Paris Stockyards Market Report

Paris, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 30, 2026

1,087 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $432.11/cwt +10.50 vs last sale · ≈ $2,690/hd at 622 lb · 162 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $345.85/cwt +14.29 vs last sale · ≈ $2,870/hd at 830 lb · 76 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $409.42/cwt +6.81 vs last sale · ≈ $2,188/hd at 534 lb · 67 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,087	1,037	1,184
Feeder cattle	975	820	1,040
Slaughter cattle	87	162	109
Replacement cattle	25	55	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 600 lbs and under were mostly steady to 6.00 higher, while the yearling steers were sharply higher with a good supply and good demand. Feeder heifers 600 lbs and under were 4.00 to 6.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and the 600-800 lbs heifers were sharply higher with good demand for long weaned and pre-conditioned calves. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand.

▲ Feeder heifers: Feeder heifers 600 lbs and under were 4.00 to 6.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and the 600-800 lbs heifers were sharply higher with good demand for long weaned and pre-conditioned calves
▲ Feeder steers: Feeder steers 600 lbs and under were mostly steady to 6.00 higher
→ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower with a good 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
305	305	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,525	-3.00
320 fancy	320	1	540.00	$540.00	$1,728	±0.00
385–390	387	3	475.00–510.00	$496.70	$1,922	-0.43
410 fancy	410	2	535.00	$535.00	$2,194	+13.52
455–492	465	19	450.00–485.00	$470.30	$2,187	+11.57
526 value added	526	6	477.00	$477.00	$2,509	+27.00
522–540	531	7	425.00–447.50	$432.25	$2,295	-5.64
553–567 value added	558	46	430.00–441.00	$436.92	$2,438	-3.08
559–575	565	13	407.00–417.50	$412.03	$2,328	-3.97
605–640	610	7	380.00–417.50	$397.92	$2,427	-21.87
615–644 value added	623	155	429.00–435.25	$433.65	$2,702	+1.16
661 value added	661	5	417.00	$417.00	$2,756	—
660–685	679	6	375.00–390.00	$385.46	$2,617	+2.62
705–736	731	57	360.00–382.50	$373.65	$2,731	+14.51
750–772	769	8	345.00–353.00	$352.03	$2,707	+18.43
803	803	3	335.00	$335.00	$2,690	+3.44
808–835 value added	831	73	345.00–346.50	$346.30	$2,878	—
860 value added	860	56	346.50	$346.50	$2,980	+16.50
855–893	880	5	310.00–327.50	$315.37	$2,775	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,736	—
405–415	410	2	417.00–430.00	$423.42	$1,736	—
450–497	475	11	430.00–442.00	$436.08	$2,071	—
520–537	525	7	392.00–405.00	$397.22	$2,085	—
642	642	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,375	—
935	935	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,524	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,451	-124.98

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	495.00	$495.00	$1,138	-45.00
270–290	280	2	445.00–450.00	$447.59	$1,253	-67.41
345	345	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,552	+9.93
365 fancy	365	3	485.00	$485.00	$1,770	+35.00
355–390	373	6	425.00–447.50	$437.32	$1,631	+5.74
410 fancy	410	1	490.00	$490.00	$2,009	—
432–440	435	4	445.00–455.00	$450.03	$1,958	+6.61
450–490	476	13	412.50–445.00	$425.82	$2,027	+8.42
501–547 value added	534	55	403.00–432.00	$413.35	$2,207	—
505–544	536	12	372.50–397.50	$391.43	$2,098	-11.18
550–580 value added	566	20	397.00–422.00	$408.99	$2,315	—
551–590	570	13	362.00–392.00	$379.30	$2,162	+10.52
600–624 value added	622	42	365.00–368.00	$366.64	$2,281	+6.64
600–645	629	15	337.50–360.00	$353.31	$2,222	+2.29
660–665	664	13	332.00–350.00	$345.24	$2,292	+10.53
709–735	731	44	314.00–341.00	$335.54	$2,453	+18.91
772–773	772	17	310.00–331.00	$324.82	$2,508	+17.44
960	960	1	232.00	$232.00	$2,227	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,180	—
390	390	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,618	—
400–412	406	4	400.00–422.50	$406.77	$1,651	—
470–495	491	9	380.00–402.50	$384.90	$1,890	—
505–545	525	2	335.00–350.00	$342.21	$1,797	—
550–560	555	2	320.00–350.00	$335.14	$1,860	—
605–625	615	3	320.00–327.50	$324.19	$1,994	—
770–785	778	2	275.00–295.00	$284.90	$2,217	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,030	—
710	710	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,166	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,522	-72.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,168	—
315–325	322	3	490.00–507.50	$501.79	$1,616	-4.74
370	370	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,794	+5.00
410	410	1	467.00	$467.00	$1,915	+11.11
465–490	478	2	420.00–427.50	$423.85	$2,026	-25.38
515–526	522	5	400.00–427.00	$416.34	$2,173	-13.91
565–580 fancy	573	2	400.00–410.00	$404.93	$2,320	-22.57
555–590	581	4	362.00–382.50	$374.31	$2,175	-32.23
610–640	616	5	367.50–380.00	$375.05	$2,310	-38.51
680	680	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,176	-22.00
701	701	3	340.00	$340.00	$2,383	+4.77
820	820	3	302.00	$302.00	$2,476	—
885	885	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,390	-48.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	323	2	465.00–475.00	$470.04	$1,518	—
435	435	1	397.00	$397.00	$1,727	—
460	460	2	360.00–365.00	$362.50	$1,668	—
535	535	2	380.00	$380.00	$2,033	—
565–585	575	2	350.00–357.50	$353.68	$2,034	—
695	695	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,102	—
750	750	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,138	—
826	826	4	277.00	$277.00	$2,288	—
970	970	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,037	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,328	-40.00
420	420	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,533	-75.00
645	645	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,548	-130.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820	820	2	262.00	$262.00	$2,148	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1585	1585	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,450.00	$3,450.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$684	—
900–1140	983	85-90%	3	127.00–143.00	$133.04	$1,308	-46.70
770–1275	1008	85-90%	8	152.00–163.00	$157.01	$1,583	—
880–1225	1050	85-90%	13	169.00–186.00	$176.65	$1,855	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1920	1548	75-80%	14	172.00–189.00	$182.65	$2,827	-9.90
1350–2030	1711	75-80%	4	194.00–200.00	$196.06	$3,355	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1460	1211	80-85%	5	191.00–194.00	$192.24	$2,328	+25.82
1125–1370	1234	80-85%	11	174.00–188.00	$181.98	$2,246	+15.56

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1320	1255	2	196.00–200.00	$198.10	$2,486	—
1225–2120	1794	7	210.00–224.00	$217.13	$3,895	—
1750–2120	1949	5	228.00–245.00	$236.80	$4,615	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1745	1187	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	164.00–210.00	$186.86	$2,218

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
957	957	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,525.00	$2,525.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1415	1415	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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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.