Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2019-09-24

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 24
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 239▲ 243 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 45▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 40▲ 25 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 steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls fully steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.30/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$118.30
109 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$14.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.57
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2497120.0659696
Small 1-2538105.2556613thin
One grade step is worth $14.81/cwt here — about $30 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 sale109 hd
118.30
—
KY average26 barns · 2,776 hd
117.73
+0.57
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—High1,77779.991,4225thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41953.7676320
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24951.0863819
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01037.143758thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245130.00/cwt130.00–130.003194
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275132.00/cwt132.00–132.003634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2346135.00/cwt135.00–135.004675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635122.00/cwt122.00–122.007753
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650123.00/cwt123.00–123.008002
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2286103.82/cwt102.00–111.0029713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317110.56/cwt109.00–112.0035016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2361108.94/cwt102.00–114.003937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425110.23/cwt105.00–116.0046819
Heifers—Large 1-245084.00/cwt84.00–84.003783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484111.02/cwt108.00–115.0053718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added495123.00/cwt123.00–123.006094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525111.25/cwt110.00–112.005848
Heifers—Small 1-2565104.00/cwt104.00–104.005882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-260397.87/cwt95.00–100.005907
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-269091.00/cwt91.00–91.006285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-289589.00/cwt89.00–89.007974
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2225125.00/cwt125.00–125.002814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2310132.00/cwt132.00–132.004098
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368129.95/cwt126.00–132.0047815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438116.32/cwt115.00–119.005096
Bulls—Small 1-2460101.00/cwt101.00–101.004654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2472120.29/cwt119.00–122.0056815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520116.55/cwt109.00–120.0060613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565119.55/cwt115.00–123.0067514
Bulls—Small 1-2572107.14/cwt105.00–110.006139
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2621114.36/cwt112.00–116.0071010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660119.00/cwt119.00–119.007854
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-288090.00/cwt90.00–90.007923
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72979.11/cwt78.00–80.501,3684
Bulls——1,97083.50/cwt83.50–83.501,6451
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89032.33/cwt32.00–33.002883
Cows—Boner 80-85%96046.00/cwt46.00–46.004422
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08240.03/cwt38.00–44.004335
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23950.88/cwt49.00–53.0063012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28851.28/cwt49.00–52.006608
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38853.60/cwt52.00–54.007445
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50755.41/cwt54.50–57.5083512
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850695.00/cwt695.00–695.005,9083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2944587.05/cwt500.00–700.005,5429
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,130853.76/cwt825.00–890.009,64711

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.