Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.52/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$151.52

84 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$488

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

$28.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.31

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	705	152.20	1,074	82
Small and Medium 1-2	472	124.00	585	2thin

One grade step is worth $28.20/cwt here — about $488 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 sale84 hd

151.52

—

KY average25 barns · 4,103 hd

156.83

−5.31

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 1-2Value Added	—	693	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,026	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,018	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	873	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,144	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	990	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	472	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	548	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	860	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	766	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,003	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	691	135.51/cwt	134.50–139.00	936	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	475	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	778	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,105	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	141.75/cwt	139.00–142.00	885	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	763	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	742	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	928	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	553	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	365	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	875	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,015	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 Mar 15, 2022

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

Receipts 166Last week 1,043Year ago 0

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
19	—	693	148.00	148.00
15	—	617	165.00	165.00
13	—	873	131.00	131.00
8	—	535	185.00	185.00
4	—	475	186.00	186.00
23	—	778	142.00	142.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	472	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	548	157.00	157.00
9	—	766	131.00	131.00
26	—	691	134.50–139.00	135.51
24	—	624	139.00–142.00	141.75
8	—	477	160.00	160.00
3	—	742	125.00	125.00
2	—	553	152.00	152.00
2	—	365	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	116.00	116.00

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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