Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 261 priced lines covering 11,926 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,187 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,413 head. replacement cattle receipts at 444 head. Counted as USDA files them — 49 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,187Last week 9,366Year ago 8,535

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,413Last week 1,420Year ago 1,234

Replacement CattleReceipts 444Last week 564Year ago 602

Compared to last week’s market: Feeder Cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher with good demand for weaned packages. Valued added groups sold 5.00-8.00 higher. There was less demand for fleshy non-preconditioned calves and a softer undertone was noted. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	122.50	122.50
2	—	360	122.50	122.50
4	—	530	100.00–121.00	110.13
1	—	325	123.00	123.00
1	—	475	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	869	95.00–115.00	107.61
58	—	773	112.00–128.00	122.46
7	—	975	99.00–101.00	100.43
77	—	371	135.00–176.00	163.39
86	—	676	116.00–140.00	130.71
156	—	471	138.00–168.00	153.16
65	—	712	109.00–137.00	126.61
126	—	426	142.00–172.00	159.77
194	—	571	128.00–157.00	144.35
9	—	274	142.50–174.00	161.82
199	—	521	130.00–160.00	143.12
7	—	922	81.00–104.00	92.10
24	—	820	98.00–119.00	109.57
15	—	235	140.00–165.00	157.96
153	—	622	123.00–146.00	138.07
1	—	1,040	102.00	102.00
29	—	322	142.50–174.00	161.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	517	158.00	158.00
10	—	461	153.00–161.00	159.37
3	—	631	135.50	135.50
9	—	408	152.00–176.00	161.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	509	157.50–161.00	158.21
1	—	650	146.00	146.00
5	—	627	141.00–145.00	144.19
2	—	452	180.00	180.00
6	—	431	173.00–186.00	176.68
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	120.00	120.00
1	—	490	136.00	136.00
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
2	—	415	132.00–135.00	133.54
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	326	130.00–162.00	147.96
7	—	870	85.00–100.00	95.14
11	—	627	89.00–139.00	119.17
9	—	774	103.00–119.00	108.76
32	—	484	120.00–155.00	143.65
19	—	372	125.00–163.00	145.81
11	—	673	99.00–129.00	118.97
2	—	933	83.00–85.00	84.01
34	—	523	110.00–140.00	131.53
2	—	823	99.00–114.00	106.39
5	—	979	76.00–93.00	82.99
1	—	1,005	89.00	89.00
2	—	228	140.00–167.00	153.05
6	—	715	100.00–110.00	104.24
26	—	417	120.00–151.00	143.26
5	—	267	129.00–164.00	141.91
24	—	563	114.00–145.00	132.39
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	157.00	157.00
1	—	635	129.00	129.00
1	—	650	128.00	128.00
5	—	425	145.00–150.00	146.62
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	877	99.00	99.00
4	—	566	129.00–130.00	129.49
1	—	380	142.50	142.50
1	—	760	119.00	119.00
1	—	465	137.00	137.00
3	—	715	114.00–117.00	115.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	938	110.00–113.50	113.00
303	—	473	121.00–156.00	143.03
46	—	274	133.00–169.00	151.00
99	—	767	110.00–134.50	127.54
105	—	671	115.00–139.00	130.56
76	—	329	129.00–161.00	146.38
83	—	714	107.00–133.00	123.05
33	—	821	101.00–121.00	111.23
1	—	1,030	80.00	80.00
15	—	230	133.00–168.00	151.78
241	—	428	130.00–158.00	144.40
134	—	375	131.00–158.00	143.73
289	—	574	121.00–147.00	137.26
376	—	526	122.00–152.00	138.67
3	—	194	170.00–180.00	176.82
256	—	625	120.00–146.00	134.43
1	—	1,105	90.00	90.00
12	—	863	111.00–123.00	120.03
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	792	92.00	92.00
2	—	412	138.00	138.00
1	—	745	113.00	113.00
2	—	477	131.00	131.00
1	—	330	130.00	130.00
4	—	567	122.00–131.00	128.74
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	382	112.50	112.50
1	—	530	104.00	104.00
2	—	485	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	561	139.00–154.75	150.88
55	—	431	140.00–157.50	147.37
6	—	261	167.00	167.00
3	—	340	168.00	168.00
229	—	780	125.00–142.75	139.71
62	—	478	140.00–155.00	147.68
222	—	671	140.00–155.75	152.93
602	—	630	137.00–156.90	148.41
107	—	516	136.00–151.50	147.28
10	—	371	146.00–153.00	149.15
98	—	728	132.00–145.50	141.98
63	—	856	135.90	135.90
106	—	833	122.00–137.50	134.74
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	802	141.90	141.90
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	767	113.00–117.00	115.63
2	—	637	110.00	110.00
3	—	575	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	121.00	121.00
1	—	335	122.00	122.00
3	—	490	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	135.00–136.00	135.50
1	—	685	114.00	114.00
1	—	270	135.00	135.00
2	—	520	119.00–121.00	119.99
2	—	480	121.00–129.00	125.04
4	—	386	129.00–135.00	131.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	374	111.00–150.00	131.76
11	—	776	99.00–121.00	108.12
11	—	671	102.50–120.00	113.59
2	—	925	87.00–110.00	98.31
22	—	722	100.00–119.00	114.13
44	—	524	119.00–136.00	128.91
28	—	568	100.00–133.00	124.33
1	—	870	101.00	101.00
2	—	228	130.00–145.00	136.92
29	—	425	119.00–144.00	133.56
41	—	623	100.00–128.00	118.19
6	—	282	115.00–144.00	129.05
6	—	828	85.00–115.00	95.28
7	—	332	117.00–136.00	127.39
60	—	472	110.00–146.00	130.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	975	127.75–130.70	129.90
11	—	624	130.00–135.00	133.71
13	—	720	126.00–128.00	126.31
6	—	886	115.00	115.00
1	—	765	121.00	121.00
9	—	930	111.00–112.50	112.28
7	—	661	129.00–130.00	129.86
4	—	825	112.00–123.00	120.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	886	135.25	135.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	485	138.00–156.00	144.82
7	—	379	149.00–160.00	153.85
2	—	865	126.00–130.00	128.01
4	—	915	109.00–120.00	112.24
10	—	665	114.00–138.50	131.21
9	—	767	107.50–127.00	121.12
20	—	630	120.00–148.00	131.98
8	—	740	121.00–134.00	124.71
9	—	422	134.00–150.00	140.61
2	—	315	137.50–150.00	143.55
13	—	514	130.00–147.00	140.51
27	—	573	126.00–147.00	139.90
2	—	273	112.00–164.00	135.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,057	136.25	136.25
31	—	468	156.00–175.00	168.34
260	—	867	136.00–148.00	146.36
163	—	976	143.30–149.95	147.01
429	—	724	143.00–168.25	156.92
58	—	524	154.50–166.00	158.66
1	—	355	192.50	192.50
38	—	421	160.00–192.00	177.50
4	—	320	192.00–194.00	193.51
202	—	1,031	135.70–140.00	138.49
54	—	669	144.00–157.00	152.72
47	—	573	149.00–169.50	164.00
85	—	783	140.00–163.90	159.74
169	—	630	141.00–166.00	157.33
300	—	927	147.10–150.70	149.00
442	—	831	133.00–154.95	152.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	935	145.00	145.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	140.00	140.00
5	—	487	120.00–141.00	133.86
1	—	445	130.00	130.00
3	—	570	109.00–125.00	119.76
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	135.00–140.00	138.80
3	—	512	132.00–135.00	132.99
4	—	735	130.00–131.00	130.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	280	150.00–182.00	172.21
39	—	873	127.00–138.00	131.98
199	—	672	130.00–162.00	146.24
27	—	916	128.00–138.50	132.18
76	—	419	149.00–173.00	163.65
1	—	1,240	113.00	113.00
220	—	521	135.00–164.50	154.95
213	—	571	137.00–166.00	151.35
226	—	768	118.00–149.50	143.69
183	—	619	131.00–160.00	146.84
4	—	986	126.50	126.50
207	—	467	148.00–173.00	161.57
5	—	238	180.00–182.50	181.57
1	—	1,260	112.00	112.00
1	—	1,040	120.00	120.00
109	—	723	126.00–148.00	140.03
3	—	1,053	114.00–119.50	117.67
45	—	817	129.00–144.50	140.18
42	—	375	152.50–181.00	169.99
35	—	323	160.00–182.50	171.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
225	—	758	158.00–164.00	159.55
139	—	739	164.95	164.95
41	—	895	141.75	141.75
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	81.00–104.50	97.70
2	—	780	86.00	86.00
8	—	635	78.00–109.00	103.19
4	—	289	80.00–111.00	95.98
11	—	865	101.00–104.00	103.73
2	—	825	94.00	94.00
1	—	390	105.00	105.00
6	—	421	86.00–116.00	111.19
8	—	973	93.00–97.50	94.15
9	—	330	82.00–111.50	100.34
16	—	575	75.00–113.50	108.94
4	—	484	101.00–110.00	107.77
11	—	653	81.00–114.00	110.99

