Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 287 priced lines covering 15,788 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,561 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,927 head. replacement cattle receipts at 545 head. Counted as USDA files them — 76 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 15, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,561Last week 12,253Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,927Last week 1,710Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 545Last week 552Year ago 0

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were steady to 3.00 higher with good demand. Best demand

noted for preconditioned cattle weaned a minimum of 30 days. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher

with good demand

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	104.00–122.00	113.04
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
1	—	760	111.00	111.00
2	—	680	90.00	90.00
4	—	435	119.00–120.00	119.49
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	559	114.00	114.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	96.00	96.00
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
2	—	535	112.00	112.00
1	—	345	135.00	135.00
1	—	575	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	853	105.00–125.00	114.97
1	—	905	113.00	113.00
2	—	785	118.00–120.00	119.01
20	—	678	108.50–130.00	117.77
28	—	737	110.00–132.50	124.75
17	—	326	120.00–150.00	131.93
23	—	383	104.00–148.00	138.77
66	—	571	112.50–139.00	129.69
14	—	419	104.00–140.00	128.52
6	—	276	102.50–135.00	121.75
26	—	621	110.00–136.25	126.74
75	—	468	107.00–146.00	132.98
11	—	825	97.00–125.00	114.16
1	—	985	76.00	76.00
40	—	529	110.00–140.00	127.24
1	—	165	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	924	130.00–136.75	134.14
2	—	322	162.00	162.00
10	—	409	156.00–173.00	166.66
232	—	960	112.00–136.10	134.54
150	—	623	135.00–154.00	145.79
86	—	465	145.00–164.00	155.07
182	—	577	143.00–158.75	154.43
356	—	721	129.00–150.00	139.89
528	—	874	130.00–143.10	139.58
338	—	670	130.00–156.50	147.91
120	—	521	149.00–160.50	154.85
15	—	362	160.00–175.50	166.89
622	—	822	135.25–144.00	139.83
393	—	775	130.00–145.80	140.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	812	143.00	143.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	486	125.00–127.50	125.34
1	—	500	131.00	131.00
1	—	575	130.00	130.00
2	—	752	118.00	118.00
1	—	695	111.00	111.00
1	—	430	124.00	124.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	116.00	116.00
6	—	590	135.50–137.00	136.00
3	—	482	147.00–150.00	149.03
1	—	835	121.00	121.00
2	—	545	131.00–138.00	134.50
1	—	755	122.00	122.00
3	—	893	110.00–125.00	114.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,162	100.00	100.00
45	—	378	137.50–160.00	151.96
184	—	670	120.00–148.00	136.32
5	—	269	130.00–169.00	145.30
1	—	165	169.00	169.00
72	—	773	122.00–141.00	130.58
21	—	322	131.00–167.50	152.15
8	—	1,021	106.00–116.00	113.48
320	—	574	121.00–161.50	145.56
80	—	938	100.00–128.25	125.65
73	—	963	110.00–130.00	125.88
2	—	240	152.50–175.00	163.52
111	—	716	120.00–145.00	130.43
79	—	882	119.00–133.75	130.49
246	—	833	119.00–142.70	136.39
1	—	1,100	101.00	101.00
269	—	478	130.00–161.00	148.35
261	—	524	130.00–159.00	146.13
311	—	624	122.00–150.00	139.21
148	—	427	132.00–161.00	149.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	933	134.90–136.95	135.96
5	—	302	173.50	173.50
6	—	378	150.00–154.00	152.67
6	—	488	154.00–166.50	164.56
1	—	410	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	137.00–138.00	137.49
11	—	860	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	120.00	120.00
1	—	390	124.00	124.00
2	—	715	84.00–100.00	92.17
7	—	531	115.00–118.00	116.77
13	—	472	104.00–120.00	112.69
1	—	640	101.00	101.00
3	—	672	100.00–105.00	103.33
1	—	340	112.00	112.00
7	—	578	100.00–120.00	108.41
7	—	421	116.00–118.00	117.44
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	102.00	102.00
2	—	480	106.00–107.00	106.51
2	—	428	104.00–112.00	107.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	381	108.00–138.00	124.01
2	—	908	84.00–85.00	84.50
61	—	571	105.00–133.00	117.27
35	—	673	95.00–118.00	108.54
78	—	523	100.00–127.00	117.56
19	—	720	93.00–115.50	103.12
3	—	956	83.00	83.00
29	—	323	100.00–136.00	118.34
8	—	224	102.50–135.00	119.21
3	—	875	90.00–103.00	96.61
99	—	473	100.00–130.00	118.98
5	—	815	90.00–101.00	96.20
42	—	425	100.00–137.00	118.46
44	—	626	96.00–117.00	110.96
14	—	763	75.00–116.00	100.35
8	—	276	105.00–134.00	119.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	520	122.00–148.00	132.86
364	—	723	120.00–134.00	131.61
394	—	629	120.00–141.75	132.86
44	—	422	133.00–154.00	142.02
408	—	667	118.50–142.00	134.26
442	—	787	114.00–134.80	132.63
70	—	589	127.00–138.00	132.36
4	—	389	154.00	154.00
156	—	484	131.00–152.10	146.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	220.00	220.00
17	—	811	103.00–118.00	110.65
58	—	329	118.00–145.00	132.51
362	—	620	110.00–136.50	123.46
23	—	864	89.00–112.00	108.18
11	—	915	76.50–108.00	87.73
80	—	769	95.00–125.50	116.17
7	—	167	152.50–168.00	158.09
105	—	718	97.00–130.00	116.43
6	—	233	120.00–137.50	128.50
161	—	666	95.00–134.00	120.50
630	—	523	110.00–144.50	128.31
404	—	475	113.00–145.00	131.15
312	—	429	120.00–144.00	130.74
49	—	280	120.00–149.00	137.29
195	—	375	117.00–149.00	132.43
494	—	574	110.00–143.50	126.59
3	—	1,030	85.00–86.00	85.33
1	—	960	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
1	—	575	108.00	108.00
6	—	493	116.50	116.50
1	—	345	113.00	113.00
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	110.00–134.00	121.52
10	—	579	100.00–115.00	110.65
2	—	288	114.00–125.00	119.36
2	—	718	97.00–101.00	99.05
2	—	518	120.00	120.00
2	—	667	106.00	106.00
2	—	440	114.00	114.00
2	—	473	107.00–120.00	113.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	729	132.95	132.95
16	—	529	140.00–142.00	140.77
57	—	928	116.60	116.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	707	120.00	120.00
7	—	666	124.00–126.00	125.71
6	—	760	118.50	118.50
15	—	615	125.00–130.25	127.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	912	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	117.50	117.50
2	—	533	110.00–111.00	110.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	429	115.00–125.00	121.13
1	—	290	122.00	122.00
4	—	561	100.00–117.00	109.77
6	—	367	112.50–120.00	116.23
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	373	120.00–150.00	133.77
17	—	772	74.00–111.00	97.65
4	—	876	87.00–90.00	87.76
13	—	724	90.00–115.00	102.08
36	—	429	95.00–139.00	124.71
11	—	276	121.00–145.00	131.10
51	—	523	107.00–132.00	122.80
92	—	470	90.00–137.00	124.79
2	—	230	125.00–141.00	133.35
2	—	920	80.00–85.00	82.53
10	—	820	71.00–106.00	96.82
48	—	569	107.50–130.00	118.74
27	—	675	90.00–123.00	109.29
27	—	622	99.00–121.50	114.33
18	—	331	125.00–144.00	133.81
Bulls — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	394	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
304	—	525	120.00–149.00	135.10
14	—	869	84.00–112.00	98.48
192	—	476	124.00–149.00	139.50
14	—	229	125.00–167.00	152.58
33	—	285	122.50–173.00	157.29
70	—	326	132.50–163.00	148.86
190	—	430	130.00–151.00	141.37
27	—	819	81.00–120.00	99.08
195	—	575	120.00–142.00	130.52
175	—	623	116.00–139.00	126.57
14	—	920	81.00–111.00	92.51
48	—	720	105.00–123.00	112.79
12	—	757	88.00–114.00	106.69
77	—	667	107.00–130.00	121.30
1	—	1,015	87.50	87.50
102	—	369	126.00–162.50	147.84
1	—	1,080	108.00	108.00
4	—	976	89.00–117.00	99.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	452	156.50	156.50
2	—	370	158.00–160.00	159.05
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	657	105.00	105.00
5	—	510	127.00	127.00
3	—	416	134.00	134.00
2	—	757	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	153.00	153.00
4	—	356	153.00–155.00	154.01
3	—	568	140.00	140.00
2	—	315	167.50	167.50
1	—	975	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	586	80.00–90.25	87.88
7	—	351	73.00–91.00	88.37
11	—	511	71.00–93.00	87.02
7	—	1,675	75.50	75.50
8	—	248	97.00	97.00
15	—	319	78.00–86.00	84.92
109	—	874	92.60–96.50	94.97
2	—	627	79.00	79.00
71	—	811	61.00–96.70	96.18
1	—	250	140.00	140.00
4	—	793	86.00	86.00
18	—	428	86.00–93.00	88.57

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	635	475.00	475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,295	875.00–1,050.00	941.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,380	860.00	860.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,550	1,710.00	1,710.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,073	510.00–1,050.00	708.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,073	800.00–1,160.00	991.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,333	1,110.00–1,250.00	1,181.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,356	875.00–1,375.00	1,132.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,131	1,250.00–1,370.00	1,309.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,214	1,350.00–1,900.00	1,510.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,111	750.00–1,300.00	1,045.24
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,020	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	785	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,190	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,337	675.00–1,100.00	951.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,236	700.00–825.00	750.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,361	710.00–1,000.00	894.79
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,255	730.00	730.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	969	510.00–810.00	641.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,182	510.00–800.00	692.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,223	800.00–1,100.00	902.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,027	525.00–835.00	658.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	954	450.00–600.00	498.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,051	610.00–1,152.00	886.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,062	530.00–840.00	751.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	—	1,237	600.00–950.00	815.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,202	510.00–1,075.00	846.93
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,210	800.00	800.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	560.00	560.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	600.00	600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	685	61.00	61.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	75.00	75.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	960	510.00	510.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	700.00	700.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	921	600.00–960.00	798.83
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	930	940.00–975.00	955.99
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	590.00	590.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,387	1,280.00–1,400.00	1,331.39
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	986	865.00–1,210.00	1,010.40
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,785	93.00	93.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,025	1,025.00	1,025.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,034	49.50–70.00	58.59
92	—	959	27.00–52.00	42.93
235	—	1,025	34.50–59.00	50.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,210	42.00–59.00	52.08
126	—	1,470	59.50–75.00	66.01
133	—	1,341	49.50–66.50	59.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,201	40.00–56.00	48.74
135	—	1,242	60.00–74.50	65.27
338	—	1,191	35.00–66.00	57.49
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	52.00	52.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,424	57.00–83.50	77.07
132	—	1,628	75.50–96.00	87.18
15	—	1,837	88.00–100.00	93.44
47	—	1,812	88.50–100.00	94.42
10	—	1,547	83.00–90.00	86.76

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Kentucky barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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