Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

CPH-45 Sale, all cattle were value added.

Groups of 20 head or more:

Steers Heifers

42hd 464lbs $197 BLK 52hd 467lbs $161 BLK

81hd 546lbs $185.25 BLK 85hd 539lbs $164.10 BLK

94hd 616lbs $185.25 BLK 65hd 618lbs $160 BLK

101hd 687lbs $178 BLK 32hd 679lbs $153 BLK

37hd 774lbs $165.50 BLK

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.83/cwt on 461 head.

Average price

$178.83

461 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,111

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

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

$27.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.69

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	625	181.01	1,132	424
Medium and Large 2-3	573	153.86	882	37

One grade step is worth $27.15/cwt here — about $250 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 sale461 hd

178.83

—

KY average26 barns · 9,924 hd

170.13

+8.69

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

26 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 2-3	—	532	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	665	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	462	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	485	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,374	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	184.90/cwt	170.00–185.25	1,008	83
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	622	148.26/cwt	124.00–158.00	922	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	408	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	657	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	749	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,386	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	194.93/cwt	176.00–197.00	904	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	154.79/cwt	143.00–156.00	611	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	162.33/cwt	161.00–163.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	164.89/cwt	164.50–165.00	1,275	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	689	156.21/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,076	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	543	148.20/cwt	107.00–153.00	805	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	185.49/cwt	185.25–187.00	1,141	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,223	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	153.12/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,040	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	144.02/cwt	130.00–145.50	1,096	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	162.53/cwt	140.00–164.10	874	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	159.82/cwt	151.00–161.00	986	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	161.36/cwt	161.00–165.00	755	57

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 7, 2022

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

Receipts 773Last week 1,417Year ago 1,043

CPH-45 Sale, all cattle were value added.

Groups of 20 head or more:

Steers Heifers

42hd 464lbs $197 BLK 52hd 467lbs $161 BLK

81hd 546lbs $185.25 BLK 85hd 539lbs $164.10 BLK

94hd 616lbs $185.25 BLK 65hd 618lbs $160 BLK

101hd 687lbs $178 BLK 32hd 679lbs $153 BLK

37hd 774lbs $165.50 BLK

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	125.00	125.00
3	—	462	105.00	105.00
2	—	608	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	395	143.00–156.00	154.79
2	—	885	120.00	120.00
34	—	679	153.00–155.00	153.12
21	—	761	130.00–145.50	144.02
95	—	538	140.00–164.10	162.53
72	—	617	151.00–161.00	159.82
57	—	468	161.00–165.00	161.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	864	159.00	159.00
83	—	545	170.00–185.25	184.90
12	—	388	193.00	193.00
4	—	983	141.00	141.00
50	—	464	176.00–197.00	194.93
2	—	748	151.00	151.00
47	—	773	164.50–165.00	164.89
1	—	900	140.00	140.00
109	—	615	185.25–187.00	185.49
101	—	687	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	622	124.00–158.00	148.26
7	—	408	161.00	161.00
3	—	474	161.00–163.00	162.33
1	—	790	145.00	145.00
10	—	689	155.00–159.00	156.21
9	—	543	107.00–153.00	148.20

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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