Paris Stockyards Market Report

Paris, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, June 22, 2023

2,206 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $224.65/cwt +6.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,409/hd at 627 lb · 349 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $202.69/cwt -5.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,956/hd at 965 lb · 122 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $203.42/cwt +12.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,918/hd at 943 lb · 110 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,206	1,742	666
Feeder cattle	1,775	1,430	426
Slaughter cattle	322	254	182
Replacement cattle	109	58	58

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. There was good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-5.00 lower with moderate demand for slaughter classes. Slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 lower. Groups of 20 head or more: Steers Heifers 65hd 829lbs $215.00 BLK/BWF 72hd 585lbs $237.50 BLK/BWF 51hd 938lbs $202.75 BLK 76hd 603lbs $229.25 BLK/CHX 59hd 948lbs $204.00 BLK/CHX 80hd 617lbs $224.00 MIX 69hd 963lbs $205.75 BLK 60hd 646lbs $223.50 BLK/CHX 51hd 968lbs $200.00 BLK/CHX 78hd 648lbs $229.10 BLK 82hd 658lbs $230.00 BLK/BWF

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–230	225	2	235.00–250.00	$242.33	$545	-7.67
250–275	263	3	230.00–245.00	$239.41	$630	-5.27
290 fancy	290	1	270.00	$270.00	$783	—
320–347	326	9	230.00–255.00	$237.00	$773	-14.00
360 fancy	360	4	274.00–278.00	$277.00	$997	+16.02
370–392	382	9	237.50–265.00	$254.43	$972	+7.65
415 fancy	415	2	258.00	$258.00	$1,071	—
410–435	420	10	237.00–252.00	$245.13	$1,030	-12.23
451 fancy	451	6	257.00	$257.00	$1,159	—
450–495	475	31	230.00–250.00	$241.83	$1,149	-8.79
500–510 value added	503	3	252.00–258.00	$255.97	$1,288	-11.72
503–548	522	63	237.00–250.00	$241.51	$1,261	-10.16
552–595	578	23	229.00–246.00	$236.13	$1,365	+6.62
586 value added	586	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,488	+5.52
608 value added	608	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,520	-11.50
605–646	617	56	224.00–236.00	$230.29	$1,421	-15.26
652 value added	652	4	254.00	$254.00	$1,656	+2.01
652–690	666	33	215.00–240.50	$228.79	$1,524	-8.53
703 value added	703	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,540	-19.24
711–731	725	14	197.50–212.00	$205.38	$1,489	-8.61
753–785	764	11	207.00–217.00	$211.90	$1,619	+5.85
829 value added	829	65	215.00	$215.00	$1,782	—
805–846	838	18	186.00–193.50	$192.16	$1,610	-9.66
938–948 value added	943	110	202.75–204.00	$203.42	$1,918	—
963–968 value added	965	120	200.00–205.75	$203.30	$1,962	-4.65
960–975	968	2	162.50–170.00	$166.22	$1,609	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	2	215.00	$215.00	$800	-22.50
435	435	1	233.00	$233.00	$1,014	-8.70
477–487	482	4	220.00–227.50	$223.71	$1,078	—
515–545	530	2	226.00–230.00	$227.94	$1,208	-5.57
550–591	582	6	180.00–227.50	$217.86	$1,268	—
602	602	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,306	-7.82
665	665	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,430	+4.06
710–740	725	2	190.00–194.00	$191.96	$1,392	-8.04
880–887	885	3	160.00–162.00	$161.34	$1,428	—
950	950	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,282	—
1035	1035	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,718	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1260	1208	2	117.00–130.00	$123.22	$1,488	—
1220	1220	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,305	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235 fancy	230	2	255.00–265.00	$260.11	$598	—
240–246	245	7	220.00–245.00	$238.64	$585	—
300–315	308	2	218.00–231.00	$224.66	$692	-11.53
350–385 fancy	368	4	235.00–244.00	$239.71	$882	—
352–395	369	11	219.00–230.00	$223.03	$823	-4.49
410–442	428	21	217.00–233.00	$225.18	$964	-6.39
440 fancy	440	6	245.00	$245.00	$1,078	+0.51
450–495	473	41	215.00–235.00	$225.61	$1,067	-5.58
472–475 fancy	473	13	237.00–238.00	$237.85	$1,125	-9.65
506–516 value added	511	11	236.00–237.00	$236.36	$1,208	-4.64
503–537	516	75	220.00–235.00	$228.22	$1,178	-1.01
550–593	567	35	219.00–230.00	$223.37	$1,267	-9.79
585 value added	585	72	237.50	$237.50	$1,389	-7.54
603–648 value added	626	161	226.00–229.25	$229.03	$1,434	-3.47
