Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2020-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of cattle sold this week were fully steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.90/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$119.90

18 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$127

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

$7.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.02

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	453	120.31	545	17thin
Large 1	595	113.00	672	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.31/cwt here — about −$127 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 sale18 hd

119.90

—

KY average28 barns · 3,391 hd

127.92

−8.02

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	2,035	96.75	1,969	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	62.84	888	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,400	58.00	812	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	969	44.06	427	3thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	483	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	773	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	139.42/cwt	136.00–143.00	579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	147.41/cwt	140.00–151.00	497	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	593	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,688	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	745.00/cwt	745.00–745.00	6,333	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	990.00/cwt	990.00–990.00	9,999	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	42.59/cwt	41.00–44.00	362	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	595	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	587	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	128.75/cwt	127.00–130.00	436	7
Bulls	—	—	1,960	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,833	1
Bulls	—	—	2,110	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	2,110	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	812	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,100	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	638	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	64.45/cwt	63.00–65.00	978	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1

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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