Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend due to being closed last week for the thanksgiving holiday, however their was a higher undertone for all classes of feeders, yearlings and slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $386.04/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 2 of 21 comparable sales and sits −88.24 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$386.04

38 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$73.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.71

vs KY average

−43.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	411.50	2,195	23
Medium and Large 2	562	363.98	2,046	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	340.00	1,972	2thin
Large 1-2	568	338.16	1,922	8thin

One grade step is worth $73.34/cwt here — about $273 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale38 hd

386.04

—

KY average24 barns · 1,071 hd

387.76

−1.71

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−43.11

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.28

−88.24

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	1,913	189.63	3,627	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,804	161.42	2,911	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,389	160.72	2,232	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,187	134.67	1,598	3thin

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)	1,525	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	935	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	985	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$1,400	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
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	485	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	372.38/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	252	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	330.30/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,889	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	286.31/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,339	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	354.24/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	325.27/cwt	310.00–328.00	2,043	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,070	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	296.83/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,140	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	506	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,188	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	511	307.42/cwt	297.50–312.50	1,571	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,120	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,288	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	409.13/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,156	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	363.98/cwt	362.50–365.00	2,046	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,040	1
Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,285	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	388.31/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,202	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	337.29/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,219	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	351.58/cwt	337.50–357.50	2,243	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,645	5
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	576	332.90/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,918	7
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	915	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	303.40/cwt	300.00–317.50	2,509	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	413.79/cwt	397.50–422.50	1,937	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,303	4
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	637	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,911	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,931	1
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	818	291.22/cwt	287.50–295.00	2,382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	777	333.36/cwt	327.00–347.25	2,590	136
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	797	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	426.37/cwt	417.50–437.50	1,799	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	972	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,072	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	855	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,783	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	907	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,939	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	836	351.27/cwt	349.00–352.00	2,937	233
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,075	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,120	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,044	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	452	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,672	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	730	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	570	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	702	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,218	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,809	168.63/cwt	161.00–178.00	3,051	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,065	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	3,221	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,593	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,718	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,483	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,098	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,580	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,733	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	156.62/cwt	153.00–159.00	2,075	3
Bulls	—	—	1,870	185.77/cwt	183.00–188.00	3,474	2
Bulls	—	—	1,955	193.49/cwt	193.00–194.00	3,783	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	935	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	985	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	660	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,254	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,135	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	315.54/cwt	300.00–322.50	2,013	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	407.50/cwt	400.00–422.50	1,426	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	825	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	356.70/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,858	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,976	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	358.23/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,745	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	339.87/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,278	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	312.73/cwt	297.50–315.00	2,048	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	285.61/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,945	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	337.14/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,760	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	800–850	845	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,115	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	322.73/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,585	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	623	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,900	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	475	287.42/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,365	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	212	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	397.69/cwt	392.50–402.50	1,881	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	830	316.25/cwt	316.25–316.25	2,625	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	436	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,924	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 Dec 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,039Last week 1,023Year ago 764

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 54Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 7Year ago 8

Compared to last week: No trend due to being closed last week for the thanksgiving holiday, however their was a higher undertone for all classes of feeders, yearlings and slaughter cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	252.50	252.50
1	600–650	600	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	660	190.00	190.00
1	800–850	845	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	252	420.00	420.00
2	350–400	373	370.00–375.00	372.38
4	400–450	436	352.50–360.00	354.24
16	450–500	487	350.00–360.00	358.23
8	500–550	522	330.00–352.50	337.14
21	550–600	572	320.00–337.50	330.30
10	600–650	628	310.00–328.00	325.27
11	650–700	655	297.50–315.00	312.73
4	700–750	721	295.00–300.00	296.83
1	750–800	790	282.50	282.50
12	800–850	817	270.00–290.00	286.31
1	1050–1100	1,070	220.00	220.00
1	1100–1150	1,120	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	280.00–292.50	287.42
3	500–550	511	297.50–312.50	307.42
3	600–650	623	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	825	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	395.00	395.00
77	650–700	665	344.00	344.00
66	800–850	830	316.25	316.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	340.00	340.00
4	350–400	376	335.00–352.50	339.87
1	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
7	450–500	491	310.00–335.00	322.73
1	500–550	535	317.50	317.50
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
4	650–700	681	285.00–287.50	285.61
1	700–750	745	255.00	255.00
1	800–850	800	220.00	220.00
2	850–900	890	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	580	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	506	432.50	432.50
4	550–600	555	415.00	415.00
136	750–800	777	327.00–347.25	333.36
233	800–850	836	349.00–352.00	351.27
24	850–900	855	325.50	325.50
58	900–950	907	324.00	324.00
120	950–1000	972	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	402.50	402.50
6	400–450	422	417.50–437.50	426.37
9	450–500	468	397.50–422.50	413.79
12	500–550	527	390.00–420.00	409.13
3	550–600	567	387.50–390.00	388.31
7	600–650	638	337.50–357.50	351.58
14	650–700	658	330.00–347.50	337.29
3	700–750	703	325.00	325.00
4	750–800	787	322.50	322.50
15	800–850	827	300.00–317.50	303.40
5	900–950	912	290.00	290.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	562	362.50–365.00	363.98
1	750–800	760	280.00	280.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	375.00	375.00
7	550–600	576	330.00–350.00	332.90
1	600–650	637	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	797	305.00	305.00
2	800–850	818	287.50–295.00	291.22
1	900–950	915	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	212	415.00	415.00
1	250–300	255	445.00	445.00
3	350–400	350	400.00–422.50	407.50
1	400–450	420	410.00	410.00
2	450–500	473	392.50–402.50	397.69
9	500–550	521	350.00–372.50	356.70
2	550–600	597	347.50	347.50
4	600–650	638	300.00–322.50	315.54
1	650–700	675	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	712	277.50	277.50
1	750–800	785	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	570	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	730	260.00	260.00
1	1100–1150	1,120	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	702	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	737	252.50	252.50
1	850–900	895	215.00	215.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,809	161.00–178.00	168.63
1	—	2,065	156.00	156.00
1	—	1,520	138.00	138.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	129.00	129.00
1	—	1,210	142.00	142.00
1	—	1,115	133.00	133.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	173.00	173.00
3	—	1,325	153.00–159.00	156.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,870	183.00–188.00	185.77
2	—	1,955	193.00–194.00	193.49

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,525	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	1,600.00	1,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	1,400.00	1,400.00

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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