Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 306 priced lines covering 15,180 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,488 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,064 head. replacement cattle receipts at 628 head. Counted as USDA files them — 98 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,488Last week 13,713Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,064Last week 2,278Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 628Last week 594Year ago 0

Compared to last week feeder steers were mostly steady to 1.00 lower, and feeder heifers were mostly steady. Moderate to good demand was noted on feeder classes with vaccinated cattle weaned more than 30 days being in the best demand. Slaughter cows were mostly steady and slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
2	—	530	121.00–130.00	125.63
1	—	690	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
249	—	521	115.00–149.50	136.06
223	—	427	117.00–158.00	143.39
178	—	574	119.00–148.00	135.50
173	—	624	109.00–149.00	129.66
157	—	471	120.00–155.00	141.50
136	—	377	122.00–164.00	150.00
77	—	668	113.00–141.50	126.40
73	—	317	129.00–180.00	157.49
53	—	724	103.00–135.00	116.95
17	—	817	93.50–114.00	102.87
40	—	278	128.00–171.00	154.70
20	—	771	90.00–125.50	111.53
4	—	913	86.00–100.00	94.75
8	—	230	135.00–165.00	151.88
1	—	195	170.00	170.00
11	—	872	85.00–107.00	92.36
1	—	960	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	426	104.00–141.00	128.84
29	—	623	104.00–129.00	121.45
20	—	321	115.00–139.00	131.68
16	—	721	99.00–117.00	106.16
23	—	673	96.00–129.00	111.30
53	—	520	110.00–132.50	123.26
36	—	472	107.00–134.00	126.10
1	—	925	86.00	86.00
12	—	812	75.00–102.00	95.70
2	—	958	89.00–99.00	94.01
3	—	227	127.50–128.00	127.82
44	—	575	106.00–134.00	122.01
8	—	280	124.00–147.50	131.63
31	—	372	111.00–148.00	134.75
7	—	774	94.00–111.00	104.83
4	—	856	92.00–93.00	92.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	501	143.50–156.00	144.05
10	—	471	165.00	165.00
1	—	445	168.00	168.00
2	—	572	150.50	150.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	307	152.00–180.00	173.28
1	—	240	177.50	177.50
4	—	406	140.50	140.50
12	—	266	157.50–197.50	169.76
12	—	370	150.00–160.00	156.29
5	—	552	150.00	150.00
2	—	495	152.00	152.00
2	—	607	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	472	100.00–124.00	117.08
1	—	555	106.00	106.00
2	—	415	110.00–120.00	115.18
1	—	520	108.00	108.00
1	—	390	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	111.00	111.00
3	—	501	112.00	112.00
5	—	578	108.00–115.00	110.86
3	—	455	120.00	120.00
2	—	440	125.00–131.00	128.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	120.00	120.00
1	—	730	108.00	108.00
3	—	563	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
256	—	621	143.00–155.00	147.74
167	—	817	132.00–140.00	137.49
522	—	717	132.00–151.50	142.56
92	—	474	154.00–168.00	159.73
36	—	422	153.00–175.00	169.35
318	—	775	138.50–141.75	139.90
292	—	871	138.00–144.80	140.17
195	—	563	136.00–164.00	153.42
193	—	537	150.00–170.00	160.93
148	—	968	128.50–137.00	134.16
19	—	375	164.00–165.00	164.89
3	—	255	170.00	170.00
393	—	918	133.90–140.00	137.12
181	—	663	140.50–148.00	145.44
49	—	1,050	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
291	—	528	127.00–156.00	147.23
252	—	573	125.00–159.00	143.57
235	—	624	123.00–151.00	139.55
221	—	731	122.00–144.00	137.48
199	—	474	132.00–166.00	147.96
176	—	671	122.00–148.00	138.58
131	—	426	130.00–160.00	149.87
98	—	767	118.00–139.00	132.56
95	—	876	109.00–132.00	126.42
68	—	374	133.00–169.00	154.23
15	—	283	151.00–175.00	159.64
161	—	806	120.00–148.10	142.83
5	—	977	95.50–118.00	107.04
108	—	930	113.00–129.00	126.21
20	—	331	142.50–163.00	154.34
85	—	1,054	92.00–120.85	120.51
7	—	1,023	94.00–112.00	107.60
1	—	230	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	525	100.00–143.00	126.13
26	—	435	117.00–144.00	127.05
25	—	569	113.00–139.00	126.39
15	—	727	114.00–128.00	119.32
14	—	768	112.00–126.00	121.14
9	—	677	110.50–121.00	116.13
33	—	476	110.00–141.00	128.40
8	—	333	114.00–135.00	129.43
2	—	850	115.00	115.00
1	—	295	147.50	147.50
3	—	813	113.00	113.00
