Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 245 priced lines covering 14,408 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,453 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,829 head. replacement cattle receipts at 709 head. Counted as USDA files them — 152 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,453Last week 9,526Year ago 8,153

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,829Last week 1,761Year ago 1,324

Replacement CattleReceipts 709Last week 494Year ago 308

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Yearlings were steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for all feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls were unevenly steady with good to very good demand for all slaughter classes.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	773	700.00–850.00	784.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	960	735.00–810.00	774.39
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	875	85.00–114.00	94.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	101.00	101.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	971	675.00–1,110.00	903.21
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	860	650.00–1,000.00	845.35
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	921	870.00–1,100.00	953.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,050	1,010.00	1,010.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	893	750.00–840.00	800.42
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	835	875.00–980.00	946.26
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	907	850.00–1,075.00	951.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,205	800.00–1,375.00	1,090.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,363	1,135.00–1,650.00	1,431.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,089	850.00–1,625.00	1,304.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	84	—	1,275	750.00–1,800.00	1,444.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,235.00–1,300.00	1,267.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,213	925.00–1,675.00	1,305.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,110	920.00–1,525.00	1,230.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,163	975.00–1,425.00	1,211.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,370	1,125.00–1,575.00	1,414.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,251	885.00–1,950.00	1,304.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	968	850.00–885.00	868.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,380	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	660.00	660.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	985.00	985.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	1,372	994.00–1,290.00	1,125.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,190	685.00–1,100.00	897.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,044	630.00–1,260.00	852.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,093	710.00–1,125.00	846.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	—	1,269	850.00–1,385.00	1,193.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,186	740.00–1,460.00	1,084.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,245	700.00–1,175.00	970.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,213	750.00–1,240.00	1,086.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,132	750.00–1,385.00	1,123.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,111	800.00–1,375.00	1,100.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,320	960.00–1,160.00	1,101.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,150	750.00–1,160.00	1,011.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	940	600.00–1,170.00	803.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	50	—	1,176	700.00–1,675.00	1,119.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,153	1,010.00–1,035.00	1,023.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,185	800.00–1,550.00	1,181.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	988	850.00–910.00	879.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,066	810.00–1,075.00	978.45
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	710	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	760.00	760.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,313	1,025.00–1,910.00	1,463.98

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	770	116.00–149.00	134.51
272	—	428	140.00–175.00	158.01
1	—	1,155	113.00	113.00
217	—	672	120.00–155.00	138.96
384	—	629	130.00–155.00	143.38
18	—	821	115.00–136.00	126.73
4	—	1,032	111.00	111.00
171	—	726	115.00–164.00	147.97
597	—	571	129.00–161.00	151.20
1	—	1,200	115.00	115.00
46	—	286	153.00–172.00	164.37
21	—	985	90.00–121.00	99.48
9	—	868	116.00–131.00	124.27
65	—	327	142.50–187.00	159.95
17	—	235	140.00–180.00	159.50
11	—	929	102.00–124.00	120.68
2	—	1,053	114.00	114.00
204	—	371	145.00–176.00	157.49
409	—	475	130.00–171.00	156.12
455	—	521	132.00–168.00	153.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	175.00	175.00
4	—	339	180.00	180.00
115	—	623	148.00–162.00	157.39
173	—	670	135.00–168.80	163.71
8	—	421	167.00–172.00	169.12
94	—	568	147.00–164.00	160.61
474	—	767	154.50–163.90	160.99
546	—	733	144.50–160.00	155.18
109	—	528	157.50–167.00	161.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	273	130.00–150.00	141.42
29	—	472	100.00–154.00	140.36
5	—	240	139.00–176.00	158.56
32	—	681	100.00–148.00	134.80
37	—	523	115.00–149.00	137.10
22	—	712	100.00–137.00	125.20
4	—	779	111.00–123.00	119.28
47	—	584	110.00–157.00	140.09
25	—	373	110.00–162.50	142.24
31	—	616	110.00–150.00	133.69
6	—	920	125.00	125.00
54	—	431	110.00–155.50	145.77
13	—	327	120.00–160.00	143.44
2	—	865	113.00–117.00	115.03
2	—	830	105.00–119.00	112.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	412	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	656	174.90	174.90
19	—	462	167.50–173.00	169.08
6	—	424	178.00–179.00	178.57
25	—	374	168.00–184.00	174.47
3	—	317	174.00–185.00	178.87
1	—	250	184.00	184.00
1	—	615	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	974	143.00	143.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	134.00	134.00
5	—	681	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	690	127.00–158.00	144.64
5	—	868	110.00–128.00	117.22
2	—	925	99.00–131.00	114.91
5	—	829	110.00–146.00	129.10
6	—	719	110.00–138.00	129.42
8	—	383	132.50–171.00	161.32
22	—	781	116.00–142.00	125.17
36	—	476	93.00–166.00	154.26
6	—	268	140.00–175.00	157.67
29	—	618	137.00–159.00	148.91
35	—	528	141.00–169.00	157.22
40	—	575	100.00–164.00	146.57
1	—	980	116.00	116.00
6	—	317	145.00–165.00	153.34
16	—	424	107.00–166.00	146.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	493	179.00–180.00	179.16
16	—	420	182.00–189.00	185.62
5	—	363	180.00–192.00	188.86
72	—	704	181.80	181.80
1	—	305	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	716	131.00–163.00	152.26
16	—	1,122	114.00–129.00	128.07
4	—	226	170.00–183.00	178.12
194	—	670	130.00–169.00	159.54
83	—	424	155.00–187.00	174.49
42	—	377	160.00–190.00	179.43
4	—	1,216	123.00–124.00	123.75
15	—	326	131.00–184.00	172.51
16	—	1,015	129.00–148.25	141.30
6	—	980	110.00–137.00	130.15
83	—	875	85.00–166.00	155.99
261	—	625	135.00–174.00	161.18
296	—	523	155.00–185.00	172.18
157	—	473	147.00–190.00	176.38
334	—	574	119.00–183.00	167.64
8	—	271	160.00–192.00	178.89
2	—	1,055	125.00	125.00
85	—	828	128.00–159.50	149.86
27	—	921	105.00–143.50	135.15
78	—	771	119.00–159.00	150.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	1,026	147.70–154.90	152.48
19	—	1,126	135.75	135.75
283	—	769	165.85–172.20	168.56
165	—	727	149.00–171.75	167.00
359	—	969	151.00–162.75	156.25
427	—	880	155.10–166.00	160.07
136	—	623	161.50–178.00	172.51
120	—	573	175.00–190.00	179.25
247	—	678	165.25–180.80	172.52
16	—	458	185.00–189.50	188.05
470	—	824	141.00–168.10	164.21
138	—	537	177.00–194.00	188.25
1	—	410	183.00	183.00
297	—	929	151.25–159.20	156.57
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	433	164.00–195.00	178.61
1	—	515	189.00	189.00
4	—	323	190.00–200.00	194.73
14	—	362	173.00–184.00	178.80
2	—	685	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	722	138.50	138.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	724	119.00–152.50	130.91
168	—	427	144.00–184.00	169.04
11	—	928	120.00–126.50	124.73
30	—	292	152.50–190.00	177.65
3	—	860	111.00–115.00	112.65
137	—	622	123.00–159.00	146.17
46	—	325	146.00–187.00	170.90
8	—	225	170.00–216.00	186.06
34	—	767	110.00–144.00	132.46
268	—	522	133.00–182.00	159.52
65	—	677	122.00–162.00	138.15
232	—	572	133.00–168.00	153.31
1	—	1,095	111.00	111.00
19	—	809	105.00–133.00	118.42
197	—	474	138.00–185.00	162.19
120	—	375	150.00–190.00	171.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	326	130.00–169.00	147.86
33	—	614	110.00–140.50	135.17
24	—	665	110.00–141.00	126.51
49	—	525	128.00–154.00	141.21
46	—	479	123.00–162.00	148.76
3	—	802	97.50–115.00	109.14
40	—	572	124.00–149.00	137.28
2	—	955	85.00–128.00	106.39
1	—	900	100.00	100.00
5	—	266	145.00–168.00	160.08
6	—	778	110.00–126.00	115.75
7	—	714	109.00–137.00	121.53
36	—	427	120.00–153.00	144.37
1	—	225	150.00	150.00
6	—	869	105.00–110.00	107.55
17	—	370	127.50–165.00	144.71
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	120.00	120.00
2	—	560	100.00–130.00	115.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	998	116.00	116.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	638	75.00–133.00	120.17
12	—	682	79.00–118.00	109.69
1	—	975	99.00	99.00
9	—	586	66.00–105.00	86.44
2	—	317	145.00	145.00
11	—	531	78.00–140.00	118.36
2	—	813	91.00	91.00
3	—	377	89.00–91.00	90.36
12	—	457	77.00–145.00	137.60
1	—	870	88.00	88.00
4	—	434	88.00–96.00	89.87
3	—	720	85.00–92.00	88.39
1	—	770	83.00	83.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	328	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,052	98.00–124.00	122.72
59	—	892	125.20	125.20
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	115.00–118.00	116.49
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	642	63.00	63.00
2	—	783	84.00–93.00	88.51
1	—	385	78.00	78.00
2	—	570	70.00–85.00	77.37
3	—	722	80.00–85.00	82.99
1	—	670	95.00	95.00
2	—	823	80.00–81.00	80.50
1	—	1,055	86.00	86.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	68.00	68.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	106.00	106.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	1,587	100.00–133.00	118.20
36	—	1,424	89.00–124.00	104.17
103	—	1,770	116.00–145.00	128.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	1,494	75.00–108.00	91.37
30	—	1,503	69.00–96.50	87.17
151	—	1,563	85.00–121.50	102.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,022	70.00–114.00	85.10
67	—	974	45.00–78.00	65.92
9	—	896	44.00–65.00	56.74
221	—	1,032	59.00–91.00	76.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
538	—	1,239	73.50–110.00	92.83
2	—	1,200	70.00–73.00	71.41
125	—	1,188	61.00–97.50	84.91
234	—	1,263	84.00–121.00	102.38
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	118.00	118.00

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.

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