Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 298 priced lines covering 9,431 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,366 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,420 head. replacement cattle receipts at 564 head. Counted as USDA files them — 80 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,366Last week 11,119Year ago 14,083

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,420Last week 1,465Year ago 1,927

Replacement CattleReceipts 564Last week 497Year ago 613

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady early in the week but as temperatures cooled, markets trended up 2.00. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	426	140.00–152.00	145.07
166	—	715	130.00–154.75	150.38
176	—	622	133.00–159.75	151.96
281	—	667	145.00–155.25	152.69
17	—	480	140.50–157.00	147.05
1	—	340	155.00	155.00
7	—	364	154.00–161.00	158.64
53	—	523	136.00–155.00	143.68
189	—	589	138.00–155.80	151.93
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	137.00	137.00
3	—	425	130.00	130.00
3	—	565	129.00	129.00
5	—	501	123.00–126.00	124.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	374	126.00–159.00	147.86
10	—	880	110.00–122.00	120.06
91	—	668	119.00–148.00	131.46
7	—	912	97.00–109.00	101.27
16	—	220	145.00–172.50	156.91
197	—	426	130.00–154.00	144.20
12	—	828	100.00–129.00	122.18
88	—	723	106.00–145.50	128.99
46	—	777	107.00–133.00	125.05
68	—	320	130.00–157.50	145.04
3	—	964	98.00–105.00	100.34
21	—	270	130.00–160.00	148.40
6	—	1,036	108.00	108.00
171	—	626	120.00–143.50	133.21
291	—	473	126.00–154.00	144.99
310	—	575	124.00–148.00	137.68
282	—	522	125.00–150.00	139.74
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	102.00–112.50	108.60
1	—	275	107.50	107.50
1	—	425	102.00	102.00
1	—	590	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	833	125.85	125.85
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	129.00–133.00	130.98
1	—	820	116.00	116.00
1	—	590	124.00	124.00
1	—	870	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	121.00–130.00	125.46
3	—	575	107.50–120.00	111.52
5	—	636	113.50	113.50
2	—	370	125.00–138.00	131.59
2	—	315	125.00–134.00	129.29
1	—	670	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	764	90.00–115.00	108.02
12	—	278	112.50–148.00	127.43
15	—	724	100.00–117.00	104.74
29	—	618	115.00–129.00	122.28
31	—	476	119.00–140.00	129.14
12	—	315	117.50–141.00	131.05
36	—	575	110.00–137.00	128.98
15	—	368	110.00–144.00	131.46
9	—	813	91.00–110.00	101.76
32	—	686	111.00–124.50	120.06
1	—	1,185	75.00	75.00
41	—	526	115.00–136.00	128.38
27	—	427	115.00–140.00	132.86
2	—	233	135.00–137.00	135.95
1	—	870	89.00	89.00
2	—	933	74.00–89.00	81.52
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	885	104.00	104.00
1	—	710	136.00	136.00
4	—	929	105.00–122.00	117.88
2	—	805	117.00–120.00	118.50
10	—	682	130.00–136.00	134.59
9	—	630	131.00–136.00	133.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	327	147.00–173.00	158.41
46	—	910	126.00–135.50	134.86
1	—	630	142.00	142.00
5	—	854	134.00	134.00
1	—	225	178.00	178.00
2	—	357	151.00	151.00
3	—	415	152.00–162.00	155.33
72	—	848	133.00–139.70	138.84
6	—	487	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	490	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	140.00	140.00
14	—	875	142.75–150.00	144.78
1	—	450	175.00	175.00
2	—	390	180.00	180.00
11	—	991	141.00	141.00
154	—	849	157.75	157.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	812	154.25	154.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
230	—	735	137.00–158.00	154.91
3	—	343	187.50	187.50
140	—	677	153.00–166.00	161.07
1	—	1,100	115.00	115.00
20	—	464	160.00–175.00	163.17
181	—	771	145.50–157.75	155.46
9	—	384	169.00–192.50	177.64
128	—	883	135.00–149.10	147.80
300	—	631	144.00–173.00	162.41
67	—	826	148.00–158.55	157.93
62	—	525	156.00–179.00	163.64
57	—	943	145.00	145.00
22	—	436	160.00–184.00	170.29
196	—	573	154.00–175.25	168.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	265	99.00–125.00	119.61
2	—	928	101.00–105.00	102.98
23	—	574	130.00–147.00	141.48
1	—	1,030	70.00	70.00
