Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to holiday. There was good demand for all classes of feeder cattle, with moderate offerings due to winter storm and good buyer activity this week. Buyers showed good interest in yearling steer cattle and cattle with favorable condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.34/cwt on 339 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −73.93 against this barn's trailing median of $230.27.

Average price

$156.34

339 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$24.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.08

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	648	156.91	1,017	331
Medium and Large 2-3	583	132.88	774	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.02/cwt here — about $243 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 sale339 hd

156.34

—

KY average20 barns · 4,597 hd

156.42

−0.08

This barn, trailing median1 sales

230.27

−73.93

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	1,698	98.00	1,664	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,511	71.60	1,082	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,189	64.83	771	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	54.50	553	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,525	118.00	1,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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	—	801	136.58/cwt	124.00–139.50	1,094	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	136.24/cwt	124.00–141.50	713	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	131.13/cwt	124.00–136.00	1,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	578	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	128.53/cwt	126.00–131.00	859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	172.92/cwt	159.00–175.00	674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	135.11/cwt	129.00–139.00	834	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	151.63/cwt	137.00–159.50	963	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	177.79/cwt	176.00–179.00	853	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	604	162.77/cwt	162.50–164.00	983	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	142.11/cwt	126.00–144.50	691	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	142.40/cwt	130.00–145.00	601	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	506	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	721	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	564	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	973	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	175.63/cwt	170.50–179.00	913	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	158.92/cwt	146.50–166.00	845	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	135.62/cwt	132.00–138.00	978	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	382	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	707	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	791	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	795	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	169.72/cwt	159.00–178.00	706	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,126	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	146.04/cwt	139.00–154.50	964	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	132.97/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,021	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	857	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,345	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	156.01/cwt	148.00–160.50	905	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	154.71/cwt	152.00–157.50	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	982	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	469	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	133.52/cwt	120.00–139.00	752	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	358	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	154.62/cwt	151.00–164.50	867	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	148.81/cwt	138.00–152.00	482	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	148.71/cwt	136.00–155.00	547	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	125.93/cwt	111.00–139.00	922	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	777	150.40/cwt	150.40–150.40	1,169	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	511	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	572	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	139.78/cwt	122.50–149.00	857	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	629	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	122.51/cwt	120.00–125.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	99.29/cwt	86.00–109.00	730	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	844.37/cwt	775.00–970.00	11,720	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,605	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,354	969.85/cwt	850.00–1,200.00	13,132	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,273	706.28/cwt	585.00–870.00	8,991	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	854	1
Bulls	—	—	1,647	93.63/cwt	90.00–95.50	1,542	5
Bulls	—	—	1,783	105.27/cwt	102.00–107.50	1,877	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	69.48/cwt	65.00–77.00	862	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	72.94/cwt	67.50–85.00	1,090	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	508	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	599	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	63.13/cwt	60.00–64.50	718	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	53.45/cwt	46.00–59.00	595	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	66.25/cwt	65.50–67.00	1,045	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,525	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,800	1

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 Jan 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 909Last week 1,450Year ago 1,842

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 200Year ago 212

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 50Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	801	124.00–139.50	136.58
5	—	858	124.00–136.00	131.13
4	—	340	170.00	170.00
7	—	390	159.00–175.00	172.92
31	—	635	137.00–159.50	151.63
36	—	480	176.00–179.00	177.79
18	—	532	146.50–166.00	158.92
6	—	721	132.00–138.00	135.62
7	—	416	159.00–178.00	169.72
3	—	979	115.00	115.00
53	—	660	139.00–154.50	146.04
2	—	768	131.00–135.00	132.97
23	—	561	151.00–164.50	154.62
1	—	1,060	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	126.00–131.00	128.53
1	—	750	115.00	115.00
4	—	506	142.50	142.50
1	—	550	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	604	162.50–164.00	162.77
5	—	564	172.50	172.50
20	—	520	170.50–179.00	175.63
9	—	382	185.00	185.00
63	—	857	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	523	124.00–141.50	136.24
23	—	617	129.00–139.00	135.11
26	—	486	126.00–144.50	142.11
17	—	422	130.00–145.00	142.40
28	—	563	120.00–139.00	133.52
2	—	265	135.00	135.00
9	—	324	138.00–152.00	148.81
3	—	668	124.00	124.00
2	—	862	109.00	109.00
9	—	368	136.00–155.00	148.71
11	—	732	111.00–139.00	125.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	777	150.40	150.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	511	112.00	112.00
6	—	629	115.00	115.00
2	—	428	120.00–125.00	122.51
3	—	735	86.00–109.00	99.29
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	791	100.50	100.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	580	148.00–160.50	156.01
2	—	390	152.00–157.50	154.71
2	—	500	155.00	155.00
1	—	710	124.00	124.00
7	—	792	124.00	124.00
7	—	613	122.50–149.00	139.78
1	—	650	125.00	125.00
4	—	408	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	469	175.00	175.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,388	775.00–970.00	844.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,354	850.00–1,200.00	969.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,273	585.00–870.00	706.28
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	88.00	88.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,647	90.00–95.50	93.63
3	—	1,783	102.00–107.50	105.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,241	65.00–77.00	69.48
9	—	1,137	60.00–64.50	63.13
6	—	1,113	46.00–59.00	53.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,494	67.50–85.00	72.94
4	—	1,578	65.50–67.00	66.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,015	59.00	59.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	118.00	118.00

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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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