Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower over 600 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Moderate demand for calves. Good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.38/cwt on 637 head.

Average price

$135.38

637 head · 779 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,055

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$17.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.90

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	781	135.81	1,061	621
Medium and Large 2-3	699	118.73	830	11thin
Large 1-2	720	118.40	852	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.41/cwt here — about $208 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 sale637 hd

135.38

—

KY average27 barns · 6,166 hd

134.48

+0.90

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	1,700	98.42	1,673	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,239	64.68	801	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,551	64.38	999	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	976	53.58	523	18

Every lot, as filed

98 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	—	868	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	977	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	59.35/cwt	57.00–62.00	608	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	121.61/cwt	113.00–128.00	697	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	462	125.33/cwt	120.00–131.00	579	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	53.53/cwt	50.00–57.00	520	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	773	87.33/cwt	86.00–90.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	112.99/cwt	112.00–114.00	927	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	394	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	544	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	875	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	769	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	846	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	580	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	699	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	122.61/cwt	122.00–123.00	707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,137	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	132.37/cwt	118.00–134.00	810	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	701	126.85/cwt	126.85–126.85	889	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	723	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	125.70/cwt	124.00–127.00	657	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	127.48/cwt	123.00–131.00	595	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	129.52/cwt	126.00–132.00	548	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	111.00/cwt	109.00–115.00	694	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	122.01/cwt	120.00–124.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	132.47/cwt	130.00–134.00	686	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	144.34/cwt	139.00–145.00	587	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	134.70/cwt	134.50–135.00	626	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	121.66/cwt	117.00–127.00	877	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	131.07/cwt	127.00–132.50	744	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	623	130.79/cwt	130.00–131.00	815	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	656	133.25/cwt	133.00–134.00	874	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	47.90/cwt	46.00–49.00	448	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	67.85/cwt	65.00–71.00	1,071	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	124.32/cwt	121.00–125.00	945	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	124.92/cwt	124.00–126.00	921	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	131.39/cwt	130.00–133.50	875	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	114.66/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,046	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	142.98/cwt	141.00–147.00	598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	132.54/cwt	131.00–134.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	136.01/cwt	135.00–137.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	878	132.85/cwt	132.85–132.85	1,166	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	818	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,096	64
Steers	Large 1-2	—	850	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	995	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	630	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	123.22/cwt	122.00–124.00	642	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	131.41/cwt	130.00–137.00	491	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	868	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,165	56
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	1,115	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,641	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,393	1,113.55/cwt	1,100.00–1,125.00	15,512	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	12,120	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	891.63/cwt	875.00–900.00	9,630	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	844	677.48/cwt	600.00–750.00	5,718	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	739.19/cwt	700.00–775.00	6,542	2
Bulls	—	—	1,135	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	897	1
Bulls	—	—	1,860	90.14/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,677	2
Bulls	—	—	1,749	105.62/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,847	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	57.51/cwt	56.00–59.00	646	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	63.16/cwt	60.00–64.00	843	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	67.11/cwt	65.00–69.00	813	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	57.05/cwt	56.00–58.00	900	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	62.34/cwt	61.00–64.00	923	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	114.74/cwt	110.00–117.00	597	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	495	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	918	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,184	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	491	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	720	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	936	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	148.09/cwt	141.00–149.50	772	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	143.17/cwt	140.00–147.00	835	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	140.95/cwt	138.00–148.00	878	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	145.99/cwt	133.00–148.00	985	156
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	558	1

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 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,018Last week 473Year ago 445

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 64Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 8Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	868	110.00–115.00	112.52
2	—	820	112.00–114.00	112.99
1	—	925	96.00	96.00
1	—	790	118.00	118.00
1	—	640	122.00	122.00
1	—	550	123.00	123.00
1	—	525	125.00	125.00
1	—	495	126.00	126.00
1	—	385	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	888	128.00	128.00
25	—	760	121.00–125.00	124.32
13	—	737	124.00–126.00	124.92
13	—	666	130.00–133.50	131.39
3	—	1,043	100.00	100.00
3	—	912	110.00–117.00	114.66
3	—	418	141.00–147.00	142.98
2	—	618	131.00–134.00	132.54
2	—	533	135.00–137.00	136.01
2	—	378	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	878	132.85	132.85
64	—	818	134.00	134.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	117.00	117.00
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
1	—	630	122.00	122.00
1	—	495	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	868	134.25	134.25
60	—	918	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	491	151.00	151.00
7	—	720	130.00	130.00
12	—	521	141.00–149.50	148.09
17	—	583	140.00–147.00	143.17
20	—	623	138.00–148.00	140.95
156	—	675	133.00–148.00	145.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	113.00–128.00	121.61
7	—	462	120.00–131.00	125.33
2	—	533	120.00–124.00	122.01
1	—	685	111.00	111.00
1	—	370	124.00	124.00
1	—	300	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	518	130.00–134.00	132.47
9	—	407	139.00–145.00	144.34
5	—	465	134.50–135.00	134.70
4	—	721	117.00–127.00	121.66
4	—	568	127.00–132.50	131.07
2	—	695	125.00	125.00
1	—	760	114.00	114.00
1	—	615	128.00	128.00
1	—	325	141.00	141.00
1	—	205	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	623	130.00–131.00	130.79
4	—	656	133.00–134.00	133.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	107.00	107.00
1	—	680	106.00	106.00
2	—	365	121.00	121.00
2	—	705	94.00	94.00
3	—	773	86.00–90.00	87.33
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
1	—	310	125.00	125.00
4	—	520	110.00–117.00	114.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	394	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	99.00	99.00
5	—	769	110.00	110.00
12	—	580	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	95.00	95.00
2	—	307	130.00	130.00
2	—	675	114.00	114.00
2	—	707	113.00	113.00
2	—	760	96.00	96.00
2	—	872	90.00	90.00
5	—	577	122.00–123.00	122.61
13	—	467	123.00–131.00	127.48
11	—	423	126.00–132.00	129.52
9	—	625	109.00–115.00	111.00
9	—	521	122.00–124.00	123.22
8	—	374	130.00–137.00	131.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	612	118.00–134.00	132.37
73	—	701	126.85	126.85
16	—	578	125.00	125.00
10	—	523	124.00–127.00	125.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,025	57.00–62.00	59.35
8	—	971	50.00–57.00	53.53
5	—	935	46.00–49.00	47.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,578	65.00–71.00	67.85
2	—	1,578	56.00–58.00	57.05
3	—	1,480	61.00–64.00	62.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	56.00–59.00	57.51
5	—	1,334	60.00–64.00	63.16
9	—	1,212	65.00–69.00	67.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	79.00	79.00
2	—	1,860	88.00–93.00	90.14
5	—	1,749	105.00–108.00	105.62

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,393	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,113.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,515	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,080	875.00–900.00	891.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	844	600.00–750.00	677.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	885	700.00–775.00	739.19

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle