Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 325 priced lines covering 14,348 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,013 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,157 head. replacement cattle receipts at 526 head. Counted as USDA files them — 109 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,013Last week 19,215Year ago 15,438

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,157Last week 2,985Year ago 1,950

Replacement CattleReceipts 526Last week 773Year ago 658

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 4.00 higher with moderate to good demand. Yearlings were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good to very good demand. Slaughter cows sold mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower with instances sharply lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 4.00 lower with weak to moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	110.00	110.00
1	—	635	126.00	126.00
4	—	679	115.00–132.00	119.32
3	—	538	128.00	128.00
2	—	592	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	564	147.00–190.00	165.39
117	—	525	148.00–184.00	163.79
53	—	414	153.00–180.00	162.08
76	—	821	124.50–162.60	156.70
19	—	333	166.00–178.00	171.67
314	—	773	145.00–165.90	161.40
651	—	678	144.00–169.95	160.59
16	—	375	160.00–185.00	170.62
47	—	471	153.00–180.00	172.01
237	—	726	134.00–166.50	158.13
35	—	969	141.50	141.50
568	—	625	143.00–182.10	171.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	712	169.00	169.00
191	—	508	186.60–189.75	188.98
90	—	595	175.75	175.75
129	—	779	162.00	162.00
62	—	618	167.50–167.75	167.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	238	131.00–172.50	152.28
47	—	283	137.00–180.00	154.97
51	—	327	125.00–176.00	158.14
323	—	575	130.00–174.00	149.78
383	—	522	117.00–171.00	153.16
123	—	722	96.00–147.00	133.37
5	—	974	95.00–122.00	113.73
291	—	473	136.00–177.00	155.52
230	—	623	126.00–156.00	144.24
60	—	769	124.00–142.00	134.74
146	—	666	120.00–158.75	141.94
2	—	1,130	121.00	121.00
213	—	427	116.00–175.00	156.69
28	—	916	118.50–129.00	124.93
34	—	827	117.00–136.00	125.41
16	—	866	115.00–136.00	127.85
4	—	1,083	118.00	118.00
117	—	370	108.00–177.00	159.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	628	95.00–140.00	126.16
13	—	429	130.00–155.00	141.18
41	—	578	109.00–149.00	132.94
10	—	771	102.00–122.00	115.99
20	—	320	76.00–152.50	132.72
16	—	726	100.00–127.00	119.67
7	—	232	125.00–145.00	139.50
61	—	525	111.00–150.00	139.74
9	—	877	101.00–123.00	110.09
35	—	670	70.00–139.00	128.06
2	—	910	99.00	99.00
41	—	470	120.00–159.00	140.67
30	—	378	62.00–151.00	133.64
8	—	272	120.00–145.00	137.62
10	—	840	102.00–115.00	109.24
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	147.00	147.00
3	—	442	145.00	145.00
3	—	530	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	741	162.75–162.90	162.83
196	—	775	159.35–162.00	161.07
5	—	283	182.00	182.00
2	—	340	162.00	162.00
26	—	427	160.00–173.00	164.79
76	—	685	168.25	168.25
65	—	476	155.50–187.00	168.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	812	154.00–165.50	161.95
216	—	727	147.00–180.00	173.28
104	—	667	153.00–179.00	170.73
406	—	766	147.00–177.10	170.85
135	—	622	155.00–184.00	169.42
116	—	941	165.50–169.70	167.59
496	—	873	163.70–169.75	167.32
35	—	476	169.00–200.00	187.36
155	—	535	165.00–204.00	185.58
53	—	1,009	160.00	160.00
81	—	568	164.00–196.00	181.59
5	—	324	185.00–191.00	189.15
23	—	430	165.00–195.00	185.85
115	—	980	161.50–167.75	164.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	171.00	171.00
1	—	210	201.00	201.00
4	—	522	198.00	198.00
2	—	282	200.00	200.00
4	—	366	188.00–200.00	197.01
10	—	900	167.00	167.00
6	—	1,038	140.00–145.00	140.82
1	—	160	215.00	215.00
2	—	310	182.50	182.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	830	120.00–141.00	133.67
2	—	560	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	110.00	110.00
14	—	784	110.00–144.00	137.45
29	—	524	140.00–166.00	151.94
12	—	713	122.00–152.00	140.26
3	—	313	137.50–161.00	145.38
3	—	268	135.00–162.50	152.08
25	—	466	91.00–165.00	150.48
2	—	228	150.00–152.50	151.21
46	—	573	120.00–157.00	151.21
23	—	428	120.00–168.00	152.03
2	—	803	135.00–140.00	137.49
1	—	1,060	110.00	110.00
12	—	384	140.00–167.00	155.67
11	—	670	118.00–150.00	136.38
5	—	897	126.50–138.00	128.79
29	—	612	84.00–154.00	141.74
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	146.00	146.00
3	—	586	142.00	142.00
1	—	465	157.00	157.00
3	—	525	164.00	164.00
2	—	762	134.00	134.00
2	—	745	140.00	140.00
