Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-17

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.21/cwt on 164 head.

Average price

$148.21

164 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.79

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	615	148.21	911	164

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 sale164 hd

148.21

—

KY average28 barns · 6,481 hd

133.42

+14.79

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

15 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	—	686	139.68/cwt	131.00–140.25	958	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	872	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	148.84/cwt	127.00–150.00	909	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	168.70/cwt	159.00–171.00	653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	118.20/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,009	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	170.41/cwt	162.00–171.00	813	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	124.72/cwt	114.00–126.00	957	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	679	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	947	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	902	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	402	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	815	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	742	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	774	30

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 Jun 17, 2020

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

Receipts 305Last week 481Year 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
30	—	686	131.00–140.25	139.68
34	—	550	158.50	158.50
4	—	536	144.00–145.00	144.50
54	—	611	127.00–150.00	148.84
5	—	387	159.00–171.00	168.70
5	—	854	117.00–119.00	118.20
15	—	477	162.00–171.00	170.41
17	—	767	114.00–126.00	124.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	473	143.50	143.50
3	—	853	111.00	111.00
8	—	781	115.50	115.50
10	—	402	143.00	143.00
10	—	671	121.50	121.50
30	—	532	139.50	139.50
30	—	612	126.50	126.50

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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