Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2020-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 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 $121.45/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$121.45

50 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.01

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	544	121.45	661	50

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 sale50 hd

121.45

—

KY average27 barns · 2,782 hd

123.46

−2.01

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	—	High	1,800	83.98	1,512	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	55.09	826	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	51.08	609	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,114	42.15	470	7thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	930.52/cwt	825.00–1,020.00	11,939	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	815	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	142.98/cwt	140.00–146.00	598	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	422	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	111.00/cwt	105.00–116.00	669	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	130.31/cwt	125.00–132.00	555	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	460	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	391	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	54.45/cwt	53.00–56.00	772	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	595	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	533	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	456	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,300	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	135.32/cwt	130.00–140.00	631	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	788	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	700	8
Bulls	—	—	1,950	85.92/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,675	2
Bulls	—	—	1,700	82.69/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,406	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	50.77/cwt	49.00–52.00	587	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	41.17/cwt	39.00–42.00	446	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	676	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,750	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	998	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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