Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 296 priced lines covering 16,628 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,208 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,903 head. replacement cattle receipts at 713 head. Counted as USDA files them — 127 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,208Last week 10,746Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,903Last week 1,633Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 713Last week 547Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers were unevenly steady with instances of 3.00 higher to 3.00 lower; feeder heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Demand for feeder cattle was mostly moderate with good demand for long-weaned, preconditioned cattle.

Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, and slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher with moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	877	87.80	87.80
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	474	71.00–105.00	97.62
14	—	659	70.00–95.00	89.52
11	—	514	72.00–101.00	94.52
14	—	421	82.00–102.00	96.88
6	—	777	57.50–84.00	65.62
4	—	265	99.00	99.00
9	—	827	83.00	83.00
6	—	390	102.00	102.00
19	—	625	74.00–99.00	92.89
3	—	705	74.00–90.00	84.59
9	—	338	80.00–104.00	101.52
5	—	579	85.00–97.00	89.91
2	—	920	68.00	68.00
1	—	1,165	69.00	69.00
5	—	858	77.00–81.00	80.17
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	814	77.00	77.00
7	—	975	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	170.00	170.00
2	—	695	130.00	130.00
5	—	515	143.00–145.00	144.60
3	—	636	130.00–131.00	130.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
277	—	473	120.00–160.00	143.12
321	—	525	119.50–147.00	134.34
33	—	722	92.00–119.00	105.42
3	—	225	140.00–166.00	149.39
10	—	813	80.00–105.00	91.66
80	—	325	140.00–174.00	159.84
99	—	668	102.00–125.00	111.46
149	—	623	100.00–133.00	119.02
182	—	373	130.00–171.00	157.37
209	—	569	110.00–138.00	125.64
273	—	428	129.00–168.00	146.12
31	—	275	140.00–175.00	158.74
25	—	777	86.00–115.00	98.29
6	—	860	70.00–98.00	88.82
1	—	900	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,090	77.00	77.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	120.00	120.00
3	—	577	110.00	110.00
1	—	380	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	85.00	85.00
1	—	850	74.00	74.00
7	—	749	98.50	98.50
4	—	820	73.00–80.00	78.29
1	—	410	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	151.00	151.00
6	—	339	162.50–167.50	164.88
2	—	517	138.00	138.00
1	—	230	163.00	163.00
7	—	370	162.00–176.00	167.45
3	—	291	177.50–179.00	178.50
7	—	436	151.00–160.00	154.47
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	128.00–129.00	128.53
2	—	460	110.00–115.00	112.47
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
1	—	260	127.50	127.50
2	—	428	110.00–125.00	117.81
3	—	535	115.00–116.00	115.34
3	—	373	110.00–125.00	118.66
1	—	610	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	398	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	371	123.00–148.00	138.80
32	—	670	89.00–119.00	107.50
19	—	621	91.00–112.00	104.43
20	—	331	125.00–150.00	136.09
9	—	815	80.00–104.00	92.16
34	—	573	110.00–126.00	119.26
9	—	273	122.50–155.00	143.91
68	—	474	110.00–146.00	128.87
55	—	530	104.00–129.00	120.62
1	—	220	150.00	150.00
8	—	770	86.00–99.00	93.90
1	—	720	94.00	94.00
39	—	423	104.00–149.00	132.79
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
305	—	730	117.00–133.50	124.02
218	—	777	112.00–125.00	117.40
200	—	526	140.50–165.00	154.99
316	—	878	106.75–110.30	108.80
42	—	463	150.00–160.50	154.06
363	—	824	105.00–115.00	111.54
208	—	573	140.00–160.00	149.66
200	—	672	130.00–137.75	135.81
7	—	300	173.00–179.00	175.57
4	—	930	103.00	103.00
1	—	960	97.00	97.00
48	—	1,061	97.75	97.75
31	—	424	153.00–173.00	161.09
314	—	620	125.00–146.00	133.54
4	—	387	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	378	121.00–153.00	141.70
50	—	472	103.00–150.00	135.20
12	—	738	94.00–110.00	103.85
6	—	281	152.00–160.00	156.99
33	—	571	107.00–138.00	126.01
23	—	673	99.00–122.00	115.00
21	—	320	120.00–158.00	142.49
2	—	828	90.00–91.00	90.49
50	—	622	99.00–126.00	117.40
29	—	787	100.00–110.00	107.74
6	—	867	90.00–98.00	95.17
2	—	977	89.00	89.00
2	—	233	146.00–150.00	147.98
30	—	429	113.00–151.00	135.97
54	—	534	110.00–147.75	130.05
1	—	940	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	325	147.50–181.00	162.27
294	—	427	130.00–173.00	152.41
306	—	671	111.00–139.00	127.88
320	—	473	130.00–163.00	148.16
368	—	627	116.00–140.00	131.80
401	—	577	122.50–152.00	137.51
17	—	231	132.50–186.00	166.14
293	—	862	90.00–115.00	108.75
207	—	817	94.00–118.00	106.97
139	—	374	136.00–175.00	159.61
23	—	272	147.00–178.00	165.77
396	—	523	121.00–155.50	144.15
156	—	777	101.00–125.00	113.15
88	—	958	90.00–102.50	100.41
19	—	1,042	91.50–96.00	92.41
2	—	1,083	94.00–96.00	95.00
238	—	732	107.00–128.00	119.15
176	—	911	86.00–116.00	105.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	335	167.50–178.00	175.26
7	—	505	152.00–153.00	152.71
37	—	566	149.85–153.00	150.02
3	—	610	145.00	145.00
1	—	235	180.00	180.00
21	—	384	170.00–183.00	179.33
20	—	417	160.00–165.00	163.68
5	—	292	180.00–181.00	180.81
4	—	475	149.00–153.00	150.03
29	—	850	112.00	112.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	109.00–117.50	111.80
2	—	412	117.50	117.50
2	—	460	106.00–130.00	117.87
1	—	600	101.00	101.00
1	—	330	113.00	113.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	518	124.00–135.00	126.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	109.00–118.00	112.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	622	113.50–122.00	116.63
5	—	827	100.00–106.00	102.75
39	—	717	104.00–109.00	106.60
33	—	767	104.00–112.50	106.05
2	—	873	88.00–103.00	95.65
3	—	978	99.00	99.00
1	—	945	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	230	133.00–154.00	142.78
14	—	860	65.00–97.25	94.37
6	—	922	60.00–95.00	83.98
1	—	180	150.00	150.00
633	—	473	110.00–140.00	127.70
226	—	803	80.00–108.25	104.58
30	—	772	89.00–106.00	98.50
8	—	954	80.00–89.00	81.13
3	—	1,095	80.00	80.00
76	—	279	125.00–155.00	138.67
580	—	524	110.50–137.00	123.36
476	—	424	114.00–142.00	130.67
462	—	570	108.00–132.00	119.08
434	—	624	94.00–126.00	113.53
390	—	676	91.00–123.55	109.80
317	—	372	116.00–147.00	135.18
175	—	728	85.00–122.50	104.75
137	—	325	116.00–151.00	136.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	428	107.00–130.50	119.78
78	—	708	72.00–110.00	104.79
30	—	328	95.00–141.00	122.39
44	—	526	95.00–120.00	110.96
91	—	475	90.00–126.00	115.22
19	—	676	79.00–106.00	93.24
1	—	975	76.00	76.00
16	—	772	75.00–103.50	92.61
7	—	832	72.00–98.00	84.21
5	—	888	83.50–103.00	95.63
57	—	571	90.00–124.00	106.96
41	—	378	100.00–140.00	121.94
36	—	621	85.00–110.00	97.07
17	—	277	110.00–146.00	127.23
4	—	226	112.00–132.50	122.04
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	103.00	103.00
2	—	315	129.00	129.00
4	—	423	124.00	124.00
3	—	658	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	627	115.00–125.00	120.19
217	—	686	110.80–116.50	114.28
250	—	528	119.00–136.50	127.61
145	—	723	95.00–115.10	108.65
286	—	777	104.00–112.75	107.78
4	—	301	150.00	150.00
3	—	811	107.00	107.00
1	—	970	90.00	90.00
133	—	568	120.50–132.00	126.22
62	—	429	130.00–143.00	136.62
89	—	467	131.00–138.00	136.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	767	110.00	110.00
15	—	673	114.50	114.50
33	—	376	136.00–148.00	141.27
13	—	408	139.00–140.00	139.54
6	—	273	148.00–151.00	149.09
28	—	317	135.00–150.00	143.89
4	—	224	151.00–162.50	158.57
1	—	525	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	88.50–100.00	91.38
1	—	570	90.00	90.00
1	—	475	112.50	112.50
1	—	790	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	106.00	106.00
1	—	435	104.00	104.00
1	—	365	100.00	100.00
1	—	620	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	799	109.50	109.50
1	—	710	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	119.00–127.00	123.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	470.00	470.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	525.00	525.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,104	710.00–860.00	795.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	735.00	735.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	73.00	73.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,046	51.00–79.00	65.83
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	840	50.00–74.00	65.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,020	590.00–760.00	696.80
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	770	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,035	650.00–1,200.00	970.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,060	500.00–780.00	674.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,139	500.00–710.00	602.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,191	750.00–1,150.00	952.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,183	810.00–1,275.00	1,015.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,053	760.00–900.00	801.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	969	820.00–1,275.00	973.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,185	725.00–910.00	804.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,172	670.00–985.00	812.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	71	—	1,194	610.00–1,175.00	862.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,155	710.00–1,425.00	1,025.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,175	550.00–850.00	711.38
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,006	625.00–800.00	714.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	893	685.00–775.00	716.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	795	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	715	475.00	475.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,180	1,100.00–1,160.00	1,135.59
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,003	870.00–1,300.00	1,070.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,585	1,660.00	1,660.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,845	90.00	90.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,111	700.00–1,000.00	867.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,505	1,140.00	1,140.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,100	710.00–1,200.00	1,048.65
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,175	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,178.19
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,242	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,169.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,075	935.00–960.00	947.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,160	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,083.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,030	950.00–1,135.00	1,039.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,124	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,117.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,142	1,175.00–1,500.00	1,371.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	34	—	1,118	975.00–1,500.00	1,180.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,134	610.00–1,400.00	1,061.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,300.00	1,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,185.00	1,185.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	893	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	973	870.00–1,050.00	964.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	913	750.00–1,025.00	894.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	785	620.00	620.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	885.00	885.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	764	560.00–790.00	651.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	790	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	885	760.00–890.00	833.67
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	935	670.00–1,050.00	901.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	908	825.00–875.00	850.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,026	47.50–68.00	57.81
2	—	773	27.50–28.00	27.75
221	—	1,019	32.00–61.50	49.67
108	—	944	23.00–51.00	41.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,469	57.50–75.00	64.96
4	—	1,389	49.50–55.00	51.65
83	—	1,450	51.00–68.00	58.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
229	—	1,250	56.00–77.00	64.27
53	—	1,185	30.00–55.50	47.41
332	—	1,214	48.50–69.00	57.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	52.00	52.00
128	—	1,592	70.00–92.00	84.79
65	—	1,759	89.00–109.00	95.98
29	—	1,448	65.00–82.00	74.82

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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