Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady-2.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500lb 6.00-8.00 lower, over 500lbs 2.00-3.00 lower. As stock market and cattle futures fall over the past few weeks. Buyers showed moderate interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.00/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −101.26 against this barn's trailing median of $230.27.

Average price

$129.00

144 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$356

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

$25.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.07

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	699	129.87	907	139
Medium and Large 2-3	526	104.84	552	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.03/cwt here — about $356 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 sale144 hd

129.00

—

KY average27 barns · 2,690 hd

126.94

+2.07

This barn, trailing median1 sales

230.27

−101.26

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	1,662	96.41	1,602	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,503	73.77	1,109	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,171	72.12	845	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,066	51.48	548	10

Every lot, as filed

59 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	75.65/cwt	71.00–80.00	1,152	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	66.05/cwt	62.00–69.50	766	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	64.42/cwt	63.00–66.00	727	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	66.26/cwt	66.00–66.50	943	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	134.74/cwt	127.50–142.50	489	2
Bulls	—	—	1,738	100.50/cwt	97.00–108.00	1,747	6
Bulls	—	—	1,478	93.67/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,384	3
Bulls	—	—	1,708	88.24/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	122.83/cwt	119.00–125.00	765	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	259	148.46/cwt	126.00–157.50	385	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	139.50/cwt	138.00–141.00	642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	357	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	124.90/cwt	113.00–133.00	714	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	136.28/cwt	129.00–149.00	446	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	106.02/cwt	103.00–109.00	459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	123.50/cwt	117.00–128.50	645	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	117.29/cwt	111.50–128.00	434	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	112.69/cwt	109.00–120.00	296	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	98.29/cwt	86.00–114.00	560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	128.26/cwt	114.00–135.00	609	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	108.41/cwt	102.00–118.00	675	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	122.44/cwt	111.00–126.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	823.27/cwt	760.00–860.00	8,793	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	984	775.69/cwt	690.00–830.00	7,633	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	828.19/cwt	800.00–850.00	6,982	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	8,892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	99.49/cwt	96.00–103.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	417	138.39/cwt	137.50–139.00	577	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	125.73/cwt	110.00–133.50	534	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	121.35/cwt	110.00–129.00	387	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	121.60/cwt	120.00–123.00	814	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	132.26/cwt	128.00–134.00	716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	134.67/cwt	131.00–139.50	768	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	135.58/cwt	135.50–136.00	845	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	99.60/cwt	80.00–119.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	149.17/cwt	135.00–154.00	765	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	121.00/cwt	115.00–127.00	859	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	160.61/cwt	143.00–164.00	695	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	128.21/cwt	120.00–141.00	859	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	160.32/cwt	158.00–163.00	625	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	946	108.10/cwt	108.10–108.10	1,023	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	50.76/cwt	50.50–51.00	489	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	75.46/cwt	71.50–80.00	884	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	44.00/cwt	39.00–46.00	470	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

Thu Mar 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 395Last week 2,246Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 147Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 45Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,523	71.00–80.00	75.65
2	—	1,423	66.00–66.50	66.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,160	62.00–69.50	66.05
1	—	1,290	59.50	59.50
22	—	1,171	71.50–80.00	75.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	63.00–66.00	64.42
2	—	963	50.50–51.00	50.76
5	—	1,069	39.00–46.00	44.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,738	97.00–108.00	100.50
3	—	1,478	92.00–95.00	93.67
2	—	1,708	87.00–89.00	88.24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	127.50–142.50	134.74
7	—	623	119.00–125.00	122.83
5	—	259	126.00–157.50	148.46
2	—	460	138.00–141.00	139.50
1	—	430	127.00	127.00
5	—	572	113.00–133.00	124.90
3	—	327	129.00–149.00	136.28
1	—	875	105.00	105.00
5	—	669	120.00–123.00	121.60
4	—	541	128.00–134.00	132.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	357	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	103.00	103.00
16	—	522	117.00–128.50	123.50
7	—	370	111.50–128.00	117.29
3	—	263	109.00–120.00	112.69
21	—	475	114.00–135.00	128.26
8	—	623	102.00–118.00	108.41
4	—	580	111.00–126.00	122.44
1	—	655	126.00	126.00
16	—	425	110.00–133.50	125.73
5	—	319	110.00–129.00	121.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	103.00–109.00	106.02
1	—	310	94.00	94.00
4	—	570	86.00–114.00	98.29
1	—	505	105.00	105.00
2	—	658	96.00–103.00	99.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	417	137.50–139.00	138.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	570	131.00–139.50	134.67
6	—	623	135.50–136.00	135.58
1	—	785	112.00	112.00
17	—	513	135.00–154.00	149.17
6	—	710	115.00–127.00	121.00
1	—	890	101.00	101.00
1	—	225	150.00	150.00
22	—	433	143.00–164.00	160.61
10	—	670	120.00–141.00	128.21
6	—	390	158.00–163.00	160.32
1	—	470	140.00	140.00
55	—	946	108.10	108.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	80.00–119.00	99.60
1	—	375	100.00	100.00
1	—	590	117.00	117.00
1	—	690	108.00	108.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,068	760.00–860.00	823.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	984	690.00–830.00	775.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	843	800.00–850.00	828.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	780.00	780.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,000.00	1,000.00

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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Paris Stockyards - Paris, KY

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle