The Morning Wire / Kentucky / Mon Aug 10, 2026

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Kentucky cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Aug 10
● 7 barns reportedEvery figure as filed
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The market in a line

Mon, Aug 10
Choice cutout closed $7.06 higher at $371.42. 7 Kentucky barns reported 477 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Kentucky, week of Aug 10 USDA
Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.
WeightPricevs prior weekHeadBarns
300-399 lb515.80/cwt$6.66 higher9718
400-499 lb475.58/cwt$13.51 higher31821
500-599 lb428.40/cwt$4.13 higher59819
600-699 lb385.89/cwt$13.47 lower1,29121
700-799 lb360.97/cwt$3.65 lower1,12720
800-899 lb341.20/cwt$8.58 lower93415

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 10 USDA
Choice $371.42, $7.06 higher. Select $350.84, $1.53 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $20.58. 69 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
48,598 head traded Aug 1–Aug 7.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered375.393,154
Iowa-MinnesotaLive Delivered239.181,090
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB235.326,326
KansasDressed Delivered370.0039
KansasLive FOB234.943,813
NebraskaDressed Delivered370.3914,747

At the Kentucky barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 600 lbs and under were sharply higher with a moderate supply and strong demand for weaned and harder conditioned calves.

Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky · Kentucky

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher on weaned and preconditioned feeders. Unweaned and plain qualtiy feeders sold steady to firm. . Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Harned Livestock Auction · Kentucky

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold mostly steady on a light test. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers lightly tested as well. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes.

Paris Livestock Auction · Kentucky

All classes of feeder calves sold very similar to last week on a limited number of comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light test.

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green · Kentucky

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes.

Owensboro Livestock Auction · Kentucky

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)313.98/cwt$3.22 higher340
Boner (85% lean)331.20/cwt$2.87 higher1,338
Cutter (90% lean)331.25/cwt$1.49 higher2,344
Premium White324.58/cwt$1.20 lower1,409
Bull (92% lean)374.17/cwt$1.17 higher371

What published

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Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Kentucky only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.