Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 298 priced lines covering 13,656 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,459 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,126 head. replacement cattle receipts at 495 head. Counted as USDA files them — 94 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,459Last week 15,596Year ago 9,450

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,126Last week 2,408Year ago 1,367

Replacement CattleReceipts 495Last week 595Year ago 728

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady to 4.00 higher with exceptions to 8.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for an average to good quality offering. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 higher and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good to very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	129.00	129.00
1	—	540	149.00	149.00
4	—	747	110.00	110.00
4	—	584	130.00–140.50	135.37
2	—	485	146.00–158.00	152.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
349	—	473	145.00–171.50	159.82
4	—	924	115.00–126.00	118.72
34	—	275	145.00–185.00	166.23
246	—	374	140.00–180.00	164.98
1	—	1,225	111.00	111.00
497	—	522	132.00–165.00	154.36
9	—	191	201.00–216.00	214.29
2	—	1,075	100.50–105.00	102.77
43	—	822	109.00–132.50	123.20
222	—	672	120.00–149.00	138.16
481	—	569	132.00–158.00	147.88
96	—	770	112.00–138.00	126.48
296	—	427	142.00–175.00	162.30
2	—	990	111.00–118.00	114.48
21	—	862	110.00–125.00	121.59
3	—	1,148	102.00	102.00
10	—	227	164.50–200.00	178.24
73	—	324	150.00–180.00	166.56
1	—	135	240.00	240.00
138	—	722	113.00–140.00	131.84
327	—	626	119.00–150.00	141.27
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	136.00	136.00
2	—	517	123.00	123.00
3	—	625	134.00	134.00
1	—	810	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	165.00–177.50	171.54
74	—	756	140.00–153.90	153.51
80	—	432	155.00–170.00	164.37
25	—	378	160.00–175.00	169.52
62	—	878	136.75	136.75
262	—	528	149.00–177.00	162.14
118	—	620	137.00–163.00	150.21
221	—	730	130.00–156.00	148.16
70	—	468	154.00–169.00	161.93
430	—	688	134.00–155.00	152.19
15	—	321	160.00–180.00	169.46
2	—	228	175.00–181.00	177.77
147	—	579	146.00–164.50	154.56
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
2	—	660	103.00	103.00
1	—	380	120.00	120.00
1	—	500	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	574	102.00–148.00	131.76
70	—	428	125.00–159.00	145.84
39	—	624	117.50–138.00	129.78
86	—	475	120.00–158.00	145.05
68	—	516	111.00–151.00	141.50
5	—	915	88.00–106.00	94.34
3	—	877	84.00–117.00	100.15
21	—	326	120.00–170.00	142.92
7	—	812	83.00–123.00	103.42
10	—	772	96.00–118.00	108.96
36	—	667	110.00–132.00	123.48
22	—	723	90.00–125.00	114.80
10	—	271	132.50–160.00	151.44
45	—	378	130.00–166.00	149.79
6	—	231	132.50–171.00	150.23
2	—	980	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	119.00	119.00
2	—	457	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	882	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,020	117.00	117.00
21	—	813	130.00–138.50	136.77
1	—	1,142	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	387	180.00–192.50	183.40
3	—	323	170.00–174.00	171.98
16	—	424	158.00–180.00	167.22
8	—	265	172.50–191.00	182.01
8	—	201	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	528	120.00–158.00	142.75
6	—	258	160.00–171.00	166.82
28	—	427	132.50–175.00	152.82
35	—	581	122.50–153.00	142.04
27	—	369	138.00–190.00	163.58
2	—	213	175.00–184.00	179.66
47	—	477	130.00–170.00	155.33
1	—	785	111.00	111.00
30	—	614	114.00–141.00	132.14
1	—	955	100.00	100.00
9	—	724	110.00–130.00	114.85
17	—	327	148.00–187.00	168.84
20	—	677	112.00–140.00	125.87
2	—	875	110.00	110.00
11	—	826	106.00–118.00	110.19
2	—	905	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,080	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,012	81.00–120.00	101.35
179	—	426	155.00–195.00	177.73
112	—	374	166.00–212.00	186.84
36	—	284	160.00–202.50	179.62
81	—	716	120.00–147.00	134.10
140	—	619	130.00–158.00	143.34
26	—	826	110.00–134.00	120.05
108	—	676	120.00–154.00	136.55
181	—	573	138.00–170.00	154.37
230	—	524	142.00–181.00	164.24
63	—	329	155.00–208.00	184.87
9	—	927	96.00–127.00	112.46
5	—	978	87.50–114.00	101.70
38	—	770	110.00–136.00	124.58
9	—	1,065	97.00–109.00	106.45
14	—	216	171.00–204.00	193.75
1	—	145	207.50	207.50
9	—	190	162.50–205.00	189.33
217	—	472	156.00–197.00	173.89
19	—	881	100.00–127.00	113.62
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	148.00	148.00
2	—	517	131.00	131.00
2	—	457	131.00	131.00
2	—	560	124.00–128.00	125.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	513	176.00–194.00	189.43
10	—	414	173.00–195.00	185.13
1	—	885	120.00	120.00
11	—	379	185.00–195.00	191.35
4	—	677	151.00–152.00	151.50
1	—	600	159.00	159.00
2	—	550	178.00	178.00
2	—	223	210.00–211.00	210.48
2	—	458	175.00–179.00	176.99
3	—	325	190.00–203.00	198.67
3	—	267	195.00–208.00	199.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	861	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	628	146.00–152.00	149.52
8	—	371	190.00–201.00	197.39
28	—	564	163.00–174.00	169.62
4	—	652	152.00	152.00
19	—	473	177.00–198.00	189.05
4	—	318	187.50	187.50
8	—	729	130.00–134.50	131.47
16	—	530	154.00–186.00	166.26
31	—	429	178.00–193.00	184.49
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	122.00	122.00
2	—	757	118.00	118.00
1	—	850	110.00	110.00
1	—	965	90.00	90.00
1	—	555	150.00	150.00
1	—	500	151.00	151.00
1	—	460	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	156.00	156.00
1	—	570	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	466	194.00–204.00	199.81
59	—	900	148.00	148.00
11	—	425	188.00–199.00	194.79
6	—	389	201.00–204.00	203.02
5	—	329	200.00–224.00	213.20
13	—	602	177.50	177.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	146.00	146.00
1	—	435	173.00	173.00
1	—	650	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	577	120.00–164.00	151.27
27	—	672	130.00–154.00	140.34
6	—	329	152.00–181.00	170.40
21	—	728	121.00–140.50	135.86
2	—	1,188	116.00	116.00
16	—	383	140.00–187.00	161.16
44	—	1,064	122.75	122.75
1	—	910	127.00	127.00
6	—	833	110.00–130.00	125.50
46	—	482	125.00–179.00	163.09
1	—	195	185.00	185.00
2	—	223	185.00–190.00	187.25
9	—	264	165.00–192.00	180.32
4	—	881	114.00–135.00	122.78
3	—	763	124.00–137.00	130.29
50	—	522	131.00–166.00	156.40
24	—	428	139.00–181.00	172.82
37	—	630	130.00–162.00	145.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	474	184.00–209.00	195.32
12	—	852	156.00	156.00
129	—	566	174.00–190.00	183.63
168	—	530	176.00–203.00	193.25
174	—	617	153.50–183.00	166.86
60	—	916	146.95	146.95
225	—	724	149.00–160.00	157.23
6	—	346	212.00–214.00	212.66
286	—	827	146.10–157.00	154.41
5	—	373	210.00	210.00
10	—	419	183.00–203.00	189.38
108	—	970	137.10–141.75	139.27
262	—	665	147.00–173.50	165.57
118	—	773	147.00–159.10	156.83
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	978	120.00–135.00	128.02
218	—	478	160.00–204.00	182.67
1	—	195	260.00	260.00
283	—	573	143.00–183.00	171.22
163	—	424	160.00–205.00	188.89
23	—	270	167.50–227.50	199.70
75	—	378	170.00–214.00	190.93
34	—	330	165.00–212.50	191.60
2	—	1,187	110.00	110.00
34	—	922	116.00–135.00	127.34
242	—	672	139.00–178.00	155.98
175	—	722	138.00–159.50	147.25
12	—	228	165.00–207.00	188.29
39	—	1,033	113.00–130.00	121.36
124	—	821	128.00–151.75	146.70
60	—	870	124.00–143.00	138.47
6	—	1,067	104.00–117.00	108.16
367	—	622	140.00–179.00	161.95
290	—	524	160.00–187.00	174.15
120	—	774	133.50–156.00	146.55
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	167.00	167.00
1	—	990	120.00	120.00
1	—	515	152.00	152.00
1	—	700	130.00	130.00
1	—	820	129.00	129.00
1	—	570	154.00	154.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	503	131.00–141.00	136.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	587	163.00–166.00	164.70
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	883	119.75–124.90	122.36
1	—	425	84.00	84.00
16	—	658	126.00	126.00
1	—	960	120.00	120.00
4	—	711	100.00–124.00	117.53
3	—	807	100.00	100.00
54	—	1,118	91.00–116.40	115.92
48	—	1,171	115.85	115.85
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	960	120.90	120.90

