Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 259 priced lines covering 8,454 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,535 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,234 head. replacement cattle receipts at 602 head. Counted as USDA files them — 83 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,535Last week 14,083Year ago 16,114

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,234Last week 1,927Year ago 2,227

Replacement CattleReceipts 602Last week 613Year ago 755

Compared to last week, feeder steers were unevenly steady with instances of 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher with mostly moderate demand. Feeder heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 lower with moderate demand as well. Buyers continue to show the most interest in preconditioned feeder cattle weaned 45+ days, especially as fall weather quickly approaches and health concerns are imminent. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady. Receipts this week are notably lighter due to the Labor Day holiday on Monday.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	1,325.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,397	800.00–1,200.00	1,064.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,638	1,410.00–1,425.00	1,416.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,316	1,300.00–1,440.00	1,389.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,410	1,210.00	1,210.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,348	1,000.00–1,375.00	1,199.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,405	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,330	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,285.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,199	730.00–1,500.00	1,068.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,241	800.00–1,650.00	1,241.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,183	735.00–1,500.00	1,224.69
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,370	810.00	810.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,725	1,260.00	1,260.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,498	1,075.00–1,160.00	1,119.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	1,160.00	1,160.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	893	700.00–750.00	726.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,302	775.00–1,025.00	960.84
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	620.00	620.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	51	—	1,383	760.00–1,625.00	1,316.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	75	—	1,266	760.00–1,525.00	1,177.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,106	600.00–760.00	680.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,213	650.00–1,080.00	863.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,015	690.00–960.00	837.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,037	800.00–1,050.00	968.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,370	1,175.00–1,525.00	1,401.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,285	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,104	810.00–1,140.00	1,021.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,072	475.00–900.00	697.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,281	840.00–1,125.00	988.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,164	665.00–885.00	775.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,305	650.00–1,250.00	976.95
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	620.00	620.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,164	640.00–730.00	712.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,163	740.00–760.00	749.55
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	680.00	680.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,375	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	890	675.00–925.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	873	750.00–800.00	776.79
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	760.00	760.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,050	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	775	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	565	350.00	350.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	685.00	685.00
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	836	660.00	660.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,790	1,860.00	1,860.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,255	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,283.83
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	46.00	46.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	510.00	510.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	932	65.00–87.50	73.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,088	68.00–78.00	74.01
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	505	108.00	108.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,450.00	1,450.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	713	101.00–108.00	103.16
2	—	235	126.00–132.50	129.18
1	—	910	85.00	85.00
18	—	378	110.00–150.00	132.77
19	—	522	111.00–129.50	124.56
20	—	671	99.00–123.00	110.91
28	—	614	100.00–126.00	115.07
37	—	466	112.00–136.00	127.36
28	—	569	112.00–133.00	123.47
25	—	426	110.00–145.00	129.26
2	—	823	100.00–102.00	101.03
5	—	768	95.00–105.00	102.73
5	—	266	123.00–150.00	129.40
7	—	325	105.00–145.00	128.70
2	—	985	67.00–86.00	76.45
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	123.00	123.00
1	—	400	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	322	138.00–180.00	157.09
20	—	818	97.00–115.00	100.78
140	—	518	115.00–153.00	136.91
6	—	959	93.00–106.00	103.76
2	—	905	107.00–120.00	113.50
7	—	862	91.00–108.00	98.19
20	—	775	101.50–121.00	112.91
30	—	713	110.00–122.50	118.41
60	—	680	114.00–129.00	122.73
102	—	376	133.00–179.00	155.31
127	—	425	130.00–161.00	148.60
129	—	619	115.00–136.00	126.77
159	—	564	123.00–154.00	136.57
214	—	476	125.00–166.00	143.52
13	—	266	130.00–165.00	149.17
6	—	219	140.00–175.00	149.10
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	106.00	106.00
1	—	540	121.00	121.00
1	—	275	147.50	147.50
2	—	345	139.00	139.00
3	—	573	120.00–129.00	122.96
1	—	665	119.00	119.00
2	—	865	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	120.00	120.00
2	—	563	119.00–121.00	120.00
1	—	670	105.00	105.00
4	—	474	117.00–122.00	119.77
3	—	527	118.00–120.00	118.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	170.00	170.00
6	—	415	154.00–165.00	161.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	442	160.00	160.00
6	—	374	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	890	115.00–118.00	117.01
5	—	319	134.00–153.00	141.11
11	—	677	110.00–132.00	126.13
16	—	411	124.00–153.00	138.12
20	—	520	115.00–136.50	129.84
3	—	270	144.00–155.00	147.47
1	—	915	118.00	118.00
1	—	950	107.00	107.00
5	—	763	105.00–119.00	112.52
31	—	628	105.00–134.00	124.57
28	—	576	112.00–135.50	128.80
26	—	476	110.00–139.00	130.56
10	—	373	120.00–148.00	136.86
7	—	724	115.00–126.00	121.34
1	—	200	142.50	142.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	125.00	125.00
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	102.00	102.00
1	—	655	126.00	126.00
1	—	795	126.00	126.00
2	—	713	125.00–126.00	125.49
5	—	530	121.00–136.00	132.23
5	—	578	129.00–134.00	132.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	900	130.60	130.60
16	—	477	151.00–169.00	156.65
80	—	692	137.00–148.50	147.17
304	—	738	132.00–142.60	139.10
61	—	516	145.00–158.50	155.62
67	—	634	138.00–149.00	144.66
233	—	822	134.75–139.50	138.25
303	—	775	132.50–146.25	143.55
52	—	432	157.50–180.00	167.67
203	—	870	125.00–138.90	136.50
31	—	570	149.00–157.00	152.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	235	175.00	175.00
6	—	283	152.50–172.00	159.69
34	—	820	115.00–129.00	124.80
198	—	576	128.00–152.50	142.18
70	—	770	110.00–135.00	127.95
85	—	431	141.00–169.00	155.99
85	—	724	118.00–136.25	130.41
150	—	475	133.00–163.00	151.12
160	—	622	121.00–146.50	137.33
187	—	527	124.00–159.00	142.46
4	—	1,064	104.00–116.00	109.11
92	—	875	113.00–134.00	131.72
30	—	324	140.00–176.00	164.39
13	—	1,018	105.00–111.50	108.51
193	—	662	120.00–144.00	137.56
12	—	924	107.00–120.00	111.85
49	—	381	136.00–172.00	161.90
9	—	976	102.00–116.00	111.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	375	162.00–175.00	168.62
19	—	520	148.00–160.00	154.94
2	—	413	159.00–167.00	163.07
2	—	612	157.00	157.00
5	—	323	160.00–175.00	169.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	808	143.50	143.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	295	72.00	72.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	123.00	123.00
11	—	263	115.00–135.00	128.05
25	—	622	97.00–120.00	112.93
34	—	375	100.00–138.00	123.87
36	—	570	102.50–121.00	115.38
39	—	525	80.00–124.00	116.53
42	—	476	106.00–130.00	120.60
48	—	425	103.00–136.00	125.60
2	—	805	87.00–90.00	88.50
2	—	878	82.00–90.00	86.06
6	—	759	91.00–102.00	97.15
11	—	713	78.00–118.00	100.33
21	—	668	91.00–115.00	106.05
23	—	327	102.50–148.00	129.21
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	872	82.00	82.00
2	—	647	116.00	116.00
1	—	805	92.00	92.00
1	—	535	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	980	109.00	109.00
16	—	274	120.00–154.00	140.80
31	—	813	95.00–115.00	107.03
15	—	228	120.00–145.00	135.21
28	—	863	90.00–114.50	108.89
23	—	765	100.00–118.00	112.84
9	—	930	89.00–110.00	100.40
66	—	379	124.00–145.00	137.89
286	—	477	120.00–142.50	132.63
283	—	573	115.00–138.00	126.86
254	—	524	120.00–136.50	129.43
216	—	424	124.00–146.00	136.24
163	—	622	112.00–134.00	122.31
96	—	676	103.50–133.00	119.73
89	—	327	124.00–156.00	140.21
78	—	716	105.00–124.00	113.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	528	129.00–141.95	138.07
21	—	470	135.00–142.00	139.12
64	—	578	129.50–136.00	134.21
4	—	833	116.00	116.00
22	—	422	135.00–149.00	140.56
24	—	893	112.75	112.75
38	—	783	119.75	119.75
72	—	710	127.00–128.25	128.14
148	—	634	120.00–140.10	135.36
90	—	695	121.00–132.75	131.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	319	149.00–157.50	155.02
12	—	378	138.00–161.00	148.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	664	121.00–125.25	123.99
20	—	623	120.00–130.00	125.19
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	115.00	115.00
2	—	542	101.00	101.00
6	—	400	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	344	58.00	58.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	559	148.90	148.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	89.00	89.00
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
1	—	705	101.00	101.00
2	—	468	100.00–105.00	102.43
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	96.00	96.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	932	88.00	88.00
1	—	840	63.00	63.00
5	—	582	70.00–98.00	76.67
7	—	231	85.00–117.50	94.86
7	—	429	85.00–102.00	97.97
24	—	679	98.00–105.50	104.86
5	—	543	86.00	86.00
2	—	635	93.00–97.50	95.27
4	—	733	88.00–97.50	92.70
6	—	276	85.00–93.00	90.40
15	—	859	102.50	102.50
2	—	382	95.00	95.00
13	—	480	86.00–95.00	93.40
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	298	83.00	83.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	90.00	90.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,481	59.50–77.00	68.34
82	—	1,487	52.50–69.50	62.73
9	—	1,456	47.00–59.00	57.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
218	—	1,245	45.00–69.50	60.79
48	—	1,213	40.00–59.50	53.04
107	—	1,264	56.00–74.50	68.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,058	55.00–70.00	61.50
33	—	1,005	31.00–56.00	46.87
122	—	1,110	40.00–66.50	54.34
1	—	825	15.00	15.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	104.00	104.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,817	94.00–110.00	102.81
37	—	1,626	65.50–92.00	83.84
67	—	1,713	75.00–102.00	95.03

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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