Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.69/cwt on 282 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −159.81 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$320.69

282 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,825

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

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

$50.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.51

vs KY average

−4.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	569	322.14	1,834	274
Medium and Large 2-3	558	271.28	1,512	8thin

One grade step is worth $50.85/cwt here — about $322 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale282 hd

320.69

—

KY average18 barns · 1,002 hd

298.18

+22.51

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−4.68

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−159.81

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

31 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	900–950	948	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,076	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	959	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,895	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	240.87/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,985	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,411	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	274.59/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,650	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	258.62/cwt	243.00–261.50	1,919	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	257.57/cwt	243.00–272.00	1,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	326.54/cwt	309.00–329.00	1,656	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	376	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,222	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	249.88/cwt	249.00–250.00	2,086	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,444	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,998	369
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	227.45/cwt	221.00–237.00	1,865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	290.44/cwt	260.00–293.00	1,923	164
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	737	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,629	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	320.32/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,906	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	652	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	245.73/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,821	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	939	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,235	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	261.60/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,543	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,115	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	263.47/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,752	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	422	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	286.69/cwt	253.00–290.00	1,488	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	587	226.15/cwt	210.00–234.00	1,328	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,141	2

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 4, 2024

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

Receipts 1,693Last week 604Year ago 349

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	362	265.00	265.00
2	400–450	421	271.00	271.00
35	450–500	456	309.50	309.50
94	500–550	519	253.00–290.00	286.69
217	550–600	590	250.00–262.00	261.60
175	650–700	665	251.00–270.00	263.47
96	700–750	741	245.00–257.00	245.73
4	750–800	764	248.00	248.00
18	800–850	824	240.00–256.00	240.87
3	900–950	948	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	422	244.00	244.00
1	500–550	530	231.00	231.00
6	550–600	587	210.00–234.00	226.15
3	650–700	652	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	383	377.00	377.00
1	400–450	446	329.00	329.00
2	450–500	466	300.00	300.00
80	500–550	507	309.00–329.00	326.54
194	550–600	595	300.00–322.00	320.32
10	600–650	601	261.00–278.00	274.59
164	650–700	662	260.00–293.00	290.44
46	700–750	742	243.00–261.50	258.62
369	750–800	751	266.00	266.00
112	800–850	835	249.00–250.00	249.88
5	850–900	853	248.00	248.00
20	900–950	939	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	376	325.00	325.00
4	500–550	540	243.00–272.00	257.57
4	550–600	575	285.00	285.00
7	700–750	737	221.00	221.00
5	800–850	820	221.00–237.00	227.45

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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