Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2021-06-25

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Jun 25
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
495 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 470▲ 260 vs year ago 235 · +110.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 45▲ 12 vs year ago 35 · +34.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Yearling steers and heifers 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.43/cwt on 348 head.
Average price
$138.43
348 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$894
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.15
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2646138.43894348
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 sale348 hd
138.43
—
KY average27 barns · 5,057 hd
136.28
+2.15
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—Average1,691101.201,7114thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34171.6896114
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19271.0784714
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05958.4361915

Every lot

35 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2396161.59/cwt159.00–166.006408
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2461154.96/cwt144.00–163.007147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538152.57/cwt149.00–155.0082110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622134.00/cwt134.00–134.008333
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727124.00/cwt124.00–124.009012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added877134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1755
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added921135.90/cwt135.90–135.901,25258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added986130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,28254
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367135.48/cwt131.00–140.0049727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415144.00/cwt144.00–144.005984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464141.05/cwt134.00–150.0065414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535137.26/cwt133.00–146.0073416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569131.54/cwt128.00–135.0074810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622130.17/cwt125.00–133.0081021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661144.40/cwt144.40–144.4095480
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680126.37/cwt122.00–129.0085914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715140.35/cwt139.90–140.801,004151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723115.16/cwt110.00–119.008337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,000100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0004
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2457147.45/cwt145.00–157.006745
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2526151.79/cwt147.00–158.007989
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582142.00/cwt142.00–142.008265
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610134.00/cwt134.00–134.008175
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2785127.00/cwt127.00–127.009973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-289595.00/cwt95.00–95.008503
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,00586.00/cwt86.00–86.008642
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58896.40/cwt96.00–97.001,5312
Bulls——1,793106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,9012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03154.78/cwt47.00–59.005659
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10163.90/cwt60.00–69.007046
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18474.09/cwt71.00–78.008779
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20665.62/cwt64.00–67.007915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29768.47/cwt65.00–70.008887
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38574.89/cwt73.00–79.001,0377

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.