17	—	476	130.00–158.00	148.07
12	—	380	135.00–170.00	149.76
7	—	877	101.50–125.00	109.56
3	—	785	129.00–131.00	129.65
13	—	627	110.00–141.00	131.97
5	—	813	90.00–129.00	112.21
20	—	526	120.00–156.00	141.80
2	—	215	144.00–152.00	148.00
6	—	723	120.00–130.00	124.96
5	—	326	135.00–156.00	150.02
3	—	652	130.00–131.00	130.66
11	—	431	130.00–155.00	137.40
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	910	149.80	149.80
70	—	809	157.85	157.85
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	139.00	139.00
2	—	490	148.00	148.00
1	—	875	137.00	137.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	636	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	215	175.00–185.00	181.09
3	—	278	162.00–183.00	171.07
51	—	373	151.00–182.00	170.42
90	—	721	131.00–155.00	141.69
120	—	474	138.00–178.00	163.55
5	—	1,022	99.00–134.00	113.45
5	—	980	119.00–138.00	122.82
15	—	921	122.00–138.00	126.20
239	—	567	144.00–169.00	156.66
34	—	873	124.00–145.00	139.27
40	—	769	129.00–155.00	143.90
80	—	430	129.00–180.00	162.62
162	—	522	131.00–175.50	157.56
76	—	825	121.00–144.00	140.97
180	—	632	129.00–168.00	152.97
5	—	1,120	117.50	117.50
14	—	319	161.00–189.00	176.30
128	—	673	127.00–159.00	146.33
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	124.00	124.00
2	—	673	119.00–122.00	120.48
3	—	528	126.00–130.00	127.29
1	—	360	136.00	136.00
4	—	475	134.00–143.00	138.31
3	—	617	121.00–124.00	122.01
1	—	405	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	695	134.00	134.00
17	—	530	150.00–156.00	155.11
1	—	210	195.00	195.00
5	—	624	136.00	136.00
1	—	255	164.00	164.00
3	—	433	150.00–172.50	160.74
1	—	350	175.00	175.00
6	—	320	179.00–184.00	181.15
3	—	476	153.00–154.00	153.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	372	186.00	186.00
6	—	413	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	139.00	139.00
2	—	483	130.00	130.00
2	—	650	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	970	76.00–81.00	78.50
4	—	659	102.50–125.00	115.90
8	—	812	85.00–107.00	97.08
3	—	763	95.00–105.00	99.98
9	—	317	138.00–149.00	143.34
36	—	574	120.00–139.00	131.13
7	—	276	140.00–157.00	152.45
6	—	738	86.00–112.00	101.35
8	—	368	131.00–153.00	139.99
8	—	1,080	77.50	77.50
32	—	530	110.00–146.00	132.78
7	—	223	130.00–159.00	145.64
28	—	477	121.00–159.00	140.19
2	—	860	101.00	101.00
10	—	623	115.00–130.00	121.75
25	—	418	118.00–155.00	141.58
1	—	1,040	78.00	78.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	127.00	127.00
3	—	556	106.00–133.00	115.14
1	—	415	115.00	115.00
1	—	615	104.00	104.00
2	—	515	115.00–122.00	118.53
1	—	280	130.00	130.00
3	—	463	106.00–130.00	119.04
2	—	375	107.00–120.00	113.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	473	131.00–177.00	154.01
70	—	717	107.00–139.00	126.90
207	—	572	129.00–155.00	144.01
73	—	671	120.00–141.00	131.66
5	—	865	113.00–117.00	116.20
35	—	282	145.00–175.00	160.32
19	—	823	104.00–118.00	110.30
222	—	520	130.00–159.00	145.66
23	—	780	110.00–124.00	117.99
8	—	233	150.00–169.00	160.57
2	—	952	87.00	87.00
113	—	433	136.00–175.00	158.26
3	—	1,163	90.00	90.00
43	—	326	150.00–180.00	166.06
84	—	373	150.00–183.00	165.64
3	—	940	91.00–101.00	94.33
2	—	168	170.00–180.00	174.93
120	—	626	120.00–151.00	138.54
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	571	125.00–129.00	127.97
3	—	363	141.00	141.00
1	—	730	108.00	108.00
4	—	625	115.00–118.00	117.23
3	—	517	113.00–126.00	117.28
9	—	463	122.50–140.00	135.93
1	—	765	109.00	109.00
3	—	430	130.00–138.00	134.32
3	—	260	147.50–150.00	149.17
13	—	659	115.00–122.00	120.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	365	137.00	137.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	484	100.00–123.00	111.02
1	—	825	96.00	96.00
2	—	1,238	69.00	69.00
2	—	573	105.00–106.00	105.51
1	—	1,070	110.00	110.00
7	—	777	110.00	110.00
2	—	285	90.00	90.00
6	—	352	101.00–125.00	116.96
28	—	630	101.00–114.00	105.89
7	—	525	117.00–118.00	117.14
1	—	205	82.00	82.00
1	—	195	81.00	81.00
3	—	983	96.00	96.00
12	—	415	100.00–126.00	113.23
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	863	113.50	113.50
58	—	902	116.00	116.00

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
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	980	116.00–120.00	117.90
(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,058	900.00–1,300.00	1,072.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	9	—	1,162	970.00–1,575.00	1,216.24
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,150	975.00–1,525.00	1,295.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,266	975.00–1,300.00	1,093.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	1,060.00	1,060.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,058	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,351.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,197	975.00–1,475.00	1,295.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,226	860.00–1,500.00	1,062.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,418	1,360.00–1,460.00	1,416.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,310.00	1,310.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,172	1,000.00–1,385.00	1,232.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	991	570.00–875.00	780.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,304	1,060.00–1,455.00	1,219.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	1,575.00	1,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	725	610.00	610.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	590.00	590.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	675.00	675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	740.00	740.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	530.00	530.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	865	475.00–485.00	479.94
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,140	530.00–923.00	759.56
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	670.00	670.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	1,192	800.00–1,200.00	1,005.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,114	650.00–950.00	793.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,266	1,050.00–1,225.00	1,145.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,269	775.00–1,300.00	1,059.86
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,057	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	55	—	1,214	690.00–1,100.00	907.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,230	650.00–1,050.00	883.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,296	710.00–1,450.00	1,233.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,144	740.00–1,125.00	976.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	975	700.00–900.00	814.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,085	725.00–1,100.00	945.58
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,275	910.00	910.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,247	925.00–1,025.00	973.93
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,013	630.00–800.00	719.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,083	700.00–750.00	726.79
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	867	735.00–985.00	901.90
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	785.00	785.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	825.00	825.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	877	76.00–90.00	82.04
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	75.00	75.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,365	73.00	73.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	800.00	800.00
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	690.00	690.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,521	65.00–92.00	84.19
63	—	1,775	95.00–116.50	104.83
113	—	1,718	82.00–106.00	94.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,273	68.00–84.00	73.51
44	—	1,171	50.00–65.00	58.20
217	—	1,247	59.00–75.00	66.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	995	58.00–75.00	67.03
108	—	1,059	49.00–69.00	59.47
44	—	922	36.00–60.00	49.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,536	70.00–85.00	74.88
114	—	1,498	58.00–74.50	68.01
12	—	1,394	55.00–64.00	60.87
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	81.00–91.00	86.08

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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