Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2022-08-05

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Aug 5
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
948 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 936▼ 306 vs year ago 1,254 · −24.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 51▼ 28 vs year ago 47 · −59.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 2▼ 3 vs year ago 5 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 - 4.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady on a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.19/cwt on 537 head.
Average price
$164.19
537 head · 935 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$699
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$0.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.45
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2935164.191,536536
Medium and Large 2-3510164.008361thin
One grade step is worth $0.19/cwt here — about $699 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 sale537 hd
164.19
—
KY average24 barns · 4,303 hd
171.63
−7.45
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—Average1,533101.101,5506thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,57884.921,3404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19582.339843thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low75253.194003thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,385$1,1501thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463165.97/cwt164.00–168.007682
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3510164.00/cwt164.00–164.008361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539183.88/cwt171.00–185.5099110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572179.36/cwt176.00–184.001,0263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622183.70/cwt181.00–186.001,14317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693169.24/cwt168.00–173.001,1738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added732177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,29672
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2736169.57/cwt163.00–172.001,24811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835172.94/cwt172.00–175.501,44411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added974170.11/cwt164.00–173.001,657165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,025148.67/cwt146.00–150.001,5243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,041152.91/cwt145.00–155.901,592233
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479150.16/cwt149.00–151.007196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517165.00/cwt165.00–165.008532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525145.00/cwt145.00–145.007611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532155.35/cwt153.00–157.008266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561163.00/cwt163.00–163.009143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587152.09/cwt149.00–160.0089314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604178.75/cwt178.75–178.751,08078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621153.35/cwt149.00–155.009526
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3633142.00/cwt141.00–143.008992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680144.00/cwt144.00–144.009791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710138.52/cwt135.00–142.009832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764166.78/cwt155.00–166.951,27471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2811139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added823158.14/cwt156.00–160.251,301128
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375176.00/cwt176.00–176.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428169.51/cwt169.00–170.007262
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3445155.00/cwt155.00–155.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485157.00/cwt157.00–157.007611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515158.00/cwt158.00–158.008142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566158.33/cwt157.00–164.008966
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605165.00/cwt165.00–165.009981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3642142.00/cwt142.00–142.009122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2722142.68/cwt140.00–144.001,0303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2800126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2871110.00/cwt110.00–110.009585
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,265107.34/cwt104.00–110.001,3582
Bulls——1,665120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,9981
Bulls——1,66790.64/cwt90.00–92.001,5113
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67049.00/cwt49.00–49.003281
Cows—Lean 85-90%79355.28/cwt54.00–57.004382
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15385.00/cwt85.00–85.009802
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28077.00/cwt77.00–77.009861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57884.92/cwt83.00–88.001,3404
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3851,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501

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.