Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 321 priced lines covering 13,852 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,857 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,062 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,227 head. Counted as USDA files them — 170 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,857Last week 16,437Year ago 12,520

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,062Last week 2,367Year ago 1,697

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,227Last week 809Year ago 840

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 2.00-4.00 lower, and feeder heifers 1.00-4.00 lower with light to moderate demand. Buyers showed the most interest in long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned cattle with moderate to thin flesh. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 lower with mostly moderate demand.

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	6	—	1,048	990.00–1,375.00	1,188.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,238	800.00–1,525.00	1,084.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,263	900.00–1,675.00	1,346.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,498	1,075.00–1,275.00	1,145.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,620	1,580.00	1,580.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,334	1,100.00–1,875.00	1,512.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,164	880.00–1,425.00	1,185.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,280	975.00–1,475.00	1,270.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	730.00	730.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,273	700.00–1,350.00	1,021.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	72	—	1,408	850.00–1,700.00	1,362.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,078	1,035.00–1,235.00	1,138.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	835.00	835.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,140.00	1,140.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	892	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,178	600.00–1,150.00	926.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,028	975.00–1,025.00	1,004.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,557	1,675.00–1,800.00	1,700.40
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,385	1,060.00	1,060.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,143	73.00–80.00	76.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	945	700.00–710.00	705.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	968	75.00–111.00	84.51
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	75.00	75.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	967	63.00–87.00	73.28
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	608	360.00–450.00	410.37
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	635.00	635.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,060	65.00–68.00	66.41
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	785.00	785.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,075	875.00–1,325.00	1,078.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,192	800.00–900.00	843.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,249	760.00–990.00	869.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,126	725.00–1,275.00	999.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	45	—	1,247	700.00–1,100.00	880.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,115	660.00–735.00	710.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	840.00	840.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	961	490.00–925.00	682.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	770.00	770.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,523	800.00–1,000.00	909.36
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	755.00	755.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,023	410.00–800.00	662.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,148	565.00–950.00	748.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	640.00	640.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	—	1,185	650.00–1,050.00	857.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	—	1,346	875.00–1,275.00	1,116.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	160	—	1,281	510.00–1,325.00	1,053.50
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	730	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	670	300.00	300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,280	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,040	630.00–680.00	653.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,069	625.00–850.00	731.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,108	625.00–875.00	763.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	915	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	790.00	790.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,345	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,315	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,022	800.00–1,150.00	1,065.29
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	966	825.00–1,225.00	1,034.96
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	940	850.00–930.00	896.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,092	910.00–1,275.00	1,139.20
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	756	735.00	735.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	782	675.00–775.00	727.03
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	950	700.00	700.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,133	1,025.00–1,300.00	1,165.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	10	—	1,338	1,040.00–1,875.00	1,483.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	9	—	1,780	1,075.00–2,050.00	1,805.43
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,165	87.00	87.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	228	121.00	121.00
54	—	379	117.50–147.00	131.98
61	—	419	110.00–147.00	131.72
70	—	572	100.00–128.00	118.49
48	—	678	90.00–119.50	105.49
80	—	480	107.00–141.00	129.43
8	—	872	84.00–88.00	85.25
9	—	275	116.00–150.00	127.80
21	—	716	81.00–115.00	95.33
6	—	763	92.00–104.00	99.64
2	—	918	84.00–86.00	84.99
79	—	523	110.00–131.00	121.95
9	—	815	80.00–105.00	96.69
26	—	316	113.00–145.00	132.66
1	—	970	84.00	84.00
35	—	626	92.00–121.00	107.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	527	133.00–154.00	142.77
134	—	622	126.00–142.00	132.33
62	—	567	128.00–153.00	141.93
8	—	307	149.00–157.00	155.39
91	—	425	140.00–155.50	151.28
166	—	780	111.00–122.00	119.25
2	—	220	150.00	150.00
104	—	716	111.00–130.00	122.33
45	—	375	146.00–170.00	163.10
202	—	682	119.00–134.25	128.46
89	—	480	139.00–155.00	145.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	780	90.00–120.00	116.38
35	—	865	98.00–112.00	108.27
434	—	525	111.00–150.00	133.67
164	—	672	105.00–132.00	120.79
173	—	728	98.00–129.50	113.21
494	—	571	115.00–144.00	133.57
390	—	475	127.50–154.00	140.54
108	—	322	130.00–167.00	150.11
16	—	924	100.00–108.00	102.50
331	—	622	110.00–137.00	125.13
12	—	1,053	100.00	100.00
324	—	426	128.00–161.00	143.03
9	—	958	98.00–101.00	99.45
223	—	374	132.00–168.00	147.56
13	—	1,045	109.50	109.50
40	—	283	130.00–170.00	149.63
1	—	195	167.00	167.00
120	—	820	90.00–118.00	112.69
14	—	226	140.00–160.00	154.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	845	125.00	125.00
1	—	990	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,050	90.00	90.00
3	—	958	95.00	95.00
13	—	624	117.00–124.00	120.29
1	—	915	100.00	100.00
26	—	723	107.00–117.50	114.84
2	—	825	97.00–104.00	100.50
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
6	—	868	92.00–106.00	96.30
15	—	766	105.50–115.00	110.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	537	146.00–152.00	150.02
1	—	340	165.00	165.00
55	—	898	119.50	119.50
14	—	416	150.00–156.00	152.16
1	—	215	185.00	185.00
5	—	462	151.00–153.00	151.39
1	—	250	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	81.00	81.00
1	—	460	121.00	121.00
1	—	395	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	637	110.00	110.00
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
1	—	700	107.00	107.00
3	—	676	104.00	104.00
7	—	563	110.00–123.00	112.72
3	—	458	123.00	123.00
1	—	830	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	127.00	127.00
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	105.00	105.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	577	145.00	145.00
1	—	710	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	326	150.00–197.00	169.35
8	—	224	152.00–180.00	168.36
224	—	771	113.00–131.25	126.44
38	—	1,019	101.00–111.00	108.92
133	—	824	113.00–128.00	121.09
110	—	867	109.00–126.25	119.38
254	—	726	116.00–136.00	127.82
192	—	671	119.00–147.50	133.75
108	—	375	153.00–184.00	169.04
20	—	261	160.00–193.00	175.87
149	—	971	104.00–117.90	114.48
52	—	924	104.00–118.25	113.71
349	—	571	134.00–158.00	147.45
425	—	631	124.00–154.50	138.92
140	—	423	143.00–180.50	160.62
5	—	1,184	115.50	115.50
264	—	524	125.00–163.50	151.68
232	—	472	140.25–175.50	158.37
8	—	1,062	109.25–110.00	109.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	627	135.00–159.00	144.31
123	—	976	116.60–121.25	118.70
76	—	723	126.00–136.00	130.59
120	—	568	145.00–165.50	153.78
12	—	365	168.00–180.00	176.75
84	—	808	125.00–130.25	128.53
6	—	309	179.00	179.00
237	—	913	123.00–127.00	123.88
110	—	521	149.00–165.75	161.75
130	—	663	136.25–150.00	141.15
257	—	775	123.00–139.50	132.57
25	—	473	154.00–170.00	163.89
38	—	409	158.00–172.00	169.24
