Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 299 priced lines covering 16,596 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,747 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,257 head. replacement cattle receipts at 878 head. Counted as USDA files them — 140 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,747Last week 14,948Year ago 14,838

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,257Last week 1,982Year ago 2,267

Replacement CattleReceipts 878Last week 759Year ago 826

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady with instances of 2.00 higher to 2.00 lower with mostly moderate demand. The best demand remains for long-weaned, preconditioned cattle, with light demand noted for non-weaned, fleshy, bawling calves. Slaughter cows were mostly 2.00-4.00 lower, and slaughter bulls mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
735	—	816	130.00–145.00	141.68
192	—	726	127.75–147.00	143.48
184	—	670	135.75–145.60	142.48
259	—	933	121.00–137.00	133.60
242	—	775	131.00–143.00	139.87
411	—	870	130.90–143.90	136.99
50	—	566	138.00–154.00	144.86
53	—	521	142.00–158.00	149.38
232	—	968	124.80–129.10	127.41
1	—	365	177.00	177.00
97	—	1,018	105.00–119.00	118.28
18	—	484	147.00–151.00	148.98
257	—	629	130.00–154.00	144.56
10	—	432	147.00–163.00	151.14
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	381	120.00–146.00	133.72
58	—	568	110.00–135.50	127.75
3	—	267	117.00–159.00	145.35
24	—	424	105.00–136.00	124.51
1	—	905	113.00	113.00
10	—	728	105.00–123.00	116.52
5	—	817	92.00–118.00	102.74
2	—	978	100.00–102.00	100.99
31	—	627	105.00–135.50	121.79
1	—	1,040	92.00	92.00
3	—	880	97.00–118.00	107.66
10	—	329	117.50–151.00	140.46
32	—	673	102.00–124.00	119.59
6	—	769	104.00–121.00	113.20
1	—	245	127.50	127.50
57	—	529	105.00–137.00	127.97
50	—	470	111.00–147.00	128.05
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
1	—	320	120.00	120.00
1	—	435	124.00	124.00
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
1	—	295	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
2	—	405	115.00	115.00
1	—	735	110.50	110.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	522	130.00	130.00
1	—	785	113.00	113.00
1	—	945	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	429	130.00–165.00	150.67
7	—	226	145.00–176.00	165.52
116	—	825	110.00–134.50	126.11
37	—	1,026	105.50–117.75	114.30
112	—	718	110.00–140.50	128.44
165	—	774	115.00–137.00	130.96
450	—	574	125.00–152.00	139.60
26	—	956	102.00–118.00	114.75
31	—	282	140.00–170.00	162.66
366	—	523	125.00–154.50	141.95
104	—	932	104.00–133.50	128.20
11	—	1,143	98.50	98.50
11	—	1,080	110.00–113.50	113.18
65	—	871	90.00–133.00	124.05
245	—	675	121.00–142.00	132.20
254	—	475	132.00–163.00	146.81
104	—	373	142.50–170.00	157.10
398	—	626	120.00–150.50	136.78
48	—	332	140.00–172.50	156.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	612	141.00	141.00
3	—	358	172.00	172.00
7	—	280	172.50–187.50	181.05
2	—	550	150.00	150.00
1	—	425	155.00	155.00
58	—	874	140.00	140.00
14	—	837	130.50	130.50
8	—	508	157.50	157.50
2	—	337	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	120.00	120.00
2	—	590	121.00	121.00
1	—	655	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	820	80.00–105.00	95.87
60	—	570	101.00–130.00	117.91
39	—	375	110.00–148.00	132.62
33	—	625	100.00–121.00	112.89
1	—	195	160.00	160.00
5	—	927	84.00–94.00	87.00
11	—	736	88.00–113.00	105.80
64	—	432	106.00–152.00	129.09
4	—	970	75.00–93.00	84.77
64	—	531	100.00–130.00	117.55
68	—	477	96.00–139.00	122.98
1	—	1,000	94.00	94.00
5	—	779	100.00–111.00	105.78
22	—	327	120.00–142.50	131.65
22	—	672	100.00–117.00	108.74
7	—	867	88.00–99.00	93.80
13	—	278	135.00–152.50	147.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	771	90.00–128.00	111.95
158	—	668	100.00–130.00	119.10
8	—	867	98.00–115.00	103.74
2	—	1,020	101.00–102.00	101.50
27	—	277	135.00–170.00	152.71
73	—	325	135.00–179.00	157.64
2	—	175	170.00	170.00
252	—	427	130.00–160.00	147.03
105	—	718	99.00–121.50	114.24
132	—	371	130.00–166.00	151.65
2	—	913	93.00–94.00	93.50
387	—	572	113.00–148.00	128.67
4	—	978	89.00–97.00	95.05
279	—	477	128.00–155.00	140.02
222	—	624	110.00–137.00	123.23
9	—	234	130.00–160.00	155.23
332	—	524	119.00–151.00	132.60
32	—	820	95.00–114.00	104.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	158.00–159.00	158.83
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	105.00	105.00
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
3	—	307	117.50–125.00	119.95
1	—	620	103.00	103.00
2	—	473	125.00–132.50	128.77
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	107.00	107.00
1	—	430	127.00	127.00
1	—	600	115.00	115.00
2	—	745	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	166.00	166.00
1	—	550	143.00	143.00
5	—	469	148.00–153.00	149.38
3	—	283	155.00–172.00	166.20
2	—	395	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
711	—	679	125.00–143.90	136.61
209	—	580	122.00–139.60	134.02
2	—	465	127.00	127.00
6	—	205	135.00	135.00
6	—	306	142.00	142.00
163	—	736	120.00–136.00	133.98
48	—	769	123.00–133.00	127.00
286	—	632	117.00–135.50	130.67
57	—	520	125.00–134.00	131.09
8	—	417	132.50–141.00	135.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	537	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	623	87.00–118.00	105.54
8	—	771	85.00–110.00	98.49
10	—	280	111.00–130.00	121.83
32	—	324	100.00–152.00	123.73
2	—	1,023	85.00–100.00	92.41
59	—	423	100.00–129.00	115.88
71	—	374	101.00–130.00	118.51
85	—	478	90.00–128.00	116.36
7	—	824	81.00–97.00	89.00
26	—	669	92.50–112.00	104.01
9	—	911	74.00–95.00	85.30
79	—	521	100.00–128.00	114.95
96	—	568	100.00–120.50	113.77
1	—	1,190	96.00	96.00
2	—	978	94.00–97.50	95.78
17	—	725	86.00–114.00	96.92
3	—	872	82.00–95.00	89.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
282	—	670	141.95	141.95
62	—	844	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	821	90.00–120.50	109.23
170	—	716	93.00–130.00	114.50
227	—	378	118.00–147.00	131.13
556	—	519	112.00–140.00	124.74
1	—	120	185.00	185.00
602	—	474	110.00–137.00	127.21
97	—	773	93.00–131.00	117.83
14	—	1,024	85.00–105.00	96.08
199	—	675	105.00–133.00	117.77
1	—	185	156.00	156.00
113	—	327	120.00–146.00	132.73
25	—	919	80.00–110.00	105.22
39	—	276	116.50–148.00	134.48
11	—	231	120.00–169.00	144.79
388	—	427	114.00–139.00	129.67
354	—	624	107.00–136.50	120.43
451	—	573	106.00–139.00	125.05
23	—	874	93.00–113.00	107.83
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	110.00	110.00
3	—	470	102.00–106.00	104.61
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	94.00	94.00
1	—	305	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	85.00	85.00
1	—	750	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	874	105.00–106.00	105.76
9	—	657	120.00–125.00	123.20
21	—	627	123.00–130.00	126.71
