Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2019-07-30

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 30
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 161▲ 180 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 36▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 41▲ 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 calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady. 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 $144.51/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$144.51
41 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$765
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$92
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$23.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.97
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2516146.8175737
Small 1-2550124.006821thin
Large 1690123.008493thin
One grade step is worth $23.81/cwt here — about −$92 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 sale41 hd
144.51
—
KY average26 barns · 5,398 hd
141.55
+2.97
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—Low1,51092.101,39117
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30064.528399thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15462.1571710
CowsLean 85-90%Low95344.9742811

Every lot

43 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2223160.00/cwt160.00–160.003572
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280160.00/cwt160.00–160.004481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340155.00/cwt155.00–155.005273
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370160.27/cwt158.00–165.005933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465155.00/cwt155.00–155.007212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530144.09/cwt138.00–150.0076413
Steers—Small 1-2550124.00/cwt124.00–124.006821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580148.00/cwt148.00–148.008586
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650137.00/cwt133.00–141.008914
Steers—Large 1690123.00/cwt123.00–123.008493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750132.00/cwt132.00–132.009902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355122.00/cwt122.00–122.004333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424135.00/cwt135.00–135.005725
Heifers—Small 1-2430106.00/cwt106.00–106.004562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485121.97/cwt119.00–125.005926
Heifers—Large 1585113.00/cwt113.00–113.006613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615121.00/cwt121.00–121.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725117.00/cwt117.00–117.008483
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2448140.00/cwt140.00–140.006274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450138.00/cwt138.00–138.006212
Bulls—Small 1-2485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006314
Bulls—Small 1-2530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578120.00/cwt120.00–120.006944
Bulls—Small 1-2615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008003
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1142
Bulls——1,45290.96/cwt86.00–96.001,32110
Bulls——1,70697.21/cwt96.00–99.001,6585
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76834.65/cwt34.00–35.002663
Cows—Lean 85-90%84342.34/cwt42.00–43.003573
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12260.00/cwt59.00–62.006735
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12952.74/cwt50.00–56.005955
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16865.88/cwt64.00–67.007694
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22662.89/cwt61.00–64.007715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25558.00/cwt58.00–58.007281
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39366.56/cwt65.00–68.009274
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2855495.00/cwt495.00–495.004,2324
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,3504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250935.00/cwt935.00–935.0011,6882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,280865.08/cwt785.00–990.0011,0735
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,047804.51/cwt685.00–920.008,4236
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,200900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,8002

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.