Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Yearling steers and heifers 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.43/cwt on 348 head.

Average price

$138.43

348 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.15

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	646	138.43	894	348

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 sale348 hd

138.43

—

KY average27 barns · 5,057 hd

136.28

+2.15

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	—	Average	1,691	101.20	1,711	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,341	71.68	961	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,192	71.07	847	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,059	58.43	619	15

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,588	96.40/cwt	96.00–97.00	1,531	2
Bulls	—	—	1,793	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,901	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	74.09/cwt	71.00–78.00	877	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	65.62/cwt	64.00–67.00	791	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,297	68.47/cwt	65.00–70.00	888	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	74.89/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,037	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	154.96/cwt	144.00–163.00	714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	715	140.35/cwt	139.90–140.80	1,004	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	161.59/cwt	159.00–166.00	640	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	137.26/cwt	133.00–146.00	734	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	130.17/cwt	125.00–133.00	810	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	152.57/cwt	149.00–155.00	821	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	135.48/cwt	131.00–140.00	497	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	115.16/cwt	110.00–119.00	833	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	131.54/cwt	128.00–135.00	748	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	126.37/cwt	122.00–129.00	859	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	833	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	141.05/cwt	134.00–150.00	654	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	997	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	598	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	901	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	877	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,175	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	986	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,282	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	63.90/cwt	60.00–69.00	704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	661	144.40/cwt	144.40–144.40	954	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	54.78/cwt	47.00–59.00	565	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	147.45/cwt	145.00–157.00	674	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	826	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	817	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	151.79/cwt	147.00–158.00	798	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	921	135.90/cwt	135.90–135.90	1,252	58

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 Jun 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 495Last week 470Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 45Year ago 35

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Yearling steers and heifers 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,588	96.00–97.00	96.40
2	—	1,793	106.00	106.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,184	71.00–78.00	74.09
5	—	1,206	64.00–67.00	65.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,297	65.00–70.00	68.47
7	—	1,385	73.00–79.00	74.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,101	60.00–69.00	63.90
9	—	1,031	47.00–59.00	54.78

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	461	144.00–163.00	154.96
3	—	670	130.00	130.00
8	—	396	159.00–166.00	161.59
10	—	538	149.00–155.00	152.57
3	—	622	134.00	134.00
2	—	727	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	877	134.00	134.00
54	—	986	130.00	130.00
58	—	921	135.90	135.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	715	139.90–140.80	140.35
80	—	661	144.40	144.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,000	100.00	100.00
16	—	535	133.00–146.00	137.26
21	—	622	125.00–133.00	130.17
27	—	367	131.00–140.00	135.48
7	—	723	110.00–119.00	115.16
10	—	569	128.00–135.00	131.54
14	—	680	122.00–129.00	126.37
14	—	464	134.00–150.00	141.05
4	—	415	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	895	95.00	95.00
3	—	785	127.00	127.00
2	—	1,005	86.00	86.00
5	—	457	145.00–157.00	147.45
5	—	582	142.00	142.00
5	—	610	134.00	134.00
9	—	526	147.00–158.00	151.79

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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