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Paris Stockyards Market Report

Paris, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 22, 2020

1,550 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.80/cwt -1.96 vs last sale · ≈ $864/hd at 618 lb · 93 head
light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.63/cwt +0.36 vs last sale · ≈ $771/hd at 629 lb · 70 head
heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $126.81/cwt -7.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,087/hd at 857 lb · 62 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 1,550 1,864 2,585
Feeder cattle 1,272 1,560 2,096
Slaughter cattle 204 232 241
Replacement cattle 74 72 248

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–380 365 2 142.00–157.00 $149.81 $547 -2.99
405 fancy 405 1 167.00 $167.00 $676 —
412–445 435 21 143.00–156.00 $151.25 $658 +5.38
450–497 469 21 142.00–153.00 $144.84 $679 -2.23
500–548 529 43 129.00–145.00 $136.83 $724 -3.88
560–598 580 23 132.00–146.00 $138.19 $802 -2.67
608–616 value added 614 49 146.00–146.50 $146.36 $899 -0.41
605–648 623 44 126.00–140.00 $132.50 $825 -7.69
652–687 664 29 120.00–132.00 $125.80 $835 -11.25
712–746 727 29 116.00–127.00 $124.20 $903 -7.08
754 value added 754 27 131.25 $131.25 $990 -8.75
750–795 769 16 116.00–126.00 $122.45 $942 -10.71
813–815 813 6 118.00–126.00 $124.66 $1,013 -6.15
857 value added 857 60 127.00 $127.00 $1,088 -7.50
867 867 2 121.00 $121.00 $1,049 -10.00
933 933 3 118.00 $118.00 $1,101 +3.00
991 991 3 122.00 $122.00 $1,209 —
1014 1014 9 111.50 $111.50 $1,131 -5.00
1101 1101 5 107.00 $107.00 $1,178 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–360 355 2 130.00–132.50 $131.23 $466 —
445 445 2 134.00–140.00 $137.00 $610 —
475–495 482 3 135.00–136.00 $135.66 $654 —
535 535 2 121.00–128.00 $124.50 $666 -0.50
555–595 581 16 124.00–128.50 $127.12 $739 +0.12
630–645 637 3 120.00–122.00 $120.66 $769 +15.66
670 670 2 117.00–118.00 $117.50 $787 -2.50
710 710 1 112.00 $112.00 $795 —
945 945 1 102.00 $102.00 $964 —
1045 1045 1 100.00 $100.00 $1,045 —
1075–1085 1080 2 94.00 $94.00 $1,015 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
215–230 220 4 125.00–135.00 $129.86 $286 -2.64
260–295 280 5 132.50–140.00 $135.01 $378 +1.95
300–337 329 9 125.00–133.00 $128.84 $424 -3.55
355–395 374 19 123.00–136.00 $128.39 $480 -2.03
400–444 430 26 125.00–141.00 $132.96 $572 +3.75
450–490 470 26 121.00–137.00 $127.74 $600 -0.50
500–545 523 54 115.00–131.50 $123.53 $646 -3.09
552–595 577 37 114.00–129.00 $119.55 $690 -7.19
605–647 629 70 115.50–127.00 $122.63 $771 +0.36
650–695 663 38 117.00–126.25 $123.80 $821 +3.81
723–745 727 7 110.50–126.00 $113.24 $823 -5.81
757–790 767 7 106.00–114.00 $110.98 $851 -11.52
887 887 2 102.00 $102.00 $905 —
1061 1061 15 99.00 $99.00 $1,050 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
255–275 265 2 120.00–127.50 $123.89 $328 +21.39
350–390 368 4 116.00–120.00 $117.79 $433 +4.63
400–445 427 10 116.50–120.00 $117.28 $501 +5.28
453–490 460 6 114.00–119.00 $118.17 $544 +10.65
532–545 536 3 108.00–112.00 $109.35 $586 +9.35
560–595 574 8 108.00–113.00 $111.22 $638 +0.22
600–631 612 12 110.00–112.50 $111.64 $683 —
650–695 670 9 103.00–110.00 $108.00 $724 —
700–740 720 2 106.00–107.00 $106.51 $767 +15.51
790 790 1 101.00 $101.00 $798 ±0.00
810 810 1 92.00 $92.00 $745 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
230–241 238 4 153.00–160.00 $158.31 $377 —
275–295 285 5 142.00–151.00 $148.05 $422 +3.02
300–340 318 3 154.00–166.00 $161.41 $513 +11.41
355–375 365 2 150.00–160.00 $155.14 $566 +7.30
400–445 428 14 143.00–153.00 $146.60 $627 -2.72
450–497 477 20 134.00–145.00 $140.61 $671 +0.51
500–542 521 28 126.00–140.00 $131.15 $683 -3.88
565–590 571 11 120.00–127.00 $123.77 $707 -3.71
600–633 624 6 120.00–125.50 $123.93 $773 -1.56
655–685 673 13 115.00–123.50 $118.68 $799 -6.03
700–745 722 19 106.50–118.00 $113.45 $819 -5.92
750–770 757 3 107.00–109.00 $108.32 $820 —
812 812 2 103.50 $103.50 $840 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
267–280 270 5 120.00 $120.00 $324 —
335 335 1 143.00 $143.00 $479 —
355–395 377 3 131.00–137.00 $134.23 $506 —
410–445 433 8 130.00–138.00 $134.96 $584 —
480–497 489 4 132.00–137.00 $134.79 $659 +12.77
520–540 533 3 121.00–123.00 $121.99 $650 +15.99
585 585 1 125.00 $125.00 $731 +5.00
615–630 623 3 100.00–105.00 $102.02 $636 —
655–665 660 2 110.00–111.00 $110.50 $729 +0.50
785–795 788 3 102.00–105.00 $103.33 $814 —
845 845 2 95.00 $95.00 $803 —
885 885 1 90.00 $90.00 $796 —
933 933 3 83.00 $83.00 $774 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1715–1740 1723 Young (2-4 yrs)N/A 3 1,350.00–1,530.00 $1,460.34 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1080–1425 1214 80-85% 30 48.00–55.50 $52.48 $637 -9.80
1075–1525 1279 80-85% 66 56.00–63.50 $59.60 $762 —
1290–1470 1399 80-85% 7 64.00–67.00 $65.48 $916 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1440–1645 1552 75-80% 8 63.00–65.50 $63.95 $993 +6.25
1430–1945 1573 75-80% 20 57.00–62.00 $59.56 $937 +1.86
1520–1735 1620 75-80% 3 53.00–56.00 $54.70 $886 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
710 710 85-90% 1 62.00 $62.00 $440 —
755–1115 942 85-90% 11 43.00–48.50 $45.93 $433 +6.93
930–1020 985 85-90% 5 50.50–57.00 $54.25 $534 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
940–1665 1358 6 73.50–77.50 $75.24 $1,022 —
1305–2310 1729 9 79.50–86.50 $84.10 $1,454 —
1670–1905 1770 3 89.00–92.50 $91.24 $1,615 +19.44

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
1030 1030 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 85.00 $85.00 $876

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
965 965 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 460.00 $460.00
855–1245 1033 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 6 420.00–930.00 $655.58
890–1505 1210 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 12 460.00–1,080.00 $759.19

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1495–1660 1560 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 4 1,030.00–1,300.00 $1,214.02 -85.98

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
610 610 1 99.00 $99.00 $604 —

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.