Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 327 priced lines covering 16,438 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,662 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,402 head. replacement cattle receipts at 779 head. Counted as USDA files them — 197 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,662Last week 7,310Year ago 16,023

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,402Last week 1,076Year ago 2,074

Replacement CattleReceipts 779Last week 411Year ago 551

Compared to the holiday shortened week last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mixed with prices ranging mostly 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher and exceptions up to 6.00 lower and 8.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good for a moderate to good offering and good buyer activity. Yearlings were mostly steady to 4.00 higher with good to very good demand. Buyers showed most interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle and cattle with favorable condition.. Slaughter cows and bulls were unevenly steady with moderate to good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	724	136.30–149.50	142.13
60	—	424	151.00–174.00	165.17
160	—	471	150.00–174.00	165.63
135	—	772	138.75–148.10	143.06
44	—	390	161.00–180.50	173.54
280	—	615	141.00–166.00	156.67
222	—	528	147.00–168.00	159.50
1	—	1,135	110.00	110.00
6	—	337	173.50	173.50
213	—	670	141.00–154.00	148.99
78	—	815	110.50–143.75	141.57
220	—	579	145.00–164.00	157.17
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	752	118.50	118.50
7	—	619	130.00–143.00	139.31
7	—	691	130.00–141.00	137.31
2	—	570	143.00	143.00
1	—	455	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	875	93.00–128.00	109.13
51	—	473	122.00–157.00	143.59
52	—	631	117.00–146.00	130.61
7	—	224	142.50–165.00	158.59
30	—	726	91.00–140.00	114.84
63	—	426	130.00–169.00	147.12
49	—	578	110.00–140.00	130.73
40	—	327	117.00–174.00	144.94
8	—	769	108.00–128.00	120.79
4	—	932	90.00–112.00	106.69
3	—	965	83.00–101.00	92.59
10	—	820	100.00–123.50	115.95
9	—	277	126.00–166.00	143.67
58	—	673	114.00–135.00	125.66
69	—	522	118.00–150.00	138.85
29	—	374	135.00–174.00	152.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,174	90.00–108.00	95.90
32	—	224	150.00–188.00	173.89
99	—	327	143.00–190.00	166.54
35	—	279	140.00–184.00	165.24
579	—	569	133.00–160.00	149.53
3	—	908	105.00–108.00	106.98
406	—	623	125.00–154.00	143.81
306	—	428	139.00–181.00	161.64
12	—	876	111.00–126.00	122.04
149	—	720	114.00–143.50	131.44
2	—	182	220.00	220.00
3	—	1,021	95.00–111.00	100.27
6	—	975	106.00–117.00	109.92
458	—	474	140.00–169.00	159.29
215	—	375	142.50–184.50	166.28
110	—	777	113.00–143.00	134.64
487	—	523	130.00–166.00	154.27
30	—	821	93.00–133.50	125.51
244	—	670	112.50–148.00	139.78
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	145.00	145.00
1	—	740	117.00	117.00
3	—	430	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	100.00	100.00
2	—	665	136.00	136.00
1	—	475	135.00	135.00
1	—	415	141.00	141.00
2	—	378	140.00–157.00	148.78
1	—	775	95.00	95.00
3	—	628	129.50	129.50
2	—	562	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	595	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	322	171.00–182.00	177.30
8	—	371	171.00–180.00	177.75
1	—	200	200.00	200.00
30	—	420	160.00–181.00	171.50
30	—	763	150.50	150.50
20	—	471	161.00–171.00	165.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	820	119.00	119.00
21	—	912	115.00–116.00	115.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	722	111.00–112.00	111.33
2	—	818	82.50–86.00	84.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	914	154.10–156.10	154.87
48	—	1,026	139.10	139.10
1	—	510	200.00	200.00
1	—	320	200.00	200.00
16	—	377	192.00–207.00	198.84
103	—	833	157.00–165.80	162.32
4	—	277	207.50–215.00	209.26
19	—	483	162.00–205.00	197.90
109	—	987	145.75	145.75
15	—	426	185.00–208.00	197.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	713	142.00–166.50	158.76
194	—	527	165.00–204.00	186.22
179	—	677	147.00–177.50	167.56
15	—	388	198.00–218.00	215.44
289	—	983	137.50–148.00	143.70
53	—	1,013	135.20	135.20
433	—	828	145.00–162.00	156.81
96	—	1,084	131.75–137.85	134.77
8	—	442	175.00–183.00	177.12
523	—	930	135.00–157.20	154.10
152	—	779	144.00–165.80	159.34
1	—	275	191.00	191.00
295	—	616	153.00–181.00	173.24
177	—	580	161.00–196.50	185.43
679	—	878	146.50–160.00	152.72
102	—	470	165.00–212.00	196.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	525	110.00–170.00	153.30
10	—	767	125.00–139.00	134.89
8	—	369	156.00–176.00	166.15
35	—	621	100.00–155.00	141.73
10	—	719	126.00–140.00	130.08
69	—	580	122.00–167.00	156.68
7	—	965	101.00–120.00	114.79
27	—	673	126.00–154.00	141.94
4	—	270	127.50–171.00	151.34
5	—	239	187.00	187.00
46	—	473	147.00–178.00	165.93
2	—	1,028	116.00–128.00	122.01
12	—	332	152.50–172.50	166.40
13	—	862	120.00–136.50	130.21
2	—	913	130.00	130.00
10	—	429	140.00–171.00	164.26
7	—	820	110.00–146.00	123.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,092	125.00–134.00	125.47
18	—	282	170.00–220.00	194.14
293	—	626	139.00–174.00	161.17
132	—	959	123.00–145.75	142.99
1	—	1,195	108.00	108.00
85	—	883	130.00–145.50	143.56
286	—	675	140.00–175.00	158.23
28	—	1,022	123.00–131.00	126.57
30	—	323	175.00–204.00	185.65
261	—	722	134.00–160.75	150.94
223	—	473	125.00–195.50	181.15
358	—	574	130.00–189.75	170.90
1	—	1,110	126.00	126.00
20	—	911	125.00–146.00	138.97
284	—	525	145.00–191.00	174.50
80	—	430	128.00–195.00	180.24
64	—	377	171.00–201.00	186.28
3	—	247	227.50	227.50
57	—	764	130.00–152.00	144.88
51	—	821	131.00–152.00	144.18
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	112.50	112.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	146.00	146.00
2	—	825	126.00–138.00	132.15
2	—	710	149.00	149.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	706	146.00	146.00
3	—	586	161.00–164.00	163.00
4	—	543	165.00	165.00
2	—	620	141.00	141.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	149.00	149.00
1	—	580	151.00	151.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	83.00	83.00
1	—	960	72.00	72.00
1	—	640	90.00	90.00
1	—	330	89.00	89.00
1	—	895	81.00	81.00
4	—	794	69.00	69.00
2	—	553	89.00	89.00
6	—	906	70.00	70.00
12	—	818	70.00–86.00	75.25
7	—	726	68.00–70.00	69.14
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	65.00	65.00
1	—	485	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	518	100.00–140.00	122.53
1	—	770	77.00	77.00
1	—	550	100.00	100.00
6	—	1,077	80.00–93.00	85.55
6	—	464	92.00–148.00	120.12
8	—	332	71.00–125.00	94.99
4	—	686	100.00–123.00	117.55
8	—	611	70.00–127.00	103.43
3	—	1,110	84.00–93.00	88.69
3	—	983	101.00	101.00
2	—	915	80.00–96.00	88.00
1	—	290	85.00	85.00
14	—	818	76.00–115.00	100.20
3	—	872	82.00–99.00	90.20
2	—	1,020	89.00	89.00
163	—	408	92.00–145.00	140.31
17	—	381	82.00–141.00	130.42
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	896	122.75	122.75
7	—	458	121.00	121.00
11	—	366	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	420	170.00–198.00	187.54
16	—	626	144.00–151.00	148.36
4	—	668	144.00–150.00	148.48
2	—	378	199.00–200.00	199.49
19	—	567	152.00–160.00	154.60
12	—	478	161.00–181.00	173.96
19	—	532	155.00–166.00	158.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	957	121.00	121.00
3	—	283	200.00–206.00	202.22
14	—	521	167.00–196.00	184.90
7	—	463	181.00–204.00	197.00
4	—	330	180.00–206.00	199.99
21	—	436	185.00–206.00	191.24
3	—	757	141.00–144.00	143.00
5	—	564	161.00–176.00	168.72
3	—	393	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	104.00	104.00
33	—	629	112.00–145.00	132.81
3	—	269	140.00–175.00	158.44
29	—	572	120.00–149.00	139.39
13	—	672	112.50–136.00	125.01
25	—	371	136.00–182.00	163.39
46	—	425	117.50–175.00	157.71
83	—	528	115.00–161.00	143.20
53	—	465	130.00–175.00	149.13
13	—	727	91.00–137.00	115.32
1	—	215	167.50	167.50
5	—	319	142.00–170.00	160.57
2	—	980	92.00–113.00	102.55
5	—	815	100.00–114.00	110.37
5	—	776	110.00–140.00	130.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	428	151.00–192.00	176.18
17	—	273	165.00–190.00	176.63
15	—	879	114.00–135.00	122.31
115	—	721	116.00–148.00	131.48
240	—	523	143.00–186.00	162.54
9	—	974	102.00–120.00	110.05
49	—	320	155.00–205.00	184.35
199	—	473	150.00–195.00	168.91
153	—	624	134.00–160.00	149.24
13	—	218	171.00–208.50	190.01
203	—	573	125.00–179.00	155.07
2	—	1,005	106.00	106.00
133	—	670	117.00–155.00	139.78
107	—	370	150.00–200.00	177.74
38	—	771	116.00–145.00	130.35
1	—	1,085	116.00	116.00
23	—	821	115.00–136.00	126.48
1	—	160	192.50	192.50
10	—	918	97.50–120.00	105.35
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	101.00	101.00
1	—	840	115.00	115.00
1	—	375	130.00	130.00
2	—	625	110.00–134.00	121.90
1	—	430	110.00	110.00
3	—	480	99.00–135.00	118.96
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	90.00	90.00
1	—	435	151.00	151.00
1	—	630	139.00	139.00
2	—	780	117.00–125.00	121.08
3	—	567	137.00–145.00	140.92
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	172.00	172.00
1	—	460	160.00	160.00
1	—	695	134.00	134.00
2	—	567	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	149.00	149.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	755	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	535.00	535.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,008	650.00–1,050.00	894.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	995	775.00–800.00	791.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,133	860.00–1,150.00	972.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,030	885.00	885.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,025	900.00–1,135.00	984.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,088	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,122.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,142	620.00–1,325.00	1,059.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	36	—	1,271	635.00–1,325.00	1,115.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	—	1,209	760.00–1,675.00	1,064.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,148	560.00–1,275.00	1,100.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,132	810.00–1,275.00	1,037.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,190	710.00–1,050.00	860.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,208	720.00–1,170.00	914.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,127	940.00–1,325.00	1,093.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,113	950.00–1,000.00	975.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,172	850.00–1,290.00	1,053.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,335	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,522	1,825.00–2,000.00	1,896.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,312	960.00–1,875.00	1,588.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,535	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,262	1,000.00–1,610.00	1,403.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,490	2,125.00	2,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,464	1,675.00–1,875.00	1,773.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,575	1,545.00	1,545.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	41	—	1,376	825.00–1,875.00	1,481.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,217	960.00–1,625.00	1,328.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,204	1,200.00–1,730.00	1,450.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,158	1,300.00–1,475.00	1,366.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,575	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	42	—	1,230	1,000.00–1,675.00	1,407.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,465	1,500.00–1,625.00	1,568.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,274	1,400.00–1,525.00	1,479.82
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,475	1,275.00	1,275.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	835.00	835.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	985.00	985.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	838	720.00–840.00	811.34
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,058	875.00–1,160.00	1,029.29
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	920	1,050.00–1,175.00	1,119.29
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	740.00	740.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	820.00	820.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,108	1,000.00–1,175.00	1,065.81
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	993	500.00–1,100.00	851.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	951	625.00–1,210.00	865.99
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	932	78.00–120.00	101.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	885	93.00–96.00	94.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,350	1,150.00–1,710.00	1,503.24
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	919	900.00–1,200.00	1,060.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	1,042	56.00–86.00	73.42
99	—	1,028	50.00–75.00	64.49
14	—	954	38.00–58.00	46.09
76	—	1,041	72.00–102.50	81.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,433	60.50–83.00	75.25
3	—	1,270	68.00–78.00	73.44
222	—	1,470	74.00–94.00	85.50
136	—	1,520	82.00–115.00	93.16
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,950	92.50	92.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	1,273	81.00–112.00	94.47
83	—	1,232	60.00–83.00	73.81
397	—	1,257	69.00–95.00	84.96
14	—	1,174	46.00–69.00	63.22
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	101.00–102.00	101.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,385	92.00–99.50	95.57
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,258	120.00	120.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	116.00	116.00
2	—	1,305	126.00	126.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	97.00–108.00	104.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,529	75.00–111.00	98.00
82	—	1,832	112.00–143.00	126.27
147	—	1,734	90.00–129.00	112.02

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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