Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2019-11-05

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 5
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
241 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 259▲ 241 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 45▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 28▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady on a lesser quality offering. Weaned fancy calves 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.03/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$107.03
65 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$11.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.29
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2659110.0572547
Large 1468102.264794thin
Small 1-255998.2954914thin
One grade step is worth $11.76/cwt here — about $176 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 sale65 hd
107.03
—
KY average26 barns · 5,701 hd
118.32
−11.29
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—Average1,64271.681,1775thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31249.336476thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08642.394608thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03133.673477thin

Every lot

39 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 1-2327131.53/cwt125.00–135.004303
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369143.61/cwt140.00–145.005307
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450135.00/cwt135.00–135.006081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545130.00/cwt130.00–130.007093
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604138.98/cwt136.00–140.008398
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723126.00/cwt126.00–126.009115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0893
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333112.65/cwt106.00–119.003754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378124.01/cwt123.00–125.004696
Heifers—Small 1-2425109.00/cwt109.00–109.004632
Heifers—Small 1-246098.00/cwt98.00–98.004513
Heifers—Large 1468102.26/cwt100.00–103.004794
Heifers—Small 1-2508104.00/cwt104.00–104.005283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512111.71/cwt109.00–115.005727
Heifers—Small 1-2552105.00/cwt105.00–105.005803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556109.99/cwt109.00–111.006126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610119.00/cwt119.00–119.007262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683106.80/cwt106.00–108.007295
Heifers—Small 1-280579.00/cwt79.00–79.006363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2930103.74/cwt100.00–109.0096517
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2308133.51/cwt130.00–136.004115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385131.58/cwt130.00–135.0050715
Bulls—Small 1-255085.00/cwt85.00–85.004682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-276296.00/cwt96.00–96.007325
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283593.00/cwt93.00–93.007771
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,64271.68/cwt70.00–73.001,1775
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00332.78/cwt31.00–35.003296
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01941.19/cwt38.00–44.004205
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16548.08/cwt46.00–50.005602
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20039.00/cwt39.00–39.004681
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26037.00/cwt37.00–37.004661
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27347.12/cwt45.00–49.006003
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35051.54/cwt50.00–53.506963
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2750595.00/cwt595.00–595.004,4634
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950450.00/cwt450.00–450.004,2752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2990485.00/cwt485.00–485.004,8022
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,020740.00/cwt740.00–740.007,5483
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200795.00/cwt795.00–795.009,5404

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.