Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned grass cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 higher with good demand, slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.00/cwt on 546 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −95.27 against this barn's trailing median of $230.27.

Average price

$135.00

546 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$884

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$20.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.56

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	658	135.96	895	520
Medium and Large 2-3	574	115.80	665	26

One grade step is worth $20.16/cwt here — about $231 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 sale546 hd

135.00

—

KY average26 barns · 4,019 hd

137.56

−2.56

This barn, trailing median1 sales

230.27

−95.27

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	—	Low	1,666	89.33	1,488	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,450	64.70	938	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,174	60.99	716	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,031	50.23	518	9thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	127.09/cwt	124.50–131.00	742	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	131.32/cwt	116.00–138.00	674	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	137.65/cwt	125.00–144.00	597	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	156.00/cwt	152.00–166.00	746	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	178.02/cwt	174.00–180.00	753	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	40.50/cwt	40.50–40.50	395	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	63.94/cwt	60.00–69.00	751	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	54.68/cwt	50.00–63.50	581	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	65.65/cwt	61.00–70.50	957	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	56.84/cwt	51.00–59.00	665	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	41.76/cwt	41.50–42.00	402	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	832	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	555	1
Bulls	—	—	1,310	74.17/cwt	70.00–77.00	972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	352	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	618	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	138.98/cwt	130.00–145.00	705	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	146.10/cwt	140.00–161.00	687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	128.00/cwt	124.00–129.00	792	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	150.82/cwt	135.00–158.00	567	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	158.83/cwt	151.00–167.00	665	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	105.95/cwt	105.95–105.95	906	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	131.01/cwt	121.00–140.00	491	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	144.53/cwt	140.00–148.00	396	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	793	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	418	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	116.69/cwt	105.00–124.50	727	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	124.56/cwt	115.00–132.00	704	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	107.92/cwt	107.00–108.00	841	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	136.40/cwt	127.00–141.00	451	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	372	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	525	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,247	964.01/cwt	775.00–1,080.00	12,021	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,226	871.32/cwt	690.00–990.00	10,682	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	836.28/cwt	640.00–1,000.00	8,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	324	128.40/cwt	127.00–132.50	416	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	872	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	140.39/cwt	121.00–144.00	870	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	119.58/cwt	105.00–123.50	890	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	95.00/cwt	94.00–97.00	920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	823	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	946	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	168.26/cwt	162.00–170.00	872	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	146.14/cwt	135.00–151.00	837	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	153.50/cwt	140.00–160.00	803	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	105.47/cwt	105.00–107.50	450	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	146.53/cwt	140.00–153.00	755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	132.26/cwt	122.00–143.00	631	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	110.53/cwt	105.00–115.00	750	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	106.90/cwt	90.00–114.50	768	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	936	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	936	12
Bulls	—	—	1,876	95.68/cwt	92.50–104.50	1,795	8
Bulls	—	—	1,424	84.21/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,199	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	133.49/cwt	132.00–138.00	892	99
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	121.39/cwt	121.00–126.00	698	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	101.99/cwt	101.00–104.00	632	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	947	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	947	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	164.63/cwt	150.00–172.00	525	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	170.00/cwt	163.00–174.00	653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	144.90/cwt	144.00–146.50	962	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	116.67/cwt	105.00–120.00	901	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	105.07/cwt	102.00–112.00	858	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	330	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	99.76/cwt	90.00–106.00	673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	163.01/cwt	159.00–165.00	703	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	101.99/cwt	100.00–104.00	890	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	611	150.14/cwt	148.00–151.50	917	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	711	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	903	6

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 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,476Last week 856Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 75Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 35Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	584	124.50–131.00	127.09
3	—	700	120.00	120.00
1	—	320	160.00	160.00
7	—	507	130.00–145.00	138.98
4	—	470	140.00–161.00	146.10
1	—	685	104.00	104.00
7	—	619	124.00–129.00	128.00
5	—	376	135.00–158.00	150.82
1	—	760	112.00	112.00
1	—	245	162.00	162.00
11	—	419	151.00–167.00	158.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	352	175.50	175.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	962	83.50	83.50
57	—	513	116.00–138.00	131.32
37	—	434	125.00–144.00	137.65
30	—	855	105.95	105.95
23	—	375	121.00–140.00	131.01
4	—	274	140.00–148.00	144.53
45	—	623	105.00–124.50	116.69
31	—	565	115.00–132.00	124.56
25	—	779	107.00–108.00	107.92
9	—	331	127.00–141.00	136.40
1	—	240	155.00	155.00
51	—	477	122.00–143.00	132.26
36	—	679	105.00–115.00	110.53
27	—	718	90.00–114.50	106.90
12	—	936	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	106.00	106.00
3	—	793	85.00	85.00
5	—	427	105.00–107.50	105.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	157.00	157.00
4	—	515	140.00–153.00	146.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	478	152.00–166.00	156.00
17	—	620	121.00–144.00	140.39
11	—	744	105.00–123.50	119.58
3	—	968	94.00–97.00	95.00
42	—	573	135.00–151.00	146.14
21	—	523	140.00–160.00	153.50
99	—	668	132.00–138.00	133.49
17	—	947	100.00	100.00
13	—	319	150.00–172.00	164.63
4	—	384	163.00–174.00	170.00
1	—	1,025	96.00	96.00
43	—	772	105.00–120.00	116.67
24	—	817	102.00–112.00	105.07
15	—	431	159.00–165.00	163.01
7	—	873	100.00–104.00	101.99
2	—	275	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	174.00–180.00	178.02
58	—	823	115.00	115.00
22	—	518	162.00–170.00	168.26
36	—	664	144.00–146.50	144.90
1	—	330	179.00	179.00
46	—	611	148.00–151.50	150.14
6	—	711	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	324	127.00–132.50	128.40
2	—	872	95.00	95.00
13	—	575	121.00–126.00	121.39
3	—	620	101.00–104.00	101.99
3	—	675	90.00–106.00	99.76
1	—	525	124.00	124.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	81.00	81.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	40.50	40.50
6	—	1,063	50.00–63.50	54.68
2	—	963	41.50–42.00	41.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,175	60.00–69.00	63.94
8	—	1,170	51.00–59.00	56.84
1	—	1,180	47.00	47.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,457	61.00–70.50	65.65
1	—	1,410	59.00	59.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	70.00–77.00	74.17
8	—	1,876	92.50–104.50	95.68
4	—	1,424	80.00–87.50	84.21

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)	5	—	1,247	775.00–1,080.00	964.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,226	690.00–990.00	871.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	968	640.00–1,000.00	836.28

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