Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 312 priced lines covering 15,755 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,265 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,263 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,270 head. Counted as USDA files them — 160 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,265Last week 15,574Year ago 13,771

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,263Last week 2,094Year ago 2,097

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,270Last week 965Year ago 1,102

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher, yearling steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder and yearling heifers sold mostly steady. Demand for feeder cattle was moderate to good with the best demand for weaned cattle and lower demand for non-weaned cattle with moderate to good offerings and good buyer activity this week. Buyers showed good interest in yearling steer cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold mostly steady with moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	674	115.00–120.00	117.56
1	—	390	110.00	110.00
2	—	513	113.00–115.00	113.98
3	—	625	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
438	—	569	114.00–149.00	128.19
379	—	427	119.00–147.00	134.86
2	—	1,032	96.00	96.00
5	—	951	94.00–120.00	104.41
74	—	766	105.00–137.50	121.90
266	—	374	120.00–150.00	137.54
13	—	230	130.00–153.00	140.43
636	—	521	100.00–141.00	130.31
317	—	621	110.00–140.00	126.06
168	—	669	106.00–136.50	125.09
59	—	279	120.00–156.00	136.21
1	—	190	147.00	147.00
10	—	934	81.00–109.00	97.47
122	—	720	105.00–136.00	122.51
506	—	472	118.00–149.00	131.91
10	—	866	99.00–114.00	109.96
140	—	325	120.00–147.00	134.21
35	—	815	100.00–120.00	114.30
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	787	123.00	123.00
5	—	504	123.00–125.00	123.80
3	—	628	111.00	111.00
3	—	718	105.00	105.00
8	—	564	114.00–120.00	117.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	584	126.00–148.00	142.21
256	—	722	122.00–144.85	139.87
68	—	516	127.00–146.00	137.97
58	—	426	130.00–147.00	141.90
13	—	381	138.00–142.00	139.54
9	—	340	142.00–148.00	145.11
5	—	865	124.50	124.50
146	—	771	122.75–141.35	138.83
188	—	684	132.00–144.00	140.25
35	—	478	128.00–152.00	139.57
305	—	622	126.00–152.25	142.82
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	507	101.00–125.00	112.92
1	—	410	104.00	104.00
2	—	565	100.00–101.00	100.51
4	—	456	100.00–106.00	103.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	637	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	733	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	620	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	125.00–127.50	126.73
19	—	363	119.00–128.00	126.09
5	—	427	110.00–124.00	117.43
9	—	628	103.00–120.00	108.87
3	—	477	115.00–124.00	118.32
2	—	235	131.00–132.00	131.50
2	—	683	102.00–110.00	105.96
2	—	323	116.00–123.00	119.64
5	—	565	107.00–117.00	110.46
9	—	521	106.00–122.00	115.56
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	468	90.00–131.00	121.37
24	—	719	80.00–118.00	102.11
25	—	275	102.50–130.00	121.99
34	—	381	105.00–132.00	121.38
54	—	676	85.00–128.50	112.02
4	—	886	80.00–107.00	90.64
4	—	981	90.00–98.00	93.98
3	—	822	89.00–107.00	98.57
39	—	324	100.00–132.00	119.14
78	—	526	103.00–127.00	119.46
7	—	230	118.00–150.00	126.19
15	—	784	91.00–112.00	100.79
101	—	628	95.00–127.00	116.88
1	—	915	82.00	82.00
59	—	426	90.00–131.00	120.74
77	—	575	90.00–128.00	116.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	873	106.00–121.00	113.52
1	—	985	105.00	105.00
1	—	775	118.00	118.00
3	—	733	117.00–122.00	120.36
1	—	820	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	441	147.50	147.50
1	—	805	128.00	128.00
6	—	316	152.50–153.00	152.92
3	—	462	146.00–147.00	146.65
6	—	379	144.00–152.00	147.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	185.00	185.00
3	—	301	182.50	182.50
1	—	290	180.00	180.00
11	—	419	175.00–191.00	180.94
65	—	855	154.30	154.30
10	—	469	168.00–185.00	175.10
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	126.00	126.00
2	—	738	125.00	125.00
5	—	615	121.00–128.00	125.21
7	—	529	132.00–146.00	136.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
271	—	726	138.00–163.00	154.85
180	—	520	148.50–172.00	160.99
230	—	678	141.50–163.75	155.42
467	—	777	134.50–157.25	155.58
192	—	921	128.00–152.00	149.66
576	—	831	141.00–156.90	152.66
44	—	432	155.00–175.00	164.50
19	—	390	167.00–180.00	174.95
285	—	624	139.50–159.00	151.66
50	—	566	153.00–161.00	158.73
304	—	878	143.00–154.50	151.56
14	—	333	165.00–180.00	173.03
30	—	475	156.00–172.50	165.36
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	527	119.00–150.00	137.30
73	—	577	123.00–146.50	139.65
21	—	663	107.00–135.00	126.50
2	—	878	101.00–104.00	102.49
26	—	623	114.00–137.50	130.28
28	—	477	130.00–157.00	144.99
27	—	422	119.00–160.00	139.95
13	—	774	92.00–126.00	118.75
1	—	975	114.00	114.00
4	—	260	130.00–160.00	144.93
17	—	816	95.00–127.00	122.17
6	—	371	130.00–160.00	142.06
22	—	712	100.00–128.00	123.67
4	—	314	140.00–150.00	144.43
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	129.00	129.00
4	—	601	134.00	134.00
1	—	745	121.00	121.00
3	—	508	131.00	131.00
1	—	380	150.00	150.00
2	—	887	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	811	153.80	153.80
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	104.00	104.00
2	—	425	105.00–126.00	115.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
349	—	524	131.00–168.50	152.13
10	—	289	150.00–177.50	166.28
4	—	211	156.00–180.00	168.88
46	—	330	150.00–191.00	168.03
2	—	1,060	113.00–118.00	115.51
279	—	624	123.00–156.00	142.91
17	—	981	114.00–127.75	124.13
334	—	574	126.50–158.00	146.33
2	—	1,160	104.00	104.00
209	—	672	120.00–148.50	138.37
252	—	722	121.00–155.00	138.12
120	—	921	120.00–143.00	140.90
147	—	426	142.00–178.00	162.43
50	—	866	122.00–142.50	134.21
65	—	777	120.00–144.50	137.15
4	—	1,014	100.00–124.00	112.03
3	—	1,143	114.75	114.75
208	—	817	120.00–149.75	144.44
84	—	380	150.00–185.00	169.23
201	—	475	136.00–176.00	157.76
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	130.00	130.00
2	—	660	111.00–114.00	112.49
2	—	713	103.00–110.00	106.54
1	—	325	135.00	135.00
6	—	569	115.00–120.00	117.51
3	—	518	105.00–122.00	115.76
6	—	470	130.00–139.00	132.51
3	—	432	124.00–134.00	127.72
3	—	627	105.00–114.00	107.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	475	151.00–172.50	157.16
1	—	280	200.00	200.00
1	—	595	154.00	154.00
11	—	618	130.00–145.00	133.72
33	—	416	154.00–181.00	173.51
14	—	524	152.00–167.00	160.45
22	—	381	170.00–184.00	179.21
3	—	318	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	155.00–156.00	155.49
2	—	605	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	100.00	100.00
5	—	525	106.00–115.00	111.18
1	—	300	120.00	120.00
3	—	568	100.00–110.00	106.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	128.00	128.00
3	—	606	120.00	120.00
1	—	415	135.00	135.00
2	—	678	115.00–120.00	117.47
4	—	488	135.50	135.50
1	—	770	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	673	116.00–135.00	125.09
299	—	524	122.00–160.00	142.75
42	—	279	135.00–185.00	156.00
163	—	371	142.00–182.00	159.44
219	—	428	133.00–179.00	156.59
2	—	1,065	94.00–105.00	99.47
307	—	572	123.00–154.00	135.25
1	—	900	100.00	100.00
332	—	626	116.00–145.00	128.95
63	—	766	102.00–123.00	113.24
64	—	326	147.00–183.00	170.47
1	—	170	185.00	185.00
73	—	724	103.00–126.00	116.27
32	—	825	87.00–112.00	103.89
14	—	232	150.00–171.00	161.24
9	—	871	103.00–108.00	105.56
1	—	110	180.00	180.00
173	—	472	135.00–171.00	150.75
1	—	975	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	624	90.00–126.00	114.62
36	—	674	91.00–123.00	110.18
15	—	769	78.00–110.00	99.33
8	—	929	73.00–105.00	79.53
28	—	378	112.50–160.00	145.99
9	—	874	80.00–103.00	86.87
6	—	225	132.00–150.00	140.50
23	—	425	120.00–154.00	134.43
23	—	331	125.00–158.00	137.53
19	—	827	80.00–109.00	91.26
12	—	277	127.00–156.00	146.05
61	—	471	109.00–148.50	135.83
56	—	526	85.00–138.00	124.60
55	—	573	110.00–133.00	124.89
15	—	715	85.00–114.00	106.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	823	83.00–88.00	85.43
2	—	598	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	480	123.00–136.00	130.03
8	—	682	103.00–114.00	109.99
1	—	285	150.00	150.00
12	—	616	102.00–118.00	112.02
1	—	240	130.00	130.00
6	—	528	110.00–120.00	116.00
7	—	559	115.00–122.00	119.56
3	—	375	127.00–140.00	132.48
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	234	65.00–79.00	74.67
1	—	525	75.00	75.00
4	—	333	90.00–111.00	105.44
4	—	642	87.00	87.00
17	—	689	71.00–98.00	91.43
2	—	1,287	102.00	102.00
29	—	724	95.00–96.00	95.14
22	—	377	89.00–112.50	91.11
22	—	833	60.00–95.00	85.74
27	—	568	77.00–110.00	94.90
6	—	1,639	83.50	83.50
47	—	944	93.00–93.10	93.09
5	—	768	98.00–100.00	98.40
4	—	880	83.00–90.00	86.78
2	—	492	61.00	61.00
19	—	424	68.00–121.00	102.40

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	1	—	1,270	117.00	117.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,135	800.00–1,110.00	983.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	9	—	1,351	800.00–2,500.00	1,366.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,020	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,295	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,010.00	1,010.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,142	610.00–1,000.00	782.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,197	775.00–1,350.00	1,132.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,091	1,175.00–1,675.00	1,358.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	66	—	1,368	640.00–1,800.00	1,413.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,068	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,187.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,144	900.00–1,175.00	977.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,155	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,310	800.00–1,275.00	1,128.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,297	850.00–1,150.00	1,091.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,281	900.00–1,250.00	1,104.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,451	1,825.00–2,000.00	1,898.78
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,210	66.50–68.00	67.24
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	735.00	735.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	963	70.00–87.00	79.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	933	74.00–80.00	76.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,040	63.00–87.00	74.01
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	839	660.00–950.00	794.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,100	800.00–1,000.00	893.92
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	785.00–950.00	862.55
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,003	1,050.00–1,225.00	1,126.10
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	884	625.00–750.00	680.94
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,326	720.00–1,100.00	924.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	—	1,157	560.00–960.00	783.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	27	—	1,041	520.00–910.00	739.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,068	485.00–740.00	624.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,288	600.00–850.00	753.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,087	800.00–1,160.00	925.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	990	825.00–850.00	836.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	74	—	1,261	625.00–1,375.00	987.94
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	141	—	1,194	475.00–1,200.00	889.81
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	710.00	710.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	45	—	1,194	560.00–1,120.00	856.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	992	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	853	520.00–600.00	556.60
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,223	600.00–750.00	696.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,178	675.00–760.00	704.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	50	—	1,156	600.00–775.00	699.09
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	680.00	680.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	850	780.00	780.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,770	85.00–107.50	99.99
68	—	1,455	60.00–89.00	77.29
129	—	1,694	57.00–99.00	87.42
1	—	1,700	97.00	97.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	1,284	56.00–68.00	61.90
402	—	1,245	45.00–62.50	54.98
57	—	1,192	39.50–53.50	47.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,043	48.00–64.50	56.20
70	—	979	20.00–50.50	40.60
151	—	1,056	35.00–60.50	48.98
1	—	1,060	32.50	32.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,433	44.00–54.00	48.87
126	—	1,487	50.00–63.00	55.78
121	—	1,527	57.00–67.00	62.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	84.00	84.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	70.00–71.00	70.57

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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