Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes this week sold fully steady on a light test due to weather.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.96/cwt on 139 head.

Average price

$131.96

139 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.11

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	131.96	733	139

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale139 hd

131.96

—

KY average27 barns · 4,584 hd

126.85

+5.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,350	63.00	851	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,106	56.27	622	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,050	49.00	515	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	154.05/cwt	152.00–158.00	444	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	157.07/cwt	153.00–159.00	578	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	955	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	439	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	54.05/cwt	52.00–55.00	585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	734	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	146.74/cwt	140.00–151.00	750	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	126.49/cwt	124.00–129.00	535	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	538	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	58.40/cwt	56.00–61.00	662	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	851	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	703	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	132.67/cwt	130.00–134.00	581	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	373	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	522	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	881	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	272	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	490	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	338	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	602	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	627	142.25/cwt	141.50–144.00	892	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	384	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	649	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	742	1

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Fri Feb 7, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 246Last week 566Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 33Year ago 0

Compared to last week: All classes this week sold fully steady on a light test due to weather.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	125.00	125.00
4	—	423	124.00–129.00	126.49
1	—	300	125.00	125.00
1	—	375	124.00	124.00
4	—	562	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	438	130.00–134.00	132.67
35	—	373	140.00	140.00
75	—	683	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	140.00	140.00
2	—	438	145.00	145.00
3	—	288	152.00–158.00	154.05
3	—	368	153.00–159.00	157.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	437	168.00	168.00
8	—	511	140.00–151.00	146.74
1	—	465	154.00	154.00
1	—	630	130.00	130.00
1	—	675	135.00	135.00
2	—	332	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	272	180.00	180.00
11	—	338	178.00	178.00
20	—	627	141.50–144.00	142.25
21	—	384	169.00	169.00
1	—	485	153.00	153.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	46.00	46.00
4	—	1,083	52.00–55.00	54.05
9	—	1,133	56.00–61.00	58.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	63.00	63.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	49.00	49.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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