Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kentucky reported 400 priced lines covering 12,777 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,624 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,213 head. replacement cattle receipts at 548 head. Counted as USDA files them — 56 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,624Last week 10,534Year ago 12,198

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,213Last week 1,393Year ago 1,640

Replacement CattleReceipts 548Last week 697Year ago 550

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers below 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher early in the week with instances to sharply higher. Feeders 600 lbs and above saw moderate gains selling 2.00 to 4.00 higher. As the week progressed the reported trends took a significant downturn showing steady to 5.00 lower with instances sharply lower. Yearling steers and heifers were reported unevenly steady with prices ranging from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good throughout the week with buyers showing best interest for long weaned and preconditioned offerings. Slaughter cows were mostly 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 lower with moderate to good demand for all slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	605.00	605.00
1	250–300	290	645.00	645.00
4	300–350	344	610.00–615.00	611.24
12	350–400	368	540.00–600.00	583.53
17	400–450	422	467.50–551.00	521.79
32	450–500	477	445.00–510.00	492.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	211	500.00–600.00	535.33
12	250–300	276	470.00–610.00	524.30
17	300–350	330	432.50–565.00	499.04
30	350–400	377	450.00–572.50	508.36
57	400–450	428	435.00–525.00	490.58
70	450–500	479	400.00–515.00	460.71
135	500–550	531	380.00–490.00	433.46
148	550–600	574	351.00–460.00	426.16
164	600–650	622	334.00–418.50	386.28
440	650–700	674	320.00–410.00	377.48
162	700–750	728	310.00–385.00	362.98
267	750–800	769	305.00–370.00	343.82
59	800–850	826	310.00–350.00	334.66
65	850–900	860	305.00–341.00	321.43
12	900–950	927	300.00–326.00	308.19
17	950–1000	963	282.50–412.50	318.23
12	1000–1050	1,024	270.00–304.00	286.20
2	1050–1100	1,058	285.00–302.00	293.48
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	546	340.00–350.00	347.53
1	550–600	585	380.00	380.00
2	700–750	735	337.00	337.00
1	750–800	770	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	325	440.00–462.50	452.38
5	350–400	366	420.00–455.00	444.02
13	400–450	437	380.00–485.00	434.61
21	450–500	471	350.00–462.00	411.46
39	500–550	531	355.00–467.00	393.04
21	550–600	574	350.00–422.00	404.49
33	600–650	615	300.00–395.00	368.31
11	650–700	669	352.50–370.00	361.87
5	700–750	720	320.00–355.00	332.02
20	750–800	776	310.00–346.50	331.18
2	800–850	840	280.00–312.50	296.35
1	850–900	890	295.00	295.00
4	900–950	936	300.00	300.00
2	1000–1050	1,002	288.00	288.00
1	1100–1150	1,105	202.00	202.00
1	1150–1200	1,170	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	345.00–475.00	437.97
13	400–450	428	355.00–477.00	439.18
34	450–500	476	355.00–460.00	416.35
15	500–550	522	327.50–435.00	380.14
19	550–600	564	335.00–410.00	383.23
16	600–650	617	310.00–392.50	355.79
12	650–700	667	322.00–372.00	350.32
2	700–750	717	299.00	299.00
5	750–800	773	300.00–340.00	317.20
12	800–850	806	285.00–325.00	320.86
1	900–950	925	275.00	275.00
5	1100–1150	1,108	244.00	244.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	422.50	422.50
2	500–550	545	395.00	395.00
3	550–600	590	330.00–375.00	360.12
1	650–700	685	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	750	322.50	322.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	370.00	370.00
1	900–950	945	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	389.00	389.00
1	550–600	585	367.50	367.50
1	650–700	695	337.50	337.50
2	700–750	733	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
53	450–500	467	543.00	543.00
81	500–550	524	420.00–502.00	456.42
106	550–600	573	400.00–478.00	445.21
208	600–650	625	375.00–438.00	421.01
310	650–700	675	360.00–425.00	381.42
155	700–750	727	355.00–398.00	375.93
366	750–800	777	358.00–372.25	368.42
415	800–850	823	338.00–368.00	347.54
330	850–900	870	335.00–347.50	340.56
556	900–950	930	312.75–343.00	324.44
675	950–1000	966	308.25–329.25	320.13
154	1000–1050	1,028	293.00–318.25	307.29
110	1050–1100	1,058	299.50	299.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	456	458.00	458.00
18	550–600	554	431.00	431.00
40	600–650	631	393.00	393.00
55	650–700	672	371.50	371.50
70	700–750	746	363.50	363.50
69	750–800	786	365.00	365.00
40	800–850	829	337.50	337.50
10	850–900	869	319.50	319.50
57	900–950	901	336.75	336.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	564	370.00–372.00	370.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	690.00	690.00
6	200–250	222	465.00–580.00	502.59
36	250–300	281	405.00–565.00	472.39
40	300–350	333	400.00–510.00	454.82
94	350–400	376	370.00–490.00	446.26
150	400–450	429	375.00–470.00	420.31
196	450–500	476	315.00–440.00	400.98
261	500–550	528	344.50–410.00	384.75
226	550–600	574	332.50–391.00	361.55
264	600–650	621	295.00–387.50	344.39
293	650–700	679	280.00–370.00	336.85
105	700–750	726	250.00–337.50	316.43
35	750–800	770	273.00–340.00	312.83
22	800–850	819	263.00–316.00	299.44
5	850–900	867	267.50–288.00	276.08
10	900–950	917	235.00–326.00	305.26
5	950–1000	965	250.00–268.00	257.15
3	1000–1050	1,027	244.00–269.00	254.81
1	1050–1100	1,065	255.00	255.00
1	1100–1150	1,115	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	279	502.50–575.00	518.26
1	300–350	305	485.00	485.00
43	350–400	385	455.00–520.00	477.97
29	400–450	421	420.00–480.00	465.88
46	450–500	476	414.00–452.50	432.22
3	550–600	557	378.00	378.00
84	600–650	626	384.50	384.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	360.00–397.50	378.85
3	500–550	537	340.00	340.00
3	600–650	618	280.00–337.50	311.62
1	650–700	685	292.50	292.50
3	700–750	720	285.00–290.00	288.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	222	410.00–420.00	413.23
3	250–300	283	395.00–445.00	412.06
13	300–350	334	365.00–455.00	419.90
11	350–400	389	350.00–405.00	380.27
30	400–450	422	350.00–422.50	377.44
18	450–500	477	330.00–407.00	374.02
49	500–550	524	315.00–370.00	348.49
39	550–600	581	295.00–365.00	341.57
15	600–650	638	265.00–345.00	323.60
5	650–700	675	285.00–328.00	302.75
1	700–750	730	280.00	280.00
3	750–800	782	305.00–306.00	305.66
1	800–850	805	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	880	232.50	232.50
2	900–950	915	275.00	275.00
1	950–1000	995	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	575	303.00	303.00
1	700–750	740	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	410.00	410.00
10	250–300	281	280.00–457.50	409.15
13	300–350	328	312.00–500.00	425.89
25	350–400	373	335.00–440.00	409.05
39	400–450	426	335.00–450.00	383.12
28	450–500	473	295.00–410.00	371.13
27	500–550	523	275.00–410.00	352.49
26	550–600	574	313.00–350.00	333.36
25	600–650	626	225.00–380.00	302.16
23	650–700	672	272.50–330.00	312.42
9	700–750	727	205.00–293.00	260.42
18	750–800	772	250.00–297.00	277.98
5	800–850	810	247.50–297.50	271.82
1	850–900	850	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	910	275.00	275.00
4	950–1000	980	240.00–270.00	257.53
2	1000–1050	1,020	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	620	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	402	485.00	485.00
8	450–500	457	450.00	450.00
117	500–550	523	380.00–432.50	402.89
114	550–600	573	370.00–422.50	391.20
237	600–650	626	350.00–401.00	382.07
381	650–700	672	336.50–376.00	370.66
112	700–750	733	330.00–355.25	347.10
92	750–800	764	322.00–356.50	350.88
251	800–850	822	314.50–340.00	327.64
11	850–900	871	335.00–336.00	335.72
46	900–950	907	295.50	295.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	730	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	587	314.00	314.00
2	600–650	637	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	820	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	350.00–390.00	370.00
1	550–600	555	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	445.00	445.00
10	450–500	463	416.00	416.00
31	500–550	536	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	575	375.00	375.00
66	600–650	643	369.75	369.75
16	700–750	721	321.00	321.00
10	750–800	777	314.75	314.75
11	800–850	825	309.50	309.50
2	950–1000	955	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	520	317.50	317.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	885	190.00	190.00
2	900–950	905	204.50–210.00	207.27
1	1000–1050	1,035	200.00	200.00
1	1050–1100	1,095	200.50	200.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	175.00	175.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	255.00	255.00
4	500–550	519	255.00–322.50	299.50
1	550–600	555	265.00	265.00
9	650–700	662	302.00	302.00
1	750–800	790	155.00	155.00
1	800–850	815	210.00	210.00
2	850–900	855	260.00	260.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	195.00	195.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	200.00	200.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	642	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	515.00–550.00	532.50
6	250–300	284	390.00–500.00	445.48
8	300–350	316	355.00–505.00	429.94
20	350–400	376	317.50–485.00	401.56
28	400–450	427	340.00–500.00	415.42
48	450–500	471	300.00–442.00	388.94
35	500–550	528	300.00–399.00	346.72
30	550–600	571	270.00–392.50	339.59
18	600–650	626	260.00–367.00	303.65
14	650–700	671	250.00–332.50	309.64
7	700–750	726	230.00–306.00	279.88
7	750–800	772	250.00–297.50	272.47
7	800–850	835	171.00–300.00	261.10
2	850–900	878	262.50–288.00	275.36
1	900–950	910	252.00	252.00
1	950–1000	950	291.00	291.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	420.00–465.00	441.90
2	300–350	338	400.00–470.00	434.74
11	350–400	378	370.00–470.00	414.33
23	400–450	431	370.00–450.00	417.91
17	450–500	482	320.00–449.00	400.56
16	500–550	525	320.00–382.50	349.81
17	550–600	569	310.00–350.00	337.33
6	600–650	631	280.00–345.00	322.53
3	650–700	680	287.50–337.00	307.62
3	700–750	712	260.00–270.00	263.30
1	800–850	840	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	885	260.00	260.00
1	900–950	930	200.00	200.00
1	950–1000	955	230.00	230.00
2	1000–1050	1,023	207.00–211.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	226	350.00–765.00	554.39
26	250–300	283	377.50–625.00	512.29
34	300–350	326	445.00–605.00	525.66
92	350–400	374	400.00–545.00	494.25
61	400–450	425	427.50–510.00	467.85
121	450–500	471	372.50–490.00	445.95
108	500–550	519	352.50–450.00	397.34
109	550–600	574	340.00–420.00	377.14
101	600–650	619	317.50–402.50	356.81
91	650–700	675	300.00–377.50	342.55
55	700–750	722	260.00–340.00	323.50
16	750–800	762	280.00–333.00	307.48
11	800–850	812	245.00–302.00	285.46
5	850–900	880	260.00–290.00	278.99
9	900–950	916	220.00–287.50	273.76
4	950–1000	965	241.00–270.00	261.06
3	1000–1050	1,022	222.50–231.00	227.14
8	1050–1100	1,066	220.00–247.00	239.22
1	1100–1150	1,125	223.00	223.00
1	1150–1200	1,195	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	470	262.50–332.50	296.01
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	302.50–462.50	391.33
1	450–500	455	462.50	462.50
2	500–550	520	350.00–370.00	360.00
4	550–600	568	330.00–372.50	349.99
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	272	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	440	352.50	352.50
2	450–500	465	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	335.00–395.00	364.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	435.00	435.00
2	250–300	285	509.00–550.00	528.78
6	300–350	327	490.00–625.00	579.99
14	350–400	372	520.00–600.00	548.97
17	400–450	418	492.50–547.50	517.13
2	450–500	463	500.00–512.50	506.42
35	500–550	524	385.00–442.50	421.45
3	550–600	563	390.00–430.00	413.40
8	600–650	622	370.00–412.50	386.60
3	650–700	670	352.50–365.00	357.43
1	800–850	810	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	450.00	450.00
4	550–600	576	456.00	456.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	322.00	322.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	2,560.00	2,560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,072	2,275.00–2,450.00	2,397.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	2,200.00	2,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,008	1,425.00–2,250.00	1,892.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	2,050.00	2,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	990	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,706.31
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,060	2,500.00–3,500.00	2,983.45
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,050	2,900.00	2,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,194	2,200.00–2,975.00	2,545.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,228	1,900.00–2,700.00	2,215.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,182	1,675.00–3,300.00	2,524.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,340	4,500.00	4,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	3,400.00	3,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	1,202	2,175.00–3,750.00	2,999.49
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,298	2,800.00–3,450.00	3,189.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,145	1,850.00–4,300.00	3,283.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,213	2,300.00–3,550.00	3,102.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,304	2,300.00–4,100.00	3,423.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,335	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,237	1,975.00–3,650.00	3,046.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,101	1,900.00–2,025.00	1,951.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,123	1,900.00–3,700.00	2,779.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,320	3,400.00–4,100.00	3,699.06
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,207	1,950.00–2,250.00	2,170.12
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,169	2,300.00–2,625.00	2,475.12
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,480	2,850.00	2,850.00
Bred Cows — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	735	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,725.51
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	3,525.00	3,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,550.00	2,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,497	3,125.00–3,700.00	3,567.22
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,313	4,000.00–4,150.00	4,082.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,291	2,700.00–4,000.00	3,466.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,343	3,625.00–4,600.00	4,119.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	3,525.00	3,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,665	3,725.00	3,725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,340	3,775.00–4,900.00	4,373.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,888	3,250.00–4,400.00	3,908.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,138	2,550.00–3,150.00	2,911.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,458	3,800.00–4,500.00	4,143.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,374	3,500.00–4,450.00	3,933.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	2,150.00	2,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	2,025.00	2,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,525.00	2,525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,250.00	2,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,425	4,450.00	4,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,175	245.00	245.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	—	2,950.00	2,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,372	2,400.00–4,550.00	3,587.03
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,045	2,450.00–2,550.00	2,500.96
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	883	2,050.00–2,475.00	2,276.35
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	2,725.00	2,725.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	980	2,920.00–3,200.00	2,978.68
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	947	2,675.00–3,950.00	3,584.15
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	821	2,100.00–2,950.00	2,629.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	944	1,450.00–3,800.00	2,771.05
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	2,950.00–3,325.00	3,142.07
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,900.00	1,900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,108	1,850.00–2,600.00	2,256.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,098	2,075.00–2,750.00	2,393.04
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	843	210.00–335.00	257.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,081	173.00–270.00	214.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	959	181.00–300.00	221.43
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	855	1,500.00	1,500.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	973	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,675.32
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	2,800.00	2,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,766	220.00–249.00	233.77
95	—	1,589	166.00–234.50	218.18
6	—	1,723	250.00–261.00	254.54
37	—	1,577	169.00–219.50	197.98
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	255.00	255.00
2	—	1,773	215.00–216.00	215.54
3	—	1,730	227.50–237.00	232.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
212	—	1,324	147.00–189.00	174.57
111	—	1,283	172.00–212.00	190.09
8	—	1,216	160.00–169.00	165.69
51	—	1,311	120.00–178.00	161.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,556	174.00–204.50	187.73
86	—	1,553	159.00–189.00	176.64
2	—	1,580	144.00–155.00	149.85
10	—	1,686	150.00–178.00	165.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,443	170.00–181.00	175.92
1	—	1,440	167.00	167.00
6	—	1,458	180.00–193.00	185.18
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,083	165.00–179.00	171.85
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,200	170.00–180.00	172.55
1	—	1,290	160.00	160.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	994	101.00–162.00	141.00
138	—	1,081	129.00–171.00	156.26
73	—	1,100	152.00–186.00	171.14
20	—	1,039	90.00–155.00	132.49
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,023	197.00–204.00	200.47
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	282.50	282.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,408	188.00–265.00	226.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,243	186.00–217.00	209.44

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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