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Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2020-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 18

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214

← Feb 11Feb 18Feb 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

99 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 87▲ 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 18▲ 20 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 steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.09/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$123.09

44 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$58

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$13.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.54

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	125.29	675	35
Small 1-2	557	116.58	649	5thin
Large 1	655	112.00	734	4thin

One grade step is worth $13.29/cwt here — about −$58 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 sale44 hd

123.09

—

KY average28 barns · 4,683 hd

127.63

−4.54

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,694	94.30	1,598	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,472	66.00	972	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	56.58	693	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	987	43.20	426	4thin

Every lot

32 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	149.65/cwt	141.00–155.00	697	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	714	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	776	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	817	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	628	137.98/cwt	137.00–139.00	867	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	129.31/cwt	128.00–130.00	925	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	283	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	351	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	559	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	129.84/cwt	129.00–130.00	628	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	648	6
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	557	116.58/cwt	115.00–117.00	649	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	713	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	630	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	725	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	797	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	680	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	741	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	686	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	823	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	250	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	395	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	149.62/cwt	145.00–152.00	543	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	786	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	808	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,340	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,152	1
Bulls	—	—	1,718	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,546	2
Bulls	—	—	1,848	102.76/cwt	102.50–103.00	1,899	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	952	41.60/cwt	39.00–43.00	396	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	523	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	56.58/cwt	55.00–58.00	693	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,340	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	858	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,670	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,152	2

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Tue Feb 18, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 99Last week 87Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 18Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	101.00	101.00
2	—	250	158.00	158.00
2	—	435	140.00	140.00
3	—	363	145.00–152.00	149.62
3	—	578	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	545	131.00	131.00
6	—	550	141.00	141.00
7	—	466	141.00–155.00	149.65
1	—	605	135.00	135.00
3	—	715	128.00–130.00	129.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	137.00–139.00	137.98
3	—	650	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	129.00	129.00
2	—	625	114.00	114.00
6	—	484	129.00–130.00	129.84
6	—	510	127.00	127.00
5	—	653	122.00	122.00
2	—	283	124.00	124.00
2	—	320	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	557	115.00–117.00	116.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	115.00	115.00
2	—	680	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	686	120.00	120.00
6	—	595	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	86.00	86.00
2	—	1,718	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,848	102.50–103.00	102.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	952	39.00–43.00	41.60
1	—	1,090	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	55.00–58.00	56.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,670	69.00	69.00
3	—	1,340	64.00	64.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.