Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2025-03-14

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Mar 14
● Final118 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
685 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 617▼ 4 vs year ago 689 · −0.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 50▼ 12 vs year ago 60 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600lbs sold sharply higher. Feeder steers over 600lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with some instances of sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher with the increase on a few extremely high dressing individuals.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.13/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 5 of 29 comparable sales and sits −74.07 against this barn's trailing median of $391.20.
Average price
$317.13
64 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$237
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$68.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.70
vs KY average
+2.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528328.071,73246
Large 1-2502312.501,5692thin
Medium and Large 2539288.001,55215thin
Medium and Large 2-3575260.001,4951thin
One grade step is worth $68.07/cwt here — about $237 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 sale64 hd
317.13
—
KY average26 barns · 1,963 hd
300.43
+16.70
National average179 barns · 17,787 hd
314.96
+2.17
This barn, trailing median29 sales
391.20
−74.07
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

29 sales
449396343290median 391.1903/0604/2406/1908/2810/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.22, low $303.56, median $391.20 across 29 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—High1,824181.163,3047thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,520140.672,1383thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,281140.491,79926
CowsLean 85-90%High1,081122.881,3299thin

Every lot

118 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2601
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4001
Steers350–400Medium 1-2385310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1941
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3651
Steers400–450Medium 1-2405300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2152
Steers400–450Large 1-2410377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,5481
Steers400–450Large 2420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4451
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,8644
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,6951
Steers450–500Medium 1-2475313.26/cwt300.00–317.501,4884
Steers450–500Large 2496335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6623
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added504398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,00617
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514354.58/cwt350.00–367.501,8237
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520325.19/cwt320.00–330.001,6912
Steers550–600Large 1-2565290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6394
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582341.68/cwt340.00–342.501,9893
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2198
Steers600–650Large 2634285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,80714
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0961
Steers600–650Large 1-2642315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0222
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1022
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658310.88/cwt302.50–315.002,0466
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,0031
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740278.50/cwt278.50–278.502,0617
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,9441
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added795273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,17010
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,1131
Steers800–850Large 1-2815237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,9361
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added816273.20/cwt272.00–274.302,229133
Steers850–900Large 1-2857235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0142
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2003
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2995235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,3381
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,105212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,3481
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3235310.00/cwt310.00–310.007291
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260357.50/cwt357.50–357.509301
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275292.50/cwt292.50–292.508041
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3305325.00/cwt325.00–325.009911
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318337.61/cwt330.00–345.001,0744
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,1761
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy355395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4021
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2377290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0932
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384363.46/cwt360.00–377.501,39613
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2511
Heifers350–400Large 1-2390345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3461
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3390303.71/cwt295.00–310.001,1847
Heifers350–400Large 2395320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2641
Heifers400–450Large 1-2412300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2362
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423344.91/cwt340.00–352.501,4598
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427329.59/cwt320.00–335.001,4077
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6068
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440314.40/cwt310.00–317.501,3834
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3462297.08/cwt285.00–300.001,3735
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475319.54/cwt310.00–325.001,5186
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476332.55/cwt330.00–342.501,5835
Heifers450–500Medium 2485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added491347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,7069
Heifers450–500Large 1-2491296.89/cwt295.00–297.501,4584
Heifers500–550Large 1-2502312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5692
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513323.65/cwt312.50–325.001,66026
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515294.06/cwt287.50–300.001,5148
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added538350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8839
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2554312.74/cwt290.00–317.501,7336
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8355
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566281.07/cwt277.50–282.501,5917
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4951
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610323.75/cwt323.75–323.751,97580
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630290.00/cwt282.50–297.501,8274
Heifers600–650Large 1-2630228.92/cwt220.00–237.501,4424
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638244.98/cwt240.00–250.001,5632
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670242.02/cwt240.00–245.001,6225
Heifers650–700Large 1-2675242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,6371
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733230.24/cwt227.50–231.001,6889
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7322
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9896
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,0071
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2931215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0023
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,1921
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1701
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2331402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,3324
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3345330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1391
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2355392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,3931
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358357.34/cwt350.00–360.001,2794
Bulls350–400Large 1-2390370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4432
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,7541
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427391.87/cwt380.00–395.001,6735
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5093
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3435315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3701
Bulls400–450Large 2-3445225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0011
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy462417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,9295
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8371
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3467337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,5762
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471364.36/cwt362.50–365.001,7164
Bulls500–550Large 2-3517277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,4352
Bulls500–550Large 2525295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5491
Bulls500–550Large 1-2530312.43/cwt305.00–320.001,6562
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy537345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8534
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2538330.83/cwt327.50–332.501,7803
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570288.98/cwt280.00–297.501,6472
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2581324.91/cwt320.00–337.501,8884
Bulls600–650Large 1-2610240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4641
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625326.01/cwt322.50–327.502,03810
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2685276.24/cwt272.50–280.001,8926
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2693249.97/cwt242.50–257.501,7322
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2734240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7625
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2775230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7832
Bulls750–800Large 1-2780230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7941
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,824181.16/cwt170.00–210.003,3047
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040112.34/cwt110.00–115.001,1682
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093125.89/cwt122.00–131.001,3767
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208128.01/cwt126.00–129.001,5463
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262135.16/cwt130.00–140.001,70610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,312147.47/cwt142.00–151.001,93513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,0021
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,585139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,2032

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.