Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 304 priced lines covering 12,228 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,023 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,960 head. replacement cattle receipts at 840 head. Counted as USDA files them — 154 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,023Last week 13,857Year ago 12,392

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,960Last week 2,062Year ago 1,861

Replacement CattleReceipts 840Last week 1,227Year ago 780

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly 1.00-4.00 lower with mostly light to moderate demand. Heavy rain was prevalent throughout much of the state which limited some livestock movement, and higher corn futures decreased demand for feeder cattle. Buyers continue to show the most demand for long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned feeder cattle. Slaughter cows were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher, and slaughter bulls mostly steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	147.00	147.00
17	—	611	126.00–135.00	131.25
2	—	452	163.00	163.00
19	—	529	144.00–154.00	146.59
9	—	413	155.00–160.00	158.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	721	101.00–121.00	113.12
108	—	675	101.00–129.00	119.12
5	—	231	144.00–172.50	162.87
2	—	1,025	82.00–90.00	85.98
41	—	820	89.00–117.00	101.91
1	—	1,055	80.00	80.00
13	—	880	80.00–104.00	94.32
186	—	521	116.00–152.50	136.03
4	—	918	83.00–102.00	91.74
1	—	1,110	71.00	71.00
66	—	323	141.00–173.00	156.99
118	—	370	137.00–175.00	155.88
217	—	472	132.00–165.00	146.45
195	—	570	120.00–145.00	133.85
191	—	618	114.00–138.00	129.05
9	—	964	84.00–95.00	88.93
18	—	768	98.00–113.00	105.92
26	—	280	142.50–200.00	165.79
197	—	430	138.00–172.00	151.47
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
1	—	500	111.00	111.00
1	—	570	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	80.00–92.00	85.86
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	126.50	126.50
1	—	560	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	431	120.00–155.00	139.62
19	—	816	85.00–90.50	89.77
2	—	945	90.00	90.00
20	—	335	113.00–160.00	145.48
7	—	716	100.00–112.00	104.95
9	—	278	134.00–158.00	145.93
47	—	525	106.00–136.00	123.87
3	—	865	80.00–100.00	89.94
2	—	213	121.00–137.50	129.54
15	—	671	92.00–119.00	108.22
71	—	470	110.00–149.00	133.33
19	—	768	92.00–103.00	96.33
1	—	975	77.00	77.00
37	—	573	107.00–135.00	121.70
39	—	369	123.00–160.00	140.05
29	—	625	100.00–122.00	115.49
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	135.00–147.00	138.82
4	—	685	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	92.00	92.00
2	—	765	101.00	101.00
1	—	350	144.00	144.00
1	—	625	118.00	118.00
1	—	530	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	180.00	180.00
9	—	412	150.00–183.00	167.30
5	—	478	150.00–156.00	153.20
4	—	502	160.00	160.00
1	—	205	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	457	138.00–155.00	147.68
205	—	627	120.50–139.00	129.87
86	—	520	130.00–145.00	137.98
88	—	422	137.00–151.00	146.89
66	—	800	118.00	118.00
4	—	335	150.00	150.00
13	—	886	106.00	106.00
151	—	573	127.00–144.00	136.43
55	—	775	119.00–120.00	119.07
199	—	721	112.50–123.30	120.47
2	—	373	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	157.00	157.00
6	—	420	154.00	154.00
1	—	320	158.00	158.00
1	—	350	156.00	156.00
2	—	263	163.00–170.00	166.33
1	—	535	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	884	111.00–117.00	113.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	866	86.00–124.00	103.36
114	—	323	124.00–164.00	146.75
80	—	773	90.00–117.00	109.22
8	—	972	88.00–104.00	95.16
2	—	158	177.50–190.00	183.85
402	—	567	105.50–140.00	129.55
10	—	227	130.00–162.00	146.09
31	—	270	130.00–164.00	148.38
226	—	372	122.00–153.00	141.70
166	—	722	100.00–123.00	111.73
210	—	674	109.50–130.00	119.50
13	—	932	91.00–102.00	101.18
3	—	1,028	87.00–89.00	88.34
252	—	622	104.00–138.00	120.53
268	—	429	126.00–148.00	138.59
40	—	824	82.00–109.50	102.31
408	—	524	117.50–144.00	131.19
426	—	477	125.00–151.00	138.08
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	100.00	100.00
3	—	487	114.00–116.00	115.34
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
1	—	540	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	112.00	112.00
1	—	605	117.00	117.00
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	576	100.00–124.00	117.44
16	—	325	113.00–149.00	131.65
2	—	218	126.00–136.00	131.40
8	—	866	72.00–104.00	87.08
57	—	376	116.00–139.00	129.32
22	—	774	82.00–105.00	97.26
16	—	716	89.00–115.00	98.66
7	—	974	65.00–78.00	74.96
69	—	426	110.00–139.00	125.41
38	—	672	86.00–116.00	105.61
6	—	814	80.00–105.00	90.17
31	—	624	94.00–123.00	106.96
74	—	525	107.00–129.00	119.72
6	—	274	130.00–150.00	135.92
2	—	913	78.00–80.00	79.00
82	—	464	110.00–131.00	124.44
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	120.00	120.00
4	—	564	115.00–120.00	118.54
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	666	105.00–107.00	106.28
1	—	475	127.00	127.00
3	—	516	122.00	122.00
1	—	425	128.00	128.00
1	—	600	90.00	90.00
3	—	568	120.00–121.00	120.32
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	547	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	100.00	100.00
1	—	920	109.00	109.00
9	—	823	115.00–116.00	115.33
2	—	885	95.00–102.00	98.50
2	—	762	119.00	119.00
6	—	975	91.00	91.00
5	—	687	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	81.00–90.00	85.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
365	—	871	121.50–126.95	124.47
63	—	991	113.00–117.80	117.28
331	—	806	123.00–136.95	133.44
111	—	1,018	115.00–118.60	116.78
29	—	676	134.00–142.00	135.60
72	—	577	130.00–165.00	147.61
66	—	521	150.00–170.00	158.87
14	—	765	128.00–130.25	129.44
86	—	616	137.00–151.50	147.33
134	—	717	126.00–145.50	140.51
281	—	911	117.00–123.10	121.95
11	—	380	164.00	164.00
38	—	426	158.00–175.00	168.39
60	—	474	157.00–165.50	163.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	91.00	91.00
265	—	570	127.00–155.50	143.62
5	—	222	157.00–182.50	169.10
12	—	1,205	96.00	96.00
123	—	426	138.00–174.00	159.86
319	—	671	119.00–147.00	134.48
1	—	175	172.50	172.50
236	—	525	128.00–160.00	149.23
243	—	474	130.00–165.00	153.88
63	—	977	105.00–117.50	116.82
27	—	323	145.00–182.50	163.00
94	—	866	105.50–126.00	121.02
218	—	621	123.00–153.00	135.70
19	—	273	157.50–188.00	173.01
85	—	775	95.00–129.00	119.28
70	—	822	105.00–121.50	116.57
2	—	1,012	104.00	104.00
102	—	373	145.00–175.00	162.61
113	—	723	111.00–134.50	122.08
14	—	936	105.00–112.00	110.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	190	202.50	202.50
2	—	735	139.00	139.00
1	—	410	170.00	170.00
1	—	215	190.00	190.00
2	—	557	158.50	158.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	623	94.00–101.00	99.19
2	—	533	110.00–115.00	112.56
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	115.00	115.00
10	—	456	137.00–145.00	143.34
3	—	527	137.00	137.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	151.00	151.00
5	—	617	121.00–127.00	123.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	683	110.00–130.00	119.30
3	—	240	142.50–155.00	150.09
2	—	992	90.00	90.00
7	—	866	85.00–115.00	97.24
25	—	620	109.00–137.00	124.52
44	—	530	120.00–143.00	135.30
4	—	271	142.00–165.00	151.38
1	—	900	67.50	67.50
6	—	373	121.00–160.00	144.73
2	—	820	103.00–107.00	105.00
21	—	431	122.00–156.50	140.84
1	—	1,055	89.00	89.00
35	—	576	116.00–139.00	129.60
51	—	473	106.00–153.00	137.23
5	—	774	110.00–115.00	112.82
15	—	734	104.00–121.00	111.39
7	—	322	133.00–161.00	141.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	132.00	132.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	536	109.00–110.00	109.28
1	—	815	90.00	90.00
14	—	370	99.00–114.00	108.65
17	—	326	108.00–128.00	113.07
8	—	273	97.00–126.00	109.85
5	—	724	88.00	88.00
1	—	480	81.00	81.00
5	—	240	112.50–132.00	123.97
34	—	407	112.00–115.00	112.66
2	—	652	85.00	85.00
5	—	591	85.00–91.00	86.16
2	—	180	125.00	125.00
5	—	641	90.00–101.00	98.85

