Name: Paris Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons due to being closed last week for the winter storm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $383.57/cwt on 41 head, up $1.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 31 comparable sales and sits −28.79 against this barn's trailing median of $412.36.

Average price

$383.57

▲ 1.00 vs prior sale

41 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,170

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$37.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.26

vs KY average

−47.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	386.28	2,188	38
Medium and Large 2-3	557	349.25	1,945	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.04/cwt here — about $243 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $446.90, low $346.97, median $412.36 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 sale41 hd

383.57

—

KY average14 barns · 201 hd

391.83

−8.26

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−47.97

This barn, trailing median31 sales

412.36

−28.79

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	1,477	190.98	2,820	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,480	184.00	2,723	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	170.10	2,009	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	969	140.06	1,358	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,275	190.00	2,423	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,700	181.00	3,077	1thin

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)	1,365	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,323	$2,795	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,058	$2,431	3thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,363	1
Bulls	—	—	1,550	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,635	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	172.82/cwt	171.00–176.00	2,200	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	147.41/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,651	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,723	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	145.64/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,445	3
Bulls	—	—	1,410	187.12/cwt	184.00–193.00	2,638	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	917	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	353.87/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,257	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,062	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	327	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	250	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	785	358.43/cwt	357.50–363.00	2,814	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	353.50/cwt	352.00–355.00	2,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	431	475.79/cwt	475.00–477.50	2,051	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,243	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,604	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	446.23/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,597	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	661	356.61/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,357	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,661	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	451.24/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,342	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	354.86/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,221	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	746	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,607	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	386.59/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,381	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	425.42/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,089	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	817	355.41/cwt	351.00–361.00	2,904	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	400.31/cwt	400.00–402.00	2,242	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	374.59/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,173	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	418.54/cwt	415.00–422.50	1,984	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	175	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,665	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	339.94/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,101	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	328.72/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,114	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	857	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,811	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	317.37/cwt	317.00–317.50	2,472	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	314.15/cwt	300.00–322.50	2,994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	446.61/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,295	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	280.03/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	451.66/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,021	301.51/cwt	300.00–305.00	3,078	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	427.95/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	343.98/cwt	337.50–348.00	2,356	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	326.23/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,362	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	350.98/cwt	348.00–362.50	2,366	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	521.62/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,967	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	423.90/cwt	405.00–432.50	2,268	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	481.91/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,198	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,229	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,700	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	3,077	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	200–250	210	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	536	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	150–200	190	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	475	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	465	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	1
Bulls	—	—	1,563	204.41/cwt	200.00–208.00	3,195	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	182.54/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,218	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,062	163.46/cwt	161.00–167.50	1,736	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,275	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,423	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	138.51/cwt	137.50–139.00	1,267	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	503.08/cwt	492.50–515.00	2,133	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	473.06/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	456	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,348	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,330	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,323	2,794.61/head	2,650.00–2,950.00	2,795	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	950	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	235	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	343.46/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,490	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	2,430.71/head	2,350.00–2,550.00	2,431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	468	457.71/cwt	452.50–465.00	2,142	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	376.65/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,090	3

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 Feb 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 665Last week 2,539Year ago 2,256

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 99Year ago 219

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 33Year ago 89

No comparisons due to being closed last week for the winter storm.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	128.00	128.00
3	—	992	140.00–149.00	145.64
3	—	915	137.50–139.00	138.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,273	171.00–176.00	172.82
2	—	1,120	146.00–149.00	147.41
5	—	1,215	180.00–188.00	182.54
5	—	1,062	161.00–167.50	163.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	184.00	184.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	170.00	170.00
5	—	1,410	184.00–193.00	187.12
3	—	1,563	200.00–208.00	204.41
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	190.00	190.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	415.00	415.00
2	650–700	665	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	705	292.50	292.50
2	900–950	917	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	520.00	520.00
5	450–500	466	470.00–475.00	473.06
3	550–600	555	375.00–380.00	376.65
2	600–650	640	364.00	364.00
12	650–700	674	348.00–362.50	350.98
1	750–800	765	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	385	470.00	470.00
6	400–450	431	475.00–477.50	475.79
1	450–500	480	430.00	430.00
1	500–550	535	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	575	390.00	390.00
2	600–650	645	352.00–355.00	353.50
1	650–700	660	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	760	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	519	440.00–455.00	451.24
38	550–600	582	440.00–455.00	446.23
5	600–650	627	425.00	425.00
16	650–700	662	402.00	402.00
4	700–750	700	372.00	372.00
40	750–800	785	357.50–363.00	358.43
9	800–850	817	351.00–361.00	355.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	460.00	460.00
2	250–300	297	550.00	550.00
1	300–350	310	510.00	510.00
6	350–400	377	510.00–530.00	521.62
8	400–450	424	492.50–515.00	503.08
5	450–500	456	475.00–490.00	481.91
10	500–550	535	405.00–432.50	423.90
6	550–600	580	415.00–435.00	427.95
9	600–650	616	380.00–390.00	386.59
2	650–700	652	377.50	377.50
7	700–750	725	337.50–350.00	343.46
4	800–850	823	325.00–330.00	328.72
2	850–900	860	335.00	335.00
1	900–950	900	330.00	330.00
3	950–1000	953	300.00–322.50	314.15
6	1000–1050	1,021	300.00–305.00	301.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	550.00	550.00
1	400–450	415	537.00	537.00
5	450–500	456	515.00	515.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	350	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	455	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	568	350.00–357.50	353.87
1	600–650	620	322.50	322.50
1	700–750	730	282.50	282.50
1	800–850	800	272.50	272.50
1	950–1000	950	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	521	401.00	401.00
13	550–600	560	400.00–402.00	400.31
10	600–650	626	350.00–358.00	354.86
51	650–700	661	350.00–357.50	356.61
73	700–750	746	349.50	349.50
60	850–900	857	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	540.00	540.00
1	200–250	215	405.00	405.00
3	250–300	290	440.00–450.00	446.61
4	300–350	329	450.00–455.00	451.66
2	350–400	357	445.00	445.00
2	400–450	418	415.00–435.00	425.42
7	450–500	474	415.00–422.50	418.54
2	500–550	542	390.00	390.00
20	550–600	580	370.00–385.00	374.59
7	600–650	618	330.00–342.50	339.94
25	650–700	685	337.50–348.00	343.98
12	700–750	724	315.00–330.00	326.23
4	750–800	779	317.00–317.50	317.37
2	900–950	930	275.00–285.00	280.03
1	1000–1050	1,010	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	520.00	520.00
10	450–500	468	452.50–465.00	457.71
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	327	330.00	330.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	250.00	250.00
1	200–250	210	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	465	200.00	200.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,365	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,323	2,650.00–2,950.00	2,794.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,058	2,350.00–2,550.00	2,430.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	218.00	218.00

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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How this sale compares

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