Paris Stockyards Market Report

Paris, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, November 5, 2020

1,976 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $133.16/cwt +6.10 vs last sale · ≈ $836/hd at 628 lb · 130 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $136.66/cwt +12.87 vs last sale · ≈ $941/hd at 689 lb · 94 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $127.43/cwt +6.99 vs last sale · ≈ $925/hd at 726 lb · 92 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,976	1,479	3,188
Feeder cattle	1,712	1,305	2,863
Slaughter cattle	222	129	250
Replacement cattle	42	45	75

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady-2.00 lower with moderate demand. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 lower; slaughter Bulls sold steady-2.00 lower with moderate demand on all slaughter cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	4	142.00–165.00	$156.16	$520	-1.15
370	370	2	147.00–162.00	$154.50	$572	-2.67
400–446	420	27	141.00–163.00	$150.26	$631	-6.43
460–497	481	6	137.00–146.00	$141.44	$680	-3.05
505–545	529	46	126.00–143.50	$134.87	$713	-2.28
550–598	572	46	125.00–138.00	$131.48	$752	-2.28
600–640	619	51	121.00–134.00	$128.74	$797	+1.68
622–645 value added	633	79	135.50–137.00	$136.02	$861	—
650–687	673	26	121.00–134.00	$127.92	$861	+4.13
695 value added	695	68	140.00	$140.00	$973	—
704 value added	704	9	132.75	$132.75	$935	—
700–746	728	83	122.50–131.75	$126.85	$923	+6.41
750–796	772	58	121.00–132.00	$127.28	$983	+2.85
813–828	819	18	120.50–127.50	$124.60	$1,020	—
803–848 value added	845	44	130.00–131.25	$131.17	$1,108	—
850–880	863	3	116.00–121.00	$117.64	$1,015	+7.63
902–935	913	11	105.00–122.00	$117.83	$1,076	+0.33
994	994	5	110.50	$110.50	$1,098	—
1015	1015	11	110.25	$110.25	$1,119	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	133.00	$133.00	$585	-12.49
455–485	470	2	125.00–128.00	$126.55	$595	-9.25
525	525	3	121.50	$121.50	$638	-2.49
575	575	1	124.00	$124.00	$713	-0.95
601–643	612	18	117.00–119.00	$117.47	$719	+13.47
675–693	689	5	110.00–114.00	$110.78	$763	-4.72
710–720	719	7	110.00–113.00	$112.58	$809	+3.58
750	750	1	117.00	$117.00	$878	—
915	915	1	102.00	$102.00	$933	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	135.00	$135.00	$331	-5.00
293	293	3	125.00	$125.00	$366	±0.00
355–385	362	9	118.00–132.00	$127.59	$462	+1.33
400–445	421	21	121.00–135.50	$129.41	$545	+0.43
450–496	465	32	119.00–137.50	$129.64	$603	+4.30
500–508 value added	506	5	139.00–147.00	$145.42	$736	+9.12
502–549	525	62	115.00–134.50	$123.45	$648	-5.20
555–573	564	46	115.00–131.00	$123.28	$695	-1.84
609 value added	609	56	134.40	$134.40	$818	—
600–646	623	30	110.00–133.00	$123.84	$772	-3.18
655–675	663	39	112.00–127.50	$122.20	$810	+1.20
706–745	720	35	104.00–122.00	$115.85	$834	-1.47
768 value added	768	21	124.75	$124.75	$958	+13.00
760–790	775	19	105.00–122.50	$111.87	$867	—
807–825	811	5	102.00–110.00	$108.37	$879	—
906	906	5	106.50	$106.50	$965	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	365	3	102.50–108.00	$104.38	$381	-12.62
420–430	425	2	104.00–113.00	$108.55	$461	-12.16
462–495	466	13	90.00–116.00	$112.08	$522	-2.05
500–535	521	5	93.00–112.00	$106.01	$552	-8.44
552–590	564	12	102.00–114.00	$108.92	$614	-2.75
600–640	617	3	105.00–111.00	$108.26	$668	-2.64
651–670	656	4	96.00–105.00	$102.70	$674	-5.32
700–730	717	5	86.00–101.00	$92.37	$662	—
771–790	777	5	86.00–98.00	$89.63	$696	-10.37
800–827	818	3	84.00–86.00	$84.65	$692	-21.35
895	895	2	74.00–85.00	$79.50	$712	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	130.00	$130.00	$286	—
345	345	1	145.00	$145.00	$500	—
350–380	370	3	145.00–155.00	$151.85	$562	-7.13
400 value added	400	2	160.00	$160.00	$640	—
401–445	420	20	130.00–156.00	$142.75	$600	-11.75
450–497	478	22	131.00–144.50	$137.96	$659	-2.94
510–535	523	10	121.00–137.00	$131.57	$688	+3.22
555–595	585	16	123.50–127.00	$125.38	$733	+2.07
605–640	619	20	107.00–126.00	$119.50	$740	-1.62
670–680	675	3	109.00–116.00	$113.35	$765	+0.11
700–727	713	9	108.50–114.00	$111.04	$792	-0.98
777	777	9	103.50	$103.50	$804	-5.74

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	428	2	123.00	$123.00	$526	-9.61
490	490	1	115.00	$115.00	$564	-15.00
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	-5.00
565	565	3	117.00	$117.00	$661	+7.00
686	686	3	107.50	$107.50	$737	—
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	-5.00
880–885	881	4	78.00–84.00	$79.51	$700	—
935	935	1	90.00	$90.00	$842	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1425	1191	80-85%	5	44.00–51.50	$49.32	$587	-1.41
975–1470	1253	80-85%	26	52.50–59.00	$56.56	$709	-1.51
1095–1485	1272	80-85%	8	60.50–68.00	$62.49	$795	+4.42

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1980	1479	75-80%	19	60.00–72.00	$63.95	$946	—
1555	1555	75-80%	1	51.50	$51.50	$801	-9.28
1350–1880	1581	75-80%	18	53.00–59.50	$56.74	$897	-4.04

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–985	957	85-90%	3	41.50–45.50	$43.39	$415	-10.88
955–1020	988	85-90%	2	50.50–52.00	$51.23	$506	-3.04

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440–1940	1708	10	82.50–87.50	$85.34	$1,458	—
1385–2200	1832	7	64.00–81.50	$73.01	$1,338	-9.49
1870–2075	1980	4	93.50–100.50	$96.62	$1,913	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1305	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	480.00–750.00	$623.09
875–1645	1202	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	635.00–990.00	$825.47
897–1535	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	630.00–900.00	$733.89

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1025–1500	1263	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	890.00–1,175.00	$1,059.31	—
1250–1350	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	930.00–1,050.00	$992.31	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	70.00	$70.00	$312	—
460	460	1	68.00	$68.00	$313	—
770	770	1	66.00	$66.00	$508	—

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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.