Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 304 priced lines covering 15,425 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,023 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,074 head. replacement cattle receipts at 551 head. Counted as USDA files them — 120 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,023Last week 9,719Year ago 14,109

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,074Last week 1,539Year ago 1,426

Replacement CattleReceipts 551Last week 475Year ago 563

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 higher with moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows were 1.00-3.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,034	123.95	123.95
386	—	872	126.80–135.90	131.78
32	—	410	158.00–176.00	168.31
117	—	982	121.40–125.95	123.64
253	—	682	140.00–161.00	146.26
66	—	921	116.10–123.50	120.84
197	—	780	133.25–141.00	135.52
224	—	828	127.75–137.00	130.80
81	—	477	158.00–180.50	172.40
458	—	737	134.00–147.00	139.30
188	—	623	145.00–163.25	153.81
174	—	528	151.00–170.00	161.32
203	—	564	153.00–165.00	159.32
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	611	126.00	126.00
3	—	513	135.00	135.00
1	—	690	120.00	120.00
1	—	445	130.00	130.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	125.00	125.00
2	—	662	127.00	127.00
10	—	607	136.00–137.50	136.75
5	—	474	137.00	137.00
5	—	715	124.00–125.00	124.40
5	—	844	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
392	—	624	124.00–158.00	145.18
95	—	820	116.00–132.00	124.56
371	—	675	128.00–149.00	139.04
270	—	524	135.00–169.75	155.04
45	—	324	140.00–185.00	165.84
40	—	970	95.00–112.50	110.32
170	—	473	145.00–172.50	160.09
7	—	223	152.00–190.00	170.80
2	—	1,115	93.00	93.00
17	—	274	157.50–190.00	171.00
419	—	574	130.00–159.50	148.83
6	—	1,013	102.00–114.00	109.47
48	—	920	100.00–123.00	117.12
90	—	421	140.00–175.00	160.67
44	—	378	150.00–172.00	162.50
291	—	724	117.00–155.00	132.62
167	—	768	116.00–141.00	130.11
38	—	877	115.50–130.00	122.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	294	174.50–180.00	176.99
3	—	340	173.00–176.00	175.01
64	—	869	130.00–135.00	130.23
1	—	220	200.00	200.00
9	—	520	157.00–161.00	158.08
2	—	350	180.00	180.00
46	—	1,013	122.90	122.90
16	—	455	170.00–172.00	170.27
7	—	404	172.00–178.00	175.45
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	132.00	132.00
1	—	560	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	930	92.50–112.50	106.18
25	—	470	126.00–153.00	141.48
9	—	727	101.00–120.00	112.42
7	—	814	100.00–120.00	112.96
1	—	275	175.00	175.00
38	—	621	84.00–135.00	123.38
31	—	574	110.00–145.00	132.61
21	—	669	103.00–134.00	123.64
8	—	368	119.00–155.00	140.69
63	—	527	120.00–152.00	140.34
3	—	312	123.00–152.00	139.25
1	—	225	152.50	152.50
1	—	1,035	98.00	98.00
7	—	772	110.00–128.00	119.03
33	—	421	130.00–162.00	145.88
17	—	882	84.00–119.00	111.86
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	140.50	140.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	132.00	132.00
8	—	757	125.00	125.00
2	—	678	125.00–132.00	128.51
2	—	715	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	102.00	102.00
2	—	557	122.00	122.00
1	—	460	133.00	133.00
3	—	522	126.00–131.00	127.68
2	—	928	101.00–109.00	105.05
1	—	705	106.00	106.00
1	—	660	111.00	111.00
1	—	260	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	745	122.00	122.00
34	—	607	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	435	140.00–153.00	146.45
16	—	898	114.00	114.00
278	—	671	124.00–146.00	132.41
244	—	782	118.50–127.50	124.30
4	—	288	170.00	170.00
179	—	573	128.00–149.00	142.69
78	—	471	139.00–157.50	151.93
390	—	827	116.00–127.00	123.97
85	—	934	106.50–119.00	116.07
216	—	519	132.00–153.00	145.71
346	—	621	124.00–140.25	134.79
166	—	711	121.00–131.70	129.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	784	101.00–124.00	116.46
516	—	575	115.00–148.00	132.13
44	—	819	97.00–122.00	110.37
147	—	722	101.00–127.75	117.07
4	—	865	99.00–111.00	104.79
246	—	667	109.00–135.00	121.78
259	—	428	123.00–154.00	142.49
5	—	224	146.00–175.00	157.98
447	—	623	110.00–137.00	125.66
4	—	1,006	85.00	85.00
47	—	908	99.00–110.50	107.85
87	—	326	124.00–163.00	146.37
1	—	1,190	85.00	85.00
495	—	521	122.00–148.00	137.17
2	—	180	135.00	135.00
8	—	974	88.00–102.00	94.27
33	—	274	125.00–169.00	151.18
405	—	478	125.00–150.00	141.65
202	—	372	127.00–160.00	144.41
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	353	116.00	116.00
1	—	450	107.50	107.50
2	—	535	100.00–106.00	103.00
1	—	440	115.00	115.00
2	—	262	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	622	94.50–128.00	113.16
90	—	475	100.00–141.00	125.13
8	—	862	78.00–106.00	95.41
36	—	424	115.00–146.00	126.34
69	—	580	106.00–132.00	121.13
44	—	674	80.00–122.00	112.91
3	—	928	79.00–86.00	83.35
2	—	973	87.00–100.00	93.35
18	—	770	80.00–113.00	102.45
34	—	373	109.00–144.00	132.43
5	—	239	116.00–152.00	124.40
17	—	727	85.00–110.00	100.87
46	—	531	100.00–136.00	121.43
16	—	326	120.00–137.00	127.29
9	—	809	86.00–100.00	92.40
5	—	262	116.00–144.00	126.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	674	111.00–114.00	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	922	110.00–111.00	110.33
1	—	965	105.00	105.00
6	—	813	106.00–111.00	108.82
26	—	731	112.00–120.00	115.95
1	—	855	109.00	109.00
6	—	756	111.00–119.00	117.50
3	—	1,006	96.00–106.00	102.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	432	150.00–153.00	151.29
2	—	250	167.50	167.50
2	—	502	150.00	150.00
7	—	467	149.00–154.00	150.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	114.00	114.00
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
2	—	583	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	666	134.00–138.00	135.24
4	—	326	158.00–161.00	159.25
14	—	631	136.00–144.00	140.85
1	—	560	155.00	155.00
8	—	734	123.00–130.00	126.61
1	—	515	158.00	158.00
23	—	470	150.00–151.00	150.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,016	78.00–91.00	87.84
178	—	624	118.00–145.00	131.55
92	—	723	108.50–128.00	115.95
7	—	220	150.00–180.00	161.02
168	—	426	105.00–170.00	154.47
109	—	374	125.00–176.00	155.83
3	—	973	98.00–100.00	98.68
248	—	572	122.00–153.00	138.37
3	—	1,073	85.00–99.00	94.30
38	—	833	96.00–116.00	104.70
2	—	918	101.00	101.00
40	—	772	101.00–119.00	109.15
15	—	867	91.00–110.00	101.47
228	—	478	140.00–170.00	152.01
60	—	324	140.00–173.00	161.22
119	—	669	117.00–138.00	128.07
23	—	275	137.50–190.00	158.05
317	—	525	130.00–160.00	145.87
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	120.00–124.00	121.99
1	—	390	120.00	120.00
1	—	215	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	492	137.00	137.00
3	—	560	135.00	135.00
2	—	410	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	87.00–94.00	90.46
39	—	475	110.00–151.00	133.82
50	—	522	115.00–145.00	128.67
14	—	669	81.00–127.00	115.33
39	—	427	110.00–151.50	138.65
4	—	243	129.00–160.00	147.38
33	—	366	105.00–158.00	136.91
7	—	778	80.00–110.00	95.39
6	—	275	120.00–155.00	138.12
16	—	340	120.00–151.00	143.18
2	—	910	81.00–85.00	83.01
1	—	1,055	85.00	85.00
33	—	625	91.00–120.00	111.55
4	—	711	82.00–108.00	99.30
1	—	1,030	85.00	85.00
1	—	810	90.00	90.00
1	—	950	81.00	81.00
40	—	575	110.00–135.00	123.52
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	687	129.00	129.00
7	—	768	110.00–117.50	116.39
1	—	805	108.00	108.00
1	—	930	85.00	85.00
1	—	710	125.00	125.00
2	—	625	121.00–124.00	122.50
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	458	166.00	166.00
16	—	521	156.00–161.00	158.27
2	—	380	155.00	155.00
1	—	255	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	137.00	137.00
1	—	595	122.00	122.00
1	—	480	145.00	145.00
1	—	315	135.00	135.00
1	—	780	107.00	107.00
1	—	525	134.00	134.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	576	79.00–103.00	96.88
10	—	533	70.00–108.50	103.56
6	—	411	91.00–112.50	105.99
7	—	284	115.00–116.00	115.59
12	—	482	91.00–113.50	107.93
1	—	195	120.00	120.00
15	—	373	80.00–116.00	104.66
23	—	657	101.00–108.00	106.78
2	—	325	90.00–111.00	101.15
2	—	990	66.00	66.00
2	—	708	80.00	80.00
19	—	612	99.00–100.00	99.26
2	—	907	85.00	85.00
1	—	860	87.00	87.00
56	—	1,034	96.95	96.95
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	882	99.85	99.85
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	78.00	78.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,706	79.00–107.00	96.61
136	—	1,807	85.50–120.00	106.66
41	—	1,395	73.00–92.00	84.32
