Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.46/cwt on 428 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −97.80 against this barn's trailing median of $230.27.

Average price

$132.46

428 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$887

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$9.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.60

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	675	133.26	899	393
Medium and Large 2-3	615	123.58	760	35

One grade step is worth $9.67/cwt here — about $139 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 sale428 hd

132.46

—

KY average28 barns · 4,404 hd

133.07

−0.60

This barn, trailing median1 sales

230.27

−97.80

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	—	Average	1,612	82.34	1,327	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,572	60.22	947	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	57.93	735	103
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	941	49.32	464	17

Every lot, as filed

100 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	—	664	125.80/cwt	120.00–132.00	835	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	124.20/cwt	116.00–127.00	903	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	151.25/cwt	143.00–156.00	658	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	135.01/cwt	132.50–140.00	378	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	127.74/cwt	121.00–137.00	600	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	132.50/cwt	126.00–140.00	825	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,061	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,050	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	149.81/cwt	142.00–157.00	547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,101	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	108.32/cwt	107.00–109.00	820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	128.39/cwt	123.00–136.00	480	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	113.24/cwt	110.50–126.00	823	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	128.84/cwt	125.00–133.00	424	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	123.77/cwt	120.00–127.00	707	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	119.55/cwt	114.00–129.00	690	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	146.36/cwt	146.00–146.50	899	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	857	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,088	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	110.98/cwt	106.00–114.00	851	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	905	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	113.45/cwt	106.50–118.00	819	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	123.80/cwt	117.00–126.25	821	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	140.61/cwt	134.00–145.00	671	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	131.15/cwt	126.00–140.00	683	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	840	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	161.41/cwt	154.00–166.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	122.63/cwt	115.50–127.00	771	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	123.53/cwt	115.00–131.50	646	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	122.45/cwt	116.00–126.00	942	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,131	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	124.66/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,013	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	136.83/cwt	129.00–145.00	724	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	129.86/cwt	125.00–135.00	286	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	132.96/cwt	125.00–141.00	572	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,049	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	155.14/cwt	150.00–160.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	146.60/cwt	143.00–153.00	627	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,101	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,178	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	991	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	118.68/cwt	115.00–123.50	799	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	123.93/cwt	120.00–125.50	773	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	754	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	990	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	138.19/cwt	132.00–146.00	802	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	144.84/cwt	142.00–153.00	679	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,560	1,214.02/cwt	1,030.00–1,300.00	18,939	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,723	1,460.34/cwt	1,350.00–1,530.00	25,162	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	759.19/cwt	460.00–1,080.00	9,186	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	4,439	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	610	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	604	1
Bulls	—	—	1,729	84.10/cwt	79.50–86.50	1,454	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	59.60/cwt	56.00–63.50	762	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	45.93/cwt	43.00–48.50	433	11
Bulls	—	—	1,358	75.24/cwt	73.50–77.50	1,022	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	54.70/cwt	53.00–56.00	886	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	52.48/cwt	48.00–55.50	637	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	612	111.64/cwt	110.00–112.50	683	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	118.17/cwt	114.00–119.00	544	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,399	65.48/cwt	64.00–67.00	916	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	63.95/cwt	63.00–65.50	993	8
Bulls	—	—	1,770	91.24/cwt	89.00–92.50	1,615	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	710	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	574	111.22/cwt	108.00–113.00	638	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	803	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	54.25/cwt	50.50–57.00	534	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	59.56/cwt	57.00–62.00	937	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	489	134.79/cwt	132.00–137.00	659	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	788	103.33/cwt	102.00–105.00	814	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,080	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	108.00/cwt	103.00–110.00	724	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	655.58/cwt	420.00–930.00	6,772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	117.79/cwt	116.00–120.00	433	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	102.02/cwt	100.00–105.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	121.99/cwt	121.00–123.00	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	148.05/cwt	142.00–151.00	422	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	158.31/cwt	153.00–160.00	377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Gaunt	—	810	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	324	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	134.96/cwt	130.00–138.00	584	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	134.23/cwt	131.00–137.00	506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	933	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	774	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	581	127.12/cwt	124.00–128.50	739	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,045	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	135.66/cwt	135.00–136.00	654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	137.00/cwt	134.00–140.00	610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	123.89/cwt	120.00–127.50	328	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	106.51/cwt	106.00–107.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	536	109.35/cwt	108.00–112.00	586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	117.28/cwt	116.50–120.00	501	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	131.23/cwt	130.00–132.50	466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	124.50/cwt	121.00–128.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	637	120.66/cwt	120.00–122.00	769	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 Oct 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,272Last week 1,560Year ago 2,096

