Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 325 priced lines covering 17,713 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,106 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,329 head. replacement cattle receipts at 794 head. Counted as USDA files them — 179 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,106Last week 14,405Year ago 16,437

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,329Last week 1,816Year ago 2,367

Replacement CattleReceipts 794Last week 867Year ago 809

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold mostly steady to 4.00 higher and feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Yearlings were steady to 1.00 higher. There was moderate to good demand for all feeder and yearling classes with good offerings and active buyer participation. Buyers showed best interest in weaned and preconditioned packages. Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady with instances of 1.00 to 2.00 lower to 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good for all slaughter classes.

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	54	—	1,172	620.00–1,285.00	994.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	954	585.00–1,000.00	848.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,170	580.00–1,250.00	918.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,160	545.00–1,035.00	836.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,092	675.00–1,175.00	991.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,141	645.00–930.00	840.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,165	590.00–1,210.00	1,071.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,039	535.00–900.00	800.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	901	600.00–1,425.00	1,039.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	1,082	710.00–950.00	813.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	1,295	935.00	935.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,347	985.00–1,425.00	1,150.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,143	600.00–900.00	769.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,405	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,097	560.00–1,070.00	882.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	—	1,063	585.00–1,125.00	849.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	1,184	580.00–1,225.00	976.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,145	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	835	600.00–875.00	744.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	878	600.00–725.00	663.39
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	695	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	863	700.00–790.00	748.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	775.00	775.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	9	—	1,162	760.00–1,750.00	1,308.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,180	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	807	875.00–1,100.00	1,004.79
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,271	950.00–1,700.00	1,421.56
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,020	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,133	1,450.00	1,450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,107	725.00–1,150.00	972.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,169	970.00–1,500.00	1,378.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,097	875.00–1,590.00	1,395.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,700.00	1,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,184	875.00–1,235.00	1,057.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,127	875.00–1,435.00	1,165.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,175	930.00–1,600.00	1,318.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,578	1,525.00–1,775.00	1,653.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,190	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,012.87
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	1,675.00	1,675.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	95.00	95.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	95.50	95.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	872	525.00–945.00	750.93
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	1,060.00	1,060.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	535.00–635.00	585.63
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	95.00	95.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	693	510.00–750.00	617.76
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	973	970.00–1,250.00	1,120.07
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	905	585.00–1,050.00	863.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	955	910.00–1,125.00	1,019.19
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	715	585.00	585.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	919	825.00–1,200.00	1,108.54
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	785.00	785.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	760	650.00–660.00	653.14
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	715	800.00	800.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	910	830.00–1,000.00	938.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	980	1,550.00	1,550.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
437	—	429	143.00–184.00	161.33
528	—	525	135.00–169.00	153.12
60	—	275	150.00–173.00	161.97
271	—	621	122.00–152.50	139.45
548	—	477	141.00–177.00	159.27
23	—	227	150.00–212.00	184.36
2	—	908	116.00–121.00	118.51
14	—	872	106.00–137.50	122.05
90	—	768	116.50–137.00	130.21
3	—	182	203.00	203.00
7	—	1,117	111.00	111.00
2	—	1,157	106.00	106.00
258	—	374	150.00–186.00	167.33
8	—	952	116.00–123.00	121.38
152	—	325	145.00–187.50	164.35
135	—	722	110.00–138.75	130.29
32	—	820	107.00–140.00	123.84
257	—	673	123.00–148.50	136.82
435	—	570	133.00–167.00	149.03
4	—	1,089	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	621	130.00–133.00	131.71
7	—	719	124.00–137.50	135.60
1	—	920	112.00	112.00
1	—	685	121.00	121.00
6	—	765	134.00	134.00
6	—	579	136.00–143.50	140.97
3	—	368	149.50	149.50
5	—	472	132.00–146.00	143.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	829	132.00–135.25	134.13
217	—	519	147.00–177.50	158.94
378	—	779	136.00–148.00	140.65
60	—	431	150.00–174.00	166.31
3	—	272	167.50–172.50	170.36
453	—	670	134.75–156.60	150.62
28	—	378	164.00–178.00	172.97
111	—	574	137.00–167.00	155.32
434	—	621	135.50–166.80	154.09
17	—	326	163.00–180.00	170.10
1	—	210	165.00	165.00
565	—	716	124.00–153.00	144.82
176	—	481	150.00–178.30	167.98
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	725	121.00	121.00
3	—	340	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	528	125.00–158.00	140.39
32	—	672	102.50–131.00	118.39
29	—	377	130.00–174.00	148.35
56	—	578	120.00–154.00	135.44
28	—	426	138.00–169.00	151.45
1	—	1,035	109.00	109.00
61	—	628	110.00–137.50	125.47
9	—	762	107.50–116.00	111.94
7	—	866	100.00–112.00	104.16
28	—	720	104.00–124.00	112.32
14	—	279	136.00–169.00	155.49
17	—	328	127.50–169.00	153.41
5	—	226	145.00–160.00	150.88
59	—	477	125.00–163.00	145.61
1	—	975	90.00	90.00
2	—	943	87.50	87.50
12	—	820	97.00–131.00	111.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	130.00–131.00	130.49
4	—	829	123.00–132.00	129.72
14	—	866	126.50–130.50	128.92
4	—	1,034	102.00–117.00	112.02
5	—	1,093	97.50	97.50
30	—	908	129.25	129.25
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	479	145.00–150.00	146.90
1	—	245	155.00	155.00
10	—	541	145.00–147.50	146.15
2	—	333	145.00–148.00	146.56
4	—	424	155.00–160.00	157.46
1	—	365	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	368	170.00–190.00	177.71
6	—	277	174.00–203.00	187.51
93	—	419	162.00–187.50	175.00
17	—	745	140.00	140.00
3	—	340	168.00–175.00	172.74
19	—	526	147.00–165.00	153.41
57	—	469	151.00–176.00	168.54
4	—	221	178.00–200.00	191.81
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	696	128.50	128.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	331	190.00–217.50	212.92
48	—	977	137.75	137.75
31	—	427	189.00–220.00	201.71
50	—	1,009	135.10	135.10
2	—	560	186.00	186.00
3	—	536	190.00	190.00
25	—	463	187.00–210.00	197.29
10	—	276	200.00–222.50	215.18
11	—	390	200.00–214.00	205.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	811	120.00–132.00	123.75
1	—	235	180.00	180.00
25	—	430	130.00–185.00	165.25
2	—	328	150.00–172.00	160.75
12	—	775	123.00–142.00	131.99
1	—	1,095	110.00	110.00
23	—	516	120.00–163.00	150.50
1	—	1,165	96.00	96.00
10	—	383	147.50–182.00	172.58
54	—	573	139.00–178.00	150.13
31	—	625	131.00–160.00	147.19
1	—	855	117.00	117.00
32	—	477	139.00–174.00	158.70
15	—	669	133.00–155.00	143.15
13	—	721	110.00–137.00	128.31
1	—	1,015	105.00	105.00
3	—	917	115.00–126.00	122.03
3	—	266	171.00–197.00	179.30
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	165.00	165.00
3	—	683	144.00	144.00
3	—	543	141.00	141.00
5	—	622	140.00–144.00	140.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	390	191.00–196.00	194.61
119	—	669	157.00–170.00	164.13
78	—	423	175.00–205.00	190.45
287	—	971	138.90–145.00	141.92
371	—	617	153.00–193.50	176.61
12	—	311	187.00–214.00	211.54
275	—	521	166.00–204.00	186.60
129	—	571	167.00–195.00	181.08
51	—	1,150	131.00	131.00
426	—	873	144.75–152.75	149.63
132	—	925	140.25–150.00	144.89
59	—	484	173.00–204.00	190.17
661	—	777	141.00–161.90	154.54
608	—	822	139.95–154.85	148.48
360	—	727	146.00–164.00	159.07
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	158.00	158.00
1	—	520	158.00	158.00
1	—	715	138.00	138.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	497	137.50	137.50
1	—	530	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	326	172.50–219.00	193.73
1	—	1,050	120.00	120.00
324	—	523	160.00–189.00	175.82
155	—	428	162.00–210.00	187.69
253	—	624	140.00–174.75	161.84
23	—	276	180.00–218.00	198.36
90	—	865	105.00–144.50	137.94
136	—	825	120.00–145.00	139.89
11	—	1,023	120.00	120.00
223	—	676	137.00–176.00	155.62
134	—	381	175.00–215.00	195.46
21	—	963	117.00–137.00	132.32
364	—	578	136.00–186.00	172.16
200	—	477	156.00–206.00	179.72
19	—	213	185.00–247.50	213.52
74	—	939	122.00–145.00	137.37
222	—	731	130.00–156.00	147.95
183	—	776	130.00–155.00	147.22
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	152.00	152.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	177.50	177.50
1	—	645	140.00	140.00
1	—	475	165.00	165.00
6	—	520	160.00–163.00	161.85
1	—	585	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	185.00–190.00	186.71
13	—	464	174.00–188.00	181.48
6	—	564	169.00–176.00	171.34
3	—	658	146.00–149.00	148.01
11	—	737	139.50	139.50
6	—	390	181.00–189.00	184.98
18	—	613	154.00–179.00	157.64
12	—	528	167.00–185.00	176.95
17	—	439	174.00–187.50	185.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	322	190.00–210.00	201.76
24	—	513	180.00–187.00	184.89
5	—	752	133.00	133.00
3	—	560	176.00	176.00
10	—	456	180.00–205.00	197.26
11	—	373	190.00–210.00	196.81
23	—	424	180.00–210.00	196.35
3	—	188	205.00–222.00	210.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	821	115.00–130.00	124.59
232	—	524	145.00–181.00	164.62
12	—	1,190	111.00	111.00
43	—	278	169.00–208.00	189.16
11	—	224	162.50–211.00	192.37
159	—	618	130.00–164.00	147.25
10	—	1,055	103.00–104.50	104.35
8	—	867	111.00–123.00	120.08
287	—	571	139.00–182.00	159.92
218	—	430	155.00–205.00	176.05
237	—	474	154.00–203.00	176.40
3	—	1,028	84.00–100.00	92.96
228	—	374	167.00–206.00	187.18
11	—	968	91.00–122.00	116.53
77	—	722	119.00–145.00	131.37
68	—	325	160.00–209.00	184.76
95	—	671	124.00–160.00	139.13
54	—	768	116.00–140.00	128.24
8	—	925	105.00–121.00	111.63
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	140.00	140.00
1	—	555	146.00	146.00
1	—	675	139.00	139.00
3	—	388	160.00–170.00	166.82
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	129.00	129.00
2	—	365	150.00	150.00
8	—	416	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	162.50	162.50
2	—	965	99.00	99.00
1	—	480	150.00	150.00
1	—	160	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	496	124.00–154.00	144.03
1	—	315	135.00	135.00
1	—	535	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,140	99.00	99.00
12	—	721	100.00–126.00	116.62
28	—	576	111.00–157.00	137.05
3	—	873	108.00–110.00	108.67
2	—	1,030	96.00	96.00
11	—	970	88.00–118.00	98.58
7	—	271	143.00–183.00	165.63
29	—	431	130.00–172.00	154.87
6	—	326	150.00–181.00	165.42
1	—	935	100.00	100.00
12	—	667	120.00–144.00	129.56
6	—	822	90.00–100.00	93.83
26	—	371	137.00–196.00	172.95
22	—	627	112.00–140.00	127.46
43	—	472	139.00–176.00	158.81
3	—	232	167.00–177.50	172.99
3	—	792	95.00–117.50	106.81
40	—	525	130.00–160.00	143.62
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	145.00	145.00
2	—	392	160.00	160.00
3	—	583	141.00–146.00	143.29
2	—	435	150.00–155.00	152.47
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	105.00	105.00
25	—	628	124.50–130.50	129.77
53	—	940	121.00–123.00	122.60
9	—	384	115.00–151.00	131.50
6	—	438	107.50–140.00	134.62
2	—	538	85.00–140.00	112.88
3	—	780	108.50–112.00	109.64
4	—	269	97.50–115.00	110.60
10	—	569	92.00–130.00	104.85
16	—	974	110.50–115.50	112.65
3	—	181	105.00	105.00
33	—	723	106.00–129.50	125.28
2	—	472	138.00	138.00
2	—	230	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	892	132.10	132.10
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	94.00	94.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	973	45.00–72.00	60.80
21	—	960	34.00–60.00	47.04
107	—	1,079	68.00–101.00	77.56
211	—	1,070	50.00–83.00	69.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,534	78.00–122.00	86.93
159	—	1,470	70.00–89.50	80.50
25	—	1,442	59.00–78.00	72.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	54.00–59.50	56.87
75	—	1,170	60.00–78.50	70.08
231	—	1,285	69.00–106.00	87.39
314	—	1,242	66.00–90.00	79.56
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	91.00	91.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	134.00	134.00
1	—	1,160	125.00	125.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,668	78.50	78.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	96.00	96.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,461	88.00–105.00	97.78
73	—	1,838	105.00–131.00	119.22
88	—	1,664	92.50–118.00	107.92

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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