Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday regular sell feeder steers sold steady with good demand. Feeder heifers sold steady with good demand. Buyers showed good interest as CPH cattle are weaned and pre-conditioned with proper vaccines.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.18/cwt on 332 head.

Average price

$143.18

332 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$429

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$17.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.30

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	627	143.29	898	330
Medium and Large 2-3	373	126.00	469	2thin

One grade step is worth $17.29/cwt here — about $429 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 sale332 hd

143.18

—

KY average30 barns · 11,226 hd

134.89

+8.30

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

27 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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	—	798	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	846	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	696	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	577	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	119.94/cwt	118.00–120.00	822	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	135.22/cwt	135.00–137.00	663	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	125.14/cwt	124.50–125.50	870	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	442	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	90.68/cwt	90.00–91.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	596	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	882	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	507	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	816	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	691	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	936	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	128.38/cwt	125.00–139.00	751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	165.03/cwt	155.00–166.00	677	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,018	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	115.33/cwt	110.00–118.00	939	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	127.59/cwt	110.00–128.00	1,004	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	594	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	743	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	417	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	817	12

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 - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Richmond, KY

Tue Dec 8, 2020

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

Receipts 543Last week 1,307Year ago 1,307

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	798	106.00	106.00
8	—	585	119.00	119.00
16	—	398	145.00	145.00
36	—	685	118.00–120.00	119.94
53	—	490	135.00–137.00	135.22
1	—	220	137.50	137.50
1	—	905	93.00	93.00
2	—	345	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	442	109.00	109.00
2	—	515	105.00	105.00
2	—	605	94.00	94.00
3	—	580	90.00–91.00	90.68
1	—	265	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	594	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	695	124.50–125.50	125.14
4	—	585	125.00–139.00	128.38
19	—	410	155.00–166.00	165.03
4	—	925	110.00	110.00
5	—	489	160.00	160.00
3	—	814	110.00–118.00	115.33
42	—	787	110.00–128.00	127.59
12	—	619	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	107.00	107.00
1	—	240	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	596	148.00	148.00
57	—	507	161.00	161.00
84	—	691	135.50	135.50

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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