Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 281 priced lines covering 16,769 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,986 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,512 head. replacement cattle receipts at 480 head. Counted as USDA files them — 119 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,986Last week 12,772Year ago 14,235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,512Last week 1,879Year ago 1,996

Replacement CattleReceipts 480Last week 390Year ago 704

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instances sharply higher throughout the week. Yearlings were steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for all steers and heifers with buyers showing best interest for long-weaned and pre-conditioned packages. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher with good to very good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	510	173.00–187.00	179.47
5	—	316	190.00–200.00	193.92
1	—	195	202.50	202.50
21	—	377	204.00–222.00	211.23
23	—	424	189.00–210.00	202.68
6	—	609	169.00–174.00	172.51
4	—	276	190.00–194.00	193.06
3	—	455	201.00–208.00	205.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	376	127.50–172.50	156.12
25	—	573	120.00–159.00	137.49
2	—	813	90.00–128.00	109.29
1	—	915	120.00	120.00
12	—	333	145.00–174.00	155.72
15	—	625	131.00–145.00	138.08
11	—	878	95.00–117.00	106.62
1	—	245	149.00	149.00
55	—	523	124.00–165.00	148.40
11	—	288	150.00–170.00	168.17
56	—	479	115.00–176.00	149.20
4	—	776	105.00–125.00	112.45
9	—	686	114.00–142.00	132.73
27	—	422	143.00–164.00	154.11
4	—	718	102.00–136.00	115.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	728	138.00–154.00	147.22
2	—	272	190.00	190.00
24	—	465	176.00–185.00	182.20
12	—	666	150.00–167.00	159.24
12	—	562	167.00–175.00	172.91
18	—	423	179.00–188.00	183.67
22	—	522	165.00–177.00	174.46
2	—	612	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	127.50–130.00	128.33
1	—	645	114.00	114.00
1	—	445	132.50	132.50
1	—	570	128.00	128.00
1	—	660	120.00	120.00
3	—	515	110.00–130.00	123.53
2	—	328	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	625	130.00–174.00	158.53
40	—	774	127.00–169.00	143.45
109	—	671	130.00–172.00	155.56
13	—	858	110.50–140.00	120.27
5	—	959	114.00–128.00	119.19
195	—	572	136.00–183.00	166.15
9	—	224	165.00–195.00	175.26
50	—	319	165.00–202.50	182.30
2	—	183	185.00	185.00
110	—	370	158.00–207.00	185.07
3	—	1,033	90.00–131.00	103.49
27	—	813	99.00–149.00	124.12
29	—	286	170.00–200.00	183.24
1	—	1,180	101.00	101.00
104	—	721	122.00–165.50	145.11
198	—	519	147.00–186.00	168.64
209	—	471	95.00–201.00	175.25
9	—	917	109.00–140.00	120.69
185	—	423	157.50–202.00	179.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	141.00	141.00
8	—	627	165.00–171.00	166.45
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	101.00	101.00
2	—	487	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	97.50	97.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	773	170.00	170.00
69	—	741	177.95	177.95
178	—	633	163.00–180.25	176.35
47	—	686	162.00–168.50	165.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	863	141.00–143.75	143.17
20	—	755	144.00–152.00	147.57
213	—	522	157.00–183.50	175.30
22	—	329	161.00–200.00	179.62
2	—	825	132.00	132.00
28	—	927	142.50	142.50
345	—	611	144.50–181.50	175.82
243	—	724	150.00–167.00	160.20
313	—	568	155.00–189.50	177.61
49	—	419	154.00–184.00	172.09
42	—	475	157.00–179.00	169.34
20	—	370	165.00–202.00	175.13
394	—	677	151.00–180.00	171.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	280	153.00–195.00	165.83
291	—	758	121.00–159.25	150.13
1	—	1,085	115.00	115.00
422	—	567	139.00–187.50	163.59
56	—	326	152.50–181.00	167.86
297	—	426	141.00–190.00	171.86
457	—	530	142.00–177.50	165.81
183	—	374	140.00–190.00	169.07
613	—	665	126.00–169.50	160.54
620	—	620	124.00–174.00	162.37
19	—	936	110.00–142.00	118.56
86	—	719	124.00–157.00	143.66
17	—	878	120.00–136.00	130.40
3	—	1,183	132.00	132.00
330	—	474	135.00–187.00	172.23
5	—	970	125.50–134.00	127.47
2	—	1,030	95.00–116.00	105.35
60	—	832	115.00–143.00	135.50
17	—	232	145.00–190.00	175.27
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	136.00	136.00
1	—	630	135.00	135.00
1	—	715	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	828	111.00–127.00	117.60
32	—	373	128.00–168.00	150.05
10	—	278	140.00–160.00	152.81
55	—	430	110.00–170.00	149.32
16	—	329	131.00–165.00	148.31
10	—	768	90.00–133.00	117.18
56	—	574	109.00–161.00	143.52
50	—	523	115.00–156.00	142.39
34	—	673	113.00–149.00	130.82
9	—	882	100.00–130.00	117.95
36	—	473	111.00–164.00	142.20
2	—	925	95.00–105.00	100.03
36	—	714	108.00–146.00	132.11
43	—	625	110.00–150.50	134.52
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	127.50	127.50
1	—	500	127.00	127.00
1	—	585	125.00	125.00
2	—	323	100.00–129.00	115.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	126.00	126.00
16	—	827	134.00–138.50	137.66
2	—	1,000	127.00	127.00
4	—	1,203	93.50	93.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	620	132.00	132.00
3	—	455	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	650	189.80	189.80
20	—	371	175.00–190.00	184.51
2	—	262	190.00	190.00
25	—	463	178.00–225.00	184.43
1	—	210	195.00	195.00
5	—	329	170.00–200.00	175.94
43	—	433	170.00–189.00	178.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	212.50	212.50
134	—	766	197.00	197.00
88	—	829	176.75–179.00	177.50
110	—	924	170.00–176.75	173.34
2	—	188	210.00–220.00	214.93
21	—	420	200.00–223.00	206.08
13	—	373	200.00–225.00	210.76
118	—	873	178.75–179.75	179.25
15	—	478	183.00–201.00	194.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	100.00	100.00
13	—	373	153.00–176.00	164.95
1	—	290	166.00	166.00
24	—	772	126.00–156.50	150.98
5	—	863	120.00	120.00
24	—	573	125.00–179.00	154.96
2	—	215	164.00–171.00	167.74
117	—	739	130.00–165.00	161.49
4	—	423	130.00–182.00	151.63
42	—	623	130.00–176.00	162.03
18	—	473	125.00–185.00	160.91
2	—	900	111.00	111.00
31	—	668	125.00–166.00	151.71
35	—	516	155.00–180.00	169.98
1	—	845	105.00	105.00
6	—	317	145.00–180.00	165.49
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	767	156.00–190.30	181.25
109	—	573	179.50–204.00	192.36
150	—	676	158.00–195.00	184.62
1	—	290	196.00	196.00
5	—	316	207.00–214.00	209.15
390	—	824	162.00–180.00	176.47
53	—	1,059	157.90	157.90
16	—	435	178.00–211.00	192.66
38	—	466	183.00–202.00	193.97
275	—	724	156.00–188.00	181.43
348	—	879	156.50–180.00	173.83
155	—	1,029	155.80–162.00	157.90
116	—	618	161.00–199.00	188.08
264	—	528	179.00–205.00	197.85
106	—	984	147.85–166.00	157.60
358	—	927	163.75–173.60	170.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	727	183.75	183.75
282	—	769	180.50–194.00	187.99
19	—	672	180.50–190.00	187.53
128	—	607	179.75–194.25	190.71
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	126.00	126.00
1	—	715	125.00	125.00
1	—	385	102.50	102.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
231	—	525	161.00–204.00	183.98
591	—	763	152.00–178.00	171.95
141	—	878	134.00–164.00	160.56
280	—	723	140.00–178.00	165.32
271	—	836	135.00–171.00	161.55
166	—	477	167.00–215.00	189.42
43	—	923	138.00–151.00	146.27
2	—	1,067	120.00	120.00
5	—	228	174.00–210.00	187.47
13	—	984	133.00–145.00	137.91
4	—	275	177.00–210.00	186.60
223	—	627	144.00–195.00	178.73
112	—	426	164.00–213.00	191.30
24	—	1,028	135.00–149.00	139.22
68	—	372	177.50–220.00	192.67
161	—	576	160.00–198.00	182.82
25	—	324	171.00–222.00	199.60
868	—	661	148.00–186.00	177.49
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	156.00	156.00
1	—	910	155.00	155.00
1	—	955	142.00	142.00
1	—	645	145.00	145.00
8	—	701	149.00	149.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	355	106.00	106.00
27	—	503	152.25	152.25
27	—	708	131.25	131.25
1	—	410	110.00	110.00
21	—	464	110.00–141.00	135.42
7	—	582	136.50	136.50
2	—	910	73.00–94.00	83.38
1	—	1,125	91.00	91.00

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
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	975	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,218	1,240.00–1,250.00	1,244.66
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,123	1,000.00–1,160.00	1,086.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	790	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,248	1,170.00–1,310.00	1,220.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	844	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,351	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,253.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	51	—	1,296	800.00–1,850.00	1,523.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,068	825.00–1,000.00	921.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,021	975.00–1,325.00	1,117.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,408	1,175.00–1,625.00	1,494.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,163	800.00–1,350.00	1,138.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,113	950.00–1,175.00	1,065.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,097	1,000.00–1,800.00	1,356.87
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,225	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,133.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	830	84.00–91.00	86.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	912	600.00–875.00	747.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	745.00	745.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	94.00	94.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	937	92.50–114.00	102.95
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,071	850.00–1,585.00	1,142.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,132	735.00–1,335.00	993.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,234	850.00–1,225.00	1,049.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,051	750.00–1,425.00	1,025.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	49	—	1,219	780.00–1,450.00	1,193.61
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	860.00	860.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,025	680.00–885.00	801.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,151	750.00–935.00	800.80
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	1,150	790.00–1,650.00	1,119.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	941	700.00–925.00	828.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,034	735.00–985.00	886.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	993	580.00–885.00	751.58
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	630.00	630.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,085	800.00–850.00	826.81
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	710.00	710.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	983	1,085.00–1,200.00	1,138.55
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	752	760.00–1,000.00	936.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	890.00	890.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,125.00	1,125.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	1,225.00	1,225.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	935	900.00–1,175.00	1,023.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,653	94.00–129.00	113.62
43	—	1,483	72.00–112.50	99.66
85	—	1,793	109.00–135.00	124.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	1,186	68.00–103.00	84.82
43	—	1,196	58.00–89.50	76.93
211	—	1,262	79.00–114.00	92.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	911	31.00–64.00	51.86
132	—	1,004	60.00–82.50	72.89
82	—	1,023	69.50–91.00	80.99
53	—	944	49.00–72.50	61.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,501	78.00–89.00	85.15
87	—	1,409	66.00–99.50	85.21
75	—	1,481	80.00–107.00	91.70
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	90.00–112.00	101.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,117	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,333	114.00–129.00	122.02
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,190	98.00–110.00	104.66
6	—	1,334	143.00	143.00

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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