Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.80/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$129.80

32 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.19

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	531	129.80	689	32

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 sale32 hd

129.80

—

KY average27 barns · 2,604 hd

131.99

−2.19

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	1,890	102.34	1,934	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,469	62.28	915	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,058	60.04	635	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	933	46.61	435	3thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	850	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	447	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	124.40/cwt	119.00–128.00	809	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	126.00/cwt	122.00–130.00	693	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	145.63/cwt	140.00–148.00	518	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	113.01/cwt	112.00–114.00	768	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	7,020	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,027.95/cwt	950.00–1,100.00	11,770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	859	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	136.77/cwt	133.00–142.00	840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	158.96/cwt	158.00–160.00	498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	301	128.24/cwt	126.00–129.00	386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	129.81/cwt	125.00–135.00	608	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	118.06/cwt	115.00–121.00	724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	128.68/cwt	128.00–130.00	907	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,205	65.00/cwt	64.00–66.00	783	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	60.92/cwt	58.00–63.00	975	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	46.61/cwt	44.00–48.00	435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	123.50/cwt	119.00–125.00	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	122.24/cwt	117.00–124.00	716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	502	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	126.58/cwt	126.00–127.00	777	7
Bulls	—	—	1,783	94.40/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,683	3
Bulls	—	—	1,936	105.74/cwt	102.00–108.50	2,047	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	830	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	473	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	550	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	66.57/cwt	65.00–68.00	766	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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