Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 394 priced lines covering 13,115 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,718 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,565 head. replacement cattle receipts at 645 head. Counted as USDA files them — 91 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,718Last week 8,212Year ago 13,693

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,565Last week 1,396Year ago 1,821

Replacement CattleReceipts 645Last week 1,072Year ago 665

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower and heifers were mostly 4.00 to 7.00 lower with instances reported to 15.00 lower. Yearling steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with prices reported from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Demand for all feeder and yearling classes was moderate to good with best interest for weaned packages and groups. Slaughter cows and bulls were unevenly steady with reported prices ranging from 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher with good supply and moderate to good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	477	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	625	341.00	341.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	180	475.00	475.00
1	200–250	230	430.00	430.00
3	250–300	280	450.00–500.00	475.06
2	300–350	340	469.00	469.00
12	350–400	366	450.00–476.00	455.78
21	400–450	419	400.00–455.00	440.44
30	450–500	471	380.00–450.00	420.63
28	500–550	519	360.00–437.50	398.70
13	550–600	580	350.00–420.00	371.87
6	600–650	623	335.00–360.00	347.79
6	650–700	682	318.00–335.00	323.09
5	700–750	713	300.00–325.00	313.41
5	750–800	791	282.50–297.50	288.42
5	800–850	820	262.50–290.00	281.68
1	1000–1050	1,010	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	550.00–570.00	560.32
7	250–300	283	325.00–560.00	440.14
18	300–350	333	330.00–548.00	471.11
38	350–400	373	310.00–505.00	427.05
32	400–450	428	335.00–500.00	427.21
64	450–500	474	355.00–475.00	415.76
45	500–550	527	326.00–465.00	386.41
37	550–600	578	300.00–402.50	374.18
15	600–650	628	320.00–390.00	357.40
31	650–700	665	295.00–382.50	340.62
18	700–750	733	242.00–345.00	285.64
4	750–800	761	270.00–346.00	314.10
9	800–850	822	247.50–310.00	281.97
3	850–900	878	265.00–290.00	279.99
4	900–950	926	164.00–267.50	235.68
3	950–1000	957	247.50–262.00	252.40
2	1000–1050	1,013	230.00–255.00	242.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	150	660.00	660.00
1	200–250	245	540.00	540.00
14	250–300	276	540.00–700.00	606.43
7	300–350	331	545.00–580.00	553.85
28	350–400	366	505.00–573.00	545.05
17	400–450	406	500.00–527.50	512.47
14	450–500	458	475.00–520.00	494.28
49	500–550	524	430.00–500.00	453.39
6	550–600	555	447.50–462.00	454.87
16	600–650	607	402.50–420.00	414.03
2	1050–1100	1,065	290.00	290.00
2	1150–1200	1,172	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	190	700.00	700.00
7	200–250	222	470.00–630.00	553.58
45	250–300	276	470.00–650.00	599.08
20	300–350	328	460.00–615.00	535.99
70	350–400	379	450.00–545.00	509.95
94	400–450	427	450.00–500.00	481.53
96	450–500	472	410.00–492.00	457.00
153	500–550	524	390.00–467.50	435.59
107	550–600	575	375.00–450.00	405.92
78	600–650	624	355.00–420.00	383.53
85	650–700	666	330.00–401.00	371.90
44	700–750	721	315.00–382.50	338.27
55	750–800	764	310.00–370.00	337.96
7	800–850	816	280.00–330.00	308.16
17	850–900	871	270.00–320.00	297.66
2	900–950	923	240.00–315.00	277.40
10	950–1000	970	227.50–302.50	258.68
4	1000–1050	1,026	247.00–270.00	253.33
3	1050–1100	1,077	210.00–237.50	220.85
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	505.00	505.00
1	350–400	385	495.00	495.00
2	400–450	408	390.00–440.00	414.54
1	450–500	490	440.00	440.00
2	500–550	533	397.50–405.00	401.20
2	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	640	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	637	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	430	510.00	510.00
5	450–500	450	510.00	510.00
1	600–650	615	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	432	530.00–617.00	572.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	379	570.00	570.00
16	400–450	422	512.50–565.00	529.79
6	450–500	484	480.00–490.00	486.65
118	500–550	530	460.00–510.00	483.88
63	550–600	568	437.00–504.00	458.36
148	600–650	615	400.00–484.00	446.31
127	650–700	673	383.00–447.00	414.96
240	700–750	715	365.00–403.50	390.19
40	750–800	766	372.50–378.00	375.12
82	800–850	820	350.25–366.50	363.65
437	850–900	868	331.25–369.00	354.45
299	900–950	929	316.50–348.75	338.44
535	950–1000	980	310.75–336.50	324.57
190	1000–1050	1,023	309.90–320.00	316.42
52	1050–1100	1,074	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	580.00–695.00	656.67
20	250–300	286	455.00–655.00	593.64
44	300–350	328	445.00–622.50	558.86
63	350–400	378	475.00–585.00	530.65
150	400–450	429	450.00–540.00	506.39
147	450–500	473	385.00–520.00	488.07
315	500–550	526	409.00–497.00	468.97
309	550–600	577	400.00–491.00	446.63
164	600–650	625	370.00–467.00	413.83
277	650–700	671	363.00–435.00	406.42
185	700–750	731	336.00–393.50	379.19
25	750–800	783	330.00–360.00	349.15
84	800–850	832	311.00–360.00	334.83
46	850–900	860	310.00–355.00	350.29
9	900–950	914	307.50–324.00	321.21
6	950–1000	956	273.00–320.00	304.31
16	1000–1050	1,018	297.50–301.00	300.78
1	1100–1150	1,105	245.00	245.00
6	1150–1200	1,159	237.00–272.50	264.05
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	435.00	435.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	445.00	445.00
2	500–550	500	430.00	430.00
3	550–600	573	410.00–415.00	411.66
3	600–650	637	327.50–355.00	336.57
2	650–700	680	340.00–352.50	346.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	460.00	460.00
3	350–400	373	470.00	470.00
10	400–450	436	440.00–497.00	461.34
16	450–500	478	425.00–477.50	450.30
10	500–550	519	407.50–450.00	429.13
13	550–600	577	370.00–440.00	409.30
11	600–650	628	370.00–385.00	381.81
12	650–700	681	350.00–405.00	378.27
5	700–750	720	311.00–378.00	355.91
1	750–800	790	312.00	312.00
3	800–850	813	300.00–320.00	313.28
2	850–900	877	310.00	310.00
2	900–950	935	288.00	288.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	240.00	240.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	392.50	392.50
1	650–700	670	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	242	580.00	580.00
5	250–300	287	337.50–505.00	414.76
6	300–350	342	440.00–590.00	551.27
8	350–400	370	435.00–532.50	485.48
33	400–450	428	355.00–487.50	429.87
41	450–500	474	377.50–485.00	444.65
44	500–550	528	300.00–470.00	420.72
68	550–600	568	320.00–460.00	407.79
15	600–650	626	337.50–435.00	403.07
18	650–700	682	327.00–380.00	351.09
10	700–750	711	301.00–363.00	337.35
5	750–800	760	367.50	367.50
5	800–850	820	300.00–335.00	315.46
2	850–900	888	317.00–322.50	319.74
3	900–950	913	290.00	290.00
1	950–1000	990	290.00	290.00
1	1100–1150	1,125	275.00	275.00
1	1150–1200	1,150	180.00	180.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	785	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	650.00–660.00	657.00
1	250–300	265	630.00	630.00
10	300–350	322	535.00–600.00	559.11
13	350–400	371	520.00–610.00	550.50
24	400–450	438	505.00–565.00	537.54
39	450–500	476	492.50–525.00	505.25
17	500–550	515	490.00–520.00	495.19
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	613	437.50	437.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	260.00	260.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	690	220.00	220.00
1	950–1000	955	175.00	175.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	345	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	370	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	510	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	550	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	880	172.50	172.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	267	465.00	465.00
1	300–350	305	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	350	240.00	240.00
4	400–450	428	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	465	270.00	270.00
4	500–550	522	260.00–300.00	289.76
6	550–600	555	265.00	265.00
3	650–700	672	245.00–285.00	266.95
5	750–800	781	220.00–230.00	222.04
1	850–900	860	220.00	220.00
1	1150–1200	1,180	186.00	186.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	350.00	350.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	347.50	347.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	735	197.50	197.50
1	850–900	885	185.00	185.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	535	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	590	218.00	218.00
1	650–700	655	221.00	221.00
1	700–750	710	120.00	120.00
2	800–850	808	225.00–227.00	225.99
2	900–950	923	196.00–210.00	202.98
3	950–1000	985	200.00	200.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	191.00	191.00
1	1100–1150	1,140	200.00	200.00
1	1150–1200	1,150	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	317.50	317.50
2	350–400	383	367.50–435.00	400.15
1	450–500	450	342.50	342.50
1	750–800	755	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	435.00	435.00
4	400–450	430	392.50–415.00	402.27
2	450–500	483	405.00	405.00
3	500–550	505	350.00–375.00	358.50
4	550–600	559	352.50–377.50	371.07
4	600–650	610	337.50–362.50	343.90
1	650–700	685	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	400.00–477.50	439.09
11	300–350	338	450.00–492.50	480.60
19	350–400	373	410.00–470.00	437.95
28	400–450	431	400.00–443.00	423.68
21	450–500	476	375.00–446.00	400.59
22	500–550	522	345.00–390.00	370.78
36	550–600	572	345.00–376.00	365.68
14	600–650	617	320.00–357.00	341.33
27	650–700	660	282.50–342.50	329.85
2	750–800	762	295.00	295.00
2	800–850	833	250.00–300.00	274.77
4	850–900	860	261.00–280.00	272.72
1	950–1000	960	221.00	221.00
3	1050–1100	1,072	200.00–265.00	221.53
1	1100–1150	1,120	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	347.50	347.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	274	300.00–537.00	396.67
13	300–350	329	350.00–490.00	428.05
42	350–400	377	320.00–452.50	400.04
85	400–450	430	350.00–447.50	406.26
79	450–500	477	310.00–460.00	408.23
66	500–550	523	295.00–420.00	368.59
77	550–600	575	280.00–400.00	357.97
32	600–650	615	275.00–352.00	324.49
22	650–700	671	285.00–361.00	321.87
41	700–750	713	280.00–340.00	328.40
10	750–800	774	305.00–316.00	310.32
8	800–850	823	220.00–285.00	265.57
82	850–900	860	277.00–330.00	318.28
13	1050–1100	1,058	236.00–281.00	270.64
1	1100–1150	1,140	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	575	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	515	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	565	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	608	380.00–390.00	387.56
26	650–700	660	391.50–392.50	391.84
2	800–850	835	334.00	334.00
1	950–1000	955	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	580.00	580.00
2	250–300	275	510.00–580.00	546.91
23	300–350	327	475.00–565.00	529.15
27	350–400	365	482.50–545.00	505.72
38	400–450	419	457.50–510.00	478.70
42	450–500	473	427.50–485.00	464.43
3	600–650	615	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	505.00	505.00
260	500–550	515	400.00–487.00	450.55
118	550–600	568	390.00–450.00	418.07
457	600–650	619	356.00–430.50	409.55
181	650–700	675	360.00–397.00	370.34
234	700–750	710	330.00–390.00	361.05
461	750–800	769	320.00–375.10	346.63
64	800–850	825	332.25	332.25
21	850–900	855	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	175	500.00–640.00	586.19
14	200–250	225	450.00–640.00	549.63
31	250–300	273	455.00–575.00	508.32
58	300–350	322	345.00–565.00	485.31
135	350–400	375	445.00–545.00	476.83
201	400–450	428	420.00–495.00	459.07
264	450–500	472	400.00–477.50	439.81
394	500–550	521	365.00–466.00	416.61
386	550–600	582	350.00–435.00	396.36
152	600–650	624	330.00–397.50	359.40
225	650–700	667	320.00–384.50	364.77
68	700–750	720	297.50–372.00	329.65
73	750–800	762	280.00–355.50	336.33
35	800–850	825	280.00–347.00	317.55
8	850–900	878	285.00–305.00	292.21
17	900–950	930	250.00–315.00	290.36
8	1000–1050	1,024	252.50–270.00	265.86
2	1050–1100	1,075	235.00–237.00	236.02
1	1100–1150	1,105	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	510.00	510.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	335.00	335.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	14	—	1,413	2,250.00–4,700.00	3,700.79
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,034	1,800.00–3,400.00	2,767.65
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,147	213.00	213.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	740	1,850.00	1,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	970	1,825.00–2,050.00	1,939.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	3,700.00	3,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	3,250.00	3,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,230	2,100.00–3,950.00	3,246.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,303	3,200.00–3,500.00	3,440.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,005	3,150.00–4,650.00	3,810.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,695	4,250.00–4,700.00	4,530.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,310	3,350.00–4,500.00	4,040.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,274	2,250.00–3,700.00	3,134.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,079	2,800.00–4,800.00	3,856.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,220	3,350.00–5,050.00	3,891.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,615	2,800.00–3,250.00	3,011.76
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,467	2,800.00	2,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	2,150.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,160	2,800.00–2,850.00	2,821.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	2,800.00	2,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	2,600.00	2,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,053	164.00–170.00	167.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,074	174.00–240.00	203.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	—	925	185.00–293.00	233.47
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	272.50	272.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,155	2,100.00–2,650.00	2,361.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	2,100.00	2,100.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	875	2,500.00–3,700.00	3,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,072	1,925.00–2,850.00	2,354.13
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	993	2,000.00–2,230.00	2,153.70
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	770	1,375.00–1,700.00	1,543.83
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	2,310.00	2,310.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,183	2,650.00–3,400.00	3,052.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	890	1,750.00–3,275.00	2,710.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	2,150.00	2,150.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	919	3,150.00–3,550.00	3,445.51
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	869	2,225.00–3,200.00	2,701.46
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	2,100.00	2,100.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	815	2,375.00–2,700.00	2,457.75
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	1,800.00	1,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	913	2,600.00–3,100.00	2,955.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	888	2,100.00–2,425.00	2,257.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,365	2,475.00	2,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	825	1,850.00–2,350.00	2,107.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	2,025.00	2,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,151	2,650.00–3,300.00	3,140.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,102	2,300.00–3,150.00	2,672.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,411	2,550.00–3,850.00	3,039.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,203	2,400.00–3,775.00	3,030.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,223	1,825.00–2,700.00	2,338.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	59	—	1,317	2,000.00–3,600.00	3,127.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,039	2,250.00–3,650.00	2,860.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	1,239	2,150.00–3,150.00	2,649.71
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,248	2,400.00–3,225.00	2,767.99
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,178	2,600.00–3,200.00	2,893.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,314	2,750.00–3,450.00	3,024.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	885	1,600.00–2,200.00	1,928.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,180	2,050.00–3,500.00	2,756.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,299	2,250.00–2,950.00	2,689.04
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,875.00	1,875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	955	1,700.00–2,250.00	1,973.56
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	1,750.00	1,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	2,000.00	2,000.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	2,850.00	2,850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,770	222.50–235.00	229.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,795	246.00–268.00	253.28
105	—	1,606	195.00–232.00	212.54
31	—	1,445	160.00–216.00	192.78
85	—	1,782	215.00–255.00	232.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,380	170.00–182.50	176.73
15	—	1,426	185.00–200.00	189.48
1	—	1,200	155.00	155.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,023	90.00–172.00	146.31
186	—	1,058	130.00–183.00	157.59
128	—	1,045	150.00–199.00	172.94
25	—	943	102.00–159.00	131.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,536	169.00–212.00	187.94
13	—	1,522	154.50–179.00	170.44
107	—	1,524	153.00–189.00	177.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
217	—	1,268	152.00–198.00	175.61
235	—	1,292	169.00–222.00	188.43
66	—	1,254	135.00–179.00	162.06
12	—	1,164	90.00–169.00	154.79
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	187.50	187.50
4	—	1,214	170.00–180.00	176.35
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,184	193.00–203.00	198.90
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,349	200.00–230.00	216.33
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	240.00	240.00
7	—	1,333	217.00–257.00	238.31

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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