Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2022-05-13

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, May 13
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
346 head
▼ 172 vs last sale 518▼ 260 vs year ago 606 · −42.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 48▲ 12 vs year ago 55 · +21.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 20▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold firm. Yearlings not fully tested. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.91/cwt on 243 head.
Average price
$154.91
243 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$35.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.47
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561156.21876230
Large 1436135.2559010thin
Small 1-2570121.006903thin
One grade step is worth $35.21/cwt here — about $186 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 sale243 hd
154.91
—
KY average26 barns · 4,930 hd
152.44
+2.47
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—Average1,516115.871,7575thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53589.291,37114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24887.101,08727
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03659.436165thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006505
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365191.00/cwt191.00–191.006975
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430198.83/cwt196.00–201.0085513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added464199.00/cwt199.00–199.009237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522176.44/cwt175.00–178.0092110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532199.26/cwt197.00–205.001,06018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584166.57/cwt160.00–173.0097310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added595185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,10121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0795
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added795150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1935
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added835144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2980136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3333
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295175.00/cwt175.00–175.005165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365168.17/cwt165.00–170.0061411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added396180.00/cwt180.00–180.007135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416162.02/cwt159.00–165.0067415
Heifers—Large 1417142.50/cwt142.50–142.505945
Heifers—Large 1455128.00/cwt128.00–128.005825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471159.78/cwt150.00–167.0075329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added481170.60/cwt169.00–172.0082111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520149.22/cwt140.00–155.0077624
Heifers—Small 1-2570121.00/cwt121.00–121.006903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582138.95/cwt125.00–149.0080921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605131.00/cwt126.00–136.0079310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640163.90/cwt163.90–163.901,04982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672134.72/cwt130.00–137.009053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775122.74/cwt120.00–125.0095111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2830120.00/cwt120.00–120.009963
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285190.00/cwt190.00–190.005424
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2328186.92/cwt176.00–198.0061310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437177.85/cwt169.00–190.0077715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2472175.00/cwt175.00–175.008265
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516169.75/cwt155.00–185.0087628
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563166.82/cwt159.00–175.0093910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2633157.45/cwt155.00–163.0099721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715139.00/cwt139.00–139.009945
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,468113.45/cwt110.00–116.001,6653
Bulls——1,588119.49/cwt119.00–120.001,8982
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84045.00/cwt45.00–45.003782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11068.59/cwt64.00–74.007612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13880.31/cwt75.00–84.009148
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14567.08/cwt65.00–69.007682
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21073.00/cwt73.00–73.008831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31692.47/cwt85.00–99.001,21717
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42484.69/cwt80.00–88.001,2065
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59791.85/cwt88.00–96.001,4679
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,109.38/cwt1,075.00–1,200.0013,3134
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2611,274.78/cwt1,150.00–1,395.0016,0756
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,060900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,5401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1331,015.13/cwt935.00–1,100.0011,5016

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.