Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2019-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to lat week: Feeder steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

*No sale next week due to holiday*

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.02/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$127.02

33 head · 440 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.20

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	439	128.23	563	29
Small 1-2	454	118.23	536	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $26 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 sale33 hd

127.02

—

KY average25 barns · 1,837 hd

126.82

+0.20

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	1,604	90.18	1,446	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,379	62.25	858	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	60.42	713	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,074	47.11	506	19

Every lot, as filed

45 lots · USDA AMS · Wilson Livestock Market - London, 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	132.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	466	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	463	118.31/cwt	115.00–125.00	548	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	575	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	125.99/cwt	125.00–130.00	544	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	117.64/cwt	112.00–124.00	675	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	119.92/cwt	116.00–122.00	627	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	530	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	557	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	425	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	472	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	413	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	702	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	132.13/cwt	131.00–136.00	916	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	139.69/cwt	130.00–144.00	782	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	806.38/cwt	755.00–875.00	8,572	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,194	999.01/cwt	990.00–1,010.00	11,928	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,332	1,112.15/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	14,814	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	666.65/cwt	550.00–800.00	6,533	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	787.57/cwt	715.00–890.00	8,860	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	845.00/cwt	845.00–845.00	10,182	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,007	792.25/cwt	780.00–810.00	7,978	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,297	971.47/cwt	900.00–1,015.00	12,600	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	11,385	1
Bulls	—	—	1,594	91.39/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,457	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	59.14/cwt	56.00–61.00	677	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	61.43/cwt	59.00–63.00	860	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	45.87/cwt	44.00–48.00	492	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	53.81/cwt	53.00–54.50	605	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	65.68/cwt	63.00–69.00	820	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	67.25/cwt	65.00–68.50	937	6
Bulls	—	—	1,867	99.55/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,859	3
Bulls	—	—	1,517	85.15/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,292	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	35.21/cwt	32.00–38.00	339	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,301	56.99/cwt	56.00–58.00	741	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	55.36/cwt	55.00–56.50	648	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	425	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	131.50/cwt	130.00–140.00	421	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	133.87/cwt	128.00–135.00	550	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	658	5

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.

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