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Richmond Livestock Auction

Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Apr 4

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210

← Mar 28Apr 4Apr 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 419 vs last sale 444▼ 184 vs year ago 209 · −88.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 24▼ 4 vs year ago 18 · −22.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 4▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle Sale

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend due to low receipts. Local flooding and severe weather made it difficult for cattle movement.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −111.20 against this barn's trailing median of $391.20.

Average price

$280.00

1 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−29.53

vs KY average

−41.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	580	280.00	1,624	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

280.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,415 hd

309.53

−29.53

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−41.38

This barn, trailing median29 sales

391.20

−111.20

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,764	178.48	3,148	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,635	143.00	2,338	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,423	136.50	1,942	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	113.84	1,182	2thin

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 Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	795	$775	1thin

Every lot

23 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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	339.90/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,475	5
Heifers	400–450	Large 2-3	435	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,251	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,522	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,624	1
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	600	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,575	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,568	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,377	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	430	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,430	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,875	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,821	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	1
Bulls	650–700	Large 2	695	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,668	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,753	168.52/cwt	167.00–170.00	2,954	2
Bulls	—	—	1,768	182.46/cwt	176.00–191.00	3,226	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	113.84/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,182	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,303	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,338	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,750	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,695	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	795	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	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 Apr 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 444Year ago 209

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 24Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 4Year ago 1

Compared to last week: No trend due to low receipts. Local flooding and severe weather made it difficult for cattle movement.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	382.50	382.50
1	500–550	505	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	600	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	665	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	655	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	640	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	655	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	332.50–345.00	339.90
2	450–500	487	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	262.50	262.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,768	176.00–191.00	182.46
2	—	1,753	167.00–170.00	168.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	154.00	154.00
1	—	1,095	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	111.00–116.00	113.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	143.00	143.00

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.