Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 290 priced lines covering 13,044 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,772 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,879 head. replacement cattle receipts at 390 head. Counted as USDA files them — 53 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,772Last week 11,806Year ago 16,634

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,879Last week 1,720Year ago 1,750

Replacement CattleReceipts 390Last week 563Year ago 638

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was moderate to good demand for all feeder and yearling classes, with moderate to good offerings and good buyer activity this week. Buyers showed good interest in weaned steers and heifers with favorable condition. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher with moderate to good demand for all slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	475	155.00–181.00	166.75
271	—	831	138.00–160.25	155.72
340	—	563	148.00–186.50	177.70
702	—	676	147.00–175.10	167.78
215	—	731	141.00–160.25	156.39
1	—	870	132.00	132.00
201	—	524	150.00–177.00	168.65
6	—	359	165.00–167.50	167.05
31	—	432	159.00–179.50	168.40
552	—	628	140.00–178.80	170.38
1	—	310	172.50	172.50
179	—	776	138.50–166.95	157.93
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	661	177.00	177.00
15	—	605	159.50	159.50
32	—	828	155.25	155.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	91.00	91.00
377	—	573	138.00–166.00	156.97
51	—	773	122.00–146.00	136.75
178	—	676	125.00–158.00	147.05
249	—	476	140.00–179.00	162.02
1	—	1,060	114.00	114.00
179	—	424	145.00–179.00	162.29
305	—	525	139.00–171.00	157.97
3	—	977	119.00–128.00	125.05
216	—	629	130.00–158.50	148.39
20	—	833	118.50–139.00	125.10
85	—	716	124.00–158.00	140.95
10	—	222	157.50–179.00	166.32
151	—	371	145.00–181.00	168.09
18	—	876	106.00–128.00	121.04
63	—	325	152.00–178.00	165.91
6	—	911	107.00–126.00	118.55
37	—	279	152.00–185.00	166.58
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	125.00	125.00
2	—	580	138.00	138.00
1	—	775	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	336	150.00	150.00
5	—	376	150.00	150.00
4	—	693	130.00	130.00
10	—	530	144.00	144.00
14	—	429	150.00	150.00
1	—	590	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	526	116.00–149.00	138.12
25	—	377	127.00–177.00	149.95
23	—	668	100.00–137.00	125.61
30	—	631	122.00–143.00	129.79
2	—	915	86.00–103.00	94.50
30	—	572	116.00–152.00	131.67
32	—	424	127.50–160.00	144.47
15	—	279	135.00–166.00	147.80
15	—	476	125.00–161.00	146.89
2	—	237	142.50	142.50
18	—	331	90.00–159.00	135.62
12	—	729	101.00–135.00	118.60
2	—	863	100.00–103.00	101.50
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
4	—	805	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	172.00	172.00
30	—	480	170.00–182.00	174.20
1	—	925	120.00	120.00
8	—	313	178.00–179.00	178.60
173	—	570	195.30	195.30
61	—	788	164.50	164.50
1	—	200	187.50	187.50
1	—	830	127.00	127.00
4	—	386	168.00–179.00	175.41
28	—	428	164.00–182.00	173.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	420	197.50–210.00	206.04
5	—	280	201.00	201.00
17	—	370	192.00–216.00	200.89
27	—	923	165.40	165.40
3	—	333	191.00–200.00	197.03
25	—	483	188.00–206.00	197.03
61	—	890	173.25	173.25
11	—	810	170.25	170.25
4	—	598	203.00	203.00
1	—	505	191.00	191.00
1	—	215	205.00	205.00
5	—	1,005	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	786	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	720	118.00–150.00	134.67
4	—	229	122.50–165.00	151.28
1	—	940	120.00	120.00
1	—	275	162.50	162.50
4	—	862	131.00	131.00
1	—	1,045	117.00	117.00
6	—	829	113.00–147.00	128.42
19	—	519	113.00–169.00	149.41
10	—	764	115.00–147.00	139.01
5	—	327	95.00–138.00	127.31
11	—	481	125.00–170.00	153.11
7	—	683	121.00–146.00	134.85
13	—	378	111.00–161.00	142.29
8	—	423	142.50–170.00	158.95
19	—	572	141.00–167.00	159.88
15	—	632	131.00–167.50	152.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	427	166.00–195.00	180.50
60	—	767	141.00–173.50	164.38
122	—	471	164.00–192.00	181.86
125	—	574	154.00–189.00	175.55
36	—	868	130.00–160.00	148.44
38	—	326	170.00–205.00	187.97
6	—	238	165.00–183.00	177.60
3	—	277	147.50–175.00	164.42
24	—	929	142.00–164.50	155.75
19	—	959	132.00–158.50	147.68
36	—	380	154.00–189.00	175.76
3	—	1,025	146.00–150.00	148.67
116	—	730	144.00–173.00	161.46
1	—	1,145	130.00	130.00
117	—	815	139.00–175.50	162.58
2	—	1,065	110.00–115.00	112.54
130	—	627	140.00–186.00	167.41
158	—	529	159.00–190.00	178.36
240	—	675	143.00–187.00	172.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	770	160.00–171.00	166.35
490	—	1,022	145.00–158.90	153.85
181	—	928	158.00–165.20	162.11
25	—	427	178.00–189.00	185.73
62	—	530	171.00–203.00	189.65
103	—	620	158.00–197.00	185.10
424	—	863	150.50–176.60	170.77
138	—	571	176.00–201.00	191.96
282	—	821	146.00–179.00	175.30
165	—	974	164.00–173.00	170.11
15	—	475	177.00–200.00	190.20
273	—	724	160.00–185.10	179.64
335	—	676	160.00–190.00	183.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	776	179.75	179.75
16	—	842	166.75	166.75
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	870	148.00–150.00	149.34
4	—	642	154.00	154.00
2	—	592	168.00	168.00
3	—	368	169.00	169.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	751	140.00	140.00
3	—	595	151.00	151.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	129.00	129.00
1	—	445	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	188.50–189.00	188.62
1	—	645	163.00	163.00
2	—	223	200.00–202.50	201.38
1	—	700	160.00	160.00
4	—	507	194.00	194.00
2	—	288	191.00–200.00	195.38
13	—	385	175.00–194.50	191.24
5	—	321	190.00–195.00	191.93
26	—	436	172.00–204.00	183.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	152.00–157.00	153.68
6	—	478	175.00–182.00	179.86
9	—	514	164.00–177.00	170.00
3	—	411	173.00–182.00	179.01
8	—	560	166.00–171.00	168.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	150.00	150.00
3	—	927	91.00–107.00	97.63
21	—	365	122.50–179.00	149.57
29	—	569	110.00–155.00	138.80
5	—	225	146.00–178.00	162.20
2	—	1,020	90.00–106.00	98.12
4	—	836	110.00–113.00	110.74
