Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2021-07-13

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 13
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 68▼ 92 vs year ago 173 · −53.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 14▼ 6 vs year ago 33 · −18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 11▼ 8 vs year ago 26 · −30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.50/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$118.50
50 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$718
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$33.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.55
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2586129.2675834
Large 164895.6361916thin
One grade step is worth $33.63/cwt here — about $138 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 sale50 hd
118.50
—
KY average25 barns · 4,980 hd
140.05
−21.55
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—Average1,75099.321,7386thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52573.501,1212thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23368.928503thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05559.006224thin

Every lot

30 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—Large 1-2710128.00/cwt128.00–128.009096
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,130102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340141.00/cwt141.00–141.004796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530136.57/cwt136.00–137.0072412
Heifers—Large 1575105.00/cwt105.00–105.006045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626130.00/cwt130.00–130.008145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2659120.00/cwt120.00–120.007915
Heifers—Large 166585.00/cwt85.00–85.005656
Heifers—Large 170099.00/cwt99.00–99.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2850110.00/cwt110.00–110.009356
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2427141.15/cwt139.00–143.0060311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500146.00/cwt146.00–146.007305
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585143.00/cwt143.00–143.008373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640132.00/cwt132.00–132.008453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2688130.00/cwt130.00–130.008945
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74098.38/cwt96.00–100.001,7125
Bulls——1,800104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,8721
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95053.58/cwt52.00–55.005092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10076.00/cwt76.00–76.008361
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16064.42/cwt63.00–66.007472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30065.38/cwt64.00–67.008502
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0081
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2381
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2381,220.45/cwt1,195.00–1,300.0015,1094
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2933770.54/cwt750.00–800.007,1896
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250795.00/cwt795.00–795.009,9383
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,028.00/cwt950.00–1,200.0013,3645

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.