Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 322 priced lines covering 17,831 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,278 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,050 head. replacement cattle receipts at 558 head. Counted as USDA files them — 42 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,278Last week 19,711Year ago 26,225

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,050Last week 2,543Year ago 3,872

Replacement CattleReceipts 558Last week 1,041Year ago 1,450

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with moderate to good demand. Feeder heifers were mostly 1.00-2.00 lower with demand being moderate at best. Buyers continue to show the most interest in long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned feeder cattle. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
467	—	626	116.00–145.00	131.62
6	—	1,076	110.25	110.25
242	—	475	130.00–164.00	145.83
389	—	675	121.00–140.00	129.60
40	—	330	134.00–189.00	163.93
10	—	271	150.00–181.00	166.69
2	—	145	195.00–205.00	200.00
118	—	426	133.00–168.00	150.50
51	—	916	99.50–128.00	117.18
13	—	223	150.00–195.00	159.21
388	—	524	120.00–149.00	139.01
75	—	878	111.00–131.50	123.89
613	—	573	121.00–149.00	136.27
51	—	975	95.00–125.50	120.10
1	—	185	180.00	180.00
108	—	376	135.00–178.00	160.74
401	—	830	113.00–137.95	132.67
1	—	1,030	108.00	108.00
278	—	775	115.00–137.00	129.58
272	—	719	115.00–139.75	128.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	130.00	130.00
9	—	601	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	424	151.00–179.00	161.41
104	—	828	138.00–139.95	139.13
1	—	230	173.00	173.00
5	—	261	170.00	170.00
11	—	327	168.00–185.00	177.66
15	—	514	150.00–152.50	152.17
15	—	376	160.00–180.00	167.47
11	—	495	154.50–160.00	154.98
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	115.00	115.00
3	—	548	130.00	130.00
1	—	835	116.00	116.00
17	—	638	110.00–134.00	121.80
1	—	880	109.00	109.00
7	—	669	110.00–125.00	120.63
2	—	440	138.00	138.00
16	—	580	122.00–134.00	127.69
13	—	728	112.00–122.50	118.86
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	111.00	111.00
1	—	695	102.00	102.00
5	—	503	110.00–115.00	112.98
2	—	410	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
374	—	721	121.00–140.00	135.20
54	—	1,058	123.30	123.30
259	—	768	125.25–142.00	138.18
281	—	972	131.00–134.90	131.98
26	—	486	144.50–157.00	151.07
211	—	681	123.00–140.00	135.49
296	—	867	127.00–139.00	134.33
40	—	1,001	123.25	123.25
74	—	572	134.00–147.50	141.43
92	—	437	147.00–180.00	157.24
119	—	617	127.00–142.00	134.70
79	—	522	140.00–153.00	143.38
622	—	822	126.00–140.75	136.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	105.00	105.00
12	—	424	120.00–150.00	131.61
24	—	720	93.00–121.00	112.20
7	—	886	95.00–116.00	107.24
3	—	333	108.00–167.00	135.39
40	—	477	112.00–145.00	133.52
1	—	225	125.00	125.00
3	—	289	154.00–160.00	155.94
22	—	769	107.00–124.00	114.80
56	—	577	116.00–137.00	123.97
9	—	988	96.00–114.00	104.33
49	—	674	105.00–125.00	116.93
17	—	375	121.00–154.00	143.33
26	—	617	110.00–130.00	120.17
4	—	931	90.00–116.00	106.31
1	—	1,265	90.00	90.00
34	—	529	116.00–138.00	127.91
7	—	832	94.00–118.00	109.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	962	107.50	107.50
5	—	924	105.00	105.00
36	—	616	119.00–125.00	120.96
55	—	670	117.00–124.50	120.53
7	—	712	116.00	116.00
72	—	820	105.00–125.00	123.62
2	—	1,067	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	481	140.00	140.00
1	—	215	160.00	160.00
3	—	272	130.00–151.00	138.89
4	—	328	133.00–152.50	138.06
68	—	804	131.00	131.00
3	—	388	130.00–131.00	130.32
2	—	400	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	326	112.50–156.00	132.89
2	—	183	165.00–177.50	171.51
24	—	225	112.00–165.00	128.27
528	—	621	100.00–132.50	117.93
27	—	886	90.00–110.00	104.61
67	—	274	120.00–141.00	129.40
58	—	766	102.00–123.50	111.31
275	—	371	105.00–143.00	130.12
635	—	522	110.00–136.00	125.22
658	—	574	109.00–138.00	121.57
135	—	717	95.00–127.00	110.48
262	—	673	100.00–130.00	117.82
3	—	1,045	100.00	100.00
1	—	915	99.00	99.00
483	—	474	115.00–140.00	126.36
461	—	432	114.00–145.00	129.33
40	—	811	87.00–123.00	113.95
6	—	971	77.00–107.00	97.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	304	143.00	143.00
14	—	489	126.00	126.00
178	—	770	113.00–130.30	124.06
33	—	438	129.00–136.00	130.60
518	—	631	118.00–137.00	133.10
95	—	814	105.50–119.00	115.72
125	—	525	119.00–133.00	125.81
153	—	726	117.00–128.25	125.98
87	—	572	119.00–137.00	123.31
182	—	671	121.75–135.00	130.68
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	101.00–102.00	101.51
2	—	265	100.00	100.00
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
2	—	658	100.00	100.00
4	—	378	101.00–102.50	102.15
1	—	330	100.00	100.00
2	—	757	81.00	81.00
2	—	480	101.00–104.00	102.52
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	274	101.00–137.50	116.19
73	—	427	100.00–132.00	117.24
96	—	474	99.00–127.00	116.15
90	—	623	80.00–124.00	105.55
1	—	1,025	82.00	82.00
90	—	526	90.00–120.00	112.83
59	—	370	97.00–133.00	119.45
13	—	927	72.00–98.00	85.69
22	—	322	90.00–133.00	116.30
19	—	770	85.00–107.00	98.15
89	—	577	100.00–121.00	112.56
24	—	827	79.00–112.00	93.41
12	—	869	79.00–98.00	87.87
5	—	236	115.00–142.50	129.35
50	—	719	80.00–107.00	97.85
53	—	669	85.00–113.00	103.85
3	—	1,073	83.00	83.00
3	—	982	75.00–86.00	78.72
Heifers — Medium 2-3 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	500	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	586	93.00–114.00	108.92
2	—	765	90.00	90.00
13	—	521	102.00–114.00	109.19
3	—	918	73.00	73.00
4	—	666	99.00–103.00	101.50
3	—	723	91.00–100.00	94.01
13	—	476	105.00–119.00	112.26
2	—	622	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	127.00	127.00
3	—	278	122.50	122.50
1	—	590	111.00	111.00
4	—	366	111.00–125.00	118.32
3	—	543	117.00	117.00
2	—	472	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	770	90.00–122.00	107.23
142	—	669	91.00–126.00	115.74
144	—	719	99.00–122.00	112.05
71	—	320	124.00–185.00	154.69
250	—	473	126.00–168.00	140.57
191	—	374	125.00–176.00	152.75
1	—	185	201.00	201.00
52	—	825	90.00–114.00	102.79
10	—	916	84.00–102.00	96.19
403	—	525	115.00–145.50	131.12
12	—	231	135.00–180.00	154.45
220	—	429	131.00–170.00	146.78
260	—	573	111.00–137.50	125.36
334	—	622	110.00–133.00	121.73
6	—	970	77.00–88.50	83.78
31	—	864	80.00–108.00	94.10
24	—	281	136.00–166.00	155.03
2	—	1,003	85.00–90.00	87.51
1	—	1,150	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	476	144.00–148.50	145.83
2	—	565	139.00	139.00
1	—	210	155.00	155.00
5	—	323	170.00–182.50	179.13
3	—	288	175.00	175.00
9	—	408	145.00–170.00	164.62
6	—	363	165.00	165.00
12	—	518	140.50–145.00	142.81
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	109.00	109.00
1	—	645	110.00	110.00
9	—	523	119.00–126.00	122.41
1	—	800	93.00	93.00
1	—	765	94.00	94.00
2	—	707	111.00	111.00
3	—	458	132.00	132.00
2	—	565	109.00–114.00	111.46
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	326	100.00–125.00	110.54
19	—	519	102.00–117.50	108.49
3	—	287	110.00–122.50	114.22
3	—	486	102.00–110.00	104.66
3	—	382	109.00–119.00	114.37
1	—	425	100.00	100.00
2	—	588	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	926	68.00–90.00	86.09
59	—	430	113.00–141.00	129.65
1	—	975	91.00	91.00
3	—	225	127.50–141.00	132.85
22	—	311	130.00–156.00	142.50
86	—	475	116.00–150.00	132.53
8	—	766	78.00–119.00	98.20
4	—	875	75.00–99.00	91.40
23	—	720	90.00–119.00	106.10
20	—	274	120.00–150.00	136.26
46	—	671	97.00–113.00	105.96
65	—	579	104.00–125.00	117.27
52	—	374	100.00–155.00	138.06
17	—	828	91.00–100.00	93.31
88	—	525	101.00–132.00	120.96
73	—	624	94.00–129.00	110.60
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	642	69.00	69.00
6	—	588	69.00	69.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	489	125.00–129.00	127.40
2	—	568	116.00	116.00
1	—	535	116.00	116.00
3	—	447	120.00–126.00	121.99
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	77.50	77.50
6	—	669	103.00	103.00
2	—	608	89.00–90.00	89.50
4	—	438	69.00–92.00	74.90
6	—	338	85.00–127.50	110.16
11	—	519	106.50	106.50
2	—	743	73.00	73.00
9	—	477	97.50–102.00	100.51
7	—	767	98.50	98.50
6	—	570	89.00–92.00	90.98
1	—	835	78.00	78.00
1	—	950	62.00	62.00
6	—	283	90.00–92.50	90.41
10	—	374	104.00–124.00	115.93
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	98.00	98.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	890.00	890.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,406	650.00–800.00	708.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,510	785.00	785.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	795	550.00	550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	905	510.00	510.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	993	525.00–535.00	530.26
