Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with moderate to good demand. Yearling 600-800 lb steers 5.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.43/cwt on 202 head.

Average price

$135.43

202 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$17.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.49

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	704	136.61	962	188
Small and Medium 1-2	345	125.00	431	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	629	119.08	749	13thin

One grade step is worth $17.53/cwt here — about $214 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 sale202 hd

135.43

—

KY average28 barns · 5,425 hd

132.94

+2.49

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	1,603	100.71	1,615	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,620	65.47	1,061	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,227	62.37	766	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	941	51.70	486	14

Every lot, as filed

92 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	710	113.00/cwt	111.00–115.00	802	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	122.49/cwt	121.00–124.00	512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	990	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	133.65/cwt	130.00–140.00	756	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	126.66/cwt	123.00–131.00	795	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	135.37/cwt	133.00–138.00	724	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	111.46/cwt	108.00–114.00	863	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	123.95/cwt	116.00–128.00	830	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	116.96/cwt	106.00–122.00	844	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	138.24/cwt	136.00–139.00	644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	616	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	819	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	555	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	783	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	600	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	888	81.99/cwt	74.00–86.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	833	82.02/cwt	80.00–83.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	110.28/cwt	106.00–115.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	112.29/cwt	110.00–115.00	576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	773	91.02/cwt	90.00–92.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	114.88/cwt	110.00–120.00	471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	200	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	236	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	127.08/cwt	123.00–133.50	799	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	126.62/cwt	125.00–129.00	734	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	133.59/cwt	132.00–139.00	632	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	131.41/cwt	126.00–135.50	681	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	122.14/cwt	121.00–124.00	697	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	109.31/cwt	106.00–114.00	749	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	113.80/cwt	110.00–115.00	726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	134.16/cwt	130.00–138.00	496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	98.43/cwt	95.00–105.00	760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	100.28/cwt	90.00–106.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	122.69/cwt	122.00–124.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	125.02/cwt	124.00–127.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	125.04/cwt	122.00–128.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	126.50/cwt	121.00–132.00	727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	122.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	672	143.77/cwt	139.00–146.50	966	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	753	134.66/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,014	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	148.97/cwt	147.00–152.00	785	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	138.57/cwt	136.50–142.50	870	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	491	151.41/cwt	149.00–156.00	743	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	136.17/cwt	131.00–139.00	769	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	124.55/cwt	123.50–125.00	879	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	127.41/cwt	122.00–128.50	966	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	133.65/cwt	130.00–135.00	811	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	141.75/cwt	141.00–143.00	747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	129.69/cwt	129.00–131.00	856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	139.91/cwt	135.00–147.00	669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	894	129.95/cwt	129.95–129.95	1,162	55
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	535	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	124.31/cwt	117.00–127.00	445	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	116.54/cwt	115.00–121.00	563	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	44.79/cwt	36.00–48.00	376	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	55.52/cwt	54.00–58.00	546	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	58.24/cwt	58.00–59.00	612	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	63.07/cwt	61.00–66.00	999	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,703	69.13/cwt	67.00–72.00	1,177	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	785	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	56.61/cwt	54.00–58.00	679	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	62.37/cwt	60.00–65.00	750	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	69.09/cwt	67.00–72.00	888	6
Bulls	—	—	1,828	107.25/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,961	3
Bulls	—	—	1,418	97.75/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,386	2
Bulls	—	—	1,300	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,131	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	985	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,118	687.14/cwt	675.00–700.00	7,682	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,430	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,473	887.01/cwt	875.00–900.00	13,066	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	345	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	753	114.51/cwt	112.00–117.00	862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	111.50/cwt	103.00–120.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	760	109.67/cwt	109.00–111.00	833	3

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 473Last week 378Year ago 620

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 44Year ago 94

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 9Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	111.00–115.00	113.00
3	—	760	109.00–111.00	109.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	888	74.00–86.00	81.99
3	—	833	80.00–83.00	82.02
3	—	583	106.00–115.00	110.28
3	—	513	110.00–115.00	112.29
2	—	773	90.00–92.00	91.02
2	—	667	102.00	102.00
2	—	410	110.00–120.00	114.88
1	—	730	83.00	83.00
1	—	270	126.00	126.00
1	—	200	118.00	118.00
5	—	358	117.00–127.00	124.31
4	—	483	115.00–121.00	116.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	629	123.00–133.50	127.08
16	—	580	125.00–129.00	126.62
16	—	473	132.00–139.00	133.59
12	—	518	126.00–135.50	131.41
3	—	423	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	571	121.00–124.00	122.14
7	—	685	106.00–114.00	109.31
5	—	638	110.00–115.00	113.80
4	—	370	130.00–138.00	134.16
3	—	772	95.00–105.00	98.43
3	—	732	90.00–106.00	100.28
3	—	518	122.00–124.00	122.69
3	—	486	124.00–127.00	125.02
2	—	405	122.00–128.00	125.04
2	—	220	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	129.00	129.00
2	—	418	121.00–124.00	122.49
1	—	990	71.00	71.00
1	—	675	115.00	115.00
1	—	385	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	566	130.00–140.00	133.65
11	—	628	123.00–131.00	126.66
11	—	535	133.00–138.00	135.37
10	—	774	108.00–114.00	111.46
9	—	670	116.00–128.00	123.95
7	—	722	106.00–122.00	116.96
4	—	466	136.00–139.00	138.24
1	—	430	136.00	136.00
1	—	380	140.00	140.00
1	—	310	145.00	145.00
1	—	265	155.00	155.00
1	—	230	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	616	133.00	133.00
1	—	555	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	121.00–132.00	126.50
2	—	423	120.00–125.00	122.54
1	—	890	104.00	104.00
1	—	680	120.00	120.00
1	—	380	142.00	142.00
2	—	753	112.00–117.00	114.51
2	—	730	116.00	116.00
2	—	630	103.00–120.00	111.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	672	139.00–146.50	143.77
18	—	753	133.00–135.00	134.66
15	—	527	147.00–152.00	148.97
12	—	628	136.50–142.50	138.57
9	—	491	149.00–156.00	151.41
4	—	581	145.50	145.50
1	—	440	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	565	131.00–139.00	136.17
10	—	706	123.50–125.00	124.55
6	—	758	122.00–128.50	127.41
6	—	607	130.00–135.00	133.65
4	—	527	141.00–143.00	141.75
3	—	660	129.00–131.00	129.69
3	—	478	135.00–147.00	139.91
2	—	417	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	894	129.95	129.95
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	840	36.00–48.00	44.79
4	—	983	54.00–58.00	55.52
4	—	1,050	58.00–59.00	58.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,584	61.00–66.00	63.07
7	—	1,703	67.00–72.00	69.13
1	—	1,330	59.00	59.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,199	54.00–58.00	56.61
6	—	1,203	60.00–65.00	62.37
6	—	1,285	67.00–72.00	69.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,828	103.00–111.00	107.25
2	—	1,418	96.00–99.00	97.75
1	—	1,300	87.00	87.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,118	675.00–700.00	687.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,473	875.00–900.00	887.01

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle