Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 313 priced lines covering 16,326 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,634 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,750 head. replacement cattle receipts at 638 head. Counted as USDA files them — 89 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,634Last week 11,596Year ago 12,498

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,750Last week 1,611Year ago 2,141

Replacement CattleReceipts 638Last week 604Year ago 489

Compared to previous week’s sales: Feeder cattle markets sold unevenly steady with some advances of 5.00 higher. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher with moderate to good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	271	139.00–160.00	150.97
1	—	1,170	96.00	96.00
6	—	778	95.00–115.00	108.58
1	—	1,110	88.00	88.00
2	—	1,030	84.00–86.00	85.01
33	—	422	107.00–151.00	142.11
29	—	616	108.00–136.00	125.38
11	—	680	115.00–122.00	117.33
10	—	717	100.00–118.00	110.33
20	—	371	113.00–166.00	143.85
4	—	926	75.00–90.00	82.30
23	—	522	123.00–143.00	133.83
28	—	473	125.00–149.00	140.25
10	—	333	120.00–159.00	148.59
3	—	965	80.00–91.00	83.65
1	—	1,055	81.00	81.00
5	—	872	88.00–100.00	94.59
7	—	821	80.00–110.00	98.78
31	—	583	115.00–141.00	128.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	616	144.00–148.00	145.34
10	—	727	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	823	102.00–115.00	109.34
46	—	332	145.00–178.50	163.64
76	—	722	110.00–135.00	123.64
1	—	995	102.00	102.00
12	—	867	93.00–110.00	102.71
218	—	473	137.00–167.00	154.41
14	—	233	165.00–172.50	167.01
1	—	135	180.00	180.00
144	—	668	117.00–144.00	132.67
27	—	281	150.00–181.00	169.99
126	—	620	122.00–149.00	136.87
1	—	935	103.00	103.00
51	—	765	103.00–132.00	115.81
324	—	572	128.00–161.00	142.82
187	—	430	140.50–167.00	155.96
235	—	522	130.00–164.00	146.99
179	—	374	137.00–183.00	161.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	537	152.00	152.00
1	—	245	175.00	175.00
7	—	428	160.00–173.00	165.73
7	—	551	157.00–158.00	157.71
16	—	466	158.00–173.00	162.84
1	—	260	179.00	179.00
11	—	327	172.00–176.00	172.75
3	—	384	162.00–183.00	168.84
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	120.00–132.50	126.09
1	—	235	122.50	122.50
3	—	330	110.00–138.00	122.91
1	—	655	104.00	104.00
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
1	—	425	127.50	127.50
1	—	530	112.00	112.00
2	—	285	127.50	127.50
1	—	830	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	135.00	135.00
2	—	402	136.00	136.00
1	—	555	102.50	102.50
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	129.00	129.00
2	—	303	128.00	128.00
1	—	480	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	145.00	145.00
2	—	505	139.00	139.00
1	—	905	94.00	94.00
1	—	685	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	127.50–143.00	136.13
10	—	476	129.00–145.00	136.16
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
7	—	346	141.00	141.00
1	—	380	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	466	120.00–142.00	133.32
26	—	626	100.00–133.00	114.37
5	—	862	85.00–110.00	98.54
32	—	570	108.00–136.00	127.23
7	—	769	96.00–111.00	102.96
35	—	376	108.00–157.00	132.35
51	—	435	120.00–143.00	137.13
1	—	940	71.00	71.00
12	—	283	121.00–141.00	130.40
14	—	326	110.00–157.00	141.76
31	—	675	101.00–127.00	117.95
43	—	524	110.00–136.00	127.22
23	—	721	93.00–131.00	115.15
8	—	821	79.00–112.00	98.69
4	—	225	126.00–144.00	135.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	801	125.00	125.00
96	—	434	149.00–161.00	158.12
214	—	462	141.50–165.00	158.04
9	—	339	155.00–164.00	162.28
2	—	370	156.00–160.00	158.00
143	—	570	139.00–157.00	147.93
356	—	786	120.50–143.85	140.84
190	—	622	132.00–155.00	141.78
261	—	528	141.00–159.00	150.47
200	—	872	115.00–134.25	132.44
280	—	671	135.00–152.85	144.67
494	—	721	119.00–149.90	142.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	726	92.00–135.50	127.19
5	—	930	100.00–110.00	108.04
256	—	668	116.00–150.00	135.64
219	—	426	132.00–159.00	145.31
8	—	1,001	110.50	110.50
11	—	873	81.00–121.50	108.43
332	—	625	121.00–152.00	134.78
9	—	962	90.00–117.50	108.53
21	—	822	101.00–122.50	114.46
63	—	275	131.00–171.00	155.16
2	—	168	160.00–170.00	165.37
18	—	231	146.00–156.00	152.84
288	—	474	127.00–155.00	143.27
133	—	371	127.00–168.00	147.56
