Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2025-08-21

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Thu, Aug 21
● Final170 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2204
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,179 head
▲ 831 vs last sale 1,348▲ 885 vs year ago 1,294 · +68.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
162 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 115▼ 57 vs year ago 219 · −26.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 32▼ 21 vs year ago 76 · −27.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 12.00 to 18.00 higher and in some instances sharply higher. Feeder steers over 500 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Yearling steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder and yearling heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to firm. 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 $405.10/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −52.17 against this barn's trailing median of $457.27.
Average price
$405.10
133 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$351
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$65.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.00
vs KY average
+5.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551408.722,252122
Medium and Large 2530377.492,0017thin
Medium and Large 2-3554343.081,9014thin
One grade step is worth $65.64/cwt here — about $351 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale133 hd
405.10
—
KY average24 barns · 563 hd
392.11
+13.00
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
+5.21
This barn, trailing median34 sales
457.27
−52.17
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—High1,661200.153,32330
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,581177.702,80916
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,224174.402,13451
CowsLean 85-90%Low933156.981,46520
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,238193.352,3943thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,456237.943,46535

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,182$2,5347
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)992$2,4326
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,026$2,0348
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,235$2,9496
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,039$2,7187
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,015$2,2001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)675$1,1272thin

Every lot

170 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 · Steers49 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1251
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2266487.00/cwt487.00–487.001,2953
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0121
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310503.30/cwt500.00–505.001,5603
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,9011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed330600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,9801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed355560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,9882
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,9621
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377506.10/cwt500.00–525.001,90810
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6991
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6171
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9572
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433476.17/cwt475.00–480.002,06221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy459478.37/cwt475.00–480.002,1969
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464452.87/cwt450.00–470.002,10112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480397.53/cwt395.00–400.001,9082
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488430.46/cwt422.50–432.002,1016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515433.05/cwt430.00–440.002,23022
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3518353.66/cwt350.00–357.501,8322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520382.07/cwt380.00–385.001,9876
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533408.04/cwt400.00–425.002,17518
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563414.23/cwt410.00–423.002,33249
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567384.69/cwt375.00–390.002,18133
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0651
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590332.50/cwt330.00–335.001,9622
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606424.18/cwt410.00–428.502,571123
Steers600–650Large 2-3606250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5158
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614385.50/cwt372.00–392.502,36762
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620353.79/cwt352.50–355.002,1932
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3640333.99/cwt332.00–340.002,1384
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3655300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9651
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2658336.02/cwt330.00–340.002,2115
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675396.31/cwt380.00–398.002,67599
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685350.66/cwt349.50–362.502,40230
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732336.33/cwt331.00–338.002,4624
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added738385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,84110
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3760290.99/cwt290.00–292.002,2122
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765325.02/cwt322.50–327.502,4864
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770340.43/cwt330.00–347.502,6215
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fancy782382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,98767
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added790364.26/cwt359.25–370.302,878150
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2822341.45/cwt328.00–344.002,80783
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2830310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5731
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3835253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,1131
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865324.21/cwt320.00–332.002,8044
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added891342.93/cwt340.00–343.803,056151
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970282.54/cwt280.00–285.002,7412
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added975329.50/cwt329.50–329.503,213112
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,000262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,6251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers53 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2190400.00/cwt400.00–400.007601
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2226400.00/cwt400.00–400.009043
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2228422.31/cwt420.00–425.009632
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy260475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,2351
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275414.02/cwt410.00–417.501,1392
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0731
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1442
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy311450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4004
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313388.86/cwt385.00–395.001,2175
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3328351.68/cwt350.00–355.001,1543
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed330505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6671
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy368487.76/cwt487.50–500.001,79547
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370432.91/cwt425.00–440.001,60221
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378411.84/cwt400.00–417.501,5578
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,7311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411410.76/cwt402.00–420.001,68812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411386.74/cwt385.00–390.001,5903
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3428370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467392.74/cwt385.00–400.001,83423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467378.91/cwt378.00–380.001,7709
