Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls fully steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.30/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$118.30

109 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$14.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.57

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	497	120.06	596	96
Small 1-2	538	105.25	566	13thin

One grade step is worth $14.81/cwt here — about $30 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 sale109 hd

118.30

—

KY average26 barns · 2,776 hd

117.73

+0.57

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	—	High	1,777	79.99	1,422	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,419	53.76	763	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,249	51.08	638	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	37.14	375	8thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	110.23/cwt	105.00–116.00	468	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	111.02/cwt	108.00–115.00	537	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	110.56/cwt	109.00–112.00	350	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	103.82/cwt	102.00–111.00	297	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	111.25/cwt	110.00–112.00	584	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	97.87/cwt	95.00–100.00	590	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	108.94/cwt	102.00–114.00	393	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	797	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	450	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	378	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	572	107.14/cwt	105.00–110.00	613	9
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	460	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	465	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	120.29/cwt	119.00–122.00	568	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	129.95/cwt	126.00–132.00	478	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	119.55/cwt	115.00–123.00	675	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	116.55/cwt	109.00–120.00	606	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	114.36/cwt	112.00–116.00	710	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	409	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	116.32/cwt	115.00–119.00	509	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	798	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	785	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	495	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	609	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	565	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	319	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	467	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	5,908	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	587.05/cwt	500.00–700.00	5,542	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	853.76/cwt	825.00–890.00	9,647	11
Bulls	—	—	1,970	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	1,645	1
Bulls	—	—	1,729	79.11/cwt	78.00–80.50	1,368	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	960	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	442	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	53.60/cwt	52.00–54.00	744	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	50.88/cwt	49.00–53.00	630	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,288	51.28/cwt	49.00–52.00	660	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	55.41/cwt	54.50–57.50	835	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	32.33/cwt	32.00–33.00	288	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	40.03/cwt	38.00–44.00	433	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	281	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	792	3

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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