Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with good demand except some 400-500 lbs calves and yearlings 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $121.02/cwt on 389 head.

Average price

$121.02

389 head · 844 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,022

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$22.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.01

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	842	121.64	1,024	378
Medium and Large 2-3	938	99.64	935	11thin

One grade step is worth $22.01/cwt here — about $89 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 sale389 hd

121.02

—

KY average28 barns · 6,241 hd

133.03

−12.01

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	1,601	105.00	1,681	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,264	72.84	921	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,490	72.75	1,084	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,074	65.00	698	29

Every lot, as filed

83 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 2-3	—	1,077	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	948	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	547	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	155.21/cwt	152.50–160.00	734	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	657	138.24/cwt	137.00–139.50	908	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	152.11/cwt	150.00–154.00	780	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	569	149.99/cwt	149.50–151.00	853	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	140.31/cwt	137.00–143.00	894	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	114.97/cwt	114.00–117.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	152.01/cwt	151.00–153.00	521	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	630	131.64/cwt	130.00–134.50	829	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	673	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	502	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	773	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	475	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	350	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	280	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	456	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,325	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	14,906	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	68.26/cwt	65.00–72.00	739	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	63.40/cwt	62.00–64.00	681	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	729	131.19/cwt	127.00–132.00	956	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	753	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	159.33/cwt	159.00–160.00	698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	122.84/cwt	116.00–124.75	1,000	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	142.19/cwt	138.00–145.00	802	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	140.41/cwt	138.00–146.00	754	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	124.46/cwt	121.00–125.00	907	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	156.01/cwt	155.00–158.00	604	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	989	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	133.76/cwt	131.00–136.00	829	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	128.50/cwt	127.00–129.00	867	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	148.90/cwt	141.00–154.00	703	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	148.23/cwt	146.00–155.00	630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	967	112.10/cwt	112.10–112.10	1,084	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,075	103.55/cwt	103.00–104.10	1,113	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	627	121.68/cwt	121.00–123.00	763	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	672	119.55/cwt	118.00–122.00	803	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	49.72/cwt	44.00–55.00	507	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	75.09/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,123	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	135.50/cwt	130.00–139.00	725	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	467	140.28/cwt	138.00–143.00	655	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	133.89/cwt	131.00–135.00	756	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	431	139.71/cwt	138.00–141.00	602	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	369	149.18/cwt	145.00–151.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	114.43/cwt	108.00–119.00	719	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	110.52/cwt	104.00–114.00	731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	133.77/cwt	132.00–135.00	555	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	123.72/cwt	122.00–124.00	714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	133.42/cwt	131.00–136.00	620	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	127.56/cwt	125.00–130.00	656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	773	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	135.33/cwt	134.00–138.00	461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	712	116.94/cwt	110.00–119.00	833	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	996	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	956	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	138.78/cwt	135.00–140.00	702	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	136.13/cwt	131.00–142.00	776	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	141.84/cwt	140.00–144.00	688	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	128.13/cwt	126.00–129.00	785	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	115.33/cwt	115.00–117.00	836	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	152.51/cwt	150.00–153.00	677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	153.93/cwt	150.00–156.00	565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	329	163.11/cwt	160.00–165.00	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	424	124.50/cwt	124.00–126.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	93.66/cwt	90.00–101.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	846	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	66.18/cwt	64.00–69.00	974	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	75.33/cwt	70.00–82.00	948	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	66.76/cwt	63.00–69.00	853	9
Bulls	—	—	1,816	111.75/cwt	104.00–117.00	2,029	8
Bulls	—	—	1,256	94.19/cwt	89.00–98.00	1,183	5

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 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 713Last week 614Year ago 442

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 76Year ago 102

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 14Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,077	88.00	88.00
2	—	547	130.00	130.00
1	—	860	106.00	106.00
1	—	830	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	473	152.50–160.00	155.21
12	—	657	137.00–139.50	138.24
9	—	513	150.00–154.00	152.11
8	—	569	149.50–151.00	149.99
7	—	637	137.00–143.00	140.31
6	—	729	127.00–132.00	131.19
5	—	753	127.00	127.00
3	—	438	159.00–160.00	159.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	814	116.00–124.75	122.84
15	—	564	138.00–145.00	142.19
12	—	537	138.00–146.00	140.41
9	—	729	121.00–125.00	124.46
6	—	387	155.00–158.00	156.01
5	—	933	106.00	106.00
5	—	620	131.00–136.00	133.76
4	—	675	127.00–129.00	128.50
4	—	472	141.00–154.00	148.90
4	—	425	146.00–155.00	148.23
1	—	765	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	967	112.10	112.10
101	—	1,075	103.00–104.10	103.55
5	—	329	160.00–165.00	163.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	114.00–117.00	114.97
1	—	340	123.00	123.00
4	—	424	124.00–126.00	124.50
3	—	621	90.00–101.00	93.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	130.00	130.00
17	—	628	108.00–119.00	114.43
9	—	661	104.00–114.00	110.52
9	—	415	132.00–135.00	133.77
7	—	577	122.00–124.00	123.72
7	—	465	131.00–136.00	133.42
5	—	514	125.00–130.00	127.56
3	—	743	104.00	104.00
3	—	341	134.00–138.00	135.33
2	—	987	89.00	89.00
1	—	940	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	627	121.00–123.00	121.68
14	—	672	118.00–122.00	119.55
10	—	712	110.00–119.00	116.94
4	—	996	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	535	130.00–139.00	135.50
20	—	467	138.00–143.00	140.28
18	—	565	131.00–135.00	133.89
14	—	431	138.00–141.00	139.71
4	—	617	131.00	131.00
4	—	369	145.00–151.00	149.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	652	128.00	128.00
2	—	343	151.00–153.00	152.01
1	—	1,025	83.00	83.00
1	—	935	89.00	89.00
11	—	506	135.00–140.00	138.78
10	—	570	131.00–142.00	136.13
8	—	485	140.00–144.00	141.84
7	—	613	126.00–129.00	128.13
6	—	725	115.00–117.00	115.33
6	—	444	150.00–153.00	152.51
3	—	367	150.00–156.00	153.93
2	—	757	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	630	130.00–134.50	131.64
2	—	673	129.00	129.00
2	—	502	154.00	154.00
2	—	475	154.50	154.50
2	—	425	159.00	159.00
1	—	350	160.00	160.00
1	—	280	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	133.00	133.00
1	—	430	145.00	145.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	1,125.00	1,125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,083	65.00–72.00	68.26
8	—	1,074	62.00–64.00	63.40
3	—	1,020	44.00–55.00	49.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,496	70.00–82.00	75.09
5	—	1,472	64.00–69.00	66.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,259	70.00–82.00	75.33
9	—	1,277	63.00–69.00	66.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,816	104.00–117.00	111.75
5	—	1,256	89.00–98.00	94.19

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

Steers · 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