Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves weighing under 550 sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Over 550 including yearlings sold steady with a softer undertone. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.85/cwt on 304 head.

Average price

$138.85

304 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,080

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.30

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	778	138.85	1,080	304

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 sale304 hd

138.85

—

KY average29 barns · 5,738 hd

146.15

−7.30

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
Bulls	—	High	1,823	94.00	1,714	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,291	66.61	860	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	63.28	758	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	48.00	488	5thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Bulls	—	—	1,910	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,910	1
Bulls	—	—	1,780	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	137.21/cwt	130.00–139.00	911	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	810	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	922.57/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	11,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	177.00/cwt	173.00–181.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	943	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	141.71/cwt	137.00–146.00	594	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	130.12/cwt	125.00–135.00	694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	121.37/cwt	119.00–125.00	800	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	441	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	38.05/cwt	34.00–41.00	361	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	57.45/cwt	56.00–59.00	655	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	863	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	61.37/cwt	60.00–63.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	802	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	748	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	182.50/cwt	168.00–187.00	661	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	144.84/cwt	135.00–151.00	747	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,183	63.71/cwt	62.00–65.00	754	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	69.50/cwt	68.00–71.00	972	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	552	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	751	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	831	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	144.95/cwt	143.00–146.00	758	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	724	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	869	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	783	118.99/cwt	117.00–120.00	932	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	145.00/cwt	144.00–145.95	1,041	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	415	191.95/cwt	190.00–194.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	490	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	877	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,114	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	939	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	914	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	955	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,165	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	822	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,069	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	679	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	937	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	944	125.60/cwt	125.60–125.60	1,186	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	169.77/cwt	160.00–176.00	866	4

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 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 605Last week 374Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 20Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,910	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,780	91.00	91.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	49.00	49.00
2	—	950	34.00–41.00	38.05
2	—	1,140	56.00–59.00	57.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	69.00	69.00
3	—	1,180	60.00–63.00	61.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	62.00–65.00	63.71
2	—	1,398	68.00–71.00	69.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	168.00	168.00
5	—	664	130.00–139.00	137.21
2	—	640	130.00	130.00
2	—	730	111.00	111.00
3	—	550	140.00	140.00
4	—	486	154.00	154.00
5	—	362	168.00–187.00	182.50
8	—	516	135.00–151.00	144.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	182.00	182.00
1	—	544	138.00	138.00
2	—	340	200.00	200.00
2	—	460	173.00–181.00	177.00
3	—	683	138.00	138.00
6	—	601	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	718	144.00–145.95	145.00
2	—	415	190.00–194.00	191.95
2	—	490	160.00	160.00
2	—	877	127.00	127.00
3	—	626	150.00	150.00
5	—	575	159.00	159.00
6	—	955	122.00	122.00
11	—	822	130.00	130.00
18	—	679	138.00	138.00
95	—	944	125.60	125.60
4	—	510	160.00–176.00	169.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	419	137.00–146.00	141.71
1	—	625	121.00	121.00
2	—	290	150.00	150.00
4	—	457	136.00	136.00
4	—	533	125.00–135.00	130.12
5	—	659	119.00–125.00	121.37
11	—	590	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	552	136.00	136.00
4	—	620	134.00	134.00
12	—	523	143.00–146.00	144.95
12	—	724	120.00	120.00
24	—	783	117.00–120.00	118.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,208	800.00–1,000.00	922.57

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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Richmond Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle