Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. Yearling steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.34/cwt on 13 head, down $72.83 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −123.23 against this barn's trailing median of $479.57.

Average price

$356.34

▼ 72.83 vs prior sale

13 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$46.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.04

vs KY average

−49.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	379.58	2,110	6thin
Large 1-2	575	352.50	2,027	1thin
Large 2	585	337.50	1,974	1thin
Medium and Large 2	549	332.98	1,828	5thin

One grade step is worth $46.60/cwt here — about $282 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $506.67, low $356.34, median $479.57 across 19 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 sale13 hd

356.34

—

KY average27 barns · 882 hd

390.37

−34.04

National average175 barns · 12,027 hd

405.41

−49.07

This barn, trailing median19 sales

479.57

−123.23

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	1,786	179.17	3,199	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,321	140.28	1,854	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,480	137.98	2,043	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,009	113.20	1,142	8thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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	Large 1-2	700–750	735	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,948	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	659	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,878	10
Steers	Large 2	550–600	585	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,974	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	728	283.73/cwt	282.50–285.00	2,066	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	762	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,057	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	530	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,656	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	575	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,027	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,663	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	128.42/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,381	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	117.02/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,077	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	99.23/cwt	97.50–100.00	1,045	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	430	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,193	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	566	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,687	4
Bulls	—	—	1,660	176.68/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,933	2
Bulls	—	—	2,073	196.99/cwt	194.00–199.00	4,084	3
Bulls	—	—	1,480	154.94/cwt	154.00–156.00	2,293	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	138.85/cwt	136.00–141.00	1,768	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,515	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,212	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	134.48/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,947	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	320.04/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,834	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	324.96/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,836	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,108	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,999	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	313.29/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,936	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	365.43/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,739	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	289.44/cwt	282.50–297.50	1,826	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	959	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	3,035	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,266	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	337.25/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,088	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	303.76/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,220	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,818	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,977	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	316.64/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,185	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,768	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	265.07/cwt	260.00–280.00	2,272	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	369.69/cwt	367.50–372.50	2,096	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	286.23/cwt	282.50–287.50	2,233	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	416.26/cwt	415.00–417.50	1,436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	362.54/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,650	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,988	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	366.24/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	340.09/cwt	337.50–342.50	1,789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	278.10/cwt	270.00–295.00	2,033	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,068	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	423.86/cwt	420.00–427.50	1,814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	329.76/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,741	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	322.46/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,719	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	580	316.38/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,835	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	475	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,579	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	565	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,681	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	675	272.56/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,840	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	635	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	758	319.75/cwt	319.75–319.75	2,424	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	636	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,398	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	282.50/cwt	277.50–285.00	2,684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	780	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1050–1100	1,081	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	3,238	105
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	455	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,433	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	647	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,452	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 Sep 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 575Last week 671Year ago 397

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 22Year ago 40

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. Yearling steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	332.50	332.50
2	500–550	530	312.50	312.50
1	550–600	565	297.50	297.50
3	600–650	635	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	675	265.00–280.00	272.56
1	700–750	735	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	327.50	327.50
2	500–550	533	320.00–325.00	322.46
4	550–600	573	312.50–322.50	320.04
4	600–650	631	282.50–297.50	289.44
2	650–700	672	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	415.00–417.50	416.26
2	400–450	437	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	455	355.00–370.00	362.54
4	500–550	526	337.50–342.50	340.09
2	550–600	567	355.00	355.00
5	600–650	606	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	659	300.00	300.00
4	700–750	731	270.00–295.00	278.10
4	750–800	780	282.50–287.50	286.23
1	800–850	815	262.50	262.50
3	1050–1100	1,068	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
129	750–800	758	319.75	319.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	302.50	302.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	277.50	277.50
4	550–600	566	298.00	298.00
10	650–700	659	285.00	285.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	337.50	337.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	447	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	525	345.00	345.00
3	550–600	565	320.00–327.50	324.96
4	600–650	630	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	680	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	397.50	397.50
28	600–650	636	377.00	377.00
2	750–800	780	350.00	350.00
105	950–1000	959	316.50	316.50
105	1050–1100	1,081	299.50	299.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	427.50	427.50
2	400–450	428	420.00–427.50	423.86
2	500–550	530	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	568	365.00–367.50	366.24
1	600–650	610	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
2	700–750	742	342.50	342.50
3	950–1000	950	277.50–285.00	282.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	580	310.00–330.00	316.38
2	700–750	728	282.50–285.00	283.73
2	750–800	762	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	595	267.50	267.50
2	600–650	647	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	370.00	370.00
5	450–500	476	360.00–387.50	365.43
3	600–650	618	310.00–320.00	313.29
1	650–700	660	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	727	275.00	275.00
1	950–1000	975	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	430.00	430.00
4	400–450	416	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	528	320.00–340.00	329.76
7	550–600	567	367.50–372.50	369.69
10	600–650	619	330.00–350.00	337.25
3	650–700	690	310.00–320.00	316.64
13	700–750	731	295.00–315.00	303.76
4	850–900	857	260.00–280.00	265.07
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	159.00	159.00
6	—	1,448	127.00–138.00	134.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	123.00–133.00	128.42
3	—	920	116.00–118.00	117.02
3	—	1,053	97.50–100.00	99.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,273	136.00–141.00	138.85
1	—	1,515	146.00	146.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	170.00–183.00	176.68
3	—	2,073	194.00–199.00	196.99
2	—	1,480	154.00–156.00	154.94

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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