12	—	373	125.00–145.00	135.07
16	—	624	110.00–138.00	123.60
2	—	980	94.00–99.00	96.54
1	—	920	121.00	121.00
1	—	225	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	928	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	902	140.80	140.80
64	—	817	145.10	145.10
10	—	321	153.00–163.00	159.04
8	—	471	156.00–162.00	159.13
8	—	377	151.00–160.00	155.99
7	—	432	153.00–159.00	154.97
19	—	522	150.00–164.00	158.02
17	—	568	153.50–164.00	155.64
15	—	615	151.50–158.00	152.98
1	—	290	177.50	177.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	130.00–135.00	132.47
2	—	628	120.00	120.00
1	—	720	118.00	118.00
1	—	460	125.00	125.00
1	—	510	130.00	130.00
2	—	695	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	122.00	122.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	138.00	138.00
2	—	508	140.00	140.00
2	—	480	143.00	143.00
1	—	960	103.00	103.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	128.00	128.00
1	—	574	124.00	124.00
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
510	—	474	107.00–148.00	134.48
413	—	525	120.00–147.00	132.14
304	—	621	110.00–138.00	125.62
302	—	429	120.00–149.00	134.30
253	—	372	118.00–152.00	135.77
67	—	328	120.00–152.00	136.09
66	—	280	104.00–153.00	136.32
40	—	827	94.00–122.00	110.10
78	—	720	101.00–129.00	115.96
15	—	857	89.00–112.50	107.40
4	—	1,068	98.00	98.00
483	—	568	106.00–141.75	132.13
178	—	672	110.00–134.00	126.07
60	—	770	103.00–132.00	120.05
16	—	226	121.00–155.00	136.58
6	—	929	92.00–112.00	101.50
1	—	175	152.50	152.50
2	—	1,023	82.00–84.00	82.98
4	—	953	92.00–110.00	103.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	470	107.00–134.00	121.57
76	—	526	98.00–131.00	120.34
53	—	574	100.00–125.00	116.67
48	—	374	110.00–142.50	125.33
44	—	428	100.00–138.00	122.53
38	—	670	93.00–116.00	109.26
34	—	626	92.00–115.00	109.24
17	—	279	105.00–138.00	133.51
15	—	717	87.50–115.00	105.23
1	—	970	80.00	80.00
21	—	329	112.00–142.00	127.98
2	—	223	118.00–140.00	129.12
15	—	763	97.00–119.00	112.51
5	—	814	75.00–116.00	87.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
320	—	576	131.50–148.00	137.22
311	—	724	113.50–137.95	131.55
105	—	438	140.00–151.00	147.23
184	—	519	131.00–147.00	139.01
26	—	358	140.00–153.50	150.65
199	—	756	123.50–129.80	128.26
691	—	671	124.00–144.70	137.67
79	—	619	129.75–136.00	133.47
54	—	480	132.00–145.25	142.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
1	—	335	104.00	104.00
1	—	560	102.00	102.00
1	—	265	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	805	115.50–125.25	124.64
9	—	757	118.00–119.50	118.72
5	—	633	128.50	128.50
3	—	945	107.50	107.50
2	—	737	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	490	125.00	125.00
5	—	571	120.00–124.00	122.37
4	—	523	118.00–125.00	123.02
3	—	378	122.00–127.00	123.65
2	—	610	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	280	142.00–148.00	144.58
9	—	321	142.00–144.00	143.33
5	—	372	141.00–146.00	144.23
25	—	509	132.00–143.00	139.40
26	—	421	140.00–154.00	143.77
15	—	475	140.00–144.00	142.24
9	—	566	131.00–141.00	135.89
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	493	101.00–115.00	113.12
3	—	420	115.00–120.00	116.63
10	—	383	109.00–116.00	112.23
4	—	505	110.00	110.00
3	—	330	103.00	103.00
2	—	590	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	107.00–119.00	112.89
1	—	330	111.00	111.00
1	—	490	113.00	113.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	62.00	62.00
11	—	415	76.00–94.00	83.97
1	—	340	81.00	81.00
48	—	639	72.00–94.00	93.06
31	—	722	90.00–110.00	101.64
14	—	386	80.00–95.00	91.10
13	—	1,127	87.50	87.50
13	—	841	94.50	94.50
3	—	981	82.50	82.50
18	—	1,085	97.50	97.50
18	—	473	76.00–99.00	90.18
12	—	555	70.00–87.50	77.48
11	—	157	140.00–170.00	148.18
65	—	760	59.00–100.00	97.78
2	—	533	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	256	66.00	66.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	750.00	750.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	885.00	885.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	940	68.00–75.00	70.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,095	72.00–105.00	84.72