6	—	679	144.50–150.00	146.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	826	125.00–161.50	151.72
8	—	277	165.00–190.00	182.71
16	—	1,055	103.00–130.00	127.35
45	—	375	160.00–205.00	174.95
168	—	528	130.00–189.00	168.34
30	—	959	124.00–150.75	146.22
24	—	865	127.00–157.00	142.10
89	—	769	140.00–170.00	157.92
174	—	626	140.00–178.00	163.30
11	—	911	126.00–156.00	146.82
173	—	721	140.00–165.50	156.29
138	—	475	151.00–198.00	177.08
105	—	671	130.00–173.00	155.54
2	—	1,145	140.00	140.00
111	—	424	107.00–194.00	172.29
22	—	324	113.00–192.00	173.50
252	—	573	155.00–180.00	168.36
2	—	1,160	83.00–133.00	108.22
44	—	1,040	121.00–146.75	145.38
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	140.00	140.00
1	—	535	155.00	155.00
1	—	840	145.00	145.00
1	—	660	152.00	152.00
3	—	575	145.00–158.00	153.63
7	—	743	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	908	166.75–166.90	166.83
77	—	728	181.25	181.25
248	—	820	166.00–173.25	170.74
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	853	102.00	102.00
57	—	344	85.00–159.00	157.70
13	—	472	71.00–126.00	102.89
8	—	725	87.00–105.00	102.44
11	—	529	75.00–140.00	112.41
9	—	1,046	115.50	115.50
63	—	794	74.00–128.50	123.35
69	—	358	148.00–155.00	149.09
1	—	935	114.00	114.00
12	—	838	92.00–125.50	117.83
1	—	695	89.00	89.00
34	—	427	64.00–153.00	135.81
4	—	587	132.00–135.50	133.78
40	—	290	79.00–125.00	118.80
9	—	632	85.00–133.00	120.34
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	402	108.00	108.00
3	—	328	122.00	122.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	776	132.50	132.50
60	—	880	136.20	136.20
5	—	733	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	409	175.00–202.00	181.73
1	—	355	190.00	190.00
6	—	565	175.00–179.50	177.23
5	—	236	165.00–181.00	178.22
6	—	294	191.00	191.00
3	—	811	140.00–142.00	141.34
1	—	505	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	170.00	170.00
4	—	374	180.00	180.00
5	—	476	168.00–170.00	168.82
18	—	614	147.00–156.00	152.61
7	—	658	153.00–155.00	154.14
15	—	422	169.00–177.00	173.48
1	—	795	147.00	147.00
4	—	730	140.00–144.00	141.01
8	—	580	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	666	124.00–152.00	137.98
69	—	728	120.00–144.00	132.71
21	—	819	100.00–138.00	122.66
2	—	1,138	86.50	86.50
193	—	573	128.00–170.00	149.81
238	—	521	135.00–175.00	153.20
149	—	375	123.00–200.00	171.64
157	—	424	147.50–188.00	162.72
3	—	1,016	93.00–94.00	93.66
3	—	1,072	87.00–100.00	91.35
7	—	984	111.00–125.00	118.15
44	—	326	150.00–197.50	171.26
12	—	771	118.00–161.00	135.34
9	—	862	110.00–129.00	116.46
4	—	239	150.00–169.00	154.67
1	—	1,155	100.00	100.00
40	—	283	152.00–196.00	169.42
6	—	931	98.00–125.00	107.67
179	—	476	134.00–174.00	158.78
1	—	150	167.50	167.50
151	—	622	121.00–161.00	143.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	527	84.00–151.00	135.47
3	—	917	100.00–106.00	102.02
12	—	626	71.00–140.00	126.50
22	—	427	78.00–160.00	138.94
13	—	726	90.00–134.00	118.48
6	—	263	74.00–168.00	130.98
35	—	570	105.00–157.00	136.79
3	—	970	90.00–95.00	91.70
42	—	476	90.00–157.00	139.67
7	—	324	87.00–165.00	136.90
7	—	780	90.00–130.00	111.07
10	—	670	117.00–135.00	127.84
3	—	862	91.00–117.00	102.63
17	—	371	130.00–166.00	150.32
3	—	218	140.00–157.00	145.58
2	—	802	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	148.00	148.00
1	—	550	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	123.00	123.00
1	—	285	112.50	112.50
1	—	380	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	79.00–84.00	82.01
1	—	970	83.00	83.00
1	—	460	77.00	77.00
1	—	850	62.00	62.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,053	630.00–900.00	815.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,116	750.00–1,225.00	1,028.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,223	700.00–975.00	857.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,064	700.00–1,125.00	956.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,082	550.00–980.00	759.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,105	610.00–925.00	798.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	940	1,185.00	1,185.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,038	585.00–925.00	730.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,075	950.00–975.00	962.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,194	600.00–1,150.00	954.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	820	500.00–800.00	653.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,018	750.00–1,050.00	921.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,143	600.00–1,150.00	922.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,090	825.00–875.00	845.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,015	725.00–1,175.00	984.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,117	650.00–1,150.00	880.95
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	915	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	937	685.00–785.00	740.04
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	585.00	585.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	820	410.00	410.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	90.00	90.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	933	625.00–825.00	734.97
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	858	86.00–105.00	95.01
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	925.00	925.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	878	775.00–785.00	780.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	900.00	900.00
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	833	950.00	950.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	830	825.00–960.00	873.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	816	710.00–810.00	783.66
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	785	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,400	925.00–1,580.00	1,223.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,188	910.00–1,425.00	1,124.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,200	710.00–1,450.00	1,202.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,231	800.00–1,100.00	959.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	931	875.00–1,440.00	1,234.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,028	970.00–1,475.00	1,320.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,680	1,560.00	1,560.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,199	750.00–1,035.00	866.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,245	1,350.00–1,455.00	1,403.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,585	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,355	1,240.00–1,400.00	1,322.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,117	760.00–1,400.00	1,104.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,439	1,385.00–1,780.00	1,567.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,545	1,420.00	1,420.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	830	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,167.82
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	785.00	785.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,120.00	1,120.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,179	940.00–1,175.00	1,059.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,352	985.00–1,110.00	1,045.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,426	1,000.00–1,950.00	1,556.91
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	880	1,200.00	1,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · estimate wt
24	—	930	60.00–68.00	62.54
56	—	1,014	65.00–80.00	73.35
151	—	1,024	56.50–76.50	65.67
93	—	988	43.00–70.00	58.34
10	—	975	70.00–77.00	73.20
10	—	882	34.00–47.00	38.50
10	—	850	50.00–58.00	55.20
40	—	995	40.00–62.00	54.53
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	73.00	73.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,222	50.00–79.50	64.98
7	—	1,131	35.00–49.00	40.29
43	—	1,207	50.00–69.00	63.23
16	—	1,190	91.00–113.00	96.13
78	—	1,262	70.00–86.00	76.53
4	—	1,258	52.00–65.00	58.51
130	—	1,253	71.50–101.00	82.38
382	—	1,219	60.00–89.50	73.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · estimate wt
3	—	1,467	63.00–67.00	65.33
32	—	1,411	56.50–77.00	66.78
1	—	1,545	59.00	59.00
181	—	1,462	61.00–89.00	76.13
1	—	1,595	32.00	32.00
79	—	1,560	72.00–99.00	83.46
2	—	1,420	115.00–118.00	116.50
65	—	1,495	70.00–87.00	76.92
Bulls$ per cwt · estimate wt
12	—	1,741	118.00–127.00	120.58
17	—	1,719	103.00–116.00	110.24
49	—	1,814	99.00–138.00	119.48
95	—	1,663	87.00–121.00	107.43
31	—	1,506	80.00–110.00	96.77
5	—	1,787	110.00–113.00	111.80
7	—	1,632	104.00–109.00	106.43
11	—	1,311	77.00–98.00	89.27
4	—	1,663	85.00–97.00	90.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	128.00	128.00
1	—	1,630	97.00	97.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,198	80.00–96.00	88.76
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · estimate wt
1	—	1,355	95.00	95.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,362	105.00–131.00	114.48
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,345	119.00–131.00	124.87

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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