Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend from last week due to holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.15/cwt on 632 head.

Average price

$134.15

632 head · 790 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.22

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	790	134.15	1,060	632

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 sale632 hd

134.15

—

KY average29 barns · 8,927 hd

135.37

−1.22

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	1,752	89.92	1,576	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,458	53.33	777	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	48.16	578	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,011	36.92	373	11

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	130.49/cwt	125.00–135.00	748	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	650	6
Bulls	—	—	1,764	94.34/cwt	89.00–102.50	1,664	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	560	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	121.23/cwt	112.00–131.00	402	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	677	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	765	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	132.68/cwt	130.90–134.00	1,028	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	95.95/cwt	94.00–101.00	689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	105.97/cwt	100.00–109.00	652	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	361	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	125.86/cwt	124.00–129.50	839	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	414	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	546	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	130.79/cwt	119.00–133.70	824	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	126.15/cwt	116.00–128.00	786	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	758	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	134.95/cwt	133.00–141.00	649	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	926	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,236	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	722	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	305	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	342	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	123.29/cwt	116.00–125.00	896	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	405	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	150.24/cwt	148.00–151.00	777	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	868	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,050	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	498	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	672	14
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	375	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	121.20/cwt	121.20–121.20	894	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	514	127.69/cwt	127.00–131.00	656	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	53.71/cwt	53.00–55.00	669	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	506	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	614	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	36.71/cwt	34.50–40.00	383	6
Bulls	—	—	1,535	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,213	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	47.47/cwt	47.00–50.00	554	15
Bulls	—	—	1,875	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	1,228	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	887	31.28/cwt	31.00–32.00	277	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,150	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	506	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	645.00/cwt	565.00–805.00	7,289	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,566	57.45/cwt	55.00–60.50	900	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,405	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	9,835	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	623	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	492	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	640	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	582	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	560	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	566	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	109.58/cwt	103.00–116.00	746	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,374	49.85/cwt	47.00–53.00	685	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	103.73/cwt	103.00–105.00	801	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	875	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,084	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	136.20/cwt	128.00–147.00	703	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	119.88/cwt	112.00–127.00	492	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	159.92/cwt	156.00–168.00	673	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	136.34/cwt	135.00–145.00	735	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	125.04/cwt	121.00–146.00	579	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	168.73/cwt	163.00–180.00	493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,146	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	137.71/cwt	125.00–138.95	1,064	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	122.78/cwt	120.00–126.00	999	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	105.21/cwt	103.00–110.00	726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	970	130.48/cwt	127.50–131.90	1,266	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	287	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	110.85/cwt	106.00–116.00	623	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	118.10/cwt	112.00–120.75	626	24

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 Dec 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,351Last week 1,628Year ago 1,431

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 115Year ago 97

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 45Year ago 5

No trend from last week due to holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	162.00	162.00
5	—	320	175.00	175.00
1	—	210	172.00	172.00
26	—	667	124.00–129.50	125.86
23	—	623	116.00–128.00	126.15
5	—	583	130.00	130.00
2	—	472	153.00	153.00
30	—	727	116.00–125.00	123.29
25	—	421	156.00–168.00	159.92
14	—	539	135.00–145.00	136.34
3	—	292	163.00–180.00	168.73
3	—	955	120.00	120.00
70	—	773	125.00–138.95	137.71
14	—	814	120.00–126.00	122.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	775	130.90–134.00	132.68
59	—	926	133.50	133.50
1	—	405	172.00	172.00
20	—	517	148.00–151.00	150.24
4	—	868	121.00	121.00
171	—	970	127.50–131.90	130.48
2	—	287	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	573	125.00–135.00	130.49
6	—	433	150.00	150.00
4	—	481	133.00–141.00	134.95
3	—	392	152.50	152.50
3	—	325	150.00	150.00
2	—	735	111.00	111.00
4	—	795	110.00	110.00
23	—	516	128.00–147.00	136.20
5	—	690	103.00–110.00	105.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	332	112.00–131.00	121.23
7	—	718	94.00–101.00	95.95
7	—	615	100.00–109.00	105.97
15	—	681	103.00–116.00	109.58
8	—	772	103.00–105.00	103.73
16	—	410	112.00–127.00	119.88
18	—	463	121.00–146.00	125.04
2	—	870	88.00	88.00
2	—	355	132.00	132.00
33	—	562	106.00–116.00	110.85
24	—	530	112.00–120.75	118.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	677	113.00	113.00
9	—	414	132.00	132.00
126	—	630	119.00–133.70	130.79
14	—	498	135.00	135.00
110	—	738	121.20	121.20
12	—	514	127.00–131.00	127.69
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	112.00	112.00
2	—	375	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	91.00	91.00
3	—	560	101.00	101.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	79.00	79.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,764	89.00–102.50	94.34
1	—	1,535	79.00	79.00
1	—	1,875	65.50	65.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,245	53.00–55.00	53.71
2	—	1,365	45.00	45.00
15	—	1,168	47.00–50.00	47.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	46.00	46.00
6	—	1,043	34.50–40.00	36.71
3	—	887	31.00–32.00	31.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	44.00	44.00
9	—	1,566	55.00–60.50	57.45
8	—	1,374	47.00–53.00	49.85

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)	3	—	1,130	565.00–805.00	645.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,405	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	725.00	725.00

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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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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle