Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 315 priced lines covering 21,742 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,738 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 3,094 head. replacement cattle receipts at 790 head. Counted as USDA files them — 61 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 2, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,738Last week 26,225Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3,094Last week 3,872Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 790Last week 1,456Year ago 0

Due to holiday closings last week comparisons are not available this week. However, trade was active and good demand was noted on feeder

classes. The best demand continues to be for preconditioned groups of feeder cattle weaned 45 days or more.

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,267	900.00–1,100.00	978.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,315	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,060.00	1,060.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,553	700.00–1,050.00	876.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,137	560.00–730.00	670.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,482	610.00–1,100.00	878.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,183	710.00–910.00	838.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,201	775.00–1,075.00	912.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,264	810.00–1,125.00	967.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,493	800.00–935.00	866.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,500	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	425.00	425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	810.00	810.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	610.00	610.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,288	585.00–735.00	677.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	385.00	385.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	400.00	400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,055	500.00–785.00	606.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,101	330.00–510.00	425.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	—	1,197	390.00–1,070.00	783.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	—	1,142	450.00–1,050.00	700.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,298	670.00–1,125.00	821.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	53	—	1,162	400.00–695.00	557.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	—	1,226	450.00–810.00	582.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,292	360.00–810.00	684.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,232	430.00–850.00	730.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,115	405.00–675.00	598.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	1,097	525.00–925.00	725.94
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	984	550.00–660.00	599.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,013	500.00–560.00	539.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	918	375.00–425.00	396.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	460.00	460.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	855	470.00–475.00	472.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	983	300.00	300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	883	240.00–485.00	388.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	997	360.00–800.00	539.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	845	420.00	420.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,019	385.00–485.00	418.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	987	625.00–800.00	728.51
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	645	230.00	230.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	660	180.00	180.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	873	475.00–725.00	598.21
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	780	450.00	450.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	510.00	510.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,415	630.00–925.00	756.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,320	610.00–685.00	647.50
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	1,300.00	1,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	839	55.00–82.00	63.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,135	50.00–58.50	54.56
