Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 295 priced lines covering 20,143 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 21,504 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,301 head. replacement cattle receipts at 582 head. Counted as USDA files them — 47 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21,504Last week 17,657Year ago 22,871

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,301Last week 2,957Year ago 3,794

Replacement CattleReceipts 582Last week 563Year ago 979

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	2	—	1,055	900.00–1,225.00	1,086.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,373	975.00–1,660.00	1,253.48
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,381	875.00–1,400.00	1,260.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,098	825.00–985.00	902.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	921	1,075.00–1,200.00	1,177.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,250	950.00–1,300.00	1,150.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,271	775.00–1,250.00	1,053.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	835.00–950.00	893.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	1,300.00	1,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,265	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,093	680.00–740.00	710.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	1,060.00–1,400.00	1,205.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,107	800.00–1,000.00	888.55
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	400.00	400.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	64.00	64.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,025	700.00	700.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	817	90.00–119.00	113.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	90.00	90.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	745	500.00–525.00	512.42
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	859	590.00–925.00	839.76
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	797	925.00	925.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	799	600.00–810.00	678.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	625.00	625.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	915	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	765	400.00	400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	875	400.00–575.00	524.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,239	675.00–1,375.00	1,012.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,215	500.00–850.00	744.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	525.00	525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,101	680.00–800.00	763.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,148	585.00–870.00	770.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	1,024	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,073	625.00–690.00	658.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,140	675.00–1,375.00	916.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,066	660.00–1,375.00	949.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	980	575.00	575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	45	—	1,176	600.00–1,275.00	881.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,040	750.00–1,250.00	946.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,067	500.00–1,100.00	792.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	795	300.00	300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,338	675.00–1,200.00	955.67
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	923	625.00–700.00	663.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,013	700.00–775.00	740.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,828	90.00–119.00	106.99
104	—	1,697	88.00–108.00	97.46
41	—	1,417	72.00–94.00	84.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,216	42.00–64.50	56.84
3	—	1,330	39.00–50.00	43.86
177	—	1,295	62.50–94.00	75.59
453	—	1,232	50.00–74.00	65.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,003	32.00–64.00	52.90
173	—	1,033	45.00–69.00	59.53
51	—	1,033	60.00–75.00	67.70
33	—	990	32.00–54.00	44.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,504	62.50–90.00	73.00
25	—	1,428	52.00–67.50	58.90
204	—	1,499	57.00–76.00	66.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,150	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,205	117.50	117.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	110.00	110.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	110.00	110.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	276	120.00–145.00	132.90
47	—	718	93.00–126.00	113.06
95	—	427	110.00–145.00	129.44
82	—	623	100.00–148.50	128.80
1	—	1,020	80.00	80.00
51	—	669	105.00–132.00	120.84
3	—	1,073	91.00–101.00	94.35
53	—	325	117.50–146.00	132.24
4	—	965	85.00–104.00	96.17
15	—	777	90.00–123.00	110.24
6	—	821	95.00–117.00	101.90
101	—	474	113.00–142.00	130.71
5	—	875	100.00–125.00	111.92
5	—	229	135.00–159.00	146.55
101	—	522	100.00–139.50	128.66
84	—	575	101.00–138.00	129.92
2	—	910	90.00–100.00	94.95
61	—	378	107.50–146.00	135.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	422	154.00–174.00	165.51
5	—	246	182.50	182.50
5	—	284	167.50–170.00	168.96
63	—	840	162.00	162.00
41	—	474	154.00–160.00	158.10
39	—	378	159.00–178.50	169.91
20	—	330	157.50–190.00	181.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,116	97.50	97.50
6	—	960	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	105.00–110.00	107.46
3	—	308	108.00–110.00	108.69
4	—	464	105.00–110.00	108.11
1	—	415	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	581	137.50–139.75	138.95
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	543	135.00	135.00
2	—	637	124.00	124.00
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
6	—	570	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	881	145.25	145.25
372	—	525	145.50–185.00	162.97
80	—	470	144.00–167.00	156.59
41	—	806	138.50–145.00	141.22
209	—	575	143.00–174.00	157.08
405	—	617	140.00–168.25	158.35
303	—	671	141.00–169.00	160.59
186	—	792	140.00–163.85	157.31
375	—	734	134.50–170.00	163.53
49	—	432	147.00–173.00	159.33
15	—	335	153.00–163.00	156.95
9	—	369	150.00–154.00	152.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	813	102.00–145.75	129.90
135	—	723	112.00–148.00	129.17
446	—	627	112.50–157.00	139.18
1	—	1,155	109.00	109.00
12	—	223	130.00–170.00	152.10
98	—	763	110.00–146.00	131.38
386	—	428	129.00–171.00	149.66
13	—	886	101.00–132.00	125.00
899	—	523	129.00–160.00	146.16
16	—	928	94.00–123.00	112.86
13	—	1,003	114.00–128.50	122.93
261	—	673	119.00–157.50	138.43
690	—	572	110.00–156.00	142.81
291	—	374	130.00–190.00	152.28
64	—	278	130.00–170.00	151.19
14	—	962	105.00–128.00	124.94
2	—	195	163.00	163.00
3	—	1,075	110.00–124.00	119.36
673	—	475	122.00–168.50	149.82
99	—	328	130.00–163.00	149.85
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	125.00	125.00
2	—	518	116.00–120.00	118.03
1	—	400	122.50	122.50
1	—	485	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	145.00	145.00
2	—	787	111.00	111.00
2	—	727	114.00	114.00
1	—	590	140.00	140.00
2	—	690	121.00–131.00	126.04
1	—	610	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	146.00–151.00	148.47
1	—	545	138.00	138.00
1	—	325	145.00	145.00
2	—	365	160.00	160.00
1	—	400	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	438	167.50–186.00	179.68
3	—	363	185.00–191.00	188.96
10	—	564	155.00–160.00	158.39
3	—	510	174.00	174.00
3	—	620	146.00–153.00	149.63
4	—	488	164.00–174.00	169.48
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	120.00–122.00	120.97
4	—	464	121.00–125.00	122.98
4	—	568	100.00–120.00	111.46
1	—	745	65.00	65.00
4	—	521	95.00–120.00	111.41
2	—	635	120.00	120.00
1	—	320	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	913	101.00–115.00	110.46
51	—	772	109.00–140.00	126.19
42	—	278	157.00–202.00	177.10
7	—	863	107.50–130.00	126.41
340	—	522	135.00–170.00	154.44
2	—	193	205.00–207.00	206.01
1	—	1,055	99.00	99.00
231	—	669	120.00–150.00	136.39
16	—	984	80.00–131.00	110.34
308	—	472	145.00–182.00	166.00
231	—	621	123.00–159.00	141.59
162	—	427	137.50–198.00	171.00
134	—	721	105.00–140.00	127.80
137	—	375	147.50–200.00	175.37
7	—	223	155.00–200.00	166.18
323	—	576	130.00–165.00	147.45
59	—	330	157.00–209.00	174.88
42	—	825	108.00–136.00	123.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	928	92.00–98.00	94.00
39	—	628	110.00–137.00	127.72
29	—	680	111.00–140.00	121.82
7	—	716	101.00–117.00	109.55
88	—	472	120.00–160.00	144.80
33	—	373	125.00–179.00	150.79
47	—	424	129.00–160.00	144.03
6	—	263	140.00–162.00	150.00
16	—	813	85.00–118.00	104.69
18	—	327	127.50–179.00	146.29
5	—	234	137.50–177.50	169.77
1	—	875	90.00	90.00
65	—	578	110.00–145.00	135.80
1	—	1,040	90.00	90.00
3	—	959	88.00–95.00	92.66
16	—	769	107.00–121.00	112.88
66	—	521	119.00–151.00	137.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	419	171.00–202.00	186.42
7	—	346	174.00–199.00	188.30
17	—	458	171.00–192.50	179.00
1	—	205	195.00	195.00
30	—	373	176.00–207.50	194.66
1	—	295	202.50	202.50
22	—	547	170.00–172.50	172.40
5	—	615	150.00–154.00	151.40
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	132.00	132.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	424	144.50–152.50	147.03
71	—	615	113.00–140.00	136.05
17	—	366	140.00–142.00	141.00
1	—	840	111.00	111.00
2	—	925	105.00	105.00
14	—	862	123.00–130.25	128.63
31	—	693	123.00–136.00	135.21
1	—	300	110.00	110.00
1	—	705	112.00	112.00
34	—	775	110.00–137.25	125.73
39	—	533	137.00–149.25	145.35
49	—	482	128.00–149.50	148.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	470	170.00–190.00	181.21
18	—	367	185.00–202.00	193.70
1	—	285	203.00	203.00
112	—	574	162.00–191.00	172.86
393	—	829	143.00–173.85	167.16
348	—	677	157.00–177.25	169.37
282	—	523	160.00–196.00	180.47
612	—	780	140.00–174.25	167.92
49	—	1,040	164.00	164.00
330	—	921	164.25–169.90	167.90
518	—	720	154.00–178.75	170.78
249	—	970	144.50–169.00	165.41
49	—	1,123	154.00	154.00
48	—	1,060	162.00	162.00
8	—	330	190.00–191.00	190.50
375	—	627	156.00–183.00	169.65
222	—	869	149.00–169.50	166.10
50	—	425	173.00–200.00	191.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	156.00	156.00
23	—	567	156.00–159.00	158.10
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	152.50	152.50
2	—	445	160.50	160.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	583	150.00–162.00	157.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	832	176.10	176.10
54	—	882	168.95	168.95
56	—	904	169.10	169.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
241	—	474	146.00–195.00	177.48
18	—	274	167.50–211.00	189.09
32	—	983	125.00–151.00	140.60
7	—	216	181.00–206.00	188.28
242	—	822	122.00–174.00	164.43
21	—	925	117.00–160.00	141.43
337	—	525	145.00–188.00	172.09
566	—	575	152.00–186.00	167.57
9	—	1,017	122.50–145.00	132.90
379	—	671	135.00–168.50	156.82
127	—	427	157.50–200.00	181.67
240	—	720	133.00–165.00	152.38
507	—	626	137.00–174.00	159.17
93	—	865	133.00–168.50	160.40
20	—	1,082	123.00–138.50	137.22
134	—	371	154.00–215.00	190.71
147	—	769	129.00–167.00	152.26
30	—	326	160.00–215.00	183.73
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	106.00	106.00
3	—	528	102.50–122.50	110.72
1	—	360	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	838	125.00–144.00	141.25
17	—	730	110.00–145.00	131.83
26	—	417	120.00–170.00	148.66
13	—	906	117.00–149.00	144.03
114	—	526	120.00–166.00	152.89
10	—	331	131.00–173.00	156.99
23	—	883	119.00–145.00	140.82
47	—	682	110.00–155.00	142.27
9	—	761	110.00–147.00	129.00
11	—	374	130.00–180.00	162.88
92	—	577	129.00–157.00	146.77
1	—	1,030	118.00	118.00
41	—	475	130.00–176.00	155.69
10	—	982	123.00–127.00	123.70
28	—	628	125.50–146.00	139.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	867	168.40	168.40
9	—	510	174.50	174.50
35	—	421	190.00–217.50	199.49
71	—	473	178.00–201.00	191.43
5	—	274	210.00–224.00	216.31
34	—	375	188.00–214.00	204.17
21	—	323	197.50–210.00	206.37
55	—	910	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	567	153.00	153.00
2	—	747	142.00	142.00
4	—	750	140.00	140.00

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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