Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 306 priced lines covering 14,939 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,698 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,364 head. replacement cattle receipts at 728 head. Counted as USDA files them — 124 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,698Last week 17,932Year ago 12,023

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,364Last week 2,997Year ago 1,960

Replacement CattleReceipts 728Last week 1,531Year ago 840

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher and feeder heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Yearlings were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for average to good quality offerings this week with buyers showing best interest in weaned and preconditioned packages. Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady with moderate to good demand for all slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	127.50	127.50
1	—	390	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	695	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
342	—	620	134.00–160.75	153.74
187	—	572	140.00–168.60	154.94
1	—	250	169.00	169.00
134	—	720	130.00–146.80	142.86
86	—	427	151.00–169.00	161.00
19	—	324	163.00–176.00	167.54
96	—	478	151.00–166.00	158.25
101	—	809	130.00–140.00	138.98
110	—	869	134.00–134.30	134.18
237	—	670	135.00–154.00	149.70
133	—	756	131.00–147.00	142.59
13	—	370	159.00–171.00	164.35
131	—	521	147.00–171.00	156.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	817	136.00–141.00	140.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	195	195.00	195.00
466	—	523	135.00–172.00	155.64
32	—	280	142.50–185.00	169.04
51	—	827	110.00–131.00	125.05
1	—	1,050	113.00	113.00
96	—	327	137.50–184.00	169.07
1	—	140	225.00	225.00
450	—	476	139.00–180.00	159.80
6	—	1,035	115.00–120.00	116.66
142	—	715	116.00–141.00	132.75
17	—	233	145.00–190.00	175.15
215	—	622	121.00–157.00	140.60
186	—	373	145.00–188.00	169.04
4	—	964	121.00	121.00
10	—	876	100.00–128.00	115.62
385	—	571	130.00–164.00	151.38
150	—	669	123.00–153.00	136.83
3	—	1,138	108.00–116.00	113.36
340	—	429	142.00–187.00	164.25
1	—	1,165	102.00	102.00
23	—	910	105.00–127.50	121.30
85	—	769	115.00–141.00	129.67
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	152.50	152.50
1	—	635	132.00	132.00
1	—	580	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	278	122.50–167.50	151.06
35	—	719	93.00–125.00	117.19
4	—	869	100.00–110.00	102.76
24	—	330	125.00–160.00	143.52
54	—	469	119.00–160.00	142.66
62	—	531	118.00–150.00	137.74
56	—	569	117.00–146.00	137.99
51	—	626	110.00–138.00	129.34
30	—	675	101.00–138.00	124.89
4	—	768	112.00–117.00	114.02
10	—	938	92.00–118.00	110.06
34	—	432	122.00–162.50	148.54
3	—	235	149.00–170.00	156.32
45	—	375	117.50–167.00	147.45
19	—	822	88.00–119.00	111.59
1	—	955	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	109.00	109.00
1	—	990	106.00	106.00
4	—	816	117.00–130.50	124.32
4	—	719	128.00–131.00	129.49
2	—	755	129.00	129.00
2	—	667	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	130.00–139.00	134.50
2	—	522	143.00	143.00
2	—	335	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	780	105.00	105.00
9	—	719	107.00–116.00	113.03
1	—	915	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	167.00–202.50	188.07
6	—	228	186.00–222.00	201.61
4	—	319	166.00–200.00	183.03
31	—	466	170.00–186.50	178.11
22	—	380	168.00–192.50	184.49
51	—	424	167.00–189.00	178.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	190.00	190.00
23	—	473	195.00–213.00	201.30
36	—	419	200.00–215.00	207.01
4	—	319	220.00–225.00	222.45
12	—	377	191.00–220.00	205.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	426	182.00–206.00	195.82
1	—	960	128.00	128.00
29	—	385	187.50–214.00	203.23
104	—	1,023	129.95	129.95
382	—	722	151.00–182.00	161.84
55	—	914	148.95	148.95
201	—	479	172.50–203.00	197.33
12	—	329	195.00–214.00	210.23
315	—	880	143.25–156.50	151.36
210	—	569	165.00–206.50	194.68
261	—	673	151.00–177.50	168.96
443	—	620	154.00–189.95	178.77
373	—	813	148.00–155.85	152.34
20	—	783	148.00–154.00	149.47
309	—	525	170.00–210.00	193.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	275	150.00–192.00	180.30
3	—	915	105.00–125.00	116.72
7	—	873	128.00–135.00	134.00
8	—	381	130.00–189.00	169.64
3	—	951	119.00	119.00
37	—	580	122.00–165.00	153.27
9	—	717	125.00–142.00	136.48
20	—	812	100.00–137.50	125.60
28	—	666	123.00–156.00	146.56
9	—	323	153.00–180.00	165.13
22	—	429	149.00–183.00	165.05
31	—	625	130.00–152.00	145.41
21	—	767	108.00–142.00	131.47
42	—	529	130.00–165.00	154.79
37	—	477	134.00–179.50	171.05
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	129.50	129.50
1	—	550	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	110.00–118.00	114.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	691	149.00	149.00
2	—	805	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
262	—	529	148.00–194.00	177.52
222	—	676	139.00–175.00	158.22
3	—	1,026	122.00–129.00	126.62
17	—	917	120.00–136.00	128.91
1	—	1,060	127.00	127.00
282	—	622	140.00–177.00	163.28
86	—	371	166.00–212.50	193.93
13	—	280	170.00–207.00	192.04
114	—	826	129.00–148.00	140.80
205	—	576	151.00–193.00	174.87
138	—	426	161.00–207.00	189.64
33	—	324	170.00–215.00	196.76
97	—	872	126.00–144.00	139.36
6	—	230	195.00–212.50	201.45
168	—	776	134.00–156.00	150.28
42	—	964	117.00–141.00	132.01
114	—	725	133.00–162.50	149.08
206	—	471	160.00–205.00	186.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
214	—	838	156.00–160.30	157.28
67	—	732	168.25	168.25
60	—	917	154.75	154.75
122	—	865	157.75–159.25	158.51
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	176.00	176.00
1	—	880	130.00	130.00
2	—	845	120.00	120.00
1	—	555	173.00	173.00
1	—	750	142.00	142.00
1	—	735	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	527	182.00–191.00	186.66
14	—	563	157.50–193.00	174.94
9	—	377	198.00–205.00	199.27
15	—	462	175.00–197.50	181.30
5	—	227	201.00–217.00	206.09
20	—	427	196.00–210.00	202.76
9	—	327	197.00–220.00	202.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	575	164.00–182.00	170.64
2	—	313	206.00–212.00	209.12
14	—	466	171.00–183.00	176.37
15	—	436	180.00–195.00	185.94
23	—	517	163.00–186.00	174.72
4	—	726	136.00	136.00
6	—	607	145.00–160.00	150.83
4	—	381	189.00–205.00	195.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	718	144.50	144.50
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	154.00	154.00
1	—	640	136.00	136.00
5	—	531	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,022	94.00–108.00	102.32
2	—	953	106.00–113.00	109.51
86	—	725	117.00–142.00	129.90
148	—	373	163.00–205.00	184.15
29	—	821	106.00–136.00	120.91
228	—	571	138.00–180.00	160.55
200	—	429	154.00–197.00	179.22
175	—	474	150.00–186.00	169.67
236	—	521	149.00–182.00	168.28
13	—	869	90.00–123.00	105.28
4	—	1,080	92.00–108.00	99.40
24	—	276	162.50–217.00	195.17
5	—	221	184.00–225.00	199.18
8	—	913	105.00–115.00	112.46
153	—	621	125.00–167.00	150.44
51	—	322	164.00–210.00	187.78
85	—	669	127.00–154.00	141.52
39	—	773	119.00–143.00	126.18
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	122.50	122.50
2	—	523	137.00–145.00	141.10
3	—	363	107.50	107.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	925	91.00–107.00	99.94
5	—	272	140.00–190.00	164.49
41	—	477	125.00–170.00	152.44
43	—	429	121.00–178.00	161.93
6	—	830	90.00–105.00	92.44
17	—	333	145.00–190.00	165.15
12	—	718	96.00–132.00	122.66
8	—	775	123.00–126.50	124.70
39	—	571	122.50–159.00	146.51
1	—	1,025	100.00	100.00
1	—	855	95.00	95.00
33	—	523	125.00–156.50	143.41
1	—	210	177.00	177.00
40	—	626	108.00–145.25	133.97
33	—	373	120.00–187.00	160.59
29	—	669	116.00–148.00	130.24
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	725	85.00–120.00	115.54
27	—	534	56.00–136.75	128.66
6	—	449	138.00	138.00
1	—	300	139.00	139.00
14	—	383	116.50–137.00	129.25
14	—	637	105.00–125.00	119.79
10	—	764	62.00–120.00	83.06
2	—	225	120.00	120.00
3	—	575	89.00–110.00	96.24
7	—	462	108.00–138.00	132.37
7	—	667	86.00–119.00	105.14
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	48.00	48.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	837	128.90	128.90
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	70.00–79.00	74.41
3	—	512	55.00–65.00	61.61
2	—	430	51.00–54.00	52.48
1	—	695	74.00	74.00
3	—	593	67.00	67.00
1	—	495	69.00	69.00
1	—	620	84.00	84.00
1	—	830	84.00	84.00
1	—	870	78.00	78.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
1	—	890	103.00	103.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	103.00	103.00
1	—	1,035	91.00	91.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	810.00	810.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,500	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,267	1,125.00–1,600.00	1,515.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	1,000.00–1,010.00	1,004.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,250	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,315	1,085.00–2,150.00	1,518.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,124	900.00–1,275.00	1,094.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,259	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,163.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,225	1,125.00–1,675.00	1,447.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,246	1,200.00–1,775.00	1,378.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,285	725.00–1,525.00	1,325.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,178	1,150.00–2,225.00	1,810.19
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,298	925.00–1,100.00	1,011.99
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	991	710.00–1,025.00	938.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,095	850.00–1,650.00	1,374.13
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	908	760.00–975.00	880.83
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	945	675.00–1,225.00	978.44
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	878	785.00–935.00	841.06
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	893	780.00–850.00	807.44
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	825	830.00	830.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	94.00	94.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	912	80.00–116.00	99.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	991	95.00–118.00	108.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	905	775.00–810.00	791.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,022	710.00–960.00	838.34
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	984	850.00–1,100.00	966.98
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,320	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,178	735.00–1,000.00	886.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,259	800.00–1,360.00	970.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	72	—	1,224	725.00–1,225.00	1,020.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,134	800.00–1,210.00	1,045.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,111	750.00–1,200.00	1,039.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,154	850.00–1,235.00	1,007.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	—	1,121	650.00–1,260.00	948.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,010	725.00	725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,121	625.00–960.00	810.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	39	—	1,318	800.00–1,375.00	1,204.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,188	625.00–1,050.00	868.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,340	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	875	870.00	870.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,013	750.00–1,025.00	899.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	923	600.00–620.00	609.76
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,063	825.00–900.00	858.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,105	700.00–935.00	830.71
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	865	600.00–670.00	636.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	780	680.00	680.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,160.53
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,170	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,414	1,260.00–1,525.00	1,398.96
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,177	1,275.00–1,475.00	1,386.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · estimate wt
10	—	2,052	122.00–133.00	125.90
26	—	1,339	76.00–108.00	92.46
11	—	1,717	91.00–109.00	101.73
23	—	1,991	110.00–121.00	116.13
83	—	1,628	90.00–120.00	108.76
94	—	1,756	108.00–135.00	122.54
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,518	82.50–86.00	83.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
222	—	1,265	77.00–112.00	89.49
418	—	1,218	64.00–96.00	81.22
5	—	1,250	53.00–64.00	58.86
101	—	1,172	57.00–79.00	70.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,399	57.00–80.00	73.42
163	—	1,482	80.00–106.00	86.72
171	—	1,454	70.00–89.00	81.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,052	67.00–91.00	77.57
185	—	1,049	50.00–79.00	69.89
17	—	899	32.50–56.00	47.97
82	—	967	43.00–70.00	60.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	124.00	124.00

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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