Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 292 priced lines covering 14,229 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,948 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,982 head. replacement cattle receipts at 759 head. Counted as USDA files them — 104 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,948Last week 14,475Year ago 21,789

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,982Last week 2,878Year ago 2,579

Replacement CattleReceipts 759Last week 610Year ago 712

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower and feeder heifers were mostly 1.00-3.00 lower. Buyers showed the best interest in long-weaned, preconditioned cattle, especially as health concerns are imminent given the seasonal temperature swings that become the norm this time of year. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 lower with mostly moderate demand.

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	3	—	1,237	1,150.00–1,575.00	1,311.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,220	960.00–1,350.00	1,207.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,250	985.00–1,100.00	1,042.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,157	530.00–900.00	766.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	1,285.00–1,335.00	1,304.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,230	935.00–1,475.00	1,259.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,150	825.00–1,250.00	1,075.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,371	710.00–1,700.00	1,179.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,695	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,301	1,325.00–1,800.00	1,593.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,269	775.00–1,450.00	1,157.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,176	825.00–1,035.00	915.01
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	610.00	610.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	485.00	485.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	780	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	685	625.00	625.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	911	890.00	890.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	932	950.00	950.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,113	670.00–1,175.00	993.43
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	953	570.00–1,000.00	772.31
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	785	785.00	785.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	9	—	1,026	800.00–1,250.00	1,006.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,336	800.00–1,750.00	1,407.01
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,525	98.00	98.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,420	800.00–1,135.00	957.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,185	735.00–775.00	753.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,184	525.00–1,050.00	753.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	973	480.00–885.00	698.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	—	1,245	430.00–1,200.00	930.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,328	875.00–1,300.00	1,077.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,497	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,267	680.00–1,000.00	866.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	—	1,182	625.00–1,200.00	955.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	51	—	1,373	610.00–1,500.00	1,172.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	65	—	1,271	575.00–1,325.00	954.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	1,291	1,025.00–1,300.00	1,184.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,160	875.00–1,550.00	1,221.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	—	1,093	430.00–950.00	673.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,133	600.00–1,250.00	995.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,172	700.00–1,110.00	890.99
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	690.00	690.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,002	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	430.00	430.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	921	480.00–530.00	509.63
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,170	760.00	760.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,070	750.00–850.00	796.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	825.00	825.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	900	66.00–88.00	75.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	972	60.00–81.00	70.48
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	480.00	480.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	159.00	159.00
5	—	366	137.00–156.00	144.59
8	—	328	134.00–160.00	139.22
3	—	463	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	579	126.00–135.50	130.16
29	—	708	121.00–132.25	130.62
69	—	623	118.00–130.50	126.60
429	—	679	124.00–139.70	135.54
4	—	368	141.00	141.00
8	—	411	140.00	140.00
5	—	485	134.00–136.00	134.80
134	—	767	128.00–128.50	128.28
115	—	534	126.00–138.00	132.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	928	90.00–111.00	99.95
66	—	276	122.50–157.00	138.31
82	—	324	120.00–139.00	132.20
153	—	718	100.00–132.00	118.07
179	—	375	119.00–142.50	130.82
319	—	427	114.00–145.00	129.81
327	—	626	110.00–138.00	122.29
482	—	569	113.00–138.00	126.17
536	—	521	117.00–144.00	126.14
574	—	473	117.00–144.00	128.80
9	—	228	130.00–142.00	135.94
1	—	955	102.00	102.00
69	—	772	100.00–130.50	114.95
231	—	673	105.00–137.75	121.83
22	—	814	92.00–125.00	115.54
5	—	1,018	87.00–100.00	94.78
21	—	878	101.00–114.00	111.73
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	144.00	144.00
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
1	—	445	142.00	142.00
6	—	867	110.00	110.00
13	—	488	142.00–145.00	143.14
27	—	763	125.00	125.00
28	—	565	141.50	141.50
36	—	730	122.00–124.00	123.28
58	—	690	127.00–129.00	127.40
64	—	631	133.00–136.00	133.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	81.00	81.00
87	—	420	100.00–125.00	116.87
6	—	233	115.00–129.00	118.70
9	—	818	84.00–111.00	96.10
16	—	768	80.00–117.00	98.66
2	—	920	90.00–93.00	91.48
3	—	877	89.00–90.00	89.67
33	—	328	110.00–132.00	121.32
63	—	377	101.00–132.00	122.13
106	—	471	90.00–131.00	119.10
117	—	568	100.00–125.00	115.64
7	—	282	109.00–135.00	122.55
47	—	628	95.00–126.00	111.46
2	—	968	83.00–86.00	84.51
82	—	522	104.00–131.00	116.05
25	—	722	91.00–113.00	105.01
28	—	668	82.00–122.00	106.52
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	119.00	119.00
1	—	585	112.00	112.00
2	—	610	102.00–111.00	106.54
2	—	468	106.00–111.00	108.41
1	—	405	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	95.00	95.00
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	627	118.00–126.00	122.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	907	111.00–119.00	112.61
1	—	1,150	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,095	106.00	106.00
2	—	225	125.00–142.50	134.14
3	—	275	122.50–150.00	138.64
6	—	813	92.00–111.00	106.63
12	—	778	100.00–124.50	115.57
17	—	376	118.00–151.00	132.10
25	—	626	95.00–134.00	124.39
31	—	429	116.00–146.00	138.14
37	—	472	120.00–145.00	133.58
56	—	522	110.00–135.50	127.45
2	—	873	103.00–113.00	108.01
6	—	324	104.00–149.00	130.11
14	—	721	110.00–127.00	116.51
33	—	682	112.00–130.00	122.31
3	—	990	95.00–102.00	97.34
41	—	574	100.00–140.00	124.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	182.50	182.50
8	—	364	150.00–170.00	163.95
3	—	310	167.50–182.50	174.80
2	—	428	161.00–162.00	161.51
14	—	476	157.00–162.00	158.41
7	—	558	156.00	156.00
112	—	919	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
271	—	472	132.00–159.00	147.73
234	—	671	120.00–146.00	134.05
170	—	422	120.00–170.00	154.80
149	—	722	118.00–136.50	129.03
23	—	971	113.00–116.00	113.96
132	—	772	116.00–138.50	129.59
3	—	1,018	104.00–115.00	109.74
44	—	327	140.00–180.00	160.44
67	—	820	121.00–139.50	130.61
358	—	526	124.00–155.50	143.98
8	—	1,068	100.00–118.00	106.44
21	—	919	105.00–130.00	115.58
18	—	272	130.00–184.50	160.17
36	—	873	114.00–130.50	123.38
49	—	375	140.00–175.00	155.14
380	—	624	119.00–148.00	136.91
391	—	573	125.00–152.50	141.41
3	—	1,130	100.00–106.00	104.03
3	—	227	142.50–179.00	157.67
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	145.00	145.00
2	—	347	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	722	127.00–144.00	140.51
6	—	1,077	127.00	127.00
76	—	916	124.00–136.30	133.39
142	—	813	130.00–137.00	135.75
9	—	380	156.50–178.00	162.59
29	—	418	147.00–168.00	162.66
79	—	524	144.00–165.00	153.77
243	—	967	127.00–132.20	130.55
247	—	866	130.00–140.40	137.53
52	—	1,036	125.90	125.90
1	—	310	177.00	177.00
15	—	478	151.00–160.00	156.35
110	—	680	135.00–146.75	143.75
145	—	578	125.00–157.00	150.18
148	—	622	132.00–150.00	143.16
391	—	767	128.00–143.50	139.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	774	136.00–138.00	136.92
1	—	950	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,125	100.00	100.00
5	—	441	167.00	167.00
6	—	930	114.00	114.00
10	—	461	167.00–169.00	168.41
22	—	523	152.00–154.00	153.64
24	—	726	138.00–140.00	138.58
40	—	566	151.00–156.00	154.54
46	—	825	133.00–136.00	135.63
37	—	638	144.00–151.00	149.82
37	—	681	141.00–144.00	142.20
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	105.00	105.00
1	—	525	130.00	130.00
1	—	615	115.00	115.00
1	—	575	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	131.00	131.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	115.00	115.00
1	—	460	130.00	130.00
8	—	523	121.00–128.00	123.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	771	89.50–117.00	103.57
5	—	984	75.00–93.00	81.75
5	—	920	80.00–98.00	89.74
2	—	870	101.00–105.00	103.01
3	—	237	127.50–144.00	137.10
29	—	715	87.00–120.00	107.17
36	—	631	105.00–125.00	113.59
15	—	328	111.00–142.00	131.59
28	—	673	103.00–117.00	110.13
48	—	427	112.50–147.00	132.25
50	—	372	110.00–145.00	132.47
54	—	575	103.00–125.00	117.83
66	—	474	112.50–140.50	129.13
81	—	513	104.00–134.00	122.65
5	—	820	86.00–105.00	98.93
7	—	277	130.00–141.00	135.14
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	576	121.00–124.00	123.23
2	—	352	139.00	139.00
1	—	495	134.00	134.00
3	—	432	133.50	133.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	222	160.00–169.00	162.77
1	—	1,020	78.00	78.00
10	—	869	90.00–107.00	97.67
59	—	325	139.00–169.00	153.52
135	—	373	120.00–175.00	151.26
140	—	672	109.00–132.50	122.24
227	—	426	127.00–164.00	147.92
236	—	622	108.00–138.00	125.64
246	—	473	125.00–159.00	141.22
292	—	575	119.50–147.00	129.77
336	—	526	121.00–147.00	135.35
21	—	284	132.00–177.50	158.91
28	—	825	96.00–121.00	111.52
58	—	765	101.00–127.00	113.65
69	—	719	102.00–123.00	115.31
12	—	916	85.00–100.00	93.97
1	—	965	86.00	86.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	510	147.00	147.00
3	—	317	135.00–157.50	147.32
26	—	417	144.00–170.00	159.84
3	—	451	159.00	159.00
2	—	365	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	111.00	111.00
5	—	643	110.50–118.50	115.28
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	100.00–105.00	101.69
1	—	510	111.00	111.00
2	—	407	111.00	111.00
2	—	655	100.00	100.00
2	—	478	109.00–115.00	112.05
1	—	370	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	160.00	160.00
3	—	383	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	127.00	127.00
3	—	385	129.00–135.00	131.00
3	—	670	111.00	111.00
2	—	623	110.00–111.00	110.49
1	—	520	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	582	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	930	102.00	102.00
8	—	664	75.00–96.00	85.08
1	—	1,080	82.00	82.00
2	—	147	122.50	122.50
2	—	195	137.50	137.50
5	—	467	88.00–105.00	101.43
9	—	281	77.00–113.00	83.08
12	—	419	72.00–106.00	87.57
7	—	719	77.00–92.50	81.91
17	—	341	66.00–107.00	85.04
5	—	823	82.00–91.00	84.57
8	—	632	93.00–97.00	94.53
8	—	381	89.00–100.00	92.89
4	—	510	86.00–90.00	88.48
2	—	578	80.00–91.00	85.67
1	—	760	85.00	85.00
1	—	240	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	73.00	73.00
1	—	515	79.00	79.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,300	86.00–106.00	93.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,177	30.00–59.50	52.63
129	—	1,284	56.00–74.00	65.89
382	—	1,233	43.00–69.50	59.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,476	56.00–77.00	66.61
10	—	1,324	48.50–58.50	53.35
186	—	1,471	51.00–69.00	60.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,001	30.00–58.00	43.63
137	—	1,075	35.00–62.00	52.26
53	—	1,041	53.00–67.00	58.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,808	90.50–110.00	100.78
53	—	1,490	63.00–89.00	81.85
103	—	1,700	72.00–100.00	92.74

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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