	490	320.00–337.50	328.66
2	500–550	520	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	647	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	577	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	335.00	335.00
5	600–650	629	280.00–297.50	286.60
1	800–850	810	182.50	182.50
1	900–950	945	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	232	435.00	435.00
3	350–400	368	357.50–367.50	361.07
11	400–450	436	332.50–345.00	340.28
2	450–500	473	330.00–340.00	335.24
3	500–550	540	342.50	342.50
16	550–600	588	322.50–330.00	325.61
7	600–650	624	307.50–315.00	311.05
2	950–1000	997	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1000–1050	1,033	295.50	295.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	342.50–347.50	345.00
1	450–500	465	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	505	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	578	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	635	282.50	282.50
6	650–700	660	287.50–300.00	297.85
3	800–850	810	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	445	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
2	550–600	582	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	640	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	520	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	300.00–305.00	302.46
2	450–500	487	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	590	267.50	267.50
2	600–650	600	260.00	260.00
3	700–750	721	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	435.00	435.00
1	250–300	260	440.00	440.00
1	350–400	350	412.50	412.50
3	400–450	445	422.50	422.50
4	500–550	531	377.50	377.50
6	550–600	559	372.50–390.00	387.11
1	600–650	640	352.50	352.50
1	650–700	690	340.00	340.00
2	700–750	722	345.00	345.00
6	750–800	787	330.00–334.00	332.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	532	402.50–405.00	402.84
8	800–850	809	331.00	331.00
165	850–900	887	344.75–346.75	345.57
166	900–950	919	337.00–346.50	341.10
50	1000–1050	1,040	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	430	375.00–390.00	380.06
2	450–500	462	372.50	372.50
4	600–650	622	320.00–332.50	329.39
1	650–700	670	325.00	325.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	540	327.50	327.50
3	550–600	560	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	625	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	653	335.00	335.00
2	850–900	850	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	660	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	750	290.00	290.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	137.00	137.00
3	—	945	100.00–114.00	105.90
6	—	1,153	117.00–128.00	122.75
1	—	980	143.00	143.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,668	157.00–158.00	157.57
1	—	1,555	154.00	154.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,281	135.00–143.00	137.64
6	—	1,318	151.00–159.00	154.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	175.00–178.00	176.46
1	—	1,680	198.00	198.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,575.00	2,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,305	2,500.00	2,500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	1,500.00	1,500.00

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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