Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.22/cwt on 632 head.

Average price

$158.22

632 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,056

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$277

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

$23.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.81

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	669	158.67	1,061	620
Medium and Large 2-3	580	135.26	784	12thin

One grade step is worth $23.41/cwt here — about $277 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 sale632 hd

158.22

—

KY average27 barns · 10,508 hd

154.42

+3.81

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

27 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	—	765	156.15/cwt	156.00–158.50	1,195	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,259	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	148.40/cwt	147.00–148.50	1,296	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	145.15/cwt	144.00–147.00	775	133
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	138.89/cwt	123.00–140.00	854	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	133.80/cwt	117.00–136.00	909	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	161.87/cwt	151.00–163.00	881	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	622	133.12/cwt	111.00–136.00	828	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	178.26/cwt	157.00–180.00	841	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,371	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	870	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	609	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	520	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	158.61/cwt	145.00–159.85	977	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	158.02/cwt	140.00–159.75	1,090	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	131.81/cwt	112.00–133.25	1,003	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	144.59/cwt	122.00–147.50	682	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	142.14/cwt	142.00–143.00	542	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,066	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	936	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	709	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 8, 2021

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

Receipts 1,043Last week 168Year ago 1,153

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	765	156.00–158.50	156.15
2	—	845	149.00	149.00
31	—	873	147.00–148.50	148.40
2	—	418	176.00	176.00
80	—	544	151.00–163.00	161.87
32	—	472	157.00–180.00	178.26
11	—	952	144.00	144.00
2	—	383	176.00	176.00
166	—	616	145.00–159.85	158.61
158	—	690	140.00–159.75	158.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	151.00	151.00
1	—	570	123.00	123.00
9	—	622	111.00–136.00	133.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	90.00	90.00
1	—	720	61.00	61.00
1	—	630	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	534	144.00–147.00	145.15
102	—	615	123.00–140.00	138.89
78	—	679	117.00–136.00	133.80
47	—	761	112.00–133.25	131.81
47	—	472	122.00–147.50	144.59
14	—	381	142.00–143.00	142.14
13	—	881	121.00	121.00
6	—	749	125.00	125.00
2	—	558	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	70.00	70.00
1	—	520	113.00	113.00

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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