Kentucky Weekly Livestock Summary

SV_LS145
Frankfort, KY    Fri Feb 15, 2013    USDA-KY Dept of Ag Market News

Kentucky Weekly Livestock Summary for February 8 thru February 14, 2013

Receipts                This Week             Last Week         Last Year
                        22,537                17,567            20,898

Supply:  Slaughter Cows 10 percent; Slaughter Bulls 3 percent; Feeder cattle 85 
percent.  In the feeder supply, Steers made up approximately 43 percent and  
Heifers approximately 41 percent.  Steers and Heifers over 600 lbs totaled  
approximately 57 percent.  Replacement cattle 2 percent.

Compared to last week:  Steer and heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower; instances 
up to 5.00 lower.  Feeder Steers and Heifers 3.00-6.00 lower.  Demand best on 
light calves, but remains moderate at best.  Demand for Feeders light to 
moderate.  Continued pressure on boxed beef prices and resistance at the retail 
level in the toughest month for beef demand took its toll on cattle markets 
this week. Lower futures and fed cattle all pressured feeder prices lower this 
week.
Slaughter Cows and Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher with instances steady to 2.00 
lower later in the week.

                         Feeder Steers Medium 1-2                         
       Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price                
         11     543        543       137.84         137.84                

                    Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2                    
       Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price                
         14   255-280      271    173.00-225.00     180.35                
         18   301-345      330    167.89-202.50     182.23                
         40   350-396      371    160.00-185.00     175.06                
         69   405-449      435    156.50-181.00     168.10                
        113   450-497      472    147.00-170.00     164.07                
        138   500-546      525    138.00-162.50     156.18                
        283   550-598      570    138.00-160.25     152.44                
         10     550        550       154.00         154.00 Value Added    
        386   600-645      631    128.50-153.00     145.35                
        311   650-698      672    129.35-144.00     137.83                
        235   703-749      734    124.50-139.00     132.36                
        484   751-791      771    123.00-137.95     132.95                
        307   807-843      823    124.00-134.30     131.37                
        329   855-895      876    120.00-134.00     129.18                
        124   872-891      881    127.30-138.50     132.60 Fancy          
        123   902-935      904    120.00-132.15     128.43                
         53     924        924       135.00         135.00 Fancy          
        141   958-976      970    119.00-125.80     123.45                
         33    1028       1028       118.75         118.75                
         58    1023       1023       130.00         130.00 Fancy          

                     Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2                     
       Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price                
         17     538        538       141.63         141.63                

                    Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2-3                    
       Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price                
         22   451-495      479    135.00-162.00     150.52                
         29   555-588      564    130.00-149.00     137.69                
         23   600-645      619    118.00-139.00     129.66                
         43   650-690      668    110.00-138.00     127.39                
         17   707-742      738    122.00-129.50     128.65                

                      Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3                      
       Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price                
         12   411-417      412    117.50-127.50     125.81                
         60     865        865       100.00         100.00                

                    Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2                     
       Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price                
         13   270-298      291    181.00-202.00     191.93                
         88   356-395      376    156.00-180.00     172.71                
        129   400-445      431    149.50-175.00     164.20                
        121   450-497      472    141.00-168.00     157.45                
        201   500-545      521    139.00-156.00     150.49                
        147   550-599      577    125.00-151.00     141.58                
         73   601-647      630    118.58-141.00     129.07                
         43   650-682      663    125.00-142.50     128.39                
         49   700-745      732    110.91-127.00     120.16                

                     Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2                      
       Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price                
         15     550        550       122.98         122.98                

                    Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2-3                     
       Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price                
         35   350-395      373    136.00-167.00     157.89                
         56   400-447      437    137.00-167.50     147.15                
         10   450-495      472    132.00-154.00     144.51                
         12   508-547      523    130.00-145.00     135.13                
         40   551-590      566    120.00-142.00     130.90                

                          Feeder Heifers Large 1                          
       Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price                
         12   620-645      641    105.00-121.00     118.80                

                   Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2                    
       Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price                
         28   260-295      281    156.25-173.00     165.44                
         38   300-340      320    143.00-173.00     156.02                
        129   350-398      375    139.00-163.00     152.61                
        228   400-448      432    136.00-158.00     146.04                
        268   450-495      474    129.00-155.00     146.17                
        399   500-548      521    120.00-153.00     136.50                
        329   550-599      573    120.00-140.25     133.98                
        296   600-647      632    118.00-138.00     129.02                
        266   650-698      681    117.00-133.00     127.99                
         70     672        672       137.95         137.95 Fancy          
        351   700-749      728    112.00-135.00     124.97                
         68     721        721       133.95         133.95 Fancy          
        344   750-790      768    105.00-130.10     122.82                
         62     794        794       132.60         132.60 Value Added    
        107   805-848      837    115.00-122.75     120.89                

                   Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2-3                    
       Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price                
         47   350-397      372    112.50-148.00     141.27                
         35   405-439      433    122.00-141.00     127.95                
         39   450-490      474    113.00-141.00     132.67                
         87   500-546      519    116.00-132.00     124.30                
         12   610-649      631    118.00-128.00     124.00                
         15   650-697      664    103.00-125.00     111.64                


   Slaughter Cows:        
       Percent Lean    Weight     Average Dress    High Dress       low Dress
Breaker     75-80     940-1950    69.00-76.50      78.00-84.50      68.00-70.00
Boner       80-85    1000-1675    71.50-76.00      77.50-85.50      65.50-68.50
Lean        85-90     780-1500    65.50-70.00      72.00-81.50      59.50-63.50
Light       85-90     685-1025    64.00-61.50      69.00-76.00      55.50-58.50

   Slaughter Bulls:     
Yield Grade    Weights     Average Dress    High Dress       Low Dress 
    1-2       1155-2545    93.00-96.50      99.00-109.50     85.00-88.00

Source:  USDA-KY Dept of Ag Market News Service, Frankfort, KY
         Alex Tolbert, OIC 502-564-0290 xtn 238
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/SV_LS145.txt         

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