Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady-2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. 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 $132.31/cwt on 734 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −97.96 against this barn's trailing median of $230.27.

Average price

$132.31

734 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

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

$4.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.25

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	634	132.43	840	714
Medium and Large 2-3	465	128.05	595	20

One grade step is worth $4.38/cwt here — about $244 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 sale734 hd

132.31

—

KY average27 barns · 6,267 hd

130.06

+2.25

This barn, trailing median1 sales

230.27

−97.96

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	1,607	92.52	1,487	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,427	64.85	925	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,181	62.98	744	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,013	55.60	563	15

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	1,141.86/cwt	990.00–1,260.00	12,538	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,585	1,660.00/cwt	1,660.00–1,660.00	26,311	1
Bulls	—	—	1,235	76.05/cwt	73.00–79.00	939	2
Bulls	—	—	1,771	99.21/cwt	93.50–109.00	1,757	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	6,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	132.38/cwt	120.00–140.00	639	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	103.02/cwt	102.00–106.50	742	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	100.48/cwt	97.00–102.00	815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	269	1
Bulls	—	—	1,472	87.91/cwt	82.50–91.00	1,294	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	128.96/cwt	120.00–135.00	682	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	115.01/cwt	107.00–118.50	705	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	136.63/cwt	124.00–147.00	638	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	120.54/cwt	111.00–127.00	671	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	160.00/cwt	151.00–166.00	600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	139.58/cwt	129.00–147.00	613	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	159.71/cwt	154.00–165.00	529	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	162.90/cwt	140.00–175.00	440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	112.75/cwt	100.00–114.00	768	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	122.16/cwt	113.00–126.50	711	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	133.62/cwt	120.00–141.00	513	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	148.12/cwt	143.00–151.00	486	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	124.91/cwt	112.00–133.00	653	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	134.09/cwt	120.00–141.00	562	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	116.25/cwt	110.00–122.00	734	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	142.47/cwt	125.00–147.00	403	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	105.49/cwt	104.00–106.00	800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	787	110.20/cwt	110.20–110.20	867	142
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,234	891.68/cwt	830.00–1,000.00	11,003	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	7,548	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	938.12/cwt	710.00–1,090.00	11,802	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	326	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	466	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	132.44/cwt	130.00–135.00	510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	158.47/cwt	158.00–159.00	843	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	108.99/cwt	94.00–112.00	882	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	140.88/cwt	121.00–153.50	734	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	153.66/cwt	140.00–158.00	662	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	119.82/cwt	114.25–125.00	919	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	167.05/cwt	161.00–175.00	553	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	112.69/cwt	110.00–118.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	451	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	724	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	122.30/cwt	114.00–123.25	914	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	145.03/cwt	134.00–153.00	690	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	159.54/cwt	153.00–172.00	603	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	891	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	669	113.74/cwt	112.00–117.00	761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	611	145.28/cwt	142.00–146.00	888	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	131.20/cwt	122.00–139.00	879	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	134.26/cwt	122.50–146.00	781	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	132.53/cwt	122.00–139.00	830	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	92.59/cwt	86.00–93.00	865	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	171.88/cwt	163.00–175.00	438	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	65.26/cwt	62.00–74.00	793	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	61.52/cwt	59.50–64.50	653	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	47.32/cwt	46.00–49.00	491	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	57.94/cwt	54.00–61.00	632	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	882	46.39/cwt	45.00–49.00	409	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	59.56/cwt	58.00–61.50	877	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	54.29/cwt	50.50–57.50	559	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	65.63/cwt	62.00–75.00	932	27
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	17,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	8,640	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,122	934.26/cwt	860.00–1,035.00	10,482	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 →

Paris Stockyards - Paris, KY

Thu Apr 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,992Last week 1,476Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 100Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 75Last week 12Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,098	990.00–1,260.00	1,141.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,122	860.00–1,035.00	934.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,585	1,660.00	1,660.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,234	830.00–1,000.00	891.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	680.00	680.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,258	710.00–1,090.00	938.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	73.00–79.00	76.05
7	—	1,771	93.50–109.00	99.21
3	—	1,472	82.50–91.00	87.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,215	62.00–74.00	65.26
2	—	1,038	46.00–49.00	47.32
11	—	1,090	54.00–61.00	57.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,062	59.50–64.50	61.52
3	—	882	45.00–49.00	46.39
6	—	1,030	50.50–57.50	54.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,473	58.00–61.50	59.56
27	—	1,420	62.00–75.00	65.63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	483	120.00–140.00	132.38
15	—	720	102.00–106.50	103.02
4	—	811	97.00–102.00	100.48
106	—	681	100.00–114.00	112.75
42	—	582	113.00–126.50	122.16
35	—	384	120.00–141.00	133.62
11	—	328	143.00–151.00	148.12
1	—	215	146.00	146.00
126	—	523	112.00–133.00	124.91
45	—	419	120.00–141.00	134.09
36	—	631	110.00–122.00	116.25
13	—	283	125.00–147.00	142.47
4	—	758	104.00–106.00	105.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	108.00	108.00
1	—	240	112.00	112.00
1	—	725	97.00	97.00
1	—	350	110.00	110.00
1	—	455	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	787	110.20	110.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	112.00	112.00
1	—	370	135.00	135.00
1	—	420	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	529	120.00–135.00	128.96
7	—	613	107.00–118.50	115.01
1	—	685	113.00	113.00
15	—	467	124.00–147.00	136.63
8	—	557	111.00–127.00	120.54
3	—	375	151.00–166.00	160.00
19	—	439	129.00–147.00	139.58
12	—	331	154.00–165.00	159.71
4	—	270	140.00–175.00	162.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	326	143.00	143.00
2	—	385	130.00–135.00	132.44
3	—	633	110.00–118.00	112.69
1	—	450	103.00	103.00
4	—	669	112.00–117.00	113.74
1	—	570	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	532	158.00–159.00	158.47
11	—	451	160.50	160.50
29	—	611	142.00–146.00	145.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	809	94.00–112.00	108.99
64	—	521	121.00–153.50	140.88
40	—	431	140.00–158.00	153.66
19	—	767	114.25–125.00	119.82
11	—	331	161.00–175.00	167.05
97	—	747	114.00–123.25	122.30
49	—	476	134.00–153.00	145.03
23	—	378	153.00–172.00	159.54
16	—	853	104.50	104.50
98	—	670	122.00–139.00	131.20
63	—	582	122.50–146.00	134.26
35	—	626	122.00–139.00	132.53
17	—	934	86.00–93.00	92.59
4	—	255	163.00–175.00	171.88

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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