Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 441 priced lines covering 19,428 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,410 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,618 head. replacement cattle receipts at 776 head. Counted as USDA files them — 180 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,410Last week 20,637Year ago 17,477

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,618Last week 2,323Year ago 2,357

Replacement CattleReceipts 776Last week 697Year ago 1,053

Compared to last week, price trends were mixed. The first half of the week feeder calves sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher with instances sharply higher and good to very good demand. Highest interest was for long weaned preconditioned packages. In the second half of the week, prices settled to mostly steady to 2.00 higher with good demand. Yearling steers and heifers were steady to 2.00 higher throughout the week. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher with good to very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	270.00	270.00
4	300–350	326	227.50–317.50	280.45
14	350–400	363	190.00–345.00	286.12
14	400–450	424	220.00–297.50	268.89
31	450–500	475	230.00–293.00	268.35
27	500–550	530	207.50–294.00	260.43
27	550–600	578	220.00–275.00	258.16
18	600–650	625	200.00–265.00	237.01
32	650–700	678	180.00–242.00	231.98
10	700–750	718	192.50–231.00	221.40
10	750–800	769	201.00–226.00	217.86
4	800–850	823	191.00–221.00	208.49
4	850–900	874	170.00–206.00	193.32
1	900–950	925	195.00	195.00
2	950–1000	968	160.00–172.00	165.95
1	1100–1150	1,145	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	222	375.00	375.00
3	250–300	255	342.50–372.50	362.50
46	300–350	323	320.00–394.00	380.15
49	350–400	380	320.00–385.00	346.96
79	400–450	421	300.00–377.00	360.31
107	450–500	464	300.00–366.00	338.73
351	500–550	522	282.50–350.00	324.12
257	550–600	573	268.00–327.50	306.99
271	600–650	621	260.00–314.00	292.82
546	650–700	681	252.00–295.00	277.04
390	700–750	726	238.00–271.00	262.59
189	750–800	771	237.00–265.00	257.80
388	800–850	826	228.00–253.75	240.62
347	850–900	885	230.25–243.00	239.84
178	900–950	941	218.00–231.50	227.21
21	950–1000	969	210.00	210.00
53	1000–1050	1,038	209.75	209.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	216	335.00–400.00	343.98
15	250–300	283	270.00–401.00	332.86
52	300–350	329	300.00–380.00	342.29
68	350–400	374	252.50–382.50	337.50
117	400–450	424	261.00–365.00	330.51
184	450–500	476	240.00–339.00	323.48
181	500–550	524	260.00–327.50	301.22
276	550–600	575	240.50–315.00	292.20
259	600–650	630	240.00–300.00	280.34
243	650–700	674	240.00–278.00	256.92
189	700–750	724	220.00–262.00	246.47
137	750–800	768	220.00–255.00	237.25
218	800–850	829	205.00–244.50	232.66
94	850–900	869	210.00–232.00	226.82
51	900–950	927	190.00–219.00	212.13
21	950–1000	972	198.50–220.00	211.15
29	1000–1050	1,012	199.00–214.00	207.08
11	1050–1100	1,074	184.00–198.00	189.71
1	1150–1200	1,180	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	305.00	305.00
11	250–300	262	360.00–370.00	366.23
25	300–350	320	300.00–400.00	355.51
47	350–400	382	315.00–400.00	370.25
76	400–450	420	300.00–401.00	362.56
90	450–500	467	301.00–360.00	339.35
5	500–550	517	337.00–345.00	341.74
20	600–650	610	323.00	323.00
64	750–800	769	269.50	269.50
81	900–950	913	230.00–232.50	231.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	315.00	315.00
6	250–300	273	290.00–360.00	314.19
8	300–350	325	302.50–340.00	316.36
23	350–400	378	265.00–342.50	313.45
48	400–450	430	265.00–330.00	306.17
63	450–500	479	245.00–317.50	303.11
50	500–550	525	240.00–306.00	290.21
36	550–600	577	260.00–296.00	280.32
36	600–650	632	240.00–279.00	259.09
22	650–700	677	222.50–250.00	238.23
7	700–750	719	202.50–240.00	223.76
7	750–800	779	210.00–238.00	221.67
5	800–850	814	214.00–221.00	219.62
4	850–900	879	200.00–215.00	210.74
3	950–1000	977	190.00–199.00	195.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	227.50–250.00	238.75
1	400–450	420	200.00	200.00
2	450–500	460	235.00–237.50	236.26
2	500–550	505	230.00	230.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	200.00	200.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	317.50	317.50
1	450–500	455	295.00	295.00
8	500–550	519	250.00–292.50	278.36
4	550–600	565	250.00–292.50	277.40
1	600–650	630	240.00	240.00
3	700–750	716	220.00–223.00	222.02
2	750–800	770	231.00–235.00	233.05
2	800–850	800	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	220.00–271.00	245.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	622	230.00	230.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	462	185.00	185.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	200.00	200.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	190.00	190.00
2	300–350	337	155.00	155.00
3	600–650	615	180.00	180.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	197.50	197.50
7	550–600	559	213.00	213.00
2	600–650	622	212.00	212.00
1	650–700	650	200.00	200.00
5	750–800	784	185.00–193.00	186.61
