Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 312 priced lines covering 15,212 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,114 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,227 head. replacement cattle receipts at 755 head. Counted as USDA files them — 171 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,114Last week 10,180Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,227Last week 1,452Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 755Last week 304Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 2.00-6.00 lower with instances of 8.00-10.00 lower; heifers were mostly 4.00-8.00 lower.

Best demand was noted for preconditioned feeder cattle weaned a minimum of 30 days. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly 2.00-4.00

lower. Unseasonably warm temperatures were present throughout the region this reporting period as fall quickly approaches.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	88.00	88.00
7	—	330	76.00–78.00	76.75
6	—	478	85.50–95.00	91.80
3	—	225	72.50–75.00	74.22
42	—	763	90.50	90.50
2	—	282	67.00	67.00
50	—	931	79.00–89.00	87.98
16	—	629	83.50	83.50
19	—	518	64.00–87.00	81.96
33	—	581	65.00–88.00	86.63
84	—	707	80.00–91.40	90.04
9	—	423	60.00–88.00	75.03
4	—	684	70.00–81.00	73.43
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	562	50.00	50.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	381	154.00–170.00	161.05
120	—	810	124.50–131.50	128.04
41	—	580	138.00–146.50	142.16
36	—	525	137.50–150.00	141.68
11	—	422	155.00–160.00	157.25
5	—	458	145.00–160.00	154.00
338	—	739	127.25–138.25	132.74
277	—	775	127.50–140.00	131.92
181	—	681	129.00–145.00	134.77
90	—	617	130.00–150.00	137.40
42	—	1,133	111.60	111.60
227	—	924	124.10–125.40	124.77
58	—	990	118.60	118.60
58	—	890	125.50	125.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	123.00	123.00
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
2	—	283	112.50–150.00	131.42
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	90.00	90.00
14	—	781	86.00–122.00	108.77
18	—	732	97.00–119.00	111.25
48	—	530	110.00–130.00	121.63
4	—	879	110.00–116.00	113.49
57	—	571	90.00–133.00	121.38
2	—	230	125.00–132.50	128.51
37	—	427	95.00–135.00	123.32
1	—	985	101.00	101.00
30	—	629	92.00–131.00	118.05
20	—	373	107.50–138.00	120.52
48	—	474	100.00–133.00	122.41
3	—	822	110.00–119.00	113.09
9	—	278	110.00–142.00	126.20
22	—	668	100.00–135.00	119.21
5	—	319	102.50–130.00	120.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	135.50	135.50
15	—	467	136.50–155.00	142.62
28	—	785	133.00	133.00
66	—	927	126.95	126.95
144	—	895	125.85–128.00	127.05
11	—	370	142.00–170.00	152.25
14	—	422	134.50–159.00	148.02
24	—	521	140.00–146.00	141.11
5	—	337	147.50–160.00	154.06
2	—	235	157.50–160.00	158.80
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	118.00	118.00
1	—	505	132.00	132.00
2	—	555	126.00	126.00
1	—	905	104.00	104.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	125.00	125.00
2	—	780	115.00	115.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	632	114.00–120.00	118.01
5	—	430	120.00–125.00	123.07
8	—	505	120.00–127.50	126.50
1	—	665	124.00	124.00
4	—	484	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	221	135.00–177.50	151.55
79	—	322	127.00–158.00	145.52
173	—	426	113.00–157.50	140.95
191	—	858	108.00–129.50	127.55
2	—	975	87.00–100.00	93.50
275	—	928	106.00–125.00	122.31
18	—	270	132.50–164.00	141.97
11	—	1,057	89.00–108.50	106.68
393	—	574	109.00–143.00	133.39
379	—	523	115.00–148.00	134.40
109	—	772	110.00–135.00	122.88
117	—	374	120.00–159.00	141.81
170	—	831	106.00–129.20	126.40
199	—	722	111.00–136.00	127.16
237	—	676	111.50–138.00	128.78
315	—	477	113.00–158.00	139.59
336	—	625	110.00–145.00	130.11
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	123.00	123.00
2	—	473	85.00–90.00	87.38
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	684	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	675	125.00	125.00
1	—	645	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	870	82.00–85.00	82.38
29	—	708	83.50–111.00	102.15
74	—	620	84.00–120.00	105.42
1	—	185	110.00	110.00
1	—	245	97.00	97.00
2	—	977	70.00	70.00
1	—	905	90.00	90.00
134	—	573	82.00–118.00	107.89
134	—	474	92.00–128.00	111.96
47	—	674	85.00–114.00	101.79
17	—	272	92.50–125.00	114.19
112	—	433	88.00–126.00	114.70
84	—	519	90.00–121.00	108.06
63	—	377	85.00–130.00	114.49
34	—	326	90.00–126.00	113.42
6	—	814	88.00–110.00	98.02
7	—	777	84.00–109.00	102.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	135.00	135.00
7	—	545	128.00–130.00	129.72
5	—	376	137.00–139.00	137.97
2	—	418	129.00–133.00	131.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	110.00	110.00
1	—	765	114.00	114.00
4	—	863	106.00–113.00	109.02
6	—	823	107.00–113.00	109.51
12	—	613	120.00–124.00	122.65
23	—	723	115.00–119.00	117.91
184	—	683	120.00–128.00	126.58
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	227	100.00–140.00	128.49
385	—	675	95.00–130.00	119.07
14	—	925	98.00–104.00	101.21
4	—	1,118	73.75–90.00	77.77
11	—	965	82.00–108.00	102.25
149	—	325	110.00–135.00	124.77
104	—	721	98.00–123.50	112.50
83	—	774	91.50–122.00	107.22
18	—	868	90.00–103.00	98.91
241	—	627	98.00–126.00	113.47
289	—	373	114.00–135.00	125.28
419	—	427	108.00–140.00	122.50
422	—	570	105.00–131.00	116.74
510	—	523	104.00–134.50	120.14
561	—	475	107.00–132.00	121.44
16	—	813	82.00–108.00	101.32
64	—	276	114.00–142.00	125.63
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	125.00	125.00
2	—	535	104.00	104.00
5	—	427	107.00–112.00	109.95
5	—	612	105.00	105.00
3	—	465	119.00–120.00	119.32
3	—	572	105.00–114.00	110.93
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	95.00–120.00	107.63
3	—	555	105.00	105.00
4	—	431	105.00–110.00	106.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	388	132.50–142.00	134.07
259	—	619	122.00–138.00	131.53
19	—	824	112.00	112.00
31	—	520	119.50–140.00	125.61
99	—	764	118.00–126.00	122.85
7	—	722	121.00–123.00	122.41
166	—	591	122.50–138.90	131.62
104	—	670	115.00–125.25	121.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	741	123.25	123.25
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	97.00	97.00
1	—	415	105.00	105.00
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
2	—	527	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	550	105.00	105.00
4	—	548	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	692	94.50	94.50
1	—	430	115.00	115.00
5	—	274	102.50–118.00	114.84
3	—	383	102.50–120.00	108.36
2	—	578	95.00–100.00	97.49
2	—	488	102.50–113.00	107.72
1	—	505	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	385	148.00–155.00	152.73
6	—	314	142.00–173.00	156.08
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
6	—	605	118.00–129.00	126.82
9	—	506	134.00–147.00	136.10
14	—	474	140.00–153.00	146.29
6	—	414	141.00–151.00	148.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	225	120.00–125.00	122.36
2	—	868	70.00–84.00	76.94
18	—	332	112.00–136.00	122.67
26	—	680	85.00–125.00	99.05
12	—	834	84.00–86.00	84.16
97	—	478	100.00–129.00	118.82
94	—	428	97.50–130.00	120.32
12	—	786	84.00–94.00	88.99
16	—	728	85.00–108.00	94.16
11	—	277	114.00–135.00	127.08
93	—	517	90.00–125.00	113.89
74	—	574	71.00–122.00	112.05
64	—	370	100.00–138.00	124.84
41	—	625	90.00–120.00	106.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	823	89.00–95.00	92.13
6	—	927	69.00–101.00	80.43
92	—	666	97.00–125.00	113.40
293	—	525	110.00–143.00	123.22
10	—	858	78.00–95.00	87.48
103	—	320	117.50–156.00	140.55
143	—	620	95.00–129.00	115.91
188	—	376	115.00–152.00	139.43
241	—	428	120.00–152.00	134.26
244	—	572	110.00–137.00	123.24
265	—	473	105.00–159.00	130.71
1	—	985	90.00	90.00
32	—	760	87.00–112.00	101.49
9	—	231	120.00–140.00	131.79
33	—	721	93.00–111.00	104.22
34	—	273	120.00–175.00	144.73
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	91.00	91.00
2	—	345	120.00	120.00
3	—	518	118.00	118.00
8	—	421	123.00–125.00	124.76
4	—	740	99.00	99.00
2	—	273	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	517	132.00–143.00	140.30
5	—	610	123.00–126.00	124.60
9	—	586	131.00	131.00
11	—	664	122.00–130.00	127.18
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	682	100.00	100.00
2	—	462	130.00	130.00
4	—	536	104.00	104.00
2	—	335	100.00	100.00
1	—	635	111.00	111.00
1	—	585	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	380	102.00–116.00	109.28
9	—	481	81.00–124.00	114.73
6	—	320	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	125.75	125.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,243	650.00–900.00	841.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,023	600.00–890.00	682.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	1,169	660.00–1,110.00	854.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	62	—	1,186	500.00–1,025.00	696.39
