Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2022-06-24

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Jun 24
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
443 head
367 vs last sale 76 52 vs year ago 495 · 10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
8 vs last sale 37 2 vs year ago 47 · 4.3%
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 to 3.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.66/cwt on 278 head.
Average price
$165.66
278 head · 764 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,265
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.31
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2764165.661,265278
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 sale278 hd
165.66
KY average24 barns · 3,689 hd
162.35
+3.31
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
BullsAverage1,840116.652,1474thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,250101.191,26512
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36398.171,3389thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14376.448744thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added709161.70/cwt161.70–161.701,14666
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531149.63/cwt145.00–155.0079518
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,775104.87/cwt104.00–106.001,8612
Bulls1,687118.87/cwt114.00–127.002,0053
Bulls2,300110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,5301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2920119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0953
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520151.12/cwt140.00–156.0078612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750131.00/cwt131.00–131.009833
BullsMedium and Large 1-2482163.44/cwt160.00–166.0078813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2694132.09/cwt130.00–138.0091715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585158.00/cwt158.00–158.009245
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433180.90/cwt169.00–187.0078315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added956153.60/cwt153.60–153.601,46858
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673161.92/cwt157.00–165.001,0908
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523166.77/cwt160.00–174.008728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added729173.79/cwt172.50–174.001,26779
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added942155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,46060
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added627146.00/cwt146.00–146.009155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007933
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460190.00/cwt190.00–190.0087411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550162.38/cwt158.00–165.008938
SteersMedium and Large 1-2351196.00/cwt196.00–196.006889
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added627165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,03518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2810120.00/cwt120.00–120.009725
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418149.41/cwt144.00–153.0062518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580136.00/cwt136.00–136.007894
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385160.00/cwt160.00–160.006166
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495154.00/cwt154.00–154.007623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2692125.00/cwt125.00–125.008653
BullsMedium and Large 1-2356168.00/cwt168.00–168.005985
BullsMedium and Large 1-2405177.00/cwt177.00–177.007175
BullsMedium and Large 1-2616155.00/cwt155.00–155.009556
CowsLean 85-90%1,14376.44/cwt76.00–78.008744
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24896.58/cwt90.00–103.001,2056
CowsBoner 80-85%1,252105.79/cwt100.00–116.001,3246
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24596.26/cwt96.00–98.001,1987

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.