Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher with most advance on 400-500 lb calves. Quality was average through good. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.31/cwt on 121 head.

Average price

$125.31

121 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$25.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.13

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	508	128.05	651	100
Large 1-2	543	121.13	657	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	544	111.22	605	15thin
Small and Medium 1-2	383	102.75	393	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.30/cwt here — about $258 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 sale121 hd

125.31

—

KY average26 barns · 5,519 hd

132.45

−7.13

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,664	93.11	1,549	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,410	65.21	920	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,155	61.53	711	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	945	51.68	488	29

Every lot, as filed

78 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - 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	—	945	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	151.44/cwt	148.00–155.00	659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	153.35/cwt	152.00–154.00	902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,173	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	608	145.50/cwt	145.00–146.00	885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	162.01/cwt	161.00–164.00	680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	601	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	519	131.25/cwt	131.00–132.00	681	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	237	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	190	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	13,630	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,416	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,352	1,127.44/cwt	900.00–1,250.00	15,243	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,354	865.21/cwt	750.00–970.00	11,715	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,115	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,363	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,030	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,468	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	15,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,108	904.02/cwt	800.00–975.00	10,017	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,190	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,223	1
Bulls	—	—	1,505	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,189	1
Bulls	—	—	1,750	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,523	1
Bulls	—	—	1,673	95.64/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,600	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,077	49.69/cwt	49.00–51.00	535	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	59.19/cwt	55.00–62.00	661	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	66.71/cwt	63.00–70.00	805	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	60.36/cwt	56.00–63.00	810	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	67.64/cwt	63.00–72.00	977	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	62.98/cwt	60.00–66.00	694	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	864	43.04/cwt	34.00–49.00	372	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	53.94/cwt	51.00–60.00	507	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	148.57/cwt	146.00–154.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	108.00/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	134.48/cwt	133.00–136.00	979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	717	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	415	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	467	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	350	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	102.62/cwt	98.00–117.00	580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	109.61/cwt	107.00–115.00	756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	119.97/cwt	115.00–125.00	441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	720	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	961	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	120.87/cwt	115.00–128.00	749	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	130.23/cwt	126.00–133.50	671	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	129.48/cwt	125.00–136.00	483	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	129.34/cwt	122.00–137.00	612	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	128.04/cwt	121.00–131.50	731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	131.45/cwt	127.00–135.00	535	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	128.77/cwt	124.00–132.00	421	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	113.37/cwt	112.50–115.00	261	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	358	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	485	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	589	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	124.79/cwt	122.50–127.00	399	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	130.08/cwt	127.00–133.00	475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	332	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	137.29/cwt	134.00–138.50	725	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	139.39/cwt	138.00–140.00	661	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	135.46/cwt	131.00–138.50	761	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	139.81/cwt	130.00–148.00	604	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	143.32/cwt	139.00–146.00	523	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	123.23/cwt	119.00–130.00	848	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	800	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	147.58/cwt	137.50–153.00	457	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	410	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	363	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	540	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	772	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	665	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	718	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 (Monday) - Lexington, KY

Mon Jul 29, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 365Last week 445Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 52Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 21Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	945	115.00	115.00
4	—	435	148.00–155.00	151.44
6	—	588	152.00–154.00	153.35
40	—	841	139.50	139.50
3	—	530	146.00–154.00	148.57
2	—	1,060	100.00–116.00	108.00
2	—	728	133.00–136.00	134.48
2	—	475	151.00	151.00
1	—	680	135.00	135.00
1	—	605	135.00	135.00
1	—	340	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	157.00	157.00
2	—	608	145.00–146.00	145.50
3	—	420	161.00–164.00	162.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	139.00	139.00
3	—	601	129.00	129.00
4	—	519	131.00–132.00	131.25
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	237	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	112.50	112.50
1	—	350	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	98.00–117.00	102.62
3	—	690	107.00–115.00	109.61
3	—	518	110.00	110.00
2	—	465	120.00	120.00
2	—	368	115.00–125.00	119.97
1	—	610	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	720	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	620	115.00–128.00	120.87
14	—	515	126.00–133.50	130.23
14	—	373	125.00–136.00	129.48
13	—	473	122.00–137.00	129.34
9	—	571	121.00–131.50	128.04
9	—	407	127.00–135.00	131.45
6	—	327	124.00–132.00	128.77
3	—	230	112.50–115.00	113.37
1	—	280	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	121.50	121.50
1	—	715	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	320	122.50–127.00	124.79
2	—	415	128.00	128.00
2	—	365	127.00–133.00	130.08
1	—	625	122.00	122.00
1	—	480	121.00	121.00
1	—	260	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	528	134.00–138.50	137.29
10	—	474	138.00–140.00	139.39
7	—	562	131.00–138.50	135.46
5	—	432	130.00–148.00	139.81
5	—	365	139.00–146.00	143.32
4	—	688	119.00–130.00	123.23
4	—	630	127.00	127.00
3	—	310	137.50–153.00	147.58
2	—	270	152.00	152.00
1	—	750	118.00	118.00
1	—	715	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	165.00	165.00
1	—	540	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	108.00	108.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,450	940.00	940.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,215	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,352	900.00–1,250.00	1,127.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,354	750.00–970.00	865.21
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,108	800.00–975.00	904.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	79.00	79.00
1	—	1,750	87.00	87.00
8	—	1,673	91.00–101.00	95.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,077	49.00–51.00	49.69
7	—	1,116	55.00–62.00	59.19
10	—	1,206	63.00–70.00	66.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,342	56.00–63.00	60.36
14	—	1,444	63.00–72.00	67.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,102	60.00–66.00	62.98
11	—	864	34.00–49.00	43.04
12	—	940	51.00–60.00	53.94

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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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle