Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 321 priced lines covering 16,911 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,400 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,400 head. replacement cattle receipts at 876 head. Counted as USDA files them — 84 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 26, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,400Last week 10,829Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,400Last week 1,919Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 876Last week 581Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	325	128.00–172.00	149.38
55	—	719	93.00–123.00	110.58
15	—	817	91.00–117.00	100.44
4	—	913	80.00–95.00	84.02
119	—	378	130.00–170.00	147.85
10	—	866	85.00–106.00	98.42
1	—	1,085	75.00	75.00
3	—	230	147.50–172.00	159.46
20	—	761	94.00–122.00	110.21
304	—	475	117.00–157.00	138.93
294	—	524	116.00–150.00	131.48
233	—	429	125.00–158.00	143.75
211	—	574	121.00–140.00	128.88
1	—	955	91.00	91.00
31	—	275	135.00–172.00	154.12
103	—	669	106.00–140.00	119.76
162	—	624	108.00–139.00	124.88
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	122.00	122.00
1	—	535	97.50	97.50
3	—	375	109.00–120.00	113.05
1	—	275	120.00	120.00
1	—	660	88.00	88.00
2	—	430	121.00	121.00
2	—	220	110.00–115.00	112.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	980	88.00–90.00	88.99
48	—	430	92.50–142.00	125.57
30	—	675	92.00–125.00	111.77
25	—	626	104.00–122.00	116.45
20	—	730	87.00–115.00	101.01
15	—	771	90.00–115.00	99.59
82	—	473	110.00–140.00	123.09
74	—	572	109.00–133.00	120.63
25	—	328	115.00–149.00	129.64
74	—	521	105.00–131.00	121.13
39	—	369	108.00–142.00	132.70
2	—	920	70.00–90.00	79.89
3	—	863	80.00–85.00	81.71
6	—	220	120.00–147.50	131.62
12	—	282	107.50–140.00	127.02
3	—	805	90.00–106.00	96.39
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	102.00	102.00
2	—	640	115.00	115.00
2	—	810	92.50	92.50
1	—	680	121.00	121.00
1	—	575	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	105.00	105.00
1	—	335	118.00	118.00
6	—	652	115.00	115.00
2	—	588	120.00	120.00
8	—	499	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	134.00	134.00
1	—	470	154.00	154.00
4	—	560	129.50	129.50
1	—	520	134.00	134.00
10	—	353	159.00–161.00	160.30
4	—	271	159.00	159.00
4	—	331	142.00–165.00	150.42
13	—	427	147.50–170.00	158.59
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	347	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	132.00–137.00	133.64
1	—	540	119.00	119.00
1	—	690	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	418	151.00–161.00	154.65
22	—	498	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	371	131.00–175.00	150.29
108	—	811	121.00–139.60	135.85
2	—	990	113.00	113.00
17	—	232	132.00–182.00	154.30
15	—	284	140.00–160.00	150.08
17	—	1,099	102.50	102.50
3	—	1,246	96.50	96.50
5	—	1,020	102.00–115.00	111.57
43	—	321	132.00–170.00	150.75
61	—	913	119.00–134.00	132.80
255	—	522	125.00–155.00	143.07
121	—	770	118.00–139.00	130.56
129	—	424	129.00–169.00	148.62
214	—	477	130.00–158.00	147.12
233	—	879	110.00–136.40	131.25
238	—	623	120.00–149.00	137.13
273	—	727	115.00–145.00	137.74
354	—	574	125.00–150.00	141.42
396	—	667	115.00–149.00	139.81
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	571	111.00–138.25	133.40
39	—	473	113.00–142.00	131.70
24	—	619	114.00–132.50	125.66
17	—	379	122.00–155.00	134.99
15	—	676	110.00–131.00	122.64
12	—	716	85.00–121.00	110.34
5	—	274	132.00–144.00	141.81
8	—	782	111.00–125.00	115.71
7	—	318	120.00–145.00	130.64
56	—	993	85.00–108.50	107.72
1	—	800	124.00	124.00
1	—	220	136.00	136.00
3	—	872	110.00–119.00	114.66
31	—	425	110.00–144.00	129.60
36	—	522	114.00–137.00	129.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
329	—	728	131.50–147.90	143.07
75	—	577	143.00–154.50	147.54
31	—	516	146.00–156.00	150.78
113	—	954	121.60–131.00	126.16
2	—	308	168.00–169.00	168.49
9	—	1,020	110.00	110.00
165	—	483	148.00–169.58	164.81
5	—	390	164.00–166.00	164.78
21	—	421	148.00–163.00	152.16
112	—	656	134.00–150.80	148.27
327	—	914	123.00–138.00	127.33
504	—	867	129.50–141.00	136.84
513	—	777	137.00–143.50	140.44
157	—	628	132.00–152.00	144.65
192	—	817	132.00–140.00	137.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	429	146.00–166.00	156.97
2	—	225	165.00–180.00	173.00
5	—	325	152.00–160.00	154.09
50	—	577	140.00–153.50	144.73
45	—	522	145.00–163.00	153.75
74	—	616	141.00–151.50	151.12
31	—	480	146.00–162.00	157.05
24	—	378	151.50–163.00	156.63
3	—	276	170.00–172.50	171.67
50	—	883	136.85	136.85
58	—	839	142.00	142.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	89.00	89.00
1	—	535	100.00	100.00
1	—	415	97.50	97.50
