Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2020-08-07

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Aug 7
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,193 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 1,099▲ 1,193 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 35▲ 55 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 sold mostly steady. Yearling steers and heifers 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.26/cwt on 799 head.
Average price
$130.26
799 head · 948 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,235
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−8.64
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2948130.261,235799
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 sale799 hd
130.26
—
KY average23 barns · 4,834 hd
138.90
−8.64
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—High1,670105.661,76414
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41868.729749thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21865.9080310
CowsLean 85-90%Average94254.985183thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355152.00/cwt152.00–152.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445149.00/cwt149.00–149.006632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475150.74/cwt142.00–156.0071610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500144.00/cwt144.00–144.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576144.28/cwt140.00–147.5083112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595132.72/cwt131.00–134.007907
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626129.10/cwt126.00–135.008086
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added671137.87/cwt132.00–143.509259
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added708139.27/cwt139.00–139.5098617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0576
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added834138.18/cwt135.50–138.501,152134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2925126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1664
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added933133.75/cwt132.30–135.001,248112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2950122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1592
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added979131.13/cwt126.75–133.751,284243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,015121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,038124.90/cwt124.90–124.901,29653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,112118.60/cwt118.60–118.601,319174
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377130.60/cwt125.00–133.004927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438133.23/cwt130.00–140.005846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477134.74/cwt124.00–144.0064312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525144.00/cwt144.00–144.0075632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536131.82/cwt129.00–137.0070711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568115.91/cwt110.00–119.006583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616139.37/cwt124.00–140.50859167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635114.13/cwt105.00–120.007257
Heifers—Large 164098.00/cwt98.00–98.006271
Heifers—Large 167095.00/cwt95.00–95.006372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672111.00/cwt111.00–111.007462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added698130.50/cwt130.50–130.5091134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709133.05/cwt103.00–134.8094374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added775108.00/cwt108.00–108.008374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-298099.00/cwt99.00–99.009701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370135.00/cwt135.00–135.005001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468142.15/cwt140.00–145.006659
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523133.01/cwt130.00–139.006963
Bulls—Small 1-2535114.00/cwt114.00–114.006102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2617113.05/cwt110.00–117.006986
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added651126.00/cwt126.00–126.008203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,285101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,667100.81/cwt97.00–105.001,6817
Bulls——1,672110.51/cwt106.50–115.001,8487
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94254.98/cwt54.00–57.005183
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14861.79/cwt58.00–64.007096
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32472.07/cwt71.00–73.509544
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36863.55/cwt58.50–68.508693
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44371.31/cwt69.00–75.501,0296

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.