Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to firm on a light test. There was moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Hot weather conditions restricted the movement of cattle in the area. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.77/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −103.02 against this barn's trailing median of $465.79.

Average price

$362.77

25 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$53.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.22

vs KY average

−12.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	368.55	2,005	21
Medium and Large 2	520	338.28	1,759	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	570	315.00	1,796	1thin

One grade step is worth $53.55/cwt here — about $209 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.25, low $405.13, median $465.79 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale25 hd

362.77

—

KY average23 barns · 535 hd

366.99

−4.22

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

−12.97

This barn, trailing median31 sales

465.79

−103.02

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	1,612	197.13	3,177	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	168.31	2,131	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,603	164.97	2,644	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	886	149.94	1,328	7thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,025	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,594	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,205	$3,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,292	$3,107	12

Every lot, as filed

112 lots · USDA AMS · Paris Stockyards - Paris, KY (Thursday)

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 2	450–500	466	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,952	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	300.07/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	338.28/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	908	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,961	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	289.76/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	832	330.90/cwt	326.50–335.00	2,753	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	738	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,303	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	343.26/cwt	343.00–345.00	1,627	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	285.83/cwt	282.50–287.50	1,906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	831	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,343	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	378.37/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	365.55/cwt	357.50–372.50	1,722	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	334.24/cwt	329.00–348.00	1,795	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,243	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	354.17/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	323.86/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,849	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	643	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,501	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	376.54/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,792	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	328.57/cwt	327.00–330.50	2,201	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	314.67/cwt	310.00–324.00	2,014	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	759	357.20/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,711	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	326.26/cwt	322.00–329.00	2,065	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	379.03/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,948	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	383.70/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,665	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	372.81/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,402	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	307.25/cwt	307.00–307.50	1,714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	334.24/cwt	332.50–336.00	2,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	326.89/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	335.00/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,106	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	714	273.73/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,954	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	323.94/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	447	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,776	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,015	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,182	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	306.36/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	933	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	392	342.16/cwt	342.00–342.50	1,341	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,776	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,688	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,498	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	166.80/cwt	163.00–170.00	2,185	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	158.98/cwt	155.00–161.50	1,954	6
Bulls	—	—	1,340	175.82/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,356	3
Bulls	—	—	1,770	200.29/cwt	198.00–204.00	3,545	3
Bulls	—	—	1,950	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	4,427	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	862	148.23/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,278	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	172.59/cwt	171.50–174.00	2,723	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	165.23/cwt	160.00–169.50	2,639	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	175.46/cwt	172.50–180.00	2,151	11
Bulls	—	—	1,613	209.40/cwt	209.00–210.00	3,378	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	922	156.63/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	205	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	312.53/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,656	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,594.33/head	2,475.00–2,700.00	2,594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	514	381.95/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,963	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,109	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,726	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,292	3,106.68/head	2,400.00–3,700.00	3,107	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	408	410.98/cwt	410.00–412.50	1,677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	625	343.91/cwt	337.50–347.00	2,149	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	982	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	291	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,272	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	557	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,047	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	332	412.96/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,371	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	722	367.75/cwt	367.75–367.75	2,655	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	579	343.73/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,990	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	289.90/cwt	285.00–297.50	2,081	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	267.97/cwt	265.00–271.00	2,098	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	383.40/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,296	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	308.10/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,963	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	329.13/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,866	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	248	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,011	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	242.51/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	403.85/cwt	402.00–405.00	1,155	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,323	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	360.08/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	362.34/cwt	357.50–364.00	2,381	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	329.27/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,702	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	363	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,456	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	361.80/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,932	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	369.01/cwt	365.00–372.50	2,292	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	306.73/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,021	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	517	380.52/cwt	377.50–382.00	1,967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	353.45/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,015	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	318.30/cwt	310.00–329.00	2,464	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,307	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	413.39/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,604	9

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 (Thursday)

Thu Jul 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 728Last week 1,495Year ago 2,339

