Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2020-02-07

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Feb 7
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
246 head
▼ 320 vs last sale 566▲ 246 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 33▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes this week sold fully steady on a light test due to weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.96/cwt on 139 head.
Average price
$131.96
139 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.11
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556131.96733139
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale139 hd
131.96
—
KY average27 barns · 4,584 hd
126.85
+5.11
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35063.008511thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10656.2762214
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05049.005151thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added272180.00/cwt180.00–180.004902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332162.00/cwt162.00–162.005382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added338178.00/cwt178.00–178.0060211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added384169.00/cwt169.00–169.0064921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437168.00/cwt168.00–168.007347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465154.00/cwt154.00–154.007161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485153.00/cwt153.00–153.007421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511146.74/cwt140.00–151.007508
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627142.25/cwt141.50–144.0089220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630130.00/cwt130.00–130.008191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675135.00/cwt135.00–135.009111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300125.00/cwt125.00–125.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added373140.00/cwt140.00–140.0052235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375124.00/cwt124.00–124.004651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423126.49/cwt124.00–129.005354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438132.67/cwt130.00–134.0058118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460125.00/cwt125.00–125.005751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562125.00/cwt125.00–125.007034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683129.00/cwt129.00–129.0088175
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2288154.05/cwt152.00–158.004443
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368157.07/cwt153.00–159.005783
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438145.00/cwt145.00–145.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007491
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%95546.00/cwt46.00–46.004391
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05049.00/cwt49.00–49.005151
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08354.05/cwt52.00–55.005854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13358.40/cwt56.00–61.006629
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35063.00/cwt63.00–63.008511

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.