Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher. Good quality offering of feeders with favorable body condition. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $407.69/cwt on 24 head, up $5.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 27 comparable sales and sits +7.09 against this barn's trailing median of $400.60.

Average price

$407.69

▲ 5.90 vs prior sale

24 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$103.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.06

vs KY average

−15.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	521	453.89	2,367	9thin
Medium 1-2	545	430.00	2,344	4thin
Large 1-2	520	391.07	2,034	2thin
Medium and Large 2	585	355.91	2,083	8thin
Large 2	595	350.00	2,083	1thin

One grade step is worth $103.89/cwt here — about $284 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 sale24 hd

407.69

—

KY average25 barns · 1,578 hd

418.74

−11.06

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−15.50

This barn, trailing median27 sales

400.60

+7.09

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	—	Average	1,507	200.16	3,017	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	181.52	2,336	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	181.15	2,659	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,022	143.59	1,468	11

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)	1,205	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	940	$2,275	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,220	$2,251	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,005	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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 and Large 1-2	400–450	430	497.44/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,948	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	337.44/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,619	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	440	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,123	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	320.03/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	504.82/cwt	497.50–517.50	2,368	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,379	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	520	391.07/cwt	385.00–397.50	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	545	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,344	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	291.18/cwt	280.00–302.50	2,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	531.94/cwt	527.50–540.00	2,591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	403	548.69/cwt	537.50–552.50	2,211	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	757	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,650	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	443.53/cwt	437.50–445.00	2,293	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,608	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	590	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,100	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	527	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,385	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	455	588.85/cwt	580.00–597.50	2,679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	434	632.49/cwt	625.00–635.00	2,745	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,457	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	395	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,133	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	531.67/cwt	525.00–535.00	2,977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	439.53/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	548.43/cwt	545.00–550.00	2,907	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	567.06/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,382	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	593.17/cwt	570.00–615.00	1,987	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	593.76/cwt	592.50–595.00	2,761	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	323	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,116	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	525	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,822	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	155.97/cwt	154.00–159.00	1,692	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	144.28/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,444	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	172.13/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,100	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	111.25/cwt	105.00–119.00	1,010	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,130	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,932	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	182.84/cwt	180.00–186.00	2,786	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,883	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	189.36/cwt	181.00–196.00	2,507	10
Bulls	—	—	1,278	197.41/cwt	196.00–199.00	2,523	2
Bulls	—	—	1,575	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,741	1
Bulls	—	—	1,703	216.00/cwt	215.00–217.00	3,678	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	730	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,250.96/head	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,251	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,309	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	534.90/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,100	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	397.48/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,452	5
Bulls	Large 2	900–950	905	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,082	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	405	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	415	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,868	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	438.34/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,512	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	390	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,067	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	570	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	466.85/cwt	465.00–467.50	2,460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	648	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,624	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	557.36/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,174	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	574.70/cwt	560.00–582.50	2,753	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	480.48/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	355.33/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,107	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	455.08/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Large 2	800–850	830	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	377.53/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,020	1
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	595	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	458	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,405	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	529.18/cwt	520.00–532.50	2,027	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,193	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 Apr 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 237Last week 366Year ago 25

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 19Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 42Year ago 1

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher. Good quality offering of feeders with favorable body condition. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	545.00	545.00
1	250–300	295	515.00	515.00
1	300–350	340	530.00	530.00
6	350–400	383	520.00–532.50	529.18
2	400–450	430	495.00–500.00	497.44
11	450–500	469	497.50–517.50	504.82
5	500–550	517	437.50–445.00	443.53
4	600–650	626	380.00	380.00
2	750–800	770	315.00–325.00	320.03
2	800–850	812	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	450.00–460.00	455.08
1	500–550	530	360.00	360.00
7	550–600	593	350.00–367.50	355.33
2	600–650	625	330.00–345.00	337.44
1	700–750	720	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	760	280.00–302.50	291.18
1	800–850	800	252.50	252.50
1	850–900	895	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	457.50	457.50
1	650–700	660	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	735	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	482.50	482.50
2	500–550	520	385.00–397.50	391.07
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	545	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	403	537.50–552.50	548.69
11	450–500	458	525.00	525.00
4	500–550	527	465.00–467.50	466.85
8	600–650	648	405.00	405.00
4	750–800	757	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	550.00–565.00	557.36
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	830	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	640.00	640.00
1	350–400	350	600.00	600.00
2	400–450	420	585.00	585.00
4	450–500	487	527.50–540.00	531.94
1	500–550	545	470.00	470.00
1	550–600	550	495.00	495.00
5	600–650	606	435.00–450.00	439.53
1	650–700	650	390.00	390.00
1	700–750	710	390.00	390.00
2	750–800	775	360.00	360.00
2	900–950	910	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	540.00	540.00
1	550–600	570	457.50	457.50
1	650–700	650	385.00	385.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	527	452.50	452.50
1	550–600	590	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	625.00–635.00	632.49
2	450–500	455	580.00–597.50	588.85
6	500–550	530	545.00–550.00	548.43
3	550–600	560	525.00–535.00	531.67
4	600–650	616	483.00	483.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	540.00	540.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	570.00–615.00	593.17
7	400–450	420	550.00–580.00	567.06
22	450–500	479	560.00–582.50	574.70
3	500–550	518	470.00–500.00	480.48
3	550–600	573	435.00–440.00	438.34
5	600–650	617	392.50–400.00	397.48
1	650–700	675	380.00	380.00
2	700–750	703	370.00–385.00	377.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	655.00	655.00
1	400–450	405	640.00	640.00
2	450–500	465	592.50–595.00	593.76
2	500–550	525	537.50	537.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	500.00	500.00
2	450–500	480	530.00–540.00	534.90
1	500–550	500	445.00	445.00
2	550–600	570	405.00	405.00
1	700–750	720	362.50	362.50
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	905	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	530.00	530.00
1	400–450	405	480.00	480.00
1	550–600	570	472.50	472.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	450.00	450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,085	154.00–159.00	155.97
4	—	1,001	141.00–146.00	144.28
2	—	908	105.00–119.00	111.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,220	169.00–174.00	172.13
1	—	1,255	150.00	150.00
10	—	1,324	181.00–196.00	189.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	171.00	171.00
6	—	1,524	180.00–186.00	182.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,278	196.00–199.00	197.41
1	—	1,575	174.00	174.00
2	—	1,703	215.00–217.00	216.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,220	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,250.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	2,350.00	2,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	730	1,700.00	1,700.00

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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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

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How this sale compares

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