Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady-2.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Heifers sold steady-2.00 higher with increased demand. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 higher; slaughter bulls sold steady-2.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.98/cwt on 444 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −88.29 against this barn's trailing median of $230.27.

Average price

$141.98

444 head · 726 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$14.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.48

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	728	142.21	1,035	437
Medium and Large 2-3	614	127.43	782	7thin

One grade step is worth $14.78/cwt here — about $252 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 sale444 hd

141.98

—

KY average26 barns · 4,015 hd

138.49

+3.48

This barn, trailing median1 sales

230.27

−88.29

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	1,664	102.65	1,709	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,512	74.88	1,133	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,238	73.56	910	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	67.03	686	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	High	1,265	91.50	1,157	1thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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	—	305	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	100.56/cwt	95.00–106.00	880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	146.11/cwt	133.00–151.00	925	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	127.54/cwt	126.50–128.00	992	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	163.25/cwt	151.00–173.00	795	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	158.61/cwt	143.00–165.00	826	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	323	182.33/cwt	180.00–185.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	132.50/cwt	127.00–136.00	681	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	883	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,143	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	984	120.80/cwt	120.80–120.80	1,189	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	414	181.89/cwt	176.00–185.00	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	839	122.00/cwt	121.50–122.25	1,024	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	138.18/cwt	136.00–140.00	995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	123.30/cwt	123.30–123.30	875	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	536	146.66/cwt	146.50–147.00	786	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,034	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	651	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	905	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,145	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	708	141.34/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,001	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	138.15/cwt	137.00–139.00	852	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	166.18/cwt	162.50–170.00	613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	830	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,083	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	154.52/cwt	154.00–157.00	804	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	168.67/cwt	166.00–173.00	886	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	923	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	12,538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,237	1,418.05/cwt	1,170.00–1,600.00	17,541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	156.65/cwt	151.50–163.00	979	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	982	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	385	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	552	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	58.93/cwt	57.00–61.00	810	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	78.24/cwt	75.00–86.50	962	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	71.05/cwt	65.00–74.50	877	35
Bulls	—	—	1,580	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,351	1
Bulls	—	—	1,401	95.59/cwt	90.00–99.50	1,339	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,265	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,157	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	59.91/cwt	58.50–61.50	959	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	77.86/cwt	75.00–84.00	1,187	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	70.56/cwt	67.00–74.50	1,035	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	65.65/cwt	62.00–69.00	674	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,459	1,184.96/cwt	1,050.00–1,225.00	17,289	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	73.31/cwt	70.50–76.00	753	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	1,571.50/cwt	1,525.00–1,700.00	14,049	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	13,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	19,175	1
Bulls	—	—	1,827	109.14/cwt	100.00–118.50	1,994	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	125.50/cwt	125.00–128.00	782	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	103.01/cwt	92.50–113.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	506	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	942.31/cwt	800.00–1,050.00	11,694	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	462	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	9,309	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	130.49/cwt	130.00–131.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	113.52/cwt	113.00–115.00	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	146.84/cwt	141.00–150.00	551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	127.34/cwt	120.00–134.00	856	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	141.44/cwt	130.00–156.00	803	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	903	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	153.94/cwt	146.00–160.00	734	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	130.47/cwt	126.00–135.50	796	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	131.19/cwt	118.00–135.50	868	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	121.60/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,008	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	164.54/cwt	156.00–168.00	709	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	138.78/cwt	130.00–146.00	659	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	135.94/cwt	134.00–139.00	846	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	140.91/cwt	136.50–144.50	958	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	151.83/cwt	143.00–156.00	868	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	134.92/cwt	129.50–139.00	787	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	142.71/cwt	137.00–144.50	612	19

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 May 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 935Last week 1,393Year ago 2,060

Slaughter CattleReceipts 182Last week 140Year ago 129

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 55Year ago 97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	152.50	152.50
25	—	633	133.00–151.00	146.11
13	—	778	126.50–128.00	127.54
16	—	487	151.00–173.00	163.25
14	—	521	143.00–165.00	158.61
1	—	1,050	110.00	110.00
5	—	720	136.00–140.00	138.18
7	—	958	119.50	119.50
5	—	829	121.00–122.00	121.60
7	—	431	156.00–168.00	164.54
39	—	680	136.50–144.50	140.91
18	—	572	143.00–156.00	151.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	180.00–185.00	182.33
62	—	883	129.50	129.50
54	—	984	120.80	120.80
5	—	414	176.00–185.00	181.89
28	—	663	156.00	156.00
18	—	708	141.00–142.00	141.34
52	—	830	130.50	130.50
41	—	525	166.00–173.00	168.67
23	—	625	151.50–163.00	156.65
1	—	385	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	125.00–128.00	125.50
1	—	560	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	95.00–106.00	100.56
4	—	369	162.50–170.00	166.18
15	—	520	154.00–157.00	154.52
1	—	710	130.00	130.00
3	—	773	127.00	127.00
2	—	317	174.00	174.00
2	—	412	142.00	142.00
5	—	672	120.00–134.00	127.34
13	—	568	130.00–156.00	141.44
19	—	477	146.00–160.00	153.94
6	—	622	134.00–139.00	135.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	514	127.00–136.00	132.50
4	—	715	113.00–115.00	113.52
3	—	375	141.00–150.00	146.84
2	—	860	105.00	105.00
2	—	770	110.00–112.00	111.01
15	—	610	126.00–135.50	130.47
12	—	662	118.00–135.50	131.19
10	—	475	130.00–146.00	138.78
19	—	583	129.50–139.00	134.92
19	—	429	137.00–144.50	142.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	839	121.50–122.25	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	710	123.30	123.30
28	—	536	146.50–147.00	146.66
2	—	477	152.00	152.00
22	—	651	139.00	139.00
20	—	617	137.00–139.00	138.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	92.50–113.00	103.01
1	—	720	85.00	85.00
1	—	450	112.50	112.50
1	—	355	130.00	130.00
2	—	425	130.00–131.00	130.49
4	—	567	121.00	121.00

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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	850	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	894	1,525.00–1,700.00	1,571.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,475.00	1,475.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,237	1,170.00–1,600.00	1,418.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,459	1,050.00–1,225.00	1,184.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,241	800.00–1,050.00	942.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	870.00	870.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	57.00–61.00	58.93
25	—	1,230	75.00–86.50	78.24
35	—	1,235	65.00–74.50	71.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,600	58.50–61.50	59.91
26	—	1,525	75.00–84.00	77.86
11	—	1,467	67.00–74.50	70.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,026	62.00–69.00	65.65
3	—	1,027	70.50–76.00	73.31
1	—	995	56.50	56.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	85.50	85.50
4	—	1,401	90.00–99.50	95.59
7	—	1,827	100.00–118.50	109.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	91.50	91.50

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle