Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 286 priced lines covering 13,640 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,207 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,550 head. replacement cattle receipts at 675 head. Counted as USDA files them — 107 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,207Last week 14,402Year ago 11,119

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,550Last week 2,289Year ago 1,465

Replacement CattleReceipts 675Last week 561Year ago 497

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher with a few exceptions to sharply higher. Demand was good to very good. Yearling steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were mixed with prices from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	138.00	138.00
1	—	610	148.00	148.00
8	—	520	122.00–151.00	132.52
5	—	400	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	777	113.00–163.00	138.36
33	—	817	119.00–149.00	138.31
318	—	572	149.00–175.00	162.58
289	—	427	144.00–198.00	171.52
235	—	374	160.00–199.00	175.82
1	—	1,055	122.00	122.00
115	—	722	121.00–160.00	142.58
2	—	173	160.00–180.00	170.72
222	—	625	139.00–167.50	156.66
42	—	283	141.00–194.00	179.58
1	—	1,140	95.00	95.00
4	—	1,031	118.00–123.00	121.79
16	—	981	122.50	122.50
3	—	1,288	110.00	110.00
139	—	669	131.00–165.00	154.51
36	—	859	121.00–148.00	141.41
105	—	326	150.00–215.00	177.82
4	—	918	128.00–140.00	132.68
337	—	525	143.00–179.00	166.05
332	—	472	152.00–186.00	171.67
37	—	216	152.50–202.00	186.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	425	170.00–188.00	178.89
369	—	730	145.00–176.50	166.93
206	—	671	148.00–177.50	168.48
211	—	522	156.00–184.00	177.17
9	—	274	170.00–188.00	180.19
28	—	381	174.00–184.00	177.71
23	—	332	170.00–184.00	174.73
1	—	230	177.50	177.50
249	—	573	157.00–186.00	172.51
22	—	820	145.00–154.25	153.01
118	—	622	144.00–178.00	165.71
57	—	467	165.00–182.00	172.94
123	—	765	149.00–160.75	157.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	665	173.50–174.00	173.90
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	145.00	145.00
1	—	520	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	257	132.50	132.50
1	—	305	120.00	120.00
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	277	140.00–170.00	155.46
47	—	671	110.00–146.00	133.44
1	—	855	100.00	100.00
30	—	422	130.00–165.00	149.67
5	—	925	93.00–129.00	102.45
54	—	525	120.00–170.00	147.97
7	—	721	110.00–130.00	121.30
48	—	620	115.00–153.00	137.19
39	—	569	130.00–159.00	147.70
51	—	465	134.00–174.00	152.04
4	—	221	145.00–175.00	162.89
6	—	779	101.00–132.00	119.29
20	—	320	140.00–186.00	156.61
32	—	377	140.00–175.00	156.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	396	190.00–195.00	190.32
28	—	427	182.00–183.00	182.58
2	—	267	202.50	202.50
39	—	471	178.00–185.00	181.46
220	—	726	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	138.00	138.00
2	—	815	136.00–145.00	140.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	859	181.00	181.00
1	—	610	191.00	191.00
18	—	541	197.50–206.00	199.82
5	—	368	202.00–230.00	221.54
15	—	415	200.00–213.50	210.79
7	—	806	180.00	180.00
19	—	475	200.00–220.00	206.71
7	—	331	226.00–233.00	229.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	571	140.00–178.00	166.94
9	—	721	130.00–158.00	145.11
20	—	474	167.50–186.00	177.82
8	—	771	110.00–156.00	137.37
1	—	810	127.00	127.00
1	—	220	170.00	170.00
8	—	328	160.00–193.00	171.84
31	—	526	145.00–187.00	165.63
26	—	622	140.00–175.00	158.61
5	—	273	160.00–189.00	176.76
15	—	430	130.00–188.00	171.08
9	—	370	140.00–182.50	168.04
3	—	873	108.00–141.00	119.44
32	—	691	125.00–170.00	162.99
1	—	980	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	211	205.00–227.50	211.91
181	—	913	140.00–174.80	171.48
9	—	327	220.00–255.00	249.09
207	—	730	163.00–187.25	179.10
192	—	829	168.00–183.50	179.53
1	—	1,130	120.00	120.00
280	—	624	164.00–211.00	197.07
118	—	525	191.50–218.00	206.00
273	—	1,014	166.10–175.00	170.35
14	—	383	210.00–245.00	231.74
204	—	564	180.00–215.00	200.80
53	—	476	192.00–235.00	213.38
206	—	760	162.00–192.50	185.60
338	—	876	168.00–176.00	173.27
112	—	988	165.90–170.00	168.02
1	—	295	212.50	212.50
87	—	1,054	130.00–169.70	162.73
237	—	676	167.00–202.00	189.34
26	—	418	206.00–218.00	212.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	883	181.85	181.85
33	—	819	178.00	178.00
170	—	939	175.80–178.95	177.87
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	161.00	161.00
1	—	490	171.00	171.00
1	—	445	172.00	172.00
2	—	620	141.00–152.00	146.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	138.00	138.00
266	—	676	141.00–190.00	178.08
24	—	912	133.00–169.00	158.19
46	—	989	120.00–163.00	160.98
113	—	725	151.00–177.00	166.69
215	—	525	162.00–205.00	187.96
156	—	474	164.00–224.00	195.47
106	—	778	153.00–173.00	166.78
4	—	1,018	130.00–140.00	133.00
118	—	425	180.00–225.00	202.22
25	—	280	170.00–222.50	203.66
33	—	861	144.00–169.00	160.16
42	—	335	184.00–218.00	209.44
5	—	1,194	124.00	124.00
3	—	226	200.00–202.00	201.40
95	—	817	142.00–176.00	163.42
148	—	572	161.00–201.00	188.38
167	—	629	159.00–195.00	180.72
3	—	1,071	120.50	120.50
33	—	372	185.00–220.00	206.67
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	129.00	129.00
2	—	255	130.00	130.00
1	—	400	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	569	176.00–190.00	184.95
31	—	429	184.50–237.50	203.00
22	—	631	180.00–186.00	182.67
6	—	340	198.00–218.00	203.92
21	—	378	184.00–209.00	191.71
28	—	466	184.00–215.00	201.27
20	—	523	181.00–201.00	193.47
5	—	270	215.00–222.00	219.50
1	—	655	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	460	207.00–208.00	207.38
18	—	681	155.00–174.00	159.39
9	—	375	209.00–220.00	215.14
6	—	530	176.00–190.00	184.20
15	—	618	157.00–169.00	165.82
15	—	429	197.00–218.00	211.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	378	167.00–213.00	193.07
1	—	1,100	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,190	117.50	117.50
1	—	1,295	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,083	104.00–110.00	106.98
242	—	520	151.00–200.00	178.75
37	—	773	125.00–153.00	140.11
14	—	230	182.50–222.50	195.53
15	—	958	109.00–115.00	113.76
94	—	727	115.00–163.00	144.91
245	—	426	160.00–220.00	191.80
186	—	473	167.00–212.00	187.07
139	—	620	134.00–188.00	165.96
16	—	878	110.00–135.00	127.47
72	—	668	131.00–170.00	156.88
3	—	190	206.00	206.00
101	—	323	173.00–232.50	201.62
246	—	568	154.00–195.00	174.82
2	—	920	110.00–118.00	114.00
51	—	819	110.00–155.00	129.97
44	—	271	170.00–217.50	194.53
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	308	130.00	130.00
2	—	455	137.00–140.00	138.50
2	—	573	102.50–129.00	116.04
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	719	117.00–138.00	127.37
53	—	469	142.00–191.00	163.09
6	—	214	142.50–169.00	158.01
6	—	773	118.00–131.00	125.17
39	—	520	130.00–179.00	156.38
40	—	429	147.00–181.00	163.67
42	—	573	130.00–177.00	156.16
2	—	885	113.00–114.00	113.50
8	—	821	100.00–118.00	109.73
19	—	630	113.00–156.00	139.64
2	—	973	92.00–93.00	92.51
17	—	370	150.00–187.50	172.35
6	—	324	141.00–187.50	161.11
18	—	667	120.00–151.00	138.16
8	—	283	147.50–182.50	169.93
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	421	159.00	159.00
1	—	580	170.00	170.00
1	—	505	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	144.00	144.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	823	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	416	105.00–156.00	148.06
5	—	529	110.00–153.00	144.14
22	—	464	114.00–168.25	149.29
1	—	1,205	105.00	105.00
28	—	625	110.00–173.00	146.75
1	—	790	99.00	99.00
23	—	583	142.50–147.50	144.13
5	—	657	134.50	134.50

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	30	—	1,147	550.00–1,325.00	1,087.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,272	1,360.00–1,525.00	1,480.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,062	750.00–925.00	842.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,216	835.00–1,410.00	1,094.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,297	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	78	—	1,371	810.00–1,600.00	1,315.96
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,450	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,020	700.00–925.00	824.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,182	775.00–1,450.00	1,059.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,136	900.00–1,500.00	1,149.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	—	1,203	570.00–1,350.00	1,100.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,200	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,021	725.00–1,225.00	993.49
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,340	975.00–1,125.00	1,048.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,111	800.00–1,270.00	988.18
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	750.00–825.00	789.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	997	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	979	700.00–910.00	792.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	872	710.00	710.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	685.00	685.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	905	640.00	640.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	810	920.00	920.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	785	870.00	870.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	865	730.00–950.00	854.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,066	730.00–1,500.00	1,185.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	830	800.00–870.00	835.21
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	870	730.00–990.00	873.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	870.00	870.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,150	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	952	675.00–750.00	716.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,115	650.00–875.00	780.66
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,320	875.00–1,375.00	1,148.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,412	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,199	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,207.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,193	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,050.31
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,325	1,840.00	1,840.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	—	1,281	885.00–1,885.00	1,518.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,125	810.00–1,100.00	1,024.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,510	1,950.00	1,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,570	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,400	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,673.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,531	1,450.00–1,925.00	1,770.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	1,080.00	1,080.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,166	990.00–1,360.00	1,143.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,153	875.00–1,360.00	1,168.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,180	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,493.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,130	1,175.00–1,500.00	1,365.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,150	1,675.00	1,675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,181	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	880.00	880.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,106	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,227.23
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,095	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,126.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,260	1,275.00	1,275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,629	83.50–130.00	114.60
112	—	1,777	115.00–142.50	126.06
51	—	1,478	86.00–114.00	99.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,413	65.00–83.00	77.21
144	—	1,503	88.00–111.00	99.07
149	—	1,487	69.00–98.00	90.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	982	48.00–82.00	66.53
88	—	1,024	72.50–110.00	84.71
170	—	1,041	61.00–90.00	74.28
13	—	903	40.00–65.00	50.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
388	—	1,241	70.00–98.00	87.35
266	—	1,269	78.00–116.00	98.13
69	—	1,176	56.00–83.00	74.26
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	98.00	98.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	90.00	90.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	133.00	133.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	90.00	90.00

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.

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

More

Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

The state in one line