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	75.00	75.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	1,487	56.00–78.50	69.31
179	—	1,497	59.00–88.00	74.63
10	—	1,464	52.00–68.00	60.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	1,030	39.00–72.50	61.36
48	—	991	36.00–64.00	51.80
82	—	1,043	55.50–78.50	68.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,198	38.00–65.50	57.25
337	—	1,233	41.00–77.50	67.17
247	—	1,280	54.00–87.50	75.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	760.00	760.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	735.00	735.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	510	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	705	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,358	1,425.00–1,485.00	1,455.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,175	1,000.00–1,650.00	1,438.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,248	865.00–1,200.00	1,083.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	974	840.00–1,400.00	1,058.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,257	1,125.00–1,475.00	1,324.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,108	700.00–850.00	771.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	52	—	1,393	735.00–1,550.00	1,336.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,174	975.00–1,275.00	1,169.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,470	1,420.00–1,575.00	1,478.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	995	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,168	1,175.00–1,485.00	1,344.26
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	735.00	735.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,345	1,335.00	1,335.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	675.00	675.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	885	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	769	510.00–835.00	616.95
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	896	68.00–81.00	74.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	963	78.00–82.00	80.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,118	785.00–825.00	814.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,133	700.00–875.00	818.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	925	78.00–86.00	83.10
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	980	585.00	585.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	660	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	888	725.00–730.00	727.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	910	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,197	750.00–1,250.00	1,052.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,311	730.00–1,280.00	1,047.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	—	1,275	750.00–1,150.00	977.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,100	800.00–1,325.00	947.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,261	850.00–1,075.00	962.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,122	685.00–850.00	767.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,133	750.00–1,100.00	908.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,266	710.00–1,040.00	849.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,173	735.00–835.00	784.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	1,271	660.00–1,110.00	919.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	943	660.00–750.00	708.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,350	770.00	770.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,012	810.00–1,000.00	840.99
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,118	750.00–775.00	763.76
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	700	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	948	760.00–1,050.00	900.47
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	871	710.00–850.00	809.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	885	900.00	900.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,281	1,200.00–1,550.00	1,313.55
(<2 yrs)	N/A	11	—	1,188	975.00–1,850.00	1,383.83

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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