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Richmond Livestock Auction

Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Mar 7

● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210

← Feb 28Mar 7Mar 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

617 head

▼ 653 vs last sale 1,270▲ 186 vs year ago 431 · +43.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 55▲ 1 vs year ago 49 · +2.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550lbs sold sharply higher. Feeder steers over 550lbs sold mostly steady on a lighter test. Feeder heifers under 600lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher with some instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers over 600lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 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 $325.09/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −149.19 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$325.09

29 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$71.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.07

vs KY average

−24.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	336.68	1,867	21
Large 1-2	550	305.50	1,679	5thin
Medium and Large 2	520	300.00	1,560	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	592	265.00	1,569	2thin

One grade step is worth $71.68/cwt here — about $298 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 sale29 hd

325.09

—

KY average22 barns · 1,059 hd

328.16

−3.07

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−24.19

This barn, trailing median19 sales

474.28

−149.19

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	—	High	1,484	161.55	2,397	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,588	139.70	2,218	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	138.84	1,821	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,043	116.36	1,213	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,130	180.00	2,034	1thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,033	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	309	367.71/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,136	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	391.20/cwt	382.50–395.00	1,678	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	389.57/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,866	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	504	356.99/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,799	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	342.55/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,764	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	536	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,621	3
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	583	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,982	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	299.40/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,746	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	592	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,569	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	603	328.52/cwt	312.50–330.50	1,981	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,556	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	282.37/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,759	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	293.90/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,881	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	674	320.75/cwt	320.75–320.75	2,162	64
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	293.06/cwt	290.00–294.00	2,002	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	692	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,903	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	264.13/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,941	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	265.31/cwt	250.00–266.00	2,043	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,084	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	866	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,200	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	884	257.95/cwt	257.95–257.95	2,280	67
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	907	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,159	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,266	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	230	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	759	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	273	326.31/cwt	320.00–332.50	891	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	367	392.15/cwt	382.50–397.50	1,439	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	372.65/cwt	362.50–377.50	1,416	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	418	364.11/cwt	362.50–365.00	1,522	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	344.79/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,483	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	455	356.25/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,621	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	323.93/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,497	7
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	473	293.21/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,387	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	330.91/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,585	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	2
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	505	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,414	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	284.98/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,462	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	312.82/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,645	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,581	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	289.29/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,640	13
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	580	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,537	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	610	286.17/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,746	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	264.83/cwt	252.50–270.00	1,658	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,548	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,757	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	662	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,870	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,485	3
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	686	248.77/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,707	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,764	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	745	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	1,935	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,924	56
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,918	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,901	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,087	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	397.55/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,503	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	391	346.47/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,355	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	390.42/cwt	380.00–402.50	1,624	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,477	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	427	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,281	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,649	1
Bulls	450–500	Large 1-2	470	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,680	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	475	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,888	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	372.54/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,773	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	530	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,921	2
Bulls	500–550	Large 1-2	535	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,525	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	332.48/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,785	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	553	334.97/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,852	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,678	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,497	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	308.40/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,783	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	280.55/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,728	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	262.44/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,653	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,898	1
Bulls	650–700	Large 1-2	678	251.13/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,703	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	252.43/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,820	3
Bulls	700–750	Large 1-2	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,827	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,130	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,034	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,275	162.62/cwt	157.50–168.00	2,073	3
Bulls	—	—	1,610	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,866	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,558	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	830	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	789	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,023	111.77/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,143	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,109	126.14/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,399	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	136.41/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,674	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,353	127.97/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,731	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,431	148.31/cwt	143.00–157.00	2,122	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,562	136.91/cwt	132.00–139.00	2,139	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,613	142.50/cwt	140.00–144.00	2,299	5

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 Mar 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 617Last week 1,270Year ago 431

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 55Year ago 49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	530	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
4	600–650	610	280.00–292.50	286.17
2	650–700	662	282.50	282.50
12	700–750	745	259.75	259.75
56	750–800	750	256.50	256.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
7	450–500	462	320.00–327.50	323.93
2	500–550	513	280.00–290.00	284.98
2	550–600	550	287.50	287.50
2	600–650	645	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	655	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	330.00	330.00
2	250–300	273	320.00–332.50	326.31
5	350–400	380	362.50–377.50	372.65
9	400–450	430	340.00–350.00	344.79
10	450–500	479	320.00–340.00	330.91
14	500–550	526	305.00–315.00	312.82
13	550–600	567	280.00–297.50	289.29
15	600–650	626	252.50–270.00	264.83
8	650–700	658	267.00	267.00
21	700–750	707	249.50	249.50
9	750–800	772	248.50	248.50
3	900–950	905	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	290.00–300.00	293.21
1	500–550	505	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	580	265.00	265.00
4	650–700	686	247.50–250.00	248.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	500	280.00	280.00
3	650–700	675	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	382.50–397.50	392.15
3	400–450	418	362.50–365.00	364.11
2	450–500	455	352.50–360.00	356.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	350.00	350.00
4	300–350	309	365.00–375.00	367.71
4	400–450	429	382.50–395.00	391.20
11	450–500	479	385.00–390.00	389.57
3	500–550	515	340.00–347.50	342.55
4	550–600	583	297.50–305.00	299.40
7	600–650	640	287.50–300.00	293.90
17	650–700	683	290.00–294.00	293.06
18	700–750	735	255.00–267.50	264.13
24	750–800	770	250.00–266.00	265.31
8	800–850	811	257.00	257.00
3	850–900	866	254.00	254.00
2	900–950	907	238.00	238.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	536	302.50	302.50
2	550–600	570	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	504	355.00–357.50	356.99
9	550–600	583	340.00	340.00
28	600–650	603	312.50–330.50	328.52
64	650–700	674	320.75	320.75
67	850–900	884	257.95	257.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	592	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	610	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
5	600–650	623	277.50–287.50	282.37
4	650–700	692	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	345.00	345.00
5	350–400	378	395.00–400.00	397.55
7	400–450	416	380.00–402.50	390.42
11	450–500	476	365.00–385.00	372.54
8	500–550	537	330.00–347.50	332.48
3	550–600	578	300.00–320.00	308.40
7	600–650	616	275.00–290.00	280.55
1	650–700	660	287.50	287.50
3	700–750	721	250.00–257.50	252.43
1	850–900	870	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	391	340.00–360.00	346.47
1	400–450	425	347.50	347.50
1	450–500	455	362.50	362.50
1	550–600	565	297.00	297.00
2	600–650	630	260.00–265.00	262.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	427	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	565	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	397.50	397.50
2	500–550	530	362.50	362.50
3	550–600	553	330.00–337.50	334.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	357.50	357.50
1	500–550	535	285.00	285.00
2	650–700	678	245.00–257.50	251.13
1	700–750	735	245.00	245.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	95.00	95.00
6	—	1,023	108.00–115.00	111.77
5	—	1,109	121.00–132.00	126.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,613	140.00–144.00	142.50
5	—	1,562	132.00–139.00	136.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,227	130.00–141.00	136.41
6	—	1,431	143.00–157.00	148.31
3	—	1,353	126.00–129.00	127.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	178.00	178.00
3	—	1,275	157.50–168.00	162.62
3	—	1,650	155.00	155.00

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.