Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Profit Through Performance Graded Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.50/cwt on 267 head.

Average price

$182.50

267 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,150

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+19.57

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	630	182.50	1,150	267

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 sale267 hd

182.50

—

KY average25 barns · 4,237 hd

162.93

+19.57

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

13 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,055	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,116	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	394	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	682	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	679	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,029	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	791	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	613	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	990	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	476	207.09/cwt	201.00–212.00	986	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	798	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,241	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	175.62/cwt	147.00–177.50	1,182	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	542	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	905	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,323	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	189.75/cwt	189.75–189.75	1,110	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	390	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	850	13

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 Jun 6, 2022

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

Receipts 518Last week 166Year ago 0

Profit Through Performance Graded Sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	995	106.00	106.00
37	—	790	141.25	141.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	394	173.00	173.00
38	—	679	151.50	151.50
39	—	472	167.50	167.50
66	—	613	161.50	161.50
39	—	542	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	476	201.00–212.00	207.09
53	—	798	155.50	155.50
67	—	673	147.00–177.50	175.62
80	—	585	189.75	189.75
13	—	390	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	952	139.00	139.00

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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