Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2025-03-06

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Thu, Mar 6
● Final129 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2204
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,546 head
▼ 1,256 vs last sale 2,802▼ 479 vs year ago 2,025 · −23.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▼ 237 vs last sale 383▲ 35 vs year ago 111 · +31.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 54▼ 84 vs year ago 120 · −70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Good quality feeder steers 650 lbs and under were sharply higher with a good supply and strong demand. Yearling steers were steady to 4.00 higher in spots with good demand. Feeder heifers 300-450 lbs and the 600-750 lbs were sharply higher with strong demand, while the 500-600 lbs heifers were steady. Buyers were active and willing to pay premiums for weaned packages and groups of harder conditioned feeders. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 higher for the high dressings individuals, while the slaughter were steady with a good supply 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 $301.36/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −102.20 against this barn's trailing median of $403.56.
Average price
$301.36
223 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$343
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$87.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.30
vs KY average
−3.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535304.541,628210
Medium and Large 2546264.411,4449thin
Medium and Large 2-3591217.501,2854thin
One grade step is worth $87.04/cwt here — about $343 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale223 hd
301.36
—
KY average25 barns · 1,895 hd
287.07
+14.30
National average185 barns · 16,988 hd
305.02
−3.66
This barn, trailing median34 sales
403.56
−102.20
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—Low1,659163.952,72018
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,490140.332,09117
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,240139.261,72736
CowsLean 85-90%High1,027119.581,22830

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)1,200$1,9026
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,395$1,8751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,082$1,8148
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)938$2,0892thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)770$1,5751thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)745$1,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,305$2,6751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$2,3362thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,011$2,3054thin

Every lot

129 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2282325.00/cwt325.00–325.009172
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2309400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2364
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,4461
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy364459.65/cwt455.00–460.001,67315
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380411.94/cwt405.00–425.001,5653
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,4541
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418408.88/cwt400.00–422.001,70923
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420436.90/cwt430.00–445.001,83511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438373.71/cwt367.50–380.001,6372
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460398.83/cwt390.00–402.001,83516
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469380.53/cwt367.50–387.501,78529
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480342.28/cwt325.00–355.001,6437
Steers500–550Medium 1-2500310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5503
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505368.63/cwt362.00–375.001,8624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531341.65/cwt340.00–342.501,8143
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560356.13/cwt349.00–370.001,99453
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576324.40/cwt324.00–325.001,8695
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625328.91/cwt317.00–337.002,05630
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy625240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634307.40/cwt295.00–315.001,94911
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2634282.46/cwt272.50–290.001,7915
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659324.46/cwt315.00–325.502,13856
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8092
Steers650–700Large 1-2682267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8242
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688294.05/cwt290.00–296.002,0233
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added719287.90/cwt287.00–288.002,07020
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9251
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added787281.42/cwt280.00–286.002,21561
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823260.51/cwt253.00–264.002,14424
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2101
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2860233.75/cwt232.50–237.502,0104
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,3352
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2959228.00/cwt227.00–230.002,1873
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,080220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,3766
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3245260.00/cwt260.00–260.006371
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy282355.13/cwt340.00–362.001,0015
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2284320.66/cwt317.50–325.009114
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295302.50/cwt302.50–302.508921
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2308318.96/cwt310.00–327.509822
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313348.05/cwt345.00–350.001,0895
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330267.39/cwt265.00–270.008822
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335364.93/cwt360.00–375.001,2233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365386.79/cwt380.00–400.001,4126
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371355.87/cwt340.00–365.001,3207
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385311.02/cwt295.00–320.001,19716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added412366.99/cwt365.00–370.001,5125
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417339.66/cwt327.50–347.501,4167
Heifers400–450Large 1-2420267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1242
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1052
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435314.95/cwt300.00–325.001,37012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440286.42/cwt280.00–290.001,2609
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474284.58/cwt280.00–300.001,34921
Heifers450–500Large 1-2483252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2203
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2491259.26/cwt245.00–265.001,2734
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy493314.59/cwt305.00–317.501,55117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added509321.15/cwt315.00–322.251,63592
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy512257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3182
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534267.11/cwt257.50–274.001,4265
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545293.79/cwt284.00–297.001,60179
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2561261.04/cwt257.00–265.001,4644
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566276.27/cwt266.00–285.001,56413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583295.53/cwt287.00–299.001,72324
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3591217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2854
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609294.36/cwt282.00–296.851,79399
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2402
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631266.49/cwt256.00–276.001,68213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643248.49/cwt237.00–250.001,59810
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667258.07/cwt247.50–264.001,72112
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687275.20/cwt270.00–277.001,891100
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added732269.04/cwt261.00–272.501,96971
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7211
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785261.80/cwt258.00–276.002,05585
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7642
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added848252.34/cwt248.00–256.002,14071
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9643
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3330330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0891
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2071
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2362358.36/cwt350.00–360.001,2976
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3371318.43/cwt315.00–320.001,1813
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6882
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375388.15/cwt377.50–400.001,4562
Bulls350–400Large 1-2380410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5583
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy419408.98/cwt400.00–415.001,7146
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5271
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2443383.99/cwt380.00–390.001,7015
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3455290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458391.44/cwt380.00–397.501,79310
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474329.49/cwt327.50–330.001,5625
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2477344.91/cwt342.50–350.001,6453
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523330.33/cwt315.00–337.501,7283
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy524352.82/cwt347.00–355.001,8497
Bulls500–550Large 1-2537312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,6754
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2583311.46/cwt305.00–325.001,8163
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615292.36/cwt277.50–296.001,7985
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665286.17/cwt282.50–290.001,9032
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6921
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2732268.33/cwt267.00–269.001,9643
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7891
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2820242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9841
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2878200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7563
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2930190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7671
Bulls1050–1100Large 1-21,055200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,1101
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,065162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,7311
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers1250–1300Large 31,260132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,6632
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,395130.37/cwt126.00–136.001,8192
Bulls——1,690176.14/cwt170.00–186.002,9775
Bulls——1,693164.52/cwt157.00–169.002,78511
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95081.00/cwt81.00–81.007701
Cows—Lean 85-90%965112.09/cwt102.00–118.001,08211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,5341
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,071125.05/cwt120.00–132.001,33917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156129.14/cwt125.00–132.001,4938
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260140.11/cwt133.00–147.001,76525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300159.17/cwt154.00–165.002,0693
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380155.43/cwt154.00–157.002,1452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,436129.43/cwt126.00–131.001,8594
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,530141.55/cwt136.00–148.002,16611
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9251,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1041,919.64/head1,700.00–2,175.001,9207
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,902.15/head1,500.00–2,275.001,9026
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3951,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29002,336.11/head1,850.00–2,725.002,3362
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0482,239.89/head2,150.00–2,300.002,2403
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3052,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2983179.30/cwt161.00–189.001,7638
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27451,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27701,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29382,088.80/head2,050.00–2,125.002,0892

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.