Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 301 priced lines covering 19,794 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 21,101 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,279 head. replacement cattle receipts at 468 head. Counted as USDA files them — 59 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21,101Last week 16,672Year ago 28,207

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,279Last week 2,479Year ago 3,126

Replacement CattleReceipts 468Last week 1,293Year ago 611

No comparison is available this week due to recent Christmas and New Year’s holiday closings, however, trade was mostly moderate and demand for feeder and slaughter cattle was moderate to good. Comparisons will resume on next week’s summary, which will be published on Tuesday, January, 19, 2021 in light of the Federal holiday on Monday, January 18, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	72.00	72.00
4	—	711	100.00–101.00	100.75
2	—	480	127.00	127.00
1	—	790	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	142.00	142.00
1	—	780	106.00	106.00
2	—	718	104.50	104.50
1	—	520	125.00	125.00
3	—	665	109.00	109.00
2	—	865	84.50	84.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	531	146.00–161.00	157.17
4	—	328	179.00	179.00
13	—	433	161.00–180.00	175.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	951	84.00–111.00	106.48
31	—	778	95.00–119.00	103.06
176	—	428	124.00–170.00	148.14
3	—	1,212	86.00	86.00
18	—	823	88.00–105.00	97.17
41	—	326	135.00–179.00	152.17
179	—	575	110.00–152.00	125.41
10	—	236	142.50–169.00	156.67
138	—	624	100.00–136.00	122.47
79	—	372	134.00–168.00	151.65
2	—	1,030	84.00	84.00
17	—	281	130.00–170.00	160.96
1	—	915	85.00	85.00
175	—	523	115.00–152.00	130.45
109	—	723	70.00–122.00	109.14
122	—	675	100.00–128.00	115.79
5	—	872	87.00–109.50	95.84
176	—	474	120.00–161.00	141.91
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	100.00	100.00
1	—	340	115.00	115.00
1	—	265	120.00	120.00
2	—	518	100.00–110.00	104.88
1	—	470	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	362	183.00–190.00	185.82
2	—	325	173.00	173.00
4	—	603	125.00–133.00	130.98
3	—	410	180.00	180.00
1	—	580	135.00	135.00
4	—	463	152.00	152.00
8	—	537	148.00–154.00	150.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	631	95.00–115.00	107.70
1	—	1,060	78.00	78.00
1	—	1,000	87.00	87.00
29	—	471	105.00–148.00	126.24
5	—	867	83.00–89.00	86.00
30	—	425	110.00–140.00	129.40
31	—	675	79.00–118.00	104.21
7	—	817	85.00–95.00	90.51
41	—	572	100.00–132.00	117.99
42	—	532	100.00–135.00	118.99
3	—	778	85.00–90.00	87.00
13	—	282	120.00–152.00	133.80
12	—	330	114.00–150.00	131.94
13	—	730	88.00–117.00	101.75
1	—	230	135.00	135.00
23	—	372	110.00–150.00	134.38
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	780	80.00–88.50	87.15
5	—	1,010	75.00	75.00
2	—	970	89.00	89.00
6	—	514	79.00–97.00	93.88
6	—	278	82.00–104.00	100.38
4	—	419	65.00–106.00	89.53
4	—	385	64.00–97.00	84.51
5	—	676	76.00–88.50	83.42
1	—	325	85.00	85.00
1	—	565	91.00	91.00
1	—	620	57.00	57.00
2	—	1,065	70.00	70.00
1	—	715	77.50	77.50
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	68.00	68.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	274	175.00–190.00	181.83
321	—	672	125.00–147.00	136.32
135	—	822	117.00–131.85	127.39
109	—	1,029	115.85–124.00	119.97
124	—	974	119.50–127.00	123.09
117	—	421	154.00–184.00	166.78
246	—	572	135.00–162.50	149.62
14	—	336	177.50–194.00	186.35
139	—	480	150.00–174.25	160.07
1	—	1,110	101.00	101.00
336	—	784	117.00–136.95	131.94
123	—	915	116.00–128.85	126.95
865	—	876	124.75–131.60	130.17
412	—	735	121.00–139.20	134.43
2	—	247	183.00	183.00
188	—	528	145.00–164.00	153.75
36	—	368	170.00–187.50	175.84
258	—	630	130.00–143.00	138.73
92	—	1,162	116.70	116.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
827	—	727	110.00–134.25	128.67
695	—	572	119.00–152.00	141.08
279	—	872	112.00–127.50	122.84
334	—	814	110.00–132.25	124.14
6	—	1,007	113.50	113.50
73	—	932	100.00–121.50	115.91
109	—	374	137.50–179.00	159.95
762	—	674	113.00–137.50	129.31
331	—	475	124.00–165.00	153.26
363	—	527	125.00–156.00	143.84
479	—	780	110.00–133.00	125.23
123	—	425	135.00–172.00	150.34
2	—	1,115	105.00	105.00
2	—	1,212	104.00	104.00
2	—	223	150.00–175.00	163.48
45	—	319	140.00–190.00	160.80
683	—	628	119.00–144.00	132.72
103	—	967	106.00–116.50	115.19
14	—	272	136.00–172.00	158.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	227	165.00	165.00
3	—	275	190.00	190.00
57	—	510	154.00–167.75	162.29
10	—	379	169.00–189.00	177.71
65	—	863	131.95	131.95
1	—	550	139.00	139.00
1	—	435	170.00	170.00
3	—	343	176.00	176.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	119.00	119.00
3	—	667	121.00–124.00	122.98
1	—	520	138.00	138.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	641	90.00–122.00	115.66
2	—	570	107.00–110.00	108.47
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	695	118.50	118.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	525	115.00–138.50	129.14
12	—	764	85.00–120.00	105.36
34	—	617	105.00–127.00	117.11
13	—	327	125.00–158.00	141.21
4	—	863	98.00–114.00	105.74
2	—	255	131.00–144.00	137.37
5	—	372	125.00–140.00	135.29
2	—	940	92.00–103.00	97.50
15	—	718	90.00–120.00	109.65
14	—	426	109.00–146.00	131.55
1	—	240	145.00	145.00
23	—	677	101.00–125.50	114.76
37	—	479	92.00–143.00	132.06
6	—	817	100.00–118.00	106.69
35	—	580	102.00–135.00	123.49
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	553	116.00–131.50	130.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	587	115.00–122.00	119.97
2	—	652	113.00	113.00
1	—	515	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	393	130.00–140.00	134.07
6	—	941	102.00	102.00
109	—	534	119.00–130.00	124.97
46	—	426	130.00–140.00	133.02
116	—	769	118.00–122.75	121.72
249	—	625	118.25–130.10	126.10
64	—	852	101.50–117.85	116.57
66	—	815	107.00–114.75	113.09
346	—	729	115.00–129.75	122.06
134	—	664	117.50–122.75	119.46
245	—	563	116.50–129.90	126.41
14	—	317	141.00–143.00	141.30
51	—	475	124.00–135.00	133.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	708	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
622	—	474	106.00–137.50	126.88
1	—	185	143.00	143.00
218	—	369	114.00–144.00	132.49
96	—	318	105.00–142.00	130.70
351	—	720	86.00–127.00	115.46
274	—	431	109.00–142.00	127.80
3	—	1,096	95.00	95.00
90	—	818	85.00–115.00	106.99
13	—	230	120.00–150.00	136.73
643	—	626	95.00–128.75	118.68
45	—	974	84.00–106.50	104.27
2	—	915	86.00–103.00	94.55
738	—	525	103.00–133.50	122.66
511	—	669	92.00–127.00	118.38
34	—	274	120.00–142.50	131.50
877	—	573	101.00–131.50	122.46
83	—	869	82.00–118.00	109.44
206	—	770	96.00–127.00	118.58
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	90.00	90.00
1	—	685	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	103.00	103.00
1	—	630	70.00	70.00
3	—	533	101.00–105.00	102.35
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	105.00	105.00
2	—	365	106.00	106.00
3	—	525	107.00	107.00
1	—	640	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	714	72.00–112.00	99.65
50	—	428	105.00–125.00	116.18
71	—	475	90.00–126.00	113.34
3	—	873	81.00	81.00
17	—	272	100.00–133.00	116.22
88	—	575	80.00–121.00	111.11
60	—	617	82.00–116.00	105.11
1	—	1,030	83.00	83.00
39	—	330	100.00–125.00	116.87
1	—	980	80.00	80.00
5	—	825	60.00–111.00	82.40
25	—	675	82.00–113.00	100.66
15	—	774	72.00–110.00	90.73
5	—	910	71.00–103.00	85.11
62	—	525	90.00–122.00	113.03
42	—	373	101.00–130.00	118.37
6	—	238	102.00–135.00	120.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	92.00	92.00
4	—	656	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	104.00	104.00
2	—	857	99.00	99.00
5	—	1,038	92.00	92.00
15	—	775	99.50–107.50	101.07
2	—	945	95.00	95.00
19	—	630	116.00–123.00	120.62
2	—	660	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	378	135.50	135.50
1	—	245	142.50	142.50
7	—	464	134.50	134.50
8	—	414	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	90.00	90.00
1	—	535	118.00	118.00
1	—	340	120.00	120.00
4	—	578	115.00–117.00	116.00
1	—	475	118.00	118.00
1	—	350	127.00	127.00
1	—	645	107.00	107.00
6	—	689	99.50–106.50	103.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	600	121.25	121.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,746	72.00–97.00	87.42
45	—	1,569	55.00–84.50	73.77
102	—	1,821	89.00–110.00	99.11
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	85.00	85.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,425	40.00–51.50	46.83
220	—	1,487	44.00–60.00	53.33
132	—	1,553	50.00–68.00	59.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,243	30.00–51.00	44.13
439	—	1,270	39.00–60.00	52.30
151	—	1,289	44.00–68.00	59.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,032	38.50–62.00	53.06
5	—	890	15.00–20.00	18.65
79	—	1,025	22.00–51.00	38.19
178	—	1,085	30.00–57.00	45.18

