Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.20/cwt on 270 head.

Average price

$140.20

270 head · 687 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.74

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	687	140.20	964	270

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 sale270 hd

140.20

—

KY average30 barns · 9,719 hd

142.93

−2.74

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

18 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	776	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	980	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	130.81/cwt	124.00–131.20	714	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	130.80/cwt	121.00–131.50	807	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	136.57/cwt	110.00–139.50	852	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	132.73/cwt	110.00–136.00	1,013	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	155.02/cwt	128.00–157.00	856	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	929	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,141	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,264	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	128.44/cwt	108.00–129.00	894	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	118.51/cwt	90.00–120.00	901	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	130.76/cwt	117.00–133.00	608	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	929	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	512	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	943	2

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 Jan 15, 2020

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

Receipts 481Last week 1,393Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	479	162.00	162.00
8	—	737	133.00	133.00
6	—	533	147.00	147.00
5	—	387	157.00	157.00
55	—	624	110.00–139.50	136.57
44	—	763	110.00–136.00	132.73
44	—	552	128.00–157.00	155.02
36	—	683	136.00	136.00
30	—	845	135.00	135.00
25	—	972	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	546	124.00–131.20	130.81
52	—	617	121.00–131.50	130.80
35	—	696	108.00–129.00	128.44
20	—	760	90.00–120.00	118.51
20	—	465	117.00–133.00	130.76
8	—	729	127.50	127.50
7	—	397	129.00	129.00
2	—	898	105.00	105.00

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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