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 147Year ago 173

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 24Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	466	357.50	357.50
3	500–550	520	335.00–340.00	338.28
1	600–650	605	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	683	332.50–336.00	334.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	514	375.00–380.00	379.03
3	550–600	565	397.00	397.00
6	600–650	643	389.00	389.00
6	650–700	665	375.00–380.00	378.37
34	700–750	722	367.75	367.75
16	750–800	759	355.00–360.00	357.20
123	800–850	832	326.50–335.00	330.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	480	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	570	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	790	267.00	267.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	291	437.00	437.00
1	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	286	402.00–405.00	403.85
9	350–400	388	400.00–420.00	413.39
4	400–450	443	397.00	397.00
3	450–500	493	380.00	380.00
7	500–550	534	352.50–367.50	361.80
6	550–600	570	340.00–360.00	353.45
8	600–650	621	365.00–372.50	369.01
8	650–700	657	357.50–364.00	362.34
11	750–800	774	310.00–329.00	318.30
1	850–900	850	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	370.00	370.00
8	450–500	474	343.00–345.00	343.26
3	500–550	523	320.00–327.00	323.94
2	550–600	558	307.00–307.50	307.25
3	600–650	617	287.00–295.00	289.76
3	650–700	667	282.50–287.50	285.83
4	700–750	714	270.00–277.50	273.73
3	900–950	908	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	352.50–355.00	354.17
6	550–600	579	342.50–345.00	343.73
12	600–650	633	322.00–329.00	326.26
22	650–700	670	327.00–330.50	328.57
4	700–750	738	312.00	312.00
4	800–850	831	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	380.00–390.00	383.40
8	350–400	376	370.00–382.50	372.81
5	400–450	444	350.00–362.50	360.08
19	450–500	471	357.50–372.50	365.55
20	500–550	537	329.00–348.00	334.24
8	550–600	567	320.00–335.00	329.13
4	600–650	637	300.00–312.50	308.10
8	650–700	659	305.00–315.00	306.73
5	700–750	718	285.00–297.50	289.90
2	750–800	783	265.00–271.00	267.97
2	800–850	813	240.00–245.00	242.51
8	900–950	918	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	327.50	327.50
2	300–350	330	330.00–340.00	335.00
3	350–400	392	342.00–342.50	342.16
2	400–450	447	325.00	325.00
4	450–500	472	325.00–330.00	326.89
3	500–550	530	310.00–317.50	312.53
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	680	272.00	272.00
1	700–750	740	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	750	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	830	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	332	400.00–417.50	412.96
4	350–400	363	401.00	401.00
2	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	450	385.00	385.00
3	500–550	517	377.50–382.00	380.52
2	550–600	557	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	248	407.50	407.50
1	250–300	255	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	335	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	390	380.00	380.00
11	400–450	434	380.00–392.50	383.70
10	450–500	476	370.00–377.50	376.54
6	500–550	517	325.00–340.00	329.27
7	550–600	571	322.00–325.00	323.86
6	600–650	640	310.00–324.00	314.67
2	650–700	690	290.00–310.00	300.07
3	700–750	723	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	337.50	337.50
1	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	485	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	518	300.00–317.50	306.36
3	650–700	668	270.00	270.00
7	700–750	740	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	408	410.00–412.50	410.98
14	500–550	514	380.00–385.00	381.95
3	600–650	625	337.50–347.00	343.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	352.50	352.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	148.00	148.00
4	—	1,578	171.50–174.00	172.59
13	—	1,597	160.00–169.50	165.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,310	163.00–170.00	166.80
6	—	1,229	155.00–161.50	158.98
11	—	1,226	172.50–180.00	175.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	862	147.00–150.00	148.23
3	—	922	153.00–160.00	156.63
1	—	850	135.00	135.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,340	172.00–179.00	175.82
3	—	1,770	198.00–204.00	200.29
1	—	1,950	227.00	227.00
2	—	1,613	209.00–210.00	209.40

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,205	3,200.00	3,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,140	2,475.00–2,700.00	2,594.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	3,025.00	3,025.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	177.00	177.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,292	2,400.00–3,700.00	3,106.68

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 500–600 lb

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