Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-06

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $217.06/cwt on 222 head.

Average price

$217.06

222 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,442

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

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

$22.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.97

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	667	217.67	1,451	216
Medium and Large 2-3	574	195.30	1,120	6thin

One grade step is worth $22.37/cwt here — about $331 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 sale222 hd

217.06

—

KY average26 barns · 8,057 hd

219.04

−1.97

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

21 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	—	878	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,545	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,006	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,600	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,008	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,193	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,103	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	179.89/cwt	157.50–203.00	860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	965	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	689	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,233	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,467	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	232.75/cwt	232.75–232.75	1,434	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,513	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,169	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,028	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	191.57/cwt	191.00–200.00	906	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,054	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	834	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,053	5

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 6, 2023

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

Receipts 349Last week 459Year ago 773

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	878	176.00	176.00
9	—	1,006	159.00	159.00
5	—	405	249.00	249.00
31	—	545	240.00	240.00
18	—	477	250.00	250.00
53	—	692	212.00	212.00
48	—	616	232.75	232.75
41	—	770	196.50	196.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	210.00	210.00
2	—	563	196.00	196.00
2	—	478	157.50–203.00	179.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	111.00	111.00
1	—	595	153.00	153.00
1	—	545	177.00	177.00
29	—	689	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	612	191.00	191.00
21	—	544	189.00	189.00
16	—	473	191.00–200.00	191.57
9	—	753	140.00	140.00
9	—	388	215.00	215.00
5	—	870	121.00	121.00

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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