Sale reports / Kentucky / Richmond Livestock Auction / 2022-10-21

Richmond Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Richmond, Kentucky · Fri, Oct 21
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2210
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,528 head
▲ 174 vs last sale 1,354▲ 470 vs year ago 1,058 · +44.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 65▼ 64 vs year ago 119 · −53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. Yearling steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $164.65/cwt on 1,126 head.
Average price
$164.65
1,126 head · 841 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,385
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.59
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2841164.651,3851,126
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 sale1,126 hd
164.65
—
KY average22 barns · 5,504 hd
164.05
+0.59
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—Average1,805106.921,93010
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32074.329817thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44665.0694111
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22564.917958thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393173.00/cwt173.00–173.006806
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465180.84/cwt170.00–191.0084110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525155.00/cwt150.00–160.0081410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578147.86/cwt142.00–156.0085519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624149.30/cwt140.00–171.0093224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677164.14/cwt158.00–169.001,11129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added787171.84/cwt167.25–175.501,352274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1855
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added832166.35/cwt165.50–168.001,384244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2852130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added889164.25/cwt144.00–166.701,460151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2903134.83/cwt134.00–135.001,2186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added923161.50/cwt150.00–165.501,491285
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,033160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,65354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,056123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2994
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2255150.00/cwt150.00–150.003835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345141.00/cwt141.00–141.004865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421141.29/cwt135.00–147.0059510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468132.04/cwt129.00–135.0061810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518130.97/cwt122.00–135.0067826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570131.49/cwt125.00–139.0074923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627131.79/cwt122.00–139.0082613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663165.95/cwt165.95–165.951,10076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678132.50/cwt132.00–133.0089810
Heifers—Large 1690117.00/cwt117.00–117.008075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723129.39/cwt125.00–134.0093510
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2336167.30/cwt160.00–175.0056210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368165.48/cwt155.00–175.0060910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430163.13/cwt150.00–179.0070130
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470163.13/cwt160.00–166.0076710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528148.52/cwt140.00–160.0078420
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571140.30/cwt136.00–142.008017
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628135.73/cwt130.00–145.0085215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2674128.27/cwt121.00–133.0086520
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720125.25/cwt119.00–129.009028
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755115.00/cwt115.00–115.008683
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,800102.25/cwt101.00–105.001,8415
Bulls——1,810111.58/cwt111.00–113.002,0205
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15069.57/cwt68.00–71.008002
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25063.36/cwt60.00–68.007926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27370.30/cwt68.00–71.008954
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36760.35/cwt60.00–61.008256
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38379.67/cwt77.00–83.001,1023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51370.15/cwt68.00–72.001,0614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,2051

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.