Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to being closed for the Christmas and New Years holiday. Good to very good demand for all feeder classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $416.20/cwt on 28 head, up $31.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits −58.09 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$416.20

▲ 31.99 vs prior sale

28 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$501

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

$78.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.04

vs KY average

−50.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	423.04	2,329	25
Medium and Large 2	550	366.25	2,014	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	345.00	1,829	1thin

One grade step is worth $78.04/cwt here — about $501 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale28 hd

416.20

—

KY average25 barns · 1,537 hd

422.23

−6.04

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−50.13

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.28

−58.09

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	1,728	179.79	3,107	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,275	153.92	1,963	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,486	151.27	2,248	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,083	127.32	1,379	36

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)	1,100	$2,574	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,380	$2,488	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,220	$2,275	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,062	$3,423	4thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,610	$2,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,355	$3,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,260	$2,975	1thin

Every lot, as filed

111 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	Large 1-2	450–500	481	372.45/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	349.01/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,930	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	453.29/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,149	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	507	383.33/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,943	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	300–350	345	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	381.55/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,831	12
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	625	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,172	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	755	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	407	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,984	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	505	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	382.00/cwt	377.50–395.00	1,616	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	318.68/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,969	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	414	403.91/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,672	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	764	330.75/cwt	330.75–330.75	2,527	69
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,889	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,156	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	200–250	230	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	736	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	365.86/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	467.82/cwt	457.50–477.50	1,965	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	328.57/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	240	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	489.37/cwt	487.50–495.00	1,693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	439.12/cwt	435.00–447.50	2,380	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,358	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,492	1
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	440	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	477.30/cwt	470.00–485.00	1,790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,237	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	428.16/cwt	427.50–430.00	2,398	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	415.24/cwt	402.50–425.00	2,134	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	840	343.23/cwt	341.50–345.00	2,883	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	378.92/cwt	375.95–382.00	2,698	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,024	312.25/cwt	312.25–312.25	3,197	52
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	392	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,568	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	569	363.50/cwt	355.00–372.50	2,068	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	430	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,079	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	164.50/cwt	157.00–175.00	2,193	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	101.80/cwt	93.00–112.00	1,031	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	121.22/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,261	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,407	146.63/cwt	140.00–151.00	2,063	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	148.28/cwt	141.00–153.00	1,873	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,446	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	131.02/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,482	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	142.10/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,555	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,587	157.24/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,495	7
Bulls	—	—	1,670	164.33/cwt	154.00–175.00	2,744	3
Bulls	—	—	1,763	189.07/cwt	184.00–192.00	3,333	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	2,488.19/head	2,225.00–2,600.00	2,488	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,574.43/head	2,450.00–2,700.00	2,574	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	2,975.00/head	2,975.00–2,975.00	2,975	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,610	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	3,423.13/head	3,350.00–3,500.00	3,423	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	349.93/cwt	342.50–357.50	1,855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	429.74/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	350–400	355	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,092	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	475	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,153	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	304.18/cwt	295.00–317.50	2,047	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	356.70/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,015	3
Bulls	Large 2-3	550–600	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	1
Bulls	Large 2-3	350–400	380	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,264	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	321.69/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,323	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	467.65/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,034	3
Bulls	Large 2	550–600	578	343.70/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,987	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	386.75/cwt	380.00–407.50	2,050	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,843	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	343.72/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,135	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	471.60/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,783	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	993	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,507	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	307.47/cwt	302.50–312.50	2,527	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	341.07/cwt	327.50–347.50	2,265	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	840	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	443.72/cwt	442.50–445.00	2,143	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	492.59/cwt	490.00–495.00	1,379	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	412.55/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	402.56/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,361	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	406.71/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,151	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	364.97/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	370.56/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,934	9

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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 691Last week 362Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 4Year ago 0

