Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 294 priced lines covering 14,056 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,902 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,736 head. replacement cattle receipts at 822 head. Counted as USDA files them — 135 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,902Last week 15,021Year ago 17,400

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,736Last week 1,713Year ago 2,400

Replacement CattleReceipts 822Last week 734Year ago 876

Compared to last week, feeder steers were unevenly steady with instances of 3.00 higher to 3.00 lower, and feeder heifers were mostly steady with instances of 2.00 higher to 2.00 lower. Moderate to good demand was noted, with the best demand noted for long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with moderate to good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	720	74.00–87.00	85.12
4	—	280	92.50–112.00	107.29
2	—	460	70.00–82.00	76.13
1	—	430	88.00	88.00
6	—	569	80.00–92.00	87.19
34	—	615	80.00–108.00	97.03
22	—	525	78.00–109.50	97.34
8	—	925	79.00	79.00
15	—	811	82.00–99.00	97.83
1	—	1,015	70.00	70.00
5	—	682	76.00–97.00	89.07
6	—	382	85.00–103.50	97.17
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	75.00	75.00
2	—	625	81.00	81.00
3	—	863	70.00	70.00
4	—	487	73.00–79.00	76.98
7	—	534	75.00–79.00	77.84
7	—	680	75.00–76.00	75.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	968	113.00–125.00	122.11
116	—	429	128.00–171.00	154.89
35	—	328	135.00–175.00	160.41
1	—	185	185.00	185.00
6	—	220	170.00–180.00	173.21
142	—	911	120.00–132.00	127.93
53	—	876	119.00–134.00	124.96
4	—	1,013	90.00–106.00	94.59
2	—	1,130	103.00	103.00
282	—	674	123.00–146.00	136.72
363	—	523	128.00–167.00	149.68
17	—	272	155.00–180.00	164.22
91	—	828	121.00–133.00	130.36
1	—	1,165	105.00	105.00
2	—	1,052	106.00	106.00
64	—	379	135.00–176.00	159.99
116	—	777	116.00–138.50	130.01
150	—	721	122.00–140.25	133.30
272	—	576	125.00–160.00	145.04
249	—	623	125.00–154.50	139.96
228	—	475	138.00–165.00	151.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	524	115.00–149.00	131.71
18	—	572	111.00–136.00	125.33
8	—	424	125.00–151.00	136.43
6	—	778	101.00–126.00	115.68
4	—	267	127.00–141.00	131.52
3	—	913	98.00–112.00	107.20
8	—	361	130.00–161.00	149.73
9	—	319	136.00–161.00	146.88
9	—	677	115.00–132.00	123.41
21	—	476	102.00–141.00	124.89
32	—	622	110.00–136.00	128.22
7	—	958	90.00–114.00	105.17
1	—	820	115.00	115.00
5	—	712	116.00–128.00	121.45
1	—	870	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	981	126.00–129.70	128.05
187	—	917	132.60–136.90	134.71
77	—	898	135.90	135.90
1	—	245	172.50	172.50
6	—	325	161.00–195.00	172.30
4	—	530	160.00	160.00
2	—	252	187.50	187.50
3	—	450	167.00	167.00
8	—	420	167.00–169.00	167.75
14	—	373	160.00–176.00	168.44
6	—	572	159.75	159.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
339	—	818	126.50–144.00	139.96
10	—	468	155.00–172.50	162.42
46	—	516	147.00–163.00	157.83
146	—	721	135.00–145.75	139.71
64	—	429	152.00–176.00	164.98
229	—	624	136.50–158.40	148.82
355	—	676	137.00–152.95	147.48
435	—	873	135.20–140.95	136.85
646	—	775	132.00–143.25	139.93
2	—	200	170.00	170.00
310	—	915	124.00–140.00	134.04
226	—	965	127.90–134.80	131.55
66	—	573	141.00–159.00	152.12
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	126.00	126.00
1	—	430	117.50	117.50
2	—	523	111.00–116.00	113.51
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	94.00	94.00
3	—	827	90.00–121.00	111.00
1	—	755	127.00	127.00
2	—	568	130.00–134.00	132.06
2	—	705	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	819	139.95–144.10	142.21
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	136.00	136.00
1	—	580	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	922	110.00	110.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	569	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	865	91.00–97.00	94.00
7	—	769	90.00–112.00	99.85
26	—	679	110.00–119.00	113.64
6	—	816	95.00–108.00	104.98
6	—	321	133.00–160.00	143.60
8	—	614	110.50–125.00	118.41
18	—	371	126.00–157.00	138.76
33	—	525	111.00–138.00	124.63
36	—	430	105.00–145.00	129.35
39	—	574	115.00–140.00	126.04
55	—	473	100.00–146.00	130.62
4	—	295	125.00–150.00	143.85
11	—	730	96.00–121.00	105.16
1	—	1,155	76.00	76.00
5	—	966	77.00–86.00	80.43
1	—	1,120	98.00	98.00
1	—	935	90.00	90.00
3	—	1,061	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	771	104.50–120.00	113.44
226	—	570	120.00–148.00	134.62
30	—	279	134.00–195.00	168.94
5	—	1,062	85.00–133.00	123.51
68	—	331	142.50–178.00	161.44
77	—	721	108.00–129.00	117.54
133	—	427	134.00–166.00	151.84
149	—	373	127.00–179.50	156.65
168	—	622	115.00–140.00	127.82
223	—	475	120.00–162.00	144.85
271	—	520	123.00–157.00	138.64
1	—	985	122.00	122.00
7	—	918	85.00–98.00	91.83
14	—	217	152.50–200.00	183.28
19	—	819	90.00–114.00	101.32
14	—	874	91.00–128.00	108.81
89	—	667	99.00–138.00	123.53
1	—	1,000	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	122.00	122.00
5	—	568	130.00	130.00
4	—	696	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	326	155.00–183.50	174.67
9	—	466	150.00–151.00	150.23
10	—	813	113.00–117.00	116.09
11	—	618	130.00–135.00	132.93
12	—	558	141.00–144.00	141.50
7	—	276	164.00–173.00	167.95
4	—	511	143.00–148.00	146.73
5	—	428	149.00–159.00	154.68
1	—	850	115.00	115.00
7	—	357	158.00–187.00	171.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	410	160.00–161.00	160.66
2	—	340	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	115.00	115.00
3	—	523	100.00–116.00	110.65
3	—	578	114.00–115.00	114.33
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
465	—	580	116.00–144.50	130.70
7	—	963	84.00–102.00	93.06
19	—	228	130.00–159.00	150.15
35	—	830	91.00–122.25	112.12
1	—	145	175.00	175.00
41	—	272	127.50–161.00	144.21
71	—	773	100.00–128.25	116.57
128	—	718	102.00–127.25	115.19
135	—	377	122.50–159.00	139.89
210	—	621	110.00–139.50	125.13
211	—	669	107.00–135.00	122.36
297	—	429	122.00–150.00	137.44
425	—	524	119.00–143.00	131.40
457	—	475	119.00–146.50	135.60
6	—	920	84.00–94.00	90.53
20	—	871	85.00–112.00	104.93
71	—	330	122.50–158.00	141.10
1	—	1,060	94.00	94.00
2	—	190	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	81.00–103.00	91.75
6	—	821	86.00–104.00	98.48
17	—	724	85.00–117.00	106.01
13	—	277	120.00–141.00	130.29
12	—	320	113.00–136.00	124.55
24	—	623	98.00–122.00	113.23
26	—	670	99.00–117.50	109.66
36	—	380	101.00–138.00	124.50
40	—	430	109.00–140.00	125.19
45	—	478	107.50–136.00	122.63
47	—	524	109.00–129.00	121.04
55	—	569	100.00–127.00	119.19
10	—	766	88.00–115.00	101.40
1	—	1,000	85.00	85.00
1	—	855	80.00	80.00
1	—	925	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	115.00	115.00
2	—	615	88.00	88.00
2	—	420	102.50–106.00	104.33
1	—	585	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	842	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	115.00	115.00
3	—	763	121.00	121.00
21	—	660	119.00–123.00	120.15
42	—	627	119.00–126.00	123.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	415	140.00–159.00	154.38
2	—	210	143.00–145.00	144.00
4	—	274	141.00–155.00	148.35
15	—	374	140.00–151.00	145.47
17	—	327	140.00–166.00	151.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	422	137.00–148.00	143.40
3	—	300	144.00	144.00
149	—	535	127.00–145.50	139.87
156	—	574	126.00–139.50	133.92
43	—	478	138.00–144.00	140.89
34	—	386	150.00–151.00	150.08
85	—	723	122.00–136.00	129.53
140	—	628	124.00–137.60	133.95
431	—	662	129.50–143.00	138.25
2	—	807	115.00	115.00
20	—	771	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	126.00–131.00	128.60
4	—	673	100.00–110.00	105.09
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	110.00	110.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,035	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	475.00	475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,166	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,127.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,206	700.00–1,250.00	853.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,121	600.00–740.00	650.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,121	650.00–1,025.00	842.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,217	775.00–1,275.00	992.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	—	1,239	650.00–1,275.00	888.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,152	700.00–910.00	847.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	—	1,285	540.00–1,225.00	983.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	70	—	1,170	800.00–1,210.00	993.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,155	730.00–1,200.00	946.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,106	535.00–950.00	744.36
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,210	775.00–950.00	864.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,064	650.00–1,000.00	885.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,075	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	450	300.00	300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	750	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	947	600.00–750.00	649.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,026	675.00–775.00	724.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	910	750.00–825.00	781.32
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,419	925.00–1,275.00	1,050.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,312	1,200.00–1,325.00	1,262.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,450	900.00–985.00	946.46
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	700	400.00	400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	510.00	510.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	625	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	875.00	875.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,299	94.00–105.00	98.58
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,105	1,050.00–1,275.00	1,179.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,518	1,050.00–1,690.00	1,477.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	8	—	1,296	1,000.00–1,600.00	1,270.63
Bulls — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	700	225.00	225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,098	925.00–975.00	944.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,178	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,011.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,785	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,221	1,110.00–1,185.00	1,156.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,324	810.00–1,175.00	1,056.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,323	1,050.00–1,300.00	1,125.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,195	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	54	—	1,431	1,035.00–1,455.00	1,260.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,568	1,175.00–1,525.00	1,310.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,085	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	760.00	760.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,213	800.00–1,110.00	1,015.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,275	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,275.00	1,275.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,485	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	675.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	920.00	920.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	735.00	735.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,027	925.00	925.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	845	660.00	660.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,035	920.00	920.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	830	710.00	710.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	778	69.00–99.00	77.19
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	60.00	60.00
Stock Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	500	200.00	200.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	915	1,075.00–1,350.00	1,243.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,048	53.00–74.00	63.09
133	—	1,034	37.50–66.00	54.24
2	—	950	17.00–26.00	21.59
45	—	1,033	29.00–57.00	46.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,457	59.00–81.50	68.94
107	—	1,456	53.00–71.50	63.40
8	—	1,386	48.50–62.00	57.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	1,264	50.50–81.50	69.10
301	—	1,219	48.50–71.00	61.88
48	—	1,201	40.50–62.00	54.43
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,235	95.00–107.00	100.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,688	69.00–105.00	96.30
116	—	1,769	88.00–114.00	105.38
39	—	1,479	34.00–96.00	82.85

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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