420	—	571	121.00–151.50	140.51
371	—	522	129.00–153.00	142.30
80	—	329	130.00–173.00	150.39
51	—	770	108.00–138.00	118.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	915	114.00	114.00
16	—	827	116.00–125.00	123.30
3	—	875	113.00	113.00
1	—	1,005	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	318	154.00–157.50	154.84
24	—	466	147.00–160.00	153.80
9	—	365	152.50–161.00	158.65
62	—	919	131.10	131.10
7	—	627	148.00	148.00
2	—	210	165.00–167.50	166.31
2	—	268	162.00–165.00	163.40
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	129.00	129.00
1	—	550	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	704	153.90	153.90
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	532	134.00	134.00
1	—	790	105.00	105.00
3	—	445	139.00–140.00	139.33
1	—	810	104.00	104.00
2	—	677	123.00	123.00
5	—	556	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	675	108.00–116.00	111.47
4	—	467	125.00–132.00	126.85
10	—	427	119.00–129.00	127.17
1	—	610	101.00	101.00
8	—	370	129.00–137.00	133.49
3	—	328	130.00–137.00	133.95
10	—	514	119.00–125.00	120.39
1	—	290	136.00	136.00
6	—	579	120.00–125.00	122.84
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	138.00	138.00
11	—	442	144.50–150.00	145.93
3	—	598	129.00	129.00
3	—	655	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	57.50–67.50	62.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
212	—	580	155.00–173.00	166.55
719	—	876	130.50–149.50	145.55
241	—	628	146.00–170.25	158.57
248	—	533	154.50–178.00	167.86
426	—	679	147.00–167.75	156.30
407	—	732	136.00–161.75	151.28
43	—	477	161.00–181.00	170.22
424	—	931	133.90–145.00	139.13
441	—	959	136.75–145.00	141.10
53	—	431	159.00–183.00	173.18
264	—	1,014	132.00–140.00	136.57
52	—	1,085	129.50	129.50
277	—	821	131.50–152.95	144.57
694	—	775	139.25–158.75	151.28
2	—	368	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	974	120.00–131.00	129.84
26	—	915	119.00–135.00	132.62
4	—	1,123	106.00	106.00
9	—	1,005	120.00–125.00	121.11
272	—	629	134.00–168.50	153.12
142	—	475	141.00–175.00	161.44
184	—	767	126.00–152.00	141.67
118	—	718	121.00–147.25	138.70
128	—	814	123.00–141.75	137.32
243	—	669	133.00–158.75	149.85
104	—	875	96.00–143.70	138.29
10	—	221	155.00–173.00	162.65
50	—	322	150.00–181.00	164.11
15	—	277	155.00–175.50	165.87
201	—	574	129.50–168.00	154.96
69	—	424	142.00–176.00	159.23
66	—	375	149.00–182.00	169.04
219	—	523	135.50–168.00	156.82
3	—	1,068	110.00–115.00	113.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	937	141.90	141.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	160.00	160.00
118	—	879	150.50	150.50
8	—	456	170.50–172.00	171.01
1	—	360	200.00	200.00
58	—	966	141.00	141.00
62	—	916	143.00	143.00
51	—	1,001	138.00	138.00
9	—	429	162.00	162.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	119.00	119.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	147.00–150.00	148.50
1	—	920	92.00	92.00
5	—	703	122.00–129.00	126.19
5	—	578	132.00	132.00
1	—	845	124.00	124.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	143.00	143.00
4	—	873	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,265	104.00	104.00
1	—	910	121.00	121.00
7	—	799	135.50	135.50
3	—	820	129.00–130.00	129.33
1	—	540	145.00	145.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	111.00	111.00
5	—	426	130.00–146.00	138.39
2	—	380	151.00–154.00	152.54
9	—	665	123.00–125.00	123.23
4	—	529	119.00–129.00	125.47
6	—	478	139.00–145.00	143.14
2	—	343	145.00–155.00	150.04
8	—	593	120.00–126.00	125.27
1	—	725	119.00	119.00
1	—	280	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	100.00	100.00
1	—	215	157.50	157.50
11	—	874	95.00–128.00	114.40
17	—	671	119.50–142.00	133.85
9	—	377	134.00–152.00	146.89
3	—	923	99.00–124.00	115.74
25	—	574	130.00–151.00	144.32
30	—	620	121.00–152.50	140.96
16	—	807	110.00–124.00	119.50
22	—	473	123.00–156.00	143.76
12	—	728	110.00–132.00	126.24
6	—	334	140.00–156.00	146.46
3	—	972	104.00–123.00	116.51
9	—	764	120.00–134.00	126.37
40	—	530	130.00–150.00	143.47
12	—	413	115.00–152.00	143.76
4	—	284	132.00–167.00	148.71
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	410	104.00–125.00	124.53
2	—	778	82.00–85.00	83.48
26	—	629	101.00–114.50	111.43
47	—	477	122.50	122.50
3	—	728	87.00–93.00	89.02
60	—	848	114.70	114.70
1	—	520	92.00	92.00
2	—	390	93.00	93.00
2	—	568	80.00–91.00	85.62

