Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.64/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$139.64

126 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$975

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$288

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2

$5.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.36

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	475	145.00	689	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	700	139.60	977	125

One grade step is worth $5.40/cwt here — about −$288 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 sale126 hd

139.64

—

KY average27 barns · 3,991 hd

135.28

+4.36

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

16 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 2-3	—	475	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	681	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	824	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	484	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,076	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	450	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	677	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	982	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	933	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	549	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	845	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	389	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	654	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	137.78/cwt	125.00–138.50	840	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	984	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,007	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,067	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	993	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	810	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	851	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

Tue May 11, 2021

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

Receipts 168Last week 235Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	861	125.00	125.00
9	—	1,007	106.00	106.00
2	—	807	123.00	123.00
2	—	342	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	450	160.00	160.00
32	—	677	145.00	145.00
25	—	628	148.50	148.50
8	—	549	154.00	154.00
6	—	389	168.00	168.00
16	—	760	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	681	121.00	121.00
4	—	484	138.00	138.00
19	—	610	125.00–138.50	137.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	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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