Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 310 priced lines covering 12,459 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,067 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,982 head. replacement cattle receipts at 871 head. Counted as USDA files them — 186 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,067Last week 13,764Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,982Last week 2,213Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 871Last week 1,338Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 4.00-7.00 lower with a few instances of 8.00-10.00 lower; feeder heifers 2.00-5.00 lower with instances of 6.00-10.00 lower. Demand was moderate at best this week for feeder

classes due to volatility in the futures market, with the continued best demand noted for preconditioned cattle weaned more than 30 days. Slaughter cows were 2.00-4.00 lower, and slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	46	—	1,320	625.00–1,530.00	1,203.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,318	1,225.00–1,325.00	1,263.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,458	910.00–1,530.00	1,339.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	—	1,204	850.00–1,110.00	1,025.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,272	510.00–1,225.00	976.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,223	810.00–1,010.00	910.20
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,155	1,010.00	1,010.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,231	675.00–1,060.00	807.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,210	1,350.00–1,375.00	1,362.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,148	800.00–1,250.00	1,085.78
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	660.00	660.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,210.00	1,210.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	790.00	790.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	720.00	720.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,340	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,309	760.00–800.00	783.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,123	670.00–700.00	683.76
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,385	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	780.00	780.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	760.00–860.00	818.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,149	610.00–1,075.00	810.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	908	425.00–620.00	518.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,650	990.00	990.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,117	525.00–775.00	703.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,290	825.00–850.00	836.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	30	—	1,045	625.00–1,120.00	801.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,127	660.00–860.00	773.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	—	1,225	500.00–1,010.00	781.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	810.00	810.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	1,084	530.00–800.00	667.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,154	785.00–1,210.00	895.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,166	690.00–1,200.00	908.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	—	1,120	550.00–950.00	738.32
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	981	575.00–700.00	648.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,110	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	981	500.00–660.00	590.59
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,018	560.00–650.00	603.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	700	410.00	410.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	985	510.00–575.00	540.36
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	893	470.00–575.00	521.47
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	790.00	790.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	855	650.00–800.00	728.95
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,215	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	97.00	97.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	820.00	820.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,126	725.00–1,520.00	1,393.74
