Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 294 priced lines covering 14,946 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,021 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,713 head. replacement cattle receipts at 734 head. Counted as USDA files them — 125 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,021Last week 16,048Year ago 10,829

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,713Last week 2,272Year ago 1,919

Replacement CattleReceipts 734Last week 596Year ago 581

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	320	130.00–175.00	160.54
266	—	523	117.50–166.00	149.93
116	—	878	107.00–132.50	129.14
6	—	1,071	90.00–113.00	103.31
59	—	377	140.00–171.00	159.60
201	—	621	130.00–156.50	141.61
340	—	577	130.00–160.00	147.19
4	—	224	142.00–161.00	150.68
26	—	1,009	110.00–119.50	117.39
75	—	985	116.00–129.50	125.47
90	—	918	118.00–137.00	133.01
102	—	778	121.00–142.00	133.92
9	—	1,137	106.50	106.50
249	—	814	119.00–136.70	135.13
259	—	676	125.00–149.00	139.45
176	—	725	109.00–143.00	134.35
172	—	474	135.00–169.00	153.61
136	—	425	139.00–167.00	155.38
17	—	272	142.50–182.50	169.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	979	111.00–128.95	126.24
50	—	426	154.00–166.00	160.00
447	—	815	133.00–148.65	144.04
199	—	527	146.00–168.00	158.77
258	—	776	131.00–147.00	141.88
329	—	618	140.00–169.50	154.85
453	—	729	133.00–152.75	145.11
52	—	1,034	126.00	126.00
2	—	335	178.00	178.00
120	—	871	128.00–140.00	137.95
179	—	922	128.50–137.00	135.95
196	—	577	146.75–168.00	155.71
60	—	474	152.00–169.00	160.61
436	—	673	140.00–156.75	149.36
11	—	361	168.00–180.00	175.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	526	110.00–144.00	134.62
14	—	726	100.00–133.00	117.17
36	—	475	120.00–150.00	137.93
2	—	268	145.00–154.00	149.71
2	—	248	150.00	150.00
2	—	773	105.00–126.00	115.54
2	—	915	96.00–102.50	99.29
3	—	813	107.00–116.00	110.98
8	—	386	120.00–144.00	135.83
10	—	326	114.00–145.00	132.78
12	—	669	101.00–129.00	119.92
17	—	616	96.00–135.00	124.50
18	—	432	107.50–141.00	131.43
10	—	872	93.00–113.00	102.37
1	—	955	90.00	90.00
32	—	574	112.50–145.00	134.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	602	159.00	159.00
56	—	933	136.75	136.75
2	—	405	170.00	170.00
3	—	585	162.50	162.50
6	—	315	170.00–171.00	170.33
59	—	876	141.25	141.25
2	—	1,100	117.00	117.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	709	153.25	153.25
138	—	877	140.00–140.60	140.36
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	132.00	132.00
1	—	800	119.00	119.00
2	—	977	121.00	121.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	117.50	117.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	561	136.00	136.00
2	—	465	141.00	141.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	490	89.00–106.00	99.59
1	—	295	119.00	119.00
5	—	1,042	94.00	94.00
5	—	1,134	94.00	94.00
36	—	914	99.00–99.75	99.71
4	—	243	101.00–120.00	105.60
5	—	681	91.00–106.00	97.59
11	—	357	85.00–116.00	103.75
7	—	775	95.00	95.00
6	—	620	77.00–95.00	90.37
12	—	331	93.00–120.00	98.34
16	—	710	60.00–105.00	95.15
16	—	528	96.00–107.00	102.94
14	—	415	85.00–112.00	104.84
5	—	586	68.00–104.00	93.33
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	369	81.00	81.00
6	—	441	78.00–83.00	81.34
6	—	494	81.00	81.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	914	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
343	—	629	126.00–143.00	138.60
211	—	521	126.00–154.00	142.40
203	—	579	126.00–146.25	139.25
18	—	874	111.00–115.00	113.19
21	—	809	117.00–121.00	120.15
165	—	677	128.00–138.60	135.20
4	—	391	147.00	147.00
82	—	479	132.00–150.00	138.12
34	—	422	135.00–145.00	142.95
436	—	768	114.00–139.50	132.48
282	—	724	117.00–141.00	136.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	769	105.00–127.00	118.98
3	—	1,158	82.00	82.00
7	—	962	85.00–94.00	86.33
4	—	1,020	83.00–91.00	89.00
30	—	867	92.50–116.50	110.96
16	—	230	130.00–160.00	146.66
166	—	672	110.00–135.00	123.78
239	—	428	124.00–151.00	138.48
347	—	621	112.00–137.00	127.80
408	—	474	124.00–145.50	138.15
447	—	572	116.00–145.00	130.57
455	—	524	120.00–145.50	134.20
5	—	922	95.00–111.00	103.81
23	—	825	108.00–125.00	116.21
2	—	1,057	87.00	87.00
203	—	372	122.00–155.00	142.85
93	—	719	105.00–130.00	119.04
85	—	324	125.00–158.00	140.96
81	—	281	125.00–162.00	149.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	424	109.00–159.00	126.99
51	—	624	94.00–122.00	114.48
27	—	721	91.00–114.00	108.93
2	—	960	80.00–98.00	88.91
3	—	918	90.00–95.50	92.88
1	—	1,020	89.00	89.00
9	—	279	117.50–143.00	126.45
9	—	876	91.00–110.00	99.07
17	—	769	86.00–112.00	101.41
26	—	326	83.00–140.00	124.37
12	—	815	75.00–100.00	87.89
19	—	674	102.00–124.00	110.35
47	—	575	102.00–128.00	117.24
55	—	376	102.50–140.00	128.00
75	—	470	102.00–138.00	127.61
79	—	521	105.00–131.00	120.53
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	117.00	117.00
1	—	860	86.00	86.00
1	—	950	81.00	81.00
2	—	710	109.00	109.00
2	—	910	86.00	86.00
2	—	500	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	381	140.00–146.00	140.64
4	—	340	158.00–170.00	161.94
5	—	513	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	666	120.00–130.00	124.96
10	—	857	116.00–121.50	120.41
9	—	1,020	107.00–110.00	107.98
32	—	791	117.00–126.00	122.68
27	—	715	115.00–128.00	123.70
42	—	626	118.00–129.00	124.92
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	128.00	128.00
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
4	—	570	115.00–129.00	121.90
3	—	538	129.00	129.00
1	—	440	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	83.00	83.00
2	—	413	100.00–124.00	111.93
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	426	109.00–143.00	132.80
1	—	215	130.00	130.00
1	—	955	90.00	90.00
3	—	910	87.00–98.00	93.67
29	—	668	109.00–124.50	117.40
40	—	629	103.00–128.00	118.63
18	—	323	110.00–150.00	138.18
4	—	873	80.00–106.00	98.12
10	—	721	89.00–121.00	108.47
13	—	811	74.00–115.00	98.69
37	—	375	110.00–156.00	142.01
50	—	525	115.00–148.00	127.82
8	—	272	127.50–147.00	140.32
15	—	770	83.00–114.50	108.73
1	—	1,010	83.00	83.00
56	—	476	111.00–145.00	136.51
22	—	569	110.00–134.00	122.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	723	105.00–136.00	119.59
28	—	819	99.00–120.00	109.04
2	—	233	156.00–159.00	157.55
5	—	915	90.00–119.00	104.73
21	—	275	140.00–169.00	154.75
122	—	373	135.00–173.00	157.66
143	—	674	111.00–138.50	126.30
194	—	625	110.00–145.00	131.19
219	—	470	120.00–162.00	147.14
233	—	521	125.00–156.00	140.51
311	—	570	120.00–153.00	136.61
2	—	955	80.00–111.00	95.58
3	—	1,018	83.00–86.00	84.32
17	—	884	84.00–108.00	98.97
1	—	160	204.00	204.00
24	—	770	90.00–128.00	114.77
204	—	429	120.00–163.00	149.32
66	—	324	143.00–173.00	158.72
1	—	1,105	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	132.00	132.00
2	—	465	149.00–154.00	151.47
5	—	537	150.00–154.00	150.81
1	—	310	164.00	164.00
6	—	376	158.00–173.00	167.37
8	—	418	148.00–171.00	160.94
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	110.00	110.00
2	—	488	110.00–112.50	111.23
1	—	410	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	131.00	131.00
1	—	300	151.00	151.00
1	—	445	140.00	140.00
2	—	510	135.00	135.00
3	—	560	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	159.00	159.00
3	—	522	149.00–151.00	149.65
7	—	493	152.50–154.00	153.35
11	—	620	143.00–144.50	143.40

