Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady on a light test. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. No comparison on slaughter bulls due to low receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $401.75/cwt on 28 head, up $5.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 27 comparable sales and sits +1.15 against this barn's trailing median of $400.60.

Average price

$401.75

▲ 5.99 vs prior sale

28 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$33.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.69

vs KY average

−28.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	409.25	2,279	21
Medium and Large 2	572	383.33	2,191	3thin
Large 1-2	575	376.17	2,163	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.08/cwt here — about $116 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

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.22, low $345.17, median $400.60 across 27 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

401.75

—

KY average25 barns · 1,485 hd

409.44

−7.69

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−28.66

This barn, trailing median27 sales

400.60

+1.15

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	1,653	167.98	2,777	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,433	159.54	2,286	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,345	145.00	1,950	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,032	126.00	1,301	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,080	$2,120	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	928	$2,571	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,225	$3,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,015	$2,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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 1-2	600–650	620	441.28/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,736	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	418.44/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,180	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	301.87/cwt	300.00–302.50	2,382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,187	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	470	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	600	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,177	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	440	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,365	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	575	376.17/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,163	4
Steers	Large 2	650–700	662	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,334	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,646	1
Steers	Large 2	500–550	525	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,205	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	400	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	362.92/cwt	352.50–365.00	2,696	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	412.01/cwt	407.50–415.00	2,732	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	488.01/cwt	487.50–495.00	2,128	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	451.61/cwt	450.00–467.50	2,651	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	327.48/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,115	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	475	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,196	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,110	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	3,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	329.91/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,682	2
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	657	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,530	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	520	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,314	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,496	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,115	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	581	446.80/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,596	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,233	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	412	541.69/cwt	540.00–542.50	2,232	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	605	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,632	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	146.45/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,691	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	114.34/cwt	112.50–117.50	1,063	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	120.35/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,191	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,671	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	159.54/cwt	159.00–160.00	2,286	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,950	1
Bulls	—	—	1,653	167.98/cwt	154.00–175.00	2,777	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	2,570.75/head	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,571	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	2,120.49/head	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,120	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,978	1
Bulls	Large 2	550–600	575	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	461.69/cwt	452.50–475.00	2,664	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,771	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	328	506.70/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	467	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,868	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	655	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,588	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	360	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	495.27/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,140	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Large 2	650–700	655	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,834	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	350–400	355	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	364.75/cwt	364.75–364.75	2,499	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	305	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,098	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	852	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,258	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	456	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	322.88/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,354	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,993	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	406.38/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,308	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	522.24/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,979	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	351.77/cwt	345.00–352.50	2,248	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	506.93/cwt	500.00–517.50	2,058	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	345.76/cwt	332.50–347.50	2,317	14

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 Feb 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 398Last week 533Year ago 1,270

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 11Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 4Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	550.00	550.00
2	350–400	382	530.00	530.00
15	400–450	436	487.50–495.00	488.01
3	450–500	480	520.00	520.00
1	500–550	500	487.50	487.50
91	550–600	587	450.00–467.50	451.61
4	600–650	620	430.00–445.00	441.28
5	650–700	663	407.50–415.00	412.01
6	700–750	743	352.50–365.00	362.92
2	800–850	813	320.00–340.00	329.91
4	850–900	864	325.00–330.00	327.48
1	1100–1150	1,110	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	600	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	537.50	537.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	420.00	420.00
2	650–700	662	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	492.50	492.50
1	450–500	470	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	550	460.00	460.00
1	600–650	605	390.00	390.00
1	750–800	775	335.00	335.00
1	800–850	840	315.00	315.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	520	445.00	445.00
2	650–700	657	407.50	407.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	500.00	500.00
4	350–400	379	510.00–530.00	522.24
5	400–450	406	500.00–517.50	506.93
4	450–500	458	477.50	477.50
5	500–550	521	412.50–420.00	418.44
16	550–600	568	390.00–417.50	406.38
10	600–650	639	345.00–352.50	351.77
14	650–700	670	332.50–347.50	345.76
7	700–750	729	310.00–325.00	322.88
4	750–800	789	300.00–302.50	301.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	438	455.00	455.00
2	450–500	472	447.50	447.50
1	500–550	545	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	585	385.00	385.00
2	650–700	675	322.50	322.50
2	850–900	852	265.00	265.00
1	900–950	905	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	415.00	415.00
4	550–600	575	372.50–380.00	376.17
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
79	650–700	685	364.75	364.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	550.00	550.00
6	350–400	385	545.00	545.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	456	415.00	415.00
1	750–800	750	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	545.00	545.00
3	350–400	381	555.00	555.00
7	400–450	432	480.00–502.50	495.27
1	450–500	470	475.00	475.00
6	550–600	577	452.50–475.00	461.69
1	600–650	635	407.50	407.50
1	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	500.00–510.00	506.70
2	350–400	360	487.50	487.50
2	450–500	467	400.00	400.00
6	550–600	581	440.00–460.00	446.80
1	650–700	655	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	540.00–542.50	541.69
1	600–650	605	435.00	435.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	460.00	460.00
1	450–500	495	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	500.00	500.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	380.00	380.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	146.00–147.00	146.45
3	—	930	112.50–117.50	114.34
3	—	990	120.00–121.00	120.35
1	—	1,220	137.00	137.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	159.00–160.00	159.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	145.00	145.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	154.00–175.00	167.98

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
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	928	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,570.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,080	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,120.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,225	3,100.00	3,100.00

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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Richmond Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle