Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 289 priced lines covering 14,077 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,476 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,531 head. replacement cattle receipts at 733 head. Counted as USDA files them — 73 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,476Last week 17,788Year ago 15,751

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,531Last week 2,430Year ago 1,446

Replacement CattleReceipts 733Last week 554Year ago 764

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower with light to moderate demand for all feeder cattle and good buyer activity. Slaughter cows were mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 lower with light to moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	127.00–127.50	127.23
1	—	390	117.00	117.00
3	—	413	111.00	111.00
3	—	515	102.00–112.00	107.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	720	82.00–150.00	126.36
31	—	277	112.50–186.00	142.27
127	—	472	120.00–156.00	137.49
19	—	326	125.00–160.00	140.23
94	—	374	117.50–161.00	141.68
4	—	977	108.00–118.00	113.59
1	—	930	82.00	82.00
3	—	1,047	99.00	99.00
6	—	865	85.00–122.00	101.75
79	—	424	112.00–156.00	140.35
81	—	525	118.00–158.50	134.37
46	—	672	107.50–141.00	127.02
78	—	622	110.00–145.00	129.37
9	—	772	115.00–138.00	129.01
7	—	824	90.00–120.00	109.47
76	—	575	112.00–154.00	134.74
3	—	240	136.00–160.00	151.82
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	123.00	123.00
3	—	670	130.00–136.00	132.29
1	—	540	139.00	139.00
1	—	480	136.00	136.00
1	—	410	139.00	139.00
1	—	700	129.00	129.00
4	—	587	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	718	110.00–159.00	138.22
2	—	1,002	117.00	117.00
150	—	668	130.00–164.00	145.47
78	—	771	110.00–154.50	139.52
468	—	522	130.00–171.00	149.79
407	—	430	130.00–173.00	155.96
355	—	573	130.00–169.50	149.42
59	—	815	113.00–149.00	135.32
16	—	877	111.00–143.00	123.78
135	—	319	130.00–175.00	155.87
40	—	279	143.00–175.00	159.17
1	—	1,100	109.00	109.00
272	—	374	130.00–177.00	159.66
2	—	1,075	116.00–118.00	117.00
425	—	476	135.00–172.00	155.07
7	—	902	115.00–131.00	122.71
11	—	226	142.50–183.00	156.52
254	—	624	130.00–168.00	148.45
27	—	976	112.00–132.00	116.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	334	160.00	160.00
6	—	390	151.00–174.00	158.19
66	—	722	144.00–161.50	152.76
234	—	570	153.00–177.00	172.67
55	—	432	153.00–162.00	159.68
75	—	481	153.00–164.50	158.96
19	—	969	139.70	139.70
132	—	521	150.00–169.50	159.57
155	—	770	152.00–164.50	156.61
147	—	615	145.00–172.00	159.72
11	—	840	149.50	149.50
246	—	677	149.00–174.00	169.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	197.50	197.50
2	—	330	149.00	149.00
18	—	373	152.00–175.00	165.14
11	—	485	170.00–180.00	176.24
1	—	505	165.00	165.00
11	—	554	168.00	168.00
6	—	437	147.00–158.00	150.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	910	132.00	132.00
2	—	725	133.50	133.50
8	—	877	121.00–136.50	130.76
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	333	200.00–220.00	211.95
4	—	425	181.00–212.50	194.00
28	—	527	161.00–190.00	173.62
21	—	556	168.00–175.00	170.22
11	—	468	174.00–201.00	188.02
14	—	378	175.00–220.00	202.35
1	—	225	202.00	202.00
4	—	665	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	757	144.00–148.00	145.99
4	—	558	155.00–165.00	162.53
10	—	425	174.00–186.00	180.14
7	—	478	173.00–190.00	181.35
21	—	518	160.00–173.50	169.64
6	—	628	149.00–151.00	150.16
7	—	673	148.00–152.00	149.98
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	110.00	110.00
2	—	790	118.00	118.00
4	—	661	131.00–137.00	135.45
3	—	630	137.00	137.00
1	—	500	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	288	126.00–130.00	127.95
3	—	340	102.50–132.00	122.30
1	—	540	108.00	108.00
2	—	592	110.00	110.00
3	—	480	113.00–140.00	125.85
4	—	391	133.00	133.00
1	—	445	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	722	118.00–164.00	136.65
2	—	1,003	105.00–115.00	109.99
40	—	770	115.00–149.00	134.26
134	—	675	126.00–168.00	141.12
265	—	476	148.00–194.00	170.59
2	—	1,080	109.00–114.00	111.51
232	—	569	135.00–187.00	156.63
164	—	631	135.00–180.00	149.64
307	—	523	140.00–183.00	161.37
18	—	864	111.00–141.00	123.05
10	—	928	99.00–133.00	110.53
197	—	429	155.00–199.00	175.42
7	—	966	95.00–129.00	113.57
56	—	323	150.00–203.00	174.54
33	—	283	140.00–190.50	173.46
39	—	821	109.00–147.00	122.55
15	—	226	154.00–200.00	182.05
156	—	371	155.00–205.00	183.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	327	127.50–175.00	155.64
4	—	818	90.00–100.00	97.45
3	—	925	83.00–110.00	96.53
11	—	716	108.00–161.00	124.64
59	—	621	120.00–156.00	132.83
111	—	528	120.00–167.00	144.44
10	—	275	135.00–167.50	154.21
11	—	771	107.50–135.00	124.14
1	—	985	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,100	74.00	74.00
6	—	864	93.00–114.00	102.29
1	—	1,075	88.50	88.50
58	—	474	125.00–167.00	145.14
4	—	228	107.50–150.00	132.75
91	—	574	120.00–160.00	143.56
42	—	369	116.00–189.00	151.83
15	—	672	120.00–156.00	130.63
1	—	1,005	86.00	86.00
59	—	425	110.00–178.00	147.21
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	381	193.00–212.00	206.94
57	—	970	166.00	166.00
12	—	429	190.00–208.00	199.17
1	—	240	202.50	202.50
23	—	474	186.00–202.00	196.39
3	—	332	196.00–220.00	204.19
20	—	518	191.25	191.25
1	—	270	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	279	151.00–185.00	167.03
100	—	522	140.00–168.00	156.11
33	—	681	112.00–164.00	139.83
14	—	328	132.50–176.00	160.41
17	—	373	145.00–180.00	159.93
55	—	575	131.00–170.00	154.12
7	—	777	131.00–149.00	139.06
43	—	621	121.00–166.00	147.30
3	—	892	120.00–148.00	133.01
18	—	721	135.00–155.00	145.70
17	—	432	132.00–179.00	153.81
44	—	468	137.00–179.00	159.99
2	—	235	155.00–170.00	162.18
1	—	930	144.00	144.00
3	—	830	140.00–146.00	142.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	970	161.00–166.00	164.21
59	—	468	191.00–203.00	199.16
409	—	765	160.00–187.95	179.19
51	—	1,046	148.75	148.75
132	—	730	159.00–178.00	172.67
92	—	520	177.50–205.00	190.14
56	—	579	175.00–193.50	184.75
130	—	656	160.00–188.25	182.00
127	—	629	160.00–194.00	176.49
19	—	365	198.00–216.00	212.84
302	—	864	164.00–172.75	169.36
445	—	911	163.50–172.50	168.12
66	—	427	191.00–219.00	212.12
273	—	812	164.75–179.75	171.53
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	126.00	126.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	129.00	129.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	637	190.50	190.50
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	823	139.00–170.90	164.76
159	—	863	136.00–163.60	160.87
4	—	239	185.00–213.00	195.10
220	—	473	162.00–199.50	182.67
285	—	524	160.00–199.00	173.52
150	—	673	142.00–175.00	163.93
161	—	425	165.00–210.00	189.93
38	—	325	162.00–206.00	188.45
75	—	923	130.00–164.75	160.32
102	—	375	160.00–211.00	185.20
5	—	1,104	110.00–125.00	112.99
290	—	573	145.00–188.00	172.42
143	—	722	135.00–173.00	163.98
66	—	766	148.00–173.00	160.01
196	—	626	142.00–179.75	165.86
2	—	1,068	119.00–133.00	125.92
20	—	979	130.00–153.00	140.41
18	—	1,027	135.00–141.00	139.33
19	—	277	182.00–220.00	198.43
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	486	164.00	164.00
1	—	540	161.00	161.00
5	—	416	168.00–187.00	183.08
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	743	119.00	119.00
9	—	825	122.50	122.50
27	—	370	141.50–170.00	158.20
3	—	783	102.00–120.00	113.95
41	—	971	122.30	122.30
1	—	570	114.00	114.00
5	—	544	135.00	135.00
2	—	942	110.00	110.00
1	—	215	100.00	100.00
2	—	665	110.00–125.00	117.33
11	—	437	154.50–168.00	159.22
4	—	453	149.00	149.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	953	134.00	134.00
40	—	747	134.85	134.85
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	181	90.00	90.00
3	—	225	82.50	82.50

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	—	1,248	1,100.00–1,700.00	1,341.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,328	96.00–114.00	105.83
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,086	900.00–1,750.00	1,440.37
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	1,080.00	1,080.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	930	785.00–825.00	802.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,093	760.00–810.00	783.80
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,020	950.00–1,700.00	1,529.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,291	925.00–1,470.00	1,281.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,359	1,025.00–1,650.00	1,375.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,662	1,510.00	1,510.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,128	1,200.00–1,425.00	1,285.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,346	1,350.00–1,660.00	1,531.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	993	910.00–1,375.00	1,024.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,200	1,495.00	1,495.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,099	750.00–925.00	847.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,286	1,050.00–1,650.00	1,519.72
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	715	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	942	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,163	900.00–1,130.00	1,030.40
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	900	1,070.00	1,070.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	962	770.00–1,100.00	960.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,137	1,500.00	1,500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	903	86.00–92.00	89.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	925	725.00–925.00	817.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	995	625.00–650.00	638.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	949	82.00–87.00	84.39
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	—	1,013	610.00–1,180.00	986.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,114	900.00–1,300.00	1,137.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,145	700.00–985.00	853.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,190	700.00–1,330.00	1,043.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,189	860.00–1,030.00	988.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	1,172	810.00–1,375.00	1,099.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,249	850.00–1,410.00	1,179.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,334	950.00–1,600.00	1,344.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,226	900.00–1,450.00	1,179.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	795.00	795.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,057	775.00–1,200.00	1,009.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,440	94.00	94.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,183	550.00–1,310.00	1,134.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,231	800.00–1,085.00	1,006.07
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,002	750.00–875.00	820.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	970	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	690.00	690.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	590.00	590.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	863	570.00–650.00	610.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	888	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	948	625.00–650.00	638.65
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	845	710.00	710.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,801	108.00–135.00	121.91
118	—	1,708	90.50–124.00	108.88
51	—	1,455	74.00–106.00	93.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
429	—	1,216	66.50–89.00	79.68
110	—	1,274	78.00–105.00	89.68
68	—	1,185	54.50–79.50	71.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,063	51.50–81.00	69.18
73	—	1,018	70.00–84.00	76.65
25	—	926	30.00–63.00	53.80
83	—	1,026	42.00–72.50	60.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,469	65.00–89.00	81.20
27	—	1,399	61.00–79.50	73.90
61	—	1,494	84.00–103.00	89.84
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	105.00	105.00
2	—	1,180	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	126.00	126.00
7	—	1,113	99.00–109.00	102.21
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	118.00	118.00

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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