Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend this week due to light test on feeder cattle due to weather. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.41/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$120.41

46 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$15.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.78

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	577	121.07	699	44
Small 1-2	370	106.00	392	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.07/cwt here — about $306 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale46 hd

120.41

—

KY average27 barns · 4,743 hd

130.19

−9.78

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	1,634	90.31	1,476	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,593	63.07	1,005	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,114	55.71	620	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,029	45.60	469	3thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	146.95/cwt	140.00–157.00	691	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	143.60/cwt	132.00–150.00	761	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	145.68/cwt	140.00–155.00	561	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	127.15/cwt	120.00–132.00	598	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	796	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	666	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	529	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	714	11
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	370	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	917	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	860	4
Bulls	—	—	1,760	100.13/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,762	2
Bulls	—	—	1,550	83.76/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,298	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	57.66/cwt	57.00–58.00	619	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	53.76/cwt	52.00–56.00	620	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	58.46/cwt	56.00–61.00	829	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	64.91/cwt	62.00–73.00	1,079	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	632	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	42.90/cwt	38.00–47.00	396	2

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 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 108Last week 605Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 32Year ago 0

No trend this week due to light test on feeder cattle due to weather. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	790	102.00	102.00
4	—	470	140.00–157.00	146.95
6	—	530	132.00–150.00	143.60
7	—	385	140.00–155.00	145.68
2	—	405	154.00	154.00
1	—	640	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	125.00	125.00
2	—	322	135.00	135.00
2	—	370	138.00	138.00
2	—	447	125.00	125.00
2	—	670	106.00	106.00
4	—	632	100.00	100.00
7	—	470	120.00–132.00	127.15
8	—	796	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	125.00	125.00
3	—	666	123.00	123.00
11	—	529	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	170.00	170.00
1	—	495	161.00	161.00
1	—	635	135.00	135.00
2	—	520	151.00	151.00
4	—	390	174.00	174.00
7	—	764	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	154.00	154.00
4	—	628	137.00	137.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,760	98.00–102.00	100.13
3	—	1,550	81.00–88.00	83.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,073	57.00–58.00	57.66
3	—	1,154	52.00–56.00	53.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	56.00–61.00	58.46
5	—	1,663	62.00–73.00	64.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	51.00	51.00
2	—	923	38.00–47.00	42.90

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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