Paris Stockyards Market Report

Paris, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 28, 2021

2,629 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $156.00/cwt +16.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,220/hd at 782 lb · 253 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.19/cwt +1.30 vs last sale · ≈ $940/hd at 622 lb · 153 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $140.24/cwt +10.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,083/hd at 772 lb · 137 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,629	1,966	1,479
Feeder cattle	2,351	1,676	1,305
Slaughter cattle	218	176	129
Replacement cattle	60	114	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. There was moderate demand for feeder classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	2	157.50–160.00	$158.77	$460	-15.30
345	345	2	160.00	$160.00	$552	-12.46
355–380	364	11	160.00–175.00	$167.90	$611	-7.43
400–425 fancy	412	3	180.00–191.00	$185.27	$763	-6.73
400–447	433	41	162.50–178.00	$168.34	$729	-15.48
460–475 fancy	465	3	182.50–185.00	$183.35	$853	—
450–492	467	25	159.00–174.00	$165.39	$772	-2.81
522 value added	522	5	172.00	$172.00	$898	—
500–547	525	65	154.00–168.50	$161.91	$850	-4.49
550–596	570	58	140.00–158.00	$149.81	$854	+0.97
572 value added	572	2	160.00	$160.00	$915	-2.50
619 value added	619	59	158.00	$158.00	$978	-0.08
600–647	624	94	139.00–154.00	$146.91	$917	-0.77
654–685	660	22	122.00–139.00	$131.50	$868	-8.27
700–720	711	58	129.00–142.00	$137.00	$974	-8.44
752–790	766	13	133.00–144.50	$141.26	$1,082	+1.42
752–797 value added	783	240	155.00–157.10	$156.80	$1,228	—
820–845	838	13	134.00–147.00	$142.53	$1,194	+18.52
841 value added	841	60	155.35	$155.35	$1,306	—
862–890	869	5	124.00–134.00	$131.95	$1,147	—
900–910	905	2	120.00–124.00	$121.99	$1,104	-10.13
990	990	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,158	-11.00
1055	1055	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,192	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	416	4	157.00–160.00	$158.57	$660	-7.01
465–495	482	9	148.00–157.00	$154.55	$745	+1.14
529–545	533	21	142.00–150.00	$146.62	$781	+1.17
550–557	555	4	140.00–146.00	$143.76	$798	+3.76
630–641	638	5	126.00–135.00	$128.78	$822	-4.10
650–690	678	5	123.00–128.00	$125.22	$849	—
701–705	701	12	123.00–128.00	$127.58	$894	-1.65
770–795	783	3	124.00	$124.00	$971	+5.61
805–845	825	2	124.00–127.00	$125.46	$1,035	+30.46
870	870	1	104.00	$104.00	$905	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275	1275	1	70.00	$70.00	$892	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	265	5	132.00–145.00	$136.41	$361	-6.82
310–317 fancy	316	6	152.50–153.00	$152.92	$483	—
300–345	331	14	130.00–147.00	$138.06	$457	-0.75
350–397	369	24	135.00–149.00	$141.86	$523	-3.59
405–446	430	46	130.00–144.50	$140.58	$604	+0.19
441 fancy	441	4	147.50	$147.50	$650	—
450–496	472	54	133.00–149.00	$140.27	$662	+0.84
500–545	526	90	122.00–139.50	$131.77	$693	-5.14
551–581 value added	562	32	138.00–141.00	$138.79	$780	-4.21
550–597	573	76	121.00–137.00	$128.91	$739	-2.24
602–640	609	28	125.00–140.00	$134.61	$820	+4.94
620 value added	620	80	152.25	$152.25	$944	+0.15
666 value added	666	53	144.00	$144.00	$959	—
651–697	670	31	120.00–134.00	$127.63	$855	-7.32
715 value added	715	14	136.00	$136.00	$972	-1.27
772 value added	772	123	141.35	$141.35	$1,091	+7.35
773–775	773	14	118.00–131.50	$130.53	$1,009	+6.62
805	805	1	114.00	$114.00	$918	-15.99

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	120.00	$120.00	$282	—
265–297	281	11	120.00–124.00	$120.77	$339	-6.23
325–342	336	4	120.00–127.00	$124.81	$419	—
350–398	386	12	121.00–130.00	$126.09	$487	-6.97
405–433	424	8	120.00–127.00	$123.38	$523	+3.13
450–495	476	22	122.00–130.00	$128.91	$614	+3.22
513–545	518	6	120.00	$120.00	$622	-4.00
550–595	578	9	115.00–120.00	$117.45	$679	-2.22
600–643	624	20	115.00–123.00	$117.89	$736	-0.63
650–695	675	17	110.00–118.00	$115.66	$781	-4.34
725–735	730	2	110.00–113.00	$111.51	$814	+4.55
770–780	775	2	109.00–112.00	$110.49	$856	+6.73
810	810	1	107.00	$107.00	$867	-2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	160.00	$160.00	$352	—
250	250	1	165.00	$165.00	$412	—
280 fancy	280	1	200.00	$200.00	$560	—
305–320	310	3	152.00–159.00	$156.59	$485	—
350–395 fancy	375	3	182.00–183.00	$182.34	$684	-13.14
365–390	376	9	167.00–181.00	$174.66	$657	-6.00
405–445	427	9	160.00–174.00	$167.42	$715	-6.21
430 fancy	430	1	180.00	$180.00	$774	-12.51
450–455 fancy	453	3	171.00–172.50	$171.50	$777	-11.00
450–495	469	8	150.00–167.00	$159.29	$747	-7.25
500–530 value added	515	2	155.00–156.00	$155.49	$801	—
500–543	533	45	134.00–149.00	$142.35	$759	-4.86
550–580	562	13	133.00–148.00	$139.90	$786	+7.82
600–645	624	26	124.00–138.00	$130.24	$813	+2.99
650–697	676	25	122.00–133.50	$129.89	$878	+4.65
701–745	712	8	120.00–126.00	$123.33	$878	-0.85
750–790	764	4	114.00–123.00	$117.57	$898	-2.27
828–835	829	13	105.00–112.00	$105.54	$875	-1.96
875–880	876	4	103.00–108.00	$106.74	$935	—
975	975	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,082	+7.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	146.00	$146.00	$328	—
287–295	290	3	146.00–152.50	$150.29	$436	—
341–345	341	9	130.00–140.00	$131.12	$447	—
375	375	1	160.00	$160.00	$600	-3.00
445	445	1	154.00	$154.00	$685	-7.98
450–470	461	6	135.00–142.00	$139.17	$642	+7.01
510–540	532	5	125.00–130.00	$128.03	$681	-9.38
560–570	563	4	120.00–125.00	$123.73	$697	-6.27
615–645	628	9	110.00–115.00	$111.71	$702	+11.71
655–690	678	7	107.50–115.00	$112.37	$762	+0.37
705	705	2	112.00–114.00	$113.00	$797	+2.54
770	770	1	110.00	$110.00	$847	-0.04
880	880	1	103.00	$103.00	$906	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1250	1153	80-85%	10	46.50–53.50	$50.70	$585	—
1020–1445	1243	80-85%	46	54.00–62.50	$58.19	$723	—
1160–1595	1336	80-85%	10	63.00–66.50	$64.31	$859	-0.89

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1035	921	85-90%	7	42.00–49.50	$46.91	$432	-9.23
950	950	85-90%	1	64.00	$64.00	$608	—
840–1040	952	85-90%	14	52.50–60.50	$54.94	$523	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460–1490	1475	75-80%	2	54.00	$54.00	$796	—
1450–1720	1582	75-80%	6	57.00–63.00	$60.40	$956	-5.28
1475–1820	1650	75-80%	7	64.00–66.50	$65.44	$1,080	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–2255	1433	14	79.00–84.00	$81.63	$1,170	—
1265–2430	1619	14	85.00–94.50	$90.57	$1,466	—
1605–1995	1813	7	95.50–101.50	$99.01	$1,795	+8.79

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	76.00	$76.00	$806

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1465	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	625.00–1,350.00	$944.79
820–1540	1207	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	475.00–1,010.00	$777.34

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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
1255–1515	1455	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,125.00–1,200.00	$1,175.56	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	5	91.00	$91.00	$339	—
405	405	1	68.00	$68.00	$275	—
492	492	2	61.00	$61.00	$300	—
586	586	9	77.00	$77.00	$451	—
696	696	3	71.50	$71.50	$498	—
825	825	7	60.00–77.00	$74.57	$615	—

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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.