Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 308 priced lines covering 13,835 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,226 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,644 head. replacement cattle receipts at 665 head. Counted as USDA files them — 100 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,226Last week 14,235Year ago 15,021

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,644Last week 1,996Year ago 1,713

Replacement CattleReceipts 665Last week 704Year ago 734

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady to 2.00 higher with the markets trending lower toward the end of the week due to extreme heat. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	121.00	121.00
9	—	742	134.00	134.00
1	—	310	132.00	132.00
16	—	577	127.00–145.00	143.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	831	128.00–143.00	135.51
79	—	472	144.00–156.50	150.15
123	—	621	135.00–157.00	151.30
115	—	789	126.00–147.00	142.42
539	—	673	130.00–157.50	151.90
3	—	356	151.00–177.50	168.45
24	—	874	137.00–140.00	138.34
20	—	425	148.00–153.00	149.76
78	—	570	138.75–153.00	145.60
4	—	336	157.00	157.00
39	—	520	138.00–153.00	147.88
319	—	728	121.00–154.95	149.81
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
2	—	650	119.00	119.00
1	—	605	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,060	106.00	106.00
9	—	969	94.00–107.50	104.45
127	—	668	117.00–141.00	128.80
150	—	372	132.00–164.00	146.75
4	—	1,001	95.00	95.00
29	—	819	104.00–124.50	116.62
297	—	622	117.00–147.00	132.96
1	—	1,135	90.00	90.00
364	—	521	125.00–150.00	139.57
28	—	274	135.00–164.00	147.60
86	—	720	109.00–132.00	122.45
14	—	921	99.00–112.00	103.51
401	—	573	121.00–147.00	137.19
252	—	428	129.00–155.00	144.63
268	—	474	128.00–153.50	141.83
3	—	225	131.00–167.00	153.52
76	—	319	135.00–160.00	148.42
29	—	866	103.00–122.00	117.62
77	—	777	90.00–138.00	123.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	465	157.00	157.00
183	—	629	149.00–154.00	151.09
69	—	745	147.00	147.00
33	—	576	152.00	152.00
14	—	1,001	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	336	115.00–120.00	116.71
2	—	488	132.00	132.00
1	—	375	110.00	110.00
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
2	—	568	110.00–120.00	115.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	640	141.00	141.00
2	—	299	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	718	91.00–113.00	103.69
61	—	579	110.00–133.00	125.71
55	—	524	100.00–137.00	126.16
34	—	423	90.00–139.00	127.27
37	—	478	115.00–139.00	130.20
24	—	676	104.00–128.00	116.27
14	—	332	130.00–146.00	137.62
4	—	260	127.00–134.00	129.79
1	—	830	100.00	100.00
34	—	627	94.00–131.00	118.89
1	—	185	120.00	120.00
24	—	379	120.00–148.00	131.81
3	—	237	115.00–144.00	131.01
13	—	907	86.00–104.00	94.62
12	—	773	100.00–117.00	109.04
3	—	1,165	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	536	129.00	129.00
3	—	845	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	931	107.00	107.00
2	—	628	131.00–132.00	131.50
3	—	770	119.00–126.00	123.64
12	—	844	138.00	138.00
8	—	661	130.50	130.50
7	—	1,012	106.00	106.00
9	—	728	115.00–124.00	119.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	332	150.00–159.00	155.73
1	—	200	175.00	175.00
5	—	375	156.00–162.00	159.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	537	171.00–172.00	171.45
60	—	841	152.95	152.95
11	—	557	166.00–170.00	167.63
1	—	335	176.00	176.00
3	—	270	180.00–190.00	184.94
3	—	401	183.00	183.00
40	—	924	148.00	148.00
8	—	381	170.00–183.00	178.35
11	—	483	171.00–177.00	172.06
233	—	958	140.00–146.00	142.20
59	—	890	152.70	152.70
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	552	157.00	157.00
10	—	928	125.00	125.00
3	—	782	110.00–123.00	117.06
7	—	848	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
304	—	812	146.75–155.00	152.11
168	—	766	140.50–155.75	149.93
438	—	718	140.00–162.00	157.54
238	—	883	139.00–149.90	146.53
89	—	675	148.00–159.00	154.18
321	—	978	137.00–147.10	141.97
103	—	523	157.00–180.00	169.25
17	—	472	159.00–172.00	166.70
9	—	407	168.50–174.00	170.39
185	—	932	140.50–148.20	145.09
220	—	614	145.00–170.00	162.25
52	—	1,069	136.10	136.10
169	—	580	155.00–177.50	171.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	671	110.00–141.00	133.31
56	—	573	123.00–151.50	138.83
1	—	995	110.00	110.00
27	—	525	122.00–148.00	140.28
3	—	227	140.00–152.50	144.14
3	—	873	106.00–122.00	115.00
3	—	268	130.00–150.00	139.50
10	—	730	108.00–135.00	123.04
1	—	900	110.00	110.00
10	—	836	104.00–120.00	108.74
3	—	320	144.00–157.50	150.39
18	—	474	130.00–152.00	142.07
1	—	380	136.00	136.00
19	—	631	118.00–145.00	135.27
8	—	429	130.00–160.00	148.16
8	—	786	100.00–129.00	119.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	561	164.00	164.00
128	—	734	152.00	152.00
56	—	835	147.00	147.00
66	—	774	150.00	150.00
8	—	455	168.00	168.00
151	—	657	160.00–162.75	161.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	546	157.00	157.00
4	—	1,018	115.00	115.00
31	—	740	140.00	140.00
28	—	645	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	738	131.00	131.00
6	—	646	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	856	147.95–152.00	151.06
136	—	815	153.00–155.00	153.99
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	820	133.00	133.00
1	—	900	110.00	110.00
3	—	695	132.00	132.00
1	—	885	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	774	127.00–150.00	140.38
145	—	725	130.00–152.50	143.26
4	—	223	160.00–185.00	170.62
192	—	674	131.00–160.25	147.16
178	—	523	141.00–169.00	156.44
50	—	923	120.00–139.00	136.98
196	—	822	120.00–150.75	140.51
50	—	371	150.00–176.00	164.85
126	—	469	144.00–176.00	161.22
214	—	624	135.00–165.00	150.80
195	—	569	130.00–168.00	155.60
2	—	1,090	110.00–118.00	114.00
15	—	279	150.00–177.00	169.15
62	—	876	123.00–145.00	137.46
1	—	1,205	100.00	100.00
59	—	426	146.00–176.00	164.05
14	—	981	119.50–129.00	123.82
35	—	329	150.00–180.00	170.77
3	—	1,192	105.00–106.50	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	182.50	182.50
9	—	471	157.00–175.00	166.37
10	—	620	141.00–152.00	147.79
6	—	662	145.00–150.00	146.65
4	—	344	178.00–182.50	179.11
6	—	414	170.00–178.00	172.13
6	—	505	157.00–163.00	158.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	566	143.25	143.25
5	—	685	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	140.00	140.00
11	—	589	127.00–139.00	130.64
6	—	430	145.00–159.00	156.59
1	—	545	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	370	145.00–178.00	162.96
43	—	327	150.00–174.00	160.39
169	—	623	120.00–148.00	136.53
9	—	224	150.00–175.00	167.97
3	—	928	90.00–107.00	98.79
181	—	574	125.00–160.00	142.98
6	—	976	90.00–101.00	94.50
206	—	477	138.00–169.00	150.57
27	—	821	90.00–124.00	107.75
10	—	868	91.00–115.00	100.07
178	—	429	130.00–170.50	158.79
116	—	670	118.00–144.00	130.50
30	—	778	105.00–136.00	116.93
97	—	720	109.00–138.00	123.01
28	—	278	145.00–182.00	161.89
1	—	170	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,020	110.00	110.00
216	—	523	133.00–161.50	146.94
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	80.00–96.00	88.13
2	—	673	110.00–132.00	120.80
1	—	455	142.00	142.00
1	—	645	127.00	127.00
3	—	826	94.00–104.00	100.71
1	—	295	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
2	—	455	114.00	114.00
1	—	340	137.00	137.00
3	—	525	105.00–110.00	108.38
1	—	400	105.00	105.00
1	—	550	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	631	100.00–131.50	121.07
6	—	809	82.50–104.00	90.78
8	—	721	90.00–114.00	101.87
1	—	900	86.00	86.00
11	—	767	101.00–115.00	107.00
43	—	576	100.00–141.00	129.64
17	—	676	107.00–134.00	118.83
41	—	522	115.00–147.00	130.40
4	—	871	90.00–98.00	95.74
34	—	431	122.50–155.00	141.95
15	—	325	123.00–155.00	143.34
1	—	235	150.00	150.00
57	—	475	107.50–155.50	139.27
18	—	371	127.50–152.00	142.04
2	—	283	141.00–145.00	143.09
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	531	132.00–142.00	135.94
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	675	111.00	111.00
10	—	640	109.50–110.00	109.60
124	—	822	110.75–116.00	113.31
10	—	525	116.00–117.00	116.80
6	—	1,009	71.00–83.50	81.44
97	—	353	100.00–127.25	126.08
5	—	430	106.00–122.00	115.97
21	—	706	109.25	109.25
7	—	271	109.00–127.00	119.27
44	—	344	122.00–130.00	129.19
4	—	866	70.00–119.00	98.78
1	—	1,075	63.00	63.00
1	—	990	80.00	80.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,413	1,385.00–1,660.00	1,490.64
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,285	950.00–1,925.00	1,653.02
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	943	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,069.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,159	975.00–1,675.00	1,283.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,124	675.00–1,110.00	907.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,078	885.00–1,050.00	974.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,320	1,385.00	1,385.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,420	1,085.00	1,085.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,258	825.00–1,600.00	1,236.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,342	1,200.00–1,285.00	1,229.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,295	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,280	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,438	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,451.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,294	1,075.00–1,570.00	1,373.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,278	840.00–1,635.00	1,266.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,290	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	885.00	885.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	625.00	625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	685.00	685.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	345.00	345.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,113	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,159	68.00–78.00	72.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	90.00	90.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	963	625.00–910.00	759.41
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	754	435.00–785.00	674.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	15	—	1,170	675.00–1,200.00	952.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	47	—	1,325	875.00–1,325.00	1,117.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,105	650.00–875.00	732.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,314	800.00–1,350.00	1,045.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,129	800.00–1,170.00	1,000.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,110	750.00–760.00	757.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,069	740.00–800.00	788.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	44	—	1,247	800.00–1,310.00	1,047.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	963	1,060.00–1,200.00	1,121.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,115	670.00–985.00	821.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	58	—	1,145	460.00–1,335.00	969.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	907	710.00–850.00	758.13
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,112	635.00–910.00	764.92
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,275	700.00–1,085.00	953.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,358	775.00–1,450.00	1,170.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	—	1,128	740.00–1,100.00	929.46
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	755	400.00	400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	735	475.00	475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	808	475.00–800.00	650.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	585.00	585.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	735	735.00	735.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	680.00	680.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	948	670.00–725.00	702.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,040	625.00–760.00	707.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	980	610.00–825.00	706.13
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,182	1,150.00–1,185.00	1,172.71
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	795	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	705	610.00	610.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	860.00	860.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,375.00	1,375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,862	92.00–117.00	107.09
21	—	1,488	73.00–93.50	87.35
126	—	1,724	80.00–104.00	97.36
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	85.00	85.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,064	59.00–77.00	68.12
106	—	1,065	44.00–69.50	59.63
2	—	815	37.50–45.00	40.86
69	—	1,006	30.00–62.00	53.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	1,298	64.50–84.00	73.18
53	—	1,209	48.00–67.00	57.69
284	—	1,240	57.50–76.50	67.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,520	64.50–85.00	74.66
7	—	1,534	50.00–66.00	60.21
124	—	1,461	56.00–77.00	68.42
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	94.00	94.00

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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Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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