Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2019-08-06

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 6
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
199 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 180▲ 199 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 51▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 46▲ 38 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 steady to 2.00 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 $119.47/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$119.47
94 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$10.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.27
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2483122.8759464
Small 1-2444112.2149830
One grade step is worth $10.66/cwt here — about $96 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 sale94 hd
119.47
—
KY average25 barns · 5,627 hd
132.74
−13.27
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—High1,65893.231,5467thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28563.8182011
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03258.396033thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99048.0247512

Every lot

49 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2255155.00/cwt155.00–155.003952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423142.54/cwt142.00–144.006037
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485145.00/cwt145.00–145.007032
Steers—Small 1-2518128.00/cwt128.00–128.006635
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522147.01/cwt139.00–152.0076713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573138.00/cwt138.00–138.007912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621135.78/cwt130.00–145.008438
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673127.99/cwt126.00–130.008614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725130.00/cwt130.00–130.009431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2908113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0263
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2250126.00/cwt126.00–126.003152
Heifers—Small 1-2330103.00/cwt103.00–103.003403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373128.19/cwt122.00–135.0047820
Heifers—Small 1-2383112.23/cwt109.00–116.0043010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411125.99/cwt123.00–128.005188
Heifers—Small 1-2425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474125.04/cwt120.00–128.0059316
Heifers—Small 1-2495115.00/cwt115.00–115.005699
Heifers—Small 1-2505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520122.54/cwt121.00–124.006376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006843
Heifers—Small 1-2590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625112.00/cwt112.00–112.007003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785106.00/cwt106.00–106.008321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-284594.00/cwt94.00–94.007941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2943101.97/cwt92.00–112.009624
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2260142.00/cwt142.00–142.003691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2305145.00/cwt145.00–145.004422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365142.00/cwt142.00–142.005183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424137.92/cwt135.00–140.005855
Bulls—Small 1-2455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005463
Bulls—Small 1-2570108.00/cwt108.00–108.006163
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580124.49/cwt124.00–125.007224
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605122.00/cwt122.00–122.007383
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59098.18/cwt96.00–101.501,5614
Bulls——1,69885.93/cwt85.00–87.001,4592
Bulls——1,85088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,6281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%74536.00/cwt36.00–36.002681
Cows—Lean 85-90%96756.05/cwt54.00–58.005423
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02946.51/cwt45.00–48.004798
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03258.39/cwt57.00–59.006033
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22560.94/cwt60.00–62.007473
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30864.89/cwt63.00–68.008498
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2800500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2935717.91/cwt650.00–755.006,7128
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000790.00/cwt790.00–790.007,9002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300923.21/cwt855.00–950.0012,0023
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,117865.67/cwt800.00–900.009,6703
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,0001

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.