Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. No comparable receipts on yearling steers, however they appeared stronger. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.28/cwt on 24 head, down $32.39 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 21 comparable sales and sits −0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$474.28

▼ 32.39 vs prior sale

24 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$289

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

$33.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.10

vs KY average

−13.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	479.89	2,735	20
Large 1-2	548	446.25	2,447	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.64/cwt here — about $289 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

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 sale24 hd

474.28

—

KY average25 barns · 837 hd

481.38

−7.10

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−13.27

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.28

−0.00

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	—	High	1,554	215.04	3,341	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,267	180.57	2,288	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,499	177.48	2,661	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	986	149.40	1,473	23

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)	1,305	$3,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,170	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,133	$2,446	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	755	$2,175	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,225	$3,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	995	$3,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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	472	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,477	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	392.12/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,263	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	426.04/cwt	422.50–427.50	2,262	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	447	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,911	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	460	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,967	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	895	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,528	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	840	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,541	1
Heifers	Large 2	350–400	350	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	355.04/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,247	2
Steers	Large 2-3	650–700	690	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	481.71/cwt	481.00–490.00	2,804	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	421.35/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,756	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	444.87/cwt	442.50–445.00	1,900	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	398.78/cwt	395.00–402.50	2,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	551.31/cwt	550.00–555.00	1,996	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	455.45/cwt	445.00–458.00	2,077	14
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	360	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	488.61/cwt	482.50–492.50	2,067	10
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	570	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,480	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	541	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,435	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,056	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	436	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,962	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	528	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,191	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,180	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	506.58/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,467	3
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	765	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	552.39/cwt	547.50–560.00	2,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	473.71/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	882	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	3,233	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	451.23/cwt	447.50–455.00	2,789	2
Steers	Large 1-2	950–1000	985	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,472	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	538.02/cwt	520.00–542.50	2,513	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	410.98/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,536	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	335	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,709	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	420	498.60/cwt	492.50–505.00	2,094	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	635	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	616.80/cwt	600.00–622.50	2,406	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	896	137.82/cwt	132.50–143.00	1,235	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	169.72/cwt	165.00–176.00	1,882	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	152.91/cwt	147.00–158.00	1,535	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,391	189.78/cwt	184.00–200.00	2,640	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	176.06/cwt	171.00–181.00	2,114	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	123.31/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,122	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,614	185.01/cwt	181.00–191.00	2,986	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	174.79/cwt	168.00–179.00	2,548	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,914	1
Bulls	—	—	1,608	220.34/cwt	220.00–221.00	3,543	3
Bulls	—	—	1,513	211.07/cwt	210.00–214.00	3,193	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	2,446.18/head	2,200.00–2,725.00	2,446	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	995	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	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	450–500	475	483.59/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,297	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	507.62/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,157	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	392.37/cwt	385.00–407.50	2,617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	446.84/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,114	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,002	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	404.95/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,328	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	568.14/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,131	6
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	785	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,458	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	592	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,457	2
Bulls	Large 2-3	350–400	363	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,561	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,214	1
Bulls	Large 2	550–600	570	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	336.07/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,917	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	338.04/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	357.50/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	453.10/cwt	450.00–462.50	2,311	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	546.14/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,337	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	542	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,331	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	489	396.24/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	323.39/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	374	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,683	8
Heifers	Large 2	400–450	400	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	574	363.86/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,089	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	433.06/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,031	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	497.57/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,692	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,041	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	486.81/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,821	7

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 May 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 471Last week 670Year ago 564

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 35Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 114Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	472	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	624	397.00	397.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	650.00	650.00
1	250–300	250	600.00	600.00
4	300–350	340	490.00–500.00	497.57
7	350–400	374	480.00–495.00	486.81
10	400–450	423	482.50–492.50	488.61
14	450–500	456	445.00–458.00	455.45
15	500–550	531	422.50–427.50	426.04
17	550–600	577	387.50–400.00	392.12
1	600–650	630	375.00	375.00
3	700–750	718	320.00–330.00	323.39
2	750–800	775	322.50	322.50
1	850–900	850	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	447	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	489	390.00–405.00	396.24
1	500–550	520	367.50	367.50
4	550–600	574	360.00–367.50	363.86
1	750–800	770	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	482.50	482.50
3	400–450	436	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	460	427.50	427.50
3	500–550	528	415.00	415.00
1	800–850	840	302.50	302.50
1	850–900	895	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	465.00	465.00
2	400–450	400	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	427	442.50–445.00	444.87
5	450–500	469	430.00–435.00	433.06
2	500–550	540	395.00–402.50	398.78
2	600–650	633	345.00–365.00	355.04
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	582	481.00–490.00	481.71
2	600–650	618	447.50–455.00	451.23
15	650–700	654	420.00–425.00	421.35
113	850–900	882	366.50	366.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	362	550.00–555.00	551.31
3	400–450	432	547.50–560.00	552.39
3	450–500	487	500.00–520.00	506.58
2	500–550	507	487.50	487.50
6	550–600	567	470.00–477.50	473.71
1	600–650	605	420.00	420.00
1	700–750	700	375.00	375.00
2	800–850	818	350.00	350.00
1	950–1000	955	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	477.50	477.50
1	850–900	895	317.50	317.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	541	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	570	435.00	435.00
2	750–800	765	367.50	367.50
1	950–1000	985	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	500.00–510.00	507.62
4	450–500	475	480.00–487.50	483.59
6	500–550	507	430.00	430.00
4	550–600	565	435.00	435.00
2	650–700	670	350.00–365.00	357.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	375	550.00–575.00	568.14
4	400–450	428	535.00–550.00	546.14
5	450–500	467	520.00–542.50	538.02
4	500–550	510	450.00–462.50	453.10
5	600–650	617	400.00–417.50	410.98
3	650–700	667	385.00–407.50	392.37
5	750–800	781	335.00–340.00	338.04
1	800–850	835	337.50	337.50
2	850–900	868	327.50–345.00	336.07
1	900–950	910	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	510.00	510.00
2	400–450	420	492.50–505.00	498.60
6	500–550	542	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	592	415.00	415.00
1	600–650	635	392.50	392.50
1	750–800	785	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	600.00–622.50	616.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	470.00	470.00
1	350–400	385	520.00	520.00
17	450–500	473	435.00–455.00	446.84
1	500–550	540	410.00	410.00
3	550–600	575	395.00–410.00	404.95
1	700–750	705	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	363	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	412.50	412.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	896	132.50–143.00	137.82
5	—	1,109	165.00–176.00	169.72
9	—	1,004	147.00–158.00	152.91
2	—	910	120.00–126.00	123.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,391	184.00–200.00	189.78
17	—	1,201	171.00–181.00	176.06
1	—	1,160	165.00	165.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,614	181.00–191.00	185.01
14	—	1,458	168.00–179.00	174.79
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,608	220.00–221.00	220.34
4	—	1,513	210.00–214.00	211.07

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	755	2,175.00	2,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,133	2,200.00–2,725.00	2,446.18
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,305	3,500.00	3,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	3,400.00	3,400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 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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How this sale compares

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