Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

CPH-45 Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.90/cwt on 811 head.

Average price

$139.90

811 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.89

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	644	139.90	901	811

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale811 hd

139.90

—

KY average29 barns · 11,271 hd

137.00

+2.89

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

20 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards Lexington - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Lexington, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,119	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	117.99/cwt	115.00–121.00	892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	130.81/cwt	119.00–133.00	534	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	149.78/cwt	140.00–150.00	818	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	133.57/cwt	129.50–139.00	1,024	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	143.64/cwt	129.00–146.00	681	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	137.45/cwt	135.50–137.70	953	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	140.59/cwt	133.50–141.75	872	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	132.40/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,117	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	621	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	130.63/cwt	118.00–132.10	703	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	120.46/cwt	115.50–121.35	828	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	121.22/cwt	102.00–122.10	739	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	909	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	129.59/cwt	123.00–131.50	600	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	140.52/cwt	140.00–141.00	774	29

How this sale compares

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards Lexington - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Lexington, KY

Wed Dec 11, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Receipts 1,393Last week 590Year ago 0

CPH-45 Sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	122.00	122.00
2	—	385	135.00	135.00
3	—	895	125.00	125.00
4	—	555	116.50	116.50
4	—	756	115.00–121.00	117.99
20	—	408	119.00–133.00	130.81
114	—	538	118.00–132.10	130.63
122	—	687	115.50–121.35	120.46
159	—	610	102.00–122.10	121.22
22	—	745	122.00	122.00
76	—	463	123.00–131.50	129.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	546	140.00–150.00	149.78
123	—	767	129.50–139.00	133.57
53	—	474	129.00–146.00	143.64
245	—	693	135.50–137.70	137.45
250	—	620	133.50–141.75	140.59
10	—	844	127.00–133.00	132.40
12	—	393	158.00	158.00
1	—	1,000	115.00	115.00
29	—	551	140.00–141.00	140.52

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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