Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 283 priced lines covering 12,716 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,520 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,697 head. replacement cattle receipts at 840 head. Counted as USDA files them — 171 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,520Last week 16,208Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,697Last week 1,903Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 840Last week 713Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady with some instances of 2.00 higher to 2.00 lower. Demand was mostly moderate with the best demand noted for long-weaned, preconditioned cattle as buyers are showing seasonal light interest in fleshy, bawling calves. Slaughter cows were unevenly steady; slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	844	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	935	325.00–825.00	660.83
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	550.00	550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	350.00	350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,190	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,081	760.00–1,235.00	1,059.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	1,149	700.00–1,100.00	891.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	575.00	575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,153	598.00–622.00	610.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,146	700.00–975.00	790.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,096	660.00–910.00	754.77
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,168	750.00–800.00	765.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,136	725.00–1,180.00	988.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	81	—	1,183	600.00–1,180.00	915.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,241	800.00–1,225.00	986.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,164	710.00–950.00	795.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	—	1,170	475.00–1,085.00	688.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,208	620.00–1,100.00	906.34
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	335.00	335.00
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	530	360.00	360.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	953	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,045.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	973	575.00–720.00	648.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,015	670.00–950.00	802.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	898	650.00–750.00	683.40
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,202	700.00–770.00	727.46
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,167	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,226	975.00–1,075.00	1,029.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,350	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,520.00	1,520.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,236	850.00–1,500.00	1,162.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,067	1,010.00–1,350.00	1,169.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,171	680.00–865.00	785.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,144	830.00–1,100.00	902.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,366	1,030.00–1,475.00	1,266.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,285	1,000.00–1,625.00	1,216.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	945	950.00–975.00	958.25
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,173	600.00–650.00	622.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	835.00	835.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	775.00–900.00	836.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,244	800.00–1,150.00	986.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	1,190.00	1,190.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	800	500.00–1,375.00	872.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	875	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,213.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	675.00	675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,434	1,475.00–1,625.00	1,528.68
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	758	625.00–725.00	671.86
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	973	770.00–850.00	809.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	795	650.00	650.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	900	700.00–830.00	765.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	981	750.00–1,375.00	1,196.67
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	966	735.00–1,075.00	1,006.37
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,063	620.00–1,025.00	827.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	740	585.00	585.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	839	58.00–87.00	77.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	944	60.00–83.00	68.17
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	866	59.00–81.00	68.74
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	250.00	250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	595	375.00	375.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,143	950.00–1,130.00	1,044.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,403	900.00–1,500.00	1,360.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,026	25.00–51.50	42.78
75	—	1,008	48.00–67.00	54.25
176	—	1,034	33.00–60.00	48.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,224	33.00–52.00	45.68
329	—	1,199	42.00–64.00	54.78
116	—	1,238	55.00–71.00	60.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,445	47.50–64.00	55.39
74	—	1,473	54.00–66.50	60.28
3	—	1,450	48.00–48.50	48.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	43.00	43.00
59	—	1,787	86.50–115.00	96.31
88	—	1,622	78.50–93.00	86.28
22	—	1,407	60.00–81.00	72.55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	926	104.50–107.10	105.78
87	—	568	130.00–159.50	143.04
127	—	774	111.00–120.00	117.99
238	—	724	114.00–128.50	124.26
30	—	474	146.00–160.00	154.22
96	—	525	140.00–155.00	148.82
104	—	824	102.00–115.40	112.44
56	—	1,012	99.00	99.00
2	—	962	100.00	100.00
2	—	360	178.00	178.00
3	—	298	170.00	170.00
60	—	883	113.15	113.15
104	—	611	129.00–150.00	138.64
171	—	664	120.00–140.20	134.48
71	—	426	150.00–168.00	158.63
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	81.00	81.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	137.00	137.00
33	—	569	113.00–132.50	124.71
46	—	474	121.00–147.00	132.84
4	—	820	81.00–95.00	87.45
25	—	713	91.00–116.50	110.58
17	—	373	95.00–141.00	131.42
53	—	630	100.00–125.75	120.20
50	—	530	111.00–134.00	126.55
39	—	679	100.00–121.00	112.50
1	—	285	139.00	139.00
26	—	431	111.00–144.00	133.06
5	—	332	136.00–146.00	139.99
8	—	935	88.00–95.00	88.85
7	—	878	74.00–96.00	90.89
22	—	771	98.00–108.00	104.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
375	—	568	120.00–151.00	139.14
8	—	230	150.00–190.00	166.17
107	—	426	133.00–165.50	149.09
176	—	726	103.00–129.00	118.89
115	—	821	84.50–119.50	106.49
50	—	322	145.00–170.00	157.69
324	—	674	110.00–136.50	126.74
152	—	932	89.50–106.00	101.30
43	—	971	93.00–99.50	96.23
116	—	872	97.00–108.00	103.48
16	—	266	140.00–174.00	163.52
264	—	470	129.00–163.00	146.48
331	—	523	129.00–155.00	142.13
230	—	621	121.00–142.50	132.07
267	—	780	102.00–127.00	121.17
68	—	378	130.00–170.00	158.09
2	—	1,122	95.00	95.00
2	—	182	181.00	181.00
9	—	1,012	90.50–97.00	91.27
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	122.00	122.00
3	—	875	95.00	95.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	595	115.00	115.00
4	—	698	108.50	108.50
5	—	463	122.00–130.00	126.89
3	—	965	88.00	88.00
2	—	740	104.00	104.00
7	—	619	104.50–119.50	111.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	321	159.00	159.00
5	—	434	157.00–172.00	163.06
2	—	200	175.00–207.50	191.25
58	—	994	106.00	106.00
13	—	394	160.00–175.00	161.81
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	116.00	116.00
1	—	545	116.00	116.00
1	—	450	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	478	127.00–137.00	133.79
64	—	861	105.00	105.00
131	—	830	97.00–101.00	99.03
131	—	634	113.00–122.50	116.68
306	—	681	107.50–119.10	114.37
65	—	428	132.00–145.00	137.77
109	—	527	118.00–136.00	123.29
53	—	581	118.00–129.00	122.02
1	—	765	93.00	93.00
72	—	711	100.00–109.60	107.80
3	—	300	139.00–152.50	146.17
5	—	394	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	805	110.25	110.25
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	100.00	100.00
1	—	425	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	107.00	107.00
1	—	665	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	118.00	118.00
4	—	526	116.00–116.50	116.37
6	—	576	96.00–117.00	109.85
3	—	618	96.00–107.00	103.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	275	120.00–155.00	140.65
24	—	228	130.00–162.00	143.92
8	—	954	94.00–94.25	94.22
376	—	573	109.00–130.00	118.35
274	—	684	91.00–122.00	111.81
59	—	822	75.00–102.50	93.20
325	—	625	100.00–125.00	113.28
224	—	374	120.00–148.00	137.18
387	—	472	110.00–144.00	128.12
96	—	317	120.00–152.00	138.74
318	—	425	115.00–140.00	129.73
173	—	729	90.00–114.50	106.73
146	—	791	80.00–112.00	100.89
462	—	523	108.00–133.00	122.59
2	—	190	190.00	190.00
12	—	914	89.00–98.00	90.35
59	—	873	91.00–95.00	94.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	816	72.00–86.00	82.46
22	—	715	72.00–102.00	97.11
48	—	624	90.00–112.00	102.24
4	—	279	110.00–128.00	118.09
50	—	521	91.00–117.00	108.21
84	—	470	106.00–124.50	116.30
80	—	580	99.00–116.00	109.18
58	—	427	96.00–127.50	118.68
53	—	375	100.00–140.00	121.86
31	—	326	109.00–138.00	125.13
1	—	1,075	84.00	84.00
18	—	781	70.00–96.50	87.21
1	—	975	88.00	88.00
3	—	1,018	85.00	85.00
43	—	671	73.00–108.00	100.28
3	—	893	83.00–85.00	84.33
2	—	947	72.00	72.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	683	113.00–115.00	114.45
3	—	813	99.00–102.00	101.01
74	—	740	105.00–105.60	105.57
4	—	879	97.00–99.00	98.02
3	—	755	108.00	108.00
19	—	614	116.00–121.00	117.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	604	121.00	121.00
11	—	378	134.00–136.00	134.70
1	—	260	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	85.00	85.00
1	—	860	82.00	82.00
3	—	545	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	805	80.00–87.00	81.18
1	—	220	132.50	132.50
30	—	519	105.00–129.00	121.36
38	—	370	110.00–149.00	134.58
4	—	780	80.00–95.00	88.77
75	—	480	100.00–136.00	124.59
6	—	875	88.00–90.00	88.33
47	—	429	105.00–148.00	134.31
7	—	722	83.00–100.00	95.00
14	—	627	95.00–117.00	105.39
29	—	580	93.00–124.00	115.95
29	—	324	123.00–162.00	139.45
17	—	675	92.00–113.00	101.61
3	—	930	81.00–87.00	84.00
7	—	271	132.00–155.00	144.36
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	632	110.00–116.00	111.44
3	—	580	108.00–120.00	112.04
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	113.00	113.00
1	—	515	108.00	108.00
1	—	695	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
229	—	425	120.00–162.00	146.67
2	—	235	159.00–167.00	163.09
1	—	905	104.00	104.00
2	—	975	91.00–99.00	95.04
42	—	722	95.00–116.00	104.03
184	—	571	112.50–145.00	125.82
141	—	377	137.00–173.00	156.65
12	—	872	81.00–100.00	86.98
163	—	472	129.00–149.00	139.09
30	—	772	79.00–115.00	96.09
136	—	622	105.00–133.00	117.97
47	—	666	105.00–125.50	115.95
202	—	522	120.00–146.00	129.88
57	—	324	138.00–176.00	164.31
10	—	277	135.00–160.00	151.97
6	—	821	86.00–104.00	97.03
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	97.00	97.00
3	—	558	119.00	119.00
2	—	630	102.00–111.00	106.61
2	—	680	95.00–110.00	102.56
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	120.00	120.00
2	—	347	120.00	120.00
3	—	423	104.00–123.00	113.14
2	—	585	100.00–115.00	107.37
4	—	529	106.00–115.00	112.76
7	—	470	100.00–122.00	112.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	162.00	162.00
1	—	410	150.00	150.00
3	—	295	169.00	169.00
2	—	510	151.00	151.00
1	—	575	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	659	82.00–94.50	92.95
30	—	568	85.00–96.00	87.62
1	—	230	86.00	86.00
25	—	393	95.00–103.00	100.52
17	—	619	76.00–96.50	92.45
3	—	893	76.00	76.00
20	—	342	89.00	89.00
17	—	762	80.50–84.25	82.71
31	—	488	86.00–100.50	98.69
33	—	436	86.00–100.50	89.11
9	—	276	86.00–100.00	90.38
9	—	727	70.00–87.00	80.92
22	—	516	72.00–102.00	98.35
1	—	920	66.00	66.00

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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