9	—	834	109.00–110.00	109.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	546	134.00–138.00	136.41
1	—	230	143.00	143.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	330	87.00–100.00	96.60
2	—	663	86.00	86.00
3	—	758	62.50–89.00	80.26
16	—	864	85.00–101.50	99.44
3	—	1,128	74.00	74.00
51	—	995	101.00	101.00
5	—	606	103.00	103.00
15	—	472	102.00–106.00	102.96
7	—	413	83.50–106.00	93.42
9	—	525	94.00–105.00	102.62
2	—	563	84.00–86.50	85.27
7	—	734	89.00–104.00	101.84
12	—	382	86.00–115.00	99.20
6	—	261	90.00–106.00	102.68
1	—	935	89.00	89.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	77.00	77.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	261	84.00	84.00
7	—	325	80.00–84.00	81.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,475.00	1,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	973	625.00–800.00	718.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	1,300.00	1,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,605	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,368.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,540	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,365	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,255	1,425.00	1,425.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,173	800.00–1,225.00	906.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,177	1,010.00–1,525.00	1,250.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	52	—	1,245	710.00–1,385.00	1,198.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,183	610.00–1,150.00	797.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,212	800.00–1,625.00	1,179.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,395	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,128.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	984	835.00–1,075.00	982.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,051	875.00–1,110.00	998.85
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,355	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,460	1,025.00–1,585.00	1,375.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,483	1,050.00–1,535.00	1,270.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,450	1,225.00	1,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,355	950.00–1,275.00	1,108.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,475	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	1,450.00	1,450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	610.00	610.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	993	450.00–1,100.00	876.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	955	460.00–850.00	628.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	660.00	660.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	958	610.00–1,090.00	883.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	995	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3 · Registered$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	425.00	425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,085	610.00	610.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,301	600.00–870.00	698.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,190	590.00–760.00	662.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,158	470.00–875.00	700.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,122	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	77	—	1,197	625.00–1,375.00	901.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,159	700.00–1,225.00	874.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,225	650.00–1,425.00	1,041.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,130	825.00–875.00	846.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,275	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,086	700.00–1,400.00	954.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,312	650.00–1,200.00	951.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	—	1,117	585.00–1,250.00	852.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,460	850.00–1,325.00	1,010.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	954	610.00–1,000.00	790.21
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,484	785.00–1,000.00	887.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,444	765.00–925.00	844.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,363	730.00–740.00	735.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,435	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,435	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,300	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,360	885.00	885.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,310	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,200.00	1,200.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	680	360.00	360.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	725	600.00	600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,088	785.00–975.00	873.23
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	847	380.00–1,375.00	788.46
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,027	685.00–1,100.00	874.66
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,385	1,375.00	1,375.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,143	730.00–750.00	740.24
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	934	54.00–88.00	71.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,004	73.00–82.00	78.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	675.00	675.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,100	111.00	111.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,061	850.00–1,275.00	1,028.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,600	94.00	94.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	13	—	1,347	885.00–1,700.00	1,210.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,540	1,100.00–1,685.00	1,437.13
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,000	1,150.00	1,150.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,200.00	1,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,526	60.50–88.50	79.92
67	—	1,868	89.50–110.00	97.46
168	—	1,693	70.50–98.50	89.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,017	28.00–56.50	44.00
3	—	1,117	15.00–20.50	18.76
62	—	1,029	44.00–70.00	55.51
207	—	1,067	35.00–65.50	49.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,220	40.00–58.00	48.95
116	—	1,289	50.00–71.50	62.12
429	—	1,240	40.00–66.00	55.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,498	47.00–55.00	50.83
107	—	1,545	53.00–75.50	63.66
210	—	1,480	50.50–65.50	57.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	92.00	92.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	73.00	73.00

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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Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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