Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2021-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $125.04/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$125.04

95 head · 713 lb average

Value per head Derived

$891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.33

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	713	125.04	891	95

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 sale95 hd

125.04

—

KY average26 barns · 9,190 hd

134.37

−9.33

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	2,025	94.50	1,914	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,300	55.31	719	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	53.00	636	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	850	37.31	317	3thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	539	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	741	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,250	53.96/cwt	53.00–55.00	675	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	812	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	40.97/cwt	40.00–42.00	358	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	697	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,140	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	923	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,043	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	268	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	920	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	773	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	130.28/cwt	130.00–131.00	823	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	125.66/cwt	120.00–129.00	829	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	953	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	107.10/cwt	106.00–108.00	726	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	151.33/cwt	145.00–155.00	636	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	132.76/cwt	130.00–139.00	782	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	113.23/cwt	102.00–122.00	930	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	780	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,020.00/cwt	1,020.00–1,020.00	11,220	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	895.00/cwt	895.00–895.00	8,324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	115.26/cwt	112.00–120.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	116.36/cwt	116.00–116.50	723	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	999	1
Bulls	—	—	2,100	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,953	1
Bulls	—	—	1,950	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	714.01/cwt	700.00–725.00	6,497	5

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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