Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 299 priced lines covering 15,730 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,331 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,387 head. replacement cattle receipts at 614 head. Counted as USDA files them — 106 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,331Last week 16,860Year ago 15,574

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,387Last week 2,727Year ago 2,094

Replacement CattleReceipts 614Last week 708Year ago 965

Compared to last week, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls were mostly unevenly steady, ranging from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher with some instances sharply higher. Yearlings sold mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good for all feeder and yearling classes with buyers showing best demand for weaned and pre-conditioned packages. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower with moderate to good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	667	115.00–147.00	131.12
181	—	474	140.00–187.50	159.77
2	—	918	110.00–120.00	114.99
2	—	1,097	100.00	100.00
288	—	522	130.00–172.00	150.42
212	—	430	145.00–190.00	164.12
254	—	577	123.00–170.00	142.81
127	—	717	109.00–146.00	127.00
48	—	770	103.00–146.00	121.13
11	—	865	101.00–126.00	111.90
174	—	623	118.00–154.00	135.42
4	—	233	150.00–162.50	155.67
43	—	285	145.00–182.50	169.52
12	—	964	86.00–117.00	104.56
57	—	326	142.50–187.50	167.03
5	—	1,029	99.00–112.00	102.96
143	—	373	140.00–195.00	167.16
30	—	815	96.00–155.00	125.59
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	105.00–120.00	113.51
3	—	567	109.00–116.00	113.01
1	—	695	84.00	84.00
2	—	428	110.00–124.00	116.71
9	—	363	97.50–133.00	119.39
1	—	235	131.00	131.00
2	—	300	112.00–121.00	116.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	824	90.00–119.00	109.19
88	—	475	113.00–159.00	133.50
23	—	720	100.00–130.00	114.11
2	—	1,008	85.00	85.00
42	—	426	120.00–158.00	138.70
52	—	374	115.00–164.00	139.29
12	—	274	122.50–155.00	135.13
17	—	321	106.00–162.00	140.18
80	—	565	106.00–145.00	128.26
1	—	890	92.00	92.00
71	—	524	102.00–155.00	129.73
4	—	224	120.00–142.50	136.49
31	—	669	102.50–134.00	114.71
4	—	926	73.00–102.00	93.01
27	—	774	90.00–123.00	110.95
3	—	957	88.00–94.00	92.00
61	—	615	100.00–145.00	122.42
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	134.00	134.00
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
1	—	585	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	111.00	111.00
2	—	758	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	650	147.00	147.00
9	—	535	172.00–175.00	172.67
33	—	425	167.50–197.50	172.12
10	—	376	162.50–202.50	179.36
13	—	340	175.00–183.00	180.90
21	—	482	155.00–195.00	170.78
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	106.00	106.00
1	—	805	98.00	98.00
3	—	551	139.00	139.00
19	—	535	122.00–135.00	131.05
3	—	451	130.00	130.00
1	—	330	146.00	146.00
5	—	627	117.00–129.00	123.10
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
1	—	515	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	160.00–169.00	163.87
3	—	563	154.00	154.00
1	—	300	160.00	160.00
6	—	666	142.00–143.50	142.98
12	—	472	157.00–171.00	162.06
4	—	622	136.00–139.00	138.26
8	—	515	156.00–173.00	163.72
4	—	391	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	390	160.00–163.00	162.24
18	—	492	152.00	152.00
5	—	301	183.00	183.00
15	—	440	157.00–161.00	160.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	626	140.00–172.00	161.37
350	—	777	138.00–166.00	162.28
470	—	720	138.00–167.95	160.79
139	—	519	140.00–165.50	150.91
56	—	880	147.00	147.00
68	—	480	141.00–164.00	150.80
9	—	377	145.00–157.00	150.49
551	—	664	140.00–170.75	166.29
5	—	344	148.00–157.50	152.68
15	—	801	134.00–137.00	136.00
158	—	574	140.00–170.00	155.58
25	—	430	140.00–159.00	150.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	833	81.00–145.25	137.17
3	—	918	70.00–87.00	81.32
6	—	861	91.00–123.00	108.76
61	—	478	108.00–143.00	129.35
57	—	422	107.00–148.00	128.43
12	—	272	120.00–155.00	137.71
24	—	728	70.00–128.00	111.34
48	—	621	90.00–130.00	117.46
42	—	570	102.00–162.00	121.94
42	—	668	98.00–136.00	121.76
61	—	528	102.00–137.00	123.33
23	—	326	110.00–141.00	124.49
55	—	370	110.00–149.00	129.54
2	—	225	110.00–142.00	126.00
12	—	771	76.00–125.00	105.93
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	690	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	983	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	110.00	110.00
1	—	435	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,073	95.00–114.00	109.81
401	—	570	124.00–159.50	141.69
29	—	819	86.00–142.00	126.48
321	—	621	120.00–155.50	137.90
237	—	378	128.00–168.00	150.43
7	—	1,116	108.00	108.00
25	—	924	102.00–127.00	119.65
6	—	979	94.00–128.00	101.60
16	—	864	104.00–137.00	124.43
88	—	331	122.50–162.50	148.55
272	—	428	130.00–168.00	144.88
24	—	231	132.50–167.50	145.03
355	—	472	127.00–163.00	143.10
97	—	778	111.00–145.00	134.29
189	—	675	120.00–154.00	136.20
46	—	274	128.00–170.00	148.02
140	—	718	116.00–147.00	133.46
471	—	521	122.00–160.50	140.97
6	—	1,023	102.00–113.00	108.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	129.00	129.00
3	—	612	101.00–120.00	107.26
1	—	940	97.00	97.00
2	—	680	122.00	122.00
1	—	710	117.00	117.00
4	—	385	124.00–132.00	129.69
2	—	768	103.00–116.00	109.48
1	—	285	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	111.00–120.00	115.62
1	—	240	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	377	202.50–207.50	204.25
3	—	268	212.50	212.50
120	—	862	168.75–169.25	168.99
28	—	431	180.00–204.00	195.28
6	—	846	155.50	155.50
3	—	465	175.00	175.00
5	—	304	202.50–207.50	203.55
186	—	928	162.50–165.00	164.61
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	141.00	141.00
7	—	628	141.00	141.00
3	—	528	161.00	161.00
2	—	658	132.00–141.00	136.45
1	—	860	146.00	146.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	120.00–122.50	121.16
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	818	116.00–145.00	134.84
19	—	425	130.00–168.00	151.18
32	—	527	130.00–162.00	148.62
1	—	335	155.00	155.00
2	—	910	115.00–125.00	119.95
9	—	718	129.00–140.00	134.07
1	—	205	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,075	117.00–126.00	119.28
36	—	670	121.00–148.00	138.08
4	—	280	133.00–155.00	146.65
27	—	569	120.00–156.00	139.44
21	—	876	110.00–139.00	122.42
41	—	628	117.50–148.00	135.85
20	—	376	120.00–180.00	151.30
31	—	483	120.00–162.00	145.45
9	—	769	118.00–125.00	120.79
2	—	972	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	536	146.00	146.00
2	—	707	139.00	139.00
5	—	863	150.00	150.00
2	—	785	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	276	162.50–207.00	178.61
69	—	824	128.00–168.00	156.27
277	—	570	140.00–183.50	163.07
13	—	1,017	120.00–146.00	138.32
7	—	1,060	119.00–152.00	126.57
212	—	866	130.00–164.00	157.18
136	—	726	133.00–163.00	150.67
152	—	777	137.00–169.00	155.57
38	—	329	155.00–205.00	187.92
79	—	422	150.00–195.00	174.95
198	—	675	132.50–172.00	157.85
204	—	471	130.00–192.00	175.10
158	—	915	120.00–156.50	150.78
20	—	979	126.00–154.00	140.47
196	—	625	130.00–179.00	155.70
195	—	523	135.00–185.00	166.75
88	—	380	156.00–204.00	180.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
469	—	823	151.70–173.75	165.44
454	—	880	144.00–170.10	166.81
69	—	526	159.00–192.00	179.83
190	—	710	150.00–181.85	178.46
78	—	576	159.00–189.00	171.60
49	—	474	165.00–196.00	185.13
4	—	320	190.00	190.00
116	—	663	152.00–174.00	168.83
145	—	615	150.00–183.50	173.60
72	—	1,025	146.50–160.00	156.71
285	—	923	150.00–165.50	161.50
11	—	379	192.00–196.00	192.74
20	—	419	165.00–200.00	176.49
730	—	778	153.00–177.50	169.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	795	174.75	174.75
5	—	811	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	141.00	141.00
2	—	490	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	127.50	127.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,165	116.00	116.00
70	—	324	176.25–176.50	176.34
10	—	617	111.00–116.00	113.49
15	—	569	119.00–140.00	132.12
1	—	1,145	96.00	96.00
3	—	708	107.00	107.00
2	—	275	122.50	122.50
1	—	240	102.50	102.50
3	—	383	151.00	151.00
13	—	531	116.00–135.00	118.84

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	3	—	1,060	925.00–1,085.00	1,025.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,113	935.00–1,000.00	966.99
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,395	1,050.00–1,650.00	1,308.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,381	1,025.00–1,325.00	1,210.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,469	1,050.00–1,660.00	1,407.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,540	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,750	1,600.00	1,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,388	600.00–1,110.00	1,003.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,291	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,211.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,351	925.00–1,525.00	1,312.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,230	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,267	900.00–1,500.00	1,182.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,462	1,150.00–1,550.00	1,307.05
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	725.00	725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,032	710.00–900.00	819.97
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	813	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	982	675.00–750.00	704.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	932	600.00–760.00	667.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	988	750.00–785.00	762.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,061	530.00–760.00	660.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,148	550.00–1,035.00	743.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,144	800.00–1,150.00	934.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,122	825.00–1,275.00	1,016.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,224	850.00–1,350.00	1,007.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,145	550.00–1,010.00	785.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,057	750.00–860.00	823.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	1,106	560.00–1,275.00	960.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	48	—	1,169	650.00–1,175.00	904.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,224	650.00–1,225.00	956.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,243	600.00–1,075.00	889.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,409	935.00–1,020.00	1,000.84
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	897	525.00–735.00	662.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	965	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	730.00	730.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	960	885.00–975.00	926.47
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	823	775.00–960.00	879.03
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	909	710.00–1,150.00	912.63
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	845	600.00–725.00	686.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	850	875.00–1,025.00	907.03
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	690	750.00	750.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	675.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	835	525.00	525.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	485.00	485.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	885	890.00	890.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	880.00	880.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	735	525.00	525.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	877	85.00–89.00	86.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	878	725.00–760.00	742.15
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	888	74.00–94.00	79.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	958	75.00–81.00	77.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,029	34.00–65.00	55.83
59	—	1,029	31.00–58.00	48.12
162	—	1,051	50.00–74.00	62.88
43	—	1,040	62.50–84.00	72.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	76.00	76.00
130	—	1,553	68.00–91.50	75.37
72	—	1,453	54.00–73.00	64.35
260	—	1,492	59.00–79.00	69.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,223	47.50–73.00	61.76
114	—	1,280	68.00–95.00	78.98
17	—	1,186	42.00–59.00	53.21
462	—	1,243	58.00–83.00	69.07
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	68.00–79.00	73.45
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	100.50–106.00	103.06
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	80.00	80.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	130.00	130.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,204	93.00–127.00	113.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,733	86.00–117.50	100.04
68	—	1,444	72.50–107.00	87.35
67	—	1,829	100.00–123.00	108.97

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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