Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 283 priced lines covering 18,805 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,722 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,886 head. replacement cattle receipts at 492 head. Counted as USDA files them — 79 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,722Last week 8,906Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,886Last week 2,826Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 492Last week 476Year ago 0

Compared to last week’s limited test on feeder cattle, feeder steers under 700 lbs were unevenly steady; steers over 700 lbs were mostly 4.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs were unevenly steady; heifers over 600 lbs were mostly 4.00-7.00 lower. Long-weaned and preconditioned cattle remain in the best demand as buyers are investing with caution due to market volatility remaining commonplace.

Slaughter cows and bulls were sharply lower with light demand this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	92.00	92.00
29	—	280	137.50–187.50	165.97
1	—	160	184.00	184.00
71	—	676	96.00–137.00	118.59
43	—	822	86.00–108.00	101.58
2	—	973	94.00–101.00	97.47
7	—	870	84.00–113.00	98.29
23	—	226	145.00–187.00	166.83
64	—	717	88.00–123.00	107.25
200	—	472	130.00–169.00	149.96
174	—	426	135.50–179.00	156.57
162	—	572	117.00–152.00	134.30
137	—	374	123.00–195.00	160.62
136	—	523	121.00–163.00	142.02
92	—	325	140.00–191.00	167.06
70	—	619	102.00–136.00	120.78
26	—	770	101.00–119.00	110.13
4	—	914	93.00–96.00	95.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	515	156.00	156.00
24	—	427	155.00–182.00	167.32
16	—	311	180.00–194.00	191.87
8	—	615	126.00–147.00	140.04
20	—	379	170.50–188.00	178.96
21	—	468	159.00–171.00	164.01
1	—	220	185.00	185.00
2	—	558	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	125.00	125.00
2	—	478	110.00–121.00	115.53
1	—	335	120.00	120.00
1	—	230	158.00	158.00
1	—	400	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	722	82.00–114.00	94.65
40	—	382	118.00–162.00	145.32
42	—	427	100.00–151.00	137.59
49	—	478	111.00–146.00	135.09
10	—	825	94.00–109.00	100.36
12	—	622	90.00–120.00	110.60
14	—	666	100.00–115.00	110.23
9	—	277	130.00–167.00	148.97
4	—	227	133.00–153.00	145.28
1	—	985	72.00	72.00
22	—	579	110.00–133.00	119.64
6	—	781	78.00–107.00	94.79
1	—	880	90.00	90.00
3	—	915	84.00–90.00	87.99
26	—	518	86.00–131.00	122.75
19	—	325	127.00–155.00	139.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	380	175.00–177.00	176.63
1	—	315	180.00	180.00
1	—	525	155.00	155.00
2	—	430	169.00–173.00	170.95
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	133.00–155.00	149.41
4	—	560	119.00	119.00
2	—	628	105.50	105.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	582	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	889	114.85	114.85
61	—	840	98.00	98.00
69	—	369	135.00–150.00	146.06
246	—	664	114.80–129.25	126.47
238	—	579	119.00–137.00	133.17
540	—	628	119.00–132.50	126.33
109	—	422	135.00–160.00	143.68
211	—	527	127.00–141.00	135.86
203	—	481	134.50–147.00	139.99
208	—	716	122.00–124.00	123.03
22	—	281	155.00–160.00	157.26
23	—	342	145.00–167.00	149.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	92.00	92.00
3	—	805	76.00–82.00	79.99
3	—	738	90.00	90.00
2	—	760	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	510	134.00–141.00	138.36
21	—	370	137.50–158.00	144.01
2	—	660	119.00	119.00
15	—	466	137.00–153.00	143.86
24	—	417	140.00–152.00	144.63
3	—	631	123.00	123.00
16	—	318	139.00–159.00	148.13
1	—	265	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	323	111.00–139.00	126.46
61	—	676	85.00–116.00	97.93
3	—	912	83.00–90.00	86.95
1	—	100	140.00	140.00
13	—	227	100.00–167.50	124.34
3	—	165	139.00–140.00	139.39
78	—	477	103.00–132.00	119.60
66	—	632	75.00–117.00	103.59
66	—	380	109.00–140.00	127.54
53	—	581	87.00–122.00	109.62
23	—	725	75.00–110.00	93.16
93	—	428	108.00–137.00	122.21
2	—	825	80.00–102.00	91.27
21	—	759	75.00–108.00	95.62
19	—	279	110.00–146.00	127.95
87	—	519	90.00–124.00	113.52
1	—	850	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	687	114.75–125.00	116.62
13	—	471	139.50	139.50
9	—	778	100.00–110.00	105.52
44	—	721	112.00–115.50	113.46
6	—	866	101.00–118.00	103.78
7	—	823	104.50	104.50
1	—	990	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	580	102.00–123.00	107.43
5	—	354	110.00–123.00	120.32
4	—	462	112.00	112.00
1	—	635	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	407	135.00	135.00
6	—	677	106.50–108.00	107.01
7	—	520	120.00–125.00	124.27
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	100.00–103.00	101.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	225	122.00–182.00	152.20
79	—	813	86.00–107.00	98.23
717	—	576	108.00–146.00	125.49
661	—	680	90.00–121.00	111.17
473	—	525	112.00–140.50	126.99
473	—	476	117.00–149.00	131.90
403	—	624	107.00–133.00	118.27
354	—	423	120.00–154.00	135.41
327	—	374	120.00–157.50	139.52
1	—	185	142.50	142.50
168	—	320	116.00–168.00	142.65
167	—	722	90.00–118.00	105.43
91	—	281	123.00–175.00	149.08
157	—	769	92.00–112.00	103.47
44	—	864	87.00–106.00	99.12
2	—	902	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	370	102.50–122.50	112.38
3	—	280	100.00–105.00	101.61
1	—	735	61.00	61.00
2	—	335	110.00–112.50	111.29
4	—	434	102.50–114.00	107.89
1	—	245	112.50	112.50
2	—	450	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	425	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	715	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	95.00	95.00
270	—	524	153.00–179.00	162.89
151	—	616	135.00–159.50	151.10
148	—	423	157.50–187.00	171.96
52	—	381	179.00–200.00	183.90
11	—	336	175.00–203.00	190.35
9	—	294	198.00–200.00	198.67
278	—	681	124.25–147.00	135.20
296	—	770	119.80–126.50	123.83
351	—	566	151.00–166.00	157.87
60	—	930	105.95	105.95
261	—	472	151.00–180.00	172.03
139	—	882	112.00–119.00	112.63
313	—	726	120.85–132.00	127.15
61	—	950	110.40	110.40
273	—	821	118.00–123.30	120.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	176.00–205.00	189.90
1	—	560	160.00	160.00
1	—	650	136.00	136.00
19	—	408	170.00–176.50	173.85
44	—	317	172.50–200.00	181.98
26	—	368	170.00–190.00	180.25
6	—	735	118.00–120.00	119.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	772	92.00–111.00	104.46
13	—	274	110.00–165.00	146.74
36	—	423	114.00–158.00	139.79
48	—	677	100.00–133.00	114.78
33	—	376	127.00–159.00	147.63
10	—	328	119.00–161.00	141.02
16	—	723	100.00–122.00	107.76
15	—	861	93.00–107.00	96.67
12	—	825	94.00–118.00	104.82
5	—	1,075	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,005	102.00	102.00
85	—	575	104.00–144.00	130.02
81	—	526	107.00–145.00	129.77
66	—	624	110.00–135.00	120.96
65	—	483	118.00–150.00	138.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
586	—	676	117.00–143.00	128.02
500	—	624	118.00–153.00	138.05
435	—	728	105.00–134.00	117.30
406	—	573	120.00–168.00	145.87
6	—	1,010	90.00–96.00	92.34
5	—	961	98.00	98.00
32	—	265	132.50–197.00	175.99
384	—	525	129.00–169.00	150.44
373	—	474	130.50–172.50	156.45
356	—	781	104.00–126.00	115.46
278	—	424	140.00–181.00	161.20
370	—	831	100.00–124.00	111.90
155	—	874	93.00–116.00	108.89
162	—	372	150.00–190.00	170.69
143	—	911	88.00–114.50	101.41
78	—	325	138.00–187.50	166.78
12	—	228	150.00–190.00	172.18
4	—	195	185.00	185.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	567	129.00	129.00
1	—	670	112.00	112.00
5	—	878	98.00	98.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	101.00	101.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	138.00	138.00
1	—	595	125.00	125.00
1	—	475	121.00	121.00
1	—	440	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	511	169.00	169.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	131.00	131.00
1	—	800	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	864	112.00	112.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	81.00–90.00	85.19
49	—	1,101	58.00–82.00	80.53
1	—	415	80.00	80.00
15	—	589	70.00–100.00	94.94
2	—	853	81.00	81.00
1	—	690	71.00	71.00
4	—	367	88.00–95.00	93.16
11	—	276	96.00–100.00	96.87
13	—	627	78.00–88.00	80.41
18	—	475	79.00–95.00	85.19

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 (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,046	600.00–800.00	672.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,368	800.00–1,125.00	1,061.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,044	535.00–800.00	698.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,078	530.00–710.00	613.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	1,083	500.00–825.00	664.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,168	650.00–900.00	761.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	540.00	540.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,226	580.00–1,180.00	817.66
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,164	695.00–1,135.00	972.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,224	610.00–1,175.00	967.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,279	560.00–1,170.00	866.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,064	700.00–1,025.00	956.61
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,555	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	982	750.00–775.00	766.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	865	520.00–650.00	565.97
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,273	550.00–795.00	687.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,240	575.00	575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,103	550.00–600.00	573.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	905	775.00	775.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	944	800.00–820.00	809.08
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	910	700.00–1,040.00	959.34
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	805	680.00	680.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	670	580.00	580.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	10	—	1,264	1,500.00–2,300.00	1,972.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,475	1,260.00	1,260.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,249	925.00–1,710.00	1,284.32
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	990.00	990.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	1,080.00	1,080.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,282	800.00–1,125.00	1,027.46
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,125	950.00–1,060.00	998.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,275	1,040.00–1,075.00	1,059.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,288	830.00–1,200.00	1,081.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,304	990.00–1,050.00	1,008.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	670.00	670.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,075	735.00–1,000.00	815.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,541	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,391	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	989	935.00–985.00	949.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,415	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,217	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	883	62.00–65.00	63.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	710.00	710.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	868	52.00–79.00	64.22
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	500.00	500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,177	35.00–58.00	45.09
144	—	1,263	48.00–70.00	58.15
671	—	1,223	35.00–68.00	51.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,558	40.00–58.50	48.62
149	—	1,475	42.00–72.00	54.80
123	—	1,516	47.00–72.50	59.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
321	—	1,005	31.00–56.00	43.61
133	—	976	22.00–49.00	36.64
106	—	1,016	40.00–58.50	50.45
3	—	900	22.00–28.00	24.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	66.00	66.00
163	—	1,660	70.00–99.00	86.44
85	—	1,803	79.00–108.50	95.52
59	—	1,538	54.00–84.00	74.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	65.00	65.00

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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