2	950–1000	965	181.00	181.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	228	227.00–270.00	248.69
17	250–300	279	225.00–300.00	268.90
30	300–350	325	202.50–295.00	255.22
50	350–400	375	190.00–302.00	248.52
79	400–450	426	210.00–292.00	249.96
95	450–500	475	175.00–290.00	248.61
58	500–550	524	175.00–270.00	233.94
63	550–600	570	172.50–267.00	230.15
39	600–650	620	160.00–234.00	205.11
64	650–700	662	170.00–225.50	212.39
33	700–750	721	140.00–217.50	192.79
11	750–800	778	150.00–200.00	176.81
11	800–850	821	155.00–190.00	174.46
15	850–900	866	125.00–192.50	157.26
1	900–950	900	159.00	159.00
5	950–1000	974	129.00–162.50	144.26
5	1000–1050	1,031	183.00	183.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	320.00	320.00
6	300–350	328	300.00–315.00	304.36
37	350–400	375	300.00–319.00	311.96
119	400–450	421	267.50–325.00	299.13
158	450–500	475	262.00–300.00	279.84
338	500–550	523	251.00–304.00	277.10
277	550–600	572	250.00–285.00	269.12
351	600–650	621	230.00–265.00	250.02
280	650–700	677	231.00–262.00	252.05
284	700–750	722	171.00–238.50	231.03
269	750–800	771	218.50–245.50	233.23
110	800–850	815	216.00–229.75	226.61
114	850–900	866	217.00–225.50	221.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	200–250	216	270.00–340.00	301.98
65	250–300	284	250.00–362.50	299.93
156	300–350	326	265.00–315.00	293.46
251	350–400	371	260.00–314.00	293.58
283	400–450	427	170.00–315.00	281.83
376	450–500	474	235.00–305.00	274.32
362	500–550	524	235.00–287.00	261.19
352	550–600	574	164.00–280.00	250.26
296	600–650	618	147.00–255.00	235.49
186	650–700	677	205.00–246.75	231.48
125	700–750	721	190.00–227.50	216.44
87	750–800	774	174.00–229.00	212.82
116	800–850	825	181.00–227.00	220.09
45	850–900	870	190.00–215.50	206.01
10	900–950	907	159.00–177.50	166.15
11	950–1000	979	149.00–188.00	158.26
5	1050–1100	1,068	139.00–171.00	153.59
2	1150–1200	1,155	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	242	250.00–297.50	277.55
13	250–300	271	240.00–290.00	267.47
12	300–350	325	245.00–282.50	268.00
49	350–400	378	225.00–295.00	272.31
60	400–450	425	241.00–278.00	262.31
60	450–500	473	220.00–272.50	253.07
50	500–550	523	210.00–255.00	241.53
44	550–600	572	215.00–245.00	233.46
20	600–650	626	195.00–227.00	216.80
18	650–700	667	187.50–222.00	206.09
19	700–750	723	172.50–222.00	193.19
4	750–800	780	170.00–185.00	179.72
2	800–850	813	180.00–187.00	183.45
8	850–900	871	147.50–182.00	164.41
1	900–950	935	135.00	135.00
3	950–1000	965	165.00–174.00	168.88
3	1000–1050	1,032	135.00–143.00	140.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	231	310.00–355.00	338.91
10	250–300	282	297.50–350.00	327.23
75	300–350	323	282.50–340.00	319.22
121	350–400	373	287.50–337.50	320.24
172	400–450	426	263.00–327.00	298.34
213	450–500	473	262.50–310.00	285.00
24	650–700	666	253.00–265.00	259.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	760	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	215.00	215.00
2	750–800	755	216.00–217.00	216.50
6	800–850	824	193.00–211.00	196.04
3	900–950	905	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	225.00	225.00
1	350–400	380	209.00	209.00
1	400–450	440	190.00	190.00
2	450–500	463	202.50	202.50
1	500–550	520	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	635	180.00	180.00
1	650–700	675	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	415	272.50	272.50
2	450–500	478	245.00–262.50	253.70
3	500–550	536	247.00	247.00
1	550–600	590	222.00	222.00
11	600–650	620	201.00–217.50	212.01
4	650–700	691	204.00–208.00	207.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	237	250.00–285.00	264.59
8	250–300	273	237.50–280.00	267.44
14	300–350	330	210.00–285.00	264.58
23	350–400	379	220.00–325.00	262.66
21	400–450	426	220.00–291.00	268.81
50	450–500	472	200.00–310.00	259.88
20	500–550	528	220.00–280.00	254.43
22	550–600	576	180.00–275.00	233.14
15	600–650	624	200.00–250.00	220.36
9	650–700	668	182.00–230.00	206.45
3	700–750	730	196.00–206.00	202.69
5	750–800	777	180.00–225.00	197.01
5	800–850	843	150.00–181.00	157.16
4	850–900	869	160.00–177.00	168.04
2	900–950	925	179.00–270.00	225.48
2	950–1000	968	130.00	130.00
3	1000–1050	1,016	130.00–139.00	133.03
1	1050–1100	1,075	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	370	320.00–375.00	347.61
20	400–450	415	300.00–340.00	322.24
31	450–500	464	280.00–357.50	318.08
44	500–550	519	275.00–308.00	289.39
29	550–600	572	270.00–299.00	283.47
16	600–650	625	231.00–273.00	259.46
12	650–700	660	241.00–270.00	249.02
1	700–750	710	236.00	236.00
5	750–800	750	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	360.00–364.00	363.02
5	600–650	604	279.00	279.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	200–250	223	285.00–370.00	324.39
62	250–300	278	290.00–385.00	330.74
75	300–350	323	295.00–360.00	330.75
162	350–400	372	275.00–370.00	332.04
220	400–450	430	227.00–345.00	316.22
243	450–500	473	270.00–337.50	302.02
200	500–550	525	230.00–312.50	284.19
191	550–600	576	240.50–300.00	268.71
134	600–650	623	225.00–280.00	257.99
91	650–700	674	215.00–265.00	245.44
57	700–750	723	202.50–245.00	225.99
24	750–800	770	198.00–227.00	215.31
36	800–850	821	180.00–232.00	205.25
9	850–900	861	163.00–214.00	195.08
9	900–950	914	182.50–204.00	191.65
4	950–1000	968	167.50–194.00	179.31
5	1000–1050	1,035	159.00–168.00	164.67
1	1050–1100	1,070	151.00	151.00
12	1100–1150	1,126	160.50	160.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	222	272.50–305.00	290.85
3	250–300	285	305.00–332.50	323.81
10	300–350	328	285.00–320.00	302.36
30	350–400	378	275.00–347.50	304.21
30	400–450	426	260.00–312.50	289.95
42	450–500	473	250.00–312.50	276.99
44	500–550	522	250.00–285.00	264.32
20	550–600	579	225.00–272.50	252.85
13	600–650	616	222.50–246.00	240.62
14	650–700	666	199.00–240.00	230.62
1	700–750	710	207.50	207.50
2	750–800	770	190.00–195.00	192.50
2	800–850	825	187.50–199.00	193.35
2	850–900	873	160.00–170.00	164.99
4	900–950	910	167.50–177.50	171.23
1	950–1000	995	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	337.50–380.00	351.90
17	250–300	279	315.00–390.00	340.39
58	300–350	334	317.50–400.00	355.98
68	350–400	375	312.50–380.00	339.82
110	400–450	432	290.00–370.00	329.99
73	450–500	474	300.00–342.00	316.57
93	500–550	511	277.00–330.00	302.91
42	550–600	573	261.00–309.00	288.13
36	600–650	620	247.50–285.00	264.57
10	650–700	654	240.00–275.00	258.88
10	700–750	709	235.00–244.00	239.63
3	800–850	806	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	255.00	255.00
1	350–400	350	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	445	227.50	227.50
1	450–500	475	221.00	221.00
3	500–550	535	200.00–217.00	205.56
1	550–600	560	216.00	216.00
1	750–800	765	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	363	300.00–307.50	303.88
3	400–450	431	290.00	290.00
5	450–500	482	276.00	276.00
1	500–550	530	245.00	245.00
2	550–600	560	250.00–300.00	274.78
2	600–650	620	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	920	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	609	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	187.50	187.50
2	650–700	650	181.00	181.00
7	800–850	802	213.50	213.50
2	950–1000	977	187.00	187.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	258.00	258.00
1	550–600	555	213.00	213.00
4	600–650	623	210.00–224.00	216.02
1	650–700	660	215.00	215.00
6	700–750	702	215.00–216.00	215.33
7	800–850	833	200.00–205.00	203.55
5	850–900	871	209.00	209.00
1	950–1000	990	189.00	189.00
7	1000–1050	1,035	198.00	198.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	185.00	185.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	130.00	130.00
3	500–550	545	138.00–148.00	141.30
1	600–650	600	138.00	138.00
5	650–700	673	132.50–148.00	137.28
2	750–800	760	130.00	130.00
1	800–850	835	124.00	124.00
1	900–950	930	144.00	144.00
3	950–1000	955	130.00	130.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	143.00	143.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	471	300.50–309.00	303.49
7	550–600	564	210.00	210.00
60	850–900	882	193.10	193.10
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	281	250.00	250.00
49	300–350	324	172.50–276.00	253.25
12	350–400	386	274.00–322.50	286.75
65	400–450	423	211.00–282.00	253.54
53	450–500	483	172.50–300.00	270.93
60	500–550	515	144.00–270.00	256.46
114	550–600	581	207.00–293.00	258.00
59	600–650	621	122.50–265.00	236.18
41	650–700	671	111.00–243.50	232.84
37	700–750	720	140.00–215.50	204.71
11	750–800	779	225.00	225.00
24	800–850	813	190.00–219.00	203.54
108	850–900	870	183.00–197.75	196.89
4	900–950	928	163.00–195.00	183.50
27	950–1000	988	189.00–191.00	190.72
1	1000–1050	1,000	195.00	195.00
1	1150–1200	1,185	162.00	162.00
3	1250–1300	1,261	156.00	156.00
1	1350–1400	1,365	156.00	156.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	457	261.00	261.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	228.00	228.00
4	400–450	423	233.00	233.00

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	15	—	1,144	1,350.00–2,225.00	1,842.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,385	1,525.00–2,300.00	2,007.01
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,254	1,200.00–1,750.00	1,584.59
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,250	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,133	1,250.00–1,950.00	1,531.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,192	970.00–2,600.00	1,918.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,325	1,375.00–1,835.00	1,624.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,216	925.00–1,825.00	1,486.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	70	—	1,170	1,100.00–2,050.00	1,593.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	915	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,115.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	—	1,244	1,190.00–2,600.00	1,783.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,132	1,025.00–1,800.00	1,453.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,154	1,050.00–2,185.00	1,597.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,212	1,135.00–2,510.00	1,785.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,176	1,300.00–1,625.00	1,423.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,210	1,075.00–1,600.00	1,407.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	905	1,210.00	1,210.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,475.00	1,475.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	780	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,725.00	1,725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	815	875.00–1,300.00	1,136.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,050.00–1,325.00	1,192.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	922	925.00–1,800.00	1,453.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	956	880.00–1,650.00	1,358.02
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	2,650.00	2,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,205	1,960.00–2,000.00	1,979.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,175	1,975.00–2,500.00	2,277.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,247	2,150.00–2,850.00	2,557.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,134	1,350.00–1,925.00	1,668.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	45	—	1,308	1,250.00–3,400.00	2,716.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,041	1,650.00–3,350.00	2,422.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,285	1,600.00–2,650.00	2,290.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,332	1,625.00–2,575.00	2,128.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,307	1,575.00–2,350.00	2,098.17
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,454	1,060.00–2,950.00	2,217.48
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,433	2,050.00–2,225.00	2,132.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,279	1,350.00–2,350.00	2,004.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,228	1,425.00–2,600.00	2,186.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	2,325.00–2,600.00	2,469.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	2,625.00	2,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	1,975.00	1,975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,113	2,725.00–2,950.00	2,844.83
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	2,150.00	2,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,060	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	585	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	990	1,850.00	1,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	1,475.00	1,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	1,225.00	1,225.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	933	875.00–1,400.00	1,156.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	926	125.00–150.00	140.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	918	1,100.00–1,290.00	1,201.99
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	896	131.00–179.00	145.65
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,090	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,422.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	1,220.00	1,220.00
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	950	1,500.00–1,510.00	1,505.21
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	838	1,130.00–1,450.00	1,287.50
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	879	900.00–1,625.00	1,341.04
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	746	650.00–1,475.00	1,082.33
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	720	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	895	1,325.00	1,325.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	968	1,850.00–2,700.00	2,282.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	151.00–154.00	152.60
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	148.00	148.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,488	151.00–163.00	156.99
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,350	131.00–137.00	132.84
3	—	1,143	120.00–125.00	122.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,678	158.00–162.00	160.11
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,087	162.50–190.50	182.15
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,315	134.00–165.00	151.04
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	153.00–170.00	160.68
17	—	1,094	131.00–190.00	149.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	931	70.00–105.00	93.98
202	—	1,071	92.00–137.00	116.07
195	—	1,005	79.00–119.50	106.18
54	—	916	58.00–93.00	79.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
422	—	1,261	112.00–154.00	129.88
1	—	1,350	81.00	81.00
371	—	1,228	98.00–140.50	118.17
47	—	1,246	85.00–123.00	107.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
242	—	1,514	113.00–146.00	129.17
108	—	1,488	101.00–143.00	120.05
10	—	1,437	102.00–117.00	109.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,355	100.00–145.00	124.22
151	—	1,620	120.00–153.00	137.92
182	—	1,789	132.00–180.00	151.34

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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