Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2026-09-11

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Sep 11
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
427 head
▲ 359 vs last sale 68▼ 491 vs year ago 918 · −53.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 4▼ 48 vs year ago 64 · −75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 1▼ 26 vs year ago 28 · −92.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to limited supply last week, however the heavy weight yearlings traded better with more interest and higher prices.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $345.00/cwt on 2 head, down $84.17 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −129.28 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.
Average price
$345.00
▼ 84.17 vs prior sale
2 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−44.91
vs KY average
−45.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558345.001,9232thin
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 sale2 hd
345.00
—
KY average17 barns · 484 hd
389.91
−44.91
National average134 barns · 6,067 hd
390.59
−45.59
This barn, trailing median19 sales
474.28
−129.28
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
521461402342median 474.2803/0604/0305/1509/2510/30
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,628197.773,2195thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,560147.622,3033thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,305139.721,8238thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,205$2,3001thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3021
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,7821
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,8771
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9691
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9972
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,3726
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4746
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5671
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,6781
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,070284.25/cwt284.25–284.253,04151
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,110284.37/cwt276.25–290.403,157238
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy387422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,6357
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5801
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,4502
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518312.68/cwt305.00–320.001,6202
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523338.39/cwt335.00–340.001,7703
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,9354
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added699327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,28674
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,2222
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2452400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8082
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,8382
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy525385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,8952
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2661323.17/cwt317.50–326.002,1363
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2697306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,1334
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5401
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,520189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,8731
Bulls——1,633197.28/cwt196.00–198.003,2223
Bulls——1,720208.00/cwt208.00–208.003,5781
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,4391
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313140.37/cwt134.00–151.001,8436
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,390152.50/cwt152.50–152.502,1201
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,560147.62/cwt144.00–151.002,3033
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055197.50/cwt197.50–197.502,0841
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2052,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001

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.