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Paris Stockyards Market Report

Paris, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 26, 2022

1,448 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $166.69/cwt +12.58 vs last sale · ≈ $883/hd at 530 lb · 110 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.98/cwt +8.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,034/hd at 689 lb · 95 head
light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.32/cwt +1.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,024/hd at 623 lb · 86 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 1,448 1,827 1,159
Feeder cattle 1,130 1,543 935
Slaughter cattle 228 222 182
Replacement cattle 90 62 42

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. There was good 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
300–327 fancy 318 3 220.00–224.00 $222.74 $708 +5.24
305–345 320 5 192.50–212.50 $199.77 $639 +2.10
350–360 355 2 197.00–200.00 $198.48 $705 +6.29
400–426 422 13 184.00–192.00 $191.02 $806 +3.67
450–475 467 8 179.00–186.00 $181.34 $847 -5.92
465–473 fancy 471 8 200.00 $200.00 $942 +3.40
505–545 520 55 170.00–182.50 $178.90 $930 +7.98
551–591 value added 569 20 180.00–186.00 $181.46 $1,033 —
550–595 579 27 160.00–175.00 $166.66 $965 -5.99
610–635 value added 615 9 170.00–175.00 $173.67 $1,068 —
603–645 624 77 151.00–165.50 $163.23 $1,019 +0.15
650–698 669 53 150.50–160.50 $155.51 $1,040 -2.22
722 value added 722 8 159.00 $159.00 $1,148 +0.95
700–745 723 4 140.00–148.00 $143.20 $1,035 -3.71
750–795 758 13 139.00–156.00 $151.51 $1,148 +8.25
771 value added 771 28 158.50 $158.50 $1,222 —
815 815 1 128.00 $128.00 $1,043 -18.00
850–877 876 20 134.00–141.00 $140.66 $1,232 -0.71
920 920 1 129.00 $129.00 $1,187 —
1068 1068 3 104.00 $104.00 $1,111 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335–345 340 2 177.50–181.00 $179.22 $609 —
400–442 431 4 174.00–177.50 $175.71 $757 +12.35
480–492 487 4 172.50–177.50 $173.87 $847 —
511–515 512 7 160.00–162.00 $161.71 $828 +16.29
586 586 17 154.75 $154.75 $907 —
645 645 6 147.00 $147.00 $948 —
670 670 1 146.00 $146.00 $978 +8.50
755 755 1 130.00 $130.00 $982 —
800 800 1 110.00 $110.00 $880 —
870 870 1 114.00 $114.00 $992 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1205 1205 1 116.00 $116.00 $1,398 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
230 230 1 187.50 $187.50 $431 —
310 310 1 172.50 $172.50 $535 -4.61
365 fancy 365 1 192.50 $192.50 $703 —
362–385 367 7 171.00–180.00 $176.94 $649 +7.30
400–442 424 16 161.00–175.00 $168.00 $712 +6.16
452–490 464 25 160.00–171.50 $166.95 $775 -0.45
500–540 527 61 148.00–163.00 $158.41 $835 +4.30
533 value added 533 49 177.00 $177.00 $943 —
560–567 value added 562 14 160.00–164.50 $162.90 $915 —
550–597 581 44 143.00–158.00 $152.70 $887 +4.04
600–613 value added 608 20 152.00–155.50 $154.26 $938 +3.47
605–646 638 31 135.00–145.00 $142.02 $906 -1.65
654–693 665 20 136.00–146.00 $142.42 $947 +1.16
696 value added 696 75 152.00 $152.00 $1,058 —
700–735 717 20 129.00–140.00 $135.20 $969 -0.24
715–746 value added 742 16 144.00–147.00 $146.64 $1,088 —
755–780 777 8 125.00–138.00 $134.04 $1,041 +3.07
830 830 1 123.00 $123.00 $1,021 -4.74
855–861 858 6 119.00–120.50 $119.75 $1,027 -8.25
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 1 142.50 $142.50 $477 -11.50
355–397 388 5 160.00–166.00 $162.55 $631 +19.55
420 420 2 159.00 $159.00 $668 —
480–495 491 6 153.00–156.00 $155.17 $762 —
501–510 503 4 141.00–146.00 $144.73 $728 +14.47
560 560 2 133.00–135.00 $134.00 $750 -3.00
600 600 1 130.00 $130.00 $780 —
685 685 1 132.00 $132.00 $904 —
730–740 732 5 115.00–120.00 $117.40 $859 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320 320 1 172.50 $172.50 $552 -2.41
350–380 369 5 183.00–190.00 $186.86 $690 +15.08
400–435 423 13 170.00–188.00 $179.09 $758 +7.27
420–440 fancy 427 3 190.00–195.00 $193.28 $825 —
450–475 457 9 180.00–185.00 $184.42 $843 +24.60
505–545 532 6 160.00–172.00 $167.43 $891 -0.26
540 fancy 540 1 181.00 $181.00 $977 —
570–585 576 21 156.00–164.50 $161.19 $928 +2.82
610–620 615 2 143.00–148.00 $145.48 $895 +3.46
674–690 682 2 143.00–144.00 $143.51 $979 +6.42
700–720 703 17 137.00–147.00 $145.42 $1,022 +9.07
755–795 780 3 126.00–136.00 $130.59 $1,019 -0.41
810–840 827 5 123.00–134.00 $130.76 $1,081 —
850–862 858 3 123.00–127.00 $124.32 $1,067 —
965 965 1 114.00 $114.00 $1,100 —
1025 1025 1 120.00 $120.00 $1,230 —
1069 1069 5 109.00 $109.00 $1,165 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
205 205 1 175.00 $175.00 $359 —
350 350 1 172.50 $172.50 $604 +47.50
420 420 1 162.50 $162.50 $682 —
465 465 1 160.00 $160.00 $744 —
745 745 1 110.00 $110.00 $820 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1440 1440 Young (2-4 yrs)N/A 1 1,800.00 $1,800.00 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1195–1320 1245 80-85% 7 111.00–120.00 $113.70 $1,416 +15.94
1050–1425 1252 80-85% 18 90.00–97.00 $94.53 $1,184 —
1075–1445 1299 80-85% 41 98.00–109.00 $102.28 $1,329 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1450–1905 1608 75-80% 9 107.50–117.50 $112.00 $1,801 —
1470–2165 1671 75-80% 40 97.00–106.50 $101.32 $1,693 —
1490–1975 1690 75-80% 15 90.00–96.50 $93.46 $1,579 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
810–960 885 85-90% 2 70.00–78.00 $74.34 $658 —
795–990 904 85-90% 4 84.00–89.50 $86.27 $780 —
960–1050 1015 85-90% 4 95.00–98.00 $96.14 $976 +13.15

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1305–1985 1570 4 104.00–109.00 $107.36 $1,686 —
1475–2360 1859 8 115.50–124.00 $120.18 $2,234 —
1730–2340 1918 4 127.50–132.50 $129.63 $2,486 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
855–1415 1092 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 16 800.00–1,240.00 $1,064.10
1015–1285 1169 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 4 850.00–1,150.00 $1,001.95
975–1420 1200 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 17 860.00–1,300.00 $1,111.61

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
695–810 765 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 3 740.00–870.00 $827.19
790–860 826 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 5 810.00–1,050.00 $904.88
880–925 903 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 830.00–1,050.00 $937.26

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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
775–1610 1328 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 14 900.00–1,550.00 $1,403.12 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
425 425 1 84.00 $84.00 $357 —

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
770–980 875 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 2 1,150.00–1,375.00 $1,276.00 —

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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.