Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 270 priced lines covering 13,838 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,370 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,795 head. replacement cattle receipts at 566 head. Counted as USDA files them — 75 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,370Last week 14,171Year ago 13,713

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,795Last week 1,384Year ago 2,278

Replacement CattleReceipts 566Last week 779Year ago 594

Compared to last week, feeder steers were steady to 4.00 higher, and feeder heifers mostly 2.00-4.00 higher with good to very good demand for feeder classes. The best demand remains for long-weaned and preconditioned feeder steers and heifers. Slaughter cows were mostly 4.00-5.00 higher with very good demand, and slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher with moderate to good demand.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	16	—	890	64.00–86.00	73.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	60.00	60.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	987	725.00–775.00	753.34
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	630.00	630.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,153	675.00–1,150.00	921.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,268	725.00–1,225.00	1,004.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,059	710.00–975.00	819.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,041	880.00–1,125.00	1,008.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,092	700.00–1,200.00	923.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,380	840.00–1,070.00	971.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,168	510.00–1,050.00	764.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,188	640.00–975.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,219	750.00–1,125.00	891.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	—	1,218	725.00–1,225.00	912.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,050	640.00–935.00	796.64
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	660.00	660.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	640	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	685	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,442	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,034.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,403	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,087.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,425	885.00	885.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,140	700.00–780.00	725.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,028	725.00–730.00	726.78
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,269	1,130.00–1,620.00	1,419.80
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,210	925.00–1,425.00	1,179.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,239	1,150.00–1,410.00	1,326.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,053	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,222.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,107	800.00–1,320.00	1,027.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,174	775.00–1,010.00	930.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	910.00	910.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	735.00	735.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	1,035.00	1,035.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	908	880.00–950.00	919.92
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	1,460.00	1,460.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	923	600.00–830.00	727.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	990	780.00	780.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,003	780.00–870.00	821.07
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	882	850.00–1,110.00	942.89
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	850	775.00–890.00	817.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	755.00	755.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	995	850.00–1,110.00	991.76
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	745	800.00	800.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,345	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,430.86
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,090	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,250.97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	869	90.00–107.00	103.62
1	—	925	96.00	96.00
1	—	955	100.00	100.00
2	—	808	93.00–98.00	95.49
13	—	775	89.00–111.00	102.23
34	—	631	85.00–121.00	108.65
3	—	238	110.00–127.50	120.02
13	—	729	101.00–111.00	105.04
34	—	676	90.00–117.00	105.36
49	—	578	100.00–127.00	113.68
30	—	377	117.00–132.00	126.36
10	—	272	110.00–134.00	129.88
70	—	523	99.00–128.00	119.38
59	—	472	107.00–130.50	121.58
54	—	425	106.00–135.00	124.95
13	—	331	91.00–130.00	120.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	565	127.00–145.25	137.47
22	—	477	132.00–137.00	134.88
239	—	520	126.00–143.60	137.75
266	—	617	122.00–137.00	133.75
327	—	717	115.00–130.70	127.93
23	—	418	133.00–145.00	138.20
64	—	808	121.10	121.10
80	—	774	116.00–127.25	125.81
387	—	670	125.75–137.40	134.17
136	—	859	120.50	120.50
7	—	385	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	775	97.00–124.50	119.53
50	—	818	92.00–119.00	111.93
23	—	282	129.00–155.00	140.70
21	—	869	90.00–124.00	106.00
69	—	325	124.00–150.00	136.59
90	—	717	95.00–125.00	116.18
194	—	375	122.50–150.00	137.10
264	—	669	109.00–129.75	123.18
301	—	623	109.00–137.50	125.98
318	—	473	117.00–147.00	132.97
328	—	430	120.00–147.50	136.24
385	—	572	108.00–139.00	127.26
407	—	525	118.00–142.00	129.83
2	—	950	86.00–104.00	95.00
16	—	926	85.00–107.00	100.80
2	—	1,003	86.00–89.00	87.50
9	—	223	127.50–157.00	140.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	792	118.00	118.00
22	—	662	119.00–123.00	122.27
5	—	730	119.00	119.00
17	—	624	121.00–128.00	123.22
2	—	817	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	118.00	118.00
2	—	687	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	521	136.00–149.00	140.15
7	—	456	145.00–147.00	145.57
1	—	235	140.00	140.00
2	—	420	138.00–144.00	140.86
2	—	335	150.00	150.00
4	—	353	153.00	153.00
1	—	555	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	385	85.00–111.00	93.11
1	—	435	116.00	116.00
1	—	310	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	100.00	100.00
1	—	715	90.00	90.00
2	—	447	130.00	130.00
4	—	525	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	383	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	148.00	148.00
4	—	403	153.00–177.00	167.46
7	—	372	150.00–165.00	154.06
3	—	523	141.00–152.00	145.36
1	—	235	170.00	170.00
3	—	323	160.00–170.00	166.60
5	—	280	170.00–195.00	181.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	619	101.00–137.00	125.91
163	—	570	115.00–144.00	130.78
163	—	472	122.00–164.00	142.24
191	—	524	122.00–147.00	132.91
87	—	672	109.00–135.00	124.20
38	—	770	94.00–126.00	110.74
14	—	271	132.50–176.00	154.20
2	—	225	159.00–170.00	164.62
2	—	923	80.00–99.00	89.32
1	—	1,050	78.00	78.00
7	—	871	80.00–106.00	93.91
2	—	965	94.00–96.00	95.00
153	—	427	128.00–160.50	145.06
96	—	371	134.00–168.00	151.56
68	—	724	107.00–133.00	118.80
54	—	327	140.00–175.00	154.02
25	—	826	87.00–126.00	102.73
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	120.00	120.00
1	—	515	112.00	112.00
2	—	320	112.50–117.50	115.12
3	—	553	110.00–118.00	113.64
6	—	411	112.50–117.00	113.99
7	—	378	114.00–123.00	118.80
1	—	220	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	270	127.50–155.00	139.40
16	—	324	108.00–156.00	136.53
4	—	830	90.00–98.00	94.79
3	—	223	125.00–140.00	130.49
15	—	623	104.00–120.00	110.97
16	—	727	84.00–115.00	101.23
22	—	672	92.00–121.00	111.87
2	—	903	88.00–102.00	95.02
4	—	979	87.00–101.00	95.25
16	—	860	90.00–105.00	92.39
42	—	374	112.50–152.00	137.23
47	—	568	105.00–129.75	123.69
59	—	517	108.00–130.00	123.00
51	—	427	100.00–150.00	130.50
7	—	765	80.00–112.00	103.91
70	—	472	115.00–140.00	130.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	602	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	118.00	118.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	381	92.00–111.00	104.44
15	—	519	85.00–114.00	112.12
5	—	570	81.00–96.00	88.14
6	—	619	77.00–92.00	85.95
6	—	839	74.00–88.00	81.02
3	—	1,188	65.00	65.00
28	—	996	95.70	95.70
2	—	260	87.00–100.00	93.50
15	—	339	95.00–109.00	99.80
17	—	764	87.00–98.60	97.18
13	—	459	81.00–118.00	109.26
3	—	706	90.00	90.00
28	—	685	102.75	102.75
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	77.00	77.00
3	—	407	75.00	75.00
3	—	510	78.00	78.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	675	120.00–143.00	135.32
117	—	973	96.00–118.50	116.29
28	—	329	145.00–170.00	156.09
207	—	478	130.00–165.50	152.01
3	—	1,020	108.00–110.00	108.67
58	—	377	145.00–171.00	159.44
97	—	432	132.00–171.00	152.47
175	—	528	126.00–156.50	144.45
183	—	715	112.00–140.95	133.78
212	—	782	118.00–137.50	130.78
279	—	627	123.00–150.00	138.29
347	—	572	122.00–158.00	144.97
359	—	820	110.00–134.70	131.78
3	—	213	160.00–192.50	174.14
106	—	883	110.00–131.40	128.13
124	—	921	106.00–124.85	123.05
19	—	281	139.00–175.00	160.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	527	141.00–162.50	154.58
300	—	875	129.00–133.25	131.61
169	—	975	120.25–126.10	123.42
92	—	779	130.00–139.00	136.81
137	—	626	130.00–152.50	145.37
179	—	717	129.00–143.25	139.22
513	—	829	121.75–138.50	133.07
19	—	432	150.00–175.00	162.06
26	—	464	154.00–176.00	164.19
127	—	570	140.00–158.00	151.86
205	—	674	133.50–149.00	143.44
1	—	1,245	90.00	90.00
162	—	1,010	123.30–124.75	124.27
342	—	934	129.80–131.95	130.54
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	130.00	130.00
1	—	960	110.00	110.00
1	—	430	74.00	74.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
1	—	620	104.00	104.00
2	—	330	125.00	125.00
2	—	285	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	90.00	90.00
3	—	275	125.00–152.50	137.29
3	—	865	107.00–112.00	109.69
7	—	711	105.00–123.00	114.33
2	—	223	120.00–137.00	128.98
1	—	320	140.00	140.00
3	—	970	94.00–106.00	99.31
6	—	827	107.00–118.00	114.35
13	—	789	109.00–130.00	127.35
16	—	672	103.00–123.00	116.42
4	—	912	94.00–106.00	100.00
31	—	474	125.00–147.00	138.27
26	—	574	110.00–137.50	124.36
23	—	522	120.00–150.00	132.47
17	—	625	117.00–130.00	125.00
17	—	385	130.00–152.00	144.18
11	—	424	110.00–155.00	136.29
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	130.00	130.00
1	—	565	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	291	177.00	177.00
2	—	385	163.00–170.00	166.41
3	—	420	164.00–177.50	170.51
3	—	625	146.00	146.00
6	—	308	167.50–187.50	182.32
8	—	668	145.50	145.50
11	—	514	150.50	150.50
59	—	945	128.40	128.40
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	972	124.95	124.95
61	—	905	132.95	132.95
48	—	857	134.95	134.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,466	70.00–99.00	84.92
79	—	1,656	80.00–108.00	98.02
124	—	1,761	100.00–122.50	109.56
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	82.50	82.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	72.50	72.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
279	—	1,278	53.00–86.00	74.87
292	—	1,209	44.50–77.50	67.75
75	—	1,220	41.50–69.00	59.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,441	54.00–81.50	70.29
185	—	1,492	61.00–93.00	75.98
7	—	1,314	52.50–66.00	59.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	984	30.00–63.00	51.61
96	—	1,044	57.00–81.00	69.58
156	—	1,034	37.00–73.00	58.96
1	—	935	20.00	20.00

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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