Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 288 priced lines covering 19,413 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,215 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,985 head. replacement cattle receipts at 773 head. Counted as USDA files them — 164 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,215Last week 7,310Year ago 16,702

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,985Last week 862Year ago 2,063

Replacement CattleReceipts 773Last week 322Year ago 793

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher and heifers were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Yearlings sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good to very good demand. Slaughter cows were 4.00 to 10.00 lower and bulls steady to 6.00 lower with moderate to good demand for 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	—	590	121.00	121.00
1	—	530	119.00	119.00
2	—	310	111.00	111.00
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
3	—	476	123.00–142.50	129.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	913	98.00–130.00	123.74
1	—	185	175.00	175.00
1	—	1,040	114.00	114.00
6	—	985	95.00–130.00	118.22
2	—	1,065	115.00–121.00	117.99
242	—	669	125.00–155.50	143.57
274	—	373	139.00–173.00	158.69
302	—	423	134.00–175.00	159.37
355	—	623	113.50–160.00	144.25
53	—	767	120.00–151.50	138.54
483	—	470	135.00–173.50	156.31
546	—	573	127.50–169.75	150.99
55	—	277	135.00–170.00	155.63
18	—	230	151.00–182.50	166.58
29	—	875	115.00–136.00	126.09
100	—	718	117.50–149.00	132.70
103	—	321	137.00–179.00	158.87
26	—	815	115.00–141.00	128.99
553	—	524	134.00–166.50	152.93
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	129.00	129.00
1	—	565	133.00	133.00
1	—	685	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
307	—	672	141.00–183.70	163.09
127	—	877	145.50–152.25	148.98
648	—	730	138.00–167.95	161.53
214	—	528	149.00–175.50	162.51
37	—	422	151.00–168.00	161.31
70	—	476	151.00–168.00	160.56
417	—	588	150.00–178.50	169.16
474	—	630	142.00–177.00	165.56
303	—	764	140.00–163.90	156.20
203	—	818	135.00–156.95	151.34
5	—	366	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	491	139.00–140.00	139.75
9	—	516	139.50–145.50	142.22
8	—	577	133.00–147.00	141.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	748	162.25	162.25
279	—	683	161.25–162.25	161.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	213	123.00–157.50	141.48
97	—	419	105.00–159.00	140.86
12	—	762	100.00–128.00	116.30
1	—	1,080	109.00	109.00
65	—	569	101.00–156.00	128.28
76	—	466	115.00–151.00	136.31
7	—	821	92.00–133.00	112.12
60	—	673	110.00–136.00	126.07
65	—	375	117.00–160.00	141.96
16	—	274	120.00–157.00	137.94
130	—	524	110.00–152.00	138.05
5	—	873	97.00–120.00	110.86
5	—	923	101.00–120.00	114.67
2	—	195	154.00	154.00
41	—	619	106.00–138.00	126.50
15	—	717	96.00–130.50	114.46
1	—	990	110.00	110.00
36	—	324	112.00–160.00	142.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	821	136.50	136.50
19	—	877	137.00	137.00
31	—	955	138.25	138.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	218	190.00–195.00	192.36
5	—	322	173.00–178.00	176.75
61	—	766	161.00	161.00
2	—	552	152.50	152.50
9	—	512	163.00–167.50	165.97
21	—	432	174.50–176.50	175.74
63	—	814	157.95	157.95
3	—	726	145.00	145.00
1	—	260	190.00	190.00
10	—	384	169.00–180.00	173.93
27	—	479	164.00–176.00	168.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	938	165.25	165.25
4	—	331	192.00–200.00	193.87
1	—	370	191.00	191.00
15	—	472	186.00–209.00	200.36
16	—	421	187.00–198.00	191.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	128.00	128.00
20	—	426	130.00–168.00	153.91
11	—	716	110.00–144.00	134.23
9	—	787	135.00–145.00	138.62
3	—	988	130.50	130.50
42	—	474	120.00–169.00	152.40
2	—	897	116.00	116.00
6	—	331	130.00–159.00	142.77
1	—	900	123.00	123.00
37	—	569	130.00–157.00	151.12
23	—	626	110.00–164.00	143.36
13	—	380	122.50–170.00	154.04
11	—	840	121.00–147.50	132.40
39	—	524	126.00–169.00	150.40
10	—	679	125.00–148.00	140.73
9	—	286	142.50–171.00	164.16
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	595	152.00	152.00
4	—	506	154.00	154.00
3	—	392	160.00	160.00
1	—	435	160.00	160.00
5	—	637	147.00–148.00	147.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	960	160.10–165.00	163.83
312	—	828	164.10–171.25	168.27
277	—	671	159.00–182.00	173.10
101	—	527	162.00–198.00	174.45
76	—	1,119	130.50–138.00	135.36
175	—	568	163.00–187.00	176.12
212	—	1,016	147.85–151.75	150.12
19	—	420	165.00–178.00	172.50
239	—	727	145.00–180.75	171.78
455	—	921	159.60–166.00	162.26
37	—	1,052	139.50	139.50
22	—	466	167.00–188.00	177.50
242	—	622	156.00–190.00	176.86
535	—	877	154.50–170.50	165.93
457	—	780	151.00–174.25	169.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	906	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	627	174.00	174.00
149	—	923	160.00	160.00
167	—	727	168.75–181.25	174.84
134	—	864	163.00–170.10	166.54
44	—	765	174.25	174.25
44	—	846	162.75	162.75
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	155.00	155.00
1	—	520	149.00	149.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	117.00	117.00
1	—	560	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	327	162.50–191.00	178.21
305	—	679	138.00–179.00	160.08
317	—	624	140.00–183.00	162.79
64	—	824	135.00–160.00	151.51
151	—	425	143.00–189.00	173.28
57	—	373	150.00–183.00	172.97
247	—	473	150.00–190.00	174.96
29	—	917	128.00–151.00	140.98
171	—	864	133.00–158.00	151.14
329	—	524	142.00–190.00	171.04
9	—	231	175.00–195.00	183.59
195	—	723	134.00–173.00	153.60
373	—	571	143.00–183.00	167.85
9	—	275	150.00–184.00	172.71
165	—	769	140.00–167.00	158.62
1	—	1,105	106.00	106.00
5	—	1,016	127.00–132.00	129.98
9	—	1,069	129.00–135.00	131.32
27	—	974	134.00–148.00	142.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	591	165.00–166.00	165.33
12	—	615	149.00–158.00	151.35
15	—	464	158.00–173.00	166.80
1	—	725	149.00	149.00
2	—	447	163.00	163.00
2	—	750	149.00	149.00
4	—	676	146.00–149.00	146.77
6	—	513	148.00–164.00	153.31
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	125.00	125.00
2	—	525	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	143.00	143.00
1	—	500	126.00	126.00
6	—	469	97.00–131.00	121.51
6	—	582	111.00–120.00	114.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
355	—	471	140.00–186.00	161.60
36	—	275	155.00–185.00	170.39
108	—	721	120.50–152.00	132.40
29	—	972	105.00–135.50	119.78
12	—	881	110.00–144.00	125.99
32	—	777	107.00–144.00	128.31
162	—	622	125.00–166.00	146.19
190	—	372	140.00–190.00	171.21
291	—	572	130.00–169.00	150.91
193	—	427	147.00–183.00	168.39
4	—	1,059	105.00–112.00	108.23
155	—	669	120.00–158.00	140.75
4	—	905	106.00–133.00	119.92
24	—	816	112.00–140.00	121.77
2	—	1,023	102.00–102.50	102.25
85	—	331	145.00–182.00	169.08
338	—	523	126.00–175.00	154.40
13	—	233	155.00–184.00	167.94
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	630	155.00–160.00	156.51
5	—	263	182.50–225.00	207.07
7	—	355	190.00	190.00
1	—	485	173.00	173.00
1	—	590	158.00	158.00
8	—	316	172.50–193.00	183.45
10	—	405	172.00–177.00	176.49
8	—	501	151.50	151.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	673	115.00–135.00	126.53
52	—	465	125.00–156.00	140.87
39	—	568	120.00–149.00	134.08
8	—	846	104.50–116.00	105.94
31	—	433	111.00–159.00	145.51
32	—	621	122.00–138.50	130.98
11	—	331	130.00–164.00	151.76
20	—	295	155.00–166.00	160.93
2	—	955	90.00–105.00	97.46
1	—	880	114.00	114.00
3	—	182	145.00	145.00
1	—	240	145.00	145.00
8	—	773	101.00–132.00	111.37
8	—	729	110.00–127.00	121.25
50	—	519	107.00–151.00	137.98
47	—	373	120.00–175.00	151.92
5	—	935	85.00–104.00	97.95
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	419	124.00–144.50	137.76
1	—	300	100.00	100.00
9	—	873	112.50–123.00	117.05
3	—	975	112.00–114.00	113.35
4	—	1,075	114.50	114.50
15	—	469	126.00–135.00	129.81
3	—	1,022	95.00	95.00
10	—	623	98.00–130.00	122.55
55	—	947	128.75	128.75
2	—	713	118.00–125.00	121.51
6	—	510	111.00–125.00	122.57
5	—	383	103.00–115.00	110.28

