Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2020-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of cattle sold this week sold fully steady on a light test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.12/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$133.12

48 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.09

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	514	133.12	684	48

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 sale48 hd

133.12

—

KY average27 barns · 2,196 hd

132.03

+1.09

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	—	Low	1,606	86.60	1,391	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,250	55.82	698	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,318	50.04	660	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,110	39.73	441	3thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	596	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	123.76/cwt	121.00–125.50	781	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	135.40/cwt	130.00–142.00	647	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	133.53/cwt	130.00–136.00	700	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	136.67/cwt	134.00–138.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	149.10/cwt	140.00–152.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	613	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	510	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	592	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	684	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	58.25/cwt	55.00–61.50	743	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	530	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	37.60/cwt	36.00–39.00	400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	120.85/cwt	120.00–122.00	746	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	124.04/cwt	122.00–125.00	607	9
Bulls	—	—	1,415	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,104	1
Bulls	—	—	1,568	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,364	2
Bulls	—	—	1,740	90.51/cwt	88.00–93.50	1,575	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	692	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	48.56/cwt	48.00–49.00	643	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,213	52.18/cwt	51.00–53.00	633	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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