Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.12/cwt on 1,056 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −93.15 against this barn's trailing median of $230.27.

Average price

$137.12

1,056 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$11.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.95

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	623	138.18	861	961
Medium and Large 2-3	561	126.40	710	95

One grade step is worth $11.78/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,056 hd

137.12

—

KY average21 barns · 4,764 hd

138.07

−0.95

This barn, trailing median1 sales

230.27

−93.15

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	—	Average	1,572	77.98	1,226	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,592	60.42	962	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	53.41	667	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	981	47.65	468	17

Every lot, as filed

103 lots · USDA AMS · Paris Stockyards - Paris, 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	—	970	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,169	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	402	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	141.60/cwt	136.00–151.00	466	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	131.42/cwt	124.00–136.00	1,076	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	113.95/cwt	110.00–121.00	461	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	103.05/cwt	100.00–106.00	704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	106.05/cwt	102.00–110.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	112.06/cwt	105.00–122.00	756	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	127.85/cwt	122.50–134.00	543	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	124.02/cwt	120.00–130.00	717	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	124.56/cwt	119.00–127.50	790	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	139.14/cwt	133.00–147.00	666	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	144.11/cwt	144.00–144.50	533	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	116.33/cwt	115.50–118.00	893	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	122.30/cwt	115.00–126.00	808	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	126.86/cwt	122.00–131.00	675	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	137.84/cwt	133.00–144.00	562	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	888	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	128.98/cwt	125.00–132.00	413	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	847	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	337	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	509	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	370	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	117.33/cwt	115.00–120.50	503	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	122.44/cwt	120.00–128.00	643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	883	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	703	122.67/cwt	120.00–124.00	862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	118.65/cwt	115.00–121.00	279	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	126.93/cwt	125.00–129.00	343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	990	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	662	141.77/cwt	141.50–142.00	939	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	750	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,088	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	591	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	863	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	133.18/cwt	127.50–138.00	831	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	138.69/cwt	130.00–145.00	730	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	132.94/cwt	124.00–138.00	956	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	144.62/cwt	138.00–152.50	691	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	132.73/cwt	126.00–138.00	887	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	129.83/cwt	129.00–130.00	497	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	130.25/cwt	129.00–133.00	544	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	776	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	811	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	389	110.00/cwt	109.00–112.00	428	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	316	109.08/cwt	105.00–112.00	345	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	108.38/cwt	105.00–110.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	917	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	917	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	729	133.70/cwt	133.70–133.70	975	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	636	126.60/cwt	125.50–127.00	805	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	144.37/cwt	134.00–151.00	622	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	669	128.17/cwt	128.00–128.50	857	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	475	134.64/cwt	132.00–135.00	640	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	780	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	991	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	121.17/cwt	113.00–128.00	696	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	119.98/cwt	112.00–129.00	626	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	124.53/cwt	114.00–130.00	588	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	119.67/cwt	114.00–122.00	746	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	48.72/cwt	46.00–51.00	481	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	41.86/cwt	38.00–45.00	404	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	54.46/cwt	52.00–56.50	542	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,626	63.24/cwt	61.50–65.50	1,028	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	57.60/cwt	54.50–60.00	897	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	52.26/cwt	48.00–56.50	648	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	58.99/cwt	57.00–63.50	752	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	45.40/cwt	41.00–47.00	568	8
Bulls	—	—	1,642	80.80/cwt	75.00–83.50	1,327	10
Bulls	—	—	1,430	68.86/cwt	65.00–73.00	985	5
Bulls	—	—	1,575	86.71/cwt	86.50–87.00	1,366	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	81.14/cwt	73.00–87.00	887	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,324	748.56/cwt	460.00–970.00	9,911	44
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	696.67/cwt	685.00–735.00	9,196	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	635.89/cwt	610.00–660.00	7,154	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	855.34/cwt	750.00–975.00	11,761	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	722.74/cwt	690.00–760.00	8,695	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,595	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	20,735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	735.06/cwt	710.00–760.00	7,115	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	125.47/cwt	120.00–128.00	784	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	132.68/cwt	128.00–135.00	629	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	671	126.23/cwt	124.00–127.00	847	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	122.75/cwt	120.00–127.00	709	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	127.58/cwt	120.00–132.50	989	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	138.94/cwt	133.00–149.00	529	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	113.77/cwt	112.00–119.00	594	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	362	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	443	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	724	104.33/cwt	103.00–105.00	755	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	433	137.17/cwt	136.00–137.50	594	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	104.97/cwt	103.00–109.00	922	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	106.42/cwt	103.00–108.50	969	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	118.51/cwt	115.00–122.00	395	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	119.83/cwt	115.00–122.50	326	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	109.12/cwt	102.00–111.50	838	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	113.07/cwt	109.00–114.00	808	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	124.88/cwt	114.00–129.00	467	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	135.44/cwt	121.00–136.50	1,166	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	133.54/cwt	129.00–138.00	755	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	121.06/cwt	117.00–125.00	573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	107.92/cwt	101.00–112.50	567	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	737	104.59/cwt	103.00–110.00	771	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	107.30/cwt	102.00–112.00	666	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	108.92/cwt	104.00–112.00	624	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	390	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	156.89/cwt	154.00–162.00	651	3