6	—	882	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	953	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	185.00–188.00	187.26
1	—	175	217.50	217.50
1	—	115	212.50	212.50
9	—	362	170.00–183.00	177.16
13	—	563	160.50	160.50
6	—	451	178.00	178.00
11	—	530	159.00–168.00	163.19
1	—	320	200.00	200.00
8	—	247	202.00	202.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	132.50	132.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	123.00	123.00
3	—	778	123.00	123.00
7	—	664	126.00–134.00	129.46
1	—	530	146.00	146.00
1	—	620	135.00	135.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	143.00	143.00
3	—	473	150.00–162.00	154.06
5	—	599	136.00	136.00
5	—	857	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	145.00–146.00	145.26
2	—	850	112.00	112.00
8	—	704	118.00–121.00	118.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	160.00	160.00
30	—	423	130.00–165.00	149.98
9	—	783	104.00–115.00	110.86
1	—	1,165	99.00	99.00
1	—	950	99.00	99.00
13	—	320	140.00–172.50	157.73
37	—	528	110.00–145.00	132.44
26	—	618	114.00–139.00	126.10
9	—	286	142.50–167.50	149.27
5	—	838	116.00–118.00	117.61
41	—	474	104.00–155.00	141.24
6	—	723	108.00–120.00	111.63
17	—	675	86.00–130.00	118.74
2	—	883	81.00–104.00	92.60
35	—	576	107.00–143.00	131.21
13	—	376	120.00–167.00	147.80
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	414	152.00–174.50	171.61
2	—	675	131.00	131.00
12	—	626	130.00–136.00	133.62
16	—	518	152.00–158.00	154.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	668	104.00–135.00	126.40
13	—	273	142.00–195.00	175.53
2	—	1,023	85.00–111.00	98.16
38	—	819	84.00–112.00	103.50
240	—	521	124.00–159.00	142.30
3	—	933	93.00	93.00
5	—	235	170.00–182.50	177.19
1	—	180	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,120	86.00	86.00
71	—	722	105.00–128.00	116.10
1	—	955	109.00	109.00
14	—	871	90.00–110.00	99.33
170	—	620	119.00–142.00	128.30
56	—	328	141.00–190.00	164.35
99	—	373	140.00–185.00	162.84
35	—	775	100.00–124.00	111.49
294	—	571	122.00–152.00	137.59
172	—	425	135.00–174.00	155.43
241	—	471	135.00–165.00	150.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	210	173.00	173.00
2	—	530	153.00	153.00
5	—	419	171.00–172.00	171.58
4	—	304	172.50–182.00	179.54
3	—	386	178.00–185.00	182.74
3	—	707	127.00	127.00
1	—	250	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	115.00	115.00
2	—	535	110.00–121.00	115.40
1	—	235	125.00	125.00
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	622	110.00–121.00	116.72
80	—	467	129.00–145.00	137.37
36	—	573	107.00–133.00	123.67
1	—	225	160.00	160.00
1	—	1,095	83.00	83.00
43	—	520	110.00–137.00	129.16
12	—	322	121.00–169.00	151.35
10	—	774	92.00–115.00	105.84
29	—	676	107.00–120.00	114.62
9	—	271	146.00–178.00	159.55
5	—	805	87.00–106.00	99.20
47	—	371	120.00–170.00	148.12
3	—	922	73.00–87.00	79.61
12	—	875	90.00–103.50	100.68
32	—	419	129.00–156.00	143.32
9	—	715	95.00–110.00	106.18
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	100.00–105.00	102.49
2	—	508	135.00	135.00
1	—	375	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	770	105.00–111.00	108.65
5	—	725	95.00–112.00	108.53
7	—	685	119.00–120.00	119.71
4	—	601	121.00–128.00	124.51
1	—	525	130.00	130.00
5	—	580	133.00–139.00	135.99
1	—	385	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	116.00	116.00
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	479	96.00–104.00	101.15
38	—	670	89.00–98.00	94.58
7	—	238	109.00–123.00	112.99
17	—	573	77.50–107.50	88.57
9	—	319	87.00–113.00	109.55
16	—	377	90.00–110.00	101.66
1	—	725	96.00	96.00
14	—	424	95.00–120.00	109.76
2	—	930	78.00	78.00
6	—	813	92.00	92.00
6	—	504	80.00–98.50	94.79
8	—	617	74.00–97.00	90.94
5	—	298	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	295	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	85.00	85.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,056	57.00–68.00	58.84
20	—	289	64.00	64.00
6	—	919	59.00	59.00
1	—	765	111.00	111.00
2	—	425	64.00	64.00
12	—	748	58.50	58.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,720	60.00–98.00	89.26
69	—	1,820	86.00–105.00	97.28
34	—	1,560	67.00–86.00	78.61
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,142	100.00–114.00	110.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	927	35.00–39.00	37.15
157	—	1,049	35.00–65.50	54.69
95	—	1,027	45.00–71.50	62.05
67	—	957	19.00–55.00	43.69
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	85.50	85.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,222	36.00–59.50	51.98
407	—	1,223	39.00–71.50	60.81
240	—	1,291	53.50–78.50	68.03
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	68.00	68.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,491	55.00–68.00	62.40
111	—	1,527	57.00–76.00	66.78
17	—	1,509	50.00–58.00	54.56

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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