Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2025-01-17

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Jan 17
● Final110 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
830 head
▲ 651 vs last sale 179▲ 750 vs year ago 80 · +937.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 63▲ 20 vs year ago 7 · +285.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 25▲ 19 vs year ago 1 · +1,900.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to being closed last week for inclement weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $312.52/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −161.76 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.
Average price
$312.52
69 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,726
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$332
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$59.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.99
vs KY average
−29.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553322.111,78153
Medium and Large 2555289.021,60310thin
Large 1-2528276.161,4582thin
Medium and Large 2-3552262.501,4494thin
One grade step is worth $59.61/cwt here — about $332 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 sale69 hd
312.52
—
KY average23 barns · 1,513 hd
316.51
−3.99
National average190 barns · 32,836 hd
342.45
−29.93
This barn, trailing median19 sales
474.28
−161.76
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—High2,011160.283,2244thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,330133.921,7818thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,409128.401,8105thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,021113.011,1548thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,785$2,2751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,525$2,0351thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,288$1,9133thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,186$1,8235
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,450$1,8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,200$1,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,255$1,7101thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)820$1,1251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)925$1,5751thin

Every lot

110 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2311320.00/cwt320.00–320.009953
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,3221
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413314.04/cwt307.50–320.001,2973
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added429340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4596
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461323.90/cwt320.00–335.001,4934
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,8073
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526298.10/cwt290.00–300.001,5685
Steers500–550Large 1-2528276.16/cwt272.50–280.001,4582
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529328.39/cwt327.50–332.501,73714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3552262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4494
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563306.68/cwt300.00–315.001,72712
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566322.98/cwt320.00–324.001,82824
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583279.93/cwt275.00–285.001,6325
Steers600–650Large 2605230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3921
Steers600–650Large 1-2613265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6243
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4451
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622303.84/cwt300.00–305.001,89030
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623278.34/cwt270.00–283.001,73429
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638249.95/cwt247.50–255.001,5954
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added651292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,9043
Steers650–700Large 2665245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6292
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3672237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,5962
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683277.61/cwt270.00–285.001,89649
Steers650–700Large 1-2690270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8631
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715253.01/cwt252.50–255.001,80940
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725279.82/cwt279.60–282.002,02985
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771258.18/cwt250.00–265.001,99120
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8982
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added859258.25/cwt258.25–258.252,21865
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2925190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7581
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,059202.50/cwt202.50–202.502,1445
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2281315.00/cwt315.00–315.008854
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358298.19/cwt290.00–302.501,0683
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360328.72/cwt327.50–330.001,1832
Heifers350–400Large 1-2365285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy400307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,2301
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413291.85/cwt282.50–297.501,20515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2457274.14/cwt272.50–275.001,2533
Heifers450–500Large 1-2460280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2881
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2460220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0121
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3465257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,1971
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469277.28/cwt270.00–285.001,30016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480305.54/cwt295.00–315.001,46712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520266.17/cwt260.00–275.001,3849
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521251.69/cwt250.00–255.001,3113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534281.82/cwt280.00–285.001,50522
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566260.58/cwt260.00–267.501,47513
Heifers550–600Large 1-2567239.01/cwt232.50–245.001,3553
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3852
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2761
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added584285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6646
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611264.30/cwt256.00–270.001,61561
Heifers600–650Large 1-2618218.67/cwt212.50–225.001,3512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630237.09/cwt232.50–242.501,4946
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4191
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6389
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659242.39/cwt234.00–245.001,59717
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3668200.39/cwt200.00–201.001,3395
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2674223.38/cwt220.00–227.501,50611
Heifers650–700Large 1-2677227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5402
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714214.41/cwt208.00–222.501,5318
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added762249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,89768
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762215.83/cwt210.00–220.001,64512
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815210.00/cwt207.50–212.501,7122
Heifers850–900Large 1-2850192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,6361
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2870170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4791
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,010195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,9702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2326355.28/cwt345.00–365.001,1584
Bulls300–350Large 1-2335325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0891
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy345386.67/cwt370.00–395.001,3343
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2383360.46/cwt355.00–367.501,3814
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2412290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1952
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5121
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435314.89/cwt310.00–320.001,3702
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483322.44/cwt320.00–325.001,5572
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2498287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,4323
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2502285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523305.34/cwt295.00–310.001,5976
Bulls550–600Large 2560250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4002
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6531
Bulls550–600Large 1-2580270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5661
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4401
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2663257.14/cwt252.50–265.001,7056
Bulls650–700Large 1-2696245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7054
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2740220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6282
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2780225.80/cwt217.50–230.001,7613
Bulls800–850Large 1-2810200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6201
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2863231.20/cwt227.50–235.001,9952
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2875200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7502
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2902202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,8272
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,9261
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,550144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,2321
Bulls——2,165165.71/cwt160.00–173.003,5883
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86098.56/cwt92.00–104.008482
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073114.74/cwt108.00–119.001,2314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,3372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275140.15/cwt137.50–142.501,7872
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,348131.85/cwt128.00–136.001,7776
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,368126.75/cwt125.00–129.001,7344
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,575135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,1261
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28201,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1861,822.95/head1,500.00–2,100.001,8235
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2551,710.00/head1,710.00–1,710.001,7101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2881,912.70/head1,700.00–2,085.001,9133
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4501,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5252,035.00/head2,035.00–2,035.002,0351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,7852,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29251,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751

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.