Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 277 priced lines covering 3,045 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,311 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 779 head. replacement cattle receipts at 528 head. Counted as USDA files them — 43 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,311Last week 16,231Year ago 3,088

Slaughter CattleReceipts 779Last week 2,314Year ago 1,035

Replacement CattleReceipts 528Last week 1,276Year ago 407

There are no comparisons available as most markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,043	1,200.00–2,200.00	1,655.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	650	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,160	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,222	1,850.00–3,400.00	2,917.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,302	2,200.00–3,800.00	3,145.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	100	—	1,266	1,700.00–3,700.00	2,620.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,148	1,950.00–3,550.00	2,744.57
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,455	2,275.00	2,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,305	1,875.00–2,400.00	2,212.52
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,180	2,650.00	2,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,275	1,910.00–2,050.00	1,985.56
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,192	1,625.00–2,400.00	1,878.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	—	1,224	1,450.00–2,550.00	2,132.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,438	3,050.00–4,100.00	3,621.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,285	4,200.00	4,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,469	4,200.00–4,350.00	4,290.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,525	4,100.00	4,100.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	778	1,850.00–2,150.00	2,011.09
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bred Cows — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	1,285.00	1,285.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,016	1,400.00–1,575.00	1,474.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,111	1,600.00–3,100.00	2,248.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	970	1,450.00–1,950.00	1,665.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,010	1,675.00	1,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	989	1,175.00–1,500.00	1,415.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,008	2,600.00–3,500.00	3,078.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	992	1,400.00–2,900.00	2,425.81
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,240	197.00	197.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,353	1,750.00–3,000.00	2,475.51
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,170	3,800.00	3,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,117	2,400.00–3,500.00	3,178.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	913	1,725.00	1,725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	2,100.00	2,100.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	933	1,150.00–3,700.00	2,722.39
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,440	4,000.00	4,000.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,020	4,000.00	4,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	913	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	960	1,850.00–2,800.00	2,542.76
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	925	3,600.00	3,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	890	2,350.00	2,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	946	150.00–177.50	165.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,111	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,839.92
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	740	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,171	1,750.00–2,100.00	1,943.98
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	1,060.00	1,060.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	1,500.00	1,500.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	878	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,037	1,475.00	1,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	1,575.00	1,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,258	4,200.00–5,300.00	4,969.04
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,355	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,208	2,950.00–4,550.00	4,014.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	2,775.00	2,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,183	3,000.00–4,250.00	3,501.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,238	3,900.00–4,600.00	4,208.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,130	5,000.00	5,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,073	3,600.00–5,100.00	4,574.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	3,200.00–4,300.00	3,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	970	4,850.00	4,850.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,095	3,200.00–4,000.00	3,747.95

