Paris Stockyards Market Report

Paris, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 14, 2021

1,687 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.81/cwt +1.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,235/hd at 813 lb · 127 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.18/cwt +14.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,239/hd at 865 lb · 99 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $146.41/cwt +3.83 vs last sale · ≈ $911/hd at 622 lb · 96 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,687	1,552	1,864
Feeder cattle	1,552	1,332	1,560
Slaughter cattle	93	128	232
Replacement cattle	42	92	72

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady; Yearling steers sold steady with good demand, feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold steady; over 500 lbs steady-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold steady-3.00 lower. There was good demand for weaned feeder cattle, lower demand for non-weaned cattle with moderate offerings and good buyer activity this week. Buyers showed good interest in yearling steer cattle and cattle with favorable condition.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	157.50	$157.50	$370	-12.50
370–395	381	5	165.00–177.00	$173.86	$662	+7.99
400–442 fancy	428	27	171.00–176.00	$172.63	$739	—
412–445	430	5	157.00–169.00	$164.18	$706	-4.53
460–480 unweaned	473	3	145.00–150.00	$148.31	$702	—
457–499	483	15	154.00–169.00	$160.75	$776	+3.73
455–491 fancy	488	14	172.00–176.00	$173.58	$847	—
511 fancy	511	4	160.00	$160.00	$818	—
515–525 value added	524	10	160.00	$160.00	$838	-5.62
522–545	530	34	149.00–159.00	$155.90	$826	+7.27
530	530	5	125.00	$125.00	$662	-23.63
562 value added	562	18	162.50	$162.50	$913	-0.19
554–596	576	44	144.00–154.00	$150.88	$869	+2.59
598	598	10	129.00	$129.00	$771	-19.29
618–624 value added	620	38	150.50–156.00	$154.54	$958	-0.46
604–648	624	58	130.00–148.00	$141.08	$880	+0.91
668 value added	668	39	153.25	$153.25	$1,024	-5.87
650–692	675	24	129.50–144.50	$135.26	$913	—
705–743	734	4	136.00–137.50	$137.14	$1,007	-3.41
743 value added	743	62	149.00	$149.00	$1,107	—
765–772	770	8	128.00–137.00	$134.77	$1,038	-1.51
800–821	806	10	131.00–141.00	$137.95	$1,112	+2.49
814 value added	814	117	153.00	$153.00	$1,245	+1.55
856 value added	856	60	150.50	$150.50	$1,288	—
873–896	880	39	130.00–134.50	$131.91	$1,161	+3.28
906–920	912	5	126.50–132.00	$129.78	$1,184	+3.42
950	950	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,178	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	142.00	$142.00	$483	—
455	455	1	152.50	$152.50	$694	+12.50
540	540	3	130.00	$130.00	$702	+8.73
560–593	582	9	135.00	$135.00	$786	+12.00
655–675	665	2	128.00–129.00	$128.49	$854	+13.49
777–795	783	3	120.00–124.00	$121.35	$950	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	278	2	130.00–136.00	$133.08	$370	+3.08
345	345	3	145.00	$145.00	$500	+0.06
367–398	387	26	140.00–152.00	$146.67	$568	—
407–445	424	20	133.00–149.00	$139.96	$593	-1.16
466 fancy	466	3	152.00	$152.00	$708	—
478	478	3	119.00	$119.00	$569	-20.49
455–498	485	51	130.00–150.00	$143.58	$696	+4.09
511 value added	511	20	152.25	$152.25	$778	+10.25
500–545	520	49	128.00–142.50	$136.73	$711	+1.56
530	530	4	115.00	$115.00	$610	-20.17
555–595	580	39	125.00–145.00	$132.77	$770	-3.40
600–642	618	23	121.00–134.00	$124.73	$771	-0.78
650–695	668	15	124.00–140.50	$131.37	$878	+2.33
713–732	726	29	118.00–133.00	$127.56	$926	-2.33
772	772	5	114.00	$114.00	$880	-2.00
893	893	5	107.00	$107.00	$956	—
930 value added	930	21	121.25	$121.25	$1,128	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	123.00	$123.00	$338	—
300–340	328	4	110.00–128.00	$123.10	$404	-4.86
365–375	370	2	131.00–134.00	$132.48	$490	+9.98
415–420	418	2	110.00–112.50	$111.26	$465	+3.31
482	482	2	127.00	$127.00	$612	+7.54
570–590	580	2	90.00–120.00	$104.74	$607	—
640–645	643	2	104.00–119.00	$111.53	$717	—
710	710	1	101.00	$101.00	$717	+1.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 fancy	325	2	182.00	$182.00	$592	—
317–345	330	6	150.00–152.00	$150.64	$497	+10.64
380–387 fancy	386	5	170.50–171.00	$170.60	$659	—
393	393	4	169.00	$169.00	$664	+13.92
407–445	422	17	145.00–162.00	$153.58	$648	+12.59
430 fancy	430	2	174.00	$174.00	$748	—
455 fancy	455	5	167.00	$167.00	$760	—
450–488	482	27	144.00–158.00	$154.71	$746	+9.88
505–540	526	8	130.00–149.00	$138.48	$728	-0.63
555–587	575	21	135.00–151.00	$146.46	$842	+10.23
602–645	628	18	121.00–139.00	$130.47	$819	+4.54
681	681	5	125.00	$125.00	$851	-1.00
700–740	711	20	110.00–128.00	$121.81	$866	—
788–797	792	5	111.00–129.00	$118.25	$937	+4.25
840–845	844	4	113.00–118.00	$116.76	$985	—
900	900	4	108.50	$108.50	$976	+10.88

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	4	127.50	$127.50	$606	—
500–525	515	5	115.00–127.00	$122.34	$630	—
552–590	563	7	107.00–125.00	$118.41	$667	+4.41
652–695	666	3	100.00–102.00	$101.30	$675	-11.70
755	755	1	104.00	$104.00	$785	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1725	1725	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	80-85%	1	49.00	$49.00	$529	—
1005–1290	1148	80-85%	2	60.00–66.00	$62.63	$719	—
945–1485	1178	80-85%	16	52.00–59.00	$55.13	$649	+0.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1590	1463	75-80%	4	60.00–61.50	$60.74	$889	-7.28
1370–1725	1521	75-80%	10	54.00–59.00	$57.31	$872	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	85-90%	1	57.00	$57.00	$536	—
955–1035	995	85-90%	2	49.00–52.50	$50.82	$506	-6.70
1005–1125	1065	85-90%	3	36.00–44.50	$40.88	$435	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555–1945	1699	5	76.50–87.50	$83.78	$1,423	-7.67
1625–1780	1731	4	96.50–102.50	$99.16	$1,716	—
1185–2475	1772	5	64.50–75.00	$70.55	$1,250	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1085	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	540.00–685.00	$610.08
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1175–1440	1289	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	650.00–990.00	$781.06
1045–1935	1448	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	625.00–1,000.00	$832.83

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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
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	-50.00
1125–1350	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,200.00	$1,164.71	—

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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.