Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 291 priced lines covering 16,293 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,864 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,499 head. replacement cattle receipts at 667 head. Counted as USDA files them — 70 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,864Last week 13,717Year ago 22,336

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,499Last week 1,892Year ago 2,231

Replacement CattleReceipts 667Last week 516Year ago 699

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with instances to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to very good for all feeder classes with best interest on weaned and preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	605	154.50	154.50
28	—	523	155.00–178.00	164.31
5	—	429	162.00–199.00	176.84
14	—	565	153.00–167.50	162.71
14	—	463	160.00–190.00	183.38
6	—	385	180.00–206.00	197.10
2	—	328	211.00–220.00	215.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	624	98.00–133.00	118.19
25	—	579	119.00–147.00	132.20
33	—	469	110.00–163.00	143.49
8	—	392	137.00–170.00	152.88
1	—	965	83.00	83.00
10	—	332	142.50–170.00	157.17
8	—	715	105.00–115.00	110.48
2	—	905	87.00–94.00	90.52
39	—	535	108.00–147.00	134.40
2	—	773	104.00–111.00	107.42
10	—	676	100.00–131.00	113.79
3	—	275	140.00–160.00	151.90
3	—	242	142.50–167.00	151.59
19	—	423	110.00–160.00	140.09
2	—	808	91.00–102.00	96.48
2	—	865	80.00–92.50	86.18
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	122.50	122.50
1	—	630	78.00	78.00
2	—	225	123.00–135.00	128.87
1	—	470	127.50	127.50
2	—	525	110.00–121.00	115.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	365	178.00	178.00
21	—	618	132.00–140.00	135.82
8	—	662	133.00–139.00	136.87
13	—	542	155.00–161.00	158.97
8	—	459	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,003	90.00	90.00
184	—	516	133.00–166.00	154.44
180	—	424	134.00–190.00	168.42
45	—	778	109.00–134.00	117.45
46	—	321	150.00–199.00	174.71
5	—	227	161.00–200.00	175.73
116	—	621	120.00–152.50	136.34
34	—	817	100.00–122.00	114.12
79	—	719	116.00–136.00	124.56
136	—	372	150.00–199.00	177.58
110	—	672	109.00–149.00	132.68
265	—	572	133.00–165.00	148.57
41	—	274	156.00–202.00	177.85
126	—	474	141.00–186.00	164.75
4	—	969	94.00–105.00	99.46
16	—	928	90.00–111.00	97.87
18	—	879	94.00–122.00	107.62
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	139.00	139.00
2	—	318	155.00–157.50	156.24
1	—	700	121.00	121.00
1	—	560	140.00	140.00
1	—	695	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	168.00	168.00
7	—	507	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	243	135.00	135.00
4	—	468	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	766	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
386	—	623	118.00–145.00	132.64
293	—	428	130.00–161.00	148.72
35	—	820	100.00–136.50	126.96
93	—	774	109.00–139.00	129.93
454	—	523	126.00–158.00	140.99
272	—	670	109.00–145.00	133.47
19	—	228	130.00–179.00	147.61
200	—	722	101.00–145.50	127.61
99	—	326	124.00–168.50	149.05
50	—	282	126.00–162.00	148.36
473	—	573	124.00–151.50	138.53
22	—	915	100.00–124.00	114.12
21	—	868	93.00–126.00	119.99
447	—	477	123.00–155.00	144.08
12	—	966	107.00–120.00	112.18
166	—	373	127.00–164.00	149.86
10	—	1,003	103.50–117.00	107.56
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	710	118.00	118.00
6	—	478	124.00–130.00	126.04
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
2	—	630	120.00–122.00	120.98
2	—	505	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	137.00	137.00
5	—	672	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	783	121.00–146.50	140.15
96	—	420	140.00–162.00	151.14
375	—	721	125.00–147.25	138.48
432	—	623	127.00–153.60	145.85
353	—	585	132.00–157.50	144.84
30	—	316	149.00–163.00	160.36
236	—	521	138.00–161.00	146.02
5	—	857	135.50	135.50
304	—	666	131.00–154.00	146.08
8	—	387	150.00–165.00	159.69
118	—	473	139.00–160.00	148.11
154	—	807	128.50–142.25	140.64
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	124.00–128.00	124.97
1	—	430	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	115.00	115.00
16	—	779	90.00–127.00	113.59
17	—	326	112.50–141.00	128.09
48	—	428	103.00–144.00	130.86
50	—	472	120.00–143.00	130.62
50	—	528	105.00–142.00	128.48
20	—	724	90.00–125.00	114.12
4	—	913	98.00	98.00
12	—	274	110.00–140.00	131.46
3	—	888	105.00–117.00	111.36
4	—	964	103.00–115.00	109.05
37	—	374	120.00–145.00	132.38
2	—	835	118.00	118.00
43	—	574	112.00–134.00	124.10
27	—	627	110.00–125.00	116.32
33	—	678	90.00–127.50	116.85
3	—	1,065	97.00–100.00	98.03
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	122.00	122.00
5	—	560	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	92.50–102.50	97.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	821	121.00–128.50	125.05
13	—	867	118.00–120.00	119.52
1	—	755	123.00	123.00
1	—	900	125.00	125.00
2	—	700	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	149.00–165.00	155.21
60	—	424	151.00–168.00	157.75
12	—	314	144.00–165.00	154.82
27	—	381	143.00–166.00	155.97
37	—	464	150.00–161.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	655	124.50	124.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	417	183.00–220.00	199.67
32	—	375	179.50–219.00	197.56
2	—	542	174.00	174.00
54	—	968	147.00	147.00
96	—	870	154.00–156.60	155.79
8	—	337	190.00–203.00	198.67
19	—	459	182.00–200.00	191.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	746	129.00	129.00
2	—	885	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	633	115.00–149.00	140.16
4	—	939	110.00–126.00	114.01
18	—	433	127.50–175.00	153.62
40	—	722	110.00–138.00	130.95
5	—	326	140.00–156.00	150.25
16	—	370	137.00–176.00	154.12
2	—	855	129.00	129.00
1	—	210	160.00	160.00
26	—	523	120.00–157.00	146.83
2	—	265	130.00–155.00	143.21
5	—	819	124.00–128.00	126.37
11	—	768	115.00–136.00	127.90
43	—	471	131.00–168.00	156.22
25	—	680	112.00–140.00	129.71
47	—	576	115.00–156.00	143.60
1	—	1,070	103.00	103.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	153.00	153.00
5	—	656	149.00	149.00
1	—	640	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	426	160.00–195.00	182.05
273	—	721	140.00–155.50	149.30
367	—	925	130.00–150.50	147.28
317	—	866	138.00–154.75	151.15
14	—	1,021	132.00	132.00
438	—	674	140.00–162.00	156.06
362	—	528	154.00–188.00	174.02
607	—	619	142.00–170.00	159.91
1	—	315	179.00	179.00
335	—	574	153.25–186.00	167.46
28	—	380	170.00–204.00	186.12
124	—	475	160.00–187.00	173.14
147	—	817	142.00–159.00	151.32
714	—	773	136.00–157.75	151.27
51	—	1,096	146.75	146.75
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	803	132.00	132.00
1	—	965	131.00	131.00
1	—	300	150.00	150.00
1	—	525	145.00	145.00
2	—	595	131.00	131.00
3	—	663	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
273	—	723	128.00–150.00	142.63
317	—	627	132.00–166.00	154.16
40	—	326	160.00–210.00	173.31
4	—	1,053	111.00	111.00
230	—	524	141.00–179.00	162.00
285	—	575	140.00–174.00	158.24
2	—	228	170.00–180.00	174.95
310	—	677	133.00–159.50	148.59
174	—	771	124.00–147.50	141.96
37	—	279	169.00–203.00	187.41
113	—	374	162.00–197.00	184.92
35	—	923	116.00–144.00	136.96
268	—	472	140.00–192.50	172.51
67	—	994	126.00–144.50	141.50
105	—	818	120.00–152.75	141.87
114	—	423	150.00–197.00	174.57
2	—	1,003	113.00–134.00	123.53
127	—	871	119.00–145.00	137.75
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	662	105.00	105.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	150.00	150.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	292	162.00	162.00
1	—	465	151.00	151.00
5	—	553	140.00–146.00	141.20
1	—	790	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	162.00	162.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	72.00–75.00	73.20
56	—	880	113.00	113.00
5	—	518	116.00	116.00
8	—	641	107.00	107.00
6	—	461	70.00–121.00	112.52
22	—	688	110.75	110.75
26	—	722	108.00–114.95	111.57
55	—	1,032	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,080	66.00	66.00
1	—	370	72.50	72.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	867	112.60	112.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,295	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,050	685.00–860.00	771.25
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,048	735.00–1,075.00	895.19
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,268	675.00–1,085.00	941.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,255	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	1,195.00	1,195.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,323	1,310.00–1,385.00	1,345.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,420	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,470	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,165	1,335.00–1,425.00	1,398.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,237	1,050.00–1,575.00	1,382.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	885.00	885.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	42	—	1,253	585.00–1,625.00	1,262.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,295	970.00	970.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,680	1,390.00	1,390.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,225	850.00–930.00	892.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,670	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	883	675.00–950.00	833.77
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,097	900.00–1,125.00	998.94
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	880	590.00–975.00	805.07
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,050	810.00–1,200.00	1,046.03
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	795	575.00–870.00	741.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	928	500.00–1,025.00	776.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	710	675.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	775.00	775.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,223	760.00–825.00	793.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	927	485.00–1,100.00	683.95
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	335.00	335.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,050	74.00–88.00	79.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	957	435.00–760.00	584.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,093	70.00–99.00	82.34
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	—	1,185	760.00–960.00	875.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,150	625.00–1,195.00	840.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,152	880.00–1,030.00	964.30
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,405	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,101	900.00–1,425.00	1,189.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	800	535.00	535.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,232	640.00–930.00	807.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,268	660.00–1,175.00	1,025.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	960.00	960.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	97	—	1,169	550.00–1,325.00	966.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,113	660.00–1,075.00	848.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	948	690.00–825.00	760.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	968	675.00–1,025.00	853.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,063	675.00–790.00	729.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,147	650.00–780.00	704.86
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,265	880.00–950.00	906.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,252	810.00–1,375.00	1,049.64
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	800	500.00	500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	63	—	1,281	650.00–1,600.00	1,173.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,353	810.00–935.00	889.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	743	600.00–675.00	636.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	740	510.00	510.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	640.00	640.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	375.00	375.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	990	600.00–775.00	682.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,228	600.00–775.00	706.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,648	65.00–92.00	81.32
60	—	1,924	95.00–117.50	105.11
88	—	1,688	77.00–106.50	91.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,225	41.50–67.50	57.25
145	—	1,312	58.00–83.00	68.98
221	—	1,244	50.00–76.50	63.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,493	51.00–75.50	62.35
8	—	1,564	49.00–67.00	59.42
115	—	1,540	58.00–84.00	70.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,007	35.00–61.00	47.64
103	—	1,090	42.00–68.50	55.28
45	—	1,073	51.00–76.00	64.04
5	—	951	15.00–39.00	29.25

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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