Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 314 priced lines covering 16,166 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,048 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,272 head. replacement cattle receipts at 596 head. Counted as USDA files them — 114 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,048Last week 12,498Year ago 12,067

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,272Last week 2,141Year ago 1,982

Replacement CattleReceipts 596Last week 489Year ago 871

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly 1.00-4.00 higher with good to very good demand, especially for long-weaned, preconditioned feeder cattle. Slaughter cows were 3.00-6.00 lower, and slaughter bulls 2.00-5.00 lower with light demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	126.00	126.00
5	—	667	117.00–120.00	119.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	111.00	111.00
1	—	660	120.00	120.00
8	—	466	139.00	139.00
5	—	403	143.00	143.00
6	—	644	110.00	110.00
7	—	508	124.00	124.00
6	—	582	121.00–131.00	124.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	90.00	90.00
4	—	966	90.00–100.00	93.76
1	—	1,285	101.00	101.00
6	—	932	85.00–124.00	98.12
20	—	878	90.00–115.00	100.18
28	—	817	99.00–115.00	107.07
46	—	774	100.00–124.00	114.31
48	—	330	133.00–172.00	156.06
115	—	369	135.00–173.00	154.96
155	—	623	110.00–140.00	127.85
168	—	428	130.00–163.00	148.32
185	—	574	123.00–155.00	134.96
219	—	474	128.00–160.00	143.39
284	—	524	123.00–155.00	138.15
7	—	225	153.00–187.00	173.67
23	—	281	135.00–174.00	157.63
5	—	1,072	80.00–90.00	86.01
105	—	669	111.00–135.75	125.62
1	—	180	166.00	166.00
77	—	725	107.00–132.00	118.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	151.00	151.00
2	—	320	160.00–163.00	161.50
4	—	667	133.00–137.00	136.02
10	—	441	149.00–154.00	151.59
10	—	763	119.00–130.00	126.34
1	—	870	114.00	114.00
1	—	255	172.00	172.00
2	—	705	128.00	128.00
4	—	528	140.00–150.00	147.03
10	—	626	134.00–141.00	137.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	618	90.00–122.00	114.47
10	—	981	81.00–97.50	95.85
1	—	1,005	76.00	76.00
4	—	926	75.00–109.00	90.81
7	—	815	88.00–107.00	101.37
8	—	874	89.00–106.00	102.92
3	—	242	127.50–142.50	137.43
14	—	674	105.00–120.00	114.68
30	—	520	109.00–131.00	124.79
1	—	770	106.00	106.00
1	—	1,050	74.00	74.00
30	—	569	105.00–130.00	122.38
40	—	474	100.00–143.00	129.36
9	—	737	107.00–116.00	114.67
45	—	432	80.00–144.00	130.62
24	—	367	129.00–153.00	139.79
7	—	326	125.00–149.00	135.88
6	—	274	135.00–151.00	142.01
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	109.00	109.00
1	—	470	122.00	122.00
1	—	420	126.00	126.00
2	—	357	125.00	125.00
5	—	515	100.00–118.00	113.94
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	110.00	110.00
3	—	530	112.00–114.00	113.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	651	126.00	126.00
4	—	434	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	95.00–101.00	97.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	471	134.00–149.00	140.29
7	—	885	116.00	116.00
283	—	714	103.00–137.00	132.85
96	—	824	119.00–125.30	124.10
26	—	770	108.00–128.00	120.27
40	—	421	139.00–159.00	144.29
12	—	384	154.00–161.00	156.34
261	—	523	126.00–145.75	138.93
548	—	624	124.00–140.50	137.50
549	—	671	125.00–142.25	136.14
260	—	566	125.00–151.40	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	109.00	109.00
27	—	426	105.00–135.00	122.53
4	—	957	84.00–99.00	91.54
45	—	674	88.00–120.00	108.62
56	—	528	100.00–129.00	118.67
17	—	721	95.00–118.00	103.83
23	—	766	70.00–117.00	102.47
68	—	477	103.00–135.50	126.51
82	—	576	104.00–134.00	124.21
2	—	858	74.00–88.00	80.98
3	—	228	122.50–143.00	130.65
24	—	373	100.00–141.00	124.15
14	—	619	100.00–119.00	112.63
7	—	281	122.50–130.00	126.75
24	—	327	100.00–144.00	132.98
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	104.00	104.00
1	—	665	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	772	124.00	124.00
2	—	815	105.00–111.00	108.02
7	—	724	118.00–123.50	120.72
18	—	682	118.00–127.00	122.64
46	—	623	121.00–131.00	124.16
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	95.00	95.00
1	—	545	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	95.00	95.00
5	—	450	123.00	123.00
2	—	643	98.00–111.00	104.53
19	—	597	125.00	125.00
2	—	522	124.00	124.00
2	—	390	131.00	131.00
1	—	425	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
557	—	578	110.00–143.00	132.74
36	—	283	130.00–154.00	142.60
124	—	724	100.00–131.75	117.56
156	—	374	125.00–156.00	142.11
8	—	871	95.00–120.50	107.89
463	—	475	122.00–150.00	137.21
501	—	527	111.00–144.50	134.41
2	—	965	94.00–99.00	96.54
5	—	914	101.50–114.00	107.05
33	—	816	99.00–122.50	109.80
88	—	762	101.00–129.50	120.78
242	—	666	108.00–138.00	124.48
294	—	427	120.00–150.00	139.31
414	—	630	105.00–140.50	130.25
1	—	1,085	81.00	81.00
64	—	320	125.00–158.00	143.78
21	—	225	122.00–185.00	146.68
3	—	180	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	621	110.00–117.00	115.61
6	—	751	110.50	110.50
1	—	415	125.00	125.00
2	—	573	108.00–119.00	113.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	381	138.00–162.00	146.34
3	—	485	146.00–165.00	158.93
63	—	867	126.25	126.25
8	—	585	135.00–135.50	135.44
8	—	445	152.00	152.00
9	—	338	162.00–168.00	166.50
27	—	516	140.00–144.00	142.17
1	—	200	160.00	160.00
50	—	1,012	120.75	120.75
89	—	830	126.30–126.50	126.37
3	—	288	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
1	—	730	103.00	103.00
1	—	755	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	758	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	821	119.00–137.00	130.76
110	—	380	140.00–180.00	161.63
370	—	664	122.00–150.00	144.12
369	—	625	119.00–155.50	144.88
264	—	571	131.00–159.00	146.27
262	—	759	118.00–140.25	135.79
248	—	729	110.00–142.50	135.48
232	—	476	138.50–163.00	152.89
102	—	426	140.00–167.00	153.81
54	—	918	108.00–126.00	121.27
2	—	1,070	114.00–115.00	114.51
6	—	217	150.00–170.00	157.61
172	—	525	125.00–160.00	144.91
1	—	1,150	104.00	104.00
3	—	1,025	119.00–121.00	120.32
26	—	983	84.00–122.00	117.60
47	—	334	149.00–175.00	165.95
135	—	871	112.00–132.75	129.02
11	—	276	145.00–173.00	159.45
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	115.00	115.00
4	—	636	125.00–131.00	127.50
4	—	659	120.00–129.00	124.51
5	—	594	134.00–137.00	134.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	181.00	181.00
243	—	979	126.75–133.75	131.13
174	—	1,112	118.60	118.60
6	—	384	172.00	172.00
142	—	523	146.00–167.00	155.15
159	—	572	140.00–161.00	150.25
159	—	675	132.00–149.50	144.84
29	—	424	151.00–167.00	159.05
43	—	471	148.00–170.00	156.80
126	—	1,028	115.75–124.90	119.96
194	—	926	124.00–135.00	132.02
273	—	861	132.00–141.00	137.44
366	—	767	134.75–148.10	140.07
426	—	716	130.00–150.25	141.73
462	—	828	129.00–143.80	138.43
139	—	623	137.00–154.50	148.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	200.00	200.00
2	—	320	185.00–190.00	187.50
5	—	369	167.50–172.50	170.22
2	—	273	170.00–195.00	182.84
9	—	521	158.00–164.00	160.87
65	—	899	131.90	131.90
171	—	778	140.00–146.95	144.28
9	—	564	160.00	160.00
57	—	935	130.75	130.75
1	—	1,045	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	863	104.00–120.00	112.14
13	—	763	110.00–130.00	121.77
17	—	377	130.00–154.00	142.21
1	—	1,035	77.00	77.00
3	—	1,162	79.00–82.00	80.98
1	—	290	82.50	82.50
23	—	477	120.00–145.00	135.24
4	—	326	136.00–158.00	149.29
1	—	990	101.00	101.00
19	—	572	110.00–140.00	130.44
28	—	620	112.00–136.00	129.45
39	—	528	117.00–148.00	136.67
39	—	742	100.00–132.50	127.54
42	—	659	115.00–135.00	131.86
15	—	424	122.00–149.00	137.17
4	—	826	96.00–122.00	112.28
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	117.00–120.00	118.47
1	—	720	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	160.00	160.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	103.50	103.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	137.00	137.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	491	100.00–114.00	111.46
54	—	524	82.00–112.00	110.66
8	—	275	101.00–113.00	107.88
2	—	770	82.00–90.00	85.90
6	—	896	84.00–95.00	93.18
2	—	1,145	76.00	76.00
17	—	622	80.00–107.50	104.97
14	—	425	76.00–115.00	110.89
3	—	1,075	93.00	93.00
45	—	1,030	96.50	96.50
1	—	845	86.00	86.00
4	—	712	85.00–89.00	87.96
8	—	326	96.00–111.00	105.22
22	—	669	99.00–108.00	105.88
6	—	906	90.00	90.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,141	575.00–610.00	598.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	730.00	730.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,396	860.00–880.00	870.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,322	890.00–950.00	923.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	635.00	635.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,318	800.00–1,275.00	1,089.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,160	800.00–1,195.00	978.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,084	530.00–875.00	648.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,092	875.00–1,275.00	1,001.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,278	580.00–1,120.00	799.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,170	720.00–1,275.00	990.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,238	600.00–1,300.00	1,018.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,226	785.00–950.00	886.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	1,233	660.00–1,060.00	893.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	1,283	700.00–1,160.00	1,014.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,228	675.00–1,010.00	848.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,275	710.00–935.00	784.83