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,297	930.00–1,400.00	1,261.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,546	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,252	875.00–1,150.00	1,031.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,130	940.00–1,550.00	1,135.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,270.00	1,270.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,278	870.00–1,475.00	1,236.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,372	860.00–1,120.00	953.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,344	800.00–1,500.00	1,278.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,357	450.00–1,610.00	1,353.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,128	1,050.00–1,450.00	1,275.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	435.00	435.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	703	580.00–670.00	630.60
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,104	790.00–1,325.00	993.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	885.00	885.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	—	1,077	300.00–990.00	829.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	—	1,418	900.00–1,400.00	1,153.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,313	700.00–1,000.00	893.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,124	455.00–940.00	770.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	27	—	998	585.00–1,075.00	804.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,178	875.00–1,150.00	1,018.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,068	675.00–810.00	725.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,201	810.00–1,130.00	967.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	71	—	1,254	610.00–1,675.00	1,035.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,167	450.00–1,075.00	865.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,289	610.00–1,235.00	1,053.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,139	775.00–1,100.00	965.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	750.00–770.00	759.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,058	650.00–720.00	683.92
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	75.00	75.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	760.00	760.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,000	65.00–91.00	78.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	875	59.00–67.00	63.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	933	675.00–885.00	731.83
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,031	71.00–74.00	72.49
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	950	675.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	680	690.00	690.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	969	710.00–975.00	913.45
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	744	550.00–750.00	635.63
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	855	685.00–850.00	764.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,117	910.00–1,375.00	1,118.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,377	1,285.00–1,675.00	1,462.72
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	1,375.00	1,375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,673	83.00–104.50	96.71
41	—	1,579	70.00–93.00	82.64
107	—	1,776	98.00–115.50	106.28
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	89.00	89.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	119.00	119.00
1	—	1,385	101.00	101.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	120.00	120.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
260	—	1,236	56.00–78.50	68.11
32	—	1,198	50.00–65.50	59.59
191	—	1,287	65.00–86.50	74.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,359	57.50–63.50	60.32
133	—	1,485	63.00–79.50	69.41
103	—	1,526	66.00–83.50	74.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	31.00–35.00	33.02
90	—	1,032	59.00–79.00	69.11
170	—	1,050	45.00–71.00	60.77
61	—	936	38.00–62.50	52.68

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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