Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.25/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$168.25

157 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,069

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$24.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.02

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	631	169.83	1,072	147
Large 1-2	689	145.00	999	10thin

One grade step is worth $24.83/cwt here — about $74 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 sale157 hd

168.25

—

KY average26 barns · 4,751 hd

162.23

+6.02

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	—	781	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,207	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	170.64/cwt	163.00–171.50	1,053	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	691	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,113	28
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	—	706	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,031	8
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,234	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	541	160.00/cwt	153.00–162.50	866	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	454	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	763	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	453	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	915	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	952	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	990	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	138.42/cwt	138.00–138.50	1,022	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	387	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	880	20
Heifers	Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	833	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	966	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 Jun 7, 2022

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

Receipts 264Last week 518Year 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
22	—	781	154.50	154.50
60	—	617	163.00–171.50	170.64
28	—	691	161.00	161.00
12	—	453	202.00	202.00
24	—	535	178.00	178.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	706	146.00	146.00
2	—	620	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	541	153.00–162.50	160.00
19	—	454	168.00	168.00
14	—	676	146.50	146.50
6	—	738	138.00–138.50	138.42
6	—	387	174.00	174.00
20	—	607	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	595	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	115.00	115.00

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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