Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady-1.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned grass cattle. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 higher with increased demand, slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.44/cwt on 359 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −97.83 against this barn's trailing median of $230.27.

Average price

$132.44

359 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$16.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.19

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	697	132.91	926	349
Medium and Large 2-3	575	116.21	668	10thin

One grade step is worth $16.70/cwt here — about $259 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 sale359 hd

132.44

—

KY average25 barns · 4,132 hd

136.63

−4.19

This barn, trailing median1 sales

230.27

−97.83

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	1,723	89.79	1,547	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,548	58.97	913	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,201	56.56	679	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,062	48.51	515	10

Every lot, as filed

80 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 1-2Value Added	—	996	101.80/cwt	101.80–101.80	1,014	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	345	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	631	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	155.79/cwt	141.00–167.00	735	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	374	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	60.20/cwt	56.00–64.00	721	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	52.60/cwt	50.50–55.50	560	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,549	60.31/cwt	54.00–68.00	934	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	51.40/cwt	48.00–54.00	615	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	43.49/cwt	41.50–46.00	475	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	52.25/cwt	52.00–52.50	805	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	45.08/cwt	44.00–47.50	554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	891	1
Bulls	—	—	1,848	94.80/cwt	92.00–101.00	1,752	8
Bulls	—	—	1,432	76.70/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,098	3
Bulls	—	—	1,595	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	126.21/cwt	120.00–130.00	851	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	157.13/cwt	152.00–165.00	748	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	112.33/cwt	112.00–113.00	826	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	163.43/cwt	161.00–166.00	613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	947	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	174.85/cwt	174.00–176.00	722	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	139.25/cwt	120.00–148.00	735	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	160.48/cwt	156.00–164.00	669	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	153.41/cwt	150.00–155.00	419	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	131.50/cwt	120.00–140.00	623	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	115.03/cwt	114.00–116.00	380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	258	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	136.74/cwt	123.00–147.00	574	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	131.27/cwt	122.00–138.00	369	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	98.99/cwt	98.50–100.00	718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	120.16/cwt	113.00–127.00	690	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	115.01/cwt	113.00–117.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	327	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	507	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	130.56/cwt	115.00–137.00	676	50
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	600	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	390	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	515	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	273	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	9,420	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	7,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	159.08/cwt	149.00–164.00	694	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	239	164.97/cwt	160.00–170.00	394	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	946	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	718	103.51/cwt	103.00–104.00	743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	946.62/cwt	760.00–1,110.00	9,466	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	131.10/cwt	123.00–140.00	439	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	125.77/cwt	122.00–130.00	477	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	320	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	117.20/cwt	110.00–124.50	724	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	106.68/cwt	105.00–110.00	549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	244	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	410	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	746	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	930.60/cwt	830.00–1,010.00	11,707	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	860.36/cwt	850.00–880.00	7,890	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	131.48/cwt	122.00–137.00	816	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	163.44/cwt	160.00–168.00	525	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	136.14/cwt	124.00–159.00	760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	146.71/cwt	144.00–147.00	882	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	291	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	524	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	135.10/cwt	122.00–140.00	900	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	148.58/cwt	140.00–159.00	839	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	123.61/cwt	122.00–127.00	721	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	716	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	945	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	171.44/cwt	170.00–173.00	725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	148.58/cwt	134.00–157.00	782	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	171.01/cwt	165.00–172.00	677	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	133.12/cwt	130.00–135.00	843	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	112.04/cwt	106.00–115.00	807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	154.10/cwt	151.00–157.00	478	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	641	1

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 Apr 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 856Last week 1,344Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 125Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 30Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	996	101.80	101.80
6	—	345	183.00	183.00
3	—	511	167.00	167.00
21	—	601	144.00–147.00	146.71
5	—	291	180.00	180.00
47	—	716	132.00	132.00
5	—	423	170.00–173.00	171.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	472	141.00–167.00	155.79
12	—	436	149.00–164.00	159.08
4	—	239	160.00–170.00	164.97
2	—	757	125.00	125.00
25	—	666	122.00–140.00	135.10
13	—	565	140.00–159.00	148.58
5	—	816	107.00	107.00
2	—	905	88.00	88.00
42	—	526	134.00–157.00	148.58
16	—	396	165.00–172.00	171.01
8	—	633	130.00–135.00	133.12
3	—	720	106.00–115.00	112.04
2	—	310	151.00–157.00	154.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	103.00–104.00	103.51
1	—	280	110.00	110.00
5	—	583	122.00–127.00	123.61
1	—	480	126.00	126.00
1	—	635	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	99.00	99.00
9	—	674	120.00–130.00	126.21
6	—	476	152.00–165.00	157.13
3	—	735	112.00–113.00	112.33
2	—	375	161.00–166.00	163.43
1	—	770	123.00	123.00
7	—	528	120.00–148.00	139.25
5	—	417	156.00–164.00	160.48
3	—	273	150.00–155.00	153.41
1	—	845	107.00	107.00
7	—	621	122.00–137.00	131.48
6	—	321	160.00–168.00	163.44
3	—	558	124.00–159.00	136.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	413	174.00–176.00	174.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	210	154.00	154.00
19	—	474	120.00–140.00	131.50
50	—	420	123.00–147.00	136.74
6	—	281	122.00–138.00	131.27
3	—	725	98.50–100.00	98.99
32	—	574	113.00–127.00	120.16
50	—	518	115.00–137.00	130.56
8	—	335	123.00–140.00	131.10
5	—	379	122.00–130.00	125.77
45	—	618	110.00–124.50	117.20
5	—	660	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	102.00	102.00
2	—	330	114.00–116.00	115.03
1	—	460	111.00	111.00
2	—	433	113.00–117.00	115.01
1	—	680	96.00	96.00
3	—	515	105.00–110.00	106.68
1	—	705	85.00	85.00
1	—	370	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	258	165.00	165.00
6	—	327	155.00	155.00
5	—	244	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	124.00	124.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	65.00	65.00
1	—	515	53.00	53.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	39.00	39.00
6	—	1,064	50.50–55.50	52.60
3	—	1,093	41.50–46.00	43.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,197	56.00–64.00	60.20
6	—	1,197	48.00–54.00	51.40
3	—	1,230	44.00–47.50	45.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,549	54.00–68.00	60.31
2	—	1,540	52.00–52.50	52.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,848	92.00–101.00	94.80
3	—	1,432	75.00–78.00	76.70
1	—	1,595	89.00	89.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	785.00	785.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,010	730.00	730.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,000	760.00–1,110.00	946.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,258	830.00–1,010.00	930.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	917	850.00–880.00	860.36

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle