Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 331 priced lines covering 14,829 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,574 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,094 head. replacement cattle receipts at 965 head. Counted as USDA files them — 119 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,574Last week 14,416Year ago 15,123

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,094Last week 2,634Year ago 2,273

Replacement CattleReceipts 965Last week 745Year ago 910

Compared to last week, Steers sold mixed from 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher with moderate to good demand. Heifers were mixed from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher with moderate demand. Yearlings sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand. There was good buyer activity with the most interest in weaned and preconditioned feeder cattle packages and groups. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mixed from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher with moderate demand. A solid undertone was noted later in the week and the market showed upward trends.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,175	970.00–1,025.00	984.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,130	650.00–1,075.00	889.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,128	535.00–925.00	685.87
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,315	660.00–825.00	752.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,205	540.00–1,200.00	773.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,268	485.00–1,200.00	876.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,123	500.00–900.00	736.95
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	—	1,275	460.00–875.00	690.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,098	500.00–1,000.00	820.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,018	700.00–910.00	806.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,309	650.00–1,020.00	837.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	—	1,164	560.00–885.00	720.72
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,158	535.00–875.00	704.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,192	800.00–890.00	840.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	36	—	1,262	525.00–1,200.00	943.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	62	—	1,215	600.00–1,200.00	826.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	94	—	1,230	350.00–1,100.00	862.50
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	925	675.00–840.00	750.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,237	775.00–835.00	798.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,246	635.00–775.00	683.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,127	625.00–825.00	741.72
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	500.00	500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	905	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	500.00	500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	928	580.00–935.00	763.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,000.00	1,000.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	843	575.00–925.00	840.93
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	878	700.00–900.00	808.26
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	955	700.00	700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	745	625.00	625.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	775.00	775.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,095	64.00–84.00	72.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	971	66.00–93.00	78.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,313	1,275.00–1,325.00	1,299.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,138	710.00–1,200.00	1,006.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,402	660.00–1,225.00	1,071.91
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,298	900.00–1,050.00	953.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	840.00	840.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,275	1,150.00–1,350.00	1,284.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,250	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,488	1,125.00–1,525.00	1,233.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,398	1,085.00–1,300.00	1,182.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	49	—	1,355	625.00–1,410.00	1,089.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,341	650.00–1,200.00	1,022.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,660	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,495	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,101.84
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,550	925.00–1,185.00	1,067.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,203	860.00–1,100.00	973.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,127	750.00–875.00	791.05
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,140	600.00–1,425.00	1,058.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,391	900.00–1,800.00	1,370.13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	135	141.00	141.00
494	—	476	121.00–147.00	132.44
1	—	1,025	93.00	93.00
208	—	621	112.00–138.50	124.87
45	—	969	103.00–118.00	115.94
444	—	572	115.00–140.00	127.41
6	—	1,096	109.50	109.50
242	—	372	120.00–153.00	136.14
75	—	327	120.00–156.00	137.24
69	—	274	120.00–147.00	139.31
467	—	520	119.00–143.00	131.66
373	—	426	121.00–146.50	135.05
165	—	671	109.00–138.50	128.36
26	—	923	89.00–117.50	111.09
61	—	773	101.00–130.50	120.60
10	—	226	124.00–152.00	137.56
43	—	863	89.00–122.00	115.42
48	—	815	92.00–132.50	118.48
101	—	720	101.00–135.50	120.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	419	131.00–145.50	140.93
48	—	523	128.00–145.00	134.94
342	—	669	144.00–151.90	149.50
140	—	582	127.00–154.00	148.04
101	—	784	126.50–140.00	137.96
411	—	727	117.00–148.60	141.62
331	—	624	125.00–152.40	147.76
125	—	830	131.50–140.40	139.07
2	—	352	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	502	124.00	124.00
2	—	670	114.00	114.00
4	—	436	123.50	123.50
1	—	380	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	125.00	125.00
2	—	600	104.00–120.00	112.00
5	—	426	110.00–126.00	122.84
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	111.00	111.00
2	—	533	86.00–101.00	93.61
2	—	410	100.00–109.00	104.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	623	106.50–110.00	107.16
2	—	428	110.00–112.00	111.03
1	—	230	125.00	125.00
4	—	476	105.00–116.00	110.32
4	—	374	107.50–120.00	116.99
23	—	551	115.00	115.00
2	—	505	96.00–118.00	107.11
1	—	685	109.00	109.00
1	—	335	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	625	102.00–121.00	114.55
8	—	769	102.50–117.00	108.93
21	—	279	105.00–131.00	121.87
35	—	572	108.00–136.00	117.81
16	—	720	90.00–111.00	102.04
89	—	475	100.00–136.00	120.12
91	—	425	104.00–134.00	123.13
52	—	521	101.00–127.00	118.51
5	—	211	110.00–131.00	119.54
34	—	676	91.00–120.00	107.69
6	—	838	109.00	109.00
6	—	970	70.00–100.00	84.26
28	—	322	105.00–144.00	126.02
45	—	371	111.00–140.00	124.36
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	92.00	92.00
1	—	435	115.00	115.00
1	—	240	100.00	100.00
4	—	495	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	391	140.00–144.00	141.22
44	—	424	158.00	158.00
78	—	572	152.25	152.25
2	—	342	135.00	135.00
98	—	484	150.60	150.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	90.00	90.00
1	—	585	100.00	100.00
1	—	655	80.00	80.00
1	—	785	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	674	126.00–128.00	126.64
25	—	612	124.50–125.00	124.86
5	—	942	116.00	116.00
12	—	732	117.00–123.00	119.65
3	—	838	119.00–123.00	120.66
2	—	1,080	110.00	110.00
1	—	775	124.00	124.00
9	—	887	107.00–116.00	111.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	664	139.00–156.25	153.13
92	—	775	136.00–159.00	154.30
106	—	520	153.50–169.00	161.09
19	—	417	159.00–180.00	168.15
12	—	357	178.00–180.00	178.18
185	—	613	140.00–162.00	154.69
201	—	571	150.50–175.25	167.21
226	—	718	138.50–156.75	152.64
117	—	932	140.25–145.85	142.99
334	—	880	143.70–157.00	151.11
36	—	472	154.00–169.00	163.47
3	—	285	202.50	202.50
518	—	818	141.50–155.10	151.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	322	170.00–200.00	186.51
72	—	384	174.00–188.00	180.41
7	—	428	178.00–192.00	181.85
9	—	521	160.00–182.00	165.50
96	—	486	172.00–180.50	177.58
63	—	812	156.25	156.25
1	—	625	150.00	150.00
105	—	585	158.00–169.00	167.27
5	—	279	183.00–187.00	183.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	627	106.00–135.00	129.18
1	—	225	140.00	140.00
1	—	800	95.00	95.00
9	—	316	121.00–160.00	146.19
8	—	720	125.00–130.00	127.64
49	—	525	125.00–149.00	134.45
62	—	571	126.00–142.50	134.43
29	—	472	116.00–157.50	136.63
1	—	885	96.00	96.00
18	—	672	118.00–136.00	131.12
6	—	774	109.00–130.00	120.47
4	—	969	99.00–105.00	100.48
2	—	265	122.00–140.00	130.66
7	—	372	134.00–167.50	148.97
19	—	437	123.00–166.00	152.14
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	516	107.00–126.00	113.48
1	—	495	132.00	132.00
1	—	275	130.00	130.00
1	—	625	108.00	108.00
5	—	435	130.00–136.00	134.79
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	145.00	145.00
2	—	289	154.00	154.00
3	—	975	103.00	103.00
3	—	630	131.00	131.00
4	—	530	138.00	138.00
2	—	478	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	331	185.00	185.00
1	—	425	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	89.00	89.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	667	126.00–147.50	139.74
2	—	1,107	117.00	117.00
189	—	719	120.00–147.00	138.29
225	—	622	128.00–154.00	142.40
91	—	377	143.00–182.00	167.17
1	—	155	170.00	170.00
5	—	222	170.00	170.00
89	—	782	125.00–146.50	139.05
1	—	1,305	88.00	88.00
366	—	526	131.00–174.00	154.11
2	—	1,275	117.00	117.00
197	—	477	140.00–175.00	157.54
1	—	1,185	105.00	105.00
83	—	882	113.00–143.75	141.62
144	—	421	140.00–189.00	164.13
7	—	1,029	114.00–129.00	119.96
28	—	328	149.00–180.00	169.39
34	—	816	119.00–143.00	132.53
334	—	572	130.00–159.50	146.35
43	—	928	120.00–134.00	130.00
16	—	274	168.00–186.00	176.14
3	—	1,070	119.00–121.00	119.67
12	—	970	110.00–129.00	119.67
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	136.00–147.00	143.31
1	—	710	125.00	125.00
4	—	664	125.00–134.00	130.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	887	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	142.50–150.00	146.34
3	—	705	112.00–114.00	112.68
1	—	805	116.00	116.00
2	—	473	138.00–145.00	141.41
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	77.00–100.00	88.54
2	—	1,052	62.00	62.00
64	—	578	75.00–108.00	103.94
4	—	516	71.00–107.00	98.01
6	—	688	89.00–107.00	102.70
1	—	700	70.00	70.00
27	—	434	81.00–118.50	115.10
1	—	1,190	78.00	78.00
1	—	1,115	78.00	78.00
8	—	842	84.00–101.00	98.95
14	—	172	111.00–124.00	120.73
8	—	375	86.00–113.00	99.61
19	—	850	104.00	104.00
10	—	345	109.00–113.00	111.81
17	—	1,234	96.00	96.00
20	—	472	83.00–110.00	99.21
34	—	628	109.50–110.00	109.68
8	—	280	82.00–108.00	95.85
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	888	105.25	105.25
83	—	573	118.50	118.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	312	99.00	99.00
4	—	236	61.00	61.00
8	—	251	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	125.00	125.00
1	—	660	120.00	120.00
5	—	523	101.00–114.00	109.89
1	—	475	107.00	107.00
1	—	565	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	101.00–104.00	102.48
2	—	985	93.00	93.00
2	—	565	130.00	130.00
3	—	885	81.00–93.00	84.91
3	—	610	123.00–136.00	127.26
3	—	431	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	115.00	115.00
2	—	638	112.00	112.00
2	—	583	124.00–125.00	124.49
1	—	325	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	614	130.00–145.00	137.32
3	—	656	132.00–134.00	133.33
2	—	295	180.00	180.00
32	—	523	147.00–164.00	154.16
7	—	315	163.00–192.50	175.58
8	—	378	167.50–196.00	181.12
3	—	561	151.00	151.00
15	—	475	151.00–185.00	162.37
33	—	420	154.00–195.00	167.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,007	88.00	88.00
1	—	855	79.00	79.00
51	—	514	117.00–139.00	127.56
55	—	466	100.00–147.00	127.44
14	—	329	130.00–141.00	137.21
5	—	765	90.00–112.00	102.43
17	—	719	80.00–119.00	105.04
25	—	373	110.00–171.00	141.63
4	—	274	117.00–142.00	133.75
13	—	673	100.00–115.00	109.60
15	—	826	81.00–103.00	89.40
2	—	233	122.00–156.00	139.55
60	—	572	104.00–130.00	120.58
28	—	621	100.00–123.00	112.81
37	—	429	125.00–164.00	137.72
9	—	914	73.00–96.00	84.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
315	—	520	120.00–156.00	137.65
223	—	478	125.00–175.00	146.76
12	—	916	82.00–101.00	88.03
124	—	373	139.00–187.50	157.45
58	—	772	100.00–168.00	115.44
9	—	216	130.00–179.00	162.65
11	—	858	84.00–135.00	114.80
22	—	824	95.00–117.00	106.96
48	—	327	140.00–179.00	165.94
43	—	278	130.00–178.00	156.57
275	—	573	114.00–148.00	134.47
238	—	621	115.00–143.00	128.97
3	—	983	95.00–104.00	97.91
177	—	430	131.00–181.00	149.70
142	—	667	110.00–133.00	123.00
89	—	721	102.00–136.00	115.87
2	—	187	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	100.00	100.00
3	—	435	125.00–139.00	131.00
2	—	363	133.00–134.00	133.50
1	—	780	91.00	91.00
1	—	650	109.00	109.00
14	—	464	119.00–132.00	126.34
11	—	334	139.00	139.00
1	—	520	117.50	117.50
2	—	623	107.00–109.00	107.97
8	—	573	100.00–131.00	117.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	969	25.00–43.00	37.36
151	—	1,083	34.00–60.00	49.04
38	—	1,005	47.00–68.00	55.31
105	—	1,013	25.00–51.00	42.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,462	49.00–63.50	55.45
16	—	1,469	45.00–55.00	49.04
101	—	1,545	56.00–70.00	60.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	1,292	56.00–71.00	60.79
420	—	1,244	43.00–68.00	54.55
112	—	1,219	35.00–54.50	46.36
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	114.50	114.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,727	67.50–97.00	85.83
51	—	1,540	60.00–85.00	76.00
42	—	1,844	84.00–111.50	98.04

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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