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Richmond Livestock Auction

Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Dec 4

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210

← Nov 20Dec 4Dec 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,351 head

▼ 277 vs last sale 1,628▼ 80 vs year ago 1,431 · −5.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

75 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 115▼ 22 vs year ago 97 · −22.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 45▲ 10 vs year ago 5 · +200.0%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle Sale

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend from last week due to holiday.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.15/cwt on 632 head.

Average price

$134.15

632 head · 790 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.22

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	790	134.15	1,060	632

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 sale632 hd

134.15

—

KY average29 barns · 8,927 hd

135.37

−1.22

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,752	89.92	1,576	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,458	53.33	777	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	48.16	578	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,011	36.92	373	11

Every lot

67 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	210	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	361	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	287	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	538	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	292	168.73/cwt	163.00–180.00	493	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	560	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	599	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	405	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	697	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	159.92/cwt	156.00–168.00	673	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	722	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	517	150.24/cwt	148.00–151.00	777	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	136.34/cwt	135.00–145.00	735	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	758	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	126.15/cwt	116.00–128.00	786	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	125.86/cwt	124.00–129.50	839	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	123.29/cwt	116.00–125.00	896	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	137.71/cwt	125.00–138.95	1,064	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	775	132.68/cwt	130.90–134.00	1,028	150
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	814	122.78/cwt	120.00–126.00	999	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	868	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,050	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	926	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,236	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,146	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	970	130.48/cwt	127.50–131.90	1,266	171
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	305	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	342	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	121.23/cwt	112.00–131.00	402	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	469	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	375	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	383	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	119.88/cwt	112.00–127.00	492	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	414	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	546	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	125.04/cwt	121.00–146.00	579	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	498	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	672	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	514	127.69/cwt	127.00–131.00	656	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	118.10/cwt	112.00–120.75	626	24
Heifers	—	Large 1	560	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	566	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	110.85/cwt	106.00–116.00	623	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	105.97/cwt	100.00–109.00	652	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	630	130.79/cwt	119.00–133.70	824	126
Heifers	—	Large 1	640	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	582	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	677	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	765	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	109.58/cwt	103.00–116.00	746	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	95.95/cwt	94.00–101.00	689	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	738	121.20/cwt	121.20–121.20	894	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	103.73/cwt	103.00–105.00	801	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	766	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	598	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	650	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	134.95/cwt	133.00–141.00	649	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	136.20/cwt	128.00–147.00	703	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	130.49/cwt	125.00–135.00	748	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	105.21/cwt	103.00–110.00	726	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	816	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	875	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	623	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	492	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,535	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,213	1
Bulls	—	—	1,764	94.34/cwt	89.00–102.50	1,664	8
Bulls	—	—	1,875	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	1,228	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	887	31.28/cwt	31.00–32.00	277	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	36.71/cwt	34.50–40.00	383	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	506	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,150	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	506	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,168	47.47/cwt	47.00–50.00	554	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	53.71/cwt	53.00–55.00	669	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	614	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,374	49.85/cwt	47.00–53.00	685	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,566	57.45/cwt	55.00–60.50	900	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	645.00/cwt	565.00–805.00	7,289	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,405	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	9,835	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,084	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Fri Dec 4, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,351Last week 1,628Year ago 1,431

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 115Year ago 97

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 45Year ago 5

No trend from last week due to holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	162.00	162.00
5	—	320	175.00	175.00
1	—	210	172.00	172.00
26	—	667	124.00–129.50	125.86
23	—	623	116.00–128.00	126.15
5	—	583	130.00	130.00
2	—	472	153.00	153.00
30	—	727	116.00–125.00	123.29
25	—	421	156.00–168.00	159.92
14	—	539	135.00–145.00	136.34
3	—	292	163.00–180.00	168.73
3	—	955	120.00	120.00
70	—	773	125.00–138.95	137.71
14	—	814	120.00–126.00	122.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	775	130.90–134.00	132.68
59	—	926	133.50	133.50
1	—	405	172.00	172.00
20	—	517	148.00–151.00	150.24
4	—	868	121.00	121.00
171	—	970	127.50–131.90	130.48
2	—	287	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	573	125.00–135.00	130.49
6	—	433	150.00	150.00
4	—	481	133.00–141.00	134.95
3	—	392	152.50	152.50
3	—	325	150.00	150.00
2	—	735	111.00	111.00
4	—	795	110.00	110.00
23	—	516	128.00–147.00	136.20
5	—	690	103.00–110.00	105.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	332	112.00–131.00	121.23
7	—	718	94.00–101.00	95.95
7	—	615	100.00–109.00	105.97
15	—	681	103.00–116.00	109.58
8	—	772	103.00–105.00	103.73
16	—	410	112.00–127.00	119.88
18	—	463	121.00–146.00	125.04
2	—	870	88.00	88.00
2	—	355	132.00	132.00
33	—	562	106.00–116.00	110.85
24	—	530	112.00–120.75	118.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	677	113.00	113.00
9	—	414	132.00	132.00
126	—	630	119.00–133.70	130.79
14	—	498	135.00	135.00
110	—	738	121.20	121.20
12	—	514	127.00–131.00	127.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	112.00	112.00
2	—	375	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	91.00	91.00
3	—	560	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	79.00	79.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,764	89.00–102.50	94.34
1	—	1,535	79.00	79.00
1	—	1,875	65.50	65.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,245	53.00–55.00	53.71
2	—	1,365	45.00	45.00
15	—	1,168	47.00–50.00	47.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	46.00	46.00
6	—	1,043	34.50–40.00	36.71
3	—	887	31.00–32.00	31.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	44.00	44.00
9	—	1,566	55.00–60.50	57.45
8	—	1,374	47.00–53.00	49.85

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,130	565.00–805.00	645.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,405	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	725.00	725.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.