Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2019-06-18

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 18
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
← earliestJun 18Jun 25 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 126 vs last sale 0▲ 126 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 0▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 0▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. 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 $117.05/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$117.05
24 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$17.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.07
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2461122.3856414thin
Small 1-2460110.175076thin
Large 1564110.006203thin
Large 1-2560105.005881thin
One grade step is worth $17.38/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale24 hd
117.05
—
KY average20 barns · 4,556 hd
127.12
−10.07
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—Average1,65693.901,55516
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35963.4086213
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14857.5366112
CowsLean 85-90%Average98547.9547210

Every lot

36 lots · USDA AMS · Wilson Livestock Market - London, 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545138.00/cwt138.00–138.007524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2553132.00/cwt132.00–132.007304
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245120.00/cwt120.00–120.002941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370122.00/cwt122.00–122.004511
Heifers—Small 1-2385105.00/cwt105.00–105.004042
Heifers—Small 1-2460115.00/cwt115.00–115.005291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461122.05/cwt118.00–126.005635
Heifers—Small 1-2510112.00/cwt112.00–112.005713
Heifers—Large 1-2560105.00/cwt105.00–105.005881
Heifers—Large 1564110.00/cwt110.00–110.006203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610109.00/cwt109.00–109.006651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685126.00/cwt126.00–126.008632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2298135.00/cwt135.00–135.004021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2495131.00/cwt131.00–131.006482
Bulls—Small 1-2502102.00/cwt102.00–102.005121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563126.99/cwt125.00–130.007155
Bulls—Small 1-2565119.00/cwt119.00–119.006722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-289080.00/cwt80.00–80.007121
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56791.13/cwt90.00–93.001,42811
Bulls——1,85399.98/cwt94.50–106.501,8535
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81037.00/cwt37.00–37.003001
Cows—Lean 85-90%94044.71/cwt43.00–46.004203
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03651.39/cwt50.00–53.005326
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10062.00/cwt62.00–62.006821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11054.00/cwt54.00–54.005992
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16257.82/cwt56.00–60.006729
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23860.01/cwt58.00–62.007434
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41364.91/cwt63.00–67.509179
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2800700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,6003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2925585.00/cwt585.00–585.005,4111
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,016676.84/cwt535.00–750.006,8778
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025821.16/cwt785.00–900.008,4178
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,325942.45/cwt900.00–990.0012,4872

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.