600–646	628	188	207.00–224.00	$220.90	$1,387	+3.09
658 value added	658	82	230.00	$230.00	$1,513	+11.00
656–690	662	13	201.00–218.00	$211.77	$1,402	-1.32
715–748	740	4	175.00–180.00	$178.79	$1,323	-7.63
777	777	2	166.00	$166.00	$1,290	-22.15
789 value added	789	6	194.00	$194.00	$1,531	-17.50
800–830	815	2	157.50–169.00	$163.36	$1,331	+5.41
910	910	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,320	+2.48
1010	1010	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,535	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–332	325	11	200.00–210.00	$208.06	$676	-8.61
365–395	385	3	207.50–212.00	$208.92	$804	-4.10
415–425	420	2	207.00–210.00	$208.48	$876	+0.55
485	485	1	211.00	$211.00	$1,023	-3.93
503–545	515	9	207.50–215.00	$211.22	$1,088	-3.91
555–592	577	10	200.00–211.00	$206.69	$1,193	-9.50
605–622	612	6	201.00–205.00	$202.98	$1,242	+7.56
680–695	692	9	190.00–192.00	$190.44	$1,318	—
725	725	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,189	-3.50
750	750	1	125.00	$125.00	$938	-49.99
865	865	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,038	—
940	940	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,128	±0.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,680	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 fancy	250	2	250.00	$250.00	$625	—
285	285	1	232.50	$232.50	$663	—
303–340	313	6	235.00–252.50	$242.87	$760	—
330 fancy	330	1	262.00	$262.00	$865	—
365	365	9	220.00–247.50	$244.44	$892	-0.56
370–380 fancy	375	2	265.00–266.00	$265.49	$996	—
405–442	430	3	237.00–242.50	$238.73	$1,027	-0.31
450–495	468	8	231.00–241.00	$235.57	$1,102	-9.43
540	540	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,237	-2.75
615–647	629	10	192.50–215.00	$204.40	$1,286	-21.25
723	723	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,410	-9.09
765–785	775	2	175.00–182.50	$178.70	$1,385	—
1080	1080	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,404	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	202.50	$202.50	$688	—
437–438	438	5	202.00–210.00	$205.20	$899	—
450	450	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,001	+3.31
555–585	567	3	205.00–212.00	$208.15	$1,180	—
610	610	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,174	-7.10
705–725	715	4	159.00–163.00	$160.49	$1,148	-4.51
795	795	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,049	—
935	935	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,122	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,330.00	$1,330.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1185	1137	80-85%	7	80.00–86.00	$82.00	$932	—
1085–1420	1237	80-85%	16	88.00–93.00	$90.73	$1,122	—
1000–1540	1253	80-85%	87	94.00–104.00	$98.41	$1,233	+2.91
1085–1475	1287	80-85%	14	105.00–115.50	$109.77	$1,413	+5.01

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
827–1135	882	85-90%	43	90.50–94.50	$91.63	$808	+2.58
800–1205	988	85-90%	10	95.50–100.50	$97.54	$964	—
860–1105	1019	85-90%	47	84.00–88.50	$86.35	$880	-18.15

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1685	1534	75-80%	11	91.00–99.00	$95.79	$1,469	-1.46
1445–1755	1557	75-80%	13	100.50–111.50	$106.12	$1,652	-5.68

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1810	1372	6	91.00–110.00	$102.16	$1,402	—
1120–1940	1606	6	118.00–121.00	$119.54	$1,920	—
1105–2130	1636	13	123.00–133.00	$128.23	$2,098	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–825	808	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	121.00–132.00	$126.62	$1,023
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,248

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1097	979	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	685.00–1,000.00	$877.64
775–1290	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	710.00–1,425.00	$1,185.57
830–1445	1152	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	550.00–1,410.00	$1,139.87

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,410.00	$1,410.00

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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
855–1485	1146	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	730.00–1,725.00	$1,281.09	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
928	928	9	141.00	$141.00	$1,308	—

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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.