Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2019-10-18

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Oct 18
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,195 head
▼ 294 vs last sale 1,489▲ 1,195 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 97▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer calves sold steady to 2.00 higher with most of the increase on weaned calves. Feeder heifer calves steady. Yearling steers and heifers fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.67/cwt on 620 head.
Average price
$137.67
620 head · 757 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,042
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$446
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$16.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.56
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2758137.751,045617
Small 1-2495121.005993thin
One grade step is worth $16.75/cwt here — about $446 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 sale620 hd
137.67
—
KY average29 barns · 7,793 hd
137.11
+0.56
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—High1,90182.981,5787thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38744.9562324
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19143.8252248
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16635.1341013

Every lot

60 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290144.00/cwt144.00–144.004183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330146.00/cwt146.00–146.004822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added350170.00/cwt170.00–170.005953
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370146.76/cwt141.00–155.0054318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436131.49/cwt128.00–139.0057319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489128.99/cwt121.00–136.0063127
Steers—Small 1-2495121.00/cwt121.00–121.005993
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530131.99/cwt128.00–137.0070018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579128.89/cwt121.00–132.0074634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624131.55/cwt126.00–132.5082114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678132.10/cwt130.00–135.008967
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682133.50/cwt133.50–133.5091012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721120.20/cwt120.00–121.008675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783143.36/cwt140.00–146.601,123135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added822140.63/cwt127.50–141.601,156128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added883137.50/cwt130.00–139.801,214175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2975115.27/cwt109.00–124.001,12414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,205125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5063
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285137.50/cwt137.50–137.503924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327127.13/cwt119.00–131.0041610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378119.47/cwt117.00–121.0045210
Heifers—Large 139095.00/cwt95.00–95.003711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414111.10/cwt104.00–119.0046022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471114.91/cwt109.00–117.0054172
Heifers—Large 148694.93/cwt89.00–104.004615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527117.58/cwt112.00–121.0062025
Heifers—Large 1555102.00/cwt102.00–102.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560115.25/cwt115.00–116.0064516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605123.00/cwt123.00–123.007444
Heifers—Large 1623100.00/cwt100.00–100.006233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added639135.25/cwt135.25–135.2586481
Heifers—Large 1650104.00/cwt104.00–104.006762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653112.98/cwt108.00–118.007388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2703106.00/cwt106.00–106.007454
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2240135.00/cwt135.00–135.003244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2309137.18/cwt130.00–140.004247
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2371134.81/cwt129.00–141.0050010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2410128.81/cwt123.00–135.0052827
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475124.41/cwt120.00–133.0059138
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2511120.30/cwt115.00–125.0061527
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573122.53/cwt120.00–125.0070214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2614114.95/cwt109.00–120.007069
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780102.00/cwt102.00–102.007962
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 346580.00/cwt80.00–80.0037219
Dairy Steers—Large 355389.75/cwt89.75–89.7549651
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42063.50/cwt63.50–63.509021
Bulls——1,63575.50/cwt75.50–75.501,2341
Bulls——2,05188.37/cwt86.00–90.001,8125
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11232.63/cwt29.00–35.003639
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15739.11/cwt37.00–41.5045310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18247.80/cwt46.00–51.5056512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20943.80/cwt41.00–46.5053026
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28840.74/cwt39.00–44.005254
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33843.97/cwt42.50–46.0058810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41847.30/cwt45.50–53.0067110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43141.51/cwt41.00–42.005944
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,117543.51/cwt400.00–650.006,0716
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220510.00/cwt510.00–510.006,2221
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,565775.00/cwt775.00–775.0012,1292

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.