Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 334 priced lines covering 26,555 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 28,799 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,912 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,027 head. Counted as USDA files them — 142 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 28,799Last week 19,361Year ago 19,275

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,912Last week 1,828Year ago 2,086

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,027Last week 587Year ago 798

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 higher with good demand. Buyers continue to show the most interest in long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned feeder cattle.

Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	124.50	124.50
1	—	375	131.00	131.00
12	—	590	121.00–123.00	122.68
1	—	530	122.00	122.00
2	—	755	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	514	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
417	—	378	122.00–159.00	144.62
1	—	1,380	84.00	84.00
39	—	871	88.00–116.00	99.18
104	—	278	130.00–170.00	147.68
30	—	222	137.00–185.00	154.71
13	—	968	85.00–106.00	97.34
181	—	330	125.00–177.00	148.49
565	—	429	119.00–154.50	140.28
950	—	526	115.00–149.00	133.03
300	—	724	79.00–122.00	113.72
166	—	772	99.00–121.50	110.41
57	—	820	95.00–114.50	106.93
743	—	623	105.00–132.00	122.00
2	—	1,000	95.00	95.00
725	—	573	114.00–141.00	127.02
25	—	919	71.00–106.00	98.92
822	—	476	120.00–150.00	136.24
557	—	674	99.00–130.00	119.02
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	125.00	125.00
1	—	480	126.00	126.00
1	—	625	116.00	116.00
1	—	770	93.00	93.00
9	—	586	110.00	110.00
5	—	691	110.00–113.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	724	80.00–116.50	101.47
41	—	327	101.00–143.00	132.84
2	—	1,005	85.50	85.50
7	—	232	120.00–135.00	127.40
157	—	627	88.00–117.00	112.55
11	—	965	75.00–113.50	105.83
130	—	529	100.00–130.00	119.81
17	—	825	79.00–95.50	90.80
22	—	283	120.00–141.00	128.58
3	—	1,070	82.00–86.00	84.65
69	—	374	110.00–151.00	131.29
31	—	773	75.00–110.00	95.17
93	—	470	87.50–137.00	123.42
101	—	671	84.00–118.50	105.41
98	—	576	94.00–128.00	115.85
9	—	913	82.00–96.00	90.40
11	—	884	77.00–102.00	86.37
80	—	424	109.00–138.00	128.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	997	94.00–101.00	97.23
13	—	806	94.00–109.00	101.08
4	—	913	98.00	98.00
89	—	736	108.00–118.00	116.62
24	—	863	90.00–106.00	104.83
51	—	768	108.50–121.00	118.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	426	145.00–147.00	146.50
8	—	551	133.00–134.00	133.50
7	—	359	149.00–170.00	154.55
3	—	523	134.00	134.00
1	—	260	160.00	160.00
8	—	225	149.00–182.00	155.59
5	—	457	144.00–163.00	148.58
8	—	339	153.00–182.00	175.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
212	—	425	135.00–155.00	144.75
735	—	681	115.10–133.60	125.45
457	—	525	125.00–152.00	135.50
734	—	619	119.00–135.20	128.75
38	—	324	139.00–152.00	144.22
85	—	375	138.00–160.00	145.47
312	—	713	110.00–126.10	121.60
149	—	762	99.00–124.00	120.35
232	—	572	125.00–136.00	132.08
5	—	851	111.00	111.00
106	—	470	133.00–151.50	139.27
75	—	815	109.00–116.50	116.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	87.00	87.00
2	—	607	90.00	90.00
2	—	355	130.00–141.00	135.50
5	—	560	122.00–126.00	124.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	783	116.75	116.75
21	—	440	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	100.00	100.00
1	—	595	80.00	80.00
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	105.00	105.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	138.00–145.00	142.15
2	—	823	105.00–114.00	109.38
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
1	—	420	142.50	142.50
2	—	568	130.00–135.00	132.44
1	—	515	145.00	145.00
2	—	673	124.00–129.00	126.53
1	—	925	101.00	101.00
13	—	881	112.00–114.00	113.85
16	—	628	114.00–136.00	121.38
3	—	706	120.00–123.00	121.99
1	—	295	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
512	—	725	114.00–143.00	127.54
354	—	777	114.00–129.00	124.25
1,107	—	673	120.00–146.50	135.85
83	—	325	154.00–210.00	173.13
2	—	1,073	106.00–117.00	111.38
574	—	626	121.00–155.50	138.53
203	—	376	150.00–189.00	172.59
696	—	574	130.00–162.50	147.91
340	—	820	110.00–128.75	120.43
25	—	974	105.50–118.00	113.89
513	—	527	132.00–163.50	150.94
376	—	471	130.00–180.00	158.82
1	—	1,105	102.00	102.00
109	—	916	105.00–124.00	117.06
7	—	239	170.00–195.00	186.82
194	—	872	109.00–123.00	118.00
27	—	1,033	107.00–113.50	111.52
271	—	424	140.00–187.00	163.71
46	—	275	145.00–192.50	167.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	765	148.00	148.00
35	—	434	169.00–186.00	181.46
