Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold mostly steady with feeder heifers over 500lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Yearling steers sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.28/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −154.00 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$320.28

10 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

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

$68.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−41.33

vs KY average

−89.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	358.33	1,959	3thin
Medium and Large 2	569	314.46	1,789	4thin
Large 1-2	571	290.00	1,656	3thin

One grade step is worth $68.33/cwt here — about $303 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 sale10 hd

320.28

—

KY average25 barns · 851 hd

361.62

−41.33

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−89.80

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.28

−154.00

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	1,682	181.45	3,051	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,323	145.91	1,930	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,527	144.28	2,203	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,008	128.03	1,290	12

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 (5-8 yrs)	1,124	$1,916	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	840	$1,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

96 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 2	450–500	486	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	893	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	342.02/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,484	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	401	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,328	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	871	325.46/cwt	304.50–329.00	2,835	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	923	316.14/cwt	314.50–318.00	2,918	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,008	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,042	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	3,037	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	323.54/cwt	322.50–325.00	2,029	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,706	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	988	294.75/cwt	294.75–294.75	2,912	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	284.69/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,634	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	213	456.76/cwt	445.00–470.00	973	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	312.64/cwt	302.50–317.50	2,282	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	299.98/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,824	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	314.49/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,786	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	788	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,679	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	817	332.55/cwt	310.50–343.25	2,717	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,376	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	511	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	277.45/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,412	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	262.01/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,719	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	363.95/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,805	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	840	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	307.01/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	373.82/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,585	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,214	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	114.53/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,025	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	126.17/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,248	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	135.30/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,450	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,745	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,356	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	155.55/cwt	152.00–159.00	2,271	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	144.07/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,812	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	156.39/cwt	154.00–159.00	2,437	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	131.91/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,939	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	144.36/cwt	137.00–149.00	2,217	9
Bulls	—	—	1,440	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,915	1
Bulls	—	—	1,773	196.53/cwt	192.00–205.00	3,484	3
Bulls	—	—	1,665	183.06/cwt	180.00–186.00	3,048	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	950–1000	970	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,037	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	673	286.22/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,926	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	568	296.71/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,685	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	780	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,009	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	300–350	325	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	910	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	585	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,477	1
Bulls	Large 2	650–700	685	237.57/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,627	3
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	450	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,058	2
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	780	255.83/cwt	252.50–257.50	1,995	3
Bulls	Large 2	550–600	578	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,503	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	571	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,656	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	955	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	711	284.89/cwt	277.50–290.00	2,026	5
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	435	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,381	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	633	300.82/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	540	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	387.04/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,277	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	388.32/cwt	387.50–392.50	1,514	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	1,886.23/head	1,800.00–1,975.00	1,886	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	625	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,281	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	515	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,107	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	430	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	281.89/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,387	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,432	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	609	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,010	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	238.80/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	314.46/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,789	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,254	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	994	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	697	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,743	2

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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,023Last week 929Year ago 941

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 38Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	486	340.00	340.00
4	550–600	569	310.00–327.50	314.46
1	800–850	805	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	445.00–470.00	456.76
1	300–350	300	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	425	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	458	372.50	372.50
1	500–550	510	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	565	352.50	352.50
7	600–650	627	322.50–325.00	323.54
4	650–700	676	327.50	327.50
3	700–750	730	302.50–317.50	312.64
6	750–800	789	295.00	295.00
1	850–900	855	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
70	750–800	788	340.00	340.00
224	800–850	817	310.50–343.25	332.55
144	850–900	871	304.50–329.00	325.46
118	900–950	923	314.50–318.00	316.14
109	950–1000	988	294.75	294.75
106	1000–1050	1,042	291.50	291.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	317.50	317.50
3	550–600	571	290.00	290.00
3	600–650	633	292.50–305.00	300.82
5	700–750	711	277.50–290.00	284.89
3	750–800	780	252.50–257.50	255.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	360.00	360.00
1	300–350	310	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	430	337.50	337.50
12	450–500	492	280.00–302.50	281.89
1	550–600	580	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	620	255.00	255.00
2	650–700	697	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	810	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	380.00	380.00
2	350–400	367	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	400	362.50	362.50
3	450–500	455	335.00	335.00
8	500–550	509	270.00–285.00	277.45
13	550–600	574	280.00–300.00	284.69
1	600–650	610	275.00	275.00
5	650–700	656	260.00–270.00	262.01
4	700–750	730	235.00–240.00	238.80
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	280.00	280.00
3	450–500	480	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	585	252.50	252.50
1	700–750	700	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	310	390.00	390.00
6	400–450	434	340.00–345.00	342.02
2	450–500	472	337.50	337.50
2	500–550	507	282.50	282.50
2	600–650	600	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	370.00–392.50	387.04
6	350–400	390	387.50–392.50	388.32
4	400–450	424	370.00–375.00	373.82
7	450–500	496	357.50–365.00	363.95
5	500–550	527	305.00–307.50	307.01
5	550–600	568	300.00–322.50	314.49
2	600–650	608	295.00–305.00	299.98
1	650–700	675	300.00	300.00
3	700–750	701	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	511	342.50	342.50
5	600–650	609	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	568	290.00–300.00	296.71
2	650–700	673	277.50–295.00	286.22
1	750–800	780	257.50	257.50
1	950–1000	970	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	578	260.00	260.00
3	650–700	685	232.50–240.00	237.57
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	515	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	265.00	265.00
1	400–450	405	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	615	220.00	220.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	1,975.00	1,975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,208	1,800.00–1,975.00	1,886.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	895	114.00–115.00	114.53
5	—	989	123.00–129.00	126.17
5	—	1,072	132.00–139.00	135.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	135.00	135.00
4	—	1,460	152.00–159.00	155.55
15	—	1,258	138.00–148.00	144.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,558	154.00–159.00	156.39
3	—	1,470	129.00–135.00	131.91
9	—	1,536	137.00–149.00	144.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	133.00	133.00
3	—	1,773	192.00–205.00	196.53
2	—	1,665	180.00–186.00	183.06

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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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

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