Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.10/cwt on 453 head.

Average price

$135.10

453 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$47.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.28

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	637	136.23	868	425
Large 1	721	119.38	861	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	639	118.45	757	11thin
Small 1-2	700	89.00	623	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.23/cwt here — about $245 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale453 hd

135.10

—

KY average31 barns · 11,704 hd

134.82

+0.28

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

32 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	—	534	119.45/cwt	115.00–121.00	638	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	123.68/cwt	120.00–125.00	965	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	772	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	114.23/cwt	105.00–117.00	869	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	132.91/cwt	127.00–133.00	828	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	631	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	565	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	117.30/cwt	116.75–123.00	802	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	149.42/cwt	149.00–158.00	814	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,056	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	121.80/cwt	115.00–122.50	572	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	611	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	727	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	833	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	935	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	700	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	623	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	805	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	811	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	692	115.49/cwt	114.00–117.00	799	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	119.44/cwt	119.25–123.00	732	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	131.80/cwt	130.00–132.00	900	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	684	1
Steers	Large 1	—	634	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	780	4
Steers	Large 1	—	895	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,038	2
Steers	Large 1	—	686	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	809	6
Steers	Large 1	—	773	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	924	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	520	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	494	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 Dec 9, 2020

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

Receipts 1,153Last week 305Year ago 1,393

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	534	115.00–121.00	119.45
65	—	761	105.00–117.00	114.23
2	—	448	121.00	121.00
9	—	398	142.00	142.00
1	—	835	100.00	100.00
103	—	684	116.75–123.00	117.30
33	—	470	115.00–122.50	121.80
4	—	703	118.50	118.50
2	—	935	100.00	100.00
4	—	863	94.00	94.00
124	—	613	119.25–123.00	119.44
1	—	585	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	110.00	110.00
1	—	685	71.00	71.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	780	120.00–125.00	123.68
26	—	471	164.00	164.00
123	—	623	127.00–133.00	132.91
13	—	385	164.00	164.00
43	—	545	149.00–158.00	149.42
7	—	873	121.00	121.00
2	—	560	130.00	130.00
188	—	683	130.00–132.00	131.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	134.00	134.00
4	—	611	119.00	119.00
6	—	692	114.00–117.00	115.49
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	89.00	89.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	634	123.00	123.00
2	—	895	116.00	116.00
6	—	686	118.00	118.00
4	—	773	119.50	119.50

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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