Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2020-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.92/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$133.92

21 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.12

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	450	133.92	603	21

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 sale21 hd

133.92

—

KY average19 barns · 1,376 hd

131.80

+2.12

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	1,692	102.08	1,727	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,165	60.26	702	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,423	58.20	828	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	43.17	418	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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	473	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	134.54/cwt	133.00–136.00	624	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	134.18/cwt	133.00–135.00	683	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	134.31/cwt	130.00–140.00	557	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	1,000.58/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	12,937	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	990.00/cwt	990.00–990.00	11,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	716	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	131.50/cwt	130.00–133.00	822	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	1,290.00/cwt	1,290.00–1,290.00	19,350	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,200	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,024	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	43.17/cwt	40.00–45.00	418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	120.40/cwt	120.00–121.00	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	121.81/cwt	117.00–127.00	703	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	133.11/cwt	130.00–142.00	708	5
Bulls	—	—	1,653	98.59/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,630	2
Bulls	—	—	1,730	105.56/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,826	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	65.07/cwt	63.00–67.00	755	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	57.06/cwt	55.00–58.00	666	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,215	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	571	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	783	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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