Paris Stockyards Market Report

Paris, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 17, 2024

2,000 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $258.64/cwt +25.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,509/hd at 584 lb · 125 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $228.00/cwt ≈ $2,173/hd at 953 lb · 116 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $276.54/cwt -0.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,579/hd at 571 lb · 114 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,000	1,773	1,647
Feeder cattle	1,680	1,531	1,305
Slaughter cattle	279	218	266
Replacement cattle	41	24	76

Market comments — USDA reporter

**Correction: Bred Heifer changed to per unit** Compared to last Thursday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Good quality feeder steers 500 lbs and under were 3.00 to 8.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and strong demand, while the 600-700 lbs steers were unevenly steady and no trend on yearling due to limited comparisons. Feeder heifers were mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher with spots of sharply higher with a good supply and strong demand. Buyers were active and willing to pay premiums for quality, while discounting off colored and heavy conditioned calves severely. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with a large supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245 fancy	245	1	400.00	$400.00	$980	—
262	262	2	347.00	$347.00	$909	—
268 fancy	268	4	375.00	$375.00	$1,005	—
300	300	9	325.00	$325.00	$975	+25.00
346 fancy	346	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,246	+12.13
355–380 fancy	376	7	347.00–360.00	$348.75	$1,311	+9.13
370–397	391	8	330.00–335.00	$332.51	$1,300	—
418–443	428	13	300.00–322.00	$313.99	$1,344	+3.55
405–447 fancy	430	39	322.00–342.50	$327.77	$1,409	+3.39
460–487 fancy	469	37	313.00–330.00	$322.91	$1,514	—
460–477	473	10	290.00–307.00	$294.40	$1,393	-1.82
500–539 value added	518	15	301.00–309.00	$304.16	$1,576	-8.43
502–545	527	17	281.00–297.00	$286.91	$1,512	+0.21
552–597	569	58	260.00–277.50	$268.58	$1,528	+6.14
560–594 value added	573	56	282.00–290.00	$284.79	$1,632	+4.56
600–645 value added	624	33	264.00–275.00	$267.37	$1,668	-2.97
615–647	633	33	245.00–262.00	$256.64	$1,625	+6.09
650–653 value added	651	52	264.00–267.00	$266.13	$1,733	-6.37
660–697	674	9	245.00–261.00	$258.45	$1,742	-0.66
700–730	712	13	222.00–242.00	$235.33	$1,676	-6.11
750–795	776	15	224.00–243.00	$233.21	$1,810	-1.71
805–847	821	6	222.00–236.00	$227.91	$1,871	+7.91
865–885	872	3	224.00–227.00	$225.98	$1,971	-9.70
902–922	914	6	207.00–210.00	$209.00	$1,910	—
953 value added	953	116	228.00	$228.00	$2,173	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228	228	3	295.00	$295.00	$673	—
305–325	312	3	290.00–300.00	$293.48	$916	+28.48
390	390	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,112	+10.00
405	405	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,073	-15.06
452–477	465	4	262.50–275.00	$268.92	$1,250	-14.88
500–540	512	8	260.00–272.00	$266.76	$1,366	-3.39
560–595	583	7	230.00–250.00	$242.56	$1,414	-10.13
645	645	3	228.00	$228.00	$1,471	-3.00
665–675	670	2	230.00–240.00	$235.04	$1,575	-2.43
732	732	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,610	-2.86
750	750	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,665	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,177	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,232	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1870	1870	1	149.50	$149.50	$2,796	—