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	1	—	1,125	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,268	880.00–1,050.00	951.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	760.00	760.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,364	1,000.00–1,450.00	1,356.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	1,260.00–1,500.00	1,390.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,349	760.00–1,425.00	1,269.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	760.00–900.00	838.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,449	1,100.00–1,500.00	1,435.46
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,277	985.00–1,080.00	1,025.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	860.00	860.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	815	610.00–760.00	688.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,088	975.00–1,125.00	1,059.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	820	810.00	810.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	770.00	770.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	800.00	800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	890	75.00–78.00	76.36
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,133	740.00–975.00	833.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,145	940.00–1,250.00	1,087.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,033	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,211	675.00–940.00	840.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,174	560.00–1,020.00	760.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,233	950.00–1,275.00	1,113.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,250	720.00–1,150.00	908.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,148	800.00–1,250.00	1,054.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	865	725.00–730.00	728.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	986	750.00–1,070.00	875.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	27	—	1,067	695.00–985.00	861.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	52	—	1,172	740.00–1,200.00	935.27
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,148	725.00–750.00	736.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,218	675.00–810.00	757.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,531	65.00–90.00	84.14
71	—	1,761	94.50–110.00	102.59
77	—	1,764	81.00–103.00	93.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
265	—	1,249	53.00–73.50	63.92
85	—	1,279	66.00–78.00	71.25
50	—	1,208	44.00–62.00	54.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,539	67.00–88.00	72.30
4	—	1,376	59.00–62.50	60.51
96	—	1,489	55.00–72.00	65.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	1,122	41.00–66.00	59.13
28	—	1,049	50.00–69.00	62.46
53	—	1,028	33.00–59.00	51.45
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	93.00	93.00

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.

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