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	263	467.50	467.50
1	300–350	320	412.50	412.50
7	350–400	373	408.00–410.00	409.70
4	400–450	431	384.00–400.00	391.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	396	300.00	300.00
5	400–450	428	280.00–350.00	314.61
18	450–500	474	280.00–340.00	321.20
9	500–550	525	260.00–322.00	296.90
5	550–600	573	250.00–291.00	274.91
5	600–650	613	270.00–300.00	286.94
7	650–700	674	277.50–300.00	281.75
1	750–800	795	250.00	250.00
2	800–850	830	216.00	216.00
1	850–900	870	187.00	187.00
2	900–950	915	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	426	347.50–352.50	350.76
10	450–500	473	310.00–350.00	338.19
2	500–550	533	281.00–307.50	294.56
4	550–600	584	280.00–312.50	292.66
2	600–650	615	280.00–290.00	285.08
6	650–700	680	242.50–287.50	262.76
3	700–750	735	245.00–260.00	249.86
1	750–800	775	262.50	262.50
1	1150–1200	1,180	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	286	395.00–402.50	400.19
8	300–350	327	345.00–440.00	386.10
22	350–400	382	357.00–390.00	373.36
23	400–450	431	335.00–389.00	365.75
60	450–500	473	340.00–380.00	357.10
37	500–550	522	317.00–370.00	337.19
45	550–600	570	302.50–356.00	339.18
31	600–650	619	300.00–342.50	328.17
11	650–700	673	285.00–312.00	295.05
7	700–750	725	272.00–325.00	305.00
2	750–800	768	187.50–290.00	238.92
5	800–850	837	279.00–295.00	285.83
9	850–900	877	232.00–273.50	255.09
5	900–950	935	265.00–285.00	268.96
1	950–1000	995	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	507	382.50	382.50
12	550–600	550	333.00	333.00
2	600–650	615	340.00	340.00
75	650–700	681	321.00–340.00	339.00
8	750–800	756	324.50	324.50
60	800–850	843	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	526	342.50–347.50	346.82
36	600–650	639	281.00–309.00	307.45
1	650–700	655	271.00	271.00
68	700–750	749	302.00	302.00
68	750–800	765	309.00	309.00
2	800–850	805	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	880	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	250.00–305.00	275.29
4	250–300	285	225.00–265.00	246.45
8	300–350	326	250.00–300.00	285.30
17	350–400	368	225.00–301.00	266.23
22	400–450	438	200.00–334.00	296.83
43	450–500	471	267.00–332.50	290.05
16	500–550	530	232.50–305.00	276.78
22	550–600	574	220.00–307.50	270.26
8	600–650	635	230.00–262.00	248.60
8	650–700	672	210.00–294.00	251.52
9	700–750	721	140.00–235.00	206.53
2	750–800	768	215.00–237.00	225.82
1	1100–1150	1,105	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	330.00	330.00
5	300–350	316	300.00–330.00	320.06
8	350–400	383	300.00–330.00	314.93
5	400–450	423	300.00–315.00	307.48
5	450–500	465	290.00–312.50	304.91
1	500–550	505	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	555	292.50	292.50
3	600–650	630	240.00–280.00	256.80
5	650–700	698	229.00	229.00
2	700–750	718	230.00–327.50	279.26
1	800–850	810	199.00	199.00
2	850–900	850	204.00–207.50	205.75
3	950–1000	972	186.00–195.00	189.45
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	235.00	235.00
3	400–450	417	180.00–210.00	193.60
1	450–500	470	227.50	227.50
3	500–550	510	225.00–235.00	231.60
1	550–600	550	302.50	302.50
1	600–650	600	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	192	377.50	377.50
24	250–300	286	170.00–385.00	331.86
12	300–350	332	290.00–365.00	328.24
58	350–400	373	275.00–365.00	326.10
39	400–450	424	300.00–365.00	330.90
62	450–500	470	300.00–343.00	314.18
77	500–550	518	275.00–365.00	309.29
74	550–600	578	245.00–372.50	306.44
31	600–650	621	260.00–327.00	288.07
19	650–700	670	210.00–313.00	275.29
10	700–750	704	175.00–280.00	248.29
13	750–800	771	216.00–268.00	253.72
6	800–850	821	227.50–290.00	240.81
57	850–900	890	173.00–255.50	254.07
2	950–1000	967	224.00	224.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	190.00	190.00
2	1050–1100	1,060	162.50–180.00	171.21
1	1250–1300	1,260	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	420	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	685	227.50–240.00	233.66
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	295.00–350.00	316.07
2	300–350	343	280.00–325.00	302.66
28	350–400	373	275.00–330.00	317.66
25	400–450	433	205.00–340.00	286.91
17	450–500	471	250.00–337.50	280.03
11	500–550	526	240.00–300.00	279.92
17	550–600	587	197.50–313.00	257.52
11	600–650	624	165.00–240.00	232.39
13	650–700	679	177.50–258.00	239.94
2	700–750	723	191.00–245.00	217.91
5	750–800	780	200.00–235.00	207.14
1	800–850	825	170.00	170.00
2	850–900	865	160.00–179.00	169.45
2	950–1000	963	170.00–189.00	179.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	350.00–357.50	353.82
3	300–350	318	312.50–322.50	319.25
2	350–400	370	300.00–302.50	301.18
8	400–450	425	325.00–375.00	338.03
6	450–500	483	293.00–342.50	314.82
9	500–550	519	270.00–302.50	282.64
4	550–600	569	280.00–302.50	292.00
12	600–650	617	240.00–295.00	261.72
5	650–700	662	227.50–257.50	243.80
4	700–750	716	209.00	209.00
1	750–800	795	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	820	197.00	197.00
2	900–950	913	180.00–187.00	183.51
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	470	232.50	232.50
1	550–600	570	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	345.00–375.00	359.16
12	250–300	280	285.00–415.00	378.18
5	300–350	333	350.00–400.00	371.85
38	350–400	383	337.00–405.00	354.25
59	400–450	434	322.50–380.00	338.69
36	450–500	468	315.00–360.00	341.47
43	500–550	523	290.00–350.00	310.39
33	550–600	585	270.00–335.00	296.08
33	600–650	621	245.00–340.00	297.33
15	650–700	676	240.00–297.50	276.55
7	700–750	706	200.00–270.00	240.06
5	750–800	778	224.00–250.00	241.19
2	800–850	805	220.00–231.00	225.53
2	850–900	863	185.00–220.00	202.75
4	900–950	936	162.50–210.00	192.62
3	950–1000	973	172.00–205.00	185.74
2	1050–1100	1,063	180.00–185.00	182.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	425.00	425.00
8	300–350	304	395.00–415.00	412.28
8	350–400	370	385.00–410.00	403.50
3	400–450	423	392.50	392.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	167.50	167.50
1	400–450	405	182.50	182.50
2	550–600	570	152.50–167.50	160.26
3	600–650	612	152.50–182.50	172.45
3	650–700	652	152.50–155.00	154.16
2	700–750	712	177.50	177.50
1	750–800	770	188.00	188.00
1	850–900	885	188.00	188.00
1	950–1000	995	170.00	170.00
4	1000–1050	1,040	179.00–180.00	179.75
1	1050–1100	1,060	184.00	184.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	142.50	142.50
1	800–850	830	155.00	155.00
1	850–900	870	145.00	145.00
1	950–1000	970	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	635	166.00	166.00
1	650–700	680	187.50	187.50
1	950–1000	955	172.50	172.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	140.00–145.00	141.18
1	550–600	595	150.00	150.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	177.00	177.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	169.00	169.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	981	80.00–128.00	102.94
41	—	1,166	125.00–159.00	145.85
57	—	1,007	97.00–132.00	120.22
89	—	1,123	112.00–142.00	133.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,284	131.00–165.00	150.72
50	—	1,367	120.00–146.00	138.46
9	—	1,267	114.00–138.50	128.33
58	—	1,279	150.00–185.00	164.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,577	140.00–165.00	153.75
2	—	1,573	142.00–144.00	143.05
24	—	1,603	152.00–175.00	162.92
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,198	170.00–184.00	176.11
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,165	152.00–154.00	152.68
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	113.00	113.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,456	156.00–176.00	166.83
50	—	1,639	172.00–196.00	183.85
20	—	1,782	190.00–216.00	202.32
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,533	167.00–193.00	178.03

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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