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9876
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3474363.70/cwt362.50–365.001,7244
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0002
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516346.24/cwt340.00–352.501,7878
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520373.25/cwt365.00–377.501,94126
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3538334.09/cwt330.00–340.001,7973
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy553404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,23491
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563340.22/cwt335.00–347.501,9158
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3566311.25/cwt310.00–315.001,7624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572367.33/cwt365.00–369.002,10121
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573380.17/cwt375.00–382.002,17837
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614371.47/cwt360.00–378.002,28157
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620301.79/cwt300.00–307.001,8715
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622338.93/cwt330.00–347.502,1086
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2639319.04/cwt315.00–320.002,0395
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,23138
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663312.47/cwt310.00–315.002,0723
Heifers650–700Large 2-3682225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5352
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683356.58/cwt356.50–359.002,43562
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3687283.30/cwt280.00–290.001,9463
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,0941
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0731
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723310.53/cwt302.00–317.502,2457
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730341.43/cwt332.50–343.002,49239
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,5323
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764338.77/cwt337.50–339.502,58873
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3102
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3820220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8041
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2822283.44/cwt279.00–290.002,3305
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838306.04/cwt302.00–310.002,5652
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,2581
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,030246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,5341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls44 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2155420.00/cwt420.00–420.006511
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy220545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,1991
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2225500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1252
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2283450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2743
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy298615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,8333
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7101
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3182
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325506.87/cwt500.00–520.001,6473
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed352552.00/cwt552.00–552.001,9432
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2372519.18/cwt505.00–525.001,9317
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy374539.21/cwt537.50–540.002,0176
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3386403.30/cwt400.00–405.001,5573
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9161
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415508.58/cwt505.00–512.002,1112
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,0611
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9581
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3445400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3460377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,7371
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy463453.36/cwt450.00–455.002,0993
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476394.88/cwt385.00–400.001,8805
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2479432.47/cwt430.00–440.002,0726
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3500355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy525412.50/cwt405.00–420.002,1662
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528367.51/cwt365.00–370.001,9402
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2529392.30/cwt380.00–397.002,0756
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3563312.23/cwt302.50–327.001,7583
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy565400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2601
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2576369.13/cwt362.50–372.502,1266
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577342.48/cwt337.50–350.001,9764
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9221
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3628270.16/cwt255.00–300.001,6973
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy630350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2051
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2633334.38/cwt325.00–340.002,1175
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2661330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1816
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,9901
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,9781
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy703328.00/cwt320.00–330.002,3065
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2732302.77/cwt287.50–310.002,2163
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2766293.35/cwt287.50–310.002,24710
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3827200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6542
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2875226.48/cwt220.00–240.001,9823
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2925230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1281
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,7981
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,020265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,7031
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3618237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4684
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,185185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,1921
Steers—Select and Choice1,464239.50/cwt239.50–239.503,50634
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,238193.35/cwt192.50–195.002,3943
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,356186.29/cwt182.00–189.002,5268
Bulls——1,610194.28/cwt191.00–199.003,1287
Bulls——1,798219.00/cwt219.00–219.003,9382
Bulls——1,854208.93/cwt204.00–216.503,87413
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%895147.43/cwt142.00–152.001,3196
Cows—Lean 85-90%920174.48/cwt170.00–177.001,6053
Cows—Lean 85-90%958157.41/cwt153.00–162.001,50811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,197164.97/cwt160.00–169.001,9758
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223174.11/cwt170.00–178.002,12932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246182.12/cwt180.00–184.002,26911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535178.48/cwt174.00–182.002,7409
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,623187.08/cwt184.50–191.503,0363
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,651168.91/cwt164.00–171.002,7894
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2352,949.41/head2,350.00–3,350.002,9496
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-36751,126.67/head1,050.00–1,200.001,1272
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29922,432.12/head1,800.00–2,750.002,4326
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0262,034.09/head1,500.00–2,500.002,0348
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1822,534.41/head2,000.00–2,925.002,5347
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0152,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0392,717.90/head1,900.00–3,050.002,7187

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.