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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Thu, Dec 14
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2130
Receipts
616 head
267 vs last sale 349 157 vs year ago 773 · 20.3%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $231.92/cwt on 402 head.
Average price
$231.92
402 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$105
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$34.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.67
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2644235.771,519357
Medium and Large 2-3806201.401,62445
One grade step is worth $34.37/cwt here — about −$105 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 sale402 hd
231.92
KY average27 barns · 6,107 hd
219.25
+12.67
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

28 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2971194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,8846
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1042
SteersMedium and Large 1-2684230.10/cwt228.00–231.001,57493
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685189.77/cwt187.00–198.001,30045
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2467199.30/cwt195.00–208.0093126
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3510171.00/cwt171.00–171.008721
SteersMedium and Large 2-3728166.39/cwt162.00–171.001,2112
SteersMedium and Large 2-3520203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,0561
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3614179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,09932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2543192.15/cwt184.00–202.001,04355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615240.90/cwt236.00–242.001,48277
SteersMedium and Large 1-2541249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,34737
SteersMedium and Large 2-3340229.00/cwt229.00–229.007791
SteersMedium and Large 2-3869197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,71233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2874213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,8624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2830219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,8182
SteersMedium and Large 2-3693226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5667
SteersMedium and Large 1-2554252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,39613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467258.64/cwt258.00–259.001,20831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2386265.00/cwt263.00–269.001,02315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775217.84/cwt216.00–229.001,68877
SteersMedium and Large 2-3445215.00/cwt215.00–215.009571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2789190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,49916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2608203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,23414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2923146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,3489
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2396206.77/cwt197.00–223.008198
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4637
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2815152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2391

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.