Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher with good demand. Yearling steers sold 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with very good demand for weaned 500-600 lbs.. Yearling heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.28/cwt on 325 head.

Average price

$130.28

325 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$16.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.67

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	613	131.05	803	309
Large 1-2	473	118.50	560	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	528	114.33	604	12thin

One grade step is worth $16.72/cwt here — about $200 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 sale325 hd

130.28

—

KY average27 barns · 5,464 hd

128.61

+1.67

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	1,502	96.24	1,446	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,307	68.23	892	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,469	66.35	975	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	973	57.75	562	14

Every lot, as filed

97 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	Large 1-2	—	545	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	709	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	786	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	841	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	240	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	665	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	155.97/cwt	154.00–157.00	655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	860	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	125.93/cwt	119.00–130.00	642	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	62.51/cwt	60.00–67.00	639	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	369	176.52/cwt	176.00–178.00	651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	140.30/cwt	138.00–147.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	135.23/cwt	131.00–138.00	830	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	127.41/cwt	127.00–128.00	924	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	149.16/cwt	149.00–150.00	700	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	907	118.10/cwt	118.10–118.10	1,071	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	651	138.33/cwt	138.00–138.50	901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	602	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	837	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	460	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	777	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	582	146.62/cwt	146.00–147.00	853	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	431	161.29/cwt	156.00–165.00	695	16
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	420	123.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	133.49/cwt	133.00–134.00	756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	334	150.41/cwt	147.00–154.00	502	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	136.10/cwt	132.00–138.00	653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	823	109.16/cwt	103.00–115.00	898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	285	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	485	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	700	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	115.32/cwt	111.00–119.00	614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	898	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	424	144.06/cwt	138.00–150.00	611	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	135.63/cwt	131.00–139.00	701	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	137.59/cwt	135.00–139.00	663	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	134.41/cwt	133.00–137.00	766	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	129.89/cwt	129.00–130.00	757	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	55.15/cwt	53.00–58.00	520	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	322	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	565	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	531	129.07/cwt	121.00–135.00	685	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	127.03/cwt	125.00–129.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	131.51/cwt	131.00–132.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	132.07/cwt	131.50–138.00	770	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	137.46/cwt	135.00–140.00	723	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	101.96/cwt	98.00–106.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	368	161.90/cwt	159.50–169.00	596	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	433	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	156.86/cwt	150.00–160.50	813	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	132.06/cwt	129.00–135.00	619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	135.61/cwt	134.00–136.00	521	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	474	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	103.98/cwt	100.00–106.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	109.34/cwt	105.00–115.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	111.52/cwt	110.00–113.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	694	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	836	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	802	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	870	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	780	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	605	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	331	152.72/cwt	142.00–156.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	205	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	626	130.68/cwt	130.00–135.00	818	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	534	148.00/cwt	146.00–150.00	790	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	68.80/cwt	65.00–73.00	1,012	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	61.44/cwt	57.00–64.00	900	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	69.41/cwt	66.00–76.00	918	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	62.03/cwt	61.00–63.00	759	4
Bulls	—	—	1,877	109.11/cwt	102.00–115.00	2,048	7
Bulls	—	—	1,089	89.31/cwt	86.00–93.00	973	5
Bulls	—	—	1,225	68.52/cwt	68.00–69.00	839	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,859	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,423	992.31/cwt	950.00–1,025.00	14,121	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,384	971.45/cwt	900.00–1,025.00	13,445	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,400	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	14,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	16,005	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	525	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	514	134.36/cwt	123.00–139.00	691	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	525	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	599	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 Jun 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 614Last week 551Year ago 494

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 91Year ago 119

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 38Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	130.00	130.00
3	—	786	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	170.00	170.00
1	—	340	169.00	169.00
2	—	665	134.00	134.00
5	—	420	154.00–157.00	155.97
9	—	368	159.50–169.00	161.90
7	—	626	130.00–135.00	130.68
7	—	534	146.00–150.00	148.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	531	121.00–135.00	129.07
2	—	563	125.00–129.00	127.03
2	—	470	131.00–132.00	131.51
1	—	375	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	583	131.50–138.00	132.07
8	—	526	135.00–140.00	137.46
2	—	783	98.00–106.00	101.96
2	—	655	127.00	127.00
2	—	450	148.00	148.00
1	—	865	95.00	95.00
1	—	820	94.00	94.00
1	—	605	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,117	77.00	77.00
8	—	510	119.00–130.00	125.93
9	—	583	129.00–130.00	129.89
6	—	469	129.00–135.00	132.06
5	—	384	134.00–136.00	135.61
4	—	341	139.00	139.00
3	—	708	100.00–106.00	103.98
3	—	680	105.00–115.00	109.34
2	—	638	110.00–113.00	111.52
1	—	285	142.50	142.50
1	—	245	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	120.00–126.00	123.00
2	—	525	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	111.00–119.00	115.32
3	—	463	124.00	124.00
1	—	725	93.00	93.00
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
1	—	640	95.00	95.00
1	—	575	117.00	117.00
1	—	410	122.00	122.00
1	—	350	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	683	131.50	131.50
39	—	424	138.00–150.00	144.06
17	—	517	131.00–139.00	135.63
15	—	482	135.00–139.00	137.59
7	—	570	133.00–137.00	134.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	694	120.50	120.50
9	—	802	108.50	108.50
1	—	780	112.00	112.00
1	—	605	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	331	142.00–156.00	152.72
1	—	205	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	369	176.00–178.00	176.52
1	—	285	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	155.00	155.00
3	—	678	136.00	136.00
4	—	577	138.00–147.00	140.30
4	—	614	131.00–138.00	135.23
4	—	813	128.00	128.00
5	—	725	127.00–128.00	127.41
6	—	469	149.00–150.00	149.16
56	—	907	118.10	118.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	651	138.00–138.50	138.33
5	—	602	139.00	139.00
8	—	460	169.00	169.00
8	—	582	146.00–147.00	146.62
16	—	431	156.00–165.00	161.29
23	—	518	150.00–160.50	156.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	133.00–134.00	133.49
4	—	334	147.00–154.00	150.41
3	—	480	132.00–138.00	136.10
2	—	823	103.00–115.00	109.16
2	—	695	122.00	122.00
1	—	700	114.00	114.00
1	—	625	114.00	114.00
1	—	390	144.00	144.00
1	—	285	152.00	152.00
10	—	514	123.00–139.00	134.36
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	84.00	84.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,022	60.00–67.00	62.51
6	—	943	53.00–58.00	55.15
1	—	805	40.00	40.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,471	65.00–73.00	68.80
4	—	1,465	57.00–64.00	61.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,323	66.00–76.00	69.41
4	—	1,224	61.00–63.00	62.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,877	102.00–115.00	109.11
5	—	1,089	86.00–93.00	89.31
2	—	1,225	68.00–69.00	68.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,423	950.00–1,025.00	992.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,384	900.00–1,025.00	971.45
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,455	1,100.00	1,100.00

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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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