Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 387 priced lines covering 13,239 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,672 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,714 head. replacement cattle receipts at 851 head. Counted as USDA files them — 175 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,672Last week 14,978Year ago 12,978

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,714Last week 2,121Year ago 2,152

Replacement CattleReceipts 851Last week 474Year ago 926

Compared to last week, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls sold unevenly steady with markets trending steady to 4.00 lower up to 4.00 higher with good to very good demand. Yearling steers and heifers were 5.00 to 7.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good supply and good to very good demand for all slaughter cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	705	259.00	259.00
6	800–850	810	245.00–250.00	247.53
9	850–900	860	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	370.00	370.00
10	250–300	276	320.00–402.50	345.02
26	300–350	321	297.50–380.00	350.80
48	350–400	375	282.50–370.00	337.14
110	400–450	424	290.00–350.00	327.44
170	450–500	472	288.00–342.50	319.20
193	500–550	527	281.00–320.00	306.53
201	550–600	573	260.00–315.00	291.73
233	600–650	625	244.00–309.00	275.82
114	650–700	680	237.50–283.00	265.36
186	700–750	727	233.00–279.00	251.20
237	750–800	772	210.00–266.00	243.11
34	800–850	821	211.00–257.50	226.82
137	850–900	876	195.00–246.00	232.76
56	900–950	939	208.00–229.00	218.90
31	950–1000	982	172.50–220.00	203.05
3	1000–1050	1,022	170.00–210.00	185.86
3	1050–1100	1,093	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	345.00	345.00
30	300–350	346	327.50–394.00	387.50
14	350–400	366	320.00–387.50	343.49
81	400–450	427	309.00–375.00	339.65
34	450–500	473	312.00–340.00	327.96
199	500–550	521	290.00–335.00	315.10
202	550–600	574	280.00–323.00	305.19
238	600–650	622	273.00–311.00	295.31
79	650–700	670	258.00–299.50	282.24
105	700–750	721	250.00–277.00	260.90
165	750–800	759	246.50–270.40	264.17
77	800–850	838	239.50–245.25	244.09
216	850–900	869	224.50–240.75	239.53
324	900–950	923	226.25–247.90	241.05
53	1050–1100	1,084	211.50	211.50
51	1100–1150	1,101	212.75	212.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	315.00–335.00	328.56
2	300–350	335	320.00–350.00	334.78
14	350–400	376	272.50–340.00	332.41
50	400–450	426	262.50–330.00	313.14
44	450–500	479	270.00–316.00	302.92
18	500–550	529	260.00–299.00	283.14
29	550–600	575	254.00–297.00	275.53
11	600–650	625	240.00–270.00	251.48
5	650–700	672	242.00–258.00	252.89
7	700–750	732	226.00–247.00	231.90
6	750–800	765	182.50–227.50	216.67
3	850–900	863	197.00–220.00	205.64
2	950–1000	973	184.00–185.00	184.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	440.00	440.00
14	300–350	326	327.50–417.00	372.35
34	350–400	378	327.50–400.00	350.77
37	400–450	421	315.00–366.00	330.96
52	450–500	474	313.00–352.50	337.20
21	500–550	536	295.00–332.50	319.60
4	600–650	610	303.00	303.00
57	850–900	880	255.00	255.00
64	900–950	908	245.00	245.00
52	950–1000	991	233.00	233.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	462	298.00	298.00
1	500–550	540	293.00	293.00
2	550–600	568	270.00–277.00	273.61
2	600–650	600	265.00	265.00
2	650–700	697	245.00	245.00
3	700–750	718	217.50	217.50
1	850–900	850	210.00	210.00
12	950–1000	951	205.50	205.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	417	252.50	252.50
2	500–550	503	270.00–272.00	271.00
1	550–600	570	274.00	274.00
1	650–700	685	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	385	245.00–325.00	265.17
12	400–450	428	230.00–290.00	265.41
18	450–500	466	230.00–312.00	260.10
6	500–550	523	220.00–260.00	242.12
16	550–600	568	235.00–278.00	258.43
39	600–650	608	212.50–265.00	257.83
36	650–700	673	220.00–268.00	234.74
11	700–750	711	195.00–236.00	220.16
12	750–800	766	208.00–234.00	220.44
4	800–850	818	192.50–216.00	204.69
8	850–900	881	195.00–214.00	207.23
9	900–950	924	188.00–218.00	214.68
2	950–1000	953	173.00–177.00	174.99
1	1150–1200	1,175	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	653	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	230	250.00–345.00	303.21
24	250–300	277	292.50–340.00	310.49
78	300–350	330	272.50–332.50	305.97
117	350–400	377	270.00–325.00	304.20
220	400–450	428	252.00–315.00	288.74
324	450–500	475	250.00–302.00	283.96
417	500–550	526	235.00–287.00	271.49
304	550–600	571	233.00–277.50	259.71
179	600–650	619	206.00–260.00	240.54
156	650–700	675	210.00–267.00	234.40
78	700–750	715	200.00–237.50	222.57
49	750–800	775	190.00–240.00	220.07
24	800–850	817	176.00–225.00	210.71
17	850–900	860	192.00–259.00	206.57
32	900–950	924	163.00–212.50	197.28
3	950–1000	962	170.00–200.00	184.97
2	1000–1050	1,028	168.00–183.00	175.52
3	1050–1100	1,080	150.00–175.00	166.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	342.50	342.50
3	250–300	255	321.00–336.00	331.10
15	300–350	333	312.50–355.00	338.84
64	350–400	365	305.00–345.00	326.41
88	400–450	421	284.00–337.00	307.19
90	450–500	474	275.00–322.50	299.80
11	500–550	536	301.00	301.00
11	600–650	631	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	312.00	312.00
7	250–300	292	314.00	314.00
15	300–350	311	295.00–331.00	311.16
19	350–400	361	304.00–332.50	321.07
85	400–450	419	281.00–318.00	303.08
57	450–500	478	275.00–299.00	284.27
259	500–550	518	257.50–304.00	284.20
167	550–600	572	259.50–284.50	267.46
308	600–650	630	240.00–269.75	257.43
200	650–700	668	245.00–264.75	260.90
162	700–750	732	230.00–246.80	241.55
155	750–800	762	210.00–249.75	243.27
233	800–850	816	216.00–234.00	226.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	600–650	629	251.00–266.00	263.77
9	650–700	656	264.00	264.00
66	700–750	744	239.50	239.50
62	800–850	819	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	813	200.00–209.00	202.99
1	850–900	865	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	210.00	210.00
3	400–450	413	250.00–265.00	254.84
2	450–500	473	224.00–270.00	246.15
5	500–550	532	245.00–255.00	251.76
3	550–600	552	209.00	209.00
2	600–650	625	230.00–235.00	232.46
3	650–700	657	185.00–227.00	199.28
2	700–750	743	182.00–191.00	186.52
1	800–850	845	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	569	212.50–243.00	236.93
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	280.00	280.00
12	250–300	276	280.00–310.00	295.43
8	300–350	323	270.00–290.00	283.03
29	350–400	375	245.00–295.00	279.01
42	400–450	430	241.00–291.00	267.49
24	450–500	472	220.00–283.00	262.73
40	500–550	528	230.00–267.50	250.04
42	550–600	573	220.00–257.00	243.43
11	600–650	635	223.00–238.00	233.32
8	650–700	662	190.00–224.00	212.73
12	700–750	728	175.00–211.00	192.95
2	750–800	763	185.00–190.00	187.49
3	800–850	813	180.00	180.00
1	850–900	855	170.00	170.00
2	900–950	933	165.00–168.00	166.49
1	1000–1050	1,005	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	216	262.50–282.50	270.42
10	250–300	279	202.50–287.00	263.63
15	300–350	314	150.00–295.00	257.95
43	350–400	377	205.00–310.00	270.95
30	400–450	426	200.00–288.00	251.74
75	450–500	474	155.00–289.00	250.69
48	500–550	524	177.50–257.00	226.93
41	550–600	573	175.00–255.00	232.92
38	600–650	629	200.00–235.00	212.17
14	650–700	682	134.00–229.00	209.08
15	700–750	720	160.00–205.00	186.00
30	750–800	772	161.00–223.50	206.85
7	800–850	820	162.00–197.00	177.41
3	850–900	883	152.50–200.00	172.27
15	900–950	927	155.00–205.00	180.54
1	950–1000	950	150.00	150.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	200–250	225	280.00–395.00	329.71
42	250–300	277	272.50–372.50	334.42
31	300–350	331	297.00–380.00	332.32
82	350–400	375	280.00–372.00	335.70
122	400–450	425	178.00–337.50	316.70
191	450–500	473	250.00–335.00	307.10
161	500–550	525	250.00–310.00	286.01
114	550–600	570	245.00–293.00	268.12
163	600–650	622	195.00–288.00	255.50
58	650–700	666	210.00–269.00	245.29
50	700–750	719	220.00–254.00	231.33
41	750–800	765	200.00–250.00	225.72
27	800–850	826	190.00–229.00	199.66
11	850–900	860	173.00–214.00	196.28
17	900–950	931	142.00–195.00	171.43
11	950–1000	974	145.00–185.00	160.10
5	1000–1050	1,022	150.00–179.00	169.99
3	1050–1100	1,072	150.00–160.00	155.31
2	1100–1150	1,118	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	307.00	307.00
14	350–400	371	320.00–371.00	336.38
13	400–450	422	305.00–330.00	313.19
18	450–500	470	292.00–325.00	311.57
14	500–550	510	282.00–295.00	286.69
1	550–600	555	298.00	298.00
5	600–650	601	262.00–275.00	269.81
2	650–700	652	259.00	259.00
3	700–750	715	235.00–245.00	238.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	332.50–395.00	374.17
6	250–300	282	325.00–405.00	368.00
19	300–350	325	320.00–390.00	367.72
22	350–400	363	312.50–390.00	358.06
24	400–450	427	310.00–367.50	323.64
14	450–500	469	317.50–340.00	327.70
53	500–550	520	286.00–315.00	297.84
9	550–600	566	280.00–303.00	284.31
30	600–650	634	256.00–275.00	270.23
19	650–700	661	241.00–260.00	241.99
6	700–750	705	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	750	235.00	235.00
6	800–850	801	230.00–232.00	231.00
1	950–1000	950	208.00	208.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	215.00	215.00
3	450–500	495	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	520	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	297.50	297.50
1	450–500	485	286.00	286.00
2	550–600	555	224.00	224.00
3	650–700	668	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	725	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	770	215.00–217.00	216.01
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	573	254.00	254.00
2	600–650	615	217.50–271.00	244.03
2	650–700	690	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	250	310.00	310.00
3	300–350	322	300.00–325.00	315.27
14	350–400	373	294.00–327.00	306.84
26	400–450	439	256.00–310.00	293.61
31	450–500	470	260.00–303.00	280.39
29	500–550	529	250.00–285.00	264.84
22	550–600	569	250.00–277.50	266.19
15	600–650	632	220.00–252.50	238.29
3	650–700	665	230.00–234.00	232.63
4	700–750	728	213.00–229.00	217.94
3	750–800	782	215.00–222.50	220.09
1	1000–1050	1,010	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	240.00	240.00
5	250–300	260	240.00–292.50	261.95
9	300–350	336	250.00–290.00	276.07
17	350–400	371	200.00–303.00	266.29
28	400–450	427	234.00–296.00	271.60
24	450–500	472	225.00–290.00	268.26
33	500–550	524	190.00–295.00	253.40
27	550–600	573	180.00–261.00	238.57
14	600–650	624	120.00–239.00	220.11
9	650–700	673	190.00–226.00	213.69
12	700–750	732	190.00–231.00	211.23
9	750–800	778	177.50–210.00	200.10
6	800–850	812	160.00–227.00	209.43
8	850–900	874	160.00–194.00	172.80
2	900–950	928	150.00–177.50	163.56
3	1050–1100	1,078	142.50–170.00	151.72
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	112.00–112.50	112.25
1	600–650	630	94.00	94.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	625	123.00–124.00	123.50
1	700–750	700	124.00	124.00
1	750–800	775	132.50	132.50
1	900–950	900	119.00	119.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	185.00	185.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	222.50	222.50
2	700–750	702	207.00	207.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	205.00	205.00
2	550–600	573	157.50–195.00	176.33
2	650–700	660	150.00	150.00
1	750–800	770	135.00	135.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	150.00	150.00
1	450–500	465	170.00	170.00
1	500–550	545	161.00	161.00
2	550–600	560	160.00–167.00	163.50
1	650–700	675	145.00	145.00
2	700–750	740	100.00–165.00	132.72
1	800–850	840	112.50	112.50
1	850–900	870	186.00	186.00
1	900–950	945	180.00	180.00
1	950–1000	955	113.00	113.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	106.00	106.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	566	219.00	219.00
5	700–750	719	211.00	211.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	230.00	230.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	181.00	181.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	165.00	165.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,104	1,450.00–1,650.00	1,513.79
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	964	130.00–193.50	171.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,016	990.00–1,635.00	1,341.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	963	130.00–161.00	145.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	1,530.00	1,530.00
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,107	1,120.00–1,850.00	1,610.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,173	1,275.00–2,350.00	1,788.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,218	1,625.00–2,150.00	2,034.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,126	1,210.00–2,085.00	1,751.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,068	1,325.00–1,650.00	1,512.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,045	1,300.00–1,825.00	1,563.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,232	1,410.00–2,175.00	1,790.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	78	—	1,180	1,200.00–2,150.00	1,731.34
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,560.00	1,560.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,171	1,210.00–1,860.00	1,593.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	960	1,040.00–1,250.00	1,143.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	42	—	1,323	1,250.00–2,075.00	1,849.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,133	1,550.00–1,875.00	1,658.67
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	698	800.00–1,050.00	942.47
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	902	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	925	1,225.00–1,650.00	1,454.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,325.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	860.00	860.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	860	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,101	1,225.00–1,500.00	1,406.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,185	1,125.00–1,475.00	1,392.35
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,077	1,350.00–1,960.00	1,698.80
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	861	1,125.00–1,600.00	1,406.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,485.00	1,485.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	1,660.00	1,660.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	755	860.00–1,325.00	1,117.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,028	1,600.00–1,825.00	1,725.91
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	1,275.00	1,275.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	1,200.00	1,200.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,465	1,950.00–2,925.00	2,413.50
(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,046	1,400.00–3,200.00	1,937.47
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,480	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,743	3,000.00–3,350.00	3,189.81
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,292	2,375.00	2,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	978	1,325.00–1,990.00	1,639.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,190	1,150.00–2,900.00	2,314.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,080	1,225.00–1,835.00	1,526.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,101	1,450.00–2,450.00	1,773.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	873	1,500.00–2,100.00	1,671.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,299	1,950.00–3,000.00	2,717.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,049	2,300.00–2,850.00	2,733.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	47	—	1,208	1,475.00–3,000.00	2,570.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	2,175.00	2,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,304	2,350.00–2,625.00	2,521.47
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,248	1,950.00–2,375.00	2,130.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,063	1,200.00–1,750.00	1,517.03
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	1,225.00	1,225.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	916	1,325.00–1,800.00	1,673.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
367	—	1,277	122.00–164.50	142.76
185	—	1,210	106.00–142.00	130.11
33	—	1,211	102.00–127.00	114.63
3	—	1,140	89.00–94.00	91.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	993	75.00–119.00	106.53
138	—	977	101.00–138.00	117.94
21	—	1,033	68.00–98.00	82.13
178	—	1,042	115.00–154.50	130.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,517	120.00–145.00	134.85
235	—	1,487	126.50–170.00	144.36
14	—	1,538	105.00–127.00	114.76
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,178	144.00–178.00	154.74
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,277	151.00–178.00	170.58
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	148.00	148.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,260	175.00–182.00	177.81
13	—	1,208	152.00–182.00	171.41
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,393	135.00–181.00	154.61
2	—	1,140	192.00	192.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	160.00	160.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	127.00–134.00	130.48
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	155.00	155.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,601	125.00–170.00	152.44
87	—	1,748	150.00–191.50	167.52
22	—	1,346	120.00–148.50	138.43
1	—	1,790	194.00	194.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,175	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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