Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2021-11-18

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Thu, Nov 18
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2204
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,692 head
▼ 720 vs last sale 2,412▼ 266 vs year ago 1,958 · −13.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
195 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 230▼ 157 vs year ago 352 · −44.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 95▼ 52 vs year ago 133 · −39.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Strongest demand noted for weaned and preconditioned feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was moderate demand for for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.53/cwt on 606 head.
Average price
$132.53
606 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$756
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.36
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2580134.39780544
Medium and Large 2-3486116.1756462
One grade step is worth $18.22/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale606 hd
132.53
—
KY average24 barns · 5,884 hd
129.17
+3.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—High1,47786.431,27620
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61857.1392442
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25353.6167267
CowsLean 85-90%Low95248.8546521

Every lot

124 lots · USDA AMS · Paris Stockyards - Paris, 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245152.50/cwt152.50–152.503741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280140.00/cwt140.00–140.003921
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320140.00/cwt140.00–140.004481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2347152.00/cwt152.00–152.005277
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386161.00/cwt161.00–161.006218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2407157.30/cwt155.00–161.0064015
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3420143.07/cwt140.00–147.006019
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3478143.39/cwt140.00–147.0068513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483153.73/cwt149.00–165.0074358
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513155.16/cwt152.50–162.0079644
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3530145.48/cwt140.00–148.0077117
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3568134.45/cwt132.00–137.507646
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574147.13/cwt142.00–154.0084553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616139.63/cwt133.00–149.0086095
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621152.00/cwt152.00–152.009444
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3624128.85/cwt126.00–131.008046
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3659124.08/cwt121.00–129.0081811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681141.45/cwt133.00–148.5096345
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718139.49/cwt130.50–146.001,00242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,11313
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3727120.93/cwt119.00–125.008793
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3762127.00/cwt127.00–127.009682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775130.30/cwt122.00–137.001,01010
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3810104.00/cwt104.00–104.008421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833123.66/cwt120.00–126.001,0303
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3855100.00/cwt100.00–100.008551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862120.82/cwt115.00–126.001,0415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2913130.49/cwt126.00–135.001,1912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added920142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,30612
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3925113.00/cwt112.00–115.001,0453
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3955103.00/cwt103.00–103.009841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2964115.58/cwt113.00–128.001,1146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,030115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1851
Steers—Medium and Large 2-31,080100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,100112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,160107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,240104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,2901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3179122.50/cwt122.50–122.502195
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3213119.22/cwt117.50–120.002543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3255121.00/cwt121.00–121.003091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2287135.59/cwt130.00–140.003898
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3318112.40/cwt110.00–115.003572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324129.27/cwt123.00–134.004199
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3375121.01/cwt120.00–123.004543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380137.19/cwt130.00–142.0052120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy392151.00/cwt151.00–151.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405146.00/cwt146.00–146.005912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3417125.94/cwt122.00–127.0052515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424137.09/cwt129.00–142.0058133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477127.88/cwt120.00–136.0061065
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3490118.04/cwt115.00–119.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3513115.48/cwt114.00–118.005926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532127.99/cwt119.00–134.0068191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added551143.00/cwt143.00–143.007884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572125.70/cwt118.00–131.5071961
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3581113.13/cwt110.00–116.006578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622123.29/cwt115.00–130.0076745
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3631111.29/cwt110.00–112.007027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added648152.35/cwt152.35–152.3598782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660104.00/cwt104.00–104.006861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666120.56/cwt116.00–123.0080314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3713107.02/cwt105.00–109.007632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719133.95/cwt121.00–138.5096332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added739144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,06870
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3765103.25/cwt102.50–104.007902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2805109.00/cwt109.00–109.008771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-380782.00/cwt82.00–82.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2880127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-397097.00/cwt97.00–97.009411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,04590.00/cwt90.00–90.009412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3227128.38/cwt125.00–130.002913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3274136.55/cwt135.00–137.503745
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275180.00/cwt180.00–180.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320140.68/cwt135.00–145.004509
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy326157.00/cwt157.00–157.005128
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3329127.54/cwt125.00–132.504204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2376144.73/cwt140.00–150.0054416
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3382137.55/cwt134.00–140.005256
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy414172.00/cwt172.00–172.007128
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423158.72/cwt152.00–169.0067110
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473156.00/cwt156.00–156.0073810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477147.13/cwt139.00–151.5070212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3495125.50/cwt120.00–131.006212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3524125.40/cwt120.00–129.006578
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2529137.11/cwt130.00–145.0072520
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3567119.18/cwt115.00–122.506763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575129.90/cwt122.00–137.0074722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3623110.60/cwt110.00–112.506894
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2629125.05/cwt118.00–133.0078722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3668112.92/cwt110.00–117.507547
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675122.01/cwt117.00–123.0082417
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3712111.67/cwt111.00–112.007953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2716120.53/cwt113.00–127.0086311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3770105.00/cwt105.00–105.008091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2773113.01/cwt105.00–119.008749
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2820121.24/cwt114.00–123.009945
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2935107.33/cwt105.00–109.001,0046
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2965109.50/cwt109.00–110.001,0572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,050108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-31,07088.00/cwt88.00–88.009421
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
Dairy Steers—Large 376499.00/cwt99.00–99.0075610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43787.47/cwt84.00–90.501,25715
Bulls——1,45380.78/cwt79.00–83.001,1744
Bulls——2,17093.50/cwt93.50–93.502,0291
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94243.67/cwt40.00–47.5041111
Cows—Lean 85-90%95352.48/cwt49.00–56.005008
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00062.84/cwt59.00–67.006282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24655.05/cwt51.00–58.0068644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25248.80/cwt46.00–50.5061119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33360.54/cwt59.00–63.508074
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56661.31/cwt59.00–63.009609
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63255.99/cwt52.50–60.5091433
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3101,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0014,7381
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2978768.54/cwt500.00–1,000.007,5162
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,060575.00/cwt575.00–575.006,0951
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,300776.54/cwt675.00–900.0010,0953
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10573.57/cwt72.00–75.008132
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,097691.32/cwt500.00–975.007,5845
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110868.64/cwt500.00–1,360.009,64212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125699.21/cwt525.00–900.007,86617
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4251,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0018,1691

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.