Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 500 lbs 4.00-6.00 higher; over 500lbs 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500lbs 3.00-5.00 higher; over 500lbs steady-2.00 higher. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 higher; slaughter Bulls sold steady with good demand on all slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.82/cwt on 600 head.

Average price

$134.82

600 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.76

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	596	135.25	806	587
Medium and Large 2-3	516	115.25	595	13thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $211 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 sale600 hd

134.82

—

KY average26 barns · 5,154 hd

132.07

+2.76

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	1,708	95.55	1,632	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,456	73.38	1,068	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,185	67.64	801	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	987	59.14	584	3thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1-2	—	579	143.89/cwt	134.50–153.50	833	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	131.69/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,013	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	562	159.80/cwt	158.00–160.00	898	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	508	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	814	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,034	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	149.21/cwt	137.00–155.00	768	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	432	178.18/cwt	173.00–190.00	770	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	350	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	783	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,096	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	152.56/cwt	140.00–169.00	716	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	163.18/cwt	156.00–164.00	835	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,094	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	462	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	134.79/cwt	134.00–136.00	636	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	135.71/cwt	125.50–139.00	996	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	163.24/cwt	155.00–170.00	537	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,129	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	730	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	555	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,680	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	927.06/cwt	875.00–1,000.00	10,448	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	1,090.00/cwt	1,090.00–1,090.00	13,407	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	548	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	59.24/cwt	58.00–60.50	677	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	61.71/cwt	61.00–62.50	600	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	72.03/cwt	70.00–76.00	879	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	65.99/cwt	63.00–69.50	770	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	1,050	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	66.58/cwt	63.50–69.00	963	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	75.92/cwt	70.00–85.00	1,094	19
Bulls	—	—	1,735	104.53/cwt	103.50–105.50	1,814	3
Bulls	—	—	1,791	94.55/cwt	91.00–97.50	1,693	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	129.61/cwt	128.00–132.00	820	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	142.23/cwt	133.00–147.00	680	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	149.43/cwt	144.00–155.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	147.25/cwt	130.00–156.50	751	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	114.51/cwt	114.00–115.00	893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	128.36/cwt	122.00–136.00	874	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	146.09/cwt	137.50–154.00	621	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	388	163.99/cwt	163.00–165.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	121.24/cwt	119.00–122.00	868	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	19,544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	138.83/cwt	130.00–145.25	666	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	126.37/cwt	120.00–133.00	848	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	674	135.40/cwt	135.40–135.40	913	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	885	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	136.39/cwt	130.00–144.00	597	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	330	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	220	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	407	149.78/cwt	148.00–152.00	610	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	119.47/cwt	113.00–126.00	875	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	150.00/cwt	148.00–152.00	417	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	120.65/cwt	112.00–129.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	727	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	938	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	275	190.74/cwt	185.00–197.50	525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	687	127.62/cwt	106.00–131.00	877	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	140.41/cwt	132.00–147.00	871	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	123.66/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,026	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	168.97/cwt	162.00–175.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	324	186.83/cwt	180.00–192.50	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	126.83/cwt	119.00–135.00	796	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	148.48/cwt	147.00–152.00	505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	666	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	133.91/cwt	121.00–139.00	704	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	145.23/cwt	144.00–149.00	530	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	130.36/cwt	123.00–138.50	748	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	974	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	144.51/cwt	141.50–145.00	837	107
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,149.51/cwt	1,125.00–1,175.00	14,656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	143.34/cwt	137.00–145.00	821	5
Bulls	—	—	1,213	87.62/cwt	87.00–88.00	1,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	140.53/cwt	134.00–149.00	925	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	161.76/cwt	157.00–167.00	681	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	613	153.01/cwt	150.00–155.00	938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	144.50/cwt	140.00–149.00	564	2

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 Sep 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,392Last week 1,289Year ago 2,041

Slaughter CattleReceipts 148Last week 130Year ago 240

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 12Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	579	134.50–153.50	143.89
28	—	769	128.00–133.00	131.69
29	—	515	137.00–155.00	149.21
31	—	469	140.00–169.00	152.56
1	—	960	114.00	114.00
36	—	734	125.50–139.00	135.71
6	—	329	155.00–170.00	163.24
1	—	1,065	106.00	106.00
46	—	620	132.00–147.00	140.41
6	—	830	123.00–124.00	123.66
3	—	390	162.00–175.00	168.97
51	—	658	134.00–149.00	140.53
9	—	421	157.00–167.00	161.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	562	158.00–160.00	159.80
24	—	814	127.00	127.00
16	—	432	173.00–190.00	178.18
1	—	350	187.50	187.50
59	—	783	140.00	140.00
19	—	512	156.00–164.00	163.18
2	—	462	176.00	176.00
3	—	275	185.00–197.50	190.74
4	—	324	180.00–192.50	186.83
7	—	613	150.00–155.00	153.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	131.00	131.00
2	—	610	125.00	125.00
5	—	472	134.00–136.00	134.79
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
7	—	687	106.00–131.00	127.62
1	—	595	133.00	133.00
1	—	910	106.00	106.00
2	—	390	140.00–149.00	144.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	76.00	76.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	633	128.00–132.00	129.61
6	—	478	133.00–147.00	142.23
2	—	390	144.00–155.00	149.43
7	—	510	130.00–156.50	147.25
2	—	780	114.00–115.00	114.51
7	—	681	122.00–136.00	128.36
3	—	425	137.50–154.00	146.09
4	—	716	119.00–122.00	121.24
5	—	573	137.00–145.00	143.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	163.00–165.00	163.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	480	130.00–145.25	138.83
18	—	671	120.00–133.00	126.37
21	—	438	130.00–144.00	136.39
2	—	935	103.00	103.00
34	—	732	113.00–126.00	119.47
3	—	278	148.00–152.00	150.00
35	—	628	119.00–135.00	126.83
4	—	340	147.00–152.00	148.48
38	—	526	121.00–139.00	133.91
9	—	365	144.00–149.00	145.23
1	—	750	115.00	115.00
54	—	574	123.00–138.50	130.36
12	—	836	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	100.00	100.00
2	—	260	127.00	127.00
1	—	220	135.00	135.00
2	—	428	112.00–129.00	120.65
1	—	490	126.00	126.00
3	—	666	110.00	110.00
1	—	550	116.00	116.00
1	—	600	90.00	90.00
1	—	720	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	674	135.40	135.40
18	—	407	148.00–152.00	149.78
2	—	630	135.50	135.50
18	—	727	129.00	129.00
107	—	579	141.50–145.00	144.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	131.00	131.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,127	875.00–1,000.00	927.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,230	1,090.00	1,090.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,325	1,475.00	1,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,275	1,125.00–1,175.00	1,149.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	54.00	54.00
2	—	973	61.00–62.50	61.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,143	58.00–60.50	59.24
17	—	1,220	70.00–76.00	72.03
25	—	1,167	63.00–69.50	65.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	59.00	59.00
5	—	1,446	63.50–69.00	66.58
19	—	1,441	70.00–85.00	75.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,735	103.50–105.50	104.53
11	—	1,791	91.00–97.50	94.55
2	—	1,213	87.00–88.00	87.62

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

Heifers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle