Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2026-05-21

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Thu, May 21
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2204
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,165 head
505 vs last sale 1,660 830 vs year ago 1,335 · +62.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
0 vs last sale 114 129 vs year ago 243 · 53.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
112 head
63 vs last sale 175 16 vs year ago 96 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Groups of 20 more:

Steers Heifers

84hd 593lbs BLK/Few Mix 500.00 25hd 550lbs BLK 450.00

22hd 596lbs BLK 452.50 84hd 620lbs BLK 437.75

29hd 631lbs BLK 417.00 67hd 636lbs Mixed 424.00

60hd 768lbs BLK 401.00 88hd 657lbs BLK 420.00

59hd 773lbs BLK 388.25 159hd 660lbs BLK 421.70

62hd 826lbs BLK 370.00 57hd 697lbs Mixed 372.50

71hd 865lbs BLK 360.25

60hd 892lbs 85% BLK/Mixed 356.25

103hd 988lbs BLK 329.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $433.55/cwt on 151 head, up $18.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 32 comparable sales and sits +22.33 against this barn's trailing median of $411.22.
Average price
$433.55
18.78 vs prior sale
151 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,377
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$393
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$60.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.56
vs KY average
+15.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544440.162,396124
Medium and Large 2-3572406.062,32124
Medium and Large 2527380.052,0033thin
One grade step is worth $60.12/cwt here — about $393 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

32 sales
461418376333median 411.2212/1803/0504/3006/2508/20
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $446.90, low $346.97, median $411.22 across 32 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 sale151 hd
433.55
KY average27 barns · 1,470 hd
410.99
+22.56
National average175 barns · 12,602 hd
418.26
+15.29
This barn, trailing median32 sales
411.22
+22.33
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,569223.883,51321
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,341179.432,40756
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,700176.713,0044thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,060175.791,86326
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,190260.793,1035thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,315$3,8251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,330$3,06123
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,265$2,8751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,184$2,84610
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,119$2,7375
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,370$2,5751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,116$2,4426
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,268$3,3042thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,638$5,0132thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,540$4,4751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,393$4,2942thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,143$4,0712thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,450$4,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

124 lots · USDA AMS · Paris Stockyards - Paris, KY (Thursday)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350320610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,9521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2200–250233662.58/cwt620.00–710.001,5442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350320580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,8561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550518512.71/cwt500.00–518.002,65614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900851345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,9363
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650627431.56/cwt424.00–437.752,706151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533474.91/cwt472.50–480.002,5319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429470.38/cwt450.00–492.002,01828
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628371.01/cwt370.00–375.002,33010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400374615.81/cwt600.00–630.002,30312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400350510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7852
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750720356.37/cwt340.00–360.002,56633
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600571442.83/cwt432.50–455.002,5299
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466542.60/cwt510.00–555.002,52929
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800765382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,9225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750733374.83/cwt370.00–385.002,7488
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522439.74/cwt422.50–447.002,29534
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500467485.66/cwt482.50–490.002,2688
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300270570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700657384.27/cwt370.00–388.002,52527
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750737355.41/cwt352.50–360.002,6196
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700671430.47/cwt429.00–445.002,88832
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755353.15/cwt340.00–354.002,66617
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy750–800750485.00/cwt485.00–485.003,6382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500483512.46/cwt505.00–515.002,4754
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350345640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,2081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400365575.68/cwt550.00–600.002,1012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478464.98/cwt450.00–472.502,22320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450426530.28/cwt517.00–560.002,25910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450415486.67/cwt480.00–490.002,0203
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400365655.41/cwt640.00–670.002,3922
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500463517.00/cwt517.00–517.002,3946
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350330570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569430.45/cwt417.50–445.002,44946
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850835333.38/cwt331.00–335.002,7845
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750733362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,65319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600550450.39/cwt450.00–460.002,47726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550515451.01/cwt450.00–455.002,32318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450413577.50/cwt577.50–577.502,3859
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550523445.55/cwt440.00–447.502,33011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650649400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5968
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450421511.92/cwt502.50–517.502,15511
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3934,294.08/head4,000.00–4,600.004,2942
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6254,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4504,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250235630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,4811
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1434,071.33/head3,750.00–4,300.004,0712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3153,825.00/head3,825.00–3,825.003,8251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1162,442.05/head1,500.00–2,750.002,4426
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3702,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,010233.83/cwt191.00–300.002,36211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400363645.00/cwt645.00–645.002,3416
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2400–450425430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8281
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2450–500465445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0691
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2350–400370450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6651
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5404,475.00/head4,475.00–4,475.004,4751
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,660169.92/cwt169.00–171.002,8212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,740183.51/cwt183.00–184.003,1932
CowsBoner 80-85%1,350164.37/cwt159.00–170.002,2197
CowsBoner 80-85%1,337180.08/cwt172.00–188.002,40844
Bulls1,589207.84/cwt199.00–217.003,3038
CowsLean 85-90%1,160190.33/cwt186.00–195.002,2082
SteersSelect and Choice1,190260.79/cwt222.00–287.503,1035
Bulls1,825253.00/cwt250.00–256.004,6172
Bulls1,508230.25/cwt219.00–242.503,47211
CowsLean 85-90%1,130167.06/cwt164.00–169.001,8886
CowsLean 85-90%1,025177.09/cwt170.00–183.001,81518
CowsBoner 80-85%1,366194.84/cwt191.00–205.502,6625
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1842,845.66/head2,250.00–3,225.002,84610
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6505,425.00/head5,425.00–5,425.005,4251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1192,737.27/head2,225.00–2,900.002,7375
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2652,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3303,060.60/head2,600.00–3,600.003,06123
SteersLarge 2-3400–450415350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4531
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650645350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2581
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550515493.00/cwt493.00–493.002,53914
SteersMedium and Large 2-3900–950935267.41/cwt250.00–285.002,5002
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500475452.87/cwt445.00–457.002,1513
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600576402.68/cwt385.00–412.002,31921
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,2683,304.44/head3,150.00–3,450.003,3042
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550540429.73/cwt415.00–437.002,3213
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400380485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8431
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850816292.99/cwt287.00–305.002,3913
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350300500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500481428.89/cwt415.00–442.502,0638
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850820330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,7061
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450415445.90/cwt442.00–450.001,8502
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450433439.98/cwt430.00–445.001,9053
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550535445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700675340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2951
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800767306.74/cwt302.50–315.002,3533
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700693330.07/cwt310.00–350.002,2872
SteersMedium and Large 2-3950–1000995265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,6371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Replacement900–950940326.00/cwt326.00–326.003,06411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Replacement650–700697372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,59657
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650626492.51/cwt480.00–500.003,0838
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600589465.21/cwt452.50–491.002,74039
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950910330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,0031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added950–1000988329.00/cwt329.00–329.003,251103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300288684.87/cwt680.00–690.001,9722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650634455.46/cwt430.00–471.002,88847
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750725330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850826370.00/cwt370.00–370.003,05662
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350315470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700662487.00/cwt487.00–487.003,2242
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800770394.66/cwt388.25–401.003,039119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600592500.13/cwt500.00–512.002,96185
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700680390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,6522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700659421.11/cwt420.00–422.502,775250
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550520335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750737392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,8899
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900877358.39/cwt356.25–360.253,143131
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550540320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7281
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600578432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,5004
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450421421.52/cwt415.00–425.001,7753
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400381587.60/cwt580.00–590.002,2394
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400385475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8291
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465420.16/cwt415.00–425.001,9542
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600575370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800765327.62/cwt290.00–347.002,5063
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550503385.07/cwt370.00–400.001,9372
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400390515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,0091
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500472496.94/cwt495.00–500.002,3465
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700684407.74/cwt372.50–422.002,78919

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.