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Richmond Livestock Auction

Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Oct 3

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

559 head

▲ 162 vs last sale 397▼ 441 vs year ago 1,000 · −44.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

52 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 40▲ 2 vs year ago 50 · +4.0%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle Sale

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. Yearling steers sold mostly steady on a light test. Slaughter cows sold steady with the exception of some extremely high dressing individuals. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $334.69/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −80.94 against this barn's trailing median of $415.63.

Average price

$334.69

8 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,245

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$583

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

$54.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.70

vs KY average

−55.87 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	681	354.50	2,413	5thin
Medium 1-2	677	302.50	2,048	2thin
Large 2	610	300.00	1,830	1thin

One grade step is worth $54.50/cwt here — about $583 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

334.69

—

KY average23 barns · 630 hd

358.39

−23.70

National average171 barns · 12,197 hd

390.56

−55.87

This barn, trailing median21 sales

415.63

−80.94

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 600–700 lb

21 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $447.39, low $344.04, median $415.63 across 21 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	—	Low	1,683	181.26	3,051	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,596	167.66	2,675	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,303	161.78	2,109	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,002	120.67	1,209	8thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	1
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	2
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	495	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,733	1
Steers	600–650	Large 2	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,238	1
Steers	650–700	Medium 1-2	677	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,048	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,457	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,363	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	793	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,918	59
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	821	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,993	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	871	345.47/cwt	340.75–349.75	3,009	115
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	909	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,172	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	337	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,062	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,190	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	392	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,245	2
Heifers	400–450	Large 2	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,509	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	336.72/cwt	332.50–342.50	1,596	9
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,536	1
Heifers	500–550	Large 2	500	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,413	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,716	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,479	1
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	525	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,562	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	305.84/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,734	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,859	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	607	376.68/cwt	365.00–382.25	2,286	123
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,953	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	661	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,429	77
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	320.04/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,131	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	1
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	678	308.26/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,090	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,284	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,346	3
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,453	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	205	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	861	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	433.72/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,605	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	406.83/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,717	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	1
Bulls	450–500	Large 1-2	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	378.35/cwt	362.50–382.50	1,967	5
Bulls	500–550	Large 1-2	520	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,729	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,866	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1-2	590	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,608	1
Bulls	600–650	Large 1-2	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Bulls	650–700	Large 1-2	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,227	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	747	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,222	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,280	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	768	286.11/cwt	280.00–292.50	2,197	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,197	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,420	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,102	1
Bulls	—	—	1,701	183.85/cwt	173.00–192.00	3,127	6
Bulls	—	—	1,840	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,662	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	938	104.00/cwt	98.00–110.00	976	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,013	117.12/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,186	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,562	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,095	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,708	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,757	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	156.28/cwt	152.00–159.00	1,982	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,337	167.37/cwt	161.00–178.00	2,238	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,546	173.56/cwt	164.00–179.00	2,683	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,695	155.85/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,642	3

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 Oct 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 559Last week 397Year ago 1,000

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 40Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	420.00	420.00
3	350–400	370	425.00–450.00	433.72
4	400–450	422	400.00–410.00	406.83
5	500–550	520	362.50–382.50	378.35
5	550–600	557	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	707	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	760	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	870	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	747	297.50	297.50
2	750–800	768	280.00–292.50	286.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	520	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	685	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	480	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	567	305.00–307.50	305.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
123	600–650	607	365.00–382.25	376.68
77	650–700	661	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	431	350.00	350.00
9	450–500	474	332.50–342.50	336.72
3	500–550	501	342.50	342.50
1	550–600	590	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	620	315.00	315.00
3	650–700	666	315.00–322.50	320.04
1	700–750	725	315.00	315.00
3	750–800	763	307.50	307.50
1	1050–1100	1,055	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	525	297.50	297.50
3	650–700	678	300.00–312.50	308.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	500	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	315.00	315.00
2	350–400	392	317.50	317.50
1	500–550	510	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	635	352.50	352.50
4	650–700	692	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	700	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
59	750–800	793	368.00	368.00
60	800–850	821	364.50	364.50
115	850–900	871	340.75–349.75	345.47
54	900–950	909	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	677	302.50	302.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	938	98.00–110.00	104.00
3	—	1,013	115.00–120.00	117.12
1	—	1,095	156.00	156.00
1	—	1,070	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,546	164.00–179.00	173.56
3	—	1,695	152.00–160.00	155.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	144.00	144.00
13	—	1,337	161.00–178.00	167.37
10	—	1,268	152.00–159.00	156.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	148.00	148.00
1	—	1,840	199.00	199.00
6	—	1,701	173.00–192.00	183.85

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.