Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady with good demand. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher with good demand. Yearlings limited comparison with very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower with moderate demand under heavy supply. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.98/cwt on 247 head.

Average price

$140.98

247 head · 703 lb average

Value per head Derived

$991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$380

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

$22.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.27

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	715	142.13	1,016	228
Large 1-2	623	130.94	816	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	128.26	712	14thin
Small and Medium 1-2	530	120.00	636	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.13/cwt here — about $380 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 sale247 hd

140.98

—

KY average25 barns · 5,792 hd

137.71

+3.27

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	—	Average	1,674	108.39	1,815	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	73.17	929	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,465	72.51	1,062	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,090	64.26	700	25

Every lot, as filed

119 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 1-2	—	990	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	144.66/cwt	144.00–145.00	470	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	810	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	133.60/cwt	130.00–136.00	768	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	127.81/cwt	123.00–131.00	796	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	146.28/cwt	140.00–147.50	620	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	142.13/cwt	138.50–151.00	524	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	129.89/cwt	129.50–132.00	859	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	141.07/cwt	139.00–143.00	676	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	134.47/cwt	129.00–139.00	707	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	227	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	318	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	277	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	374	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	735	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	919	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	997	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	135.54/cwt	134.00–138.00	644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	122.24/cwt	121.00–124.00	746	4
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	335	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	425	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	685	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	774	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	310	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	338	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	242	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	249	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,860	2,000.00/cwt	2,000.00–2,000.00	37,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	1,220.05/cwt	1,150.00–1,240.00	13,750	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,285	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	928	1,009.40/cwt	875.00–1,075.00	9,367	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	465	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	679	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	398	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	629	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	411	153.33/cwt	153.00–154.00	630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	307	158.91/cwt	155.00–161.00	488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	592	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	858	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	800	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	116.39/cwt	114.00–119.00	724	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	120.79/cwt	119.00–124.00	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	109.01/cwt	106.00–110.00	783	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	133.74/cwt	129.00–136.00	503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	130.54/cwt	129.00–132.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	626	120.43/cwt	119.00–123.00	754	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	791	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	372	140.05/cwt	137.00–143.00	521	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	310	140.61/cwt	140.00–141.00	436	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	430	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	529	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	400	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	444	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	335	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	132.42/cwt	125.00–135.00	622	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	128.38/cwt	125.00–131.00	547	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	363	137.50/cwt	135.00–141.00	499	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	611	115.56/cwt	112.00–121.00	706	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	70.71/cwt	68.00–74.00	798	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	55.39/cwt	48.00–60.00	578	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	775	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	961	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	793	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,144	58
Steers	Large 1-2	—	623	130.94/cwt	129.00–133.00	816	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	380	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	104.00/cwt	103.00–105.00	681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	617	104.11/cwt	100.00–109.00	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	412	123.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	762	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	122.42/cwt	121.00–124.00	395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	130.03/cwt	126.00–133.00	683	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	660	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	848	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	431	138.86/cwt	134.00–142.00	598	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	784	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	581	123.41/cwt	123.00–124.00	717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	126.21/cwt	124.00–129.00	654	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	902	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	785	140.25/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,101	64
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,111	1,008.77/cwt	825.00–1,275.00	11,207	4
Bulls	—	—	1,493	97.92/cwt	87.00–102.00	1,462	10
Bulls	—	—	1,744	112.42/cwt	103.00–120.00	1,961	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	61.59/cwt	60.00–63.00	753	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	70.20/cwt	67.00–73.00	865	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	76.54/cwt	73.00–80.00	997	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	66.04/cwt	65.00–67.00	1,041	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	77.13/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,106	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	71.01/cwt	67.00–73.00	1,040	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	64.26/cwt	63.00–66.00	695	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	111.68/cwt	110.00–117.00	746	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	123.41/cwt	118.00–126.00	654	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	129.53/cwt	123.00–132.00	597	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,182	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	140.36/cwt	138.00–143.00	803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	133.32/cwt	130.00–136.00	897	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	130.98/cwt	130.00–133.00	938	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,084	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	144.04/cwt	141.00–145.00	697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	135.50/cwt	135.00–137.00	833	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	141.99/cwt	141.00–144.00	745	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,185	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	807	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	661	148.56/cwt	143.00–149.50	982	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	138.89/cwt	137.00–140.00	999	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	571	149.29/cwt	147.00–151.00	852	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	412	157.38/cwt	157.00–158.00	648	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	147.51/cwt	141.00–153.00	919	13

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 Aug 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 593Last week 499Year ago 226

Slaughter CattleReceipts 185Last week 98Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 5Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,020	90.00	90.00
2	—	865	93.00	93.00
3	—	325	144.00–145.00	144.66
4	—	730	111.00	111.00
5	—	575	130.00–136.00	133.60
5	—	623	123.00–131.00	127.81
6	—	424	140.00–147.50	146.28
7	—	369	138.50–151.00	142.13
8	—	661	129.50–132.00	129.89
10	—	479	139.00–143.00	141.07
15	—	526	129.00–139.00	134.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	80.00	80.00
2	—	227	140.00	140.00
2	—	277	135.00	135.00
11	—	470	125.00–135.00	132.42
10	—	426	125.00–131.00	128.38
6	—	363	135.00–141.00	137.50
5	—	611	112.00–121.00	115.56
5	—	581	123.00–124.00	123.41
4	—	518	124.00–129.00	126.21
2	—	902	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	465	146.00	146.00
6	—	398	158.00	158.00
3	—	411	153.00–154.00	153.33
3	—	307	155.00–161.00	158.91
2	—	592	145.00	145.00
1	—	800	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	111.00	111.00
1	—	335	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	735	125.00	125.00
1	—	775	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
1	—	785	127.00	127.00
1	—	1,115	106.00	106.00
2	—	305	161.00	161.00
2	—	1,092	112.00	112.00
3	—	572	138.00–143.00	140.36
3	—	673	130.00–136.00	133.32
3	—	716	130.00–133.00	130.98
3	—	821	132.00	132.00
4	—	484	141.00–145.00	144.04
4	—	615	135.00–137.00	135.50
8	—	525	141.00–144.00	141.99
8	—	948	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	134.00–138.00	135.54
4	—	610	121.00–124.00	122.24
1	—	875	116.00	116.00
1	—	685	118.00	118.00
1	—	570	124.00	124.00
1	—	545	134.00	134.00
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
1	—	325	142.50	142.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	127.00	127.00
1	—	570	120.00	120.00
1	—	685	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	793	144.25	144.25
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	129.00–133.00	130.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	785	140.00–142.00	140.25
5	—	538	150.00	150.00
7	—	661	143.00–149.50	148.56
8	—	719	137.00–140.00	138.89
12	—	571	147.00–151.00	149.29
13	—	412	157.00–158.00	157.38
13	—	623	141.00–153.00	147.51
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	109.00	109.00
2	—	242	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	622	114.00–119.00	116.39
5	—	585	119.00–124.00	120.79
4	—	718	106.00–110.00	109.01
3	—	376	129.00–136.00	133.74
2	—	433	129.00–132.00	130.54
1	—	1,020	90.00	90.00
1	—	915	93.00	93.00
1	—	880	90.00	90.00
1	—	805	101.00	101.00
1	—	340	136.00	136.00
6	—	668	110.00–117.00	111.68
10	—	530	118.00–126.00	123.41
16	—	461	123.00–132.00	129.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	626	119.00–123.00	120.43
5	—	791	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	372	137.00–143.00	140.05
5	—	310	140.00–141.00	140.61
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	655	103.00–105.00	104.00
4	—	617	100.00–109.00	104.11
4	—	412	120.00–125.00	123.28
3	—	383	108.00	108.00
2	—	762	96.00	96.00
2	—	323	121.00–124.00	122.42
1	—	900	82.00	82.00
1	—	865	84.00	84.00
1	—	715	97.00	97.00
1	—	595	117.00	117.00
1	—	450	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	525	126.00–133.00	130.03
15	—	660	128.50	128.50
9	—	431	134.00–142.00	138.86
6	—	615	127.50	127.50
4	—	472	135.00	135.00
1	—	560	129.00	129.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,860	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,127	1,150.00–1,240.00	1,220.05
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	928	875.00–1,075.00	1,009.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,111	825.00–1,275.00	1,008.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,128	68.00–74.00	70.71
8	—	1,044	48.00–60.00	55.39
6	—	1,081	63.00–66.00	64.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,222	60.00–63.00	61.59
28	—	1,232	67.00–73.00	70.20
35	—	1,303	73.00–80.00	76.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,577	65.00–67.00	66.04
11	—	1,434	75.00–81.00	77.13
21	—	1,465	67.00–73.00	71.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,493	87.00–102.00	97.92
26	—	1,744	103.00–120.00	112.42

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