Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2020-02-14

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Feb 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
374 head
▲ 128 vs last sale 246▲ 374 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday:Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher,Good demand for high quality feeders and moderate demand for the plainer quality feeders.Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher,No test on slaughter bulls,Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.22/cwt on 198 head.
Average price
$137.22
198 head · 681 lb average
Value per head Derived
$935
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$308
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.26
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2689137.48948190
Medium and Large 2-3487131.196398thin
One grade step is worth $6.29/cwt here — about $308 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 sale198 hd
137.22
—
KY average26 barns · 3,243 hd
140.48
−3.26
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—Average1,95087.451,7063thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,89572.001,3641thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32460.137967thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02952.975459thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360174.49/cwt174.00–175.006284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385151.00/cwt151.00–151.005811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425173.00/cwt173.00–173.007351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426158.75/cwt155.00–160.006764
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460166.00/cwt166.00–166.007641
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3474131.64/cwt126.00–135.006247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493160.00/cwt160.00–160.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535143.96/cwt131.00–150.007705
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579147.45/cwt136.00–150.0085424
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3580128.00/cwt128.00–128.007421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625123.00/cwt123.00–123.007691
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634144.96/cwt140.00–148.0091920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668131.02/cwt129.00–133.008752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683143.00/cwt143.00–143.0097713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708126.00/cwt126.00–126.008922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added739130.38/cwt130.25–132.0096450
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790129.57/cwt127.50–129.751,02459
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2261137.00/cwt137.00–137.003583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370144.00/cwt144.00–144.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376127.93/cwt121.00–133.004815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418127.87/cwt125.00–131.005342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3450115.00/cwt115.00–115.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478127.72/cwt120.00–133.0061112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy510137.45/cwt135.00–140.007012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524129.71/cwt120.00–133.0068010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562134.27/cwt133.50–136.0075513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580124.51/cwt122.00–130.007227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629116.24/cwt115.00–122.007317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641128.75/cwt128.75–128.7582511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668133.10/cwt133.10–133.1088978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733119.00/cwt119.00–119.008723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-374087.00/cwt87.00–87.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2870114.00/cwt114.00–114.009921
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3400134.00/cwt134.00–134.005361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568133.31/cwt132.00–134.007573
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3583112.03/cwt104.00–120.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655121.00/cwt121.00–121.007931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720123.23/cwt116.00–127.008873
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,86884.68/cwt83.00–87.001,5822
Bulls——2,11593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,9671
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95841.15/cwt35.00–45.003943
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05361.31/cwt57.00–66.006464
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08854.03/cwt53.00–55.005882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32057.00/cwt57.00–57.007521
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32042.00/cwt42.00–42.005541
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32564.38/cwt61.00–69.008535
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,89572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,3641

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.