Sale reports / Kentucky / Paris Livestock Auction / 2026-07-09

Paris Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paris, Kentucky · Thu, Jul 9
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2204
← Jun 25Jul 9Jul 16 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,825 head
▲ 122 vs last sale 1,703▲ 402 vs year ago 1,423 · +28.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 113▼ 30 vs year ago 141 · −21.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 31▼ 58 vs year ago 115 · −50.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available for todays market due to being closed for the July 4th holiday break. However the market seemed strong with buyers showing strong interest in all classes of cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $422.75/cwt on 284 head, up $8.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 34 comparable sales and sits +19.19 against this barn's trailing median of $403.56.
Average price
$422.75
▲ 8.72 vs prior sale
284 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,390
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$28.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.80
vs KY average
+6.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567424.832,407263
Medium and Large 2-3551396.802,18521
One grade step is worth $28.02/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale284 hd
422.75
—
KY average23 barns · 1,193 hd
416.95
+5.80
National average149 barns · 8,242 hd
416.11
+6.64
This barn, trailing median34 sales
403.56
+19.19
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—High1,720234.784,03712
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,600186.752,98913
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,215185.482,25345
CowsLean 85-90%Average948176.161,67013
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,423209.362,9793thin

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)1,065$2,5501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,051$2,5185
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,124$2,4997
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,508$4,0763thin

Every lot

123 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2283613.10/cwt610.00–620.001,7358
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2337601.14/cwt600.00–610.002,0269
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2359532.58/cwt530.00–545.001,9126
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9363
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415506.71/cwt500.00–515.002,1036
Steers400–450Large 1-2420480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0161
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed430560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,4081
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430484.83/cwt480.00–490.002,0852
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,3322
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3465483.23/cwt480.00–485.002,2473
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473508.31/cwt505.00–515.002,4043
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517500.68/cwt495.00–515.002,58938
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3538448.28/cwt445.00–455.002,4123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539477.56/cwt465.00–485.002,57422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563486.65/cwt480.00–495.002,74019
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573455.77/cwt450.00–470.002,61225
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3582444.15/cwt442.50–445.002,5853
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625462.35/cwt460.00–467.502,89019
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628448.68/cwt430.00–455.002,81840
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3637402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,5614
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656462.50/cwt462.50–462.503,03410
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3686401.21/cwt400.00–410.002,75216
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690428.06/cwt426.75–446.002,95482
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy708423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,99510
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713404.74/cwt400.00–405.502,88622
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734375.82/cwt370.00–390.002,75917
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782367.75/cwt366.00–372.502,8768
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added787379.81/cwt379.75–380.002,98942
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3795340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,7032
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810363.04/cwt350.00–368.502,94116
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3838337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,8289
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added862367.50/cwt367.50–367.503,16862
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870330.65/cwt330.00–332.002,8773
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3936275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5743
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 2-31,080282.50/cwt282.50–282.503,0511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,5932
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275536.35/cwt525.00–555.001,47510
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3318467.48/cwt465.00–470.001,4872
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2321515.70/cwt510.00–522.501,65510
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3372477.56/cwt475.00–480.001,7778
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380501.64/cwt500.00–510.001,90615
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390526.71/cwt520.00–530.002,0543
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy413509.92/cwt500.00–515.002,1063
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3424447.31/cwt445.00–452.001,89713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430466.35/cwt460.00–475.002,00515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473450.71/cwt440.00–460.002,13254
Heifers450–500Large 1-2475425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0192
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3484426.14/cwt420.00–435.002,06315
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy488480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,3426
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed495510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,5254
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530409.26/cwt400.00–415.002,16913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533436.14/cwt435.00–440.002,32512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533421.56/cwt410.00–427.002,24725
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568431.98/cwt420.00–435.002,454172
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3584376.56/cwt370.00–380.002,1998
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585401.04/cwt387.50–405.002,34654
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy621405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,51516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625343.75/cwt340.00–350.002,1484
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627382.37/cwt382.00–387.502,39715
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629362.23/cwt355.00–372.002,27828
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666380.55/cwt380.00–390.002,53418
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3678343.95/cwt340.00–346.002,3323
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685364.87/cwt356.00–376.002,49959
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715330.21/cwt320.00–340.002,36119
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725359.09/cwt353.50–365.252,603161
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3727312.36/cwt310.00–317.002,2713
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3775300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3251
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783324.58/cwt322.00–325.002,5417
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added814338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,75167
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5011
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,7902
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3885275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4341
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,8831
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3950240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3211570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,2033
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2238612.58/cwt600.00–615.001,4586
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2273546.93/cwt535.00–560.001,4932
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2313537.69/cwt520.00–547.501,6833
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy331620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,0523
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy362587.00/cwt587.00–587.002,1252
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370558.38/cwt555.00–560.002,0663
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3395525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,0741
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3420400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2438485.74/cwt480.00–495.002,12812
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473481.49/cwt470.00–490.002,2777
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485463.42/cwt460.00–465.002,2483
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3525400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1003
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2532436.88/cwt420.00–450.002,3249
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy540480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,5921
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy555490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,7205
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572454.07/cwt435.00–467.002,59718
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585387.54/cwt380.00–390.002,2674
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618418.80/cwt400.00–427.002,5886
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3628387.55/cwt385.00–390.002,4342
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3667336.68/cwt335.00–340.002,2463
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2682377.82/cwt372.00–380.002,5776
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy713373.56/cwt370.00–377.002,6632
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2728348.75/cwt345.00–355.002,5394
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3730324.90/cwt320.00–330.002,3722
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2783348.60/cwt342.00–355.002,7302
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5671
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3835245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0461
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3915265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,4251
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,038270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,8033
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,423209.36/cwt205.00–213.002,9793
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,602232.50/cwt229.00–236.003,7255
Bulls——1,787240.84/cwt238.00–245.004,3045
Bulls——1,845225.33/cwt221.00–229.004,1572
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%900192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,7281
Cows—Lean 85-90%919165.05/cwt163.00–169.001,5175
Cows—Lean 85-90%976181.84/cwt176.00–186.001,7757
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,090165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,7991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170175.90/cwt171.00–178.002,05811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221185.10/cwt180.00–190.002,26019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250194.97/cwt191.00–201.002,43714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,502194.55/cwt191.00–197.002,9223
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,617185.46/cwt181.00–190.002,9999
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,745175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,0541
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,5921
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0512,518.15/head2,425.00–2,600.002,5185
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0652,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1242,498.98/head2,000.00–3,100.002,4997
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5084,075.52/head3,450.00–4,300.004,0763

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.
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