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	—	990	1,035.00	1,035.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,160	99.00	99.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,440	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	1,010.00	1,010.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	985	980.00–990.00	985.18
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,279	1,125.00–1,850.00	1,563.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,275	1,385.00	1,385.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	989	1,200.00–1,950.00	1,528.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,323	900.00–1,625.00	1,404.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,110	1,650.00–1,900.00	1,773.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,194	900.00–1,475.00	1,163.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,251	1,010.00–1,325.00	1,213.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,293	925.00–1,675.00	1,459.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	1,635.00	1,635.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	660.00	660.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	935	925.00–1,050.00	985.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,515	1,425.00	1,425.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,002	99.00–120.00	104.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	959	710.00–1,185.00	882.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	840.00	840.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	911	78.00–91.00	84.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	858	750.00–800.00	774.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,210	790.00–1,425.00	1,047.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,347	700.00–1,420.00	1,075.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,156	850.00–1,175.00	1,025.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,008	550.00–985.00	845.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,057	960.00–1,050.00	998.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,130	785.00–950.00	876.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,172	1,060.00–1,375.00	1,193.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,214	860.00–1,475.00	1,135.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,150	630.00–1,160.00	950.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,134	750.00–1,350.00	1,056.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,280	1,085.00	1,085.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	52	—	1,163	560.00–1,360.00	1,056.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,138	720.00–1,260.00	954.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,220	950.00–1,310.00	1,128.02
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	800	710.00	710.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,335	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,023	830.00–1,050.00	954.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	863	810.00–1,375.00	1,000.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	765	740.00–870.00	827.19
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	1,350.00–1,375.00	1,363.04
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	800	800.00	800.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	875	1,150.00–1,375.00	1,276.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	1,806	113.00–144.50	129.21
23	—	1,459	75.00–124.00	101.48
104	—	1,599	90.00–127.00	113.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
215	—	1,493	72.00–106.50	89.17
23	—	1,617	62.00–96.50	87.71
199	—	1,540	84.00–117.50	95.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
255	—	1,298	83.00–120.00	97.54
50	—	1,191	60.00–97.00	82.59
336	—	1,241	70.00–109.00	87.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,014	49.00–78.00	66.46
13	—	927	44.00–63.00	56.72
114	—	1,052	67.00–104.00	83.40
171	—	1,099	58.00–89.50	76.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	115.00	115.00
4	—	1,170	110.00–111.00	110.76
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	93.00–102.00	97.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,355	104.00–116.00	107.65
1	—	1,160	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	102.00–103.00	102.47

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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