Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 282 priced lines covering 13,923 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,171 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,384 head. replacement cattle receipts at 779 head. Counted as USDA files them — 162 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,171Last week 15,199Year ago 14,496

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,384Last week 1,526Year ago 1,208

Replacement CattleReceipts 779Last week 520Year ago 838

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, with some instances of 3.00-4.00 higher. Moderate to good demand was noted throughout the week with the best demand shown for long-weaned, preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady with mostly moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	538	159.00	159.00
3	—	345	165.00	165.00
5	—	369	156.00–164.00	157.54
70	—	820	129.50–134.00	133.61
105	—	878	132.85	132.85
2	—	415	152.00	152.00
1	—	605	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
226	—	574	127.00–159.00	142.39
45	—	375	140.00–164.00	152.26
35	—	972	102.00–118.50	114.60
78	—	424	130.00–166.00	151.53
136	—	479	121.00–165.00	146.57
156	—	765	115.00–134.50	127.94
162	—	725	116.00–135.00	128.08
4	—	264	160.00–177.00	166.19
247	—	674	114.00–145.00	133.07
283	—	529	129.00–162.00	143.04
316	—	631	120.00–149.50	137.69
110	—	878	110.00–128.00	124.36
235	—	819	110.00–132.50	128.91
27	—	906	106.50–117.00	109.91
13	—	1,083	109.00–113.00	111.48
2	—	235	163.00	163.00
29	—	1,030	100.00–115.00	111.00
9	—	321	141.00–172.50	157.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	808	80.00–119.00	110.60
9	—	1,128	75.00	75.00
4	—	924	91.00–101.00	97.06
4	—	277	142.50–150.00	148.14
16	—	479	117.00–140.00	128.99
9	—	376	131.00–149.00	140.69
30	—	682	111.00–126.00	119.82
26	—	773	103.00–121.00	112.97
21	—	628	110.00–136.00	120.83
28	—	572	115.00–139.00	126.97
4	—	1,071	85.50–101.00	94.10
16	—	727	100.00–117.00	112.93
29	—	524	114.00–137.00	127.57
10	—	868	102.00–115.00	108.02
5	—	317	111.00–146.00	122.99
20	—	424	120.00–148.00	137.42
2	—	1,043	90.00	90.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	679	131.00–148.00	143.74
423	—	778	120.00–140.30	136.27
176	—	916	113.50–130.10	127.25
268	—	820	114.00–136.70	134.11
4	—	328	160.00–185.00	170.43
27	—	473	145.00–181.00	157.36
153	—	575	138.00–157.50	149.24
166	—	625	138.00–150.00	143.55
172	—	967	104.00–126.70	123.88
173	—	535	141.00–164.00	153.09
195	—	724	124.00–140.90	132.78
419	—	874	126.00–132.35	129.67
12	—	425	146.00–178.00	153.59
41	—	1,068	106.30	106.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	739	140.30	140.30
105	—	780	137.00–137.75	137.28
116	—	929	128.70–129.00	128.85
119	—	863	133.75–135.00	134.00
125	—	825	135.00	135.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	522	131.00	131.00
2	—	662	130.00	130.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	707	119.00	119.00
4	—	923	113.00	113.00
2	—	850	117.00	117.00
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
1	—	630	122.00	122.00
1	—	495	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	783	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	131.00	131.00
1	—	510	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	817	92.00–106.00	99.18
1	—	960	95.00	95.00
4	—	223	156.00–170.00	162.76
52	—	721	105.00–127.00	117.01
68	—	377	120.00–165.00	148.44
104	—	573	117.00–139.00	128.22
135	—	472	120.00–155.00	139.12
138	—	624	110.00–139.00	123.07
174	—	523	113.00–142.00	130.76
1	—	855	85.00	85.00
28	—	324	138.00–168.00	151.57
92	—	430	121.00–167.00	141.76
16	—	277	140.00–163.00	153.86
86	—	671	110.00–133.00	119.89
30	—	761	103.00–123.50	111.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	101.00	101.00
8	—	629	130.00–140.00	132.50
4	—	407	150.00–169.00	154.92
6	—	343	165.00–177.00	175.05
2	—	290	177.00–185.00	181.07
2	—	512	155.00	155.00
5	—	363	170.00	170.00
4	—	656	133.00–134.00	133.25
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	477	90.00–118.00	96.98
1	—	730	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
3	—	1,021	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	101.00	101.00
3	—	518	115.00	115.00
1	—	340	116.00	116.00
1	—	375	112.00	112.00
3	—	462	100.00–112.00	107.39
3	—	587	100.00–115.00	106.61
1	—	405	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	830	85.00–102.00	89.56
6	—	775	94.00–103.00	98.62
23	—	623	85.00–116.00	110.18
33	—	378	112.00–145.00	132.48
43	—	425	116.00–148.00	129.29
50	—	470	114.00–139.00	124.95
51	—	525	113.00–132.00	121.54
11	—	332	120.00–138.00	128.76
2	—	918	75.00–79.00	76.97
3	—	958	76.00–102.00	86.93
15	—	680	88.00–116.00	108.43
3	—	282	130.00–150.00	141.42
5	—	212	142.00–150.00	143.55
1	—	870	86.00	86.00
8	—	725	98.00–112.00	103.41
36	—	571	103.00–128.00	119.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	544	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	822	94.00–108.00	103.34
1	—	225	141.00	141.00
21	—	727	84.00–108.00	99.75
42	—	621	90.00–119.00	109.97
2	—	853	71.00–107.00	89.05
21	—	427	108.00–135.00	120.83
45	—	676	72.00–116.00	108.26
4	—	268	102.50–136.00	124.07
21	—	330	100.00–130.00	121.56
50	—	476	106.00–130.00	120.09
59	—	574	102.00–121.50	115.21
38	—	522	94.00–127.50	115.73
18	—	370	115.00–135.00	123.22
9	—	773	86.00–104.00	93.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	871	95.00	95.00
1	—	825	104.00	104.00
571	—	621	118.00–138.95	133.34
429	—	668	118.50–139.00	132.86
9	—	423	133.00–144.00	137.47
7	—	921	105.50	105.50
394	—	569	124.00–139.75	134.72
542	—	768	115.00–128.70	126.18
55	—	532	124.00–141.00	131.66
43	—	476	130.00–144.00	134.26
1	—	270	175.00	175.00
2	—	235	160.00–165.00	162.45
287	—	707	102.00–134.10	128.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,105	84.00	84.00
65	—	321	111.00–154.00	137.00
74	—	771	96.00–123.50	113.35
115	—	721	100.00–123.00	114.10
142	—	372	120.00–149.00	135.35
175	—	424	116.00–146.00	133.58
284	—	476	118.00–142.00	131.08
322	—	621	108.00–130.00	121.87
384	—	573	113.00–136.00	126.04
1	—	1,250	99.00	99.00
29	—	817	89.00–118.00	109.56
4	—	862	90.00–102.50	93.59
8	—	218	132.50–170.00	150.12
1	—	1,010	90.00	90.00
320	—	673	104.00–127.00	120.64
317	—	522	110.00–139.00	127.65
1	—	1,050	99.00	99.00
27	—	283	124.00–175.00	138.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	912	94.00	94.00
4	—	683	106.00	106.00
5	—	754	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	805	106.00–111.00	107.68
5	—	670	116.00–118.00	116.81
10	—	768	110.00–117.00	111.99
3	—	701	113.00	113.00
28	—	618	117.00–124.50	120.82
12	—	580	120.50	120.50
2	—	875	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	805	108.50	108.50
5	—	408	144.00–151.00	148.22
16	—	451	146.00	146.00
75	—	697	135.25	135.25
318	—	630	138.00	138.00
8	—	394	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	102.00	102.00
1	—	455	100.00	100.00
2	—	560	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	113.00	113.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	330	90.00–94.00	90.81
2	—	815	85.00	85.00
3	—	466	93.00	93.00
1	—	220	87.50	87.50
3	—	703	75.00–89.00	79.64
3	—	771	83.00–86.50	85.31
1	—	580	88.00	88.00
3	—	665	84.00	84.00
5	—	515	83.00–92.00	90.09
12	—	420	85.00–90.50	86.94
2	—	258	100.00–106.00	102.91
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	75.00	75.00
1	—	685	74.00	74.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,187	550.00–1,050.00	829.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,218	660.00–1,185.00	933.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,310	860.00–1,260.00	1,066.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,056	700.00–925.00	825.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,170	640.00–950.00	784.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,175	730.00–975.00	832.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,293	720.00–1,300.00	1,003.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,125	710.00–1,085.00	841.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,064	530.00–700.00	617.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	—	1,186	650.00–1,025.00	865.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,363	745.00–1,075.00	953.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,192	635.00–1,100.00	925.77
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	710.00	710.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,032	535.00–785.00	663.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	880.00	880.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,333	1,155.00–1,210.00	1,182.86
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	685.00	685.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	910.00	910.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	933	600.00–775.00	696.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,148	675.00–750.00	713.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,028	625.00–775.00	719.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,393	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,113.55
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	789	80.00–88.00	84.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	910	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,245	735.00	735.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	610.00	610.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	920	77.00–80.00	78.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,028	65.00–78.00	71.29
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	986	950.00–1,075.00	982.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,255	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	925.00	925.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	825.00	825.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	990	850.00	850.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,123	1,200.00–1,485.00	1,350.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,698	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,416	1,125.00–1,800.00	1,563.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,625	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,710	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,288	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,549	930.00–1,500.00	1,305.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,810	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,005	1,020.00–1,025.00	1,022.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	28	—	1,471	1,225.00–1,500.00	1,370.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,275	950.00–1,110.00	1,037.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,093	1,100.00–1,550.00	1,359.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,277	1,000.00–1,390.00	1,220.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,205	1,035.00–1,620.00	1,266.40
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,130.00	1,130.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,455	1,485.00	1,485.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,153	700.00–840.00	773.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,317	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,297	700.00–1,175.00	1,073.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,013	1,075.00–1,125.00	1,099.69
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,415	60.00–94.00	85.29
102	—	1,813	91.00–116.00	105.65
105	—	1,709	72.00–109.50	96.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,223	38.00–59.00	50.51
185	—	1,229	42.00–69.50	59.78
211	—	1,264	55.00–77.50	67.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,407	51.50–69.50	62.10
134	—	1,479	59.50–85.00	69.49
10	—	1,472	50.50–62.00	56.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,062	42.50–65.00	52.93
43	—	987	30.00–53.00	43.56
62	—	1,056	53.50–69.00	60.58

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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