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,375	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,054	400.00–660.00	513.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,273	500.00–910.00	757.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,121	500.00–825.00	665.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,195	690.00–1,050.00	833.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,220	450.00–565.00	511.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,080	490.00–1,220.00	744.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	—	1,095	430.00–700.00	578.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	—	1,219	500.00–975.00	750.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,035	650.00–860.00	751.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,060	525.00–550.00	537.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	300.00	300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,077	525.00–585.00	551.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	960	400.00–435.00	416.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	983	620.00–700.00	660.71
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,435	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,410	625.00	625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,365	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	780	460.00	460.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	530.00	530.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	385.00	385.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	900	460.00	460.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	550.00	550.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	978	765.00–1,200.00	883.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,250	85.00	85.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,288	630.00–1,390.00	1,082.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,245	1,225.00–1,375.00	1,302.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,340	900.00–1,275.00	1,123.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	835.00	835.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,068	860.00–975.00	920.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,060	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,030	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,065	900.00–1,200.00	1,021.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,273	700.00–1,175.00	920.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	34	—	1,235	620.00–1,100.00	924.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,105	730.00–1,410.00	1,123.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,014	875.00–1,000.00	963.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,118	500.00–925.00	731.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,194	690.00–1,500.00	967.71
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	900	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	825.00	825.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,048	660.00–800.00	730.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,310	850.00	850.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	710.00	710.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,015	630.00	630.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	680.00	680.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	730	585.00	585.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	535.00	535.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	695	385.00	385.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	950.00	950.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	955	55.00–85.00	69.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,096	58.00–70.00	60.30
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,948	80.00–86.00	83.64
169	—	1,712	60.00–90.00	81.66
57	—	1,405	55.00–82.00	70.61
40	—	1,828	76.00–95.00	87.88
16	—	1,278	75.00–93.00	88.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,027	45.00–62.50	52.49
149	—	1,012	28.00–50.00	40.32
216	—	1,021	30.00–58.00	46.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,194	39.50–51.00	46.13
497	—	1,220	37.00–61.50	53.45
113	—	1,272	45.00–66.00	59.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,253	42.00–51.00	48.14
183	—	1,438	48.50–61.50	55.02
97	—	1,440	54.00–66.00	59.95

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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