Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2020-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.51/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$128.51

57 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.35

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	465	128.51	598	57

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 sale57 hd

128.51

—

KY average27 barns · 3,400 hd

124.16

+4.35

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	1,750	90.01	1,575	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,300	52.97	689	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,433	51.51	738	3thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	800.50/cwt	755.00–825.00	10,671	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	990.00/cwt	990.00–990.00	13,860	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	8,160	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	127.38/cwt	117.00–140.00	488	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	133.96/cwt	132.00–138.00	568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	647	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	110.83/cwt	110.00–115.00	692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	402	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	470	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	673	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	130.72/cwt	123.00–140.00	624	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	436	3
Bulls	—	—	1,600	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,360	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	92.52/cwt	92.00–93.00	1,688	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	783	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	50.26/cwt	49.00–52.00	716	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	756	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	47.96/cwt	47.00–49.00	647	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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