Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2020-04-07

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 7
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
122 vs last sale 166 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
0 vs last sale 22 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
1 vs last sale 11 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.19/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$137.19
28 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.54
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2477137.1965528
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 sale28 hd
137.19
KY average23 barns · 6,042 hd
136.64
+0.54
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
BullsHigh1,80084.881,5286thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30048.686333thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18548.075709thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13742.454833thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1-2300100.00/cwt100.00–100.003001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400128.00/cwt128.00–128.005122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2361138.36/cwt130.00–140.004996
BullsSmall 1-2450100.00/cwt100.00–100.004501
Bulls1,97590.34/cwt88.00–93.001,7842
Bulls1,71382.15/cwt79.00–85.001,4074
SteersMedium and Large 1-2436141.04/cwt133.00–155.006158
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,320600.00/cwt600.00–600.007,9201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,190750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,9252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325120.00/cwt120.00–120.003902
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300162.50/cwt162.50–162.504881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527132.99/cwt132.00–135.007013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595126.00/cwt126.00–126.007503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465131.83/cwt128.00–143.006134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2386141.03/cwt131.00–150.005445
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22554.02/cwt53.00–55.006622
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17446.37/cwt44.00–51.005447
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30048.68/cwt48.00–49.006333
CowsLean 85-90%99039.00/cwt39.00–39.003861
CowsLean 85-90%1,21044.18/cwt42.00–46.005352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630111.00/cwt111.00–111.006991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500161.00/cwt161.00–161.008051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added810110.00/cwt110.00–110.008912

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.