13	—	568	157.00	157.00
1	—	290	181.00	181.00
20	—	525	161.00–166.00	163.35
6	—	222	190.00–203.00	191.95
10	—	318	185.00–206.00	193.53
9	—	377	172.50–191.00	183.16
30	—	464	160.00–181.00	174.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
255	—	569	146.50–164.50	154.72
464	—	727	123.00–136.50	130.31
432	—	879	115.00–125.90	123.02
15	—	265	177.00–200.00	180.98
38	—	369	173.00–200.00	185.12
340	—	772	123.00–131.00	128.06
433	—	527	150.00–172.00	161.03
206	—	424	156.00–185.00	168.66
144	—	471	156.00–184.00	168.75
22	—	326	170.00–200.00	178.39
578	—	619	136.00–153.40	146.53
74	—	986	114.00–120.00	118.33
208	—	929	108.00–119.00	116.78
279	—	672	126.00–145.50	137.78
349	—	820	120.50–131.50	125.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	114.00	114.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	108.00	108.00
1	—	540	138.00	138.00
2	—	663	130.00–131.00	130.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	425	123.00–166.00	148.39
44	—	475	121.00–155.50	143.89
28	—	831	101.00–119.50	116.27
21	—	319	145.00–172.00	155.18
114	—	571	110.00–146.50	134.60
1	—	1,120	92.00	92.00
61	—	527	100.00–150.00	137.26
10	—	965	91.00–110.00	104.88
58	—	727	95.00–125.50	119.52
17	—	281	130.00–175.00	151.12
1	—	915	105.00	105.00
21	—	873	86.00–118.75	113.23
23	—	780	106.00–119.00	114.38
1	—	235	125.00	125.00
27	—	380	132.50–171.00	157.64
58	—	626	114.00–137.50	127.11
49	—	674	110.00–136.00	122.41
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	428	120.00–169.00	143.18
10	—	279	131.00–185.00	150.11
8	—	236	124.00–152.50	133.49
79	—	479	110.00–151.00	135.34
12	—	721	80.00–110.00	102.72
40	—	630	90.00–121.00	112.24
11	—	866	71.00–97.00	86.29
37	—	375	134.00–168.00	148.26
1	—	955	84.00	84.00
26	—	330	126.00–167.00	148.21
5	—	929	80.00–81.00	80.40
74	—	577	101.00–135.00	123.37
32	—	673	100.00–120.00	111.14
94	—	529	110.00–143.00	130.71
9	—	818	85.00–108.00	91.51
17	—	773	89.00–111.00	101.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	227	147.50–185.00	170.89
15	—	924	91.00–110.00	97.77
11	—	962	73.00–102.00	88.67
37	—	867	88.00–105.00	96.93
410	—	521	126.00–163.00	143.54
85	—	773	99.00–118.00	109.36
102	—	324	140.00–210.00	172.10
60	—	282	150.00–200.00	170.98
199	—	667	111.00–137.00	124.11
40	—	821	95.00–108.00	103.06
246	—	373	143.00–191.00	166.20
295	—	429	134.00–181.00	158.95
301	—	626	119.00–141.00	127.51
342	—	471	133.00–177.00	154.86
2	—	1,163	84.00–85.00	84.51
184	—	718	96.00–127.00	113.96
356	—	571	120.00–157.00	137.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	175.00–185.00	180.95
9	—	654	130.00–134.00	133.10
21	—	456	153.00–185.00	172.76
49	—	527	146.00–166.00	157.75
7	—	371	173.00–181.00	176.39
9	—	622	132.00–135.00	132.68
30	—	421	158.00–184.00	168.51
18	—	567	148.00–154.00	149.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	275	200.00	200.00
6	—	541	160.00–165.00	162.35
4	—	462	160.00–170.00	164.95
7	—	334	180.00–194.00	183.11
14	—	621	128.00–150.00	140.74
8	—	583	145.00–151.00	146.42
9	—	371	172.50–200.00	185.42
20	—	430	175.00–190.00	180.24
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	98.00	98.00
3	—	583	132.00–135.00	134.01
2	—	785	93.00–103.00	97.97
5	—	535	102.00–143.00	123.83
1	—	725	110.00	110.00
3	—	645	104.00	104.00
5	—	669	109.00–128.00	122.05
2	—	343	133.00–150.00	141.44
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	90.00	90.00
1	—	225	145.00	145.00
1	—	380	145.00	145.00
2	—	535	118.00–130.00	123.89
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	126.00	126.00
2	—	400	125.00–127.00	126.00
1	—	380	100.00	100.00
3	—	545	121.00	121.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,014	72.00–95.00	93.02
5	—	172	121.00	121.00
67	—	381	106.00–115.00	114.56
31	—	493	91.00–113.50	110.73
23	—	771	85.00–97.50	92.90
9	—	414	60.00–115.00	101.26
10	—	672	77.00–105.50	92.03
13	—	622	92.00–108.50	99.37
14	—	521	101.00–107.00	103.44
4	—	330	91.00–112.00	105.18
15	—	574	85.00–113.00	103.39
7	—	879	72.50–85.00	81.25
2	—	263	83.00–114.00	98.06
2	—	915	81.00	81.00
23	—	1,155	85.25	85.25
15	—	821	86.00–95.00	93.07
14	—	724	72.00–97.00	89.72
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	86.00	86.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,128	400.00–850.00	723.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,098	66.00–70.00	68.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,070	64.00–71.00	68.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	992	62.00–89.00	75.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,129	675.00–750.00	707.86
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,024	60.00–84.00	70.03
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,158	79.00–85.00	82.02
