Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.82/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −168.68 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$311.82

42 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.15

vs KY average

−2.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	311.82	1,678	42

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $483.33, low $466.86, median $480.50 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale42 hd

311.82

—

KY average27 barns · 1,367 hd

304.67

+7.15

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

−2.28

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−168.68

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

29 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 1-2Fancy	500–550	536	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,613	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	631	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,678	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	407	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,030	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,260	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,426	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	253.74/cwt	246.00–266.00	1,951	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	342.45/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,414	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	232.91/cwt	226.00–240.00	2,040	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,156	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,867	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	324.03/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,523	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	311.82/cwt	309.50–320.00	1,678	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	284.82/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,746	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,340	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	237.35/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,650	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	226.25/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,726	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,436	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,070	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	451	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,200	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	271.15/cwt	261.00–283.00	1,852	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	296.37/cwt	291.00–299.00	1,310	3

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 May 20, 2024

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

Receipts 349Last week 616Year ago 773

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	536	301.00	301.00
11	600–650	631	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	305.00	305.00
6	350–400	389	324.00	324.00
3	400–450	442	291.00–299.00	296.37
5	450–500	459	292.00	292.00
12	500–550	540	264.00	264.00
1	550–600	550	273.00	273.00
15	600–650	611	235.00	235.00
22	650–700	695	231.00–245.00	237.35
10	750–800	763	220.00–229.00	226.25
2	850–900	885	211.00	211.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	395	271.00	271.00
10	450–500	451	266.00	266.00
1	650–700	695	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	407	366.00	366.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	364	317.50	317.50
2	400–450	413	335.00–350.00	342.45
33	450–500	470	320.00–342.50	324.03
42	500–550	538	309.50–320.00	311.82
41	600–650	613	279.00–299.00	284.82
37	650–700	683	261.00–283.00	271.15
39	750–800	769	246.00–266.00	253.74
12	850–900	876	226.00–240.00	232.91
1	1000–1050	1,025	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	485	312.00	312.00
2	750–800	755	234.00	234.00

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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