Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-03

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $332.80/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −147.70 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$332.80

112 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$45.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.77

vs KY average

+23.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	334.82	1,829	107
Medium and Large 2-3	565	289.61	1,636	5thin

One grade step is worth $45.21/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale112 hd

332.80

—

KY average26 barns · 968 hd

307.03

+25.77

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+23.64

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−147.70

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 1-2	800–850	824	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	233.80/cwt	233.00–234.00	1,667	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,292	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,396	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	1,847	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	290.84/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,457	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,031	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	1,858	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,960	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,070	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,573	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,814	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	502	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,752	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	638	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,067	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,544	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,704	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	241.11/cwt	224.00–242.00	2,071	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	289.61/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	240.19/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,633	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1200–1250	1,240	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	958	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,050	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,917	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	243.01/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	557	267.79/cwt	267.00–268.00	1,492	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	647	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	672	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	274.05/cwt	263.00–274.50	1,677	80

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 Jun 3, 2024

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

Receipts 604Last week 349Year ago 459

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	394	328.00	328.00
20	400–450	449	311.00	311.00
38	500–550	501	285.00–291.00	290.84
40	550–600	556	283.00	283.00
80	600–650	612	263.00–274.50	274.05
40	650–700	686	264.50	264.50
5	700–750	713	233.00–234.00	233.80
31	750–800	777	237.75	237.75
1	800–850	824	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	557	267.00–268.00	267.79
5	650–700	680	240.00–241.00	240.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	401	385.00	385.00
18	450–500	452	377.00	377.00
1	500–550	510	314.00	314.00
76	550–600	564	329.50	329.50
2	600–650	613	300.00	300.00
3	650–700	675	284.00	284.00
44	700–750	700	280.00	280.00
35	750–800	751	270.50	270.50
21	850–900	859	224.00–242.00	241.11
2	900–950	900	230.00	230.00
1	1200–1250	1,240	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	502	349.00	349.00
70	600–650	638	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	565	288.00–290.00	289.61
1	600–650	647	266.00	266.00
1	650–700	672	278.00	278.00
5	750–800	765	240.00–245.00	243.01
3	950–1000	958	214.00	214.00

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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