Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2026-03-23

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 23
● Final148 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3919
Feeder Cattle receipts
859 head
▲ 259 vs last sale 600▲ 859 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 81▲ 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 44▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher and sharply higher in some instances. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $479.52/cwt on 67 head, down $5.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 28 comparable sales and sits +16.82 against this barn's trailing median of $462.70.
Average price
$479.52
▼ 5.24 vs prior sale
67 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$53.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.15
vs KY average
+1.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556487.422,71056
Medium and Large 2592442.292,6187thin
Medium and Large 2-3591434.002,5654thin
One grade step is worth $53.42/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale67 hd
479.52
—
KY average26 barns · 1,224 hd
487.67
−8.15
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
+1.43
This barn, trailing median28 sales
462.70
+16.82
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

28 sales
528467406345median 462.7003/0204/2006/1509/1410/26
Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.28, low $359.46, median $462.70 across 28 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—High1,684221.273,72619
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,623181.812,9518thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,234173.042,13542
CowsLean 85-90%High906161.771,46611

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,012$2,8002thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,113$2,4792thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,211$2,4375
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)563$9152thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,298$3,4712thin

Every lot

148 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245680.00/cwt680.00–680.001,6661
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295675.00/cwt675.00–675.001,9911
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,8601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,1781
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy383608.19/cwt597.00–612.502,3294
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384566.60/cwt560.00–585.002,1766
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9251
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426603.75/cwt600.00–605.002,5724
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430521.43/cwt515.00–532.002,2425
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443565.80/cwt550.00–572.502,5066
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed465607.00/cwt607.00–607.002,8231
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466508.24/cwt500.00–517.002,3684
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470567.42/cwt560.00–575.002,6672
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470549.69/cwt530.00–557.502,58435
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3495450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2282
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523537.57/cwt530.00–540.002,8119
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526510.52/cwt500.00–520.002,68511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557497.83/cwt487.50–505.002,7738
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578459.26/cwt450.00–467.002,65528
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3591434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,5654
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2592442.29/cwt441.00–444.002,6187
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621428.19/cwt415.00–435.002,6599
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,1861
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631447.38/cwt447.00–447.502,8234
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5602
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,8765
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,8141
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,6203
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3695365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5371
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added703403.33/cwt390.00–406.002,83518
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3708322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,2803
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732373.77/cwt365.00–387.502,73612
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765355.44/cwt350.00–360.002,7194
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3787322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,5342
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3845300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5351
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added875343.72/cwt336.00–344.103,008125
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2883326.72/cwt320.00–340.002,8853
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3895275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4611
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2924320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,9574
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3960297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,8511
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,040280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,9121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers51 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2165520.00/cwt520.00–520.008581
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,2501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy247565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,3962
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3255500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2751
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,4302
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2278579.94/cwt575.00–590.001,6123
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy295615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,8142
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed325590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,9181
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5511
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334518.92/cwt510.00–527.501,7334
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9101
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388505.66/cwt505.00–507.001,9623
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390535.39/cwt530.00–542.002,0885
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2396478.33/cwt475.00–480.001,8946
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3413435.03/cwt430.00–440.001,7972
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,2157
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430487.57/cwt480.00–502.502,09711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2441452.00/cwt450.00–460.001,9935
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3463442.51/cwt440.00–445.002,0492
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472480.79/cwt470.00–487.502,26916
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475450.67/cwt450.00–452.002,1413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520434.23/cwt431.00–437.002,25811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530417.91/cwt407.00–427.502,21515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538401.66/cwt400.00–402.502,1613
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy540442.70/cwt442.00–443.502,39149
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1061
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,37827
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578393.08/cwt390.00–395.002,2725
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580407.83/cwt400.00–420.002,36530
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3587385.86/cwt380.00–387.002,2656
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1661
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy617410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,5307
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627396.51/cwt393.00–398.002,48614
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631381.99/cwt372.50–389.002,41025
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,3203
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660328.51/cwt327.00–330.002,1682
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668336.05/cwt325.00–345.002,2455
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675352.37/cwt351.00–353.002,3788
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724321.14/cwt310.00–327.002,3256
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740337.85/cwt337.00–340.002,5007
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3750280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1001
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Replacement761384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,9224
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,5441
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added795345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,7432
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3850280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3801
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2863306.63/cwt302.50–315.002,6463
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3910285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,5942
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3957237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,2732
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,000270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,7001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls35 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2215600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,2901
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy222665.00/cwt665.00–665.001,4762
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy310672.50/cwt670.00–675.002,0852
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed320705.00/cwt705.00–705.002,2561
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6002
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2338607.37/cwt590.00–625.002,0532
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3340475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6151
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2361562.99/cwt550.00–570.002,0323
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,4061
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410546.22/cwt545.00–547.502,2402
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy412580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,3902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419507.40/cwt505.00–510.002,1264
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed423605.02/cwt600.00–615.002,5593
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2502437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,1962
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy513545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,7963
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525506.28/cwt505.00–510.002,6584
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3530385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy550480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,6401
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578454.59/cwt440.00–467.002,62819
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2592429.66/cwt427.00–432.002,5443
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3607380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3072
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy611436.62/cwt430.00–440.002,6683
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625412.39/cwt405.00–422.002,5777
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,4691
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy655398.02/cwt397.00–400.002,6073
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3667350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3352
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4233
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2691384.64/cwt375.00–388.002,65810
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3715310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2171
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2768348.42/cwt340.00–357.002,6762
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,5831
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3800310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4801
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,7552
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3870287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,4971
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3990280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,7721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,265199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,5171
Bulls——1,470245.00/cwt245.00–245.003,6021
Bulls——1,487208.86/cwt203.00–222.003,1067
Bulls——1,885229.82/cwt225.00–234.504,33210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%842145.98/cwt145.00–147.001,2293
Cows—Lean 85-90%845163.40/cwt162.00–165.001,3812
Cows—Lean 85-90%943176.17/cwt174.00–181.001,6614
Cows—Lean 85-90%990155.02/cwt153.00–157.001,5352
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,143155.19/cwt150.00–158.001,7746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226163.63/cwt161.00–166.002,0069
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249175.27/cwt170.00–180.002,18915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265186.25/cwt183.00–190.002,35612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,523188.60/cwt187.00–190.002,8723
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600171.99/cwt170.00–174.002,7522
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,738181.56/cwt178.00–184.003,1563
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2983,471.29/head2,600.00–4,000.003,4712
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563914.98/head750.00–1,070.009152
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0122,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1132,478.88/head2,100.00–2,700.002,4792
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2112,436.71/head1,900.00–3,100.002,4375
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,168214.71/cwt210.00–222.002,5084

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.