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	600.00	600.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,090	835.00	835.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,045	63.00–87.00	77.76
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	923	57.00–86.00	69.78
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	630	410.00	410.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	893	585.00–610.00	598.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	400.00	400.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	650.00	650.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	830	680.00	680.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,050	635.00	635.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	790	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,043	790.00–880.00	837.27
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	819	685.00–890.00	808.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	715	630.00	630.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	710.00	710.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	785	775.00–800.00	787.82
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	952	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	988	710.00–775.00	742.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	795	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	780	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	64	—	1,246	750.00–1,575.00	1,160.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	62	—	1,322	850.00–1,775.00	1,505.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,242	620.00–1,200.00	885.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,209	775.00–1,335.00	1,097.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	914	650.00–900.00	804.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,083	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,254.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	998	685.00–900.00	781.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,106	625.00–950.00	741.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,168	685.00–1,000.00	857.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,165	840.00–1,435.00	1,236.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,172	840.00–1,485.00	1,092.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,025	570.00–635.00	594.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,095	710.00–950.00	854.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,068	560.00–1,050.00	891.29
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,345	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,486	710.00–1,000.00	851.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,422	1,000.00–1,140.00	1,065.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,400	900.00–1,125.00	1,064.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,415	960.00	960.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	745	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,028	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	890.00	890.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,005	840.00	840.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,220	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,043	625.00–710.00	679.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	810.00	810.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,317	1,035.00–1,450.00	1,269.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,357	1,020.00–1,675.00	1,397.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,123	735.00–1,250.00	955.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,093	850.00–950.00	907.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,679	1,450.00–1,485.00	1,472.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,114	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,213.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	994	1,000.00–1,525.00	1,318.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,349	1,000.00–1,450.00	1,187.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	997	1,000.00–1,525.00	1,307.65
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,410	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,335.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,455	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	785	1,225.00	1,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,043	700.00–1,475.00	1,234.08
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,165	900.00–1,025.00	980.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	—	1,228	950.00–1,475.00	1,293.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,367	1,050.00–1,535.00	1,346.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	2,140	85.00	85.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,175.00	1,175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,000	33.50–56.00	46.77
136	—	1,063	41.00–65.00	54.38
73	—	1,003	45.00–71.00	60.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,175	47.00–61.00	52.57
126	—	1,462	54.00–82.00	68.06
100	—	1,466	50.50–72.50	61.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,213	43.50–60.00	52.79
155	—	1,253	55.50–79.50	68.70
255	—	1,219	40.00–69.50	60.72
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,073	96.00	96.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	78.00	78.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,705	65.50–102.00	93.20
46	—	1,455	58.00–92.00	83.13
95	—	1,815	90.00–112.50	103.42

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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