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	947	435.00–475.00	456.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	435.00	435.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,183	480.00–525.00	503.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,211	550.00–1,300.00	897.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,153	620.00–770.00	684.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,247	560.00–1,100.00	806.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,300	610.00–940.00	762.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,210	490.00–950.00	684.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,063	610.00–855.00	756.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,173	500.00–1,150.00	901.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	1,116	630.00–1,025.00	838.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,100	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,036	625.00–1,000.00	841.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	989	525.00–1,110.00	910.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	625.00	625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,383	725.00–730.00	727.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,124	600.00–750.00	672.63
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	570.00	570.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,373	785.00	785.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,387	500.00–1,200.00	992.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,253	600.00–725.00	675.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,080	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,192	1,200.00–1,275.00	1,234.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,135	650.00–760.00	707.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,130	675.00–900.00	813.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,183	700.00–875.00	758.51
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	1,110.00–1,185.00	1,145.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,283	1,425.00–1,475.00	1,449.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,265	775.00–1,000.00	933.30
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,368	830.00–850.00	838.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,480	910.00	910.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,001	57.00–82.00	66.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,146	57.00–62.00	58.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,085	70.00–73.00	71.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	500.00	500.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	998	825.00–875.00	848.81
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,370	99.00	99.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,215	925.00–980.00	959.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,535	1,380.00	1,380.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,023	700.00–975.00	858.88
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	908	690.00–730.00	709.83
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	968	700.00–750.00	723.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,135	900.00–1,100.00	990.01
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	640.00	640.00

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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