Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady to weak with a softer undertone for fleshy offerings. Yearlings limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 8.00 lower with light demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand for high dressing individuals.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.87/cwt on 261 head.

Average price

$113.87

261 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$8.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.52

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	603	114.97	694	227
Medium and Large 2-3	520	106.47	553	34

One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about $140 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 sale261 hd

113.87

—

KY average26 barns · 5,526 hd

119.38

−5.52

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	—	High	1,756	90.53	1,589	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,508	54.94	829	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,244	53.72	668	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	45.09	478	14

Every lot, as filed

75 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	136.50/cwt	134.00–139.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	136.97/cwt	135.00–139.00	466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	124.63/cwt	123.00–125.00	823	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	145.04/cwt	143.00–152.00	599	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	131.60/cwt	129.00–144.00	688	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	124.17/cwt	124.00–125.00	765	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	148.33/cwt	147.00–154.00	546	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	114.54/cwt	111.00–116.00	828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	500	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	56.82/cwt	54.00–59.00	919	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,333	51.93/cwt	49.00–54.00	692	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	56.74/cwt	55.00–60.00	735	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	200	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	104.52/cwt	100.00–111.00	536	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	110.76/cwt	107.00–117.00	526	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	98.33/cwt	95.00–100.00	651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	116.31/cwt	110.00–119.00	489	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	562	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	303	115.02/cwt	112.50–117.50	349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	121.76/cwt	118.00–127.00	640	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	121.07/cwt	120.00–125.00	701	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	463	128.01/cwt	127.00–129.50	593	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	643	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	784	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	784	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	124.91/cwt	120.00–130.00	531	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	111.17/cwt	105.00–116.50	699	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	122.36/cwt	119.00–126.00	586	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	125.34/cwt	120.00–132.00	473	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	117.19/cwt	111.00–118.00	599	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	764	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	94.41/cwt	92.00–100.00	701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	52.87/cwt	50.00–54.00	630	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	47.56/cwt	46.00–49.00	587	4
Bulls	—	—	1,713	96.19/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,648	6
Bulls	—	—	1,798	84.87/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,526	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	133.01/cwt	132.00–134.00	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	115.50/cwt	112.00–119.00	751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	112.57/cwt	104.00–121.00	715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	925	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	679	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	883	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	417	157.65/cwt	155.00–160.00	657	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	142.14/cwt	140.00–142.50	853	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	150.78/cwt	150.00–152.00	792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	120.67/cwt	120.00–121.00	859	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	137.95/cwt	134.00–146.00	775	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	140.73/cwt	140.00–143.00	649	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	116.90/cwt	116.00–118.00	848	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	126.40/cwt	125.00–131.00	758	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	141.71/cwt	141.00–144.00	611	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	137.65/cwt	136.00–140.00	706	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	46.60/cwt	44.00–48.00	472	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	38.03/cwt	36.00–39.00	436	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	50.98/cwt	50.00–52.00	536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	153.28/cwt	148.00–158.00	567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	151.95/cwt	151.00–152.50	480	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	126.22/cwt	122.50–130.00	395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	740	105.58/cwt	105.00–105.60	781	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	805	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	378	134.70/cwt	134.00–136.00	509	11
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	347	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	126.20/cwt	123.00–129.00	656	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	122.16/cwt	121.00–123.00	690	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	471	122.91/cwt	116.00–130.00	579	4

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 Apr 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 488Last week 1,036Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 123Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 29Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	134.00–139.00	136.50
2	—	340	135.00–139.00	136.97
1	—	615	117.00	117.00
1	—	395	136.00	136.00
8	—	520	123.00–129.00	126.20
6	—	565	121.00–123.00	122.16
4	—	471	116.00–130.00	122.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	660	123.00–125.00	124.63
12	—	413	143.00–152.00	145.04
9	—	523	129.00–144.00	131.60
6	—	616	124.00–125.00	124.17
5	—	368	147.00–154.00	148.33
4	—	723	111.00–116.00	114.54
3	—	462	140.00	140.00
2	—	880	91.00	91.00
2	—	340	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	347	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	132.00–134.00	133.01
2	—	650	112.00–119.00	115.50
2	—	635	104.00–121.00	112.57
2	—	522	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	771	120.00	120.00
17	—	679	130.00	130.00
8	—	417	155.00–160.00	157.65
7	—	600	140.00–142.50	142.14
7	—	525	150.00–152.00	150.78
6	—	712	120.00–121.00	120.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	562	134.00–146.00	137.95
12	—	461	140.00–143.00	140.73
9	—	725	116.00–118.00	116.90
5	—	600	125.00–131.00	126.40
4	—	431	141.00–144.00	141.71
3	—	513	136.00–140.00	137.65
3	—	370	148.00–158.00	153.28
3	—	316	151.00–152.50	151.95
2	—	693	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	513	100.00–111.00	104.52
7	—	475	107.00–117.00	110.76
6	—	662	95.00–100.00	98.33
5	—	420	110.00–119.00	116.31
2	—	635	100.00	100.00
2	—	562	107.00	107.00
2	—	303	112.50–117.50	115.02
1	—	895	83.00	83.00
1	—	270	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	526	118.00–127.00	121.76
14	—	579	120.00–125.00	121.07
10	—	463	127.00–129.50	128.01
5	—	643	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	679	115.50	115.50
14	—	425	120.00–130.00	124.91
13	—	629	105.00–116.50	111.17
12	—	479	119.00–126.00	122.36
11	—	377	120.00–132.00	125.34
9	—	511	111.00–118.00	117.19
6	—	830	92.00	92.00
5	—	743	92.00–100.00	94.41
2	—	775	95.00	95.00
2	—	560	115.00	115.00
2	—	313	122.50–130.00	126.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	740	105.00–105.60	105.58
1	—	805	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	378	134.00–136.00	134.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,618	54.00–59.00	56.82
10	—	1,333	49.00–54.00	51.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,296	55.00–60.00	56.74
10	—	1,191	50.00–54.00	52.87
4	—	1,235	46.00–49.00	47.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,013	44.00–48.00	46.60
4	—	1,146	36.00–39.00	38.03
3	—	1,052	50.00–52.00	50.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,713	93.00–99.00	96.19
6	—	1,798	83.00–90.00	84.87

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	1,100.00	1,100.00

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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle