Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 270 priced lines covering 13,000 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,498 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,141 head. replacement cattle receipts at 489 head. Counted as USDA files them — 83 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,498Last week 13,370Year ago 15,488

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,141Last week 1,795Year ago 2,064

Replacement CattleReceipts 489Last week 566Year ago 628

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, and feeder heifers were mostly 2.00-3.00 higher with good demand for feeder classes – the best demand noted for long-weaned, preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	245	167.00	167.00
4	—	916	114.00	114.00
260	—	624	123.00–144.00	135.94
187	—	770	110.50–132.40	127.58
125	—	663	124.00–137.70	135.12
36	—	429	134.00–148.00	144.44
64	—	472	135.00–145.75	142.21
60	—	868	124.25	124.25
194	—	528	126.00–143.35	138.03
205	—	579	127.00–145.80	140.05
304	—	715	118.50–133.75	129.47
4	—	820	112.00–118.00	115.77
1	—	335	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	655	115.00	115.00
7	—	490	128.00	128.00
3	—	555	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
395	—	574	118.00–140.50	130.37
352	—	525	118.00–142.00	132.19
338	—	470	120.00–148.00	134.99
213	—	624	110.00–135.50	124.39
208	—	674	109.00–140.50	121.76
2	—	985	94.00–110.00	102.08
14	—	273	131.00–165.00	144.48
43	—	767	110.00–129.00	119.82
9	—	866	90.00–113.00	102.71
15	—	236	130.00–158.00	145.69
59	—	824	95.00–120.50	116.63
2	—	1,015	90.00–109.00	99.45
188	—	428	120.00–152.00	137.35
113	—	720	100.00–132.50	117.72
110	—	373	122.00–157.00	141.02
35	—	325	130.00–158.00	144.76
6	—	925	92.00–109.00	99.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	630	119.00–128.00	123.13
12	—	739	116.00–117.75	117.02
14	—	773	114.50–119.50	116.10
8	—	816	100.00–115.00	112.82
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	123.00	123.00
2	—	478	118.00	118.00
3	—	726	106.00–109.00	106.97
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	113.00	113.00
1	—	515	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	160.00	160.00
4	—	441	150.00	150.00
12	—	370	137.00–156.00	144.33
20	—	319	140.00–155.00	147.78
9	—	515	140.00–140.50	140.39
1	—	230	165.00	165.00
2	—	552	141.00	141.00
2	—	602	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	82.00–90.00	86.07
5	—	274	119.00–140.00	132.36
5	—	762	96.00–113.00	103.78
5	—	819	88.00–103.00	97.97
17	—	330	109.00–137.00	127.12
25	—	375	108.00–143.00	128.93
19	—	717	82.00–115.00	97.31
7	—	958	70.00–106.00	95.57
4	—	881	84.00–92.00	88.53
44	—	469	110.00–131.00	121.59
49	—	571	108.00–125.00	117.54
65	—	526	102.00–128.00	119.07
26	—	668	87.00–115.00	105.59
27	—	622	91.00–120.00	108.48
35	—	420	107.50–138.00	127.91
1	—	215	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	717	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	984	127.20–127.95	127.71
110	—	1,019	124.50	124.50
119	—	577	144.00–160.00	152.77
87	—	525	145.00–166.00	154.05
85	—	668	135.00–155.00	143.98
2	—	385	174.00	174.00
129	—	826	125.00–137.10	133.65
14	—	413	157.00–171.00	158.37
354	—	927	127.90–137.00	131.74
373	—	620	133.00–154.75	149.90
422	—	778	135.00–144.00	140.85
166	—	860	128.50–134.75	133.23
510	—	722	129.00–145.50	142.34
13	—	462	153.00–156.00	155.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
316	—	673	120.00–150.00	137.71
228	—	523	123.00–164.00	147.53
220	—	573	123.00–156.00	142.16
180	—	623	120.00–152.50	140.47
168	—	725	119.00–145.50	132.78
165	—	481	130.00–165.00	151.20
152	—	425	135.00–165.00	151.42
130	—	812	103.00–138.00	129.96
64	—	370	137.00–170.00	156.64
32	—	328	135.00–170.00	161.74
15	—	1,079	105.00–112.00	110.35
2	—	960	105.00	105.00
2	—	243	160.00–167.50	163.71
48	—	765	115.00–135.00	131.34
3	—	1,013	104.00–113.00	108.71
16	—	282	140.00–175.00	164.53
1	—	1,115	106.00	106.00
35	—	873	110.00–128.50	119.50
105	—	936	99.00–132.00	125.29
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	129.00–133.00	130.94
4	—	881	120.00–121.00	120.76
2	—	665	130.00	130.00
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	793	144.25	144.25
1	—	235	185.00	185.00
1	—	310	167.00	167.00
2	—	635	154.00	154.00
7	—	589	154.00–156.00	155.73
9	—	527	152.50–159.00	154.56
1	—	420	156.00	156.00
223	—	906	133.30–133.70	133.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	124.00	124.00
4	—	735	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	324	142.50–156.00	149.96
1	—	235	130.00	130.00
11	—	721	103.00–123.00	115.62
16	—	429	125.00–150.00	136.31
28	—	682	110.00–131.00	123.70
33	—	475	125.00–147.00	138.24
22	—	570	116.00–143.00	126.38
28	—	622	94.00–145.00	125.04
2	—	973	100.00–110.00	105.04
4	—	822	93.00–110.00	102.96
1	—	295	135.00	135.00
37	—	528	112.50–146.00	138.32
2	—	913	94.00–109.00	101.56
17	—	385	120.00–153.00	135.56
4	—	794	116.00–118.00	117.50
3	—	867	108.00–116.00	113.05
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	686	135.00	135.00
4	—	620	128.00	128.00
5	—	571	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	120.00	120.00
1	—	685	113.00	113.00
1	—	945	90.00	90.00
1	—	600	101.00	101.00
1	—	335	127.00	127.00
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	454	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	474	109.00–142.00	129.68
35	—	373	111.00–157.00	139.16
29	—	578	99.00–131.00	120.32
3	—	283	135.00–144.00	138.13
19	—	674	100.00–129.00	116.47
25	—	518	119.00–132.00	126.49
14	—	321	120.00–155.00	135.89
32	—	434	112.50–139.00	128.41
4	—	874	71.00–104.00	85.15
4	—	1,056	70.00–97.00	90.16
6	—	724	110.00–117.00	113.17
3	—	770	101.00–113.00	108.39
6	—	825	89.00–111.00	102.54
6	—	933	87.00–96.00	93.10
33	—	623	101.00–130.00	115.55
4	—	224	125.00–142.00	136.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	110.00	110.00
2	—	592	145.00	145.00
6	—	398	158.00	158.00
9	—	465	146.00	146.00
13	—	516	145.00–155.00	152.68
1	—	250	172.50	172.50
3	—	233	170.00–182.50	178.83
15	—	313	155.00–175.00	168.26
11	—	409	151.00–160.50	155.59
2	—	687	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	115.00	115.00
1	—	400	111.00	111.00
1	—	355	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	144.00	144.00
1	—	605	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	165.00	165.00
3	—	913	89.00–108.00	101.76
24	—	874	85.00–123.00	106.23
9	—	268	150.00–175.00	170.89
46	—	321	140.00–171.00	156.08
3	—	1,015	80.00–99.00	89.68
5	—	976	80.00–107.50	97.94
1	—	1,055	88.00	88.00
240	—	521	123.00–150.00	136.89
172	—	576	115.00–146.00	133.28
143	—	467	122.50–160.00	141.97
117	—	626	115.00–148.00	128.69
113	—	425	130.00–162.00	147.24
105	—	671	107.00–133.00	124.19
84	—	374	136.00–170.00	151.44
70	—	721	105.00–129.00	119.75
22	—	771	106.00–125.00	117.49
21	—	834	91.00–116.00	111.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	507	121.00	121.00
2	—	907	82.00	82.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	100.00–108.00	105.22
8	—	1,338	75.75	75.75
7	—	969	70.00–88.50	85.88
15	—	607	92.00–106.50	103.94
17	—	467	79.00–99.00	88.66
25	—	774	75.00–102.00	99.36
61	—	901	87.00–102.00	101.74
5	—	240	88.00–108.75	99.06
5	—	420	83.00–115.00	102.94
8	—	520	81.00–108.00	98.43
17	—	323	89.00–109.00	92.51
71	—	840	89.00–107.10	106.86
5	—	735	77.00–90.00	86.76
6	—	569	79.00–96.00	87.55
12	—	886	65.00–92.00	89.80
27	—	665	94.00–106.50	103.51
13	—	364	91.00–110.00	107.09
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	828	101.50	101.50
104	—	872	103.95–105.50	104.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	735	770.00	770.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	805	710.00	710.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	955	890.00–985.00	932.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,505	1,435.00	1,435.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,089	750.00–1,250.00	1,016.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,027	860.00–1,225.00	1,016.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,220	1,025.00–1,070.00	1,052.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,153	1,150.00–1,475.00	1,357.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,029	1,075.00–1,425.00	1,169.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,281	1,210.00–1,510.00	1,338.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,145	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,185	1,125.00–1,400.00	1,251.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,148	1,000.00–1,185.00	1,132.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	965	1,375.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,021	825.00–1,075.00	985.69
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	1,225.00	1,225.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,168	73.00	73.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,103	735.00–875.00	776.69
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	877	63.00–86.00	75.16
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	885.00	885.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,237	735.00–1,135.00	885.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,022	685.00–1,075.00	873.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,143	650.00–1,025.00	785.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	1,209	700.00–1,210.00	997.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,042	760.00–950.00	868.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,247	910.00–1,210.00	1,079.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,299	650.00–1,185.00	1,009.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	1,294	775.00–1,335.00	1,054.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,134	835.00–985.00	935.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,179	700.00–1,275.00	958.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,115	725.00–985.00	797.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,150	725.00–860.00	778.33
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,513	1,025.00–1,040.00	1,032.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,785	1,185.00	1,185.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,535	1,085.00	1,085.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	966	550.00–660.00	628.10
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,275	880.00–1,050.00	1,021.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	850.00	850.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,860	2,000.00	2,000.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,106	925.00–1,150.00	1,067.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,538	1,525.00–1,810.00	1,676.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,478	72.00–93.00	85.69
149	—	1,775	96.00–120.00	109.65
152	—	1,671	76.00–114.00	98.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
245	—	1,275	55.50–82.50	73.73
399	—	1,236	45.00–74.50	65.98
82	—	1,203	49.00–66.00	58.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,445	48.50–68.00	60.90
126	—	1,482	54.50–77.00	67.80
164	—	1,468	59.50–83.00	73.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	944	35.00–60.00	49.53
87	—	1,024	50.00–76.00	65.17
149	—	1,005	46.00–68.00	57.40
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,697	77.00–81.50	79.73

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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