Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $435.22/cwt on 114 head, up $32.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 28 comparable sales and sits +35.65 against this barn's trailing median of $399.57.

Average price

$435.22

▲ 32.31 vs prior sale

114 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$470

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

$94.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.01

vs KY average

+18.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	523	451.96	2,364	88
Large 1-2	532	391.23	2,079	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	515	378.75	1,951	4thin
Medium and Large 2	564	376.05	2,122	14thin
Medium 1-2	530	357.50	1,895	2thin

One grade step is worth $94.46/cwt here — about $470 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.22, low $307.46, median $399.57 across 28 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 sale114 hd

435.22

—

KY average29 barns · 1,592 hd

412.21

+23.01

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

+18.11

This barn, trailing median28 sales

399.57

+35.65

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	1,433	236.73	3,392	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,331	185.93	2,474	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,565	183.38	2,870	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	159.12	1,687	8thin

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,235	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	978	$2,375	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,045	$2,000	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,170	$3,746	4thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,345	$3,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,525	$5,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,625	$4,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,098	$2,900	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$1,954	1thin

Every lot, as filed

104 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, 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 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,769	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	757	361.85/cwt	361.85–361.85	2,739	73
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	575	429.28/cwt	422.50–432.50	2,468	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,262	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	485	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,425	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	501	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,092	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	390	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	496.25/cwt	487.50–510.00	1,901	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	859	343.79/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,953	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	376.29/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,709	2
Steers	Large 2	550–600	550	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,121	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	326.52/cwt	325.00–332.50	2,302	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	785	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,120	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	810	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,479	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	418.90/cwt	417.50–422.50	2,170	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	360.02/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	903	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,844	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	437	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	302.53/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	839	343.94/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	473.17/cwt	471.50–477.50	2,707	21
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	702	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,299	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	525.88/cwt	515.00–537.50	2,288	8
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	605	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	434.66/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,830	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	410.08/cwt	405.00–423.00	2,797	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	604.77/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,996	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	563.12/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,072	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,053	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,654	26
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	795	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	456.58/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,529	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,571	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	744	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,894	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	389.84/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,378	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	442.98/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,476	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	393.75/cwt	392.50–395.00	2,618	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	405	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,985	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	735	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,683	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	680	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,567	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,821	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	187.62/cwt	183.00–195.00	2,508	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	176.66/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,288	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	157.22/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,599	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,562	184.15/cwt	180.00–192.00	2,876	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,294	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	180.94/cwt	180.00–182.00	2,135	2
Bulls	—	—	1,433	236.73/cwt	229.00–251.00	3,392	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,625	4,550.00/head	4,550.00–4,550.00	4,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	1,954.00/head	1,954.00–1,954.00	1,954	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	855	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	5,100.00/head	5,100.00–5,100.00	5,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	3,746.42/head	2,450.00–4,500.00	3,746	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	532	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,137	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	446.66/cwt	445.00–447.50	2,287	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,090	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	3,079	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,060	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	557	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,047	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	371.34/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,143	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	562	364.96/cwt	350.00–372.50	2,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,506	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,438	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	393.31/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,325	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	530	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	344.49/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	378.75/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,951	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	667	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,301	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	288.74/cwt	287.50–290.00	2,050	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	416.43/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,457	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	345	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	462	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,779	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	250–300	290	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,047	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,627	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 →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Fri May 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 604Last week 471Year ago 241

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 84Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 15Year ago 20

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	500–550	521	468.00	468.00
15	600–650	615	407.50	407.50
55	650–700	682	406.00	406.00
73	750–800	757	361.85	361.85
5	800–850	839	340.00–360.00	343.94
6	850–900	859	337.50–350.00	343.79
11	900–950	903	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	437	392.50	392.50
3	500–550	501	417.50	417.50
3	550–600	562	350.00–372.50	364.96
1	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	667	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	785	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	810	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	515.00	515.00
5	350–400	383	487.50–510.00	496.25
4	400–450	430	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	472	442.50	442.50
23	500–550	518	417.50–422.50	418.90
4	550–600	585	397.50	397.50
3	600–650	616	340.00–370.00	360.02
5	650–700	684	340.00–347.50	344.49
5	700–750	705	325.00–332.50	326.52
2	850–900	870	300.00–305.00	302.53
3	1100–1150	1,121	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	497	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	518	390.00–400.00	393.31
11	550–600	577	365.00–375.00	371.34
2	700–750	710	287.50–290.00	288.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	405.00	405.00
4	500–550	515	375.00–380.00	378.75
1	750–800	760	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	420.00	420.00
2	500–550	530	357.50	357.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	500.00	500.00
3	550–600	575	422.50–432.50	429.28
1	600–650	605	400.00	400.00
2	700–750	702	327.50	327.50
1	750–800	795	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	535.00	535.00
1	400–450	415	500.00	500.00
1	500–550	520	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	560	442.50	442.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	600.00–620.00	604.77
3	350–400	368	550.00–570.00	563.12
8	400–450	435	515.00–537.50	525.88
2	450–500	492	525.00	525.00
4	500–550	547	470.00	470.00
22	550–600	554	455.00–460.00	456.58
7	600–650	612	405.00	405.00
41	650–700	682	405.00–423.00	410.08
2	700–750	720	370.00–382.50	376.29
3	800–850	828	345.00	345.00
9	850–900	898	340.00	340.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	508	522.50	522.50
21	550–600	572	471.50–477.50	473.17
1	600–650	635	447.50	447.50
15	650–700	651	430.00–435.00	434.66
16	700–750	744	389.00	389.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	540.00	540.00
1	400–450	420	485.00	485.00
3	500–550	512	445.00–447.50	446.66
5	550–600	559	440.00–445.00	442.98
2	600–650	610	380.00–400.00	389.84
2	650–700	665	392.50–395.00	393.75
2	750–800	767	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	845	332.50	332.50
2	850–900	855	332.50	332.50
1	900–950	930	282.50	282.50
1	1050–1100	1,090	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	405	490.00	490.00
1	650–700	680	377.50	377.50
2	700–750	735	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	532	387.50	387.50
2	550–600	557	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	460.00	460.00
2	500–550	515	415.00	415.00
5	550–600	590	410.00–422.50	416.43
2	1050–1100	1,060	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	462	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	545	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	178.00	178.00
7	—	1,562	180.00–192.00	184.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,337	183.00–195.00	187.62
2	—	1,295	175.00–178.00	176.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,017	155.00–160.00	157.22
1	—	1,035	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,180	180.00–182.00	180.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,433	229.00–251.00	236.73

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	2,250.00	2,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,625	4,550.00	4,550.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,525	5,100.00	5,100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	1,954.00	1,954.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,170	2,450.00–4,500.00	3,746.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,345	3,200.00	3,200.00

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Richmond Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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