Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 272 priced lines covering 12,080 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,362 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,415 head. replacement cattle receipts at 498 head. Counted as USDA files them — 129 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,362Last week 18,722Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,415Last week 2,886Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 498Last week 492Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 3.00-6.00 lower and feeder heifers mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Demand for feeders was light to moderate at best, with long-weaned and preconditioned cattle remaining in the best demand. Feeders carrying excessive flesh were in notably light demand this week. Slaughter cows were mostly 2.00-4.00 lower; slaughter bulls mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
294	—	574	100.00–127.00	114.97
243	—	620	95.00–124.50	111.20
156	—	672	89.00–115.00	101.13
1	—	190	155.00	155.00
520	—	473	110.00–140.00	126.62
415	—	422	110.00–147.00	128.91
379	—	519	105.00–142.00	120.44
109	—	724	81.00–109.00	101.43
50	—	774	85.50–103.00	96.00
1	—	890	99.00	99.00
349	—	371	110.00–150.00	132.59
193	—	327	112.00–154.00	136.65
79	—	275	114.00–160.00	134.10
31	—	231	126.00–175.00	143.15
1	—	1,075	77.00	77.00
1	—	925	89.00	89.00
24	—	812	81.00–100.00	93.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	863	71.00–79.00	76.18
2	—	958	80.00	80.00
3	—	947	86.00	86.00
19	—	724	74.00–98.00	87.57
35	—	281	107.50–152.50	119.80
5	—	812	80.00	80.00
89	—	429	101.00–129.00	117.38
74	—	528	100.50–124.00	109.78
70	—	572	92.00–118.00	106.38
64	—	325	93.00–147.50	118.36
22	—	675	81.00–101.50	91.42
86	—	372	103.00–133.00	119.10
58	—	474	99.00–127.00	112.96
7	—	761	78.00–100.00	86.80
34	—	620	71.00–112.00	97.00
7	—	224	110.00–157.50	123.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	812	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	110.00	110.00
4	—	763	66.00	66.00
2	—	707	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	75.00	75.00
3	—	300	122.50	122.50
3	—	548	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	338	136.00–155.00	145.15
264	—	583	119.00–131.00	126.02
103	—	523	107.00–136.00	126.24
14	—	284	131.00–165.00	142.04
10	—	245	138.00–168.00	152.94
84	—	673	113.00–118.00	117.48
20	—	608	113.00–121.00	115.64
43	—	379	124.00–158.00	139.37
1	—	880	90.00	90.00
161	—	429	122.00–142.50	135.29
104	—	471	118.50–144.00	129.98
45	—	812	91.00–98.00	97.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	371	132.50–150.00	140.55
1	—	745	101.00	101.00
13	—	423	130.00–139.00	135.82
24	—	475	133.50–140.00	137.11
10	—	320	138.00–155.00	147.26
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	113.00	113.00
3	—	628	90.00–104.00	94.57
1	—	740	86.00	86.00
3	—	661	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	581	121.50	121.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	90.00	90.00
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
1	—	355	110.00	110.00
7	—	568	100.00–108.00	101.14
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	414	100.00–107.50	103.07
2	—	540	100.00–114.00	106.94
2	—	387	95.00	95.00
4	—	481	99.00–106.00	103.25
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	85.00	85.00
1	—	825	89.00	89.00
9	—	267	118.00–140.00	130.73
3	—	1,020	78.00	78.00
1	—	910	95.00	95.00
65	—	374	110.00–158.00	139.38
20	—	329	110.00–150.00	132.67
95	—	469	110.00–146.00	128.77
5	—	790	80.00–92.50	88.58
21	—	669	82.00–113.00	102.40
5	—	240	130.00–135.00	134.06
6	—	882	80.00–92.00	83.64
15	—	721	86.00–112.00	92.70
40	—	581	95.00–137.00	115.31
23	—	630	90.00–119.00	109.07
44	—	421	111.00–145.00	128.87
60	—	525	91.00–138.00	120.87
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	108.00	108.00
1	—	450	117.00	117.00
4	—	355	105.00–122.00	116.25
3	—	325	110.00–125.00	115.31
4	—	421	95.00–112.00	103.42
3	—	273	125.00	125.00
6	—	561	100.00–113.00	108.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	75.00	75.00
1	—	620	90.00	90.00
2	—	752	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	94.00–95.00	94.33
3	—	327	116.00	116.00
1	—	540	97.00	97.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	517	110.00–157.50	133.41
266	—	425	120.00–164.00	147.65
190	—	571	103.00–159.00	128.81
171	—	474	123.00–166.00	141.73
103	—	623	103.00–137.00	115.75
92	—	328	100.00–171.00	155.56
10	—	866	72.00–91.00	83.24
59	—	670	93.00–130.00	114.63
45	—	283	125.00–195.00	160.86
20	—	774	85.00–123.00	99.21
2	—	908	98.00–99.00	98.50
10	—	821	84.00–107.00	90.50
188	—	371	125.00–180.00	152.37
31	—	725	90.00–120.00	103.29
13	—	226	125.00–168.00	147.63
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	70.00	70.00
1	—	450	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	503	140.00–142.00	141.00
9	—	608	139.00	139.00
9	—	568	139.50–149.00	141.79
1	—	275	163.00	163.00
4	—	218	173.00	173.00
5	—	353	160.00–175.00	168.93
14	—	427	147.00–172.00	160.87
24	—	459	140.00–157.00	148.47
12	—	728	101.00–112.00	111.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	413	174.00–176.00	174.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	232	171.00	171.00
6	—	570	151.00	151.00
1	—	275	170.00	170.00
7	—	471	159.00–172.00	164.62
26	—	321	168.00–186.00	176.40
1	—	410	180.00	180.00
1	—	615	130.00	130.00
13	—	358	170.00–177.00	173.86
8	—	539	154.50–157.00	155.41
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	100.00	100.00
3	—	718	108.50	108.50
4	—	631	115.00	115.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	136.00	136.00
1	—	455	115.00	115.00
1	—	595	111.00	111.00
1	—	370	118.00	118.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	141.00	141.00
2	—	458	110.00–115.00	112.54
1	—	665	114.00	114.00
1	—	635	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	91.00	91.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
241	—	727	111.00–132.00	123.54
110	—	995	94.50–101.80	101.54
99	—	421	156.00–173.00	164.00
10	—	330	160.00–183.00	179.30
118	—	620	130.00–152.00	142.13
111	—	572	132.50–155.00	143.63
107	—	523	140.00–167.00	151.20
1	—	1,085	81.00	81.00
44	—	772	112.00–124.00	120.40
56	—	859	114.50	114.50
99	—	675	126.50–136.00	127.76
12	—	925	101.00–103.00	101.98
5	—	291	180.00	180.00
81	—	475	148.00–165.00	157.98
38	—	371	160.00–178.00	172.91
187	—	836	110.00–115.50	114.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	325	140.00–182.00	161.64
43	—	924	80.00–108.00	99.01
353	—	525	119.00–164.50	145.40
342	—	624	110.00–147.50	133.78
304	—	430	130.00–177.00	154.82
247	—	670	110.00–140.00	128.13
237	—	471	125.00–167.00	151.20
227	—	570	111.00–159.00	137.25
137	—	377	131.00–175.00	159.73
107	—	773	100.00–125.00	114.32
100	—	720	97.50–126.00	115.58
25	—	234	148.00–181.00	166.78
42	—	818	103.00–112.00	107.96
67	—	871	96.00–108.25	106.31
9	—	981	80.00–102.00	90.38
36	—	276	142.00–174.00	159.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	90.00	90.00
1	—	205	142.00	142.00
2	—	810	110.00	110.00
17	—	770	90.00–111.25	107.65
2	—	1,002	89.00	89.00
2	—	913	91.00	91.00
11	—	275	100.00–147.00	133.68
15	—	726	97.00–112.00	106.81
42	—	624	101.00–128.50	117.14
50	—	531	105.00–148.00	129.28
42	—	431	112.50–156.00	139.51
40	—	574	108.00–133.00	122.16
22	—	327	110.00–166.00	137.76
58	—	470	117.00–156.00	140.45
19	—	671	90.00–125.00	111.71
31	—	373	125.00–160.00	142.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	821	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	131.00	131.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	669	83.00–90.00	85.22
14	—	478	94.00–95.50	94.65
1	—	955	78.00	78.00
2	—	918	79.00	79.00
4	—	220	92.00	92.00
16	—	717	71.00–84.00	79.43
9	—	829	74.00–83.00	82.03
8	—	780	82.77	82.77
6	—	880	75.00	75.00
3	—	1,030	68.00	68.00
1	—	355	96.00	96.00
9	—	340	72.00–99.00	95.33
10	—	579	75.00–98.00	94.14
16	—	618	65.00–93.50	88.23
15	—	528	53.00–99.00	90.01
2	—	278	82.50–100.00	91.64
13	—	443	79.00–100.50	98.84

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,167	1,225.00	1,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,464	850.00–1,110.00	981.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,234	510.00–1,385.00	1,035.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,245	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,159.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,213	710.00–1,035.00	960.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	39	—	1,287	860.00–1,325.00	1,154.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,460	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,226.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,261	830.00–1,050.00	937.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,008	850.00–1,075.00	916.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	903	58.50–90.00	75.20
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	979	44.00–72.00	54.99
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	510.00	510.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	530.00	530.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,164	370.00–1,000.00	663.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,150	620.00–630.00	624.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,148	800.00–910.00	849.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,238	490.00–1,175.00	916.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,171	550.00–925.00	761.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,179	660.00–1,060.00	916.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,054	710.00–860.00	766.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,057	500.00–850.00	708.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,200	550.00–835.00	732.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,180	410.00–1,300.00	999.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,222	560.00–1,025.00	802.97
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,338	650.00–900.00	773.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,495	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,370	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	860	600.00–625.00	610.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,209	900.00–1,675.00	1,381.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,755	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,020	760.00–1,250.00	1,002.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	996	32.50–56.00	45.22
78	—	918	20.00–56.00	37.48
70	—	1,026	42.00–68.00	52.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	45.00	45.00
68	—	1,419	41.00–59.00	52.24
42	—	1,473	52.00–68.00	59.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	1,202	37.00–60.00	50.34
133	—	1,214	48.50–69.50	59.55
30	—	1,211	35.00–52.00	43.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,688	63.00–90.00	82.14
46	—	1,852	81.50–101.00	92.09
34	—	1,627	55.00–80.00	72.54

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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