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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	270	1	285.00	$285.00	$770	+12.50
345	345	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,035	+17.50
365–397	385	10	270.00–287.00	$278.74	$1,073	-3.59
382–393 fancy	389	6	302.00–318.00	$307.23	$1,195	+11.55
400–435	407	21	260.00–282.00	$272.97	$1,111	+16.56
450–486	478	63	250.00–272.00	$267.48	$1,279	+7.90
500–544	523	89	232.00–251.00	$243.68	$1,274	-5.49
550–596	578	40	232.00–253.00	$244.40	$1,413	+10.93
586 value added	586	84	266.00	$266.00	$1,559	—
595	595	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,250	-23.47
600–640	611	39	222.00–242.00	$235.79	$1,441	+6.89
661–683	664	23	227.00–242.50	$240.42	$1,596	+17.61
705–732	724	4	219.00–228.00	$222.45	$1,611	+7.29
767 value added	767	8	236.50	$236.50	$1,814	-0.50
777	777	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,570	—
830–836	835	4	202.50–205.00	$203.12	$1,696	+7.76
910	910	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,838	+4.00
1028	1028	15	197.00	$197.00	$2,025	+25.00
1082	1082	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,839	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
172	172	2	240.00	$240.00	$413	—
255–290	274	9	240.00–260.00	$244.68	$670	+39.68
340	340	4	230.00–252.00	$244.13	$830	—
360–390	379	19	240.00–265.00	$253.87	$962	-1.76
402–445	426	24	230.00–255.00	$245.92	$1,048	+8.04
455–495	478	13	230.00–247.00	$237.08	$1,133	+6.51
500–535	525	14	207.00–230.00	$221.39	$1,162	-8.64
565–592	582	16	202.00–227.50	$220.55	$1,284	+20.55
600–630	613	5	200.00–217.00	$212.51	$1,303	+1.19
660–685	673	4	210.00–216.00	$213.06	$1,434	-1.04
700–705	703	2	190.00–192.00	$191.00	$1,343	+16.00
810–840	820	3	147.00–152.00	$148.71	$1,219	—
925	925	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,406	—
1020	1020	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,601	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	210.00–215.00	$212.50	$616	+32.50
305–325	316	9	215.00–220.00	$216.99	$686	—
355–395	380	5	220.00–235.00	$227.18	$863	+17.18
405–446	435	21	200.00–227.00	$218.34	$950	—
455	455	1	205.00	$205.00	$933	—
505–525	515	2	200.00–202.50	$201.27	$1,037	+1.27
630	630	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,071	—
660–665	663	2	187.00–190.00	$188.51	$1,250	—
710	710	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,172	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	330.00	$330.00	$974	+30.00
305–312 fancy	310	5	345.00–365.00	$353.45	$1,096	+8.07
305–348	337	4	326.00–327.50	$326.34	$1,100	+11.24
361–380 fancy	370	8	334.00–341.00	$337.67	$1,249	-17.55
375–381	380	5	315.00–327.00	$320.38	$1,217	-2.39
400–415 fancy	405	11	319.00–340.00	$326.26	$1,321	+6.47
417–448	430	11	294.00–316.00	$303.43	$1,305	+15.01
455–472 fancy	466	3	309.00–317.50	$311.76	$1,453	—
452–490	470	9	285.00–300.00	$290.00	$1,363	+1.27
505–540	519	11	260.00–282.00	$269.34	$1,398	-0.55
555–592	581	6	252.00–262.50	$255.74	$1,486	-1.71
600–627	617	4	237.00–258.00	$251.90	$1,554	-7.10
650–695	665	17	225.00–240.00	$232.94	$1,549	-7.04
665	665	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,396	-29.98
700	700	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,645	+13.65
752–780	773	15	212.00–231.00	$227.00	$1,755	-2.00
852	852	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,448	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	302.00	$302.00	$1,027	—
375–395	390	4	295.00	$295.00	$1,150	-4.34
430–440	438	5	267.00–285.00	$279.46	$1,224	+17.02
463	463	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,250	+1.64
505–525	518	3	242.00–245.00	$242.97	$1,259	+0.08
565–595	573	7	212.00–230.00	$224.22	$1,285	-18.93
600–637	623	6	212.00–235.00	$227.82	$1,419	+2.55
685–695	690	2	212.00–214.00	$212.99	$1,470	—
775	775	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,620	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–344	339	8	250.00–255.00	$254.45	$863	—
350–365	358	2	222.50–235.00	$228.62	$818	—
410–430	420	2	222.50–235.00	$228.60	$960	+20.94
485	485	2	222.50	$222.50	$1,079	—
505	505	1	150.00	$150.00	$758	—
777	777	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,399	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1300	1122	80-85%	18	140.00–154.00	$144.46	$1,621	—
935–1330	1168	80-85%	81	125.00–139.50	$132.07	$1,543	—
1175–1570	1353	80-85%	3	110.00–117.00	$114.29	$1,546	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–965	814	85-90%	9	65.00–97.00	$84.56	$688	-3.04
835–1235	963	85-90%	8	135.00–153.00	$144.78	$1,394	—
785–1185	986	85-90%	19	101.00–119.50	$112.24	$1,107	—
685–1410	1049	85-90%	17	120.00–131.50	$125.76	$1,319	+2.14

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1620	1415	75-80%	4	138.00–145.00	$140.24	$1,984	—
1310–1820	1471	75-80%	44	122.00–137.50	$131.17	$1,930	-12.71

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1600	1320	4	137.00–150.00	$142.32	$1,879	—
1345–2130	1630	15	158.00–168.00	$162.41	$2,647	—
1525–2200	1881	5	170.00–173.00	$171.86	$3,233	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2040	2040	1	190.50	$190.50	$3,886	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–945	886	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	156.00–162.00	$158.81	$1,407

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
910–1160	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,400.00–1,800.00	$1,590.91
1075–1135	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,725.00–1,800.00	$1,763.52
1160 fancy	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–840	770	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	950.00–1,575.00	$1,320.03
790	790	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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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
980–1370	1143	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00–1,925.00	$1,731.12	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
1280	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	+225.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	120.00	$120.00	$480	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,010	—

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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.