Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2020-09-11

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Sep 11
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
948 head
▲ 260 vs last sale 688▲ 208 vs year ago 740 · +28.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 32▼ 144 vs year ago 180 · −80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 22▼ 28 vs year ago 30 · −93.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Yearling steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.20/cwt on 691 head.
Average price
$142.20
691 head · 807 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.47
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2807142.201,147691
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 sale691 hd
142.20
—
KY average19 barns · 3,357 hd
141.73
+0.47
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—Low1,66095.931,5923thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41070.249909thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24164.1879716
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04845.294752thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added235215.00/cwt215.00–215.005051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2255177.50/cwt177.50–177.504531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380155.00/cwt155.00–155.005893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469148.70/cwt142.00–157.0069715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added492154.50/cwt154.50–154.507605
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526143.85/cwt138.00–153.0075717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added587150.00/cwt150.00–150.008815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589131.00/cwt131.00–131.007722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607147.15/cwt147.00–148.008937
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633132.57/cwt129.00–146.0083915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678128.32/cwt125.00–130.008703
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710127.36/cwt120.00–131.009046
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added724149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,079149
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2777130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added792129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,02212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2819134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,09713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added823145.20/cwt145.20–145.201,195201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added897136.04/cwt122.00–137.001,22062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added929139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,29157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added967134.34/cwt133.95–134.751,299112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332142.80/cwt132.00–160.004745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380127.85/cwt121.00–135.004866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433124.85/cwt121.00–126.0054116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467124.61/cwt120.00–128.0058216
Heifers—Large 1470109.00/cwt109.00–109.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556126.74/cwt119.00–130.0070511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added596139.50/cwt139.50–139.5083169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612116.00/cwt116.00–116.007102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660112.00/cwt112.00–112.007391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added701128.00/cwt128.00–128.0089712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-282090.00/cwt90.00–90.007383
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390142.00/cwt142.00–142.005543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430135.56/cwt130.00–145.0058312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470140.00/cwt140.00–140.006582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513135.32/cwt130.00–138.0069416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569131.36/cwt129.00–139.0074714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2622124.13/cwt120.00–127.007725
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2662116.00/cwt116.00–116.007689
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-288098.00/cwt98.00–98.008622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-294595.00/cwt95.00–95.008982
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2711
Bulls——1,675104.90/cwt101.50–107.501,7572
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04845.29/cwt43.00–47.004752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16056.00/cwt56.00–56.006501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18963.00/cwt61.00–65.5074910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36268.19/cwt66.00–69.009295
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36467.40/cwt66.00–68.009193
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43371.66/cwt68.00–74.001,0276
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0013,4382

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.