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	865	545.00–820.00	692.04
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	510.00	510.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	775	530.00	530.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	385.00	385.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,070	710.00–990.00	924.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,033	60.00–84.00	72.64
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	832	69.00–73.00	71.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,430	1,085.00–1,700.00	1,426.91
(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,017	800.00–1,400.00	1,018.35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	824	110.00–129.85	126.20
134	—	726	119.00–137.50	129.52
27	—	272	134.00–170.00	152.28
71	—	375	134.00–167.00	151.18
56	—	315	135.00–163.00	150.26
173	—	424	128.00–160.00	145.04
174	—	474	125.00–161.00	144.91
207	—	927	94.50–130.10	127.05
222	—	523	124.00–155.50	140.45
55	—	1,008	103.00–125.00	124.13
293	—	575	118.00–153.00	139.87
296	—	878	113.00–135.40	129.62
171	—	622	104.00–147.00	133.35
15	—	956	109.00–114.00	109.47
163	—	675	119.00–144.00	133.71
185	—	783	120.00–136.00	132.50
8	—	226	140.00–160.00	147.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	670	107.00–135.00	120.72
36	—	526	111.00–137.00	122.00
6	—	315	126.00–145.00	132.69
7	—	271	129.00–140.00	134.72
37	—	575	100.00–134.00	125.69
8	—	372	114.00–144.00	124.49
26	—	470	105.00–142.00	127.66
1	—	160	142.50	142.50
27	—	422	112.50–134.00	125.51
2	—	815	105.00–113.00	108.93
2	—	905	116.00–119.00	117.50
5	—	759	117.00–127.00	121.01
15	—	716	101.00–124.00	111.39
2	—	988	99.00	99.00
26	—	624	86.00–135.00	119.54
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	129.00–146.00	137.43
2	—	502	123.00	123.00
1	—	775	122.00	122.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	102.50	102.50
2	—	632	118.00	118.00
1	—	655	109.00	109.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	113.00–132.00	122.62
2	—	470	109.00–110.00	109.52
1	—	290	107.50	107.50
1	—	415	110.00	110.00
1	—	530	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	516	148.00–160.00	152.39
5	—	318	145.00–197.50	174.69
1	—	245	172.50	172.50
28	—	484	140.00–168.00	156.65
5	—	382	150.00–170.00	159.45
6	—	563	148.00–154.00	152.13
11	—	609	147.50	147.50
66	—	777	144.00	144.00
24	—	910	132.00	132.00
57	—	880	137.20	137.20
2	—	288	205.00–207.50	206.24
10	—	417	137.00–165.00	154.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	787	144.80	144.80
64	—	926	133.00	133.00
59	—	867	137.70	137.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	518	148.00–159.50	156.21
161	—	769	132.00–136.75	135.44
112	—	878	128.95–137.75	133.12
70	—	674	111.00–151.00	141.59
77	—	723	120.50–144.75	139.03
227	—	920	110.00–139.25	137.55
19	—	426	159.00–167.00	159.41
4	—	283	175.00	175.00
8	—	353	170.00	170.00
65	—	564	148.00–160.00	156.94
234	—	971	129.00–138.75	135.16
121	—	634	134.50–155.00	142.02
153	—	834	129.25–136.25	133.72
21	—	473	134.00–146.00	143.02
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	120.00	120.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	108.00	108.00
1	—	670	105.00	105.00
1	—	765	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	276	135.00–202.50	165.86
3	—	545	138.00	138.00
4	—	357	144.00–167.50	149.84
5	—	442	151.00	151.00
6	—	467	138.00–149.00	143.76
6	—	312	133.00–197.50	166.88
1	—	220	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	334	120.00–136.00	130.92
32	—	429	76.00–134.00	117.74
3	—	223	127.50–140.00	133.27
27	—	670	96.00–131.00	107.83
51	—	621	90.00–122.00	110.74
46	—	376	107.50–145.00	127.87
75	—	573	90.00–128.50	114.82
12	—	277	120.00–142.00	131.84
7	—	771	89.00–102.00	93.42
63	—	473	108.00–140.00	121.43
8	—	881	83.00–96.00	85.83
79	—	520	100.00–140.00	118.91
5	—	833	69.00–94.00	81.75
11	—	710	82.00–110.00	99.08
2	—	900	85.00–88.00	86.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	860	90.00–106.00	101.97
23	—	274	118.00–176.00	147.20
63	—	663	100.00–135.00	119.13
203	—	473	112.00–155.00	135.30
199	—	572	108.00–146.00	127.19
287	—	522	114.00–146.00	129.60
69	—	325	127.50–173.00	146.94
84	—	718	90.00–125.00	111.19
133	—	373	126.00–166.00	144.27
155	—	622	103.00–139.00	122.99
199	—	429	120.00–161.00	138.95
13	—	816	85.00–107.00	95.17
26	—	780	90.00–115.00	104.19
1	—	975	88.00	88.00
