Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2019-06-28

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Jun 28
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
448 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 435▲ 448 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 77▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 15▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower. Yearling steers and heifers mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower.

*No sale next week due to holiday*

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.63/cwt on 296 head.
Average price
$126.63
296 head · 687 lb average
Value per head Derived
$870
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$438
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$24.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.07
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2696127.70889283
Large 1548103.505686thin
Small 1-2436103.294517thin
One grade step is worth $24.41/cwt here — about $438 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale296 hd
126.63
—
KY average26 barns · 4,907 hd
126.56
+0.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,56584.701,3266thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42162.068825thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15157.226598thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average85942.343644thin

Every lot

47 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365132.00/cwt132.00–132.004821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2447136.00/cwt136.00–136.006084
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2503148.20/cwt135.00–149.5074512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560137.36/cwt133.00–143.007695
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640133.00/cwt133.00–133.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2653142.00/cwt142.00–142.009276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717125.00/cwt125.00–125.008964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2764125.49/cwt125.00–126.009594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added817130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,06265
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855115.00/cwt115.00–115.009831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2325102.00/cwt102.00–102.003321
Heifers—Small 1-2355100.00/cwt100.00–100.003553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390132.00/cwt132.00–132.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423118.04/cwt111.00–124.0049916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468123.11/cwt122.00–124.005767
Heifers—Large 1500100.00/cwt100.00–100.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505146.00/cwt146.00–146.0073715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511126.11/cwt116.00–128.0064414
Heifers—Small 1-251595.00/cwt95.00–95.004891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2557130.00/cwt130.00–130.007242
Heifers—Large 1558104.20/cwt101.00–105.005815
Heifers—Small 1-2575113.00/cwt113.00–113.006502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635118.93/cwt114.00–124.0075512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667136.00/cwt136.00–136.0090780
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668121.51/cwt121.00–122.008122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added794124.40/cwt124.40–124.4098868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added816122.90/cwt122.90–122.901,00362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2937103.00/cwt103.00–103.009654
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2225140.00/cwt140.00–140.003151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385131.00/cwt131.00–131.005041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433142.50/cwt139.00–144.0061713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479130.50/cwt129.00–134.006257
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2501130.70/cwt125.00–133.006557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571130.11/cwt125.00–135.007438
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2695100.00/cwt100.00–100.006951
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0391
Bulls——1,60186.64/cwt85.00–88.001,3875
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79035.00/cwt35.00–35.002771
Cows—Lean 85-90%88244.78/cwt43.00–46.003953
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15157.22/cwt53.00–59.006598
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37860.76/cwt60.00–62.008373
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48564.00/cwt64.00–64.009502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,045.00/cwt1,045.00–1,045.0011,7562
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,130875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,8881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,233991.49/cwt925.00–1,130.0012,2253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,3752

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.