The Morning Wire / Kentucky / Mon Nov 2, 2026

Kentucky cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Nov 2

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Summary

Mon, Nov 2

Choice cutout held near $365.04. 6 Kentucky barns reported 506 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Kentucky, week of Nov 2 USDA

Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	440.01/cwt	$68.23 lower	22	4
400-499 lb	412.69/cwt	$26.95 lower	58	6
500-599 lb	357.45/cwt	$35.81 lower	95	6
600-699 lb	345.34/cwt	$24.89 lower	109	6
700-799 lb	320.33/cwt	$25.18 lower	49	5
800-899 lb	317.87/cwt	$17.58 lower	63	4

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA

Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Mon, Nov 2, weighted by head. Spread of $45.30 between the top and bottom of 3 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Harned Livestock Auction	KY	375.50/cwt	23
Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky	KY	374.37/cwt	30
Glasgow Livestock Auction	KY	330.21/cwt	31

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Nov 2 USDA

Choice $365.04, $0.38 higher. Select $354.94, $2.96 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $10.10. 81 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

20,615 head traded Oct 24–Oct 30.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	354.75	2,433
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	355.00	256
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	224.25	42
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	223.10	7,537
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	350.34	5,800
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	352.57	1,130

At the Kentucky barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was mixed with an average quality offering. Feeder steers 400-700 lbs were unevenly steady bouncing from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher across the weight classes with a good supply and spotty demand.
Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky · Kentucky

Compared to last week; Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Plain quality feeders sold 10 lower in some instances. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.
Harned Livestock Auction · Kentucky

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold 8.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00-8.00 lower.
Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green · Kentucky

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 10.00-15.00 lower on a mostly plain to average quality offering, Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows steady, No test on slaughter bulls, Moderate demand for slaughter cows.
Stanford Livestock Auction · Kentucky

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady. Good demand on feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.
Owensboro Livestock Auction · Kentucky

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	247.07/cwt	$0.76 lower	650
Boner (85% lean)	246.21/cwt	$0.09 lower	1,868
Cutter (90% lean)	250.77/cwt	$1.97 lower	4,086
Premium White	265.26/cwt	$4.52 higher	1,074
Bull (92% lean)	304.17/cwt	$3.39 lower	406

Reports published

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Every USDA report carried this date is listed in the archive.

Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Kentucky only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.