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	435.00	435.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	879	380.00–1,050.00	739.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	980	380.00–1,125.00	737.20
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	915	550.00–800.00	664.07
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	530.00	530.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,125	810.00	810.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	749	450.00–700.00	526.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,348	880.00–1,450.00	1,163.41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	878	120.00	120.00
2	—	725	110.00–118.00	114.11
4	—	668	120.00–124.00	121.25
13	—	928	121.00–123.50	123.31
1	—	495	119.00	119.00
6	—	566	124.00–130.00	127.10
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	91.00	91.00
2	—	488	102.50–108.00	105.21
1	—	525	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	976	118.70	118.70
8	—	227	117.00–154.00	137.24
46	—	625	100.00–134.50	121.44
51	—	428	109.00–140.00	130.20
58	—	478	110.00–140.00	128.93
26	—	331	111.00–155.00	137.23
40	—	378	102.00–149.00	133.24
7	—	879	80.00–119.00	110.47
16	—	770	99.00–128.00	111.58
30	—	670	108.00–128.00	118.92
47	—	721	99.00–123.00	114.84
64	—	528	99.00–133.00	120.21
7	—	823	99.00–114.00	107.79
24	—	277	100.00–155.00	131.90
99	—	575	93.00–132.50	124.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
912	—	628	118.00–145.50	135.17
492	—	674	119.00–141.00	133.86
94	—	379	130.00–167.00	147.72
408	—	775	119.00–143.75	134.77
13	—	1,022	99.00–117.00	108.73
219	—	429	121.00–160.00	142.88
141	—	915	95.00–140.50	136.40
259	—	860	116.00–142.50	135.87
420	—	472	120.00–157.00	143.41
530	—	528	121.00–153.25	137.77
420	—	816	112.00–143.00	135.60
832	—	727	115.00–147.00	135.50
4	—	232	145.00–155.00	152.36
834	—	572	119.00–152.25	139.05
12	—	265	140.00–175.00	152.48
56	—	325	125.00–171.00	148.39
51	—	978	100.00–132.00	127.17
2	—	1,128	100.00–118.00	108.86
1	—	170	165.00	165.00
7	—	1,074	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	93.00–100.00	96.54
2	—	395	103.00	103.00
2	—	635	120.00	120.00
2	—	463	112.00	112.00
1	—	235	100.00	100.00
1	—	675	114.00	114.00
2	—	525	125.00	125.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	634	125.00	125.00
4	—	482	116.00–139.00	125.86
4	—	562	131.00	131.00
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
2	—	742	107.00	107.00
3	—	753	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	423	155.00–160.00	157.11
99	—	923	146.00–146.90	146.54
55	—	961	146.00	146.00
14	—	637	139.00–145.00	140.63
2	—	250	168.00	168.00
24	—	329	152.50–170.00	163.12
26	—	468	150.00–164.00	154.55
18	—	812	141.50	141.50
22	—	377	150.00–170.00	163.58
22	—	523	147.00–153.00	149.27
3	—	725	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	748	119.00	119.00
5	—	874	120.00–123.00	120.60
21	—	763	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	529	138.00–156.00	146.88
75	—	973	127.10–133.75	128.93
104	—	430	145.00–167.00	151.56
165	—	860	130.75–141.50	138.20
290	—	782	130.00–145.80	142.12
53	—	1,049	135.00	135.00
62	—	927	140.80	140.80
135	—	819	126.00–143.75	137.77
367	—	626	130.50–149.50	141.47
406	—	723	128.50–150.00	140.07
372	—	676	129.50–149.75	141.68
61	—	472	146.00–167.00	152.52
212	—	569	134.00–156.60	149.40
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	60.00	60.00
1	—	590	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	414	140.00–154.00	148.75
1	—	730	122.00	122.00
7	—	603	129.00–130.00	129.29
7	—	665	125.00	125.00
13	—	328	151.00–160.00	156.46
1	—	500	148.00	148.00
8	—	381	153.00–160.00	155.71
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
1	—	550	110.00	110.00
3	—	300	107.00	107.00
3	—	400	95.00	95.00
5	—	273	120.00	120.00
1	—	480	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	272	100.00–112.50	103.83
1	—	635	88.00	88.00
2	—	528	81.00–102.00	91.75
5	—	332	91.00–110.00	96.65
1	—	570	108.00	108.00
4	—	366	90.00–100.00	92.56
3	—	488	85.00–111.00	100.86
3	—	417	92.50–105.00	99.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	474	100.00–136.00	119.58
101	—	521	90.00–127.50	117.83
12	—	224	106.00–123.00	119.04
41	—	428	93.00–143.00	118.47
6	—	811	75.00–105.00	94.35
21	—	724	86.00–117.00	96.53
10	—	764	80.00–108.00	96.80
3	—	872	77.00–108.00	94.92
51	—	568	100.00–122.00	112.13
15	—	282	115.00–140.00	127.09
56	—	374	110.00–142.00	127.92
21	—	333	117.00–140.00	128.25
38	—	671	95.00–117.00	106.86
29	—	625	100.00–116.00	109.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	769	98.00–120.00	104.29
7	—	865	85.00–105.00	92.26
26	—	813	93.00–113.00	100.12
93	—	722	80.00–123.00	108.72
9	—	230	113.00–150.00	132.27
178	—	372	114.00–163.00	144.80
207	—	474	115.00–152.00	136.15
240	—	428	105.00–159.00	136.54
2	—	935	94.00	94.00
293	—	519	106.00–140.00	127.46
318	—	573	104.00–140.00	122.42
122	—	670	102.50–128.00	116.04
64	—	280	110.00–163.00	149.94
4	—	974	78.00–90.00	83.90
170	—	621	100.00–135.00	118.32
68	—	321	127.50–165.00	146.56
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	621	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	511	143.00–150.00	146.17
25	—	435	152.00–165.00	155.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	335	121.00–139.00	128.17
30	—	373	122.00–140.00	131.43
2	—	590	127.00	127.00
7	—	528	130.00	130.00
3	—	248	137.50	137.50
18	—	640	123.50–124.00	123.75
23	—	469	134.50–135.50	135.17
1	—	260	137.50	137.50
3	—	402	134.00–136.00	135.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	400	124.00	124.00
4	—	487	121.00	121.00
35	—	716	108.00–120.50	115.50
77	—	620	115.00–126.50	120.70
14	—	867	102.00–119.00	110.32
5	—	679	114.00–116.00	114.39
5	—	765	109.00–116.50	114.94
8	—	828	101.00–110.00	105.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
498	—	676	113.00–135.60	133.27
277	—	580	116.00–136.50	125.96
83	—	758	120.50–131.00	128.85
364	—	626	117.00–134.75	128.55
87	—	875	115.00–130.70	127.10
66	—	718	107.00–129.00	116.93
337	—	530	117.00–137.90	128.57
104	—	470	117.00–131.00	126.66
50	—	428	120.00–126.00	122.39
4	—	810	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	820	81.00–106.00	100.98
1	—	910	81.00	81.00
78	—	423	91.00–120.00	109.83
79	—	627	90.00–111.75	106.33
80	—	478	91.00–119.00	109.03
20	—	283	100.00–125.00	116.73
35	—	717	85.00–111.00	102.27
61	—	373	93.00–134.00	110.11
92	—	568	91.00–118.00	109.73
132	—	515	90.00–119.50	108.09
8	—	771	104.00–110.00	108.12
31	—	330	95.00–126.00	116.77
46	—	673	85.00–110.00	100.69
11	—	219	106.00–125.00	114.86
2	—	895	89.00–104.00	96.50
1	—	950	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	447	120.00	120.00
2	—	657	99.00	99.00
3	—	700	94.00	94.00
4	—	567	111.00	111.00
17	—	521	105.00–113.00	109.34
2	—	642	100.00	100.00
7	—	498	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
391	—	375	103.00–141.00	126.05
535	—	428	107.00–139.00	123.18
768	—	522	105.00–132.25	119.33
657	—	474	109.00–134.00	121.66
738	—	627	96.00–134.50	119.31
22	—	230	110.00–142.00	125.50
40	—	864	96.00–116.75	108.65
42	—	825	85.00–117.50	109.54
284	—	722	94.00–125.00	113.87
801	—	568	100.00–133.00	120.38
6	—	962	90.00–99.00	96.17
155	—	327	100.00–142.00	124.24
84	—	283	106.00–148.00	126.70
219	—	676	90.00–127.75	118.31
2	—	1,082	102.00	102.00
10	—	917	91.00–105.50	95.31
143	—	769	93.00–128.00	116.85
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	100.00–103.00	102.01
2	—	523	89.00–95.00	91.90
2	—	357	90.00	90.00
5	—	421	92.50	92.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	89.00	89.00
4	—	459	83.00–112.50	90.56
1	—	610	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	522	61.00–85.00	75.78
16	—	414	50.00–90.00	76.66
5	—	396	70.00	70.00
1	—	710	70.00	70.00
9	—	471	79.00–80.00	79.58
7	—	680	67.00–77.00	72.99
1	—	1,035	61.00	61.00
4	—	1,101	75.75	75.75
3	—	322	48.00–80.00	69.89
17	—	562	57.00–76.00	73.38
4	—	605	72.00–90.00	77.85
1	—	800	67.00	67.00
11	—	784	61.00–77.00	64.03
2	—	915	50.00–70.00	59.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,136	38.00–63.00	49.27
217	—	1,019	23.00–44.00	34.64
3	—	840	20.00–23.50	22.17
247	—	1,077	30.00–50.00	40.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,520	46.00–62.00	54.23
31	—	1,266	29.00–47.00	42.19
234	—	1,431	40.00–54.50	48.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,287	46.00–63.00	54.10
484	—	1,234	30.00–57.00	46.17
131	—	1,205	30.00–46.00	38.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,808	70.00–87.00	81.11
7	—	1,884	72.50–84.00	79.53
7	—	1,876	70.00–77.00	72.70
97	—	1,724	56.00–83.00	73.63
77	—	1,591	50.00–73.00	64.79
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	65.50	65.50

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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