Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2022-01-21

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Jan 21
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Receipts
76 head
▼ 828 vs last sale 904▼ 227 vs year ago 303 · −74.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend from last week due to weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.16/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$140.16
40 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$27.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.93
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520142.2074037
Small 1-2615115.007073thin
One grade step is worth $27.20/cwt here — about $33 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 sale40 hd
140.16
—
KY average20 barns · 3,675 hd
142.09
−1.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

18 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418194.38/cwt167.00–210.008138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465182.00/cwt182.00–182.008462
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523159.37/cwt150.00–165.008348
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576158.00/cwt158.00–158.009106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580145.00/cwt145.00–145.008412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705135.00/cwt135.00–135.009521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750131.00/cwt131.00–131.009832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added368164.00/cwt164.00–164.0060411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424140.42/cwt130.00–155.005955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510138.25/cwt136.00–141.007059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007635
Heifers—Small 1-2615115.00/cwt115.00–115.007073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775119.00/cwt119.00–119.009225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2825120.00/cwt120.00–120.009901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2975121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463153.49/cwt152.00–154.007114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530169.00/cwt169.00–169.008964
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2690127.48/cwt125.00–130.008802

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.