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	—	1,500	124.00	124.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	10	—	1,152	1,085.00–2,350.00	1,535.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,338	1,200.00–2,050.00	1,533.88
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,470	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,292	1,100.00–1,700.00	1,288.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,095	825.00–1,925.00	1,323.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,243	1,150.00–1,500.00	1,400.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,251	900.00–1,200.00	978.25
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,290	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,207	925.00–1,575.00	1,126.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,390	1,150.00–1,625.00	1,377.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,154	1,075.00–1,525.00	1,257.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,266	680.00–1,200.00	977.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,332	1,430.00–1,575.00	1,480.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,273	800.00–1,350.00	1,157.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,303	950.00–1,310.00	1,130.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,430	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,131	950.00–1,025.00	1,000.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,154	850.00–1,075.00	985.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	915	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,117.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,610	1,390.00	1,390.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	920.00	920.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	1,200.00	1,200.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	862	625.00–930.00	819.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	950.00	950.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	875	775.00–890.00	830.86
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	625.00	625.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	823	88.00–109.00	97.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	882	85.00–124.00	100.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	913	89.00–97.00	92.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	560.00	560.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	935	610.00–950.00	790.76
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	62	—	1,234	725.00–1,430.00	1,000.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,254	760.00–1,300.00	1,059.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,183	620.00–1,625.00	937.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,250	900.00–1,325.00	1,145.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,001	775.00–1,010.00	888.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	—	1,098	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,249	750.00–985.00	901.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,100	710.00–1,460.00	1,032.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	1,229	900.00–1,510.00	1,099.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,198	875.00–1,135.00	1,000.62
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,238	850.00–985.00	920.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,136	775.00–1,110.00	958.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,085	850.00–1,030.00	909.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,135	675.00–1,200.00	874.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	928	785.00–820.00	804.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	860.00	860.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	1,175.00	1,175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,605	93.00–127.00	111.67
93	—	1,729	110.00–138.50	124.40
38	—	1,480	84.00–116.00	99.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
557	—	1,246	63.00–95.00	83.43
181	—	1,292	77.00–115.00	93.44
133	—	1,227	51.00–85.00	75.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
285	—	1,455	68.00–94.00	83.47
49	—	1,426	66.00–85.00	77.53
160	—	1,457	78.00–107.00	92.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
295	—	1,072	52.00–88.00	72.81
115	—	1,083	66.00–104.00	82.36
25	—	993	47.00–69.00	59.64
142	—	1,017	40.00–81.00	64.02
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	121.00	121.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,138	134.00	134.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	129.00	129.00

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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