Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 328 priced lines covering 12,516 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,730 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,850 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,294 head. Counted as USDA files them — 104 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,730Last week 29,359Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,850Last week 2,772Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,294Last week 758Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 higher with good demand throughout the week. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. This is the last weekly summary for 2019. Summaries will continue after the New Year holiday in 2020. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	885.00	885.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,363	900.00–1,260.00	1,074.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,141	575.00–1,300.00	1,040.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,156	725.00–880.00	813.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,225	740.00–1,200.00	964.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	43	—	1,501	625.00–1,475.00	1,200.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	725.00	725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,066	610.00–925.00	685.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,323	750.00–1,170.00	967.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,420	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,235	750.00–900.00	855.26
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	625.00	625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	620.00	620.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,368	900.00–950.00	925.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,365	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,278	785.00–1,150.00	974.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,428	925.00–935.00	929.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,240	825.00–860.00	838.60
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,563	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,433.22
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,205	585.00	585.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	60	—	1,199	425.00–1,200.00	737.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,262	550.00–1,175.00	824.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,185	475.00–725.00	598.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,153	350.00–400.00	377.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	81	—	1,282	525.00–925.00	774.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	—	1,214	570.00–1,000.00	852.58
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,391	875.00–900.00	881.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,141	500.00–960.00	679.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,050	450.00–930.00	725.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,088	430.00–610.00	544.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	—	1,121	404.00–800.00	545.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,116	475.00–1,100.00	802.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,003	635.00–785.00	695.18
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,147	500.00	500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	535.00–560.00	546.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	948	560.00–625.00	594.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	990	585.00	585.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,230	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,123	425.00–725.00	615.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,181	625.00–700.00	672.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	982	245.00–390.00	336.95
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	935	425.00–485.00	454.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	950	385.00–560.00	472.58
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	535.00	535.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	844	350.00–600.00	447.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	860	385.00–720.00	549.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,015	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	435.00	435.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	335.00	335.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	475.00	475.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,326	635.00	635.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,417	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,486	550.00–975.00	854.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,457	800.00–1,000.00	843.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,412	735.00	735.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,585	800.00	800.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	925	530.00–610.00	573.24
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	870	480.00–570.00	519.57
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	695.00	695.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	898	775.00–925.00	834.28
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	900	550.00–830.00	660.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	790	600.00	600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,450	1,400.00	1,400.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,120	785.00–1,135.00	988.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,245	735.00	735.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	50.00	50.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,014	51.00–80.00	62.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,250	840.00	840.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	850	42.00–70.00	52.80
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	65.00	65.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	124.00	124.00
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
2	—	365	134.00	134.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	90.00–105.00	97.36
1	—	385	93.00	93.00
2	—	583	112.00–125.00	118.36
1	—	705	89.00	89.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	575	111.00–140.00	127.49
34	—	522	90.00–140.00	125.11
22	—	372	100.00–150.00	129.38
1	—	1,180	85.00	85.00
22	—	673	103.00–130.00	117.59
10	—	268	115.00–160.00	143.45
4	—	220	120.00–150.00	127.50
15	—	434	110.00–135.00	123.18
13	—	618	90.00–128.00	116.66
13	—	334	100.00–160.00	130.77
2	—	885	106.00–109.00	107.49
1	—	915	85.00	85.00
3	—	767	101.00–117.00	109.33
31	—	473	107.00–146.00	129.97
17	—	713	100.00–129.00	113.76
7	—	821	88.00–111.00	102.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	470	143.00–168.00	152.30
200	—	520	138.50–159.00	150.31
68	—	624	132.00–143.00	140.29
49	—	778	130.00–134.50	134.38
191	—	822	130.00–141.30	139.83
121	—	862	140.95–143.90	142.43
117	—	969	138.00–140.95	139.39
182	—	737	125.00–142.65	136.37
73	—	427	147.50–170.00	161.17
71	—	563	140.00–158.50	148.47
7	—	367	170.00–179.00	176.48
188	—	679	130.00–146.50	140.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	529	120.00–155.00	141.13
162	—	723	120.00–139.00	131.26
1	—	1,140	82.50	82.50
84	—	882	115.00–142.00	137.42
90	—	779	115.00–137.00	128.48
48	—	321	130.00–175.00	153.00
1	—	185	157.50	157.50
2	—	1,155	75.00	75.00
311	—	579	126.00–152.00	139.61
166	—	671	119.00–139.50	133.42
159	—	476	125.00–163.00	146.18
139	—	424	132.00–166.00	151.00
91	—	374	128.00–170.00	155.01
21	—	269	139.00–185.00	170.21
6	—	222	147.50–173.00	161.09
188	—	623	120.00–145.75	135.69
113	—	828	112.50–141.00	135.03
41	—	928	110.00–126.50	123.83
15	—	976	110.00–124.00	117.52
8	—	1,020	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,069	113.00–120.00	116.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,252	120.00	120.00
40	—	1,067	124.25	124.25
6	—	443	148.00–150.00	148.66
4	—	728	136.00–137.00	136.25
1	—	270	172.50	172.50
7	—	526	150.00–158.50	156.26
17	—	377	151.00–172.50	162.37
22	—	329	150.00–170.00	161.93
11	—	479	155.00–166.00	158.80
53	—	901	141.95	141.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	670	139.00–143.00	140.91
27	—	770	134.00–137.00	135.96
19	—	470	156.00–160.00	159.57
18	—	726	137.00–139.00	137.55
11	—	515	150.00–153.00	151.00
8	—	417	155.00–160.00	156.28
3	—	803	130.00–132.00	131.34
73	—	571	150.00–153.00	152.89
44	—	625	142.00–145.00	143.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,025	91.00	91.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	477	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	410	125.00	125.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	125.00	125.00
7	—	571	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	364	134.00–155.00	140.18
161	—	484	119.00–139.50	133.05
115	—	583	117.00–132.00	127.90
59	—	884	121.00–128.00	127.31
467	—	625	116.50–136.50	132.46
256	—	672	114.00–135.25	131.39
166	—	525	117.00–136.00	127.73
85	—	779	113.00–130.00	127.59
79	—	418	119.00–141.00	131.53
159	—	721	113.00–133.90	133.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	474	90.00–130.00	115.58
62	—	378	90.00–135.00	115.31
29	—	520	87.00–119.00	110.11
10	—	268	87.50–136.00	109.79
3	—	772	91.00–113.00	99.88
60	—	433	80.00–131.00	112.90
49	—	579	88.00–120.00	107.20
12	—	219	90.00–145.00	117.56
4	—	966	73.00–110.00	86.24
2	—	895	68.00–94.50	81.25
1	—	1,120	100.00	100.00
24	—	627	82.00–122.00	104.91
33	—	318	90.00–123.00	113.10
31	—	669	91.00–121.00	105.15
16	—	726	73.00–117.00	90.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
256	—	624	98.00–130.00	116.62
109	—	717	100.00–126.00	112.78
19	—	225	110.00–160.00	133.64
18	—	824	94.00–118.00	106.82
1	—	1,020	85.00	85.00
3	—	1,072	75.00–91.00	85.75
346	—	477	102.00–138.00	122.39
301	—	427	101.00–138.00	124.31
280	—	577	105.00–131.00	119.42
247	—	375	101.00–144.00	128.25
180	—	673	95.00–128.50	118.24
15	—	873	81.00–126.00	105.52
363	—	525	103.00–135.00	120.21
58	—	764	97.00–125.50	114.08
120	—	322	106.00–148.00	130.10
74	—	278	105.00–148.00	134.11
10	—	177	150.00–153.00	151.64
3	—	1,118	70.00	70.00
2	—	968	86.00–116.00	100.88
48	—	936	80.00–122.50	118.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	972	95.00	95.00
14	—	664	120.00	120.00
4	—	621	115.00–117.00	116.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	71.00	71.00
1	—	392	100.00	100.00
1	—	480	101.00	101.00
2	—	335	82.00–88.00	85.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	276	130.00–135.00	133.86
6	—	517	130.00–131.00	130.33
6	—	473	129.00	129.00
3	—	248	131.00	131.00
23	—	429	130.00–139.50	135.11
23	—	380	124.00–147.50	134.07
18	—	334	129.00–141.00	133.11
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	575	132.00–137.00	134.13
58	—	670	126.00–129.00	127.33
40	—	519	136.00–139.00	138.27
14	—	439	140.00–143.00	142.39
7	—	731	123.00–126.00	124.29
5	—	394	142.00	142.00
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
1	—	760	121.00	121.00
53	—	614	105.00–133.00	130.62
11	—	473	119.00–142.00	139.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	61.00	61.00
1	—	930	62.00	62.00
1	—	635	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	110.00	110.00
10	—	541	93.00–124.00	103.30
3	—	405	95.00	95.00
1	—	570	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	627	110.00	110.00
1	—	545	121.00	121.00
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
5	—	577	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	851	69.00	69.00
3	—	386	69.00	69.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	334	70.00–77.00	73.46
4	—	1,025	60.00–75.00	71.27
1	—	545	61.00	61.00
2	—	413	65.00–84.00	74.21
5	—	283	67.00	67.00
3	—	557	49.00–85.00	73.04
7	—	885	66.00–77.00	75.48
5	—	469	70.00–90.00	81.69
5	—	386	70.00–85.00	72.88
17	—	794	90.25	90.25
19	—	683	70.00–91.50	84.92
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	432	71.00	71.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	623	98.00–134.00	120.79
63	—	325	122.50–178.00	149.70
60	—	726	90.00–119.00	109.60
6	—	976	85.00–93.00	87.12
4	—	1,014	60.00–70.00	65.03
4	—	874	107.00	107.00
15	—	829	93.00–108.00	100.79
210	—	478	121.00–155.00	139.78
174	—	428	121.00–165.00	142.61
159	—	578	108.00–140.50	125.70
128	—	369	125.00–166.00	148.22
222	—	522	114.00–144.00	131.02
83	—	670	109.00–130.00	118.34
49	—	277	130.00–177.00	153.42
21	—	767	100.00–118.00	109.20
16	—	229	132.50–164.00	150.59
6	—	921	80.00–96.00	91.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	573	100.00–131.00	114.94
44	—	476	105.00–137.00	122.21
40	—	519	76.00–132.00	116.51
25	—	332	105.00–163.00	131.82
22	—	377	111.00–149.00	132.51
6	—	822	70.00–91.00	79.74
21	—	431	97.50–148.00	124.35
5	—	222	110.00–140.00	129.19
1	—	850	86.00	86.00
8	—	725	82.00–109.00	93.76
2	—	1,066	70.00–83.00	76.57
1	—	900	91.00	91.00
20	—	672	85.00–115.00	102.39
14	—	770	71.00–102.00	91.63
21	—	619	90.00–115.00	102.91
14	—	268	111.00–145.00	130.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	345	172.50	172.50
2	—	650	121.00	121.00
2	—	535	148.00	148.00
1	—	490	145.00	145.00
10	—	370	152.50–170.00	160.56
16	—	431	144.00–157.00	149.59
4	—	707	128.00–131.00	128.75
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	105.00	105.00
1	—	255	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	106.00	106.00
3	—	470	93.00–102.50	99.17
3	—	431	110.00–112.00	110.62
1	—	575	113.00	113.00
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
1	—	230	115.00	115.00
10	—	369	100.00–118.00	110.02
8	—	264	100.00–105.00	104.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	577	115.00	115.00
3	—	522	122.00	122.00
1	—	385	121.00	121.00
2	—	485	138.00–141.00	139.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	772	38.50	38.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,047	37.00–55.00	46.44
221	—	1,066	30.00–50.00	40.65
129	—	1,033	20.00–41.50	32.73
3	—	945	16.50–25.00	20.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,204	30.00–44.00	38.63
403	—	1,235	33.00–55.00	45.35
139	—	1,307	46.00–61.00	51.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	1,446	39.00–57.00	47.68
23	—	1,361	33.50–47.00	42.33
103	—	1,494	46.00–60.00	53.53
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	72.00–79.00	75.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,595	50.00–70.00	63.08
49	—	1,794	79.00–96.50	84.70
77	—	1,715	61.00–83.50	73.77
4	—	1,791	69.00–84.00	77.82
3	—	1,920	74.50–82.00	79.72
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	78.00	78.00

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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