Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2019-11-12

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 126 vs last sale 241▲ 115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 51▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 25▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of cattle sold this week sold fully steady. Light test due to weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $111.68/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$111.68
48 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$17.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.93
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2505117.4959432
Small 1-2548100.0654816thin
One grade step is worth $17.43/cwt here — about $46 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 sale48 hd
111.68
—
KY average18 barns · 1,858 hd
118.61
−6.93
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—Average1,45868.019922thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32851.0567817
CowsBoner 80-85%Average95840.503884thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89732.102887thin

Every lot

31 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 1-2480129.00/cwt129.00–129.006193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528127.02/cwt123.00–130.006717
Steers—Small 1-2590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005903
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640135.00/cwt135.00–135.008643
Steers—Small 1-268080.00/cwt80.00–80.005442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724114.30/cwt110.00–121.008285
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750119.00/cwt119.00–119.008932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300108.00/cwt108.00–108.003246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365118.00/cwt118.00–118.004313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420116.00/cwt116.00–116.004873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,10085.00/cwt85.00–85.009353
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2305122.00/cwt122.00–122.003723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483121.00/cwt121.00–121.005846
Bulls—Small 1-2490107.00/cwt107.00–107.005243
Bulls—Small 1-2503103.00/cwt103.00–103.005185
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569115.28/cwt111.00–123.0065617
Bulls—Small 1-259596.00/cwt96.00–96.005715
Bulls—Small 1-260095.00/cwt95.00–95.005703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620106.00/cwt106.00–106.006573
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,45868.01/cwt59.00–74.009922
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85029.21/cwt27.00–32.002484
Cows—Boner 80-85%92039.00/cwt39.00–39.003592
Cows—Lean 85-90%96035.95/cwt35.00–38.003453
Cows—Boner 80-85%99542.00/cwt42.00–42.004182
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,11042.00/cwt42.00–42.004661
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26047.83/cwt47.00–49.006035
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37853.33/cwt52.00–55.0073511
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850485.00/cwt485.00–485.004,1232
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,195755.00/cwt755.00–755.009,0222

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.