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,416	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,305.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,282	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,445	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,480	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	860.00	860.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	698	710.00–785.00	744.95
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	912	725.00–1,025.00	856.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	925	1,000.00–1,085.00	1,046.18
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	815	575.00	575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,635	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,278	925.00–1,300.00	1,212.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,630	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,704	1,595.00–1,890.00	1,707.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,507	1,710.00	1,710.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,243	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,050.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,024	925.00–1,140.00	1,024.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,210	1,075.00–1,300.00	1,163.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,280	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,202	700.00–1,275.00	1,002.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,389	850.00–1,495.00	1,307.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,126	875.00–1,260.00	1,074.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,104	750.00–975.00	874.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,371	840.00–1,035.00	953.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	982	900.00–1,075.00	963.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,500	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,448	840.00–1,050.00	955.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	790	850.00–925.00	887.26
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	675.00	675.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	920	70.00–79.00	73.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	80.00	80.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,113	700.00–800.00	765.97
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	94.00	94.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	635.00	635.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	735.00	735.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	725.00	725.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,160	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,365	1,325.00–1,500.00	1,413.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,450	94.00	94.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,240	107.00–117.00	111.13
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	785.00	785.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	980	700.00–1,170.00	931.48
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	645.00	645.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	81.00–84.00	82.58
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	75.00–76.00	75.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	1,732	76.00–105.50	94.42
44	—	1,482	69.00–97.00	84.65
112	—	1,796	90.00–115.00	103.02
1	—	1,515	73.50	73.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
371	—	1,250	40.00–80.00	61.55
78	—	1,239	40.00–63.00	53.62
192	—	1,259	50.00–92.00	70.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,467	57.00–84.00	68.82
159	—	1,454	51.00–69.50	61.54
10	—	1,423	53.00–63.00	58.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	793	20.00–22.50	21.13
184	—	1,058	38.00–67.50	53.44
70	—	994	30.00–57.00	45.64
83	—	1,031	51.00–70.00	61.02
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	66.50–91.00	78.62

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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