Sale reports / Kentucky / Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY / 2021-09-07

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 7
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214
Feeder Cattle receipts
164 head
▲ 164 vs last sale 0▲ 80 vs year ago 84 · +95.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 25▼ 15 vs year ago 27 · −55.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 37▲ 5 vs year ago 14 · +35.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Conmpared to last week: Feeder steer and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.62/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$135.62
73 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$14.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.02
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528136.0271971
Small 1-2423121.505132thin
One grade step is worth $14.52/cwt here — about $205 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 sale73 hd
135.62
—
KY average19 barns · 2,932 hd
140.65
−5.02
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10571.007851thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,26562.007842thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09355.316052thin

Every lot

31 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 1-2290176.00/cwt176.00–176.005109
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373176.52/cwt160.00–180.006586
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513161.00/cwt161.00–161.008266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559143.48/cwt142.00–144.008024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580149.00/cwt149.00–149.008643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0073
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added840133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1171
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2292155.00/cwt155.00–155.004533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322147.39/cwt144.00–160.0047512
Heifers—Small 1-2335122.00/cwt122.00–122.004091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475132.91/cwt130.00–136.006316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482140.00/cwt140.00–140.006755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500136.00/cwt136.00–136.006804
Heifers—Small 1-2510121.00/cwt121.00–121.006171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542131.00/cwt131.00–131.007105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550137.00/cwt137.00–137.007544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612134.11/cwt133.00–135.0082111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655130.00/cwt115.00–133.0085219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713117.04/cwt115.00–119.008342
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275155.00/cwt155.00–155.004261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2305155.00/cwt155.00–155.004731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465138.00/cwt138.00–138.006421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500141.00/cwt141.00–141.007051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550135.00/cwt135.00–135.007431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09355.31/cwt52.00–58.006052
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10571.00/cwt71.00–71.007851
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20559.00/cwt59.00–59.007111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32565.00/cwt65.00–65.008611
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,043793.17/cwt750.00–900.008,2738
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3271,083.42/cwt960.00–1,100.0014,3777

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.