Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 15, 2024

2,100 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $213.30/cwt +9.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,430/hd at 671 lb · 186 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $224.10/cwt +14.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,972/hd at 880 lb · 120 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $212.56/cwt +2.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,212/hd at 570 lb · 112 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,100	24,177	19,625
Feeder cattle	1,761	21,419	16,778
Slaughter cattle	264	2,099	2,310
Replacement cattle	75	659	537

Market comments — USDA reporter

There are no comparisons available as most markets closed due to extreme cold temperatures and winter weather.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315 fancy	315	1	287.50	$287.50	$906	-7.40
320	320	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,008	+42.42
395	395	2	252.50	$252.50	$997	-27.90
402–439	422	27	202.00–285.00	$271.36	$1,145	+14.65
455–495	479	19	237.00–273.00	$258.30	$1,237	-1.41
503–536	515	72	241.00–274.00	$262.65	$1,353	+72.65
565–592	575	51	158.00–252.00	$244.29	$1,405	+4.26
606–638 value added	626	46	232.00–239.50	$234.22	$1,466	-9.52
600–648	629	49	187.00–241.00	$229.06	$1,441	-1.89
650–698	683	100	213.00–229.00	$223.88	$1,529	-2.65
700–746	725	64	171.00–226.00	$216.48	$1,569	+5.15
750–780	763	17	102.00–217.00	$207.61	$1,584	+0.62
804–847	829	53	180.00–210.00	$203.57	$1,688	-1.28
880 value added	880	120	224.10	$224.10	$1,972	+12.71
1010	1010	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,545	-37.93
1062	1062	6	174.00	$174.00	$1,848	-13.52

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	207.00	$207.00	$662	-19.49
375–390	383	2	125.00–187.00	$156.61	$600	-59.34
405–440	423	2	170.00–230.00	$201.24	$851	-14.22
470–490	478	3	162.00–182.50	$174.68	$835	-51.94
505	505	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,010	-17.17
550–585	568	2	182.50–226.00	$204.92	$1,164	-9.94
610–647	642	14	153.00–191.00	$178.21	$1,144	-29.35
695	695	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,126	-39.27
750–785	768	2	96.00–167.00	$130.69	$1,004	-56.40
840	840	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,403	-23.57
990	990	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,624	-5.81
1135	1135	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,714	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	177.00	$177.00	$673	—
412–445 fancy	422	10	209.00	$209.00	$882	—
647	647	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,229	—
735	735	3	182.50	$182.50	$1,341	—
860	860	2	168.00	$168.00	$1,445	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–430	423	2	220.00–230.00	$225.09	$952	-13.19
460	460	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,058	-6.72
500–535	511	6	232.50–241.00	$237.79	$1,215	+8.43
570–580	577	3	202.00–214.00	$210.05	$1,212	-8.37
620–640	627	3	200.00–205.00	$201.65	$1,264	-11.59
670	670	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,273	-15.35
800	800	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,440	+8.00
895	895	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,584	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	211.00	$211.00	$1,097	-25.09
640	640	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,280	-17.53
665	665	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,330	-5.68
905	905	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,538	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,314	+52.50
700	700	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,295	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	127.50	$127.50	$434	—
400	400	1	145.00	$145.00	$580	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1665	1665	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,998	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	175.00	$175.00	$341	—
265–295	277	5	165.00–230.00	$210.42	$583	-6.92
335–343	340	5	199.00–235.00	$224.94	$765	+5.72
360–391	377	19	212.50–252.00	$235.21	$887	+15.98
400–441	426	28	159.00–245.00	$218.05	$929	+0.54
450–490	468	68	155.00–249.00	$223.21	$1,045	+7.09
500–545	531	82	188.00–227.00	$216.89	$1,152	+5.94
550–596	570	112	182.00–222.00	$212.56	$1,212	+4.83
600–638	618	50	158.00–218.00	$199.68	$1,234	-0.02
650–698	665	112	147.00–216.00	$206.07	$1,370	+9.74
679 value added	679	74	224.25	$224.25	$1,523	+12.27
700–742	708	47	160.00–200.00	$194.84	$1,379	+11.53
750–788	775	19	137.00–195.00	$189.42	$1,468	+5.16
802–825	804	19	131.00–196.00	$188.34	$1,514	+15.62
880	880	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,276	-23.25
935	935	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,515	+6.25
1015–1033	1031	13	130.00–166.00	$161.14	$1,661	+2.14
1090	1090	2	125.00–132.50	$128.75	$1,403	-7.21
1110–1135	1122	3	109.00–154.00	$128.14	$1,438	-11.42

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	177.50	$177.50	$399	-6.22
325–338	334	6	170.00–210.00	$194.25	$649	+5.74
360–390	374	4	180.00–202.50	$188.88	$706	+0.43
400–435	421	5	140.00–169.00	$149.80	$631	-45.93
455–490	474	6	116.00–200.00	$162.08	$768	-30.15
500–526	520	6	182.00–190.00	$185.55	$965	-0.12
550–585	566	4	100.00–182.50	$155.61	$881	-29.27
625	625	1	128.00	$128.00	$800	-51.36
677–695	687	10	130.00–150.00	$145.17	$997	-34.16
715–735	722	3	117.00–140.00	$129.71	$937	-35.53
797	797	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,227	-6.94
840	840	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,016	-14.31
930–935	933	2	118.00–130.00	$123.98	$1,157	-3.77

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406–420	415	18	170.00	$170.00	$706	—
470	470	1	150.00	$150.00	$705	—
790	790	2	165.00–167.00	$166.00	$1,311	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1420	1239	12	125.00–150.00	$137.66	$1,706	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–415	413	2	205.00–220.00	$212.55	$878	+5.62
455–481	475	4	212.00–221.00	$218.84	$1,039	+15.78
512	512	2	190.00	$190.00	$973	-2.85
575	575	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,092	+5.48
635	635	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,143	-1.47

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	110.00	$110.00	$440	-45.12
450	450	1	85.00	$85.00	$382	-60.00
500–515	508	2	112.50–135.00	$123.92	$630	-20.50
605	605	1	60.00	$60.00	$363	—
752	752	2	120.00	$120.00	$902	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–615	613	2	185.00–200.00	$192.53	$1,180	+9.61
650	650	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,170	+18.07

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	167.50–265.00	$216.25	$497	-39.35
280 fancy	280	1	225.00	$225.00	$630	—
275–285	283	4	195.00–255.00	$237.25	$671	-33.25
320–335	328	2	225.00–235.00	$229.89	$754	-17.65
360–395	374	9	201.00–275.00	$247.01	$924	-21.02
375 fancy	375	1	297.00	$297.00	$1,114	+24.31
420–440	431	5	188.00–250.00	$233.91	$1,008	-15.88
450–495	467	15	152.00–259.00	$220.43	$1,029	-22.35
500–542	516	6	177.00–235.00	$215.87	$1,114	-16.03
535 value added	535	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,271	-18.35
567 value added	567	2	237.00	$237.00	$1,344	—
550–595	569	10	172.00–225.00	$200.25	$1,139	-24.79
600–640	608	13	175.00–214.00	$197.37	$1,200	-5.93
660–665	663	2	180.00–190.00	$185.02	$1,227	-11.52
760–795	781	4	145.00–170.00	$156.65	$1,223	-22.58
830–835	833	2	159.00–170.00	$164.52	$1,370	-30.86
970	970	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,271	-13.02

