Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2020-02-11

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 11
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 169▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 35▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 15▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All classes of cattle sold fully steady this week on a light test due to excessive wet weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.36/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$116.36
25 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$8.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.73
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529117.7762321
Large 1470109.005124thin
One grade step is worth $8.77/cwt here — about $111 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 sale25 hd
116.36
—
KY average26 barns · 2,958 hd
126.10
−9.73
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—High1,90092.501,7581thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,31459.497813thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average97855.315412thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18944.795334thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600148.00/cwt148.00–148.008883
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265125.00/cwt125.00–125.003312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417119.00/cwt119.00–119.004963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466112.03/cwt109.00–115.005225
Heifers—Large 1470109.00/cwt109.00–109.005124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530118.00/cwt118.00–118.006251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623113.97/cwt107.00–121.007102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630126.00/cwt126.00–126.007945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007593
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385132.84/cwt130.00–145.005115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475132.00/cwt132.00–132.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535135.00/cwt135.00–135.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007541
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,90092.50/cwt92.50–92.501,7581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%97855.31/cwt54.00–57.005412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,13562.00/cwt62.00–62.007041
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15539.52/cwt39.00–40.004562
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22350.06/cwt49.00–51.006122
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40358.23/cwt55.00–61.008172
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,137465.65/cwt400.00–585.005,2943
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,251750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,3831
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,4002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,450850.00/cwt850.00–850.0012,3251

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.