Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 270 priced lines covering 14,919 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,199 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,526 head. replacement cattle receipts at 520 head. Counted as USDA files them — 102 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,199Last week 11,258Year ago 15,561

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,526Last week 1,524Year ago 1,927

Replacement CattleReceipts 520Last week 349Year ago 548

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 650 lbs were mostly steady, while steers over 650 were mostly steady to 3.00 higher with good

demand, especially for long-weaned, preconditioned steers. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs were steady to 3.00 lower, and heifers over 700 lbs

were steady to 3.00 higher with the best demand for long-weaned, preconditioned heifers. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower, and

slaughter bulls mostly steady to 2.00 lower with mostly moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	717	90.00–130.00	111.95
47	—	326	140.00–176.00	154.77
221	—	522	117.00–145.00	130.87
27	—	283	121.00–170.00	157.73
17	—	922	85.00–114.00	99.40
127	—	376	125.00–175.00	151.35
128	—	669	108.00–131.00	117.87
175	—	429	124.00–169.00	141.47
188	—	622	110.00–137.00	123.56
203	—	471	120.00–159.00	137.10
224	—	576	115.00–140.00	127.12
22	—	820	90.00–108.00	100.69
28	—	770	102.00–125.00	112.02
2	—	1,028	92.00–94.00	92.99
9	—	222	150.00–172.50	164.04
5	—	868	95.00–104.00	99.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	719	84.00–111.00	103.83
2	—	225	145.00–155.00	150.00
31	—	377	115.00–151.00	136.45
46	—	574	97.00–126.00	117.38
15	—	623	102.00–120.00	109.18
3	—	817	103.00–108.00	105.68
9	—	781	80.00–104.00	96.05
41	—	521	100.00–132.00	120.64
47	—	476	107.50–132.00	122.21
38	—	421	107.50–138.00	125.17
3	—	267	127.00–130.00	128.01
1	—	920	91.00	91.00
3	—	880	85.00–86.00	85.67
2	—	1,020	83.00	83.00
26	—	669	89.00–115.00	108.20
23	—	329	117.00–147.00	133.29
4	—	975	71.00–91.00	81.17
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	115.00	115.00
2	—	458	110.00–125.00	117.54
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	418	125.00	125.00
2	—	593	110.00–122.00	115.97
3	—	630	108.00–119.00	111.52
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	110.00–125.00	117.20
2	—	538	122.00	122.00
2	—	583	105.00–110.00	107.49
3	—	485	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	141.00	141.00
3	—	616	133.00	133.00
1	—	505	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	859	98.00–111.00	107.77
416	—	473	112.00–145.00	132.75
385	—	624	97.50–127.25	119.28
23	—	288	125.00–169.00	145.43
16	—	232	129.00–162.50	144.02
62	—	323	120.00–149.00	138.20
262	—	429	117.00–146.00	132.98
6	—	919	90.00–98.00	93.32
1	—	1,015	100.00	100.00
10	—	983	81.00–100.50	91.74
55	—	774	95.00–116.50	108.63
56	—	822	94.00–116.50	111.59
113	—	721	90.00–120.00	109.79
155	—	372	124.00–153.50	134.87
245	—	678	104.00–131.00	115.53
608	—	569	110.00–136.25	125.39
496	—	526	112.50–139.25	128.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	477	129.00–139.00	134.01
144	—	819	106.00–125.90	124.24
196	—	574	125.00–139.00	134.06
302	—	771	107.00–127.50	125.33
200	—	675	114.00–132.80	128.15
82	—	519	124.00–135.50	128.51
170	—	860	120.00–122.75	120.57
5	—	337	147.00–150.00	147.56
8	—	1,066	100.50	100.50
112	—	728	101.00–124.75	122.17
287	—	629	120.00–135.90	131.16
28	—	425	131.00–144.00	139.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	713	110.00–115.50	113.17
16	—	626	117.00–124.00	119.39
8	—	660	116.00–118.50	118.18
5	—	758	109.00–111.00	110.00
2	—	967	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	110.00–121.00	115.58
3	—	567	108.00–118.00	112.12
1	—	610	109.00	109.00
1	—	765	92.00	92.00
2	—	650	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	472	104.00–130.50	121.02
61	—	526	102.00–128.00	116.26
54	—	577	103.00–122.00	112.92
40	—	370	100.00–131.00	122.16
2	—	218	118.00–130.00	124.48
1	—	190	131.00	131.00
7	—	273	110.00–138.00	125.56
6	—	882	74.00–94.00	84.26
31	—	336	98.00–135.00	124.60
20	—	720	83.00–104.50	98.02
15	—	767	85.00–109.50	95.82
27	—	618	93.00–115.00	103.95
48	—	424	80.00–132.00	118.01
22	—	673	90.00–112.00	104.69
13	—	836	74.00–100.50	87.52
3	—	982	78.00–84.00	80.01
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	367	126.00	126.00
1	—	535	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	565	105.00–118.00	111.63
1	—	665	106.00	106.00
6	—	535	111.00–121.00	115.48
8	—	437	95.00–130.00	116.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	521	134.00–135.00	134.15
1	—	230	159.00	159.00
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
12	—	789	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	100.00	100.00
34	—	374	135.00–176.00	154.44
17	—	282	145.00–182.50	167.96
241	—	520	121.00–155.00	141.45
30	—	328	142.00–177.00	155.22
82	—	927	106.00–125.00	122.35
14	—	1,021	97.00–109.50	105.56
15	—	970	100.00–113.50	110.87
6	—	224	165.00–190.00	182.96
69	—	868	114.00–122.00	120.15
4	—	1,079	86.00–112.00	101.51
497	—	569	127.50–153.00	141.41
334	—	628	121.00–149.50	137.06
298	—	726	112.00–134.75	129.70
261	—	672	111.00–141.00	134.42
202	—	474	128.00–160.50	147.20
174	—	825	114.00–131.00	126.69
129	—	770	111.00–134.50	124.87
109	—	422	134.00–168.00	151.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	826	133.00	133.00
15	—	994	119.00	119.00
5	—	622	147.00	147.00
10	—	598	150.50	150.50
7	—	426	150.00–171.00	154.90
7	—	333	175.00	175.00
3	—	360	180.00	180.00
114	—	895	126.50–129.95	128.16
16	—	512	147.00–162.00	151.77
1	—	495	150.00	150.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	110.00	110.00
1	—	460	136.00	136.00
1	—	615	122.00	122.00
2	—	737	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	479	100.00–143.00	130.23
21	—	417	103.00–138.00	129.07
1	—	285	145.00	145.00
2	—	328	140.00–150.00	145.04
1	—	890	104.00	104.00
1	—	1,035	80.00	80.00
4	—	723	99.00–116.00	111.08
33	—	575	101.00–136.00	125.80
2	—	247	125.00	125.00
24	—	624	100.00–129.00	120.93
7	—	774	92.00–117.00	105.90
21	—	525	107.00–136.00	125.94
9	—	817	97.00–119.00	111.71
18	—	681	111.00–128.00	122.46
6	—	370	130.00–142.00	135.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	869	129.00–133.60	131.38
71	—	752	139.90	139.90
67	—	734	139.80	139.80
57	—	840	135.20	135.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	679	131.00–146.50	142.51
118	—	763	125.00–137.00	134.01
149	—	622	127.50–145.00	139.86
5	—	434	150.00–175.00	163.48
15	—	478	149.00–172.00	156.97
324	—	1,018	118.70–122.70	121.77
98	—	527	142.00–164.00	154.59
591	—	825	112.50–137.10	130.74
514	—	880	114.00–134.50	127.18
292	—	915	111.00–129.00	126.80
94	—	575	140.50–157.00	149.67
429	—	726	126.00–142.30	136.36
160	—	979	117.80–125.60	122.77
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	128.00	128.00
4	—	567	117.00–130.00	120.41
1	—	685	128.00	128.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	125.00	125.00
1	—	570	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	664	68.00–86.00	79.23
1	—	335	94.00	94.00
2	—	755	84.00	84.00
2	—	993	79.00	79.00
3	—	623	84.00–89.00	87.32
8	—	298	86.00	86.00
21	—	403	91.00–102.00	94.51
8	—	925	82.00–84.00	82.73
1	—	850	70.50	70.50
13	—	719	65.00–87.00	81.67
7	—	514	79.00–98.00	94.59
13	—	474	79.00–92.00	87.74
11	—	356	78.00–101.00	88.57
3	—	823	70.00–77.00	74.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	585.00	585.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	760.00	760.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,118	675.00–700.00	687.14
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	855	490.00	490.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,022	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,053	725.00–1,150.00	901.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,257	600.00–975.00	798.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,073	800.00–1,120.00	937.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,286	775.00–1,250.00	966.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	—	1,183	625.00–1,600.00	942.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	50	—	1,124	600.00–1,000.00	726.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	480.00	480.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,138	550.00–1,220.00	930.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,211	675.00–1,050.00	913.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,304	500.00–1,275.00	1,102.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,348	640.00–1,175.00	1,009.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	950	835.00–875.00	856.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,415	790.00–870.00	832.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,375	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	540.00	540.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	590.00	590.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	635	350.00	350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	475.00	475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	685.00	685.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,460	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,850	1,675.00	1,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,293	1,150.00–1,285.00	1,213.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,196	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,194.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,182	920.00–1,500.00	1,203.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,250	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,206	975.00–1,775.00	1,582.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,352	1,080.00–1,510.00	1,261.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,226	950.00–1,400.00	1,126.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,210.00	1,210.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,285	1,040.00–1,210.00	1,127.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,504	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,267.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,085	735.00–1,040.00	904.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,243	1,080.00–1,270.00	1,175.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	983	1,525.00	1,525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	825.00	825.00
Bred Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	645	635.00	635.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	635.00	635.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	815	675.00–750.00	716.87
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	785.00	785.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	70.00	70.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	980	58.00–90.00	71.70
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,083	735.00–935.00	839.85
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,034	64.00–108.00	86.53
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	804	410.00–760.00	600.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,145	1,010.00–1,325.00	1,135.37
(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,060	775.00–1,450.00	1,094.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	880	820.00	820.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	92.00	92.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	97.00	97.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,424	70.00–98.00	81.92
74	—	1,836	89.00–115.00	104.66
100	—	1,662	60.00–111.00	95.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,258	54.00–78.00	65.81
288	—	1,208	44.00–69.50	59.51
68	—	1,221	25.00–59.50	52.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,449	54.00–69.50	61.13
11	—	1,314	51.50–62.00	55.43
106	—	1,509	59.00–81.00	66.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,008	33.00–62.50	50.93
67	—	1,028	50.00–69.50	59.20
53	—	993	32.00–54.00	43.67

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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