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,360	785.00	785.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,006	1,050.00–2,000.00	1,378.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,154	800.00–1,500.00	993.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,153	925.00–1,525.00	1,233.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,252	1,025.00–1,675.00	1,381.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,178	860.00–1,250.00	1,110.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	1,210.00	1,210.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,388	870.00–1,400.00	1,237.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,094	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,783.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,158	1,650.00–1,950.00	1,905.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	1,160.00	1,160.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	900	1,010.00–1,350.00	1,159.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	863	900.00–985.00	957.10
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,370	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,433	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,441.31
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	575.00	575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	560.00	560.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	800	575.00–650.00	617.19
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	710	475.00	475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,402	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	56.50	56.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	575.00	575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,126	825.00–1,100.00	966.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	90	—	1,236	700.00–1,150.00	927.04
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	—	1,152	590.00–880.00	762.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	876	630.00–900.00	749.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,317	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	—	1,156	810.00–1,475.00	1,069.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,180	650.00–1,000.00	848.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,123	625.00–1,075.00	865.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,158	740.00–1,175.00	928.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,185	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,122	740.00–1,250.00	1,147.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	960	700.00–900.00	765.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,167	750.00–1,225.00	936.76
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	988	650.00–760.00	705.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,065	650.00–750.00	702.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,465	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,585	1,350.00	1,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,355	800.00	800.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	9	—	1,155	850.00–1,500.00	1,225.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	9	—	1,274	875.00–1,450.00	1,218.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,175	101.00	101.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,400	120.00	120.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	848	825.00	825.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	888	575.00–685.00	659.36
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	930	785.00–850.00	830.20
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	876	925.00–1,350.00	1,183.62
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	870	875.00–1,025.00	945.26
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	705	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	475.00	475.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,033	55.00–80.00	66.54
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,145	760.00–775.00	767.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	16	—	951	57.00–107.00	76.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	843	78.00–83.00	80.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,065	725.00–975.00	912.83
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	887	59.00–71.00	65.15
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	973	900.00–925.00	908.13
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	875	975.00–1,050.00	1,013.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,386	61.00–87.00	78.76
100	—	1,808	88.50–112.00	99.12
104	—	1,679	69.00–97.00	89.10
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,182	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,107	93.00–95.00	94.39
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	108.00	108.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,159	88.00	88.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
190	—	1,296	52.00–80.50	68.46
1	—	1,075	35.00	35.00
327	—	1,225	38.00–72.00	61.57
42	—	1,235	36.00–63.00	52.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	980	21.00–58.00	46.25
172	—	1,069	36.00–65.50	55.67
102	—	1,048	47.00–72.00	61.71
3	—	750	20.00–30.00	26.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	1,482	58.50–80.00	68.13
17	—	1,526	44.00–62.50	52.43
152	—	1,497	54.00–73.00	64.14

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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