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	328	3	215.00–223.00	$220.39	$723	+17.43
360–375	368	2	162.00–230.00	$196.69	$724	-12.74
400–435	418	2	200.00–235.00	$218.23	$912	-4.50
462–485	470	3	188.00–200.00	$195.87	$921	-20.67
520–540	530	2	180.00–190.00	$185.09	$981	-22.99
555–595	581	4	188.00–214.00	$194.98	$1,133	-8.55
617	617	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,049	-7.44
675–690	685	3	120.00–168.00	$150.90	$1,034	-24.59
735	735	3	142.00	$142.00	$1,044	-12.79
795	795	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,113	-19.50
890	890	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,157	-30.69
930	930	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,060	-9.56
960	960	1	102.50	$102.50	$984	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	165.00	$165.00	$446	-52.50
357–370	361	3	143.00–203.00	$182.52	$659	-18.15
470	470	1	181.00	$181.00	$851	-29.00
530–545	538	2	167.50–192.00	$179.92	$968	-31.17
552	552	2	173.00	$173.00	$955	-25.74
660	660	1	148.00	$148.00	$977	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–385	362	5	230.00–245.00	$234.66	$849	+2.03
425–445	435	2	220.00–225.00	$222.44	$968	-1.53
495	495	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,114	+3.09

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	142.50	$142.50	$285	—
340	340	1	127.50	$127.50	$434	-15.01
360	360	1	117.50	$117.50	$423	-32.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,106	+0.16

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	177.50	$177.50	$604	-27.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1345	1145	80-85%	14	73.00–99.00	$90.97	$1,042	—
815–1650	1213	80-85%	35	80.00–114.00	$103.44	$1,255	+29.15
1015–1565	1293	80-85%	30	93.00–134.00	$117.90	$1,524	+16.96

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1800	1422	75-80%	19	95.00–114.00	$107.27	$1,525	—
1490	1490	75-80%	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,460	—
1250–1845	1513	75-80%	42	107.00–135.00	$121.73	$1,842	+21.45

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1535	984	85-90%	6	50.00–67.00	$57.84	$569	-21.67
765–1285	1028	85-90%	9	60.00–88.00	$75.68	$778	-13.64
775–1350	1080	85-90%	20	81.00–98.00	$91.30	$986	—
805–1350	1096	85-90%	13	97.00–116.00	$105.28	$1,154	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195	1195	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,111	—
1195–1895	1548	12	111.00–129.00	$119.17	$1,845	+17.87
1185–2290	1680	13	122.00–139.00	$129.41	$2,174	+14.77

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	105.00	$105.00	$987

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,036.00	$1,036.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,080.00	$1,080.00
1215–1225	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,240.00–1,350.00	$1,295.23
1380	1380	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,310.00	$1,310.00
1125–1650	1389	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	1,160.00–1,820.00	$1,572.62
1425	1425	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,585.00	$1,585.00
1460	1460	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,510.00	$1,510.00
1120–1571	1482	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,375.00–1,650.00	$1,567.10

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00
832–1040	952	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	650.00–960.00	$861.69

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–810	783	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–775.00	$697.36
847	847	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,140.00	$1,140.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,230.00	$1,230.00	—
1220	1220	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1265	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	-58.93
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,120.00	$1,120.00	-238.93
975–1825	1467	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,000.00–2,000.00	$1,571.53	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,669	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	177.50	$177.50	$408	—
311–341	331	9	186.00–196.00	$192.87	$638	+49.56
420–434	432	13	110.00–187.00	$181.17	$783	+13.55
493	493	6	186.50	$186.50	$919	+23.04
520	520	1	160.00	$160.00	$832	-13.65
555–582	573	3	149.00–166.00	$160.51	$920	+6.59
652–665	656	3	151.00–169.00	$162.92	$1,069	+61.36
729–745	731	8	166.00–170.00	$169.49	$1,239	+52.87
785	785	9	173.00	$173.00	$1,358	+23.55
807	807	13	170.00	$170.00	$1,372	+43.83
858	858	7	173.00	$173.00	$1,484	—
920 value added	920	44	172.00	$172.00	$1,582	+5.75

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.