Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Yearling steers sold steady with a good quality offering and a favorable condition. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $341.28/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −133.00 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$341.28

22 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

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

$89.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.04

vs KY average

−83.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	532	351.65	1,871	16thin
Medium and Large 2	552	323.86	1,787	5thin
Small and Medium 2-3	590	262.50	1,549	1thin

One grade step is worth $89.15/cwt here — about $322 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

341.28

—

KY average25 barns · 912 hd

371.32

−30.04

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−83.59

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.28

−133.00

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	1,789	187.60	3,357	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,532	145.20	2,225	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,288	144.21	1,858	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,033	127.26	1,315	9thin

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,445	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,315	$1,972	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$2,040	1thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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	Large 1-2	300–350	310	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,101	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	1
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	860	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	319.75/cwt	312.50–322.50	2,005	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	328.53/cwt	317.50–338.00	2,375	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,175	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	3,319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	324.98/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,375	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	319.16/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	242.48/cwt	237.50–247.50	2,485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	391.09/cwt	385.00–392.50	1,725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	315.38/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,801	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,156	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	328.00/cwt	325.00–329.00	2,506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,407	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,525	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	744	360.10/cwt	360.10–360.10	2,679	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	809	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,791	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	696	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,502	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	249.20/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	325.65/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,866	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	304.73/cwt	297.50–307.50	1,953	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	377.42/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,234	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	358.32/cwt	352.50–362.50	1,996	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	374.07/cwt	372.50–377.50	1,582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	332.42/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	277.73/cwt	267.50–287.50	2,027	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	304.97/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,866	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	267	408.41/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,090	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	363.35/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	397.81/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,484	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,214	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	326.41/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,763	16
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	590	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	409.65/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,323	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	151.36/cwt	150.00–152.00	2,033	3
Bulls	—	—	1,665	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,797	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,239	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,549	144.26/cwt	139.00–148.00	2,235	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,112	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,810	1
Bulls	—	—	1,620	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,965	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,110	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	125.62/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,308	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,491	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	132.13/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,352	2
Bulls	—	—	1,887	195.67/cwt	195.00–196.00	3,692	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	770	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,906	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	455	355.11/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,616	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	690	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,846	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	710	258.72/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,837	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	144.06/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,795	8
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	1
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,700	6
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	555	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,734	1
Bulls	Large 2	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	1,972.05/head	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,972	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	365	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,022	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,095	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,929	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	261.28/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,777	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	342.45/cwt	337.50–347.50	1,592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	347.65/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,797	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	301.26/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	281.22/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	321.17/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	394	337.52/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,330	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,652	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	2,040.00/head	2,040.00–2,040.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	257	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,157	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	865	335.79/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,905	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	913	328.52/cwt	323.00–333.20	2,999	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,148	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 Nov 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 929Last week 1,019Year ago 1,068

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 65Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 80Year ago 3

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Yearling steers sold steady with a good quality offering and a favorable condition. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	455	350.00–365.00	355.11
1	550–600	555	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	690	267.50	267.50
2	700–750	710	255.00–262.50	258.72
1	750–800	770	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	405.00–410.00	408.41
2	300–350	323	405.00–415.00	409.65
3	350–400	373	390.00–415.00	397.81
3	400–450	423	372.50–377.50	374.07
3	450–500	451	350.00–370.00	363.35
4	500–550	532	330.00–340.00	332.42
3	550–600	563	320.00	320.00
7	600–650	641	297.50–307.50	304.73
2	650–700	655	270.00	270.00
7	700–750	730	267.50–287.50	277.73
2	800–850	820	270.00	270.00
2	1000–1050	1,025	237.50–247.50	242.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	365	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	400	345.00	345.00
2	450–500	465	337.50–347.50	342.45
1	550–600	585	307.50	307.50
2	600–650	620	277.50–285.00	281.22
3	700–750	722	245.00–252.50	249.20
1	850–900	885	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	590	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	670	270.00	270.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	725	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	860	300.00	300.00
6	1000–1050	1,015	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	415.00	415.00
5	400–450	441	385.00–392.50	391.09
1	450–500	465	360.00	360.00
10	500–550	517	340.00–355.00	347.65
6	550–600	557	352.50–362.50	358.32
8	600–650	627	312.50–322.50	319.75
3	650–700	690	312.50	312.50
32	700–750	723	317.50–338.00	328.53
4	750–800	764	325.00–329.00	328.00
1	1150–1200	1,175	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
4	450–500	470	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	520	312.50–330.00	321.17
3	550–600	573	320.00–337.50	325.65
1	700–750	705	300.00	300.00
1	1050–1100	1,095	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	696	359.50	359.50
112	700–750	744	360.10	360.10
160	800–850	809	345.00	345.00
235	850–900	865	332.50–340.00	335.79
104	900–950	913	323.00–333.20	328.52
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	400.00	400.00
6	300–350	327	375.00–380.00	377.42
1	350–400	360	375.00	375.00
10	400–450	423	317.50–330.00	324.98
3	450–500	468	317.50–320.00	319.16
16	500–550	540	310.00–330.00	326.41
13	550–600	571	305.00–317.50	315.38
19	600–650	612	290.00–315.00	304.97
1	700–750	710	262.50	262.50
1	750–800	755	250.00	250.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	367.50	367.50
4	500–550	500	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	394	330.00–340.00	337.52
1	400–450	405	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	478	300.00–302.50	301.26
1	600–650	640	287.50	287.50
4	650–700	680	260.00–265.00	261.28
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	725	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	257	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	410	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,343	150.00–152.00	151.36
1	—	1,460	124.00	124.00
8	—	1,246	141.00–149.00	144.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	164.00	164.00
6	—	1,549	139.00–148.00	144.26
1	—	1,600	132.00	132.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	111.00	111.00
5	—	1,041	123.00–128.00	125.62
1	—	1,050	142.00	142.00
2	—	1,023	130.00–134.00	132.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	168.00	168.00
1	—	1,620	183.00	183.00
3	—	1,887	195.00–196.00	195.67

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,315	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,972.05
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,445	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	2,040.00	2,040.00

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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