1	—	485	123.00	123.00
1	—	280	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	118.50	118.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	95.00	95.00
1	—	420	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	115.00	115.00
1	—	135	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	834	140.90–141.25	141.09
38	—	796	143.00	143.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	120.00	120.00
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
1	—	420	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	807	127.00	127.00
40	—	792	130.00	130.00
26	—	713	130.75	130.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	106.00	106.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	128.00	128.00
2	—	513	123.00–133.00	128.02
1	—	685	132.00	132.00
9	—	480	128.00–135.00	132.80
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
1	—	920	112.00	112.00
3	—	383	149.00	149.00
10	—	562	136.00–139.00	137.20
1	—	445	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
321	—	583	121.50–138.75	134.75
169	—	756	123.75–125.00	124.19
63	—	472	124.50–141.00	133.17
38	—	518	125.50–134.50	129.45
11	—	418	133.50–142.00	137.97
474	—	718	121.50–131.00	127.95
492	—	663	126.50–137.90	133.21
2	—	837	119.50	119.50
407	—	622	120.00–139.50	134.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
587	—	523	112.00–140.50	128.81
24	—	822	102.00–117.00	111.32
3	—	992	97.00–98.00	97.33
18	—	875	92.00–115.00	107.74
485	—	473	112.00–141.00	130.88
465	—	576	112.00–139.50	126.41
351	—	622	105.00–134.00	121.74
338	—	427	106.00–143.00	130.69
278	—	374	114.00–146.00	130.95
16	—	926	86.00–105.00	93.46
214	—	672	108.00–130.00	120.80
114	—	329	120.00–146.00	133.70
66	—	273	119.00–147.00	133.32
25	—	231	120.00–147.00	134.19
60	—	759	101.00–123.00	118.36
122	—	719	102.00–128.50	119.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	375	136.00–144.00	138.14
9	—	408	140.00–143.00	140.69
5	—	274	138.00–146.00	142.54
3	—	310	140.00	140.00
2	—	460	144.00	144.00
28	—	800	122.75	122.75
9	—	533	129.00–142.00	140.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	474	107.00–134.00	119.51
71	—	423	105.00–129.00	118.02
48	—	379	112.00–166.00	122.26
25	—	718	89.00–115.50	101.97
6	—	220	112.00–132.00	120.57
70	—	571	100.00–126.00	115.98
45	—	681	92.00–117.00	107.96
49	—	325	105.00–137.00	123.36
20	—	275	100.25–134.00	119.65
6	—	814	91.00–114.00	104.79
2	—	780	90.00–100.00	95.03
120	—	525	104.00–127.00	118.15
53	—	621	91.00–118.00	109.72
1	—	860	92.00	92.00
4	—	907	84.00–95.00	88.47
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	391	115.00	115.00
1	—	285	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	100.00	100.00
3	—	685	101.00–116.00	110.96
2	—	510	120.00	120.00
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
2	—	430	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	997	107.00	107.00
153	—	735	119.00–128.00	127.41
8	—	896	109.00	109.00
6	—	813	110.00–114.00	111.31
3	—	915	108.00	108.00
7	—	657	122.00–124.00	123.43
80	—	762	117.00–123.75	123.57
48	—	649	130.10	130.10
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	110.00	110.00
8	—	414	90.00–120.00	109.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	692	111.50–123.00	122.56
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	113.00	113.00
6	—	489	113.00–118.00	116.36
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	100.00	100.00
1	—	440	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	522	86.00–98.00	89.08
16	—	273	72.50–80.00	74.44
1	—	230	76.00	76.00
23	—	430	80.00–91.00	85.41
6	—	604	91.50–95.50	94.83
6	—	551	96.50	96.50
5	—	682	74.50–86.50	78.15
1	—	850	70.00	70.00
1	—	710	85.00	85.00
5	—	478	71.00–77.00	75.41
20	—	326	72.50–83.00	78.32
3	—	965	73.00	73.00
45	—	381	60.50–95.00	83.40

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	685.00	685.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,275	910.00–1,180.00	1,063.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,144	550.00–825.00	733.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,600	1,135.00	1,135.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,179	850.00–1,350.00	1,009.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,450	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,042.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,311	730.00–1,225.00	1,010.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,178	560.00–1,110.00	915.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,023	730.00–1,435.00	1,002.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,103	1,000.00–1,325.00	1,181.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,155	600.00	600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,214	750.00–885.00	808.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	1,290.00	1,290.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	790.00	790.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,670	1,370.00	1,370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	15	—	1,472	860.00–2,325.00	1,445.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,663	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,589.47
