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Richmond Livestock Auction

Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Feb 7

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210

← Jan 31Feb 7Feb 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

397 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 468▼ 171 vs year ago 568 · −30.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 79▼ 54 vs year ago 94 · −57.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 23▼ 24 vs year ago 27 · −88.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower on a light test. Yearling steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady with slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.19/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −157.09 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$317.19

59 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,715

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

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

$52.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.55

vs KY average

−25.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	319.81	1,733	56
Large 1-2	530	270.00	1,431	1thin
Medium and Large 2	512	267.50	1,370	2thin

One grade step is worth $52.31/cwt here — about $364 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale59 hd

317.19

—

KY average24 barns · 1,231 hd

316.64

+0.55

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−25.19

This barn, trailing median19 sales

474.28

−157.09

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,735	164.14	2,848	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,800	146.00	2,628	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,323	133.78	1,769	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,061	113.58	1,205	9thin

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 Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$1,900	1thin

Every lot

68 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,257	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,368	1
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	490	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,348	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	512	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,370	2
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	530	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,431	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	540	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,739	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	291.29/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,655	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	625	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,484	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	633	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	1,896	65
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,548	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	713	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,000	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	761	269.75/cwt	269.75–269.75	2,053	48
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,048	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	861	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,131	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	227	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	783	4
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	732	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	309.91/cwt	307.50–312.50	868	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	303	299.88/cwt	285.00–315.00	909	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	932	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	397	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	953	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	418	241.44/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,009	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	296.66/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,273	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	274.92/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,190	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,316	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,360	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	270.63/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,399	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,246	1
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	570	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,254	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	252.49/cwt	247.50–260.00	1,477	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,548	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,473	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,685	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	687	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,594	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700	263.29/cwt	258.00–263.50	1,843	78
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,752	4
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	745	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,509	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	750	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,298	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	784	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,999	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	287	349.20/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,002	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	976	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,064	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,145	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	299.49/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,261	10
Bulls	450–500	Large 1-2	473	247.62/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,171	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	291.33/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,398	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	273.66/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,390	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	256.67/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,348	3
Bulls	500–550	Large 1-2	540	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,431	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	258.83/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,496	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,460	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,357	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	248.84/cwt	242.50–251.00	1,530	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,147	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,540	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	198.77/cwt	192.50–205.00	1,606	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,557	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,735	164.14/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,848	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,040	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,023	94.53/cwt	94.00–95.00	967	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,063	118.29/cwt	112.00–122.00	1,257	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,438	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,292	133.41/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,724	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,336	123.57/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,651	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,454	145.74/cwt	141.00–149.00	2,119	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,800	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,628	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Fri Feb 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 397Last week 468Year ago 568

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 79Year ago 94

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 23Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	267.50	267.50
1	600–650	625	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	568	285.00–295.00	291.29
1	600–650	645	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	480	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	512	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
52	500–550	540	322.00	322.00
65	600–650	633	299.50	299.50
8	700–750	713	280.50	280.50
48	750–800	761	269.75	269.75
2	800–850	800	256.00	256.00
14	850–900	861	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	530	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	397	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	305.00	305.00
2	250–300	280	307.50–312.50	309.91
2	300–350	303	285.00–315.00	299.88
1	350–400	355	262.50	262.50
5	400–450	433	260.00–282.50	274.92
1	450–500	490	277.50	277.50
1	500–550	530	235.00	235.00
2	600–650	627	235.00	235.00
2	650–700	687	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	227	345.00	345.00
6	400–450	429	290.00–300.00	296.66
1	450–500	450	292.50	292.50
4	500–550	517	267.50–275.00	270.63
6	550–600	585	247.50–260.00	252.49
2	600–650	613	252.50	252.50
3	650–700	685	246.00	246.00
4	700–750	733	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	745	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	700–750	700	258.00–263.50	263.29
6	750–800	784	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	260.00	260.00
2	400–450	418	235.00–247.50	241.44
1	750–800	750	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	287	347.50–355.00	349.20
1	300–350	330	322.50	322.50
1	350–400	355	322.50	322.50
10	400–450	421	290.00–302.50	299.49
2	450–500	480	287.50–295.00	291.33
2	500–550	508	267.50–280.00	273.66
2	550–600	578	255.00–262.50	258.83
4	600–650	615	242.50–251.00	248.84
1	750–800	770	200.00	200.00
2	800–850	808	192.50–205.00	198.77
3	850–900	870	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	305.00	305.00
3	500–550	525	255.00–257.50	256.67
2	550–600	590	247.50	247.50
2	600–650	610	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	245.00–250.00	247.62
1	500–550	540	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,023	94.00–95.00	94.53
2	—	1,115	129.00	129.00
1	—	1,020	102.00	102.00
4	—	1,063	112.00–122.00	118.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,292	129.00–139.00	133.41
4	—	1,336	121.00–126.00	123.57
4	—	1,454	141.00–149.00	145.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,735	158.00–168.00	164.14

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,900.00	1,900.00

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.