Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2021-05-28

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, May 28
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
278 head
99 vs last sale 377 471 vs year ago 749 · 62.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
3 vs last sale 32 22 vs year ago 51 · 43.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 14 vs year ago 24 · 58.3%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle Sale
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. Yearling steers and heifers steady. Saughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.74/cwt on 145 head.
Average price
$127.74
145 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$805
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$14.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.99
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2631127.84807144
Small 1-2525113.005931thin
One grade step is worth $14.84/cwt here — about $213 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 sale145 hd
127.74
KY average27 barns · 3,584 hd
130.72
−2.99
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,703106.501,8132thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50076.381,14612
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17172.428486thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11566.507411thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,675110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,8431
Bulls1,730103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,7821
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53678.52/cwt76.00–85.001,2067
CowsLean 85-90%1,11566.50/cwt66.50–66.507411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19671.50/cwt66.00–75.008555
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04577.00/cwt77.00–77.008051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2456160.00/cwt160.00–160.007308
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518126.37/cwt124.00–129.0065510
HeifersSmall 1-2525113.00/cwt113.00–113.005931
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3401,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0016,4152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added704132.00/cwt132.00–132.0092971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2687114.23/cwt109.00–120.0078521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705125.00/cwt125.00–125.008812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531157.30/cwt149.00–163.0083510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631138.60/cwt137.00–139.008755
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566149.47/cwt145.00–153.008467
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378134.76/cwt130.00–140.0050910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added719144.25/cwt144.25–144.251,03776
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575153.00/cwt153.00–153.008804
BullsMedium and Large 1-2681135.39/cwt123.00–140.0092211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523144.33/cwt141.00–153.0075511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582126.14/cwt119.00–130.0073418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2765104.00/cwt104.00–104.007962
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005536
BullsMedium and Large 1-2624133.49/cwt129.00–138.008336
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490127.99/cwt126.00–129.006276
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45073.39/cwt71.00–75.001,0645
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3921,261.02/cwt1,210.00–1,285.0017,5533
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445125.00/cwt125.00–125.005562
BullsMedium and Large 1-2453159.02/cwt155.00–163.007204

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.