Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 340 priced lines covering 21,502 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,871 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 3,794 head. replacement cattle receipts at 979 head. Counted as USDA files them — 133 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,871Last week 21,081Year ago 19,711

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3,794Last week 2,213Year ago 2,543

Replacement CattleReceipts 979Last week 685Year ago 1,041

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower with moderate to good demand for a plain to good quality offering. There were exceptions up to 2.00 higher noted. Yearling steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher with good to very good demand. There was good buyer activity this week showing best interest in weaned preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower with moderate demand for all slaughter classes.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	913	670.00–850.00	757.04
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	850	690.00–795.00	748.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	930	720.00–850.00	798.28
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,185	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	675	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	680.00	680.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	790.00	790.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,247	580.00–875.00	747.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	—	1,231	460.00–935.00	726.79
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,315	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,044	470.00–840.00	667.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,134	760.00–1,050.00	946.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,219	600.00–750.00	698.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,144	550.00–625.00	570.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,352	500.00–1,350.00	921.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	984	610.00–900.00	744.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	99	—	1,222	300.00–1,325.00	861.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,268	1,130.00	1,130.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	—	1,212	600.00–1,020.00	828.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	46	—	1,159	500.00–875.00	641.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,082	600.00–925.00	796.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,179	700.00–1,050.00	901.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	953	590.00–650.00	626.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	963	550.00–800.00	682.84
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	985	420.00–520.00	471.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	848	460.00–610.00	560.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	830	385.00–430.00	404.38
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	585.00	585.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	960	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,208	860.00–910.00	891.90
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	80.00	80.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	949	64.00–84.00	71.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	935	61.00–87.00	69.87
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,133	900.00–950.00	926.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,385	740.00	740.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	780.00	780.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	620.00	620.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,615	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,016	610.00–1,350.00	1,059.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,286	750.00–950.00	872.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,244	850.00–1,500.00	1,086.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,473	975.00–1,225.00	1,117.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	—	1,291	800.00–1,300.00	1,047.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,023	975.00–1,000.00	991.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,472	800.00–1,050.00	913.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,463	975.00–1,050.00	1,012.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,185	950.00–1,400.00	1,149.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,212	785.00–900.00	838.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,465	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	897	480.00	480.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	670.00	670.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	617	122.00	122.00
19	—	564	100.00–120.00	110.59
8	—	379	121.50–125.00	123.29
13	—	682	111.00	111.00
11	—	538	107.00–120.00	112.36
4	—	313	118.00–124.00	119.53
6	—	425	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	102.00–113.00	109.29
1	—	325	106.00	106.00
4	—	436	110.00	110.00
1	—	385	92.00	92.00
2	—	470	92.50–110.00	100.97
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
2	—	677	112.00	112.00
7	—	637	97.00–113.00	108.02
3	—	563	110.00–121.00	117.22
1	—	545	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
383	—	634	124.00–150.50	142.79
438	—	717	118.00–148.00	143.48
5	—	385	150.00	150.00
239	—	767	120.00–142.00	140.81
79	—	483	129.00–155.00	137.43
52	—	429	129.00–140.00	134.77
55	—	823	115.00–140.00	139.56
471	—	673	126.00–149.95	144.93
22	—	855	117.50	117.50
157	—	522	126.00–143.50	134.26
214	—	575	124.00–155.25	142.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	625	100.00–120.00	110.39
102	—	573	84.00–130.00	114.22
103	—	471	90.00–126.00	116.83
70	—	376	103.00–135.00	120.73
1	—	1,040	84.00	84.00
9	—	870	82.00–118.00	96.68
103	—	524	100.00–128.00	117.54
57	—	726	83.00–118.00	111.31
59	—	668	90.00–121.50	109.46
22	—	277	107.50–137.00	117.42
5	—	930	80.00–100.00	87.23
10	—	828	80.00–109.00	95.73
10	—	216	110.00–138.00	115.40
22	—	772	81.00–105.00	91.19
8	—	952	100.00–105.00	104.37
34	—	319	110.00–140.00	120.13
102	—	433	103.00–134.00	119.92
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	364	119.00–123.00	122.33
9	—	418	110.00–116.00	112.69
8	—	471	110.00–118.00	113.99
1	—	225	122.50	122.50
6	—	567	100.00–117.00	108.61
22	—	538	108.00–116.00	111.63
5	—	681	101.00–110.00	107.84
1	—	310	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	434	118.00–128.00	124.20
5	—	370	114.00	114.00
16	—	470	111.00–123.00	119.87
5	—	507	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	724	100.00–135.00	119.11
37	—	227	122.50–152.00	138.92
58	—	864	89.00–120.00	108.22
35	—	818	94.00–125.00	112.09
737	—	572	113.00–140.50	126.84
517	—	431	120.00–144.00	130.43
22	—	976	87.00–115.00	108.49
11	—	926	84.00–120.00	99.68
79	—	771	100.00–132.00	114.76
81	—	281	120.00–153.00	137.42
316	—	376	119.00–145.00	133.39
257	—	674	101.00–140.00	122.94
2	—	1,005	95.00	95.00
715	—	522	114.00–158.00	128.36
174	—	321	119.00–145.00	133.20
472	—	623	108.00–142.00	124.09
712	—	474	117.00–145.00	131.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	618	120.00–126.00	123.26
17	—	662	124.00–129.00	125.46
4	—	963	108.50	108.50
17	—	713	111.00–119.00	115.47
11	—	870	108.00–121.00	117.68
10	—	773	112.50–115.00	112.89
2	—	1,057	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	375	132.50–150.00	139.40
4	—	413	136.00	136.00
52	—	1,011	129.40	129.40
1	—	610	132.00	132.00
7	—	336	131.00–140.00	134.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	130.00	130.00
6	—	325	170.00–190.00	175.48
59	—	867	153.60	153.60
5	—	409	174.00–187.00	179.09
14	—	380	170.00–193.00	175.95
55	—	990	147.60	147.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	573	145.00–162.00	153.19
151	—	516	147.00–166.00	157.56
205	—	679	140.00–153.00	146.72
166	—	967	143.70–147.10	145.97
54	—	1,059	142.00	142.00
4	—	355	170.00	170.00
99	—	421	155.00–182.50	165.73
125	—	920	134.00–144.25	140.95
227	—	630	135.00–160.25	147.53
590	—	824	130.00–155.80	150.86
611	—	778	139.00–158.80	153.68
3	—	328	179.00	179.00
213	—	862	130.00–152.00	146.58
50	—	469	155.00–177.00	162.69
392	—	726	136.00–157.50	147.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	868	120.00	120.00
8	—	379	131.00–168.00	151.51
4	—	224	132.00–137.50	136.24
40	—	571	110.00–145.00	132.80
1	—	910	114.00	114.00
5	—	818	97.00–135.00	114.83
1	—	1,085	115.00	115.00
4	—	327	121.00–153.00	140.75
29	—	474	112.00–151.00	134.87
42	—	531	119.00–148.00	133.81
62	—	614	115.00–137.25	130.89
24	—	669	91.00–135.00	120.48
3	—	976	101.00–121.00	107.73
20	—	424	127.00–166.00	148.16
10	—	769	110.00–124.00	118.54
2	—	285	148.00–150.00	149.02
14	—	714	115.00–124.00	119.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	125.00	125.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	126.00	126.00
1	—	585	116.00	116.00
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
1	—	230	120.00	120.00
2	—	622	117.00	117.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	475	130.00–137.00	133.00
2	—	378	130.00–144.00	136.77
1	—	280	142.50	142.50
4	—	524	118.00–126.00	121.01
4	—	425	120.00–131.00	124.67
1	—	595	124.00	124.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	820	124.00–131.00	127.50
2	—	873	126.00–130.00	128.05
3	—	520	135.50	135.50
5	—	724	115.00–131.00	126.59
2	—	683	117.00–121.00	118.98
3	—	483	116.50	116.50
1	—	925	126.00	126.00
1	—	590	139.00	139.00
3	—	616	129.00	129.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	655	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	325	150.00–188.00	164.97
470	—	526	131.00–165.00	147.64
340	—	674	124.00–148.00	138.53
82	—	962	117.00–138.50	136.03
6	—	1,117	126.00	126.00
16	—	1,037	104.00–122.50	121.35
97	—	374	150.00–189.00	163.74
1	—	1,340	104.00	104.00
135	—	773	123.00–147.00	134.06
404	—	573	130.00–161.00	143.49
172	—	880	114.00–149.50	140.47
22	—	277	140.00–171.00	163.43
98	—	920	118.00–149.60	140.44
349	—	472	140.00–172.00	156.40
443	—	622	125.00–153.50	139.90
321	—	724	121.00–149.00	136.28
281	—	426	140.00–180.00	161.28
98	—	824	120.00–148.00	137.46
7	—	215	149.00–169.00	163.99
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	102.00	102.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	122.00	122.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,037	84.00–95.50	93.02
6	—	975	92.00	92.00
3	—	1,070	84.00–90.00	85.99
19	—	830	77.00–93.00	85.92
5	—	873	85.00–92.00	90.64
5	—	297	87.00–117.50	111.43
70	—	904	91.00–97.90	97.34
5	—	1,212	63.00–70.00	67.16
18	—	376	81.00–111.00	94.67
51	—	793	60.50–95.75	93.56
1	—	1,180	75.00	75.00
32	—	675	79.00–103.50	94.65
10	—	1,135	88.00	88.00
146	—	524	77.00–110.00	99.94
58	—	421	81.00–127.00	94.58
104	—	575	75.00–113.50	108.28
45	—	706	65.00–118.00	93.76
9	—	609	85.00–104.00	96.72
22	—	483	85.00–111.00	95.87
1	—	335	82.00	82.00
1	—	235	102.00	102.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	849	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	607	123.00	123.00
2	—	405	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	406	143.00	143.00
1	—	615	125.00	125.00
1	—	465	139.00	139.00
4	—	570	124.00–132.00	128.04
3	—	655	120.00–123.00	121.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	442	160.00	160.00
19	—	516	136.50	136.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	338	166.00–191.00	178.68
11	—	523	150.00–156.00	153.53
17	—	411	150.00–186.00	164.13
4	—	380	165.00–190.00	179.07
4	—	867	119.00	119.00
29	—	465	151.00–176.00	162.72
1	—	290	200.00	200.00
4	—	989	103.00–105.00	103.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
1	—	420	120.00	120.00
1	—	660	100.00	100.00
4	—	488	101.00–118.00	113.68
4	—	561	120.00–121.00	120.25
4	—	510	107.50–121.00	115.12
1	—	325	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	529	110.00–136.00	124.59
89	—	628	98.00–124.00	111.51
19	—	773	81.00–106.00	94.87
1	—	135	150.00	150.00
30	—	721	84.00–111.00	97.06
58	—	670	100.00–125.00	109.80
4	—	924	80.00–90.00	84.95
16	—	819	80.00–100.00	91.03
106	—	576	90.50–133.00	120.91
51	—	370	105.00–169.00	139.64
11	—	214	122.50–157.50	141.99
2	—	968	70.00–88.00	79.16
35	—	327	117.00–160.00	139.84
11	—	271	101.00–152.50	133.47
50	—	428	120.00–165.00	137.56
2	—	1,060	84.00	84.00
95	—	477	110.00–155.00	129.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
394	—	572	120.00–151.00	133.63
72	—	826	90.00–115.00	105.64
198	—	723	101.00–128.00	111.85
260	—	375	132.00–189.00	155.79
25	—	874	91.00–115.00	103.48
377	—	623	107.00–144.00	125.54
116	—	333	135.00–189.00	160.57
246	—	665	109.00–134.00	120.39
10	—	908	75.00–100.00	94.82
66	—	278	137.50–176.00	155.57
380	—	428	133.00–183.00	150.75
63	—	772	101.00–123.00	112.13
11	—	961	90.00–111.50	96.41
267	—	473	130.00–168.00	147.93
456	—	521	118.00–151.50	137.01
12	—	231	142.50–155.00	152.19
2	—	1,065	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	714	104.50–107.00	105.22
2	—	760	91.00–100.00	95.44
4	—	626	121.00	121.00
2	—	535	131.00–139.00	135.00
4	—	663	109.00–115.00	110.52
1	—	800	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	64.00	64.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	112.00–120.00	116.02
1	—	610	116.00	116.00
5	—	661	106.00–112.00	109.00
2	—	433	130.00	130.00
7	—	271	132.50–140.00	134.57
2	—	310	126.00	126.00
2	—	393	123.00–129.00	126.02
7	—	521	110.00–120.00	111.37
15	—	463	125.00–136.00	127.76
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,537	56.00–70.00	61.21
238	—	1,471	49.00–62.50	55.45
21	—	1,440	39.00–53.00	47.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	1,273	55.00–68.00	61.21
471	—	1,244	45.00–64.00	54.05
85	—	1,225	40.00–61.00	46.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,033	23.00–50.00	42.05
1	—	990	27.00	27.00
89	—	1,007	43.00–67.00	55.76
203	—	1,069	30.00–58.00	48.58
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	108.00	108.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	74.00–80.00	76.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	1,677	72.00–94.00	86.43
83	—	1,819	59.00–105.00	96.53
77	—	1,524	56.00–84.00	74.81

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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