Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 291 priced lines covering 18,196 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,564 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,929 head. replacement cattle receipts at 940 head. Counted as USDA files them — 96 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,564Last week 21,504Year ago 18,871

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,929Last week 2,301Year ago 1,900

Replacement CattleReceipts 940Last week 582Year ago 1,352

Compared to last week, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers sold mixed with instances 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good for all feeder classes. Yearling steers and heifers were steady to 2.00 higher with good demand. Buyers showed strongest interest in groups of long-weaned and preconditioned feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were unevenly steady. Prices ranged from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher with moderate to good demand for all slaughter classes.

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	5	—	1,642	1,475.00–2,250.00	1,975.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	875	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,550	1,275.00–1,450.00	1,359.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,500	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	923	1,150.00–1,525.00	1,313.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,156	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	1,085.00	1,085.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,207	750.00–1,275.00	988.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	948	925.00–1,325.00	1,113.45
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	1,010.00	1,010.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,071	610.00–1,425.00	1,215.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	54	—	1,435	1,100.00–1,800.00	1,506.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,044	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	684	1,175.00	1,175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,115	800.00–850.00	827.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,213	825.00–1,300.00	1,079.08
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,150	985.00	985.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	575.00	575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,011	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,110	70.00	70.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,120	560.00–960.00	684.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,131	680.00–1,200.00	948.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,201	675.00–1,050.00	894.51
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	133	—	1,288	700.00–1,725.00	1,146.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	36	—	1,313	600.00–1,325.00	1,087.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	—	1,047	600.00–1,350.00	999.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,177	675.00–950.00	781.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,099	775.00–1,000.00	898.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,247	585.00–1,250.00	977.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	46	—	1,113	500.00–1,175.00	869.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,060	675.00–850.00	772.41
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,089	650.00–850.00	770.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,169	725.00–825.00	783.71
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	803	600.00–785.00	720.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	725.00	725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	905	840.00	840.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	670.00	670.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	640.00	640.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	775	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	500.00	500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	625.00	625.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	687	800.00–850.00	831.57
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	860.00	860.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	990	800.00–875.00	840.53
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	830	585.00–650.00	618.09
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	952	725.00	725.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	902	105.00	105.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	32	—	964	58.00–115.00	101.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	930	80.00–88.00	83.87
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,130	73.00–89.00	79.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,185	700.00–800.00	753.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	979	675.00–775.00	732.03

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	430	110.00–161.00	141.72
22	—	672	100.00–135.00	117.35
21	—	719	100.00–128.00	113.08
5	—	272	140.00–150.00	147.39
10	—	777	95.00–120.00	106.62
19	—	810	108.00–113.00	112.46
3	—	913	81.00–113.00	98.04
6	—	875	89.00–118.00	102.25
27	—	371	120.00–169.00	148.45
64	—	577	110.00–151.00	131.51
4	—	233	104.00–142.50	116.65
31	—	618	105.00–132.00	120.41
1	—	1,180	95.00	95.00
54	—	520	120.00–155.00	138.46
62	—	479	110.00–167.00	136.96
9	—	317	127.50–170.00	147.44
3	—	980	85.00–96.00	90.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	159.00	159.00
3	—	633	157.00	157.00
7	—	303	192.50	192.50
1	—	700	158.00	158.00
45	—	372	175.00–207.50	197.39
46	—	461	156.00–192.50	176.57
36	—	423	175.00–207.50	188.77
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	115.00–126.00	121.75
3	—	326	122.50	122.50
3	—	485	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	222	150.00–183.00	167.21
1	—	1,150	101.00	101.00
15	—	918	90.00–128.00	111.09
6	—	975	91.00–132.00	113.13
267	—	474	134.00–195.00	166.42
27	—	822	105.00–133.00	120.53
105	—	372	127.50–207.50	178.55
147	—	424	145.00–215.00	172.99
120	—	670	120.00–156.00	138.03
67	—	327	137.50–197.50	172.84
50	—	770	114.00–140.00	122.06
1	—	175	151.00	151.00
13	—	862	106.00–134.00	123.25
2	—	110	145.00–157.50	150.97
1	—	1,055	114.00	114.00
229	—	525	134.00–182.00	153.28
41	—	285	135.00–185.00	163.71
194	—	626	124.00–158.00	141.13
115	—	725	111.00–149.00	129.73
253	—	568	131.00–172.00	148.81
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	522	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	114.00	114.00
1	—	310	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	463	173.00–180.00	178.03
2	—	710	139.00–144.00	141.48
3	—	313	180.00	180.00
8	—	659	147.00–149.00	148.37
7	—	432	173.00–190.00	185.76
3	—	363	180.00–184.00	182.68
10	—	515	154.00–170.00	160.84
26	—	635	147.00–155.00	153.86
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	122.00	122.00
1	—	500	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	342	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	111.00	111.00
3	—	417	100.00–107.50	102.79
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
1	—	470	125.00	125.00
2	—	580	115.00	115.00
1	—	370	107.00	107.00
1	—	330	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	569	155.00	155.00
1	—	220	186.00	186.00
44	—	464	150.00–161.00	156.59
3	—	348	165.00	165.00
20	—	373	160.00–174.00	169.18
20	—	823	157.50	157.50
100	—	641	152.25–169.90	166.70
24	—	440	151.00–169.50	159.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	474	110.00–143.00	130.83
67	—	524	105.00–147.00	131.99
83	—	628	90.00–138.00	123.53
77	—	575	100.00–147.00	131.54
12	—	769	72.00–120.00	97.29
38	—	326	105.00–151.00	126.19
38	—	723	71.00–132.00	113.99
49	—	674	90.00–147.00	123.81
1	—	905	106.00	106.00
2	—	240	136.00	136.00
11	—	876	80.00–101.00	87.78
11	—	973	88.00–120.00	103.88
20	—	283	115.00–155.00	134.38
77	—	428	100.00–143.50	130.10
74	—	375	120.00–146.00	132.30
12	—	820	87.00–115.00	98.38
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	596	121.00	121.00
4	—	620	128.00–129.00	128.24
11	—	691	110.00–125.00	122.29
1	—	720	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
554	—	628	139.50–168.50	159.65
4	—	321	160.00	160.00
70	—	468	147.00–165.00	153.88
60	—	877	152.00	152.00
172	—	523	146.00–172.50	160.27
350	—	574	140.50–170.25	161.07
522	—	668	139.00–172.00	162.06
492	—	715	129.00–167.90	160.59
122	—	425	145.00–164.25	158.76
33	—	807	137.50–139.00	137.73
129	—	777	139.50–166.00	159.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	969	103.00–125.00	111.78
19	—	1,010	106.00–130.50	120.46
37	—	875	105.00–139.00	127.30
247	—	374	125.00–165.00	149.29
578	—	524	125.00–160.50	145.55
8	—	1,066	106.00–126.00	114.41
1	—	145	140.00	140.00
99	—	774	105.00–148.00	135.56
9	—	222	127.50–155.00	141.25
358	—	427	130.00–165.00	148.01
32	—	817	95.00–139.50	127.10
16	—	917	123.00–128.00	125.51
477	—	572	120.00–158.00	140.72
291	—	669	115.00–152.00	139.95
361	—	626	120.00–156.00	139.32
132	—	721	111.00–149.50	133.22
519	—	472	130.00–160.00	147.10
64	—	282	130.00–168.00	149.07
140	—	330	127.50–165.00	146.12
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
1	—	525	119.00	119.00
1	—	560	128.00	128.00
1	—	310	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
199	—	751	169.95	169.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	864	169.00–171.90	170.53
117	—	927	168.40–168.50	168.45
23	—	479	183.00–202.00	188.36
22	—	382	201.00–215.50	212.43
2	—	320	206.00–219.00	212.91
60	—	429	189.00–216.00	199.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	925	130.00–165.25	156.63
2	—	238	182.50–195.00	188.95
231	—	724	130.00–170.00	152.35
101	—	874	127.00–162.50	149.98
144	—	427	155.00–196.00	180.87
49	—	324	160.00–208.00	187.49
256	—	671	133.00–170.00	155.82
63	—	1,031	117.50–162.90	156.46
81	—	828	128.00–167.00	152.21
74	—	773	119.00–168.00	151.19
2	—	1,058	124.00–131.00	127.51
106	—	375	140.00–230.00	187.77
80	—	968	125.00–168.50	160.70
340	—	524	146.00–183.00	167.24
437	—	628	134.00–171.00	157.27
431	—	573	141.00–180.00	164.65
20	—	283	157.50–210.00	202.48
226	—	477	150.00–210.00	176.48
1	—	1,190	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	528	121.00–161.00	153.57
35	—	425	127.50–175.00	157.05
17	—	371	137.50–176.00	158.63
9	—	327	141.00–180.00	158.31
4	—	805	127.00–149.00	138.21
10	—	272	140.00–156.00	146.35
1	—	910	110.00	110.00
8	—	226	140.00–172.50	165.45
46	—	477	124.00–170.00	153.12
60	—	571	123.00–160.00	147.58
21	—	670	120.00–154.00	145.47
39	—	619	125.00–156.00	145.02
7	—	876	104.00–140.00	125.89
26	—	731	107.50–153.00	139.04
11	—	769	127.00–138.00	131.20
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
1	—	445	117.50	117.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	681	127.00–144.00	137.30
3	—	541	140.00	140.00
7	—	568	155.00–159.00	158.41
3	—	421	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	146.00	146.00
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
4	—	585	143.00–144.00	143.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
291	—	730	155.00–176.25	167.66
75	—	424	172.00–201.00	192.07
223	—	580	147.00–186.30	176.65
81	—	986	147.50–168.50	164.17
583	—	673	155.50–181.00	171.31
195	—	866	149.00–172.50	168.06
45	—	461	170.00–192.00	184.19
50	—	1,008	154.00	154.00
58	—	940	152.00–159.30	158.81
379	—	829	161.75–176.30	170.20
413	—	633	150.00–180.00	169.74
8	—	365	188.00–200.00	193.92
508	—	775	159.75–175.25	169.10
173	—	519	166.00–197.00	181.11
3	—	272	210.00	210.00
17	—	327	190.00–198.00	193.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	692	181.50	181.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	858	113.00	113.00
1	—	1,030	93.00	93.00
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
24	—	589	120.00–135.00	132.35
27	—	293	140.00–144.50	144.34
3	—	360	101.00–132.50	113.12
2	—	1,335	110.00	110.00
10	—	460	135.00–158.00	143.71
4	—	518	144.00–147.00	145.54
64	—	803	134.00	134.00
1	—	415	100.00	100.00
2	—	223	112.50–115.00	113.85
13	—	950	119.00	119.00
47	—	337	125.00–147.00	144.98
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	892	128.50	128.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	606	143.25	143.25
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	72.00	72.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,469	52.50–63.50	57.10
150	—	1,510	57.00–79.50	68.53
154	—	1,517	69.00–89.50	76.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,284	48.00–52.00	49.95
332	—	1,253	55.50–79.50	69.23
211	—	1,291	66.00–94.00	77.52
79	—	1,187	46.00–70.00	59.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,019	50.00–71.00	60.65
43	—	1,029	60.00–85.00	69.44
88	—	989	40.00–60.00	52.06
32	—	975	32.00–53.00	41.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,121	116.00	116.00
1	—	1,305	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	93.00	93.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	111.00	111.00
1	—	1,295	122.00	122.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,640	90.00–109.00	100.08
55	—	1,845	100.00–120.50	109.26
64	—	1,508	70.00–98.50	86.03

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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