Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2019-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.57/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$106.57

35 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.41

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	548	106.57	584	35

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 sale35 hd

106.57

—

KY average26 barns · 5,009 hd

118.98

−12.41

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	1,516	79.05	1,198	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	52.43	728	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,360	49.00	666	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	953	34.72	331	3thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	685	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	651	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	378	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	836	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	117.14/cwt	116.00–118.00	665	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	115.41/cwt	105.00–120.00	554	10
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	490	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	107.70/cwt	104.00–110.00	561	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	101.46/cwt	100.00–103.00	680	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	104.81/cwt	99.00–111.00	397	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	107.55/cwt	107.00–108.00	800	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	448	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	809	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	13,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	6,655	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,875	1
Bulls	—	—	2,040	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,836	1
Bulls	—	—	1,385	76.31/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,057	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	666	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	612	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	52.91/cwt	52.00–53.50	767	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	207	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	38.08/cwt	36.00–40.00	404	2

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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