Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2021-01-15

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Jan 15
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
921 head
▲ 277 vs last sale 644▼ 18 vs year ago 939 · −1.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 44▼ 10 vs year ago 55 · −18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 1 vs year ago 3 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves weighing 350 to 450 sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with very good farmer demand. Calves weighing over 550 sold 3.00 lower. Yearling steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.10/cwt on 592 head.
Average price
$134.10
592 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$948
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$547
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$14.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.41
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2707134.13949591
Large 1335120.004021thin
One grade step is worth $14.13/cwt here — about $547 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 sale592 hd
134.10
—
KY average27 barns · 9,060 hd
132.69
+1.41
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—High1,98094.551,8724thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52555.588486thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30053.696983thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12543.544904thin

Every lot

57 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 1-2284160.00/cwt160.00–160.004545
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330155.56/cwt150.00–160.005139
Steers—Large 1335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388183.56/cwt170.00–190.007123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432181.84/cwt162.50–190.0078616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478153.77/cwt145.00–160.0073514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525137.62/cwt130.00–140.007238
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532141.64/cwt141.00–144.007549
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580148.06/cwt145.00–148.2585996
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2647114.00/cwt114.00–114.007384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668136.00/cwt136.00–136.00908147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669118.90/cwt106.00–125.0079513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705108.00/cwt108.00–108.007611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760117.48/cwt112.00–120.0089328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800127.84/cwt112.00–129.101,02368
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added852125.17/cwt124.95–125.401,066114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added911120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,09845
Steers—Medium and Large 1-292593.26/cwt90.00–100.008633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added95796.00/cwt96.00–96.009192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,11994.74/cwt90.00–99.001,0604
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320138.20/cwt130.00–147.5044210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380133.50/cwt132.00–135.005074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added386131.00/cwt131.00–131.0050611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445122.00/cwt122.00–122.005433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470118.90/cwt110.00–122.005598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added498118.00/cwt118.00–118.005885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511123.00/cwt123.00–123.0062918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516113.25/cwt105.00–121.0058425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558112.51/cwt105.00–114.0062820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579146.00/cwt146.00–146.0084539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607116.00/cwt116.00–116.007045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635103.21/cwt100.00–108.0065513
Heifers—Large 166098.00/cwt98.00–98.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2682107.42/cwt104.00–110.007337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683105.43/cwt105.00–108.0072028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722106.02/cwt104.00–107.007653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760102.00/cwt102.00–102.007751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added897105.00/cwt105.00–105.009424
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2327145.62/cwt145.00–146.004768
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360155.42/cwt150.00–170.005604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438168.18/cwt158.00–187.0073716
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475144.04/cwt138.00–155.006848
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533126.65/cwt117.00–130.0067525
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578115.18/cwt105.00–127.0066619
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2627106.94/cwt102.00–110.0067121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-280090.00/cwt90.00–90.007202
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,910100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,9102
Bulls——2,05089.10/cwt88.00–90.001,8272
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07538.58/cwt35.00–42.004152
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17548.49/cwt48.00–49.005702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25052.04/cwt51.00–53.006512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40057.00/cwt57.00–57.007981
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45052.45/cwt51.00–54.007612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56357.14/cwt55.00–58.508934
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,1631
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,305700.00/cwt700.00–700.009,1351

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.