Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady with good demand. Feeder Heifers sold steady except (500lbs-600lbs 2.00-3.00 higher) 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 good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.16/cwt on 491 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −89.10 against this barn's trailing median of $230.27.

Average price

$141.16

491 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,030

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$10.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.61

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	735	141.52	1,040	475
Medium and Large 2-3	574	130.67	751	16thin

One grade step is worth $10.84/cwt here — about $290 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 sale491 hd

141.16

—

KY average27 barns · 4,577 hd

140.55

+0.61

This barn, trailing median1 sales

230.27

−89.10

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	1,726	101.70	1,755	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,474	74.91	1,104	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	72.10	857	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	982	65.69	645	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,171	114.54	1,341	10
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,150	113.83	1,309	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,086	109.75	1,192	5thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	139.24/cwt	129.00–140.50	856	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	125.37/cwt	122.00–127.00	909	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	138.99/cwt	133.00–147.50	940	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	162.22/cwt	150.00–167.00	784	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	145.66/cwt	139.00–147.00	855	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	137.44/cwt	128.00–139.50	1,057	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	161.48/cwt	161.00–162.00	686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,281	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	153.39/cwt	142.00–157.00	880	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	128.66/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,056	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,177	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	152.27/cwt	138.50–155.00	961	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	137.02/cwt	126.00–140.50	917	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	148.40/cwt	144.00–155.00	475	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	845	132.86/cwt	132.75–136.00	1,123	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	137.86/cwt	129.00–142.50	713	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	132.19/cwt	128.50–139.75	950	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	735	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,016	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	157.44/cwt	140.00–162.00	806	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	164.95/cwt	163.00–169.00	846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	589	148.35/cwt	147.75–151.50	874	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	698	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,000	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	129.47/cwt	115.00–133.00	867	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	927	130.07/cwt	129.00–130.50	1,206	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	999	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,294	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	123.99/cwt	115.00–126.00	946	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	111.51/cwt	111.00–112.00	914	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	877	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,166	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	172.08/cwt	171.00–174.00	807	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	148.92/cwt	148.00–150.00	776	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,126	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	72.51/cwt	71.00–74.00	750	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,150	113.83/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,309	4
Steers	Select	—	1,086	109.75/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,192	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,171	114.54/cwt	109.00–118.00	1,341	10
Bulls	—	—	1,884	107.32/cwt	103.50–115.50	2,022	8
Bulls	—	—	1,545	95.28/cwt	88.50–99.50	1,472	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	1,061.97/cwt	950.00–1,200.00	12,563	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	895	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	649	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	54.64/cwt	49.00–59.50	484	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	67.10/cwt	63.50–70.00	668	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	77.62/cwt	74.00–83.00	1,131	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	66.63/cwt	64.00–70.00	832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	131.42/cwt	130.00–137.00	741	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	705	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	67.86/cwt	66.00–70.00	1,031	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	622	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,273	921.93/cwt	825.00–1,020.00	11,736	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,013.06/cwt	860.00–1,150.00	9,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	392	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	705	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	451	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	74.63/cwt	71.50–77.50	878	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	129.59/cwt	123.00–133.00	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	393	142.98/cwt	140.00–146.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,885.00/cwt	1,885.00–1,885.00	21,678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	126.98/cwt	124.00–128.00	904	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	159.94/cwt	155.00–162.50	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	117.24/cwt	115.50–120.00	953	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	125.48/cwt	124.00–130.00	866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	134.52/cwt	125.00–143.00	776	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	146.55/cwt	132.00–150.50	699	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	134.92/cwt	125.00–142.00	847	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	428	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	148.28/cwt	137.50–163.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	152.63/cwt	122.00–159.00	783	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	124.12/cwt	115.00–125.00	973	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	141.93/cwt	139.00–145.00	511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	119.25/cwt	106.00–120.00	1,059	18

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 Jun 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,126Last week 980Year ago 1,299

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 102Year ago 220

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 10Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	615	129.00–140.50	139.24
6	—	587	139.00–147.00	145.66
20	—	670	115.00–133.00	129.47
11	—	763	115.00–126.00	123.99
2	—	820	111.00–112.00	111.51
2	—	455	155.00	155.00
1	—	905	100.00	100.00
4	—	712	124.00–128.00	126.98
3	—	322	155.00–162.50	159.94
3	—	285	150.00	150.00
4	—	411	137.50–163.00	148.28
6	—	513	122.00–159.00	152.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	725	122.00–127.00	125.37
21	—	669	126.00–140.50	137.02
5	—	320	144.00–155.00	148.40
21	—	517	129.00–142.50	137.86
2	—	422	140.00	140.00
13	—	813	115.50–120.00	117.24
18	—	577	125.00–143.00	134.52
50	—	477	132.00–150.50	146.55
38	—	628	125.00–142.00	134.92
23	—	784	115.00–125.00	124.12
5	—	360	139.00–145.00	141.93
18	—	888	106.00–120.00	119.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	138.25	138.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	589	147.75–151.50	148.35
6	—	698	143.25	143.25
15	—	521	148.00–150.00	148.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	106.00	106.00
1	—	780	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	676	133.00–147.50	138.99
12	—	483	150.00–167.00	162.22
26	—	769	128.00–139.50	137.44
2	—	425	161.00–162.00	161.48
29	—	978	131.00	131.00
37	—	574	142.00–157.00	153.39
6	—	821	122.00–132.00	128.66
1	—	1,090	108.00	108.00
103	—	631	138.50–155.00	152.27
1	—	345	165.00	165.00
60	—	719	128.50–139.75	132.19
10	—	512	140.00–162.00	157.44
7	—	866	130.00	130.00
1	—	295	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	845	132.75–136.00	132.86
3	—	513	163.00–169.00	164.95
7	—	927	129.00–130.50	130.07
55	—	999	129.50	129.50
17	—	877	133.00	133.00
11	—	469	171.00–174.00	172.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	564	130.00–137.00	131.42
1	—	440	118.00	118.00
3	—	630	123.00–133.00	129.59
2	—	393	140.00–146.00	142.98
4	—	690	124.00–130.00	125.48
1	—	495	139.00	139.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	72.50	72.50
1	—	705	64.00	64.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	71.00–74.00	72.51
2	—	885	49.00–59.50	54.64
6	—	996	63.50–70.00	67.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,457	74.00–83.00	77.62
5	—	1,519	66.00–70.00	67.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,248	64.00–70.00	66.63
1	—	1,045	59.50	59.50
18	—	1,176	71.50–77.50	74.63
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,150	113.00–116.00	113.83
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,086	100.00–115.00	109.75
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,171	109.00–118.00	114.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,884	103.50–115.50	107.32
7	—	1,545	88.50–99.50	95.28

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	3	—	1,183	950.00–1,200.00	1,061.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	860.00–1,150.00	1,013.06
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,273	825.00–1,020.00	921.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,150	1,885.00	1,885.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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