Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 278 priced lines covering 12,404 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,392 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,861 head. replacement cattle receipts at 780 head. Counted as USDA files them — 162 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,392Last week 12,520Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,861Last week 1,697Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 780Last week 840Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 higher with moderate to good demand. Best demand was shown for long-weaned, preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with moderate to good demand.

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	101	—	1,184	700.00–1,225.00	971.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	—	1,270	650.00–1,225.00	968.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,023	750.00–1,225.00	924.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,175	725.00–975.00	831.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,030	760.00–810.00	784.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,139	535.00–885.00	691.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,155	730.00–975.00	794.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,177	610.00–900.00	771.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,039	500.00–810.00	681.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,097	775.00–1,100.00	938.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,030	860.00–1,100.00	963.37
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	695	525.00	525.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	410.00	410.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	925	500.00–610.00	559.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	430.00	430.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	670	420.00	420.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	745	510.00	510.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,463	900.00–1,100.00	1,023.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,255	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,395	980.00	980.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,227	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,215	685.00	685.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	988	560.00–740.00	651.59
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,388	1,175.00–1,225.00	1,210.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,395	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,025	700.00–720.00	714.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	710.00	710.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	984	625.00–790.00	739.87
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	707	395.00	395.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,320	1,025.00–1,400.00	1,166.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,042	725.00–1,425.00	1,121.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,078	900.00–1,025.00	953.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,355	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,162	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,213	724.00–1,240.00	1,015.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,330	770.00–1,475.00	1,260.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,500	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,242	890.00–1,210.00	987.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,012	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,151.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,094	900.00–1,110.00	990.40
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	978	1,135.00–1,275.00	1,209.48
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	990	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	910.00	910.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,383	800.00–1,175.00	1,044.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,417	1,525.00–1,575.00	1,568.14
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	908	720.00–750.00	733.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	790.00	790.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	975	700.00–1,030.00	861.49
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	790.00	790.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	840	800.00–900.00	833.33
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,044	735.00–785.00	764.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,155	760.00	760.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	71.00	71.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	859	63.00–97.50	73.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,273	65.00–85.00	76.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,069	785.00–1,350.00	1,024.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,770	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,280	120.00	120.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,251	825.00–1,585.00	1,333.38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	524	95.00–118.00	110.78
29	—	623	90.00–114.00	103.06
68	—	471	100.00–127.00	114.38
51	—	424	107.50–129.00	120.41
42	—	578	102.50–114.00	108.81
25	—	332	108.00–139.00	124.75
3	—	820	77.00–91.00	82.76
1	—	1,115	87.00	87.00
2	—	905	78.00–81.00	79.49
14	—	721	76.00–100.00	91.44
29	—	376	104.00–139.00	121.68
4	—	221	117.50–160.00	130.69
16	—	678	85.00–108.00	97.20
19	—	276	111.00–155.00	132.23
15	—	785	72.00–97.50	89.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	461	128.50–139.00	130.34
40	—	421	129.00–142.00	135.63
59	—	579	119.00–125.00	121.20
1	—	230	142.50	142.50
4	—	327	149.00	149.00
7	—	666	110.00–114.00	112.24
81	—	766	100.00–112.70	110.05
5	—	887	105.00	105.00
207	—	824	101.00–109.70	108.15
21	—	379	147.00–155.00	151.60
166	—	634	112.00–134.00	122.56
163	—	709	100.00–126.60	124.80
117	—	520	119.00–135.00	126.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	680	115.00–117.00	115.48
26	—	625	114.50–119.00	116.29
6	—	731	104.00–110.00	107.83
4	—	772	105.00–106.00	105.75
1	—	845	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	229	132.00–170.00	153.47
58	—	283	128.00–167.00	142.82
107	—	326	123.00–153.00	137.98
1	—	1,085	90.00	90.00
3	—	923	80.00–96.00	89.45
5	—	964	90.00–100.00	94.22
29	—	826	80.00–106.00	97.81
56	—	869	80.00–106.00	99.86
542	—	476	114.00–146.40	129.97
517	—	524	110.00–144.75	127.83
348	—	571	110.00–133.00	118.90
345	—	425	116.00–154.00	132.01
273	—	625	99.00–127.50	114.35
236	—	374	120.00–151.00	136.73
133	—	676	92.00–120.00	110.31
77	—	718	86.00–116.50	105.69
46	—	766	85.00–111.00	101.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	279	145.00–167.50	150.26
10	—	366	151.00–164.50	155.76
16	—	319	135.00–144.00	141.08
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	391	115.00	115.00
1	—	500	114.00	114.00
1	—	550	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	457	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	563	100.00–126.00	117.15
46	—	472	113.00–141.00	130.52
42	—	373	112.50–168.00	145.78
32	—	521	110.00–127.00	122.29
1	—	990	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,015	89.50	89.50
1	—	1,065	84.50	84.50
2	—	868	87.00	87.00
2	—	225	142.00–159.00	150.31
27	—	423	110.00–145.00	133.56
4	—	776	90.00–102.00	96.96
10	—	728	87.00–101.00	92.44
5	—	266	135.00–155.00	142.63
13	—	313	121.00–155.00	135.73
4	—	625	87.00–114.00	106.35
4	—	926	85.50–92.00	87.37
18	—	671	84.00–110.00	103.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	623	100.00–131.00	117.89
136	—	371	122.00–184.00	158.95
44	—	767	90.00–122.00	105.13
47	—	720	95.00–115.00	105.17
8	—	957	85.00–86.75	86.44
166	—	424	122.00–164.00	145.52
213	—	524	115.00–149.50	132.39
229	—	473	116.00–159.00	138.48
6	—	228	147.50–172.50	158.05
10	—	824	82.00–102.00	95.22
50	—	331	138.00–177.50	157.48
1	—	1,080	103.00	103.00
10	—	931	90.00–111.00	99.12
152	—	574	112.00–139.00	127.30
66	—	669	106.00–126.00	116.58
24	—	273	135.00–175.00	163.65
15	—	875	75.00–103.00	89.77
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	118.00–124.00	120.95
1	—	465	114.00	114.00
1	—	350	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	505	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	295	178.00	178.00
10	—	431	149.00–151.00	150.22
3	—	236	173.00–190.00	184.84
6	—	387	170.00–171.00	170.33
7	—	321	161.00–178.00	170.81
1	—	980	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,080	107.00	107.00
1	—	1,105	95.00	95.00
2	—	1,018	100.00–109.00	104.42
4	—	478	147.00	147.00
5	—	541	140.50	140.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	105.00	105.00
2	—	557	123.00	123.00
2	—	665	116.00–117.00	116.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	573	111.00–134.00	125.63
3	—	769	101.00–110.00	105.62
1	—	875	97.00	97.00
1	—	1,100	92.00	92.00
3	—	1,187	83.00	83.00
21	—	385	135.00–152.00	145.34
1	—	245	155.00	155.00
1	—	905	83.00	83.00
2	—	1,092	73.00	73.00
11	—	328	133.00–157.50	145.08
17	—	625	108.00–129.50	117.26
16	—	284	137.50–167.00	155.34
8	—	735	105.00–119.00	113.62
30	—	433	120.00–142.00	134.35
23	—	673	99.00–124.00	112.46
36	—	520	105.00–137.00	128.20
50	—	476	120.00–141.00	131.97
3	—	961	90.00	90.00
4	—	827	89.00–99.00	94.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	941	100.00	100.00
5	—	611	139.50	139.50
1	—	195	190.00	190.00
4	—	266	180.00	180.00
56	—	951	107.60	107.60
22	—	564	151.00–152.00	151.68
20	—	521	149.00–154.00	151.50
7	—	371	163.00–179.00	168.68
1	—	435	158.00	158.00
3	—	227	190.00–192.50	190.85
4	—	315	177.00–179.00	177.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	135.00	135.00
Steers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	424	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	133.00–137.00	136.22
7	—	555	131.00	131.00
1	—	630	116.00	116.00
4	—	782	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	954	100.00–115.75	115.24
133	—	870	100.00–125.50	119.82
184	—	824	114.25–123.30	119.63
47	—	1,082	99.00	99.00
78	—	770	110.00–121.00	117.25
50	—	574	138.00–147.00	142.70
105	—	623	125.00–144.00	136.95
40	—	481	145.00–160.00	153.84
41	—	681	122.00–135.00	131.13
176	—	535	135.00–159.00	153.15
222	—	917	100.50–117.20	113.46
23	—	428	152.50–160.00	157.32
79	—	729	109.00–125.00	118.19
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,008	91.10	91.10
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	327	142.00–180.00	164.31
58	—	861	100.00–118.00	109.23
17	—	225	148.00–190.00	173.30
33	—	932	92.00–111.20	104.76
1	—	1,065	85.00	85.00
65	—	971	93.00–109.00	107.51
1	—	1,025	98.00	98.00
332	—	524	130.00–154.50	144.22
331	—	575	121.00–155.00	139.47
296	—	624	115.00–147.00	134.31
292	—	672	115.00–141.00	128.41
268	—	474	131.00–168.00	148.00
201	—	426	134.00–184.00	152.88
155	—	724	105.00–125.25	119.12
147	—	831	99.00–118.50	113.12
73	—	376	146.00–179.00	161.78
39	—	280	148.00–185.00	167.98
198	—	785	105.00–129.60	123.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	829	122.00–123.25	122.65
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	240	110.00	110.00
3	—	383	99.00	99.00
34	—	1,005	79.80	79.80
8	—	524	81.00–94.00	90.43
13	—	830	78.50–83.00	80.53
27	—	633	82.00–94.50	88.48
2	—	920	76.00	76.00
3	—	723	85.00	85.00
4	—	680	82.00–85.00	83.53
14	—	280	91.00–97.00	94.95
30	—	430	92.50–107.00	96.32
54	—	331	94.50–110.00	100.51
12	—	466	80.00–94.00	91.80
4	—	564	85.00–90.00	87.49
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	71.00	71.00
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	92.00	92.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,353	45.00–54.00	49.21
80	—	1,450	54.00–73.50	61.68
134	—	1,460	50.00–63.00	56.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	966	23.00–50.00	41.88
149	—	998	32.00–59.00	48.57
97	—	1,021	47.00–68.00	54.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	1,234	52.00–74.00	62.62
417	—	1,207	45.00–64.00	56.41
80	—	1,182	24.00–57.00	47.54
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	80.00–81.00	80.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,412	55.00–91.00	77.38
110	—	1,667	75.00–100.00	88.37
75	—	1,842	81.00–121.00	98.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,163	65.00–103.00	92.94

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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