No trend due to being closed for the Christmas and New Years holiday. Good to very good demand for all feeder classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	320.00	320.00
1	300–350	345	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	481	367.50–375.00	372.45
1	500–550	525	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	405.00	405.00
3	250–300	283	400.00–420.00	406.71
4	300–350	338	400.00–410.00	402.56
4	350–400	378	405.00–415.00	412.55
5	400–450	423	377.50–395.00	382.00
12	450–500	480	372.50–390.00	381.55
9	500–550	522	367.50–375.00	370.56
5	550–600	553	340.00–355.00	349.01
7	600–650	618	312.50–330.00	318.68
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	700	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	750	287.50	287.50
1	950–1000	985	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	414	400.00–412.50	403.91
12	500–550	507	380.00–385.00	383.33
69	750–800	764	330.75	330.75
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	505	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	315	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
4	400–450	430	360.00–370.00	364.97
1	450–500	465	362.50	362.50
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	568	332.50	332.50
1	650–700	670	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	337.50	337.50
1	800–850	840	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	382.50	382.50
1	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	630	355.00	355.00
1	850–900	855	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	485.00	485.00
4	300–350	346	487.50–495.00	489.37
2	350–400	375	470.00–485.00	477.30
3	400–450	420	457.50–477.50	467.82
15	450–500	474	445.00–460.00	453.29
5	500–550	514	402.50–425.00	415.24
2	550–600	585	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	627	360.00–377.50	365.86
2	700–750	715	320.00–337.50	328.57
1	750–800	755	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	345.00	345.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	395.00	395.00
1	600–650	625	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	407	487.50	487.50
3	500–550	542	435.00–447.50	439.12
15	550–600	560	427.50–430.00	428.16
140	700–750	712	375.95–382.00	378.92
3	750–800	755	350.00	350.00
132	800–850	840	341.50–345.00	343.23
52	1000–1050	1,024	312.25	312.25
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	600.00	600.00
1	350–400	360	525.00	525.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	392	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	430	417.50	417.50
1	450–500	475	380.00	380.00
4	550–600	569	355.00–372.50	363.50
1	750–800	790	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	545.00	545.00
6	400–450	420	495.00	495.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	387	420.00–440.00	429.74
2	500–550	530	342.50–357.50	349.93
3	550–600	565	355.00–360.00	356.70
1	600–650	630	292.50	292.50
3	650–700	673	295.00–317.50	304.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	410.00	410.00
1	700–750	700	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	307.50	307.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	450.00	450.00
2	250–300	280	490.00–495.00	492.59
7	350–400	378	465.00–485.00	471.60
3	400–450	435	455.00–475.00	467.65
2	450–500	483	442.50–445.00	443.72
10	500–550	530	380.00–407.50	386.75
3	550–600	563	382.50	382.50
4	600–650	621	340.00–345.00	343.72
4	650–700	664	327.50–347.50	341.07
3	700–750	722	320.00–322.50	321.69
1	750–800	790	305.00	305.00
4	800–850	822	302.50–312.50	307.47
1	900–950	945	217.50	217.50
6	950–1000	993	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	332.50	332.50
1	550–600	580	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	578	340.00–347.50	343.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,333	157.00–175.00	164.50
10	—	1,263	141.00–153.00	148.28
2	—	1,075	134.00–135.00	134.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,013	93.00–112.00	101.80
7	—	1,040	115.00–124.00	121.22
13	—	1,131	126.00–136.00	131.02
10	—	1,094	139.00–148.00	142.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,407	140.00–151.00	146.63
7	—	1,587	152.00–162.00	157.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,670	154.00–175.00	164.33
5	—	1,763	184.00–192.00	189.07

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)	1	—	1,220	2,275.00	2,275.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,380	2,225.00–2,600.00	2,488.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	2,450.00–2,700.00	2,574.43
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	2,975.00	2,975.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,355	3,050.00	3,050.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,610	2,550.00	2,550.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,062	3,350.00–3,500.00	3,423.13

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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