Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2026-03-02

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 2
● Final146 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3919
← earliestMar 2Mar 9 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,819 head
▲ 1,819 vs last sale 0▲ 1,819 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 0▲ 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available for this week due to being the first Monday sale however market appeared to be strong with active buyers and good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $402.92/cwt on 356 head. That ranks 16 of 29 comparable sales and sits +2.15 against this barn's trailing median of $400.78.
Average price
$402.92
356 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,284
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$279
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$43.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.16
vs KY average
−18.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568406.312,308323
Medium and Large 2543382.772,08012thin
Medium and Large 2-3560362.352,02921
One grade step is worth $43.96/cwt here — about $279 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 sale356 hd
402.92
—
KY average25 barns · 1,700 hd
405.09
−2.16
National average181 barns · 13,944 hd
420.96
−18.04
This barn, trailing median29 sales
400.78
+2.15
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
460413366319median 400.7803/0204/2006/1508/1710/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.93, low $332.55, median $400.78 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,718192.373,30412
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,592172.472,74513
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,195162.531,94337
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low918145.981,34011
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,223185.142,2644thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$3,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,176$2,6157
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,118$2,8443thin

Every lot

146 lots · USDA AMS · Paris Stockyards - Paris, KY (Monday)
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 · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2235605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,4221
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy245630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,5441
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2278592.16/cwt580.00–605.001,6462
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed291695.00/cwt695.00–695.002,0223
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3721
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy296661.66/cwt660.00–665.001,9593
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,5301
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy313624.97/cwt615.00–630.001,9563
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed320650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,0801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336549.07/cwt530.00–570.001,8454
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed355615.00/cwt615.00–615.002,1832
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8071
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368554.57/cwt540.00–565.002,04116
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371519.36/cwt517.00–520.001,9275
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy377580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,1873
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed403590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,3784
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy409546.76/cwt535.00–550.002,2367
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425516.73/cwt510.00–530.002,19626
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3426488.75/cwt485.00–490.002,0824
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2436500.32/cwt500.00–502.502,1818
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477509.03/cwt500.00–517.002,42824
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478483.37/cwt480.00–487.002,3114
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523435.76/cwt432.00–440.002,2795
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3526425.81/cwt425.00–426.002,2405
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527466.04/cwt445.00–477.002,45622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy533503.48/cwt500.00–510.002,68413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540481.00/cwt480.00–495.002,59721
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,77018
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3576417.91/cwt410.00–426.002,4079
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577432.34/cwt430.00–434.002,4956
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580452.80/cwt445.00–460.002,62644
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617452.35/cwt442.50–453.002,79193
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3634389.65/cwt387.50–390.002,4707
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy636462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,9426
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636425.17/cwt410.00–437.002,704100
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2639405.49/cwt400.00–407.502,5914
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2652387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,5272
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659429.42/cwt417.00–430.002,83062
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676406.67/cwt397.50–412.002,74947
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3678374.74/cwt372.00–377.002,5414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718389.17/cwt386.00–389.502,79463
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723369.42/cwt355.00–377.002,67118
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5731
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767359.25/cwt352.50–365.002,75514
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3775337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,6161
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2807338.16/cwt335.50–345.002,72912
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3845320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,7041
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,8551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers52 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed220700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,5401
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2224500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1206
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy245545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,3351
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275507.95/cwt500.00–520.001,3976
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1691
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2287480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3782
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy290600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,7401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326505.19/cwt500.00–525.001,6479
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328471.73/cwt470.00–475.001,5473
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed343570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9555
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy348540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8793
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385508.30/cwt502.50–525.001,95714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,9061
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3387451.70/cwt450.00–460.001,7486
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy395550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,1732
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed413512.00/cwt512.00–512.002,1159
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3427445.89/cwt445.00–447.001,9049
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,1292
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434473.58/cwt470.00–485.002,05520
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2436457.59/cwt450.00–462.501,99514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468446.98/cwt440.00–460.002,09224
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy477475.86/cwt470.00–480.002,27025
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3477435.49/cwt430.00–437.502,0779
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed485492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,3861
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3528363.84/cwt360.00–370.001,9217
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530426.82/cwt424.00–435.002,26218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537412.60/cwt397.50–420.002,21666
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537385.33/cwt382.50–387.002,06910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1282
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3576361.60/cwt355.00–365.002,08314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577408.42/cwt402.80–414.602,357177
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587387.63/cwt375.00–392.002,27562
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610368.93/cwt360.00–372.002,25015
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,1371
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633352.25/cwt340.00–357.502,23058
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669370.25/cwt370.25–370.252,47769
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673352.26/cwt340.00–357.502,37176
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3678334.40/cwt332.00–338.002,26712
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,4088
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2051
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719332.13/cwt320.00–337.502,38828
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3745307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,2911
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776319.08/cwt305.00–323.002,4769
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added796360.50/cwt360.50–360.502,87030
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3835280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3382
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5621
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,7352
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3873279.24/cwt277.00–285.002,4385
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2924285.45/cwt282.50–290.002,6385
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3995230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,2891
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,175212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,4971
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2170700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,1901
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2247550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,3592
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3002
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,7421
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2284533.64/cwt525.00–550.001,5164
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed325575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,8691
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy331610.59/cwt600.00–625.002,02110
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2335532.72/cwt525.00–540.001,7852
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2355535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,8991
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3380425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6153
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2423520.28/cwt510.00–525.002,2013
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3430430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8491
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3455445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2463507.05/cwt497.00–517.002,3482
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy510500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,5501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2516470.28/cwt465.00–480.002,4273
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3520437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,2721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2553420.40/cwt410.00–430.002,32512
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3560355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9881
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,4921
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672378.91/cwt375.00–385.002,5463
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2733338.77/cwt337.50–340.002,4832
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2773330.32/cwt327.00–332.002,5533
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fancy780358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,7921
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2813311.26/cwt310.00–312.502,5312
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2850305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5931
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,223185.14/cwt182.00–191.002,2644
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,345181.68/cwt181.00–183.002,4443
Bulls——1,725189.26/cwt185.00–192.003,2655
Bulls——1,985197.02/cwt195.00–199.003,9113
Bulls——1,995226.00/cwt226.00–226.004,5091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%818131.39/cwt130.00–133.001,0752
Cows—Lean 85-90%905145.34/cwt145.00–146.001,3153
Cows—Lean 85-90%955157.99/cwt155.00–160.001,5094
Cows—Lean 85-90%963137.52/cwt135.00–140.001,3242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,141145.06/cwt142.00–147.001,6554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179154.41/cwt150.00–158.001,8207
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198163.81/cwt160.00–169.001,96215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222172.32/cwt170.00–176.002,10611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,1611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,528162.49/cwt161.00–164.002,4832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568185.44/cwt179.00–189.002,9084
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,651171.22/cwt168.00–174.002,8276
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0703,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1762,615.06/head1,750.00–3,150.002,6157
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1182,844.19/head2,450.00–3,100.002,8443

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.