Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2020-03-27

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Mar 27
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
914 head
▲ 321 vs last sale 593▲ 914 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 45▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 10 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 sold calves 5.00 to 10 higher. Yearlings steers and heifers sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.08/cwt on 451 head.
Average price
$132.08
451 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$11.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.82
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2596132.29788443
Large 1560120.756768thin
One grade step is worth $11.54/cwt here — about $112 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 sale451 hd
132.08
—
KY average26 barns · 3,115 hd
129.27
+2.82
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—High1,579100.111,58112
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39469.4796812
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11959.3766415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08945.414949thin

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320171.03/cwt162.00–187.505473
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365179.78/cwt162.50–190.006564
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added388184.77/cwt180.00–195.007177
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425169.02/cwt159.00–180.0071819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466158.26/cwt151.00–163.007378
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added493170.00/cwt170.00–170.008385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505169.00/cwt169.00–169.008531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508161.00/cwt161.00–161.008187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561161.27/cwt161.00–162.5090594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628150.26/cwt141.00–154.009447
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2647135.00/cwt135.00–135.008732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2651134.00/cwt134.00–134.008723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680139.00/cwt132.00–139.50945116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720134.00/cwt134.00–134.009651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723130.83/cwt130.75–132.0094644
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2767126.00/cwt126.00–126.009665
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added838121.70/cwt119.00–123.101,02092
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2225150.00/cwt150.00–150.003381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2258145.94/cwt140.00–148.003774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added345157.92/cwt155.00–167.005454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345135.00/cwt135.00–135.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374150.60/cwt144.00–157.5056319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425139.00/cwt139.00–139.005913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431144.00/cwt144.00–144.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484133.81/cwt133.00–135.006485
Heifers—Large 1518125.00/cwt125.00–125.006486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531138.43/cwt131.00–139.5073582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540120.55/cwt115.00–126.006516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574129.29/cwt124.00–136.0074224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590134.59/cwt127.00–135.7579493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609128.55/cwt124.00–133.007838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643132.50/cwt132.50–132.5085267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683121.00/cwt121.00–121.0082645
Heifers—Large 1685108.00/cwt108.00–108.007402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added711124.00/cwt124.00–124.0088274
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2374172.87/cwt168.00–195.006476
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422168.61/cwt160.00–179.0071213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483154.73/cwt149.00–168.0074724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500155.00/cwt155.00–155.007752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550142.29/cwt141.00–144.007837
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2678128.45/cwt125.00–137.0087110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705109.00/cwt109.00–109.007683
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2795110.00/cwt110.00–110.008752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-284599.00/cwt99.00–99.008372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-287092.00/cwt92.00–92.008002
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50994.37/cwt84.00–99.001,4246
Bulls——1,649105.85/cwt103.00–108.501,7456
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%95551.00/cwt51.00–51.004871
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04042.89/cwt39.00–47.004465
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13066.32/cwt62.00–70.007494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13157.42/cwt54.00–60.0064910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14053.08/cwt52.50–54.006053
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18035.00/cwt35.00–35.004131
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39469.47/cwt67.50–72.0096812
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980778.61/cwt695.00–835.007,6303
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,039838.82/cwt800.00–860.008,7153
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2964943.71/cwt935.00–985.009,0975
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,020760.00/cwt760.00–760.007,7521

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.