Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2025-07-24

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Thu, Jul 24
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2204
Feeder Cattle receipts
728 head
▼ 767 vs last sale 1,495▼ 1,611 vs year ago 2,339 · −68.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 147▼ 89 vs year ago 173 · −51.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 24▼ 18 vs year ago 48 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to firm on a light test. There was moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Hot weather conditions restricted the movement of cattle in the area. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 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 $362.77/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −94.50 against this barn's trailing median of $457.27.
Average price
$362.77
25 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$53.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.22
vs KY average
−12.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544368.552,00521
Medium and Large 2520338.281,7593thin
Medium and Large 2-3570315.001,7961thin
One grade step is worth $53.55/cwt here — about $209 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 sale25 hd
362.77
—
KY average23 barns · 535 hd
366.99
−4.22
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
−12.97
This barn, trailing median34 sales
457.27
−94.50
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—Low1,612197.133,1779thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,266168.312,13132
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,603164.972,64419
CowsLean 85-90%Average886149.941,3287thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$3,0251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$2,5943thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,205$3,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,292$3,10712

Every lot

112 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2286403.85/cwt402.00–405.001,1555
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy291437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,2723
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295300.00/cwt300.00–300.008851
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388413.39/cwt400.00–420.001,6049
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5841
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,7594
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,6663
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5841
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8733
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514379.03/cwt375.00–380.001,9485
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520338.28/cwt335.00–340.001,7593
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534361.80/cwt352.50–367.501,9327
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,2433
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570353.45/cwt340.00–360.002,0156
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7961
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9061
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621369.01/cwt365.00–372.502,2928
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,5016
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657362.34/cwt357.50–364.002,3818
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665378.37/cwt375.00–380.002,5166
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2683334.24/cwt332.50–336.002,2832
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added722367.75/cwt367.75–367.752,65534
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added759357.20/cwt355.00–360.002,71116
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774318.30/cwt310.00–329.002,46411
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3790267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,1091
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added832330.90/cwt326.50–335.002,753123
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,3461
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,015215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,1821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285327.50/cwt327.50–327.509331
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2211
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330335.00/cwt330.00–340.001,1062
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy332412.96/cwt400.00–417.501,3714
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2338383.40/cwt380.00–390.001,2963
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy363401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,4564
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376372.81/cwt370.00–382.501,4028
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3392342.16/cwt342.00–342.501,3413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6152
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444360.08/cwt350.00–362.501,5995
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3447325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4532
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy450385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7331
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471365.55/cwt357.50–372.501,72219
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3472326.89/cwt325.00–330.001,5434
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474343.26/cwt343.00–345.001,6278
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515354.17/cwt352.50–355.001,8243
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy517380.52/cwt377.50–382.001,9673
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523323.94/cwt320.00–327.001,6943
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530312.53/cwt310.00–317.501,6563
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537334.24/cwt329.00–348.001,79520
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy557367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,0472
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558307.25/cwt307.00–307.501,7142
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567329.13/cwt320.00–335.001,8668
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579343.73/cwt342.50–345.001,9906
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2617289.76/cwt287.00–295.001,7883
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633326.26/cwt322.00–329.002,06512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637308.10/cwt300.00–312.501,9634
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659306.73/cwt305.00–315.002,0218
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2667285.83/cwt282.50–287.501,9063
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670328.57/cwt327.00–330.502,20122
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,8501
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2714273.73/cwt270.00–277.501,9544
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718289.90/cwt285.00–297.502,0815
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added738312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,3034
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3740240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7761
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5001
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783267.97/cwt265.00–271.002,0982
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813242.51/cwt240.00–245.001,9722
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3830237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9671
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added831282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,3434
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2908216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,9613
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2918253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,3238
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3205337.50/cwt337.50–337.506921
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2248407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,0113
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2255385.00/cwt385.00–385.009821
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2335390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3071
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4821
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy408410.98/cwt410.00–412.501,6775
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2434383.70/cwt380.00–392.501,66511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4081
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2476376.54/cwt370.00–377.501,79210
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5761
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,7631
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy514381.95/cwt380.00–385.001,96314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2517329.27/cwt325.00–340.001,7026
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3518306.36/cwt300.00–317.501,5873
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571323.86/cwt322.00–325.001,8497
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy625343.91/cwt337.50–347.002,1493
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2640314.67/cwt310.00–324.002,0146
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3668270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8043
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2690300.07/cwt290.00–310.002,0702
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2723270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9523
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3740240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7767
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3755220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,340175.82/cwt172.00–179.002,3563
Bulls——1,613209.40/cwt209.00–210.003,3782
Bulls——1,770200.29/cwt198.00–204.003,5453
Bulls——1,950227.00/cwt227.00–227.004,4271
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%850135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1481
Cows—Lean 85-90%862148.23/cwt147.00–150.001,2783
Cows—Lean 85-90%922156.63/cwt153.00–160.001,4443
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226175.46/cwt172.50–180.002,15111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229158.98/cwt155.00–161.501,9546
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310166.80/cwt163.00–170.002,18515
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,578172.59/cwt171.50–174.002,7234
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,597165.23/cwt160.00–169.502,63913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,688148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,4982
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2053,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1402,594.33/head2,475.00–2,700.002,5943
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,025.00/head3,025.00–3,025.003,0251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2975177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,7261
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2923,106.68/head2,400.00–3,700.003,10712

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.