Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2020-01-17

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Jan 17
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
939 head
▼ 318 vs last sale 1,257▲ 939 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 88▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 10▲ 3 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. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.67/cwt on 405 head.
Average price
$145.67
405 head · 732 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$336
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$12.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.76
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2735145.921,073397
Large 1552133.507378thin
One grade step is worth $12.42/cwt here — about $336 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 sale405 hd
145.67
—
KY average29 barns · 8,545 hd
142.91
+2.76
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—Low1,79672.521,3034thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43258.798429thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21849.6760516
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03435.4736710

Every lot

57 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360169.00/cwt169.00–169.006081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420159.40/cwt152.00–163.0066920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added422169.49/cwt167.00–174.0071511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460154.23/cwt143.00–159.007097
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485163.57/cwt163.00–167.0079314
Steers—Large 1490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531144.91/cwt142.00–148.007694
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557140.00/cwt140.00–140.007806
Steers—Large 1561134.00/cwt134.00–134.007527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563145.51/cwt139.00–151.008199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623141.39/cwt139.00–152.0088121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650136.00/cwt136.00–136.008843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734126.01/cwt125.00–127.009258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added742145.80/cwt145.80–145.801,08261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added827143.66/cwt141.95–146.001,188232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295138.00/cwt138.00–138.004072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2312122.03/cwt118.00–130.003813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384122.36/cwt115.00–131.0047011
Heifers—Large 140596.00/cwt96.00–96.003893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436119.10/cwt109.00–124.0051921
Heifers—Small 1-2480106.00/cwt106.00–106.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481121.97/cwt115.00–125.0058719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539118.69/cwt112.00–124.0064014
Heifers—Large 1563113.00/cwt113.00–113.006363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571115.51/cwt109.00–119.0066020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626118.66/cwt116.00–120.007439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650137.20/cwt137.20–137.2089282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685119.50/cwt119.50–119.508196
Heifers—Small 1-268598.00/cwt98.00–98.006712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2895117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0471
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2220155.00/cwt155.00–155.003412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280155.00/cwt155.00–155.004342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2310150.67/cwt146.00–157.504675
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385159.00/cwt159.00–159.006122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423157.59/cwt156.00–160.006675
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463160.54/cwt155.00–168.0074312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521124.64/cwt105.00–141.0064914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578130.21/cwt119.00–137.0075315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2632128.70/cwt125.00–133.0081311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765119.00/cwt119.00–119.009101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2890104.00/cwt104.00–104.009262
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 342185.20/cwt83.00–88.0035913
Dairy Steers—Large 346192.50/cwt92.50–92.5042610
Dairy Steers—Large 354097.50/cwt97.50–97.5052721
Dairy Steers—Large 3550104.00/cwt104.00–104.0057287
Dairy Steers—Large 365585.00/cwt85.00–85.005578
Dairy Steers—Large 389084.00/cwt84.00–84.007482
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50063.54/cwt63.00–64.009532
Bulls——1,93093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,7951
Bulls——2,25570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,5791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01534.63/cwt31.00–39.003519
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19953.43/cwt52.00–54.506417
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20043.00/cwt43.00–43.005161
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23246.74/cwt45.00–51.005769
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38053.49/cwt53.00–54.007382
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44760.31/cwt58.00–66.508737
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,080661.39/cwt590.00–750.007,1433

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.