2	—	285	132.50–152.00	142.59
1	—	1,085	90.00	90.00
37	—	483	130.00–171.00	148.63
15	—	415	147.00–161.00	155.03
12	—	677	122.00–135.00	128.18
8	—	732	110.00–128.00	119.44
23	—	626	116.00–155.00	134.26
32	—	523	110.00–157.00	147.33
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
1	—	855	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	112.00	112.00
1	—	765	110.00	110.00
1	—	735	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	364	140.00–175.00	145.08
4	—	576	137.00	137.00
4	—	756	117.00	117.00
1	—	420	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	131.00	131.00
1	—	605	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	219	155.00–190.00	171.49
41	—	329	150.00–205.00	179.62
19	—	870	110.00–133.00	119.06
243	—	572	137.00–185.00	159.79
1	—	195	176.00	176.00
1	—	1,060	115.00	115.00
89	—	620	130.00–173.00	149.11
167	—	423	155.00–195.00	174.98
1	—	1,005	126.00	126.00
12	—	921	100.00–118.00	112.79
20	—	770	120.00–147.00	131.39
85	—	672	124.00–168.00	145.50
156	—	473	142.00–188.00	169.30
24	—	280	157.00–198.00	170.30
84	—	373	147.00–193.00	176.93
11	—	825	105.00–139.00	121.97
177	—	519	140.00–179.00	162.36
62	—	726	122.00–150.00	137.08
13	—	953	109.00–120.00	109.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	159.00	159.00
7	—	615	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	148.50	148.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	880	112.50	112.50
13	—	572	111.00–129.00	124.39
9	—	512	126.00–131.00	127.53
19	—	688	105.00–121.00	119.25
4	—	329	84.00–125.00	93.62
10	—	359	81.00–135.00	125.87
53	—	1,098	89.00–119.80	119.23
2	—	445	120.00	120.00
5	—	1,207	91.50	91.50
18	—	772	107.00–114.00	112.40
3	—	223	67.50–127.00	93.59
2	—	290	120.00	120.00
12	—	603	85.00–135.50	127.34
6	—	459	108.00–129.50	125.64
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	128.00	128.00
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	287	100.00–121.00	103.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	818	65.00	65.00
1	—	705	98.00	98.00
1	—	300	84.00	84.00
1	—	915	70.00	70.00
1	—	280	55.00	55.00
1	—	1,040	98.00	98.00
1	—	965	70.00	70.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	99.00	99.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,190	1,135.00–1,610.00	1,303.68
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	925	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,124	1,000.00–1,325.00	1,116.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,187	730.00–1,385.00	1,076.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,298	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,125.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,038	1,075.00–1,325.00	1,202.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,246	1,150.00–1,650.00	1,477.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	983	925.00–1,025.00	976.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,283	1,050.00–1,385.00	1,257.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,380	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,290	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,237.66
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	875.00	875.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	900.00	900.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	900.00–1,025.00	972.92
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	790	575.00–875.00	731.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,110.00	1,110.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	100.00	100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	957	750.00–1,025.00	839.12
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,145	650.00–1,000.00	870.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,061	720.00–910.00	867.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,061	810.00–1,125.00	980.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	1,154	875.00–1,360.00	1,089.04
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,056	650.00–990.00	902.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,305	810.00–1,550.00	1,200.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,307	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,100	700.00–885.00	799.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,093	760.00–1,125.00	977.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,168	725.00–1,250.00	938.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,201	710.00–900.00	817.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,098	975.00–1,600.00	1,197.48
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	732	500.00–550.00	535.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	785.00	785.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	870	450.00–475.00	461.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	450.00	450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	928	650.00–750.00	703.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,063	650.00–760.00	702.02
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	450	450.00	450.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	900.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,619	80.00–120.00	109.08
38	—	1,442	69.00–102.50	92.49
86	—	1,781	110.00–137.00	122.46
1	—	990	79.00	79.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
332	—	1,207	61.00–87.50	78.33
213	—	1,246	74.00–115.00	87.86
5	—	1,144	50.00–64.00	58.41
56	—	1,192	58.00–75.00	67.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,487	73.00–110.00	87.20
17	—	1,501	64.50–78.00	74.27
132	—	1,476	69.00–89.50	80.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	876	37.00–61.00	50.46
70	—	955	46.00–68.00	57.89
171	—	1,048	55.50–79.00	68.52
87	—	1,028	68.00–89.50	77.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,227	102.00–125.00	112.05
1	—	1,065	134.00	134.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,293	110.00–127.00	121.52
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,096	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	92.00–115.00	102.62

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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