Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.15/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$130.15

157 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$18.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

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	721	130.61	942	153
Large 1	746	112.50	840	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.11/cwt here — about $102 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 sale157 hd

130.15

—

KY average15 barns · 1,160 hd

133.53

−3.38

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	—	560	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	834	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	691	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	720	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	981	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	883	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	990	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	794	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	862	64
Steers	Large 1	—	780	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	874	3
Steers	Large 1	—	645	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	735	1

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

Mon Feb 15, 2021

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

Receipts 271Last week 1,153Year ago 481

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	560	149.00	149.00
1	—	1,005	88.00	88.00
62	—	771	127.25	127.25
37	—	695	130.00	130.00
30	—	624	141.50	141.50
14	—	861	115.00	115.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	780	112.00	112.00
1	—	645	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	544	127.00	127.00
31	—	613	117.50	117.50
7	—	873	91.00	91.00
2	—	383	137.00	137.00
1	—	495	135.00	135.00
64	—	734	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	95.00	95.00

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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