Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2020-03-17

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 17
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
68 head
56 vs last sale 124 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
18 vs last sale 34 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
0 vs last sale 10 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold sharply lower with light demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $108.02/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$108.02
32 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Small 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.84
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1-2385117.004502thin
Medium and Large 1-2532107.4257130
One grade step is worth $9.58/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale32 hd
108.02
KY average28 barns · 1,620 hd
126.85
−18.84
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,80591.821,65810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58168.541,0848thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17361.047164thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02148.314937thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2365112.00/cwt112.00–112.004091
BullsMedium and Large 1-281586.00/cwt86.00–86.007011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500102.00/cwt102.00–102.005102
BullsMedium and Large 1-265096.00/cwt96.00–96.006242
BullsMedium and Large 1-278570.00/cwt70.00–70.005502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2607101.70/cwt95.00–105.006173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200908.96/cwt890.00–925.0010,9082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550119.00/cwt115.00–125.006555
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2950850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,0752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,5002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,300650.00/cwt650.00–650.008,4502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,6753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7002
HeifersMedium and Large 1-251291.80/cwt86.00–100.004705
HeifersSmall 1-246583.00/cwt83.00–83.003863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200120.00/cwt120.00–120.002401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390102.00/cwt102.00–102.003982
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625118.00/cwt118.00–118.007382
CowsLean 85-90%1,25061.52/cwt61.00–62.007692
CowsLean 85-90%95045.03/cwt43.00–50.004284
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285102.00/cwt102.00–102.002913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-264397.00/cwt97.00–97.006243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-249089.00/cwt82.00–96.004364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331108.79/cwt108.00–110.003605
Bulls1,917103.80/cwt99.00–109.001,9903
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30063.00/cwt63.00–63.008191
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13060.38/cwt59.00–62.006823
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50064.71/cwt64.00–65.009713
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63070.83/cwt70.00–75.001,1555
CowsLean 85-90%85035.00/cwt35.00–35.002981
Bulls1,86392.63/cwt88.00–96.001,7264
BullsMedium and Large 1-2460123.00/cwt120.00–125.005665
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590103.00/cwt103.00–103.006085
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425117.05/cwt108.00–126.004979
BullsSmall 1-2385117.00/cwt117.00–117.004502
Bulls1,61778.77/cwt77.00–80.001,2743

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.