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,208	925.00–1,000.00	962.73
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,635	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	804	875.00–1,000.00	934.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,300	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,327	1,300.00–1,700.00	1,555.90
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,086	975.00–1,275.00	1,172.34
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	848	700.00–780.00	735.40
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,288	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	635.00	635.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	725.00	725.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	675.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	731	750.00–800.00	786.23
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	690.00	690.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	995	575.00–650.00	612.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	976	485.00–650.00	529.07
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,135	625.00–850.00	698.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,250	675.00–775.00	738.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,078	650.00–700.00	682.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,171	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	370.00	370.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	995	530.00	530.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	935	410.00	410.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	450.00	450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	450.00	450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	805	300.00	300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,099	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	55	—	1,357	650.00–1,300.00	962.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	920	625.00	625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,021	620.00–825.00	681.51
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	—	1,200	700.00–1,100.00	844.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,315	660.00–1,700.00	1,493.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	46	—	1,453	660.00–1,725.00	1,343.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,009	525.00–610.00	568.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	895	580.00–785.00	681.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,036	500.00–900.00	649.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	1,192	640.00–925.00	764.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,346	600.00–1,375.00	1,019.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	1,150	490.00–1,450.00	827.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,082	640.00–1,025.00	907.18
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,420	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,335	700.00	700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	908	81.00–95.00	88.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,500	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	828	70.00–76.00	71.87
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	935	60.00–95.00	79.80
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	67.00	67.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,010.00	1,010.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,820	88.00	88.00
53	—	1,777	82.00–95.00	91.53
140	—	1,669	73.00–90.50	84.85
41	—	1,424	60.00–82.00	76.13
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	80.50–90.00	85.13
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,323	99.50–100.75	100.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,412	49.00–56.00	53.41
149	—	1,397	47.00–66.50	57.77
158	—	1,494	58.50–79.00	64.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	1,272	50.00–75.00	63.27
420	—	1,209	40.00–66.00	55.59
56	—	1,179	34.00–52.00	46.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,013	31.00–53.50	43.05
245	—	1,035	33.00–60.50	49.12
63	—	1,013	50.00–66.00	55.06

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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