Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs steady; over 600 lbs 2.00-3.00 higher. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 higher with increased buyer activity; slaughter Bulls sold 2.00-3.00 lower with good demand on all slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.13/cwt on 709 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −91.14 against this barn's trailing median of $230.27.

Average price

$139.13

709 head · 747 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,040

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$397

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

$15.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.14

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	748	139.19	1,042	706
Medium and Large 2-3	520	124.00	645	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.19/cwt here — about $397 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 sale709 hd

139.13

—

KY average28 barns · 6,135 hd

140.27

−1.14

This barn, trailing median1 sales

230.27

−91.14

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	1,659	89.66	1,487	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,434	73.90	1,060	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,148	71.79	824	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	959	66.77	640	6thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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	—	909	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,154	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	144.44/cwt	138.50–153.00	693	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	765	140.19/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,072	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	462	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	147.10/cwt	137.00–150.00	838	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,196	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	142.36/cwt	136.00–144.75	965	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,016	115.75/cwt	115.75–115.75	1,176	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	414	165.90/cwt	157.00–167.00	687	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	145.83/cwt	137.00–154.00	764	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	127.51/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,052	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	143.50/cwt	140.00–149.00	874	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	134.27/cwt	127.50–135.75	901	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	135.92/cwt	128.00–144.00	659	2
Bulls	—	—	1,681	85.48/cwt	83.50–88.50	1,437	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	332	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	129.02/cwt	123.00–132.00	787	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	152.17/cwt	147.50–157.00	581	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	144.23/cwt	135.00–155.00	743	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	321	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	140.37/cwt	133.50–147.00	814	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	122.48/cwt	118.00–125.00	883	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	719	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	134.34/cwt	129.50–137.00	834	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	140.42/cwt	136.00–144.00	531	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	644	137.74/cwt	137.50–139.00	887	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	143.78/cwt	132.00–147.00	618	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	731	127.49/cwt	127.25–129.00	932	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	136.46/cwt	130.00–140.00	707	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	141.56/cwt	141.50–143.00	801	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	129.24/cwt	121.00–137.00	853	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	854	138.77/cwt	135.00–139.70	1,185	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	903	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	135.24/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,040	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	151.19/cwt	149.00–152.00	621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	826	138.61/cwt	133.50–140.75	1,145	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	113.26/cwt	109.00–114.00	750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	109.23/cwt	101.00–117.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	820	124.84/cwt	123.80–125.30	1,024	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	140.76/cwt	130.00–149.00	650	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	121.46/cwt	118.00–126.00	936	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	494	122.73/cwt	120.00–129.00	606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	137.83/cwt	137.40–139.00	934	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	137.58/cwt	124.00–140.00	795	120
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,140.00/cwt	1,140.00–1,140.00	10,830	1
Bulls	—	—	1,615	97.15/cwt	95.00–99.50	1,569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	147.82/cwt	130.00–154.00	634	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	91.63/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,512	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	430	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	327	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	1,008.10/cwt	900.00–1,050.00	13,761	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,276	1,061.63/cwt	860.00–1,160.00	13,546	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,182	840.06/cwt	820.00–850.00	9,930	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	68.64/cwt	68.00–69.50	1,001	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	74.81/cwt	70.00–84.00	1,070	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	64.70/cwt	64.00–65.00	628	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	68.84/cwt	68.00–69.50	653	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	59.25/cwt	59.00–59.50	639	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	66.13/cwt	62.00–69.50	758	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	75.19/cwt	70.00–86.00	867	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	153.31/cwt	153.25–153.50	954	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	135.32/cwt	130.00–139.50	1,001	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	117.98/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,097	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	735	140.56/cwt	139.75–145.25	1,033	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	157.28/cwt	156.00–158.50	835	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,109	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	506	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 Aug 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,647Last week 1,486Year ago 548

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 220Year ago 106

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 32Year ago 249

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
23	—	909	127.00	127.00
42	—	765	140.00–142.00	140.19
2	—	462	170.00	170.00
57	—	1,016	115.75	115.75
9	—	414	157.00–167.00	165.90
81	—	854	135.00–139.70	138.77
10	—	575	157.00	157.00
102	—	826	133.50–140.75	138.61
17	—	622	153.25–153.50	153.31
113	—	735	139.75–145.25	140.56
22	—	531	156.00–158.50	157.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	480	138.50–153.00	144.44
1	—	1,045	119.00	119.00
15	—	570	137.00–150.00	147.10
1	—	1,150	104.00	104.00
43	—	678	136.00–144.75	142.36
18	—	524	137.00–154.00	145.83
2	—	825	127.00–128.00	127.51
69	—	609	140.00–149.00	143.50
21	—	769	134.00–138.00	135.24
4	—	411	149.00–152.00	151.19
29	—	740	130.00–139.50	135.32
4	—	930	110.00–123.00	117.98
1	—	260	165.00	165.00
5	—	853	130.00	130.00
1	—	975	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	130.00	130.00
1	—	615	120.00	120.00
1	—	415	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	671	127.50–135.75	134.27
2	—	485	128.00–144.00	135.92
4	—	610	123.00–132.00	129.02
6	—	382	147.50–157.00	152.17
10	—	515	135.00–155.00	144.23
1	—	210	153.00	153.00
11	—	580	133.50–147.00	140.37
1	—	295	146.00	146.00
12	—	429	130.00–154.00	147.82
1	—	715	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	80.00	80.00
1	—	620	90.00	90.00
2	—	558	109.00–110.00	109.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	721	118.00–125.00	122.48
4	—	863	120.50	120.50
26	—	621	129.50–137.00	134.34
8	—	378	136.00–144.00	140.42
30	—	430	132.00–147.00	143.78
31	—	518	130.00–140.00	136.46
1	—	240	140.00	140.00
39	—	660	121.00–137.00	129.24
48	—	462	130.00–149.00	140.76
8	—	771	118.00–126.00	121.46
120	—	578	124.00–140.00	137.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	510	141.00	141.00
12	—	644	137.50–139.00	137.74
29	—	731	127.25–129.00	127.49
47	—	566	141.50–143.00	141.56
81	—	820	123.80–125.30	124.84
132	—	678	137.40–139.00	137.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	662	109.00–114.00	113.26
2	—	530	101.00–117.00	109.23
4	—	494	120.00–129.00	122.73
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	76.00	76.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,681	83.50–88.50	85.48
2	—	1,615	95.00–99.50	97.15
3	—	1,650	90.00–94.00	91.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,459	68.00–69.50	68.64
23	—	1,430	70.00–84.00	74.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	970	64.00–65.00	64.70
3	—	948	68.00–69.50	68.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	59.00–59.50	59.25
19	—	1,146	62.00–69.50	66.13
39	—	1,153	70.00–86.00	75.19

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	1	—	1,300	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,140.00	1,140.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,365	900.00–1,050.00	1,008.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,276	860.00–1,160.00	1,061.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,182	820.00–850.00	840.06

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

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

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle