Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 lbs sold unevenly steady, over 600 lbs 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady with good demand. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady; slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.35/cwt on 916 head.

Average price

$132.35

916 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$29.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.65

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	610	132.77	810	899
Medium and Large 2-3	559	110.63	618	16thin
Medium 2-3	675	103.00	695	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.77/cwt here — about $115 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 sale916 hd

132.35

—

KY average26 barns · 6,255 hd

128.70

+3.65

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	1,640	79.34	1,301	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	61.85	915	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	57.60	712	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	944	47.24	446	7thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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	—	888	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,110	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	503	143.78/cwt	138.50–145.00	723	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	132.39/cwt	123.00–134.10	765	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	168.15/cwt	162.50–174.00	626	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	139.94/cwt	133.50–141.50	943	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	555	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	888	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	756	133.85/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,012	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	156.96/cwt	152.50–158.50	965	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	139.38/cwt	131.00–145.00	666	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	144.86/cwt	139.50–146.00	905	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	131.50/cwt	128.25–136.25	881	391
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	417	178.78/cwt	173.00–183.00	746	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	801	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,057	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	171.82/cwt	167.50–177.50	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	125.33/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,036	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	146.70/cwt	146.00–148.50	707	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	130.70/cwt	130.50–131.00	804	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	154.03/cwt	150.00–161.00	642	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	135.28/cwt	132.00–138.25	963	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	333	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	611	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	493	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	863	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	1,060.32/cwt	810.00–1,250.00	14,208	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	166.48/cwt	163.00–168.50	886	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	9,790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	138.81/cwt	138.50–140.50	797	100
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	10,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	130.33/cwt	124.00–140.00	813	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	11,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	155.26/cwt	141.00–166.00	506	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,625	1,650.00/cwt	1,650.00–1,650.00	26,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	831	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	1,209.85/cwt	1,010.00–1,400.00	14,845	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	55.65/cwt	52.00–60.00	708	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	551	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	46.11/cwt	43.00–48.00	429	6
Bulls	—	—	1,612	84.70/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,365	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	64.80/cwt	60.50–67.50	990	7
Bulls	—	—	1,667	73.98/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,233	5
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	675	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	695	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	54.96/cwt	53.50–56.00	750	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	45.31/cwt	44.00–47.00	572	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	63.91/cwt	61.50–72.00	745	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	536	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	964.51/cwt	700.00–1,110.00	11,941	45
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	769.79/cwt	685.00–810.00	9,815	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	8,614	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,880	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	793	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,080.00/cwt	1,080.00–1,080.00	12,420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	113.51/cwt	112.00–115.00	579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	126.37/cwt	122.00–131.00	847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	867	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	757	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	123.35/cwt	116.00–127.00	775	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	135.18/cwt	130.00–140.00	566	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	112.13/cwt	111.00–115.00	891	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	113.09/cwt	111.00–115.00	653	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	137.51/cwt	137.00–138.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	145.70/cwt	145.00–146.00	472	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	161.42/cwt	150.00–169.00	770	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	131.55/cwt	125.00–135.00	683	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	154.06/cwt	140.00–160.00	883	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	152.91/cwt	148.00–160.00	809	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	114.42/cwt	108.00–115.50	841	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	144.69/cwt	142.00–145.00	570	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	158.06/cwt	151.00–162.00	754	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	113.69/cwt	113.00–116.00	921	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	164.71/cwt	161.00–167.00	703	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	166.55/cwt	165.00–170.00	458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	119.72/cwt	113.50–125.00	812	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	146.92/cwt	139.00–155.00	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	158.93/cwt	150.00–163.00	583	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	125.15/cwt	122.50–130.00	895	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	130.49/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,022	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 Mar 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,115Last week 3,919Year ago 395

Slaughter CattleReceipts 120Last week 155Year ago 98

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 85Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	888	125.00	125.00
6	—	372	162.50–174.00	168.15
111	—	674	133.50–141.50	139.94
53	—	625	139.50–146.00	144.86
2	—	940	102.00	102.00
3	—	318	167.50–177.50	171.82
17	—	827	118.00–128.00	125.33
23	—	477	150.00–169.00	161.42
67	—	573	140.00–160.00	154.06
18	—	529	148.00–160.00	152.91
13	—	427	161.00–167.00	164.71
3	—	275	165.00–170.00	166.55
19	—	715	122.50–130.00	125.15
2	—	783	126.00–135.00	130.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	555	160.00	160.00
52	—	756	132.00–135.00	133.85
34	—	615	152.50–158.50	156.96
17	—	417	173.00–183.00	178.78
15	—	801	132.00	132.00
25	—	712	132.00–138.25	135.28
3	—	333	182.00	182.00
10	—	493	175.00	175.00
13	—	532	163.00–168.50	166.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	129.00	129.00
2	—	670	122.00–131.00	126.37
2	—	867	106.00	106.00
1	—	715	116.00	116.00
2	—	583	137.00–138.00	137.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	503	138.50–145.00	143.78
391	—	670	128.25–136.25	131.50
46	—	482	146.00–148.50	146.70
5	—	615	130.50–131.00	130.70
3	—	413	148.00	148.00
100	—	574	138.50–140.50	138.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	578	123.00–134.10	132.39
47	—	478	131.00–145.00	139.38
17	—	628	116.00–127.00	123.35
9	—	419	130.00–140.00	135.18
7	—	795	111.00–115.00	112.13
10	—	324	145.00–146.00	145.70
37	—	519	125.00–135.00	131.55
21	—	735	108.00–115.50	114.42
19	—	394	142.00–145.00	144.69
13	—	810	113.00–116.00	113.69
48	—	678	113.50–125.00	119.72
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	117.00	117.00
2	—	510	112.00–115.00	113.51
2	—	757	84.00	84.00
7	—	577	111.00–115.00	113.09
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
1	—	330	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	417	150.00–161.00	154.03
1	—	595	130.00	130.00
5	—	624	124.00–140.00	130.33
6	—	326	141.00–166.00	155.26
1	—	670	124.00	124.00
8	—	477	151.00–162.00	158.06
2	—	725	113.50	113.50
2	—	530	139.00–155.00	146.92
8	—	367	150.00–163.00	158.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	114.00	114.00
1	—	420	122.00	122.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,340	810.00–1,250.00	1,060.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	45	—	1,238	700.00–1,110.00	964.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,275	685.00–810.00	769.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	730.00	730.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,320	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	890.00	890.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,227	1,010.00–1,400.00	1,209.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,080.00	1,080.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,625	1,650.00	1,650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,273	52.00–60.00	55.65
3	—	1,262	44.00–47.00	45.31
12	—	1,166	61.50–72.00	63.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	54.00	54.00
6	—	931	43.00–48.00	46.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,528	60.50–67.50	64.80
3	—	1,365	53.50–56.00	54.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,612	80.00–88.00	84.70
5	—	1,667	72.00–78.00	73.98

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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle