Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2024-12-19

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Thu, Dec 19
● Final127 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2204
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,247 head
▼ 1,423 vs last sale 2,670▼ 49 vs year ago 1,296 · −3.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 198▼ 125 vs year ago 233 · −53.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
326 head
▲ 279 vs last sale 47▲ 80 vs year ago 246 · +32.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday the feeder market was mixed with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 600 lbs and under were mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and good demand. Yearling steers were uneven and ranged from 5.00 higher to 5.00 lower with most of the gains in the weaned and value added classes. Feeder heifers however were 2.00 to 4.00 lower or greater in spots as with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $310.33/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −146.95 against this barn's trailing median of $457.27.
Average price
$310.33
60 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$35.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.42
vs KY average
−16.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542312.711,69456
Medium and Large 2587277.001,6264thin
One grade step is worth $35.71/cwt here — about $68 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 sale60 hd
310.33
—
KY average23 barns · 766 hd
300.90
+9.42
National average173 barns · 17,754 hd
326.63
−16.31
This barn, trailing median34 sales
457.27
−146.95
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
516465414363median 457.2703/0504/3007/0909/0310/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.25, low $376.90, median $457.27 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—Average1,710149.722,56118
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,474119.601,76319
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,213119.311,44733
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,072106.781,14518

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 (2-4 yrs)1,116$2,34043
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,054$2,17746
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,263$2,00569
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,146$1,96432
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,029$1,7515
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,093$1,5082thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,460$1,4664thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)843$1,6752thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,450$2,0501thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,038$1,6132thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,472$2,75512
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,378$2,7083thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,180$2,62413

Every lot

127 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230405.00/cwt405.00–405.009321
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265332.00/cwt332.00–332.008803
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2317324.72/cwt310.00–330.001,0294
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320399.56/cwt390.00–405.001,2799
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328346.90/cwt340.00–350.001,1383
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy387382.89/cwt378.00–400.001,4829
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy403358.33/cwt350.00–360.001,4446
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2403305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2293
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422317.23/cwt310.00–325.001,33918
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473328.88/cwt324.00–340.001,5567
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475308.50/cwt300.00–320.001,4657
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy484365.49/cwt354.00–380.001,76918
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521330.41/cwt322.50–334.001,72129
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529299.71/cwt297.50–305.001,58511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2587277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,6264
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588289.55/cwt282.00–304.001,70316
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620263.07/cwt250.00–272.501,6318
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622290.99/cwt280.00–291.601,81092
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688265.45/cwt263.00–271.001,82646
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693255.21/cwt250.00–259.001,76924
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719243.82/cwt237.50–246.001,7539
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added726271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,96767
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755235.06/cwt232.00–247.001,7757
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764264.25/cwt252.00–266.002,01916
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6281
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8922
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2878233.21/cwt230.00–234.002,0485
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2880192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,6901
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2904212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,9161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2170255.00/cwt255.00–255.004341
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220260.00/cwt260.00–260.005721
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260300.00/cwt300.00–300.007801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275250.00/cwt250.00–250.006881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy328314.74/cwt310.00–317.501,0325
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333272.00/cwt272.00–272.009063
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335304.55/cwt290.00–307.001,02014
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340210.00/cwt210.00–210.007141
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365281.70/cwt280.00–282.501,0283
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380241.28/cwt240.00–245.009174
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy383325.74/cwt320.00–332.501,24812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386298.51/cwt287.00–310.001,15214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2406273.13/cwt267.00–285.001,1093
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416262.00/cwt260.00–270.001,0905
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy423298.10/cwt293.00–305.001,26121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425238.83/cwt232.50–242.001,0153
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467242.94/cwt235.00–252.001,1358
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478272.71/cwt265.00–280.001,30413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525235.50/cwt232.00–242.501,2363
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open526272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4335
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533249.63/cwt246.00–262.501,33122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2564223.64/cwt217.50–235.001,26111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584248.34/cwt235.00–252.001,45042
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2751
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626242.76/cwt225.00–245.001,5209
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669229.37/cwt219.00–238.501,53428
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,65575
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3693160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1093
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open704231.75/cwt231.75–231.751,63218
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716211.82/cwt207.50–217.001,5178
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2716179.85/cwt170.00–190.001,2884
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2752201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5122
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2810180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4581
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3815145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1821
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,6354
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2858185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5873
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2985185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,8221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2-3180264.00/cwt264.00–264.004751
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2220275.00/cwt275.00–275.006051
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2278354.32/cwt340.00–370.009852
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy310380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1781
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2317330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0462
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2326303.74/cwt300.00–315.009904
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383289.93/cwt280.00–300.001,1102
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420310.43/cwt305.00–320.001,30412
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421274.04/cwt267.00–290.001,1544
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440334.12/cwt329.00–347.501,47016
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2479305.56/cwt305.00–312.001,46412
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3492200.00/cwt200.00–200.009842
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy527297.17/cwt295.00–302.501,5668
Bulls550–600Large 1-2550242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3311
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580273.76/cwt260.00–277.001,5889
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610259.56/cwt250.00–267.001,58344
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671251.87/cwt246.00–265.001,69020
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2679222.90/cwt210.00–233.001,51315
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5272
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2729237.99/cwt235.00–239.001,73510
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2790220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7381
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2833216.16/cwt206.00–227.501,8013
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2871169.74/cwt166.00–171.001,4784
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2892194.01/cwt192.50–197.001,7313
Bulls900–950Large 1-2910184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,6741
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,7401
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,052190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9992
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,388127.66/cwt120.00–138.001,7723
Bulls——1,660149.40/cwt141.00–154.002,4809
Bulls——1,947161.24/cwt156.00–169.003,1396
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%720140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0081
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063115.36/cwt112.50–118.001,2265
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,101104.67/cwt99.00–109.001,1529
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11787.72/cwt81.00–93.009803
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145136.53/cwt131.00–146.001,5633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,204119.93/cwt113.00–129.001,44423
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,271109.87/cwt107.00–112.501,3967
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,474119.60/cwt115.50–126.501,76319
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0381,612.77/head1,500.00–1,725.001,6132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,4502,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0382,576.02/head2,150.00–3,000.002,5762
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2042,660.47/head2,150.00–3,100.002,66010
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2302,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3502,620.25/head2,325.00–2,800.002,6206
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3672,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4002,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4503,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5692,740.60/head2,250.00–3,150.002,7414
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,8353,275.00/head3,275.00–3,275.003,2751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8111,490.00/head1,490.00–1,490.001,4905
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9151,540.00/head1,540.00–1,540.001,5403
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0291,751.10/head1,600.00–1,875.001,7515
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0542,177.16/head1,450.00–2,700.002,17746
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0931,507.89/head1,350.00–1,650.001,5082
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1312,400.39/head1,700.00–2,625.002,40040
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2082,051.57/head1,300.00–2,575.002,05227
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2632,005.27/head1,525.00–2,460.002,00569
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4601,465.53/head1,335.00–1,500.001,4664
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28431,674.85/head1,625.00–1,725.001,6752
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070156.61/cwt150.00–165.001,6766

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.