Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady, yearling steers 1.00-2.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady, feeders sold with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady, Slaughter bulls sold steady. There was good demand for all feeder cattle, with good offerings and good buyer activity this week. Buyers showed good interest in feeder steers and cattle with favorable condition.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.59/cwt on 695 head.

Average price

$157.59

695 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$35.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.99

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	591	157.95	933	682
Small 1-2	532	152.50	811	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	568	122.62	697	6thin

One grade step is worth $35.32/cwt here — about $236 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 sale695 hd

157.59

—

KY average25 barns · 6,870 hd

148.60

+8.99

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	1,846	104.31	1,926	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,503	83.08	1,249	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,195	80.01	956	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,040	75.47	785	2thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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	—	281	157.28/cwt	141.00–165.00	442	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	467	198.49/cwt	193.50–208.00	927	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	540	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	164.62/cwt	164.10–164.80	999	325
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	552	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	897	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	168.98/cwt	162.50–171.50	887	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	985	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	431	197.05/cwt	192.00–207.50	849	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	180.05/cwt	158.00–186.00	969	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	222.64/cwt	212.50–225.00	857	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	309	216.42/cwt	216.00–220.00	669	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	197.39/cwt	190.00–202.50	632	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	159.44/cwt	146.00–168.00	670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	811	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	973	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	133.23/cwt	123.00–138.00	897	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	137.54/cwt	130.00–145.00	784	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	158.73/cwt	147.00–169.00	986	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	185.83/cwt	175.00–191.00	883	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	202.06/cwt	196.00–210.00	772	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	157.23/cwt	142.50–164.50	1,058	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	786	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,218	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	186.30/cwt	172.50–191.00	768	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	174.03/cwt	158.00–184.00	980	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	149.22/cwt	144.00–150.50	1,101	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,130	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	192.88/cwt	187.50–199.00	1,007	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	746	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,141	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	813	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,203	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	177.57/cwt	173.00–181.00	1,112	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,315	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	892	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	954	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	170.96/cwt	157.00–188.00	817	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	139.77/cwt	135.00–144.00	924	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	159.44/cwt	151.00–163.50	896	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	746	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	75.47/cwt	72.50–78.50	785	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	84.80/cwt	80.00–96.00	1,291	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	76.20/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,087	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	83.64/cwt	80.00–96.00	1,032	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	75.91/cwt	72.00–79.50	871	12
Bulls	—	—	1,881	112.54/cwt	107.50–122.50	2,117	7
Bulls	—	—	1,884	96.04/cwt	91.00–103.00	1,809	5
Bulls	—	—	1,415	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,245	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	6,507	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,080.00/cwt	1,080.00–1,080.00	13,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	21,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	188.78/cwt	187.50–190.00	708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	426	198.85/cwt	195.00–203.00	847	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	153.66/cwt	147.00–158.00	973	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	175.49/cwt	165.00–179.00	904	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	532	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	811	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	480	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	818	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	142.74/cwt	137.00–145.50	972	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	149.87/cwt	137.50–155.50	850	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	162.41/cwt	155.00–175.00	762	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,182	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,312	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	118.58/cwt	108.00–126.00	969	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	168.15/cwt	159.00–175.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	131.55/cwt	121.00–135.50	1,010	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	158.40/cwt	148.00–164.00	680	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	154.38/cwt	141.00–161.00	807	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	140.96/cwt	134.00–148.00	884	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	128.87/cwt	124.00–134.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,118	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,128	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	426	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	724	8

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 Feb 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,118Last week 1,405Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 300Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	281	141.00–165.00	157.28
3	—	746	132.00	132.00
61	—	681	137.00–145.50	142.74
34	—	567	137.50–155.50	149.87
37	—	469	155.00–175.00	162.41
2	—	1,182	111.00	111.00
4	—	817	108.00–126.00	118.58
1	—	1,070	111.00	111.00
3	—	370	159.00–175.00	168.15
18	—	768	121.00–135.50	131.55
23	—	429	148.00–164.00	158.40
28	—	523	141.00–161.00	154.38
1	—	345	165.00	165.00
62	—	627	134.00–148.00	140.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
325	—	607	164.10–164.80	164.62
6	—	552	162.50	162.50
49	—	525	162.50–171.50	168.98
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	532	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	480	170.50	170.50
8	—	426	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	93.00	93.00
1	—	270	130.00	130.00
1	—	610	121.00	121.00
1	—	655	134.00	134.00
2	—	570	124.00–134.00	128.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	467	193.50–208.00	198.49
1	—	540	191.00	191.00
18	—	431	192.00–207.50	197.05
13	—	385	212.50–225.00	222.64
10	—	309	216.00–220.00	216.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	166.00	166.00
2	—	725	131.00	131.00
5	—	420	146.00–168.00	159.44
3	—	523	155.00	155.00
1	—	760	128.00	128.00
7	—	673	123.00–138.00	133.23
8	—	570	130.00–145.00	137.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	538	158.00–186.00	180.05
4	—	320	190.00–202.50	197.39
44	—	621	147.00–169.00	158.73
2	—	245	225.00	225.00
1	—	910	136.00	136.00
18	—	475	175.00–191.00	185.83
7	—	382	196.00–210.00	202.06
92	—	673	142.50–164.50	157.23
6	—	412	172.50–191.00	186.30
27	—	563	158.00–184.00	174.03
26	—	738	144.00–150.50	149.22
4	—	825	137.00	137.00
1	—	765	139.00	139.00
24	—	965	136.25	136.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	786	155.00	155.00
51	—	522	187.50–199.00	192.88
34	—	746	153.00	153.00
26	—	813	148.00	148.00
24	—	626	173.00–181.00	177.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	892	107.00	107.00
1	—	925	109.00	109.00
1	—	730	111.00	111.00
10	—	478	157.00–188.00	170.96
4	—	661	135.00–144.00	139.77
12	—	562	151.00–163.50	159.44
2	—	375	187.50–190.00	188.78
1	—	965	106.00	106.00
12	—	633	147.00–158.00	153.66
6	—	515	165.00–179.00	175.49
1	—	810	138.00	138.00
3	—	1,095	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	206.00	206.00
2	—	426	195.00–203.00	198.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	129.00	129.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	67.50	67.50
17	—	1,234	80.00–96.00	83.64
12	—	1,148	72.00–79.50	75.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	72.50–78.50	75.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,522	80.00–96.00	84.80
7	—	1,427	71.00–79.00	76.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,881	107.50–122.50	112.54
5	—	1,884	91.00–103.00	96.04
1	—	1,415	88.00	88.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	845	770.00	770.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	1,080.00	1,080.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,325	1,600.00	1,600.00

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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Paris Livestock Auction

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

Paris Stockyards - Paris, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle