Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2020-08-25

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 25
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 166▼ 172 vs year ago 286 · −60.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 21▼ 13 vs year ago 41 · −31.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 32▼ 11 vs year ago 25 · −44.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifer calves sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.60/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$124.60
26 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$728
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−8.17
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2584124.6072826
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale26 hd
124.60
—
KY average27 barns · 2,360 hd
132.77
−8.17
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—High1,730100.851,7457thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19163.157523thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32060.017925thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95047.584522thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440140.00/cwt140.00–140.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450144.67/cwt144.00–145.006513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523138.96/cwt138.00–140.007276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007192
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405122.00/cwt122.00–122.004941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470124.16/cwt123.00–126.005845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527123.26/cwt119.00–125.006508
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463137.98/cwt135.00–139.006394
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527134.02/cwt130.00–135.007065
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565125.32/cwt125.00–126.007086
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2616121.40/cwt115.00–125.007486
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2669113.08/cwt111.00–119.007574
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-294585.00/cwt85.00–85.008031
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57596.48/cwt91.00–99.001,5204
Bulls——1,937106.68/cwt106.00–107.002,0663
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95047.58/cwt46.00–49.004522
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,10057.00/cwt57.00–57.006272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17461.48/cwt61.00–62.007222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22566.50/cwt66.50–66.508151
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37561.02/cwt60.00–62.008392
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65064.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,048.98/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0012,6933
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300855.00/cwt855.00–855.0011,1152
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3651,135.00/cwt1,135.00–1,135.0015,4932
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,400935.00/cwt935.00–935.0013,0901
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6001,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0020,0002

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.