Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2024-03-28

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Thu, Mar 28
● Final131 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2204
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,056 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 2,150▲ 84 vs year ago 1,972 · +4.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
167 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 271▼ 39 vs year ago 206 · −18.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 61▲ 32 vs year ago 19 · +168.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday the feeder market was mixed with an average quality offering. Feeder steers 300-600 lbs were 3.00 to 8.00 lower with a good supply, while the yearling steers were 3.00 to 6.00 higher with good demand. Feeder heifers followed a similar path with the 350-600 lbs heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower and the 600-800 lbs heifers were steady to 4.00 higher with good demand. Buyers were active today however the increased volume of fat bawling calves limited the premiums paid. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 4.00 to 6.00 higher with 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 $259.98/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −143.58 against this barn's trailing median of $403.56.
Average price
$259.98
202 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,416
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$387
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$67.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.66
vs KY average
−6.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543267.421,451164
Medium and Large 2556229.441,27536
Medium and Large 2-3532200.001,0642thin
One grade step is worth $67.42/cwt here — about $387 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 sale202 hd
259.98
—
KY average26 barns · 1,618 hd
255.32
+4.66
National average161 barns · 9,489 hd
266.87
−6.89
This barn, trailing median34 sales
403.56
−143.58
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

34 sales
461408355302median 403.5603/0504/3007/0909/0310/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $446.90, low $316.07, median $403.56 across 34 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—High1,589152.552,42321
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,263128.921,62835
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,514127.041,92331
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,031112.111,15530
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,158139.451,6152thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,075195.002,0961thin

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)1,318$1,7244thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$1,6751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,065$1,6022thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,233$1,50620
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$1,4032thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)690$1,0751thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,330$1,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,524$2,2555
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,180$1,5001thin

Every lot

131 lots · USDA AMS · Paris Stockyards - Paris, KY (Thursday)
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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2215325.00/cwt325.00–325.006991
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245360.00/cwt360.00–360.008821
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300320.00/cwt320.00–320.009601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318353.35/cwt350.00–360.001,1243
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy337395.26/cwt380.00–400.001,3324
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy372387.00/cwt380.00–400.001,44011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375373.07/cwt367.50–375.001,3994
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385337.77/cwt322.50–350.001,3003
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418355.98/cwt352.50–362.501,4887
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430377.07/cwt375.00–385.001,6219
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,4942
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479288.45/cwt280.00–297.501,3824
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480320.87/cwt315.00–327.501,54039
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525302.92/cwt295.00–308.001,59018
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536284.47/cwt280.00–287.501,52512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581296.23/cwt287.00–300.001,72124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2591264.09/cwt260.00–270.001,56123
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added599313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,8758
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626303.87/cwt291.00–310.751,90253
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627284.36/cwt270.00–288.001,78323
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635259.01/cwt255.00–262.001,64510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664296.10/cwt292.00–305.001,96646
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673240.51/cwt238.00–243.001,6194
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685277.44/cwt273.00–281.001,90017
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,8254
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2729228.41/cwt225.00–238.001,66512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added736269.82/cwt264.00–277.001,98622
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added757275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0822
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770250.61/cwt240.00–258.001,93011
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2779220.68/cwt210.00–228.001,7195
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added801247.65/cwt235.00–250.001,98473
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2839223.46/cwt215.00–228.001,8757
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added879231.46/cwt227.70–235.752,035122
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2913215.39/cwt206.00–222.501,9673
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2990202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,0001
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,085172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,8721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3220220.00/cwt220.00–220.004841
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255255.00/cwt255.00–255.006501
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy271321.13/cwt315.00–330.008707
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328304.34/cwt290.00–307.509988
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340260.00/cwt260.00–260.008841
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy363322.70/cwt310.00–325.001,17116
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365209.72/cwt200.00–215.007654
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384266.84/cwt257.50–275.001,02513
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391297.59/cwt290.00–303.001,16412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy407310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2624
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417266.90/cwt257.50–275.001,11322
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420187.50/cwt187.50–187.507881
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437291.00/cwt277.00–295.001,27219
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463280.03/cwt270.00–287.001,2979
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483254.04/cwt240.00–260.001,22720
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy484297.51/cwt295.00–300.001,44015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy485227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1032
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added509291.99/cwt281.00–294.001,48651
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522257.98/cwt248.00–268.001,34737
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3532200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0642
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545233.07/cwt220.00–237.001,27016
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2564226.54/cwt210.00–235.001,27820
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574249.72/cwt242.50–256.001,43346
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577264.43/cwt262.50–270.001,52630
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625259.25/cwt247.50–262.001,620107
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633236.65/cwt230.00–242.001,49811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643215.06/cwt200.00–220.001,3834
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662228.38/cwt228.00–228.501,51225
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664247.28/cwt244.00–253.001,64234
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5886
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730237.48/cwt236.00–244.501,734103
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4701
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769224.44/cwt222.00–228.001,72613
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3790160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2642
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2803195.78/cwt187.00–198.001,5725
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6823
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2876215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,88329
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2206311.00/cwt311.00–311.006413
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3240260.00/cwt260.00–260.006241
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2297352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,0452
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2318342.44/cwt340.00–350.001,0894
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3327220.00/cwt220.00–220.007192
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0713
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3691
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy373392.38/cwt390.00–395.001,4642
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2392326.72/cwt320.00–330.001,2813
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy408374.97/cwt370.00–380.001,5304
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422318.04/cwt317.00–320.001,3423
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2426348.10/cwt337.50–352.501,48321
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3439276.51/cwt265.00–285.001,2147
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2477308.45/cwt301.00–322.001,47111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2496296.50/cwt295.00–297.501,4715
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2514304.87/cwt300.00–320.001,56714
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540280.74/cwt275.00–297.501,51612
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565271.55/cwt265.00–275.001,5343
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568292.53/cwt290.00–297.501,6623
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5001
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2609269.54/cwt262.50–274.001,6418
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665255.52/cwt249.00–259.001,6993
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3690180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2421
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720222.57/cwt220.00–225.001,6032
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2835190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5871
Bulls850–900Small and Medium 1-2855100.00/cwt100.00–100.008551
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7281
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005167.85/cwt167.85–167.851,6871
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3402207.50/cwt207.50–207.508345
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3492192.50/cwt192.50–192.509477
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3530170.00/cwt170.00–170.009011
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3580175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0152
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3600130.00/cwt130.00–130.007801
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,075195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,0961
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,158139.45/cwt139.00–140.001,6152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,270131.51/cwt127.00–134.001,6704
Bulls——1,544144.87/cwt138.00–152.002,2379
Bulls——1,798171.72/cwt158.00–183.003,0888
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95094.71/cwt90.00–101.009004
Cows—Lean 85-90%99384.75/cwt81.00–89.008422
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038124.50/cwt120.00–128.001,29211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055111.20/cwt105.00–119.001,17313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256132.19/cwt125.00–146.001,66027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,287117.87/cwt111.00–124.001,5178
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,498129.18/cwt125.00–140.001,93524
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,569119.70/cwt113.00–124.001,8787
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3301,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1801,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2301,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4802,725.00/head2,725.00–2,725.002,7251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6372,309.01/head2,175.00–2,575.002,3093
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29801,402.55/head1,275.00–1,525.001,4032
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0551,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0651,601.64/head1,275.00–1,850.001,6022
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2331,506.43/head1,350.00–1,750.001,50620
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3181,724.07/head1,475.00–1,875.001,7244
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-26901,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751

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.