Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2024-07-19

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Jul 19
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,217 head
▲ 135 vs last sale 1,082▲ 152 vs year ago 1,065 · +14.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 49▼ 10 vs year ago 48 · −20.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 24▼ 27 vs year ago 30 · −90.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend due to light test on feeder calves. Yearling steers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold on a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $273.61/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −200.67 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.
Average price
$273.61
8 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,493
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$58.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.20
vs KY average
−17.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510300.001,5301thin
Medium and Large 2555282.501,5682thin
Large 1-2528280.001,4793thin
Medium and Large 2-3580241.951,4032thin
One grade step is worth $58.05/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
273.61
—
KY average23 barns · 694 hd
290.81
−17.20
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
−17.48
This barn, trailing median19 sales
474.28
−200.67
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales
521461402342median 474.2803/0604/0305/1509/2510/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $506.67, low $356.34, median $474.28 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,649163.042,6895thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,529139.602,1357thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,264137.801,74220
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,121115.211,2924thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)860$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,045$1,4351thin

Every lot

87 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3831
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5301
Steers500–550Large 1-2515290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4942
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5261
Steers550–600Large 1-2555260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4431
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6101
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580241.95/cwt240.00–244.001,4032
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2601258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5513
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,6562
Steers600–650Large 1-2633253.06/cwt250.00–256.001,6022
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8276
Steers650–700Large 1-2670257.88/cwt250.00–266.001,7282
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,8974
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added833260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,16657
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added885247.43/cwt242.25–252.002,190291
Steers900–950Large 1-2915220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0131
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added976239.08/cwt231.50–243.402,333315
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,022220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2482
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,045230.57/cwt225.75–234.802,409103
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,072221.90/cwt221.90–221.902,37948
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2273296.01/cwt292.50–300.008082
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280275.00/cwt275.00–275.007701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305305.00/cwt305.00–305.009302
Heifers300–350Large 1-2330250.00/cwt250.00–250.008251
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333269.96/cwt265.00–275.008992
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365272.50/cwt272.50–272.509951
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373285.98/cwt282.50–292.501,0673
Heifers400–450Large 1-2415256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,0623
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425280.47/cwt277.50–286.001,1923
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1391
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3441247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,0893
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465259.60/cwt254.00–264.001,2075
Heifers450–500Large 1-2497265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3172
Heifers500–550Large 1-2500260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530261.14/cwt255.00–270.001,3844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3143
Heifers500–550Large 2-3535220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1772
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3537225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2082
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2554258.44/cwt250.00–261.001,4329
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3162
Heifers550–600Large 1-2570236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3451
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570224.83/cwt222.50–227.001,2822
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621233.21/cwt230.00–239.001,4485
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4313
Heifers600–650Large 1-2640229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4661
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672232.98/cwt232.00–235.001,56612
Heifers650–700Large 1-2680219.02/cwt218.00–220.001,4892
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added696255.25/cwt255.25–255.251,77774
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added702251.90/cwt251.90–251.901,768141
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5331
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2792209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6552
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830204.12/cwt200.00–212.501,6943
Heifers800–850Large 1-2831189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,5714
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200285.00/cwt285.00–285.005701
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2275325.00/cwt325.00–325.008941
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0402
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330290.00/cwt290.00–290.009571
Bulls400–450Large 1-2403276.21/cwt270.00–282.501,1132
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2142
Bulls450–500Large 1-2461286.65/cwt280.00–300.001,3213
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465263.55/cwt260.00–270.001,2263
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,3332
Bulls500–550Large 1-2515266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3701
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573271.23/cwt270.00–272.501,5542
Bulls550–600Large 1-2580230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3341
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2647220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4232
Bulls650–700Large 1-2663222.04/cwt220.00–224.001,4722
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668226.74/cwt226.00–227.501,5152
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2730223.50/cwt222.00–225.001,6322
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4601
Bulls750–800Large 1-2750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5001
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830186.20/cwt182.50–190.001,5452
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2855222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,9021
Bulls900–950Large 1-2910186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,6931
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3877165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4472
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,423156.07/cwt153.00–159.002,2212
Bulls——1,700165.04/cwt164.00–166.002,8062
Bulls——2,000173.00/cwt173.00–173.003,4601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,121115.21/cwt113.00–117.001,2924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,174127.41/cwt124.00–129.001,4964
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283135.79/cwt132.00–140.001,7429
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,291146.33/cwt143.50–152.001,8897
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,8551
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,508138.96/cwt138.50–139.502,0962
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,558142.95/cwt141.50–144.502,2274
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28601,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0451,435.00/head1,435.00–1,435.001,4351

This sale against other markets

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.