Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2025-09-11

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Thu, Sep 11
● Final177 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2204
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,153 head
▲ 269 vs last sale 1,884▼ 250 vs year ago 2,403 · −10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
178 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 156▼ 160 vs year ago 338 · −47.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 67▲ 35 vs year ago 33 · +106.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday feeder steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. There was moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Strongest demand noted for weaned and vaccinated calves. The newer crop of fleshy bawling calves entering the market facing discounts. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was moderate to 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 $403.86/cwt on 188 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −53.41 against this barn's trailing median of $457.27.
Average price
$403.86
188 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$296
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$43.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.12
vs KY average
−9.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546409.662,238162
Medium and Large 2562368.292,07120
Medium and Large 2-3531365.831,9416thin
One grade step is worth $43.83/cwt here — about $296 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 sale188 hd
403.86
—
KY average23 barns · 1,229 hd
393.74
+10.12
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
−9.66
This barn, trailing median34 sales
457.27
−53.41
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—Low1,702187.583,19223
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,562156.502,44514
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,233152.791,88471
CowsLean 85-90%Average961145.121,39513
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,508173.152,6114thin
SteersSelectAverage1,745173.003,0191thin

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)1,257$2,6874thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,159$2,23110
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,081$1,9177
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,108$2,5535
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,165$2,53610

Every lot

177 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 · Steers53 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240375.00/cwt375.00–375.009001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,2221
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy285600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,7101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2308450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3865
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy329505.24/cwt500.00–517.501,6624
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379448.12/cwt440.00–455.001,6988
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy386460.51/cwt460.00–462.501,7785
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3393380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4933
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415453.90/cwt450.00–455.001,8849
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415436.98/cwt430.00–446.001,81325
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3416402.51/cwt397.50–405.001,6743
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7642
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy450441.67/cwt440.00–445.001,9883
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3457386.72/cwt385.00–390.001,7673
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470422.81/cwt417.50–432.501,98716
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476407.53/cwt405.00–410.001,9406
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3510375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9134
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520407.64/cwt400.00–417.502,12027
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532423.10/cwt420.00–427.002,25179
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533384.09/cwt380.00–390.002,0475
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572363.03/cwt360.00–367.502,07715
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3572347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,9882
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574402.16/cwt395.00–407.002,30826
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583382.61/cwt372.50–392.002,23130
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2617355.37/cwt350.00–357.502,1939
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618375.49/cwt370.00–387.502,32149
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3639344.65/cwt340.00–347.002,2028
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added648393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,54774
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy657407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,67425
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661386.50/cwt386.50–386.502,55510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3667323.28/cwt320.00–325.002,1563
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675353.34/cwt350.00–355.002,3856
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680332.50/cwt330.00–335.002,2612
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719340.69/cwt337.50–347.502,45021
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3041
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added741363.31/cwt360.00–363.502,69218
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3747337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,5172
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753345.99/cwt342.00–350.002,6052
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760332.48/cwt330.00–335.002,5272
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added776371.97/cwt367.00–374.102,88699
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3787300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3612
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2805319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,5682
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added810361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,92457
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825340.09/cwt332.50–347.002,80613
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868330.84/cwt330.00–335.002,8726
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2883313.36/cwt310.00–315.002,7673
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3885270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3901
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2908314.70/cwt310.00–317.502,8578
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added945316.25/cwt316.25–316.252,98959
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added978319.75/cwt319.75–319.753,12756
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2978306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,9939
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,093302.00/cwt302.00–302.003,30168
Feeder Cattle · Heifers48 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2235415.00/cwt415.00–415.009751
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0831
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2286409.35/cwt402.50–420.001,1717
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1801
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2321406.61/cwt395.00–410.001,30524
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,2431
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335376.59/cwt370.00–380.001,2626
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3368348.06/cwt320.00–375.001,2812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369390.28/cwt390.00–392.501,4409
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373406.00/cwt400.00–415.001,5147
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy411419.13/cwt417.50–420.001,7236
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416383.30/cwt380.00–385.001,5959
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418397.70/cwt390.00–405.001,66220
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3445367.50/cwt362.50–372.501,6352
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455409.22/cwt408.00–412.001,86210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465375.11/cwt370.00–380.001,7448
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467385.70/cwt382.00–400.001,8018
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485363.04/cwt360.00–367.001,7619
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added490436.50/cwt436.50–436.502,13987
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513371.27/cwt367.50–372.501,90510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513354.64/cwt345.00–360.001,81914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3528323.40/cwt320.00–327.001,70811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534336.74/cwt332.50–340.001,79813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565289.39/cwt285.00–297.501,6353
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568364.98/cwt360.00–370.002,0732
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575324.09/cwt320.00–330.001,86411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576335.68/cwt330.00–342.501,93432
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3604309.04/cwt300.00–315.001,8676
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy616386.63/cwt386.25–387.002,382167
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617336.98/cwt332.00–347.502,07912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,2552
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2622321.45/cwt320.00–327.501,9995
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3667291.63/cwt285.00–295.001,9456
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683325.93/cwt320.00–340.002,22619
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2687305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,09510
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700359.48/cwt358.75–363.002,51635
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3715286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,0451
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716314.48/cwt310.00–320.002,2525
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774289.96/cwt282.50–292.502,2444
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3795280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2261
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3815237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9321
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2822269.61/cwt266.00–282.502,2167
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added823301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,4777
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0011
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,2071
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,032212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,1932
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,066222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,3723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls50 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2223450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0042
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed266550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,4635
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270423.87/cwt415.00–430.001,1444
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy273500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3653
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2292470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3722
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3310400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2321500.72/cwt500.00–510.001,60713
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3898
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330521.69/cwt520.00–525.001,7223
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed350500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7503
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375435.01/cwt425.00–440.001,6315
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375416.43/cwt410.00–420.001,5624
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy376450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6927
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3390405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed405497.00/cwt497.00–497.002,0132
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423413.84/cwt407.00–415.001,75114
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425463.43/cwt450.00–477.501,9702
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2432426.01/cwt420.00–435.001,84020
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3434383.83/cwt380.00–390.001,66610
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2459408.92/cwt400.00–417.501,8778
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3460365.00/cwt357.50–367.501,6794
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2467433.35/cwt425.00–437.502,0246
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy503405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0372
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518392.05/cwt385.00–395.002,03117
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3520340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7681
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530374.04/cwt367.50–377.501,98210
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3563330.66/cwt327.50–335.001,8624
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy565383.98/cwt379.00–387.502,16917
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573358.31/cwt352.50–362.502,0533
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,0041
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9671
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy615370.62/cwt367.50–372.002,27913
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3618306.52/cwt300.00–310.001,8943
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2626340.74/cwt337.50–345.002,1337
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2661342.00/cwt330.00–347.502,26114
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy662350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3176
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3666297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9813
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,2411
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy705345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4321
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7282
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2721325.10/cwt320.00–337.002,34414
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,2911
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3755255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9251
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0931
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2781295.44/cwt290.00–312.502,3074
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2827280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3162
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3865205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7731
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2906262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,3743
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950247.33/cwt247.00–247.502,3503
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3960215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0641
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3Value Added869296.75/cwt296.75–296.752,57960
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select1,745173.00/cwt173.00–173.003,0191
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,508173.15/cwt170.00–176.002,6114
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,110212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,3591
Bulls——1,680182.85/cwt180.00–184.003,07213
Bulls——1,799191.65/cwt187.00–198.003,4489
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925155.14/cwt151.00–159.001,4353
Cows—Lean 85-90%964145.43/cwt142.00–148.001,4027
Cows—Lean 85-90%970127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2321
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003138.08/cwt135.00–141.001,3852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,098136.40/cwt135.00–138.001,4982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224154.46/cwt150.00–159.001,89134
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244146.49/cwt143.00–149.001,82222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258161.58/cwt160.00–163.002,03313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,499151.50/cwt150.00–153.002,2714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,584156.63/cwt154.00–162.002,4818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,603165.98/cwt164.00–168.002,6612
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1082,552.55/head2,325.00–2,850.002,5535
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-38751,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1852,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1992,623.65/head2,200.00–2,975.002,6248
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38901,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1132,007.43/head1,700.00–2,425.002,0076
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1592,231.21/head1,675.00–2,650.002,23110
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2572,687.19/head2,300.00–2,975.002,6874
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2955215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0531

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.