Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2020-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $107.19/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$107.19

63 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$2.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.67

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	668	107.38	718	58
Small 1-2	540	105.00	567	5thin

One grade step is worth $2.38/cwt here — about $151 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 sale63 hd

107.19

—

KY average25 barns · 2,975 hd

125.86

−18.67

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	1,647	86.91	1,431	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	57.02	700	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,675	56.52	947	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	888	39.90	354	4thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	760	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	767	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,030.00/cwt	1,030.00–1,030.00	12,360	1
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	—	1,100	739.39/cwt	600.00–800.00	8,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	623	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	574	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	100.46/cwt	91.00–109.00	679	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	589	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	736	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	119.42/cwt	115.00–123.00	629	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	123.50/cwt	122.00–125.00	656	14
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	540	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	567	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	53.07/cwt	52.00–54.00	642	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	56.52/cwt	55.00–58.00	947	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	43.20/cwt	42.00–45.00	396	3
Bulls	—	—	1,568	85.85/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,346	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	933	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	89.29/cwt	89.00–90.00	759	7
Bulls	—	—	1,950	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,833	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	60.96/cwt	60.00–62.00	759	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	240	1
Bulls	—	—	1,580	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	230	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	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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