Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2024-10-11

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Oct 11
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
940 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 1,000▲ 236 vs year ago 704 · +33.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 50▲ 8 vs year ago 80 · +10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 10▼ 34 vs year ago 41 · −82.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Yearling steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. No comparable receipts on slaughter bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $271.26/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −203.02 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.
Average price
$271.26
40 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,470
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$39.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.14
vs KY average
−23.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539279.271,50627
Medium and Large 2548257.061,40911thin
Medium and Large 2-3520242.501,2611thin
Large 1-2565240.001,3561thin
One grade step is worth $39.27/cwt here — about $150 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale40 hd
271.26
—
KY average25 barns · 958 hd
268.12
+3.14
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
−23.05
This barn, trailing median19 sales
474.28
−203.02
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—High1,729164.802,8494thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,223131.541,60920
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,507131.391,98045
CowsLean 85-90%High1,073118.361,27012

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,210$2,2251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,220$2,1751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,253$1,7533thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,012$2,0434thin

Every lot

97 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Large 1-2395285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1263
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,3181
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2631
Steers450–500Large 2460237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470255.21/cwt250.00–260.001,1992
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511290.05/cwt278.00–297.001,48217
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2611
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3946
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563253.53/cwt252.50–255.001,4275
Steers550–600Large 1-2565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3561
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587260.95/cwt260.00–270.001,53210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626244.42/cwt240.00–252.501,5304
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667241.86/cwt240.00–245.001,6138
Steers650–700Large 1-2675230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5531
Steers700–750Large 1-2735230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742249.37/cwt243.00–253.001,85011
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,9148
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2819242.80/cwt242.50–244.001,98915
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added865246.55/cwt242.50–251.752,133205
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,0341
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2908227.52/cwt225.00–230.002,0662
Steers900–950Large 1-2911210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9133
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added915239.84/cwt237.95–241.902,195277
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2951215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0455
Steers1000–1050Large 1-21,000200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0001
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,075190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Large 1-2265227.50/cwt227.50–227.506031
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280252.50/cwt252.50–252.507071
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2321247.50/cwt247.50–247.507943
Heifers300–350Large 1-2335224.14/cwt222.50–225.007513
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335220.00/cwt220.00–220.007371
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3350212.50/cwt210.00–215.007442
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390242.50/cwt242.50–242.509464
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2392228.12/cwt227.50–230.008944
Heifers400–450Large 1-2415230.00/cwt230.00–230.009552
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3431208.64/cwt195.00–215.008994
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433245.96/cwt240.00–250.001,0655
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0011
Heifers450–500Large 1-2455220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,0812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488249.88/cwt242.50–254.001,21923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1575
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523235.98/cwt232.50–237.501,23410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3529191.10/cwt187.50–197.501,0116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559238.85/cwt230.00–244.001,33531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2741
Heifers550–600Large 2585187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0971
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611222.46/cwt217.50–225.001,3593
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632204.22/cwt200.00–210.001,2913
Heifers600–650Large 1-2645220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4191
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2652200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3042
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664222.47/cwt220.00–225.001,4774
Heifers650–700Large 1-2670213.86/cwt210.00–217.501,4332
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added681241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,64116
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5981
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added746243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,81353
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,4732
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3780160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2481
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5521
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,6691
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,015182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,8522
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310280.00/cwt280.00–280.008681
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355280.00/cwt280.00–280.009941
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2386308.85/cwt300.00–315.001,1929
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3395242.50/cwt242.50–242.509581
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy406312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,2693
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423257.28/cwt250.00–265.001,0882
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2445280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2468271.84/cwt267.50–277.501,2727
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2273
Bulls450–500Large 1-2476236.55/cwt230.00–240.001,1266
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2533249.50/cwt240.00–255.001,3307
Bulls500–550Large 1-2535230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2311
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2546235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2833
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2569244.34/cwt237.50–250.001,3909
Bulls550–600Large 1-2574228.70/cwt225.00–232.501,3134
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3577200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1542
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3971
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2637240.02/cwt232.50–245.001,5297
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665236.11/cwt225.00–240.001,5704
Bulls700–750Large 1-2700205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4351
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2735210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5441
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4351
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2778183.28/cwt180.00–190.001,4263
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2915180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,729164.80/cwt162.00–167.002,8494
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%997126.06/cwt124.00–129.001,2575
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,109109.00/cwt106.00–113.001,2094
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150118.02/cwt117.00–119.001,3573
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158123.48/cwt117.00–127.001,4306
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251134.99/cwt130.00–141.001,68914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,505133.58/cwt130.00–141.002,01031
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510126.55/cwt119.00–129.501,91114
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2531,752.55/head1,575.00–1,910.001,7533
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0122,043.37/head1,975.00–2,100.002,0434

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.