Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 314 priced lines covering 16,158 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,061 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,170 head. replacement cattle receipts at 578 head. Counted as USDA files them — 84 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,061Last week 17,747Year ago 20,696

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,170Last week 2,257Year ago 2,651

Replacement CattleReceipts 578Last week 878Year ago 663

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 3.00-4.00 lower, and feeder heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Demand for feeder

cattle was moderate at best, but there was notably good demand for long-weaned and preconditioned feeder cattle. Slaughter cows were

mostly 2.00-4.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were 3.00-5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	873	106.00–109.00	108.71
22	—	726	116.00–122.00	119.42
26	—	664	121.00–127.50	123.67
4	—	780	114.00–122.00	116.43
4	—	950	115.00	115.00
37	—	623	119.00–128.00	124.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
562	—	521	113.00–142.00	123.17
11	—	228	120.00–166.00	136.56
408	—	427	110.00–146.00	127.47
290	—	729	96.00–133.00	123.41
79	—	820	89.00–113.00	106.32
5	—	1,074	90.00	90.00
520	—	476	102.00–140.00	125.43
75	—	768	96.00–130.50	115.85
236	—	371	114.00–142.00	128.18
16	—	872	85.00–113.00	102.70
23	—	915	97.00–104.00	101.20
94	—	324	110.00–149.00	128.90
32	—	278	116.00–140.00	130.70
228	—	672	103.00–136.00	118.52
510	—	574	100.00–138.00	122.37
41	—	958	90.00–108.50	103.60
268	—	622	95.00–136.25	118.14
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	115.00–118.00	116.00
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	370	134.00–139.00	137.11
2	—	477	133.00	133.00
2	—	345	135.00–143.00	139.00
2	—	422	132.00	132.00
17	—	551	137.00	137.00
2	—	290	147.50	147.50
2	—	223	150.00–201.00	175.21
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	100.00	100.00
1	—	380	103.00	103.00
1	—	425	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	529	100.00–120.00	111.37
2	—	980	95.00	95.00
38	—	674	90.00–112.00	102.56
99	—	471	90.00–127.00	111.53
19	—	715	80.00–110.00	96.93
1	—	195	113.00	113.00
21	—	324	97.50–127.00	117.42
5	—	237	118.00–122.50	120.39
3	—	1,028	90.00–98.00	93.99
10	—	277	107.50–141.00	118.41
87	—	424	101.00–130.50	115.37
5	—	869	82.00–109.50	94.55
60	—	373	90.00–125.00	113.01
8	—	822	79.00–105.00	87.49
4	—	766	83.00–101.00	94.75
109	—	572	90.00–118.50	109.32
51	—	619	85.00–118.00	104.93
5	—	912	79.00–100.00	84.51
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	525	110.00–122.00	118.12
3	—	555	115.00	115.00
2	—	285	120.00	120.00
1	—	485	119.00	119.00
1	—	405	116.00	116.00
4	—	630	105.00–107.00	106.50
1	—	675	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	782	120.00–130.00	126.10
7	—	1,000	110.00	110.00
22	—	830	110.00–125.50	114.94
20	—	851	118.50	118.50
16	—	415	136.00–147.50	143.50
79	—	487	128.50–144.00	142.43
492	—	635	125.00–140.80	138.58
366	—	721	117.00–134.75	132.00
284	—	582	126.00–139.70	134.98
168	—	515	117.50–137.00	127.97
287	—	674	116.00–137.95	134.09
14	—	396	137.00–160.00	148.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	120.00	120.00
5	—	538	117.00–123.00	121.18
1	—	310	137.00	137.00
10	—	416	111.00–126.00	123.06
5	—	695	101.00–107.00	104.60
2	—	265	105.00–115.00	110.00
4	—	585	113.00–119.50	117.96
2	—	615	110.00–115.00	112.52
2	—	368	105.00–125.00	114.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
404	—	524	118.00–154.00	139.26
3	—	285	147.50–152.50	150.98
174	—	774	114.00–139.75	130.18
283	—	671	115.00–143.50	130.44
229	—	719	115.00–138.00	127.82
32	—	328	141.00–166.00	156.00
1	—	1,100	97.00	97.00
166	—	432	137.00–170.00	145.98
226	—	474	130.00–158.00	144.00
82	—	374	133.00–168.00	155.46
105	—	884	109.00–134.75	127.71
507	—	574	116.00–156.00	137.52
450	—	624	120.00–147.00	133.84
2	—	228	162.50	162.50
4	—	1,026	108.00–114.00	110.23
3	—	962	115.00–119.00	116.66
24	—	920	109.00–125.00	115.70
104	—	820	110.00–137.00	131.16
6	—	1,063	98.00–111.00	108.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	402	156.00	156.00
70	—	840	138.00–139.50	139.33
10	—	625	149.00–150.00	149.49
1	—	205	175.00	175.00
6	—	490	160.00	160.00
12	—	319	160.00–170.00	165.66
