Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 304 priced lines covering 15,128 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,449 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,988 head. replacement cattle receipts at 661 head. Counted as USDA files them — 61 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,449Last week 16,930Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,988Last week 1,792Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 661Last week 794Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly 2.00-4.00 higher with good demand, and instances up to 5.00 higher on feeders under 600 lbs. Long-weaned and preconditioned cattle remain in the best demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly 2.00-4.00 higher with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	104.00	104.00
Steers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	314	122.00–173.00	140.31
37	—	375	115.00–167.00	147.17
12	—	673	114.00–130.00	119.69
11	—	817	103.00–128.00	117.14
1	—	1,115	100.00	100.00
11	—	911	115.00–119.00	115.97
37	—	423	110.00–162.00	139.96
82	—	524	110.00–145.00	137.46
11	—	778	100.00–124.00	119.96
62	—	576	115.00–142.50	136.25
5	—	221	140.00–172.50	155.09
11	—	265	130.00–163.00	147.62
34	—	621	107.50–130.00	122.15
51	—	469	125.00–149.00	140.01
6	—	728	108.00–124.00	114.71
3	—	862	107.00–117.00	113.37
1	—	180	168.00	168.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	131.00	131.00
1	—	560	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,021	110.00–124.00	115.75
8	—	964	111.00–120.00	117.32
244	—	575	130.00–159.50	145.34
160	—	767	120.00–134.50	130.43
19	—	925	116.00–125.50	120.66
145	—	883	115.00–135.70	131.21
4	—	1,119	105.00–109.00	108.01
145	—	426	138.00–181.00	157.11
427	—	624	126.00–149.00	139.02
273	—	526	130.00–163.50	149.07
26	—	274	130.00–200.00	168.69
281	—	724	104.00–137.00	131.66
333	—	674	120.00–146.00	134.77
92	—	376	144.00–178.00	161.75
192	—	475	134.00–169.00	153.98
208	—	830	120.00–137.00	131.85
17	—	226	136.00–191.00	165.05
65	—	323	140.00–180.00	164.44
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	92.00	92.00
2	—	460	100.00	100.00
2	—	538	101.00–130.00	115.57
2	—	395	122.50	122.50
1	—	415	122.00	122.00
1	—	725	103.00	103.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	780	118.00	118.00
1	—	570	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	919	137.00	137.00
52	—	984	116.00–123.85	123.70
1	—	310	189.00	189.00
1	—	360	180.00	180.00
88	—	574	145.00–159.00	149.60
153	—	820	120.50–137.50	134.43
245	—	619	137.00–159.90	149.36
290	—	715	133.00–144.00	140.08
214	—	477	157.50–179.00	167.16
104	—	423	157.00–181.00	171.66
361	—	771	131.50–145.00	138.97
290	—	878	131.50–140.00	136.87
190	—	533	145.75–166.00	153.54
174	—	676	137.50–141.25	139.60
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	414	164.00	164.00
20	—	508	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	223	170.00–182.50	176.32
12	—	425	156.00–177.50	166.93
3	—	283	170.00–195.00	186.61
62	—	380	158.00–186.00	171.32
42	—	483	156.00–176.50	167.50
18	—	567	150.00–159.00	155.07
64	—	522	151.00–178.50	161.54
17	—	325	163.00–182.50	174.75
63	—	792	140.70	140.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,018	96.00	96.00
5	—	1,119	94.00	94.00
3	—	765	118.00–119.00	118.67
3	—	718	120.00	120.00
16	—	624	123.75–125.50	124.70
7	—	982	105.50–110.00	106.15
2	—	812	114.00	114.00
66	—	854	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	631	122.00–137.70	133.23
95	—	756	124.75–132.75	130.54
35	—	370	152.00	152.00
277	—	669	123.00–129.75	127.10
125	—	466	130.00–145.00	138.91
192	—	563	126.00–139.85	134.73
77	—	423	130.00–146.00	137.20
30	—	819	113.50–115.25	114.26
139	—	524	127.00–141.00	134.47
219	—	729	104.00–130.00	125.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	377	135.00–155.00	143.88
28	—	424	141.00–145.00	142.22
8	—	272	140.00–157.50	149.68
25	—	466	139.00–142.00	140.27
46	—	573	130.00–135.00	131.72
45	—	523	130.00–139.00	135.65
2	—	200	132.50	132.50
28	—	322	138.00–160.00	149.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	771	101.00–120.00	111.82
22	—	226	117.50–140.00	134.03
10	—	922	93.00–104.00	97.30
111	—	325	120.00–156.00	139.41
31	—	878	93.00–118.00	106.93
367	—	670	103.00–128.00	120.78
483	—	576	110.00–135.00	126.59
485	—	471	119.00–139.00	131.46
316	—	623	104.00–131.75	122.32
391	—	427	120.00–146.00	134.43
41	—	812	92.00–120.00	112.44
90	—	277	112.50–155.00	137.69
298	—	374	116.00–150.00	137.14
2	—	955	99.50	99.50
145	—	717	101.00–122.50	114.76
2	—	188	142.50–152.00	147.19
574	—	523	115.00–137.00	128.40
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	126.00	126.00
2	—	532	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	90.00	90.00
3	—	340	118.00–119.00	118.66
1	—	655	115.00	115.00
1	—	570	106.00	106.00
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
6	—	469	108.00–122.00	113.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	421	104.00–137.00	122.71
15	—	721	81.00–118.00	102.28
20	—	785	96.00–116.00	105.37
61	—	571	103.00–124.00	116.32
83	—	472	94.00–131.00	118.29
35	—	322	100.00–139.00	122.82
22	—	282	112.00–143.00	130.81
47	—	371	100.00–142.00	125.24
72	—	528	104.00–131.00	118.11
15	—	233	97.50–145.00	122.84
8	—	824	91.00–109.00	100.82
42	—	673	96.00–115.00	106.27
46	—	619	90.00–119.00	110.90
5	—	874	72.50–100.00	89.98
9	—	921	75.00–90.00	81.34
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	95.00–105.00	100.05
3	—	362	101.00–111.00	107.21
1	—	465	100.00	100.00
2	—	412	104.00	104.00
2	—	752	80.00	80.00
1	—	220	107.50	107.50
1	—	290	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	633	110.00	110.00
1	—	570	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	127.00–144.00	133.15
10	—	419	153.00–163.00	159.21
12	—	366	161.00–175.00	169.02
9	—	305	170.00–190.00	179.57
4	—	472	153.00–176.00	164.05
4	—	588	141.00	141.00
2	—	668	127.00–130.00	128.46
7	—	517	149.00–157.00	154.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	145.00	145.00
3	—	430	124.00	124.00
2	—	478	121.00–130.00	125.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	916	91.00–114.00	103.60
19	—	232	146.00–177.00	163.24
34	—	280	127.00–166.00	150.97
19	—	822	101.00–115.00	108.48
4	—	870	100.00–115.00	106.93
1	—	955	99.00	99.00
253	—	523	122.00–155.00	139.25
2	—	1,002	99.00	99.00
209	—	423	130.00–167.00	153.97
115	—	621	112.00–138.00	126.93
55	—	722	102.00–126.00	118.11
217	—	474	129.00–161.00	146.62
91	—	666	113.00–133.00	123.78
143	—	372	139.00–177.00	158.08
177	—	570	120.00–147.00	134.55
69	—	324	145.00–185.00	163.77
47	—	764	104.00–121.00	115.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	769	100.00–115.00	106.41
16	—	283	120.00–154.00	141.57
49	—	473	120.00–145.00	133.10
16	—	228	120.00–150.00	135.35
32	—	426	123.00–156.00	138.29
8	—	826	85.00–105.00	97.58
4	—	725	96.00–115.00	102.31
2	—	930	85.00–91.00	88.05
15	—	673	104.00–120.00	113.04
5	—	627	90.00–124.00	107.86
2	—	873	86.00–109.00	97.34
26	—	578	104.00–129.00	119.59
41	—	376	100.00–162.50	141.20
25	—	332	120.00–151.00	140.45
28	—	526	115.00–135.00	125.68
1	—	955	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
1	—	345	107.50	107.50
1	—	275	110.00	110.00
2	—	385	102.50–112.50	107.37
3	—	532	108.00–114.00	109.94
3	—	227	115.00–117.50	116.60
1	—	420	113.00	113.00
1	—	610	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	133.00	133.00
1	—	270	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	123.50	123.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	282	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	174.00	174.00
2	—	402	169.00	169.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	732	79.00	79.00
15	—	469	72.00–87.00	78.38
4	—	385	73.00–89.00	84.90
1	—	255	85.00	85.00
32	—	667	76.00–97.50	93.63
12	—	642	72.00–95.50	93.65
6	—	880	80.00–85.50	83.63
6	—	568	91.00–137.00	113.47
8	—	539	82.00	82.00
29	—	416	74.00–96.00	89.24
9	—	322	83.00–96.00	87.86
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	342	63.00	63.00
3	—	462	69.00–70.00	69.35
1	—	515	64.00	64.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	525.00	525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	815	685.00	685.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	845	525.00–675.00	603.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	535.00	535.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	835	560.00	560.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	953	490.00–730.00	567.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,163	475.00–525.00	501.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	690.00	690.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	983	740.00–760.00	750.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,050	720.00–725.00	722.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,071	410.00–1,150.00	793.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,278	600.00–950.00	771.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,378	510.00–1,150.00	958.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	1,301	580.00–1,100.00	833.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,081	550.00–860.00	686.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	51	—	1,106	470.00–1,325.00	891.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,131	440.00–800.00	610.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,204	520.00–820.00	699.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,126	535.00–825.00	714.62
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,188	600.00–1,075.00	841.12
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,247	710.00–1,010.00	829.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,207	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,228	740.00–770.00	755.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	765	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,305	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	660.00	660.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,562	750.00–1,100.00	892.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,555	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,418	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	858	500.00–525.00	513.85
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,018	675.00–700.00	685.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	878	675.00–725.00	703.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,132	625.00–725.00	675.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,138	625.00–800.00	711.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,097	975.00–1,175.00	1,054.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,285	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,173	760.00–885.00	840.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,389	775.00–1,375.00	1,073.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,086	750.00–1,010.00	878.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,213	700.00–1,225.00	948.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,312	800.00–1,300.00	1,019.46
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	525.00	525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	765.00–775.00	770.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	475.00	475.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,250	1,425.00	1,425.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	866	55.00–93.00	75.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	50.00	50.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,265	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	785.00	785.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	80.00	80.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,010	730.00–780.00	755.25
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	867	630.00–875.00	688.90
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	400.00	400.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	835.00	835.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,810	1,180.00	1,180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,387	950.00–1,390.00	1,214.12
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,445	1,100.00–1,235.00	1,167.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,035	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	54.00	54.00
60	—	1,863	86.50–103.00	93.47
125	—	1,689	67.00–92.00	82.26
30	—	1,507	60.00–81.00	70.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,213	31.00–53.00	43.77
348	—	1,236	35.00–64.00	52.88
193	—	1,287	49.50–78.00	63.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	27.00	27.00
191	—	1,083	30.00–59.00	47.63
100	—	988	23.50–52.00	40.65
93	—	1,036	40.00–70.00	54.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,376	43.00–62.00	53.09
139	—	1,520	53.00–78.00	64.63
4	—	1,458	44.00–46.50	45.06

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.

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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