Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 4.00-6.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher with good demand, Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher. There was good demand for all feeder cattle, with moderate offerings and good buyer activity this week. Buyers showed good interest in feeder heifers and cattle with favorable condition.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.50/cwt on 637 head.

Average price

$144.50

637 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$29.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.03

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	613	146.59	898	591
Medium and Large 2-3	650	117.58	764	46

One grade step is worth $29.01/cwt here — about $134 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 sale637 hd

144.50

—

KY average25 barns · 6,541 hd

142.46

+2.03

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	1,778	105.09	1,868	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,473	83.84	1,235	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,204	77.96	938	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,072	60.72	651	6thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	161.96/cwt	154.00–169.00	530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	143.28/cwt	136.50–151.00	834	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	207.93/cwt	202.50–216.00	863	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	136.37/cwt	120.00–144.50	981	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	162.30/cwt	154.00–175.00	628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	158.47/cwt	149.00–167.00	666	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	145.00/cwt	138.00–147.50	777	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	141.09/cwt	136.00–150.00	803	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	136.54/cwt	120.00–143.50	1,054	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Fleshy	—	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	478	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	170.09/cwt	162.50–175.00	633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	144.02/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,120	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	664	138.93/cwt	130.00–140.50	922	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	864	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,194	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	117.43/cwt	112.00–123.00	892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	146.62/cwt	133.00–148.00	752	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	168.25/cwt	161.00–173.50	986	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	142.60/cwt	129.00–145.50	1,235	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	176.73/cwt	168.00–185.00	825	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	123.27/cwt	117.00–127.00	1,323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	187.57/cwt	180.00–195.00	531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	168.07/cwt	160.00–178.00	884	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	145.70/cwt	137.50–153.75	1,049	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	139.75/cwt	137.50–143.00	1,119	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	154.15/cwt	143.00–157.00	1,036	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	908	147.10/cwt	147.10–147.10	1,336	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	184.60/cwt	179.50–192.00	978	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	805	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,230	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	154.75/cwt	147.50–165.00	973	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	179.49/cwt	170.00–183.00	781	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	765	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	929	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	158.01/cwt	155.00–159.00	828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	440	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	814	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	487	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	886	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	383	182.36/cwt	181.00–185.00	698	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	66.18/cwt	64.00–68.00	725	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	51.15/cwt	47.00–54.00	545	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	67.04/cwt	66.00–68.00	965	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	65.29/cwt	64.00–66.50	802	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	85.96/cwt	82.00–93.00	1,010	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	75.33/cwt	71.00–79.50	917	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	820	1
Bulls	—	—	1,736	97.71/cwt	93.50–104.50	1,696	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	75.69/cwt	70.00–79.50	1,076	10
Bulls	—	—	1,834	113.02/cwt	106.50–123.50	2,073	9
Bulls	—	—	1,525	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,190	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	87.33/cwt	80.00–102.00	1,301	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,232	953.91/cwt	870.00–1,000.00	11,752	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	10,370	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,329	1,074.98/cwt	825.00–1,280.00	14,286	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	18,550	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	12,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	155.96/cwt	146.00–159.50	900	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	135.88/cwt	134.00–136.50	921	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	132.72/cwt	122.00–134.50	952	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	533	168.60/cwt	164.50–175.00	899	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	163.55/cwt	155.00–178.00	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	311	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	591	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	395	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	121.57/cwt	120.00–123.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	149.49/cwt	148.75–152.00	954	106
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	146.48/cwt	145.00–148.00	927	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	124.65/cwt	113.00–133.00	713	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	616	115.10/cwt	111.00–120.00	709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	143.97/cwt	134.00–145.00	924	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,090	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	123.44/cwt	121.00–127.00	649	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	215	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	117.01/cwt	116.00–118.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	157.30/cwt	146.00–169.00	755	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	120.63/cwt	119.00–124.00	986	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	888	105.51/cwt	104.00–107.00	937	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	140.61/cwt	133.00–148.00	958	45

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 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,037Last week 262Year ago 841

Slaughter CattleReceipts 204Last week 70Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 10Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	327	154.00–169.00	161.96
130	—	582	136.50–151.00	143.28
35	—	719	120.00–144.50	136.37
5	—	387	154.00–175.00	162.30
1	—	990	119.00	119.00
32	—	420	149.00–167.00	158.47
26	—	536	138.00–147.50	145.00
9	—	772	120.00–143.50	136.54
1	—	290	159.00	159.00
65	—	642	134.00–145.00	143.97
57	—	480	146.00–169.00	157.30
3	—	817	119.00–124.00	120.63
45	—	681	133.00–148.00	140.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	124.00	124.00
2	—	473	120.00–123.00	121.57
11	—	572	113.00–133.00	124.65
1	—	705	117.00	117.00
5	—	616	111.00–120.00	115.10
11	—	526	121.00–127.00	123.44
1	—	215	120.00	120.00
2	—	775	116.00–118.00	117.01
12	—	888	104.00–107.00	105.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	864	138.25	138.25
106	—	638	148.75–152.00	149.49
25	—	815	133.75	133.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	311	190.00	190.00
4	—	395	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	415	202.50–216.00	207.93
3	—	478	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	569	136.00–150.00	141.09
7	—	664	130.00–140.50	138.93
2	—	760	112.00–123.00	117.43
11	—	513	133.00–148.00	146.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	162.50–175.00	170.09
43	—	778	138.00–147.00	144.02
1	—	325	175.00	175.00
49	—	586	161.00–173.50	168.25
1	—	995	130.00	130.00
20	—	866	129.00–145.50	142.60
11	—	467	168.00–185.00	176.73
3	—	1,073	117.00–127.00	123.27
2	—	283	180.00–195.00	187.57
57	—	526	160.00–178.00	168.07
78	—	720	137.50–153.75	145.70
8	—	801	137.50–143.00	139.75
109	—	672	143.00–157.00	154.15
63	—	629	147.50–165.00	154.75
15	—	435	170.00–183.00	179.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	908	147.10	147.10
44	—	530	179.50–192.00	184.60
15	—	805	152.75	152.75
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	765	121.50	121.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	95.00	95.00
1	—	355	148.00	148.00
4	—	524	155.00–159.00	158.01
33	—	577	146.00–159.50	155.96
4	—	678	134.00–136.50	135.88
1	—	420	161.00	161.00
23	—	717	122.00–134.50	132.72
4	—	468	155.00–178.00	163.55
2	—	633	145.00–148.00	146.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	185.00	185.00
7	—	487	182.00	182.00
3	—	383	181.00–185.00	182.36
5	—	533	164.50–175.00	168.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	129.00	129.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	64.00–68.00	66.18
3	—	1,065	47.00–54.00	51.15
1	—	1,045	78.50	78.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	66.00–68.00	67.04
10	—	1,422	70.00–79.50	75.69
33	—	1,490	80.00–102.00	87.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,228	64.00–66.50	65.29
10	—	1,175	82.00–93.00	85.96
16	—	1,217	71.00–79.50	75.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,736	93.50–104.50	97.71
9	—	1,834	106.50–123.50	113.02
1	—	1,525	78.00	78.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,232	870.00–1,000.00	953.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	930.00	930.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,329	825.00–1,280.00	1,074.98
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,175.00	1,175.00

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

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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Slaughter Cattle

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