Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.97/cwt on 326 head.

Average price

$142.97

326 head · 892 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,275

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.24

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	892	142.97	1,275	326

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 sale326 hd

142.97

—

KY average25 barns · 4,261 hd

149.20

−6.24

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	1,999	99.57	1,990	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,436	72.96	1,048	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,142	66.41	758	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,264	66.16	836	9thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	—	1,960	97.00/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,901	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	132.42/cwt	130.00–135.00	379	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	72.16/cwt	72.00–73.00	1,072	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	792	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	871	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,158	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	114.67/cwt	110.00–118.00	846	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	64.41/cwt	61.00–67.00	820	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,540	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	785	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,099	136
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	385	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	447	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	116.44/cwt	107.00–126.00	972	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	468	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	762	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	782	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	67.62/cwt	66.00–69.00	737	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	797	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,800	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	1,098	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	75.75/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,004	6
Bulls	—	—	2,095	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	2,221	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	876	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	149.23/cwt	145.00–151.00	779	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	145.60/cwt	141.00–150.00	633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	810	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,013	133.96/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,357	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	983	140.15/cwt	139.70–140.60	1,378	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	716	145.60/cwt	145.60–145.60	1,042	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	871	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,187	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	918	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,266	809.35/cwt	680.00–925.00	10,246	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	11,594	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,343	938.08/cwt	875.00–1,000.00	12,598	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	15,008	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	886	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	792	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,061	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	154.29/cwt	144.00–156.50	1,069	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	151.14/cwt	146.00–158.00	863	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	158.04/cwt	147.00–162.00	751	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	138.01/cwt	126.00–148.00	926	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	145.96/cwt	140.00–150.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	873	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	541	159.21/cwt	157.00–162.00	861	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	703	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	1,109	42

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 Jul 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 690Last week 793Year ago 1,099

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 45Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 4Year ago 3

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,960	93.00–100.00	97.00
2	—	2,095	106.00	106.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,486	72.00–73.00	72.16
1	—	1,800	61.00	61.00
6	—	1,325	74.00–77.00	75.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	72.00	72.00
6	—	1,273	61.00–67.00	64.41
1	—	1,540	65.00	65.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	66.00–69.00	67.62
1	—	1,245	64.00	64.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	165.00	165.00
2	—	325	160.00	160.00
4	—	835	107.00–126.00	116.44
3	—	275	170.00	170.00
2	—	730	129.00	129.00
5	—	755	116.00	116.00
7	—	522	145.00–151.00	149.23
9	—	554	160.00	160.00
16	—	475	147.00–162.00	158.04
12	—	671	126.00–148.00	138.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	286	130.00–135.00	132.42
6	—	738	110.00–118.00	114.67
3	—	495	154.00	154.00
6	—	435	141.00–150.00	145.60
3	—	555	146.00	146.00
2	—	660	122.00	122.00
3	—	366	143.00	143.00
5	—	539	140.00–150.00	145.96
8	—	619	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	785	140.00	140.00
70	—	716	145.60	145.60
60	—	871	136.25	136.25
9	—	541	157.00–162.00	159.21
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	385	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	871	133.00	133.00
112	—	1,013	133.00–135.00	133.96
112	—	983	139.70–140.60	140.15
21	—	570	161.00	161.00
2	—	792	134.00	134.00
42	—	703	157.75	157.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	164.00	164.00
3	—	335	170.00	170.00
17	—	693	144.00–156.50	154.29
8	—	571	146.00–158.00	151.14

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,266	680.00–925.00	809.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,325	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,343	875.00–1,000.00	938.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,305	1,150.00	1,150.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle