Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.24/cwt on 501 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −93.03 against this barn's trailing median of $230.27.

Average price

$137.24

501 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$16.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.10

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	720	137.74	992	486
Medium and Large 2-3	577	121.02	698	15thin

One grade step is worth $16.72/cwt here — about $294 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 sale501 hd

137.24

—

KY average25 barns · 4,860 hd

139.34

−2.10

This barn, trailing median1 sales

230.27

−93.03

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	1,596	87.80	1,401	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,467	67.08	984	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,235	62.04	766	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,066	56.24	600	8thin

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	—	711	132.58/cwt	129.50–135.00	943	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	125.69/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,050	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	128.14/cwt	124.00–137.00	997	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	383	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	118.19/cwt	116.00–123.00	921	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	119.12/cwt	114.00–123.00	851	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	388	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	136.04/cwt	135.00–139.00	706	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	805	1
Bulls	—	—	1,673	97.10/cwt	95.50–98.50	1,624	2
Bulls	—	—	1,530	78.44/cwt	77.50–79.50	1,200	3
Bulls	—	—	1,603	89.38/cwt	84.00–92.00	1,433	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	130.09/cwt	120.00–135.00	808	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	153.46/cwt	146.00–157.00	591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	129.18/cwt	120.00–133.50	559	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	132.94/cwt	130.00–136.00	417	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	124.97/cwt	121.00–129.00	601	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	119.59/cwt	115.00–124.00	868	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	129.61/cwt	122.00–131.75	745	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	116.99/cwt	109.00–118.50	921	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	111.01/cwt	108.00–114.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	124.31/cwt	117.00–132.00	653	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	121.27/cwt	110.00–128.50	758	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	815	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	143.86/cwt	139.00–151.00	827	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	116.76/cwt	109.00–120.00	1,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	141.71/cwt	141.50–144.00	857	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	136.08/cwt	125.00–139.50	841	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	107.07/cwt	104.00–110.00	351	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	115.33/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,122	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	156.27/cwt	155.00–157.50	430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	814	131.62/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,071	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	131.12/cwt	125.00–139.00	882	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	466	134.72/cwt	130.00–137.00	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	158.58/cwt	155.00–162.50	515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	952	132.20/cwt	132.20–132.20	1,259	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	143.28/cwt	137.00–151.00	757	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	150.82/cwt	141.00–159.00	649	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	791	110.67/cwt	110.00–112.00	875	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,205	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	123.05/cwt	110.00–131.00	836	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	113.42/cwt	112.00–114.00	994	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	223	134.83/cwt	130.00–140.00	301	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	109.31/cwt	103.00–113.00	512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	778	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,000	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	126.41/cwt	122.00–134.00	496	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,016	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	111.67/cwt	106.00–119.00	481	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,012.50/cwt	1,000.00–1,025.00	12,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	150.79/cwt	142.00–158.00	642	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	112.31/cwt	107.00–114.00	938	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	437	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	652	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	489	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,327	915.53/cwt	770.00–1,160.00	12,149	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	13,018	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	67.61/cwt	65.00–74.00	834	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	63.32/cwt	60.50–64.50	788	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	55.80/cwt	49.00–58.50	684	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	57.84/cwt	57.50–58.50	791	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	62.65/cwt	59.50–64.00	880	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	68.69/cwt	65.00–74.00	1,021	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	60.70/cwt	59.50–62.00	617	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	51.78/cwt	50.00–53.00	578	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	8,108	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,854	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	792	142.14/cwt	142.00–143.50	1,126	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	381	167.42/cwt	165.00–178.00	638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	147.60/cwt	140.00–152.00	706	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	885	131.64/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,165	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	125.79/cwt	122.00–130.00	716	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	152.34/cwt	145.00–161.00	564	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,050	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	415	162.77/cwt	160.00–167.00	675	10

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 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,185Last week 165Year ago 1,992

Slaughter CattleReceipts 182Last week 1,171Year ago 147

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 32Year ago 62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	711	129.50–135.00	132.58
10	—	835	123.00–128.00	125.69
4	—	778	124.00–137.00	128.14
1	—	1,005	104.00	104.00
31	—	575	139.00–151.00	143.86
5	—	923	109.00–120.00	116.76
1	—	1,065	106.00	106.00
32	—	618	125.00–139.50	136.08
6	—	973	115.00–116.00	115.33
2	—	275	155.00–157.50	156.27
38	—	673	125.00–139.00	131.12
2	—	325	155.00–162.50	158.58
45	—	528	137.00–151.00	143.28
12	—	430	141.00–159.00	150.82
2	—	1,137	106.00	106.00
14	—	478	140.00–152.00	147.60
7	—	370	145.00–161.00	152.34
3	—	890	118.00	118.00
1	—	210	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	120.00	120.00
1	—	705	116.00	116.00
2	—	328	104.00–110.00	107.07
3	—	466	130.00–137.00	134.72
3	—	791	110.00–112.00	110.67
5	—	569	122.00–130.00	125.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	533	153.00	153.00
12	—	605	141.50–144.00	141.71
16	—	814	130.00–132.00	131.62
62	—	952	132.20	132.20
66	—	792	142.00–143.50	142.14
5	—	381	165.00–178.00	167.42
72	—	885	131.00–137.00	131.64
10	—	415	160.00–167.00	162.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	169.00	169.00
1	—	420	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	779	116.00–123.00	118.19
1	—	310	155.00	155.00
6	—	714	114.00–123.00	119.12
1	—	550	133.00	133.00
8	—	519	135.00–139.00	136.04
1	—	660	122.00	122.00
8	—	621	120.00–135.00	130.09
4	—	385	146.00–157.00	153.46
9	—	426	142.00–158.00	150.79
4	—	835	107.00–114.00	112.31
5	—	468	135.00	135.00
1	—	280	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	433	120.00–133.50	129.18
4	—	314	130.00–136.00	132.94
31	—	481	121.00–129.00	124.97
4	—	726	115.00–124.00	119.59
1	—	935	99.00	99.00
50	—	575	122.00–131.75	129.61
6	—	787	109.00–118.50	116.99
54	—	525	117.00–132.00	124.31
9	—	625	110.00–128.50	121.27
60	—	679	110.00–131.00	123.05
14	—	876	112.00–114.00	113.42
2	—	223	130.00–140.00	134.83
17	—	392	122.00–134.00	126.41
3	—	1,016	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
2	—	553	108.00–114.00	111.01
1	—	525	104.00	104.00
2	—	695	92.50	92.50
3	—	468	103.00–113.00	109.31
4	—	431	106.00–119.00	111.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	778	128.50	128.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	652	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,673	95.50–98.50	97.10
3	—	1,530	77.50–79.50	78.44
6	—	1,603	84.00–92.00	89.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,234	65.00–74.00	67.61
17	—	1,245	60.50–64.50	63.32
16	—	1,226	49.00–58.50	55.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	57.50–58.50	57.84
5	—	1,405	59.50–64.00	62.65
31	—	1,486	65.00–74.00	68.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,016	59.50–62.00	60.70
4	—	1,116	50.00–53.00	51.78

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	2	—	1,200	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,012.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,327	770.00–1,160.00	915.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,415	920.00	920.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	911	890.00	890.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	932	950.00	950.00

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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Paris Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

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