Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 41 priced lines covering 335 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 81 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 285 head.

Mon Dec 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 9,572Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 285Last week 1,869Year ago 316

No comparisons available as markets were closed for the holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	230.00	230.00
2	700–750	715	217.50–222.50	220.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	252.50	252.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	150.00	150.00
1	850–900	885	159.00	159.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	170.00	170.00
4	600–650	612	180.00–186.00	181.49
2	700–750	720	152.50	152.50
1	750–800	760	160.00	160.00
1	850–900	860	170.00	170.00
9	900–950	924	156.00–180.00	175.63
4	1000–1050	1,019	170.00–180.00	177.52
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	873	150.00–153.00	151.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	202.50	202.50
1	550–600	595	182.50	182.50
3	750–800	792	184.00	184.00
7	800–850	835	169.00–200.00	195.52
2	900–950	915	159.00–180.00	169.39
1	1000–1050	1,020	160.00	160.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	166.00	166.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,050	166.00	166.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	235.00	235.00
6	—	1,573	196.00–207.00	199.92
17	—	1,644	180.00–195.00	187.38
3	—	1,363	159.00–170.00	163.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	134.00	134.00
48	—	1,372	150.00–165.00	160.21
64	—	1,327	166.00–194.00	173.24
12	—	1,410	140.00–149.00	146.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,690	167.00–187.00	174.46
6	—	1,742	150.00–165.00	158.08
2	—	1,825	145.00–147.00	145.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,124	146.00–163.00	152.84
20	—	1,108	115.00–129.00	124.83
3	—	1,105	100.00–110.00	103.51
49	—	1,147	130.00–145.00	137.61
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	184.00	184.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,333	151.00–165.00	158.09
12	—	1,186	170.00–186.00	175.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,265	173.00–188.00	180.62

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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