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Richmond Livestock Auction

Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, May 22

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210

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Feeder Cattle receipts

46 head

▼ 558 vs last sale 604▼ 186 vs year ago 232 · −80.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 37▼ 45 vs year ago 56 · −80.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 22▼ 17 vs year ago 18 · −94.4%

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 receipts. Slaughter cows and bulls steady on a light test.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $325.00/cwt on 2 head, down $90.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −86.33 against this barn's trailing median of $411.33.

Average price

$325.00

▼ 90.35 vs prior sale

2 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$353

per head · Large 2-3 over Medium 2-3

$70.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−115.53

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 2-3	525	360.00	1,890	1thin
Medium 2-3	530	290.00	1,537	1thin

One grade step is worth $70.00/cwt here — about $353 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale2 hd

325.00

—

KY average24 barns · 538 hd

440.53

−115.53

This barn, trailing median16 sales

411.33

−86.33

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

16 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $478.23, low $335.93, median $411.33 across 16 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	—	Average	1,523	205.65	3,131	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,192	181.52	2,163	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	175.00	2,730	1thin

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
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$2,205	1thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	500	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,150	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,250	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,552	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1-2	335	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,357	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,887	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,924	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,828	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,956	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,180	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,024	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	605	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,830	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,272	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,608	1
Bulls	350–400	Large 2-3	360	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,188	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,916	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1-2	375	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,669	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,836	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,075	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,000	1
Bulls	450–500	Large 2	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	1
Bulls	500–550	Large 2-3	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 2-3	530	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,537	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	398.30/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,497	3
Bulls	600–650	Large 2	630	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,048	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,107	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	796	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,627	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	196.68/cwt	192.00–204.00	2,891	3
Bulls	—	—	1,575	214.62/cwt	210.00–220.00	3,380	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,090	178.53/cwt	178.00–179.00	1,946	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,293	184.50/cwt	184.00–185.00	2,386	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,730	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	2,205.00/head	2,205.00–2,205.00	2,205	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 May 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 46Last week 604Year ago 232

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 37Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 22Year ago 18

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low receipts. Slaughter cows and bulls steady on a light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	480.00	480.00
2	400–450	422	435.00	435.00
1	750–800	795	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	630	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	525.00	525.00
3	400–450	430	482.50	482.50
3	600–650	627	395.00–400.00	398.30
3	750–800	796	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	525	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	405	475.00	475.00
1	700–750	745	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	425	430.00	430.00
4	450–500	480	407.50	407.50
1	550–600	570	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	570	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	605	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	630	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	184.00–185.00	184.50
2	—	1,090	178.00–179.00	178.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,575	210.00–220.00	214.62
3	—	1,470	192.00–204.00	196.68

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,205.00	2,205.00

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.