Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 285 priced lines covering 14,042 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,220 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,927 head. replacement cattle receipts at 552 head. Counted as USDA files them — 72 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,220Last week 17,061Year ago 22,907

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,927Last week 2,170Year ago 3,053

Replacement CattleReceipts 552Last week 578Year ago 838

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady with instances of 2.00 higher to 2.00 lower. Demand was mostly moderate for feeder cattle, with the best demand shown for long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned cattle. As we enter the time of year with warm days and cool nights, health concerns are imminent - more notably in calves that are newly weaned.

Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 lower, and slaughter bulls mostly 2.00-4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	375	141.00–172.50	157.71
213	—	673	120.00–140.50	132.58
2	—	1,105	100.00	100.00
1	—	240	157.50	157.50
25	—	966	109.00–122.00	118.65
248	—	822	116.00–134.00	129.01
1	—	145	195.00	195.00
35	—	328	128.00–180.00	160.76
12	—	916	106.00–122.00	116.28
8	—	1,019	100.00–116.50	110.60
297	—	622	114.00–146.00	133.79
10	—	268	147.50–170.00	158.51
4	—	1,065	101.00–113.00	108.24
189	—	426	131.00–165.00	147.56
243	—	525	128.00–154.00	140.04
258	—	475	130.00–159.75	146.50
164	—	721	115.00–138.00	129.80
52	—	777	115.00–135.00	128.20
431	—	575	124.00–149.00	137.88
102	—	870	120.00–131.00	128.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	549	143.00	143.00
56	—	866	136.00	136.00
115	—	910	127.85–130.90	129.31
179	—	829	136.50–138.90	137.64
10	—	491	150.00–154.50	150.41
6	—	364	161.00–170.00	165.17
5	—	551	145.50	145.50
5	—	318	160.00–169.00	165.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	702	112.00	112.00
2	—	852	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	168.00–172.50	170.35
274	—	672	127.00–147.50	141.70
112	—	958	129.90–131.95	130.92
237	—	824	125.00–141.30	137.81
484	—	774	130.00–140.20	138.14
60	—	863	134.50	134.50
13	—	377	160.00–180.00	164.74
13	—	910	121.50	121.50
15	—	1,041	115.00–116.00	115.73
146	—	578	136.00–152.50	145.45
232	—	625	138.00–154.50	147.52
113	—	526	130.00–152.00	148.25
373	—	712	125.00–146.00	141.94
23	—	469	145.00–160.00	149.74
71	—	422	149.00–161.00	156.33
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	120.00	120.00
1	—	540	110.00	110.00
4	—	441	110.00–115.00	113.74
3	—	593	107.00	107.00
1	—	920	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	779	100.00–113.00	105.10
1	—	295	142.50	142.50
6	—	333	124.00–138.00	132.73
18	—	575	117.00–137.00	126.03
44	—	621	105.00–130.00	121.36
4	—	910	110.00–111.00	110.74
3	—	875	105.00–119.00	111.71
31	—	474	116.00–140.50	127.26
24	—	519	111.00–140.00	126.10
15	—	666	103.00–125.00	118.68
9	—	364	127.00–148.00	130.40
4	—	819	104.00–117.00	111.53
1	—	995	104.00	104.00
8	—	724	73.00–123.00	109.54
9	—	435	115.00–143.00	133.47
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	825	115.00	115.00
1	—	885	114.00	114.00
5	—	685	118.00–127.00	123.01
6	—	629	123.00–125.00	124.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	679	118.00–121.00	118.76
1	—	405	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	619	119.00–127.00	121.74
1	—	885	108.00	108.00
2	—	815	104.00	104.00
1	—	1,075	92.00	92.00
5	—	720	117.00–124.00	120.78
13	—	783	115.00–120.00	119.16
7	—	964	106.00–110.00	106.57
24	—	661	118.00–127.00	121.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	938	84.00–102.00	97.54
265	—	623	105.00–131.50	118.30
525	—	473	113.00–138.00	126.23
65	—	766	95.00–124.00	114.47
37	—	281	110.00–147.50	130.05
40	—	817	91.00–124.50	114.19
493	—	523	103.00–135.00	123.12
522	—	571	110.00–134.50	122.68
5	—	856	96.00–114.00	102.84
12	—	236	120.00–141.00	127.21
98	—	728	100.00–129.00	114.89
221	—	376	115.00–140.00	129.27
291	—	424	113.00–140.00	127.10
11	—	971	99.00–103.00	99.74
146	—	674	106.00–133.00	118.12
80	—	326	119.00–138.00	130.13
2	—	183	142.50–175.00	158.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	124.00	124.00
2	—	333	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	115.00	115.00
6	—	426	137.00	137.00
3	—	580	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
286	—	667	118.00–137.50	133.33
72	—	969	90.00–119.75	113.99
71	—	843	114.00–124.00	122.98
3	—	931	111.00	111.00
6	—	347	144.00	144.00
1	—	245	151.00	151.00
89	—	520	124.00–138.50	130.98
71	—	792	123.00–128.85	127.92
23	—	486	130.00–140.00	131.39
66	—	428	130.00–141.00	135.68
125	—	569	120.00–137.25	131.16
372	—	629	116.00–140.00	134.06
450	—	724	125.00–132.50	130.97
16	—	876	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	102.00	102.00
3	—	525	111.00	111.00
2	—	360	120.00	120.00
1	—	470	117.00	117.00
6	—	713	90.00–104.00	99.22
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	102.00–102.50	102.25
2	—	425	102.50–106.00	104.31
1	—	235	102.50	102.50
2	—	513	86.00–112.00	99.06
5	—	460	99.00–100.00	99.20
5	—	373	97.50–105.00	100.83
1	—	615	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	521	100.00–117.50	111.99
2	—	923	74.00–76.00	75.01
31	—	672	81.00–116.00	103.62
7	—	280	100.00–125.00	115.21
46	—	575	97.00–125.00	112.13
14	—	832	80.00–105.00	96.23
26	—	624	90.00–113.00	106.60
2	—	978	80.00–95.00	87.52
4	—	870	83.00–99.00	93.56
42	—	375	85.00–121.00	115.68
38	—	467	105.00–122.00	113.13
3	—	238	110.00–130.00	119.32
12	—	319	105.00–120.00	111.98
49	—	427	105.00–120.00	112.03
20	—	711	90.00–108.00	101.94
14	—	768	81.00–111.00	100.56
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	502	115.00	115.00
1	—	635	107.00	107.00
1	—	685	107.00	107.00
1	—	575	104.00	104.00
1	—	485	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	404	165.00	165.00
6	—	630	128.00–131.00	129.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	914	71.00–95.00	84.78
34	—	773	90.00–117.00	105.56
11	—	880	80.00–104.00	89.59
206	—	427	125.00–168.00	143.67
34	—	816	88.00–110.00	100.85
167	—	620	107.00–137.00	120.64
162	—	377	122.50–168.00	147.34
226	—	578	115.00–146.00	127.40
235	—	471	124.00–154.00	139.95
354	—	523	115.00–151.00	132.28
6	—	218	142.50–160.00	148.10
58	—	722	90.00–122.00	112.23
52	—	318	124.00–161.00	153.04
122	—	674	99.00–130.00	118.53
2	—	1,075	80.00	80.00
25	—	279	130.00–161.00	146.28
1	—	980	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	448	127.00	127.00
1	—	595	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	120.00	120.00
1	—	210	122.50	122.50
3	—	512	106.00–114.00	110.74
1	—	490	104.00	104.00
2	—	623	80.00–94.00	87.14
1	—	375	115.00	115.00
13	—	569	92.00–116.00	107.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	81.00	81.00
7	—	228	127.00–151.00	135.81
33	—	424	101.00–144.00	124.47
3	—	967	76.00–90.00	81.99
18	—	723	87.00–112.00	98.77
1	—	1,075	85.00	85.00
12	—	275	126.00–141.00	131.57
58	—	569	90.00–128.00	117.93
19	—	371	115.00–145.00	128.92
75	—	521	106.00–131.00	119.69
1	—	1,025	90.00	90.00
22	—	780	85.00–107.00	98.71
5	—	873	70.00–90.00	84.33
45	—	474	99.00–133.00	122.06
9	—	825	71.00–102.00	89.93
1	—	185	141.00	141.00
40	—	675	86.00–113.00	106.18
40	—	619	80.00–121.00	107.25
15	—	327	111.00–150.00	135.88
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	102.00	102.00
2	—	545	121.00	121.00
1	—	475	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	161.00	161.00
1	—	425	160.00	160.00
1	—	510	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,083	75.00	75.00
2	—	702	91.00	91.00
11	—	524	85.00–102.00	95.22
5	—	879	70.00–86.00	79.83
1	—	800	80.00	80.00
15	—	780	84.00–99.00	98.01
5	—	565	81.00–89.00	84.64
5	—	277	92.50–101.00	97.64
4	—	329	107.00–109.00	107.95
23	—	697	90.00–94.25	94.07
12	—	420	92.00–120.00	105.03
10	—	487	115.00	115.00
1	—	965	75.00	75.00
3	—	393	126.00	126.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	73.00	73.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	52.00	52.00
1	—	550	50.00	50.00
1	—	715	41.00	41.00