12	—	233	131.00–167.50	143.21
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	107.50	107.50
2	—	495	130.00	130.00
5	—	415	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	101.00–117.00	106.38
2	—	365	102.50–109.00	105.84
1	—	230	117.50	117.50
2	—	573	102.50–105.00	103.77
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	118.00–124.00	122.01
1	—	655	106.00	106.00
1	—	435	127.00	127.00
3	—	473	117.00–119.00	118.37
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	100.00	100.00
3	—	522	110.00–118.00	112.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	615	124.00	124.00
14	—	507	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	160.00	160.00
3	—	485	137.00	137.00
44	—	868	121.75	121.75
4	—	286	147.00–148.00	147.52
7	—	342	140.00–145.00	140.70
19	—	372	130.00–150.00	133.20
28	—	522	130.00–135.00	130.53
6	—	685	129.00	129.00
12	—	412	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	705	119.00–124.00	121.67
27	—	666	120.00–126.00	121.63
7	—	767	120.00–124.00	121.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	585	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	528	119.00–140.25	137.46
151	—	586	125.00–144.00	141.59
4	—	815	122.00	122.00
11	—	678	125.00–130.00	126.60
64	—	465	133.00–146.00	141.85
27	—	442	139.50–140.00	139.61
80	—	704	107.00–124.50	123.58
115	—	639	110.00–136.20	132.24
34	—	766	123.50–126.75	126.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	328	109.00–143.00	131.56
389	—	470	104.00–141.00	126.68
13	—	218	108.00–140.00	127.55
34	—	769	90.00–127.00	109.25
75	—	724	98.00–127.00	114.28
22	—	863	100.00–112.00	108.07
32	—	282	110.00–144.00	130.40
208	—	378	105.00–144.00	130.89
399	—	522	101.00–140.00	125.22
290	—	425	104.00–145.00	128.78
301	—	624	96.00–130.50	118.66
322	—	571	103.00–134.00	122.57
7	—	910	77.00–98.00	85.77
118	—	675	92.00–126.00	117.12
2	—	1,167	83.00	83.00
21	—	833	93.00–114.00	106.99
4	—	995	90.00	90.00
2	—	153	128.00–150.00	139.18
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	679	75.00–116.00	104.19
13	—	276	100.00–122.50	115.37
6	—	233	117.50–140.00	130.96
21	—	733	81.00–114.00	102.03
69	—	475	97.00–129.00	116.32
69	—	518	94.00–128.00	113.07
35	—	325	101.00–129.00	115.43
83	—	577	100.00–127.00	110.09
3	—	808	70.00–104.00	91.02
80	—	425	87.00–135.00	115.67
1	—	970	80.00	80.00
11	—	868	66.00–100.00	82.72
18	—	770	95.00–111.00	105.65
34	—	620	90.00–118.00	105.65
2	—	902	76.00	76.00
43	—	370	101.00–138.00	117.99
1	—	175	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	75.00	75.00
4	—	328	119.00	119.00
3	—	686	105.00	105.00
1	—	395	114.00	114.00
1	—	245	108.00	108.00
1	—	430	118.00	118.00
2	—	522	110.00	110.00
1	—	720	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	118.00	118.00
1	—	620	92.50	92.50
2	—	488	107.00–112.00	109.54
9	—	536	101.00–121.00	108.88
10	—	431	100.00–122.00	112.99
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	104.00–114.00	110.62
2	—	512	103.00	103.00
1	—	425	100.00	100.00
1	—	340	115.00	115.00
1	—	360	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
3	—	553	122.00	122.00
2	—	310	120.00	120.00
1	—	425	105.00	105.00
3	—	635	87.00	87.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	822	88.00	88.00
42	—	611	73.00–95.50	87.54
47	—	1,053	87.00	87.00
1	—	870	75.00	75.00
18	—	721	75.00–88.00	85.53
1	—	350	78.00	78.00
2	—	225	92.00	92.00
14	—	678	72.00–85.00	81.40
1	—	770	52.00	52.00
1	—	1,220	63.00	63.00
6	—	253	73.00	73.00
15	—	463	70.00–89.00	84.86
15	—	590	80.00–87.00	84.83
11	—	430	81.00–95.00	84.52
21	—	530	75.00–93.00	80.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,023	50.00–73.00	56.46
183	—	1,025	34.50–60.00	51.14
98	—	957	30.00–50.00	41.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,420	50.00–64.50	58.06
14	—	1,274	43.50–57.00	53.28
97	—	1,442	56.00–72.00	63.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
426	—	1,208	42.00–67.00	56.77
59	—	1,174	38.50–59.50	48.11
188	—	1,290	58.00–71.00	63.54
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	64.50	64.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,457	55.00–82.00	74.54
145	—	1,622	70.00–92.00	84.65
5	—	1,497	78.00–84.00	82.84
55	—	1,794	84.00–100.00	92.16
14	—	1,830	86.00–99.50	90.34

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

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

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