Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2019-11-19

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 19
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 115▲ 240 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 41▲ 95 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 10▲ 20 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 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $114.18/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$114.18
68 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$2.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.25
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517114.4059262
Small 1-2382111.894276thin
One grade step is worth $2.51/cwt here — about $164 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 sale68 hd
114.18
—
KY average27 barns · 3,807 hd
122.43
−8.25
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—High1,58879.181,25810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28451.9766732
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12449.415555thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97334.7733818

Every lot

37 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470127.55/cwt125.00–130.005998
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500131.00/cwt131.00–131.006553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added592136.00/cwt136.00–136.008053
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656127.73/cwt124.00–135.008389
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710112.00/cwt112.00–112.007954
Steers—Large 1720114.00/cwt114.00–114.008213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added780122.00/cwt122.00–122.009522
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2343114.00/cwt114.00–114.003913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355109.49/cwt109.00–110.0038912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419119.61/cwt114.00–125.0050111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535111.34/cwt110.00–114.005969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633105.57/cwt100.00–113.0066812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680114.00/cwt114.00–114.007752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2830106.00/cwt106.00–106.008803
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360121.18/cwt115.00–125.0043612
Bulls—Small 1-2382111.89/cwt109.00–115.004276
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2443119.01/cwt117.00–120.005276
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483115.26/cwt105.00–125.0055712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500119.00/cwt119.00–119.005956
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577111.82/cwt106.00–120.006457
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2606115.52/cwt111.00–119.007007
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2651103.51/cwt102.00–108.006748
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700102.00/cwt102.00–102.007144
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0401
Bulls——1,55277.18/cwt75.00–80.001,1983
Bulls——1,63781.04/cwt80.00–82.001,3276
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93436.00/cwt34.00–40.003369
Cows—Lean 85-90%98626.11/cwt25.00–27.002575
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04542.84/cwt41.00–45.004484
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,11846.96/cwt45.00–48.005257
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12449.41/cwt47.00–51.005555
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30851.64/cwt49.00–55.0067519
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39958.88/cwt57.00–62.508246
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2880609.55/cwt585.00–625.005,3645
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,020930.00/cwt930.00–930.009,4861
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,333786.50/cwt755.00–800.0010,4843

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.