Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

CPH - Graded CPH feeder calf sale was held during regular Tuesday sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.69/cwt on 125 head.

Average price

$132.69

125 head · 714 lb average

Value per head Derived

$948

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.04

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	714	132.69	948	125

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 sale125 hd

132.69

—

KY average28 barns · 7,968 hd

138.73

−6.04

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

12 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 1-2Value Added	—	681	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	899	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	761	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	966	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	869	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	549	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	873	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	488	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	795	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	800	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	543	135.08/cwt	130.00–135.25	733	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	691	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	831	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	443	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,041	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	961	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	759	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	854	17

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

Tue Mar 2, 2021

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

Receipts 235Last week 271Year ago 0

CPH - Graded CPH feeder calf sale was held during regular Tuesday sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	681	132.00	132.00
31	—	761	127.00	127.00
18	—	615	141.25	141.25
8	—	549	159.00	159.00
5	—	488	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	864	120.50	120.50
5	—	961	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	625	128.00	128.00
29	—	543	130.00–135.25	135.08
26	—	691	120.25	120.25
5	—	443	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	759	112.50	112.50

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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