Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend from last week due to weather.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.16/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$140.16

40 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$27.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.93

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	520	142.20	740	37
Small 1-2	615	115.00	707	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.20/cwt here — about $33 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 sale40 hd

140.16

—

KY average20 barns · 3,675 hd

142.09

−1.93

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	922	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	368	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	604	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	952	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	615	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	707	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	127.48/cwt	125.00–130.00	880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	153.49/cwt	152.00–154.00	711	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	140.42/cwt	130.00–155.00	595	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	841	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	910	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	194.38/cwt	167.00–210.00	813	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	159.37/cwt	150.00–165.00	834	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	138.25/cwt	136.00–141.00	705	9

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 Jan 21, 2022

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

Receipts 76Last week 904Year ago 303

No trend from last week due to weather.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	135.00	135.00
5	—	775	119.00	119.00
1	—	825	120.00	120.00
1	—	975	121.00	121.00
5	—	424	130.00–155.00	140.42
9	—	510	136.00–141.00	138.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	368	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	135.00	135.00
2	—	465	182.00	182.00
2	—	580	145.00	145.00
2	—	750	131.00	131.00
8	—	418	167.00–210.00	194.38
8	—	523	150.00–165.00	159.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	576	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	125.00–130.00	127.48
4	—	463	152.00–154.00	153.49
4	—	530	169.00	169.00

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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