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Richmond Livestock Auction

Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Jan 16

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210

← Jan 9Jan 16Jan 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

358 head

▼ 333 vs last sale 691▼ 472 vs year ago 830 · −56.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 85▼ 13 vs year ago 27 · −48.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 17▼ 16 vs year ago 20 · −80.0%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle Sale

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700lbs sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Yearling steers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold sharply higher with feeder heifers over 500lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Good quality offering of feeder calves in todays sale with good to very good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower on a light test.

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 $438.56/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 8 of 19 comparable sales and sits −35.72 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$438.56

31 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,370

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$527

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

$75.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.11

vs KY average

−33.42 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	443.29	2,402	29
Medium and Large 2	530	372.50	1,974	1thin
Large 2	510	367.50	1,874	1thin

One grade step is worth $75.79/cwt here — about $527 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale31 hd

438.56

—

KY average25 barns · 1,594 hd

433.46

+5.11

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−33.42

This barn, trailing median19 sales

474.28

−35.72

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	—	Low	1,828	176.31	3,223	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,363	137.96	1,880	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	948	105.78	1,003	5thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,483	$2,688	2thin

Every lot

71 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Small and Medium 1-2	240	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	672	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	260	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,040	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,328	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,863	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,998	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	522.45/cwt	520.00–525.00	2,001	2
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2	405	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,853	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,903	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,804	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	460	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,266	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	467.39/cwt	457.50–477.50	2,173	2
Steers	500–550	Large 2	510	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,874	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	513	455.01/cwt	447.50–462.50	2,334	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	431.83/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,267	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,974	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	554	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,493	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	431.99/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,419	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	2
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	615	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,291	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	618	411.00/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,540	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	391.16/cwt	387.50–395.00	2,445	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	662	401.75/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,660	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	369.67/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,488	6
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	677	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,386	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	352.55/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,408	2
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	770	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,541	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	338.50/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,681	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	813	363.36/cwt	344.00–366.75	2,954	147
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	825	306.77/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,531	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	334.99/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,790	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	857	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,871	4
Steers	850–900	Large 1-2	870	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,610	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	414.70/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,713	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	451.96/cwt	447.50–455.00	1,903	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	432.15/cwt	420.00–442.50	2,005	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,810	1
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	511	384.59/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,965	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	365.65/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,949	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	595	367.91/cwt	367.50–370.00	2,189	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,168	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	338.00/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,133	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	335.76/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,290	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,384	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,555	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,516	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	832	282.40/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,350	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	893	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,813	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	510.15/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,735	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	407	508.44/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,069	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,024	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	432.96/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,212	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,739	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,321	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,279	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,989	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,569	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	835	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,296	1
Bulls	850–900	Large 1-2	880	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,552	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,625	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,486	1
Bulls	—	—	1,930	187.96/cwt	187.00–189.00	3,628	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	992	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	103.73/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,004	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,363	144.96/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,976	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,363	127.46/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,737	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,460	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,505	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	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 Jan 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 358Last week 691Year ago 830

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 85Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 17Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	457.50	457.50
1	600–650	615	372.50	372.50
2	650–700	677	352.50	352.50
1	750–800	770	330.00	330.00
2	850–900	870	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	440	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	530	372.50	372.50
2	650–700	683	350.00–355.00	352.55
3	800–850	825	300.00–310.00	306.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	540.00	540.00
2	350–400	383	520.00–525.00	522.45
1	400–450	435	437.50	437.50
2	450–500	465	457.50–477.50	467.39
3	500–550	525	420.00–440.00	431.83
10	550–600	560	427.50–440.00	431.99
2	600–650	625	387.50–395.00	391.16
6	650–700	673	360.00–380.00	369.67
7	750–800	792	330.00–350.00	338.50
8	800–850	833	330.00–340.00	334.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	605	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	492.50	492.50
8	500–550	513	447.50–462.50	455.01
8	550–600	554	450.00	450.00
5	600–650	618	410.00–415.00	411.00
13	650–700	662	390.00–405.00	401.75
147	800–850	813	344.00–366.75	363.36
4	850–900	857	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	555.00	555.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	511	380.00–385.00	384.59
12	550–600	595	367.50–370.00	367.91
2	600–650	615	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	450.00	450.00
5	400–450	421	447.50–455.00	451.96
7	450–500	464	420.00–442.50	432.15
8	500–550	533	355.00–372.50	365.65
1	550–600	560	350.00	350.00
5	600–650	631	330.00–340.00	338.00
10	650–700	682	330.00–342.50	335.76
1	700–750	745	320.00	320.00
4	750–800	780	327.50	327.50
2	800–850	825	305.00	305.00
3	850–900	893	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	405.00–425.00	414.70
4	800–850	832	280.00–290.00	282.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	500.00–520.00	510.15
1	400–450	440	460.00	460.00
5	500–550	511	427.50–440.00	432.96
1	550–600	595	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	620	367.50	367.50
2	800–850	822	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	880	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	407	505.00–515.00	508.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
1	800–850	835	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	680	292.50	292.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	114.00	114.00
4	—	968	100.00–107.00	103.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	126.00–129.00	127.46
3	—	1,363	144.00–146.00	144.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	153.00	153.00
2	—	1,930	187.00–189.00	187.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,505	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,460	2,675.00	2,675.00

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.