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	—	1,132	825.00–1,275.00	1,083.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,260	1,125.00–1,400.00	1,276.79
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,365	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,016.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,345	960.00	960.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,590	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,138	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,224.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,298	900.00–1,150.00	1,071.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,075	990.00–1,290.00	1,113.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,175	960.00–1,250.00	1,074.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,262	785.00–950.00	877.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,226	850.00–1,300.00	1,033.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,393	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,242.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,315	1,050.00–1,450.00	1,235.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,550	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,415	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,408	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,193.76
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,097	650.00–670.00	663.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,448	1,300.00–1,310.00	1,305.15
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	980	760.00–885.00	815.53
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,033	52.00–95.00	69.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,083	59.00–72.00	64.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,360	62.00	62.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,001	650.00–875.00	760.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,080	710.00–1,300.00	1,020.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	46	—	1,201	630.00–1,075.00	814.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,109	650.00–870.00	759.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	46	—	1,228	535.00–1,025.00	805.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,257	670.00–1,010.00	815.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	610.00	610.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,051	730.00–950.00	866.67
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,325	790.00–860.00	833.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,278	810.00–1,175.00	938.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,108	650.00–1,050.00	793.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	910.00	910.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,277	675.00–785.00	716.04
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,144	450.00–880.00	667.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,197	625.00–1,175.00	991.16
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,310	710.00–800.00	755.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,233	590.00–685.00	644.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,153	630.00–660.00	647.96
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	740.00	740.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	640.00	640.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	867	650.00–860.00	798.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	910.00	910.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	750.00	750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	850.00	850.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,640	1,400.00	1,400.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,079	875.00–1,350.00	1,054.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,431	1,070.00–1,400.00	1,210.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
362	—	1,251	42.00–59.00	50.22
139	—	1,280	48.50–66.50	56.83
95	—	1,199	30.00–50.50	43.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,491	45.00–59.50	52.35
18	—	1,399	43.00–49.50	46.67
105	—	1,514	48.00–75.00	58.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	994	23.00–47.00	38.22
115	—	1,018	35.00–56.00	44.22
56	—	1,027	45.00–58.50	50.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,741	68.00–86.50	78.54
37	—	1,840	80.00–93.50	85.95
51	—	1,507	57.00–79.00	70.19

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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