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	973	775.00–860.00	819.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	943	490.00–525.00	508.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	912	575.00–685.00	625.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	918	575.00–835.00	703.23
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	773	210.00–435.00	341.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	690	370.00–460.00	412.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	590	375.00	375.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	—	1,185	600.00–800.00	703.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,239	600.00–1,075.00	804.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,102	525.00–880.00	679.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,245	620.00	620.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	46	—	1,212	600.00–1,225.00	838.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,271	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	—	1,173	435.00–1,175.00	829.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,242	540.00–800.00	678.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,191	650.00–1,075.00	845.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,233	480.00–860.00	698.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,057	550.00–1,125.00	996.16
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,113	625.00–750.00	700.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,110	550.00–875.00	696.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	955	550.00–560.00	554.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	955	590.00–640.00	616.05
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,445	1,025.00–1,175.00	1,095.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,180	1,125.00–1,200.00	1,158.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,525	835.00	835.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,148	465.00–750.00	659.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,478	910.00–1,085.00	989.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,388	700.00–1,100.00	947.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,424	900.00–1,220.00	1,110.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,037	1,175.00–1,315.00	1,224.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,220	850.00–1,150.00	1,005.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,425	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,478	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	810.00	810.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	751	400.00–520.00	487.99
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,103	650.00–1,350.00	979.14
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	858	510.00–860.00	696.21
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	825	625.00	625.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	806	700.00–790.00	732.54
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	683	680.00	680.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	958	71.00–74.00	72.46
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	974	62.00–81.00	69.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	805	400.00–525.00	452.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,045	63.00–77.00	68.85
Stock Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	785	525.00	525.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,502	825.00–1,675.00	1,191.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
464	—	1,264	37.50–62.50	54.22
132	—	1,215	34.50–53.00	46.82
125	—	1,298	46.00–70.00	60.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	1,492	47.50–63.50	55.08
30	—	1,470	42.50–52.00	48.05
121	—	1,501	48.00–69.50	61.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,024	47.00–69.00	55.98
171	—	1,106	33.50–60.00	48.47
111	—	1,009	24.00–49.00	41.37
6	—	930	17.00–28.00	24.15
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,465	71.00–90.00	77.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,433	94.00	94.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,236	98.00	98.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,660	65.00–92.00	83.21
55	—	1,821	83.50–106.00	93.95
1	—	1,365	70.00	70.00
61	—	1,448	57.00–84.00	72.37
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	89.00	89.00

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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Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

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