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,147	57.00–62.00	59.49
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	820	400.00–650.00	522.71
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,260	640.00–975.00	751.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,204	565.00–950.00	795.44
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,215	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	39	—	1,161	480.00–995.00	692.08
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,205	800.00–850.00	825.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	1,103	650.00–1,350.00	963.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,134	775.00–975.00	884.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	64	—	1,235	550.00–1,300.00	851.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	—	1,166	580.00–1,200.00	889.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,185	480.00–925.00	758.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,050	810.00–910.00	891.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,056	675.00–1,300.00	947.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,285	780.00–1,200.00	1,070.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	—	1,221	540.00–1,100.00	888.28
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	725.00	725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,235	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,215	610.00–785.00	708.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,370	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,268	685.00–750.00	721.03
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	940	750.00–910.00	835.11
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,345	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	985	510.00	510.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	600.00	600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	884	610.00–950.00	815.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	615	470.00	470.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,057	975.00–1,525.00	1,251.66
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	718	500.00–585.00	544.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	770.00	770.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	700.00	700.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	850.00	850.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	810	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	880	850.00	850.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	804	460.00–935.00	816.34
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	740	400.00–625.00	513.01
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,295	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,191	590.00–1,485.00	1,092.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,349	900.00–1,450.00	1,079.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,104	1,000.00–1,175.00	1,086.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,286	875.00–1,500.00	1,176.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,227	840.00–1,625.00	1,215.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,255	770.00–1,450.00	1,114.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,136	700.00–1,050.00	878.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,260.00	1,260.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	885.00–950.00	922.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	600.00–625.00	612.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,213	1,150.00–1,250.00	1,197.42
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	610.00	610.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	875.00	875.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,798	1,450.00–1,810.00	1,644.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	10	—	1,250	760.00–1,450.00	1,112.98
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,052	870.00–1,175.00	1,038.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	1,274	54.50–75.50	63.56
100	—	1,225	35.00–55.50	47.95
540	—	1,240	38.00–65.00	55.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
268	—	1,061	32.00–60.50	49.86
106	—	1,038	45.00–66.00	57.12
144	—	999	24.00–54.00	41.97
12	—	870	13.00–30.00	22.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
221	—	1,492	48.50–65.00	56.75
21	—	1,398	46.00–55.50	51.05
109	—	1,509	54.50–73.00	62.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,611	62.00–87.00	78.57
179	—	1,806	71.00–96.50	87.25
74	—	1,881	90.00–108.00	96.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,421	98.00–101.00	98.44

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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