Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $390.26/cwt on 84 head, down $10.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 22 comparable sales and sits −14.05 against this barn's trailing median of $404.31.

Average price

$390.26

▼ 10.24 vs prior sale

84 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$20.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.01

vs KY average

+14.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	577	391.22	2,259	80
Medium and Large 2-3	551	371.00	2,044	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.22/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.93, low $354.51, median $404.31 across 22 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 sale84 hd

390.26

—

KY average25 barns · 1,015 hd

406.27

−16.01

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

+14.45

This barn, trailing median22 sales

404.31

−14.05

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	1,464	222.20	3,253	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,608	187.49	3,014	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	183.61	2,328	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	969	160.28	1,553	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,390	206.12	2,865	2thin

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,345	$3,325	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	2,060	$5,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,371	$3,848	7

Every lot, as filed

76 lots · USDA AMS · Paris Stockyards - Paris, KY (Monday)

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	885	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	771	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,251	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	523.74/cwt	515.00–530.00	2,168	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	432.84/cwt	422.00–437.50	2,060	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	326.05/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,230	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,633	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	406.16/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,092	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	417.30/cwt	412.00–422.50	2,337	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	429.07/cwt	427.00–433.00	2,639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	386.57/cwt	382.50–387.00	2,304	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	346.24/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,171	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	349.98/cwt	347.00–362.00	2,499	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	464.99/cwt	462.50–470.00	2,041	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	205	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,169	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	510.17/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	397.94/cwt	397.50–400.00	2,081	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	1,832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	467.37/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	410.19/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,354	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,592	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	329.04/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,363	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	186.10/cwt	182.00–190.00	2,390	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	157.79/cwt	155.00–161.00	2,020	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,402	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	165.04/cwt	163.00–167.00	1,604	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,721	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,718	194.12/cwt	192.00–199.00	3,335	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	579	442.73/cwt	441.00–447.50	2,563	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	419.09/cwt	410.00–421.00	2,661	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	687	316.00/cwt	315.00–317.00	2,171	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,041	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,989	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	607	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,046	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	367.02/cwt	362.00–370.00	2,305	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	417.47/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,133	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	930	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	542	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,016	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	587	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	398.29/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,072	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	900	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,178	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	990	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	322.55/cwt	310.00–327.50	2,338	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,311	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	845	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,213	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	178.47/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,222	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,371	3,848.29/head	3,000.00–4,550.00	3,848	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,060	5,100.00/head	5,100.00–5,100.00	5,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,185	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	3,325.00/head	3,325.00–3,325.00	3,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	418.47/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,205	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,559	185.73/cwt	183.00–190.00	2,896	8
Bulls	—	—	1,470	227.42/cwt	227.00–228.00	3,343	2
Bulls	—	—	1,415	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,972	1
Bulls	—	—	1,471	222.56/cwt	218.00–225.00	3,274	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,390	206.12/cwt	204.00–209.00	2,865	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	194.64/cwt	191.00–202.00	2,439	5

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 →

Paris Stockyards - Paris, KY (Monday)

Mon Jul 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 342Last week 451Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 55Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	485.00	485.00
3	450–500	473	395.00–400.00	398.29
1	500–550	530	385.00	385.00
2	550–600	587	397.50	397.50
4	650–700	687	315.00–317.00	316.00
1	700–750	730	312.00	312.00
1	800–850	845	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	885	242.00	242.00
1	900–950	930	220.00	220.00
1	950–1000	990	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	570.00	570.00
1	300–350	315	520.00	520.00
1	350–400	365	502.00	502.00
3	400–450	425	500.00–515.00	510.17
1	450–500	490	392.00	392.00
5	500–550	527	410.00–425.00	418.47
12	550–600	574	400.00–415.00	410.19
2	600–650	642	402.00	402.00
4	650–700	652	397.50	397.50
3	700–750	718	320.00–340.00	329.04
1	750–800	785	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	815	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	437.00	437.00
14	550–600	579	441.00–447.50	442.73
6	600–650	615	427.00–433.00	429.07
1	650–700	655	407.00	407.00
4	750–800	771	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	414	515.00–530.00	523.74
6	500–550	515	400.00–425.00	406.16
2	550–600	560	412.00–422.50	417.30
24	600–650	635	410.00–421.00	419.09
7	650–700	684	385.00	385.00
9	700–750	714	347.00–362.00	349.98
2	800–850	817	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	485.00	485.00
1	450–500	465	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	525	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	585	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	520.00	520.00
1	300–350	345	450.00	450.00
2	350–400	375	465.00–470.00	467.37
12	400–450	439	462.50–470.00	464.99
14	450–500	476	422.00–437.50	432.84
11	500–550	523	397.50–400.00	397.94
61	550–600	596	382.50–387.00	386.57
23	600–650	627	340.00–355.00	346.24
12	650–700	684	320.00–331.00	326.05
5	700–750	725	310.00–327.50	322.55
1	850–900	850	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	475	412.00	412.00
2	500–550	542	372.00	372.00
2	550–600	560	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	607	337.00	337.00
1	700–750	705	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	750	295.00	295.00
2	900–950	900	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	511	410.00–420.00	417.47
13	600–650	628	362.00–370.00	367.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,284	182.00–190.00	186.10
2	—	1,280	155.00–161.00	157.79
7	—	1,245	175.00–180.00	178.47
5	—	1,253	191.00–202.00	194.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	146.00	146.00
3	—	972	163.00–167.00	165.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	175.00	175.00
4	—	1,718	192.00–199.00	194.12
8	—	1,559	183.00–190.00	185.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	227.00–228.00	227.42
1	—	1,415	210.00	210.00
5	—	1,471	218.00–225.00	222.56
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,390	204.00–209.00	206.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,371	3,000.00–4,550.00	3,848.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	2,060	5,100.00	5,100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	230.00	230.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,345	3,325.00	3,325.00

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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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

Paris Stockyards - Paris, KY (Monday)

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle