Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2026-05-21

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Thu, May 21
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2204
← May 14May 21May 28 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,165 head
▲ 505 vs last sale 1,660▲ 830 vs year ago 1,335 · +62.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 114▼ 129 vs year ago 243 · −53.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 175▲ 16 vs year ago 96 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Groups of 20 more:

Steers Heifers

84hd 593lbs BLK/Few Mix 500.00 25hd 550lbs BLK 450.00

22hd 596lbs BLK 452.50 84hd 620lbs BLK 437.75

29hd 631lbs BLK 417.00 67hd 636lbs Mixed 424.00

60hd 768lbs BLK 401.00 88hd 657lbs BLK 420.00

59hd 773lbs BLK 388.25 159hd 660lbs BLK 421.70

62hd 826lbs BLK 370.00 57hd 697lbs Mixed 372.50

71hd 865lbs BLK 360.25

60hd 892lbs 85% BLK/Mixed 356.25

103hd 988lbs BLK 329.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $433.55/cwt on 151 head, up $18.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 31 of 34 comparable sales and sits +29.99 against this barn's trailing median of $403.56.
Average price
$433.55
▲ 18.78 vs prior sale
151 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,377
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$393
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$60.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.56
vs KY average
+15.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544440.162,396124
Medium and Large 2-3572406.062,32124
Medium and Large 2527380.052,0033thin
One grade step is worth $60.12/cwt here — about $393 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 sale151 hd
433.55
—
KY average27 barns · 1,470 hd
410.99
+22.56
National average175 barns · 12,602 hd
418.26
+15.29
This barn, trailing median34 sales
403.56
+29.99
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—Low1,569223.883,51321
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,341179.432,40756
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,700176.713,0044thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,060175.791,86326
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,190260.793,1035thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,315$3,8251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,330$3,06123
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,265$2,8751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,184$2,84610
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,119$2,7375
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,370$2,5751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,116$2,4426
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,268$3,3042thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,638$5,0132thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,540$4,4751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,393$4,2942thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,143$4,0712thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,450$4,0001thin

Every lot

124 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2233662.58/cwt620.00–710.001,5442
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2288684.87/cwt680.00–690.001,9722
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,9521
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy363645.00/cwt645.00–645.002,3416
Steers350–400Small and Medium 1-2370450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6651
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374615.81/cwt600.00–630.002,30312
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3381587.60/cwt580.00–590.002,2394
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy413577.50/cwt577.50–577.502,3859
Steers400–450Large 2-3415350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4531
Steers400–450Small and Medium 1-2425430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426530.28/cwt517.00–560.002,25910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466542.60/cwt510.00–555.002,52929
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3472496.94/cwt495.00–500.002,3465
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515493.00/cwt493.00–493.002,53914
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518512.71/cwt500.00–518.002,65614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533474.91/cwt472.50–480.002,5319
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7281
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3578432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,5004
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589465.21/cwt452.50–491.002,74039
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added592500.13/cwt500.00–512.002,96185
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626492.51/cwt480.00–500.003,0838
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634455.46/cwt430.00–471.002,88847
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662487.00/cwt487.00–487.003,2242
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671430.47/cwt429.00–445.002,88832
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3684407.74/cwt372.50–422.002,78919
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3931
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733374.83/cwt370.00–385.002,7488
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added737392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,8899
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,9225
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770394.66/cwt388.25–401.003,039119
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3820330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,7061
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added826370.00/cwt370.00–370.003,05662
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2851345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,9363
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added877358.39/cwt356.25–360.253,143131
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added910330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,0031
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3935267.41/cwt250.00–285.002,5002
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added988329.00/cwt329.00–329.003,251103
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3995265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,6371
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5391
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,8561
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy345640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,2081
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7852
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8291
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy421511.92/cwt502.50–517.502,15511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421421.52/cwt415.00–425.001,7753
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429470.38/cwt450.00–492.002,01828
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3433439.98/cwt430.00–445.001,9053
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2465445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0691
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465420.16/cwt415.00–425.001,9542
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478464.98/cwt450.00–472.502,22320
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3481428.89/cwt415.00–442.502,0638
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy483512.46/cwt505.00–515.002,4754
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2503385.07/cwt370.00–400.001,9372
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy515451.01/cwt450.00–455.002,32318
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522439.74/cwt422.50–447.002,29534
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540429.73/cwt415.00–437.002,3213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy550450.39/cwt450.00–460.002,47726
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569430.45/cwt417.50–445.002,44946
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1281
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3576402.68/cwt385.00–412.002,31921
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627431.56/cwt424.00–437.752,706151
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628371.01/cwt370.00–375.002,33010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2581
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657384.27/cwt370.00–388.002,52527
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659421.11/cwt420.00–422.502,775250
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,6522
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3693330.07/cwt310.00–350.002,2872
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Replacement697372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,59657
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720356.37/cwt340.00–360.002,56633
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy733362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,65319
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755353.15/cwt340.00–354.002,66617
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3767306.74/cwt302.50–315.002,3533
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3816292.99/cwt287.00–305.002,3913
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835333.38/cwt331.00–335.002,7845
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Replacement940326.00/cwt326.00–326.003,06411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2235630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,4811
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3300500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8811
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365655.41/cwt640.00–670.002,3922
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365575.68/cwt550.00–600.002,1012
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3390515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,0091
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415486.67/cwt480.00–490.002,0203
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3415445.90/cwt442.00–450.001,8502
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy463517.00/cwt517.00–517.002,3946
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2467485.66/cwt482.50–490.002,2688
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3475452.87/cwt445.00–457.002,1513
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7421
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523445.55/cwt440.00–447.502,33011
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3535445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3811
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571442.83/cwt432.50–455.002,5299
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2649400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5968
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3675340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2951
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2737355.41/cwt352.50–360.002,6196
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fancy750485.00/cwt485.00–485.003,6382
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3765327.62/cwt290.00–347.002,5063
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,190260.79/cwt222.00–287.503,1035
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,508230.25/cwt219.00–242.503,47211
Bulls——1,589207.84/cwt199.00–217.003,3038
Bulls——1,825253.00/cwt250.00–256.004,6172
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025177.09/cwt170.00–183.001,81518
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130167.06/cwt164.00–169.001,8886
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,160190.33/cwt186.00–195.002,2082
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,337180.08/cwt172.00–188.002,40844
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350164.37/cwt159.00–170.002,2197
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,366194.84/cwt191.00–205.502,6625
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,660169.92/cwt169.00–171.002,8212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,740183.51/cwt183.00–184.003,1932
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2683,304.44/head3,150.00–3,450.003,3042
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1434,071.33/head3,750.00–4,300.004,0712
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3934,294.08/head4,000.00–4,600.004,2942
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4504,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5404,475.00/head4,475.00–4,475.004,4751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6254,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6505,425.00/head5,425.00–5,425.005,4251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1162,442.05/head1,500.00–2,750.002,4426
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1192,737.27/head2,225.00–2,900.002,7375
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1842,845.66/head2,250.00–3,225.002,84610
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2652,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3153,825.00/head3,825.00–3,825.003,8251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3303,060.60/head2,600.00–3,600.003,06123
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3702,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,010233.83/cwt191.00–300.002,36211

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
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