Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2019-09-20

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Sep 20
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,498 head
▲ 758 vs last sale 740▲ 1,498 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 180▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 30▲ 30 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 below 500 sold unevenly steady with light demand for fleshy unweaned calves. Calves weighing over 600 pounds that were weaned sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with moderate demand. Yearling steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand. This weeks yearling offering consisted of many high quality fancy yearlings. Slaughter cows and bulls fully steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.48/cwt on 960 head.
Average price
$136.48
960 head · 786 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$248
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$26.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.67
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2786136.531,073958
Large 1750110.008252thin
One grade step is worth $26.53/cwt here — about $248 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 sale960 hd
136.48
—
KY average28 barns · 6,390 hd
133.81
+2.67
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—Low1,58976.611,21711
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35951.7270317
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22650.1761524
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04438.0139714

Every lot

62 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335137.04/cwt135.00–139.004598
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405131.53/cwt126.00–135.0053310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476139.10/cwt130.00–142.006628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521130.43/cwt125.00–134.0068037
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560124.90/cwt124.00–126.0069911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568133.50/cwt133.50–133.507585
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619125.61/cwt120.00–128.7577815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630142.18/cwt134.00–144.5089649
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2656123.43/cwt122.50–125.008107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683138.85/cwt138.85–138.8594845
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2732128.00/cwt128.00–128.009376
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735144.80/cwt136.00–146.001,064260
Steers—Large 1750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785117.00/cwt117.00–117.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy800115.00/cwt115.00–115.009204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added824133.71/cwt130.00–135.251,102153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added866137.85/cwt137.80–137.901,194116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added930132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,23255
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added961129.26/cwt126.20–130.801,242168
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2234111.57/cwt110.00–112.002618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2303115.67/cwt108.00–121.0035014
Heifers—Small 1-2320103.09/cwt100.00–106.003306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added364128.00/cwt128.00–128.004667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374122.12/cwt115.00–125.0045719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417118.76/cwt100.00–125.5049538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475118.30/cwt105.00–125.0056222
Heifers—Large 1500107.00/cwt107.00–107.005351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532114.56/cwt113.00–120.0060914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579121.36/cwt115.00–124.0070319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612117.74/cwt110.00–122.0072123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633133.40/cwt122.00–135.00844179
Heifers—Large 1645115.00/cwt115.00–115.007424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680107.74/cwt101.00–113.0073315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688118.00/cwt118.00–118.008125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710125.00/cwt125.00–125.008884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-271084.00/cwt84.00–84.005961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2260131.83/cwt130.00–140.003436
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320122.46/cwt118.00–130.0039216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2371130.68/cwt125.00–135.0048519
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426128.10/cwt125.00–130.005465
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478124.86/cwt121.00–135.0059718
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2542121.00/cwt121.00–121.006565
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2581119.85/cwt112.00–126.006969
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2679121.26/cwt116.00–128.008237
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283595.00/cwt95.00–95.007931
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 358985.50/cwt85.50–85.5050420
Dairy Steers—Large 377187.00/cwt87.00–87.0067117
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24068.00/cwt68.00–68.008431
Bulls——1,59775.82/cwt72.50–85.001,2116
Bulls——1,66479.94/cwt79.50–80.501,3304
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01739.84/cwt35.00–43.0040511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14531.28/cwt31.00–32.003583
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17048.39/cwt46.00–52.0056614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30552.66/cwt51.00–55.0068710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31550.19/cwt48.00–52.0066011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44154.52/cwt53.00–57.007866
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,165725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,4461
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,373703.57/cwt550.00–850.009,6608
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,435785.00/cwt785.00–785.0011,2651
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6901,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0019,6042
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,226747.87/cwt625.00–850.009,16910
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,278818.74/cwt760.00–875.0010,4634

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.