6	—	574	151.00–160.50	154.48
2	—	255	180.00	180.00
10	—	508	144.00–163.00	155.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	523	144.00–157.00	148.76
32	—	569	145.00–149.00	146.73
118	—	930	127.75–133.75	131.63
3	—	325	173.00	173.00
3	—	380	163.00–170.00	165.21
56	—	1,003	106.00–124.95	124.61
125	—	869	118.00–140.80	139.81
243	—	730	125.00–145.40	139.64
92	—	627	138.50–151.50	141.87
656	—	826	122.00–142.00	139.35
4	—	274	172.50–175.00	173.15
19	—	423	148.00–161.00	151.94
32	—	470	147.00–162.00	154.73
422	—	768	124.00–146.20	139.37
51	—	1,054	123.80	123.80
144	—	672	136.75–148.00	142.52
1	—	1,110	91.00	91.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
2	—	533	110.00–120.00	115.07
1	—	310	120.00	120.00
1	—	490	117.00	117.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	840	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	89.00–90.00	89.50
17	—	671	94.00–125.00	113.69
9	—	787	93.00–116.00	111.51
24	—	615	104.00–126.00	119.07
16	—	424	119.00–145.00	130.83
47	—	574	108.00–134.00	122.88
27	—	468	110.00–139.00	128.36
1	—	810	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,015	100.00	100.00
23	—	731	100.00–123.00	113.80
50	—	527	93.00–138.00	123.03
21	—	381	112.00–148.00	131.50
1	—	230	127.50	127.50
3	—	867	104.00–116.00	108.06
1	—	935	100.00	100.00
2	—	320	118.00–132.00	124.67
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	386	131.00–133.00	131.37
6	—	628	125.00–126.00	125.66
2	—	787	115.00	115.00
2	—	525	122.00–136.00	128.87
2	—	690	124.00	124.00
6	—	586	127.00–129.00	127.33
1	—	730	120.00	120.00
1	—	870	119.00	119.00
2	—	910	114.00	114.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	130.00	130.00
1	—	390	135.00	135.00
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
4	—	482	134.50–143.00	138.85
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	129.00	129.00
1	—	470	131.00	131.00
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	673	110.00–128.00	119.55
127	—	374	120.00–170.00	147.11
214	—	424	117.50–164.00	141.52
118	—	719	104.00–126.50	113.36
20	—	283	140.00–167.00	155.64
375	—	524	115.00–148.00	130.63
11	—	926	90.00–117.00	108.58
48	—	769	96.00–123.00	109.06
56	—	325	101.00–160.00	144.44
346	—	573	105.00–145.00	127.03
314	—	620	110.00–136.00	122.02
1	—	990	92.00	92.00
1	—	1,035	110.00	110.00
3	—	227	155.00–169.00	162.99
7	—	869	95.00–109.00	103.06
271	—	472	114.00–164.00	137.01
58	—	819	95.00–118.00	105.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	150.00–152.00	150.68
4	—	410	167.00	167.00
1	—	340	163.00	163.00
7	—	361	155.00	155.00
7	—	577	140.50	140.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	407	160.00	160.00
6	—	341	162.50–166.00	165.41
26	—	527	123.00	123.00
25	—	751	117.00	117.00
1	—	365	160.00	160.00
3	—	253	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	477	100.00–116.00	107.33
3	—	527	105.00–114.00	110.33
3	—	578	106.00–116.00	110.97
1	—	240	100.00	100.00
1	—	650	109.00	109.00
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	107.00	107.00
5	—	584	124.00	124.00
1	—	445	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	870	81.50–104.00	90.64
78	—	577	95.00–128.00	115.37
1	—	1,000	89.00	89.00
36	—	624	94.00–140.00	110.05
57	—	426	104.00–148.00	124.66
8	—	723	80.00–105.00	95.27
4	—	224	130.00–147.00	137.99
16	—	332	102.50–150.00	128.47
55	—	474	94.00–136.00	123.75
73	—	522	100.00–130.00	118.90
16	—	763	80.00–110.00	103.37
32	—	383	107.50–145.00	131.26
25	—	669	90.00–116.00	107.62
13	—	817	85.00–106.00	94.67
3	—	285	126.00–149.00	135.97
3	—	915	86.00–96.00	89.42
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	102.00–105.00	103.52
1	—	570	127.00	127.00
3	—	680	119.00	119.00
1	—	520	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	108.00	108.00
2	—	737	117.00	117.00
5	—	683	109.00–112.00	111.22
1	—	350	145.00	145.00
2	—	880	85.00	85.00
1	—	345	116.00	116.00
2	—	400	120.00	120.00
5	—	537	120.00–130.00	124.98
1	—	640	115.00	115.00
8	—	460	120.00–143.00	139.97
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	562	76.00–104.00	99.17
10	—	314	100.00–104.00	103.47
1	—	285	98.00	98.00
1	—	600	103.00	103.00
6	—	720	83.00–92.00	85.83
48	—	958	104.00	104.00
5	—	813	95.00	95.00
10	—	508	77.00–113.00	98.65
21	—	663	70.00–100.00	94.19
6	—	471	62.00–101.00	83.03
9	—	764	73.00–90.00	85.05
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	84.00	84.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	76.00	76.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,380	600.00–925.00	782.33
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,254	600.00–920.00	786.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,118	650.00–1,210.00	1,139.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	620.00	620.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,005	655.00–835.00	772.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,257	620.00–925.00	810.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	63	—	1,231	550.00–1,100.00	878.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,175	530.00–825.00	696.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,145	700.00–1,000.00	762.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	1,182	535.00–1,010.00	675.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,235	835.00–1,075.00	974.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	1,133	525.00–910.00	742.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,180	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,337	650.00–860.00	747.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	—	1,230	475.00–1,075.00	861.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,164	775.00–1,185.00	929.46
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,159	600.00–680.00	642.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,090	590.00–660.00	626.61
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	930.00	930.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	735.00	735.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	770	450.00	450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	835	620.00	620.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	575.00	575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,227	860.00–1,210.00	1,026.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,150	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,088	1,375.00–1,625.00	1,519.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,278	650.00–1,325.00	1,043.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	865.00	865.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,320	660.00–1,000.00	880.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,243	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,225	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,290	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,043.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	47	—	1,397	775.00–1,525.00	1,128.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,498	1,035.00–1,150.00	1,114.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,467	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,052.78
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,263	875.00–885.00	880.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,430	825.00	825.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,388	950.00–1,600.00	1,223.20
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,008	910.00–1,135.00	1,069.35
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,020	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	500.00	500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	850	63.00–78.00	71.90
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,083	600.00–760.00	699.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,315	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,017	60.00–85.00	72.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	775	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	1,492	45.00–65.00	53.75
14	—	1,450	40.00–54.00	47.30
138	—	1,512	50.00–68.50	59.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,216	31.00–54.00	46.63
439	—	1,251	36.00–63.00	52.86
134	—	1,261	48.00–70.00	58.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,037	32.50–58.00	47.17
3	—	950	20.00–26.00	23.84
80	—	1,033	46.00–65.00	52.78
96	—	987	26.00–55.00	42.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,710	70.00–97.00	85.64
59	—	1,784	79.50–106.00	92.68
75	—	1,564	43.00–86.00	75.49
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	75.00	75.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	102.00	102.00

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.

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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