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 →

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Thu Nov 14, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,510Last week 2,863Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 202Last week 250Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 121Last week 75Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	114.00	114.00
4	—	935	125.00	125.00
7	—	285	141.00	141.00
11	—	329	136.00–151.00	141.60
20	—	819	124.00–136.00	131.42
145	—	624	127.50–138.00	133.18
87	—	526	130.00–145.00	138.69
83	—	719	124.00–138.00	132.94
79	—	478	138.00–152.50	144.62
72	—	668	126.00–138.00	132.73
35	—	431	134.00–151.00	144.37
24	—	775	120.00–132.50	127.58
22	—	381	133.00–149.00	138.94
38	—	861	121.00–136.50	135.44
55	—	565	129.00–138.00	133.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	120.00–128.00	122.44
3	—	883	118.00	118.00
3	—	703	120.00–124.00	122.67
3	—	235	115.00–121.00	118.65
2	—	270	125.00–129.00	126.93
1	—	990	107.00	107.00
6	—	383	129.00–130.00	129.83
5	—	418	129.00–133.00	130.25
20	—	625	120.00–128.00	125.47
19	—	474	128.00–135.00	132.68
17	—	671	124.00–127.00	126.23
12	—	578	120.00–127.00	122.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	662	141.50–142.00	141.77
67	—	750	145.00	145.00
62	—	591	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	153.00	153.00
3	—	415	154.00–162.00	156.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	110.00–121.00	113.95
2	—	683	100.00–106.00	103.05
2	—	578	102.00–110.00	106.05
1	—	250	106.00	106.00
5	—	522	112.00–119.00	113.77
6	—	362	120.00–125.00	122.46
6	—	724	103.00–105.00	104.33
1	—	345	120.00	120.00
2	—	473	117.00–125.00	121.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	578	120.00–130.00	124.02
12	—	634	119.00–127.50	124.56
11	—	479	133.00–147.00	139.14
10	—	370	144.00–144.50	144.11
9	—	768	115.50–118.00	116.33
6	—	661	115.00–126.00	122.30
6	—	532	122.00–131.00	126.86
6	—	408	133.00–144.00	137.84
3	—	838	106.00	106.00
3	—	320	125.00–132.00	128.98
1	—	730	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	337	151.00	151.00
1	—	370	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	675	105.00–122.00	112.06
24	—	425	122.50–134.00	127.85
140	—	574	113.00–128.00	121.17
116	—	522	112.00–129.00	119.98
84	—	472	114.00–130.00	124.53
50	—	623	114.00–122.00	119.67
3	—	878	103.00–109.00	104.97
8	—	911	103.00–108.50	106.42
9	—	333	115.00–122.00	118.51
14	—	272	115.00–122.50	119.83
16	—	768	102.00–111.50	109.12
18	—	715	109.00–114.00	113.07
20	—	374	114.00–129.00	124.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	660	105.00	105.00
9	—	429	115.00–120.50	117.33
6	—	776	104.00–105.00	104.51
6	—	389	109.00–112.00	110.00
6	—	316	105.00–112.00	109.08
3	—	473	105.00–110.00	108.38
2	—	917	100.00	100.00
13	—	525	101.00–112.50	107.92
15	—	737	103.00–110.00	104.59
24	—	621	102.00–112.00	107.30
29	—	573	104.00–112.00	108.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	729	133.70	133.70
67	—	636	125.50–127.00	126.60
63	—	669	128.00–128.50	128.17
43	—	475	132.00–135.00	134.64
11	—	780	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	433	136.00–137.50	137.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	987	46.00–51.00	48.72
6	—	966	38.00–45.00	41.86
4	—	995	52.00–56.50	54.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,626	61.50–65.50	63.24
11	—	1,557	54.50–60.00	57.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,239	48.00–56.50	52.26
23	—	1,275	57.00–63.50	58.99
8	—	1,252	41.00–47.00	45.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,642	75.00–83.50	80.80
5	—	1,430	65.00–73.00	68.86
2	—	1,575	86.50–87.00	86.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,093	73.00–87.00	81.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	44	—	1,324	460.00–970.00	748.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,320	685.00–735.00	696.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,125	610.00–660.00	635.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,375	750.00–975.00	855.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,203	690.00–760.00	722.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,595	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	968	710.00–760.00	735.06

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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