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	82.00	82.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,151	660.00–1,050.00	834.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	—	1,039	650.00–810.00	732.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,192	550.00–1,200.00	729.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,261	650.00–950.00	807.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	68	—	1,221	480.00–1,050.00	826.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,295	600.00–1,200.00	970.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,327	740.00	740.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,164	925.00–1,000.00	961.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	—	1,248	700.00–1,225.00	956.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,138	510.00–890.00	678.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	928	500.00–635.00	569.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,049	540.00–1,000.00	867.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,082	590.00–1,090.00	795.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,300	800.00–900.00	838.72
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	785	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	610.00	610.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	560.00	560.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	485.00	485.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,031	525.00–710.00	606.95
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,141	950.00–1,425.00	1,067.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,177	925.00–1,300.00	1,196.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,163	750.00–1,450.00	1,033.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,255	800.00–1,175.00	1,024.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,234	550.00–1,675.00	1,162.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,150	625.00–900.00	790.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,268	750.00–1,275.00	1,022.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,250	1,110.00	1,110.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	1,360.00	1,360.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,175	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,223	685.00–950.00	879.87
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	990.00	990.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	800.00	800.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,167	835.00–1,100.00	965.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,645	74.00	74.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,237	1,000.00–1,425.00	1,242.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	880	70.00	70.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	675	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	900.00	900.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	1,000.00	1,000.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	975	985.00	985.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	890	660.00–750.00	708.03
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	960.00	960.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	690.00	690.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	1,300.00	1,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	986	33.00–53.00	43.67
189	—	1,002	35.50–59.50	50.28
87	—	1,021	51.00–67.00	59.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	1,258	60.00–76.50	66.46
76	—	1,191	41.00–58.50	49.85
335	—	1,202	40.50–66.00	58.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,393	47.50–59.00	55.05
171	—	1,473	60.00–78.00	68.01
132	—	1,414	50.00–67.50	60.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,586	72.00–96.00	87.77
64	—	1,797	87.50–104.50	95.83
37	—	1,409	62.00–87.00	78.80
3	—	1,170	72.00–80.00	75.44
21	—	1,897	85.00–98.50	91.65
8	—	1,676	82.00–88.00	85.15
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,200	103.00	103.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	80.00	80.00

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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Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

The state in one line