Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2021-10-12

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 12
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
252 head
82 vs last sale 170 1 vs year ago 251 · +0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
3 vs last sale 12 2 vs year ago 17 · 11.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
8 vs last sale 19 7 vs year ago 18 · 38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.98/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$138.98
75 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$399
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$21.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.44
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2648140.4291070
Small 1-2430118.805115thin
One grade step is worth $21.62/cwt here — about $399 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 sale75 hd
138.98
KY average25 barns · 5,000 hd
148.42
−9.44
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,88086.471,6264thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50058.008701thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18555.916636thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average85039.183334thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersSmall 1-2550117.00/cwt117.00–117.006442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490145.00/cwt145.00–145.007113
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410142.00/cwt142.00–142.005827
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335143.00/cwt143.00–143.004794
BullsMedium and Large 1-2390138.00/cwt138.00–138.005384
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006377
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430125.00/cwt125.00–125.005383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422137.84/cwt135.00–143.005828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2795122.00/cwt122.00–122.009701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390122.00/cwt122.00–122.004765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,00112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added663135.00/cwt135.00–135.008954
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added759140.75/cwt130.00–143.001,06830
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005484
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,16596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515125.00/cwt125.00–125.006445
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2318132.00/cwt132.00–132.004207
SteersSmall 1-2350120.00/cwt120.00–120.004203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007076
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250155.00/cwt155.00–155.003881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622110.00/cwt110.00–110.006844
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,285971.21/cwt925.00–1,020.0012,4802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,123988.20/cwt900.00–1,020.0011,0974
Bulls1,82586.44/cwt85.00–88.001,5782
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25061.04/cwt60.00–62.007632
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50058.00/cwt58.00–58.008701
CowsLean 85-90%85043.35/cwt37.00–49.003682
Bulls2,05093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,9071
Bulls1,82080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15353.34/cwt52.00–56.006154
CowsLean 85-90%85035.00/cwt35.00–35.002982

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.