Slaughter CattleReceipts 204Last week 232Year ago 241

Replacement CattleReceipts 74Last week 72Year ago 248

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	664	120.00–132.00	125.80
29	—	727	116.00–127.00	124.20
21	—	435	143.00–156.00	151.25
44	—	623	126.00–140.00	132.50
2	—	365	142.00–157.00	149.81
3	—	933	118.00	118.00
16	—	769	116.00–126.00	122.45
9	—	1,014	111.50	111.50
6	—	813	118.00–126.00	124.66
43	—	529	129.00–145.00	136.83
2	—	867	121.00	121.00
5	—	1,101	107.00	107.00
3	—	991	122.00	122.00
23	—	580	132.00–146.00	138.19
21	—	469	142.00–153.00	144.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	614	146.00–146.50	146.36
60	—	857	127.00	127.00
27	—	754	131.25	131.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	94.00	94.00
2	—	670	117.00–118.00	117.50
16	—	581	124.00–128.50	127.12
1	—	1,045	100.00	100.00
3	—	482	135.00–136.00	135.66
2	—	445	134.00–140.00	137.00
1	—	945	102.00	102.00
1	—	710	112.00	112.00
2	—	355	130.00–132.50	131.23
2	—	535	121.00–128.00	124.50
3	—	637	120.00–122.00	120.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	280	132.50–140.00	135.01
26	—	470	121.00–137.00	127.74
15	—	1,061	99.00	99.00
19	—	374	123.00–136.00	128.39
7	—	727	110.50–126.00	113.24
9	—	329	125.00–133.00	128.84
37	—	577	114.00–129.00	119.55
7	—	767	106.00–114.00	110.98
2	—	887	102.00	102.00
38	—	663	117.00–126.25	123.80
70	—	629	115.50–127.00	122.63
54	—	523	115.00–131.50	123.53
4	—	220	125.00–135.00	129.86
26	—	430	125.00–141.00	132.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	612	110.00–112.50	111.64
6	—	460	114.00–119.00	118.17
8	—	574	108.00–113.00	111.22
9	—	670	103.00–110.00	108.00
4	—	368	116.00–120.00	117.79
1	—	790	101.00	101.00
2	—	265	120.00–127.50	123.89
2	—	720	106.00–107.00	106.51
3	—	536	108.00–112.00	109.35
10	—	427	116.50–120.00	117.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	107.00–109.00	108.32
11	—	571	120.00–127.00	123.77
19	—	722	106.50–118.00	113.45
20	—	477	134.00–145.00	140.61
28	—	521	126.00–140.00	131.15
2	—	812	103.50	103.50
3	—	318	154.00–166.00	161.41
2	—	365	150.00–160.00	155.14
14	—	428	143.00–153.00	146.60
13	—	673	115.00–123.50	118.68
6	—	624	120.00–125.50	123.93
5	—	285	142.00–151.00	148.05
4	—	238	153.00–160.00	158.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	95.00	95.00
4	—	489	132.00–137.00	134.79
3	—	788	102.00–105.00	103.33
2	—	660	110.00–111.00	110.50
3	—	623	100.00–105.00	102.02
3	—	533	121.00–123.00	121.99
5	—	270	120.00	120.00
8	—	433	130.00–138.00	134.96
3	—	377	131.00–137.00	134.23
3	—	933	83.00	83.00
1	—	885	90.00	90.00
1	—	335	143.00	143.00
1	—	585	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	99.00	99.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,560	1,030.00–1,300.00	1,214.02
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,723	1,350.00–1,530.00	1,460.34
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,210	460.00–1,080.00	759.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	460.00	460.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,033	420.00–930.00	655.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,729	79.50–86.50	84.10
6	—	1,358	73.50–77.50	75.24
3	—	1,770	89.00–92.50	91.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,279	56.00–63.50	59.60
30	—	1,214	48.00–55.50	52.48
7	—	1,399	64.00–67.00	65.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	942	43.00–48.50	45.93
1	—	710	62.00	62.00
5	—	985	50.50–57.00	54.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,620	53.00–56.00	54.70
8	—	1,552	63.00–65.50	63.95
20	—	1,573	57.00–62.00	59.56

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

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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle