Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2020-07-24

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Jul 24
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,409 head
▲ 583 vs last sale 826▲ 120 vs year ago 1,289 · +9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 34▼ 48 vs year ago 80 · −60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 1▼ 12 vs year ago 21 · −57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls fully steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.07/cwt on 849 head.
Average price
$131.07
849 head · 875 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$436
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$5.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.77
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2876131.081,148848
Large 1565126.007121thin
One grade step is worth $5.08/cwt here — about $436 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 sale849 hd
131.07
—
KY average28 barns · 6,154 hd
134.84
−3.77
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—High1,592101.771,6205thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27766.038437thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27265.978393thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91841.393803thin

Every lot

54 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 1-2420152.00/cwt152.00–152.006381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465143.47/cwt142.00–145.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531148.13/cwt143.00–152.007877
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559145.51/cwt135.00–149.008138
Steers—Large 1565126.00/cwt126.00–126.007121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607132.00/cwt132.00–132.008015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621143.35/cwt142.00–146.008908
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added678144.83/cwt140.00–145.0098289
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710127.00/cwt127.00–127.009021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added716130.86/cwt129.00–135.0093715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763126.00/cwt126.00–126.009613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added781137.80/cwt137.80–137.801,07669
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added842121.83/cwt121.75–123.001,02678
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added880130.54/cwt129.00–132.001,149116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added935130.65/cwt129.80–131.951,222282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,010124.27/cwt123.30–124.751,255162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,24590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330124.00/cwt124.00–124.004096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385128.68/cwt127.00–134.004954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411129.01/cwt120.00–132.005305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added417139.00/cwt139.00–139.005805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463132.79/cwt128.00–143.006159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517134.05/cwt129.00–139.0069320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538126.74/cwt126.00–129.006824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558139.01/cwt137.00–140.007769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578121.35/cwt109.00–129.0070112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614136.08/cwt129.00–137.00836150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642120.63/cwt117.00–122.007745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2657123.00/cwt123.00–123.0080810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730111.00/cwt111.00–111.008102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added738118.00/cwt118.00–118.008713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2759105.77/cwt101.50–112.008035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added859120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,035136
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2323144.96/cwt141.00–147.004683
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378140.89/cwt134.00–149.0053317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432134.33/cwt128.00–140.0058011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2491130.68/cwt122.00–135.006423
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517129.42/cwt122.00–132.0066911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569121.50/cwt115.00–125.006918
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2607123.73/cwt119.00–128.007517
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2730116.00/cwt116.00–116.008471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805103.00/cwt103.00–103.008292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-296596.00/cwt96.00–96.009261
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 335292.00/cwt92.00–92.003242
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31394.32/cwt90.00–99.001,2382
Bulls——1,778106.73/cwt106.00–108.001,8983
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91841.39/cwt39.00–44.003803
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21163.47/cwt62.00–64.507694
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22073.00/cwt73.00–73.008911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29862.46/cwt62.00–63.008112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36569.44/cwt66.00–72.509483
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2860800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,8802
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4501,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0019,2132

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.