Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with good demand; over 600 lbs sold steady in a light test. . Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.25/cwt on 258 head.

Average price

$141.25

258 head · 757 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,069

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$415

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

$10.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.84

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	758	141.29	1,070	257
Medium and Large 2-3	500	131.00	655	1thin

One grade step is worth $10.29/cwt here — about $415 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 sale258 hd

141.25

—

KY average27 barns · 5,516 hd

142.10

−0.84

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	1,841	98.51	1,814	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,503	66.40	998	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,309	65.98	864	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,075	64.83	697	7thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,160	704.76/cwt	700.00–710.00	8,175	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	12,338	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	975.16/cwt	840.00–1,100.00	12,287	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,303	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	13,160	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,428	1,130.90/cwt	1,100.00–1,180.00	16,149	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	152.62/cwt	141.00–154.75	997	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	148.68/cwt	144.00–155.50	944	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	780	137.04/cwt	133.00–140.25	1,069	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	151.60/cwt	151.50–152.00	878	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	157.30/cwt	152.00–164.00	739	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	155.66/cwt	155.00–156.00	786	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	428	162.95/cwt	160.00–166.00	697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	705	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,103	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	138.79/cwt	136.00–139.00	956	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	126.05/cwt	120.00–127.25	1,162	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	141.33/cwt	139.00–144.00	879	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,004	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,006	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,608	1,530.26/cwt	1,525.00–1,535.00	24,607	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	712	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	655	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	950	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	770	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	860	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	740	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	574	123.42/cwt	118.00–132.00	708	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	129.50/cwt	128.00–132.00	680	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	135.73/cwt	123.00–140.00	521	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	130.80/cwt	126.00–133.00	556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	142.13/cwt	140.00–143.00	816	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	137.42/cwt	133.00–143.00	721	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	143.13/cwt	140.00–145.00	697	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	133.74/cwt	124.00–138.00	915	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	145.05/cwt	142.00–147.00	596	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	132.94/cwt	130.00–136.00	836	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	146.59/cwt	143.00–152.00	471	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	121.98/cwt	120.00–124.00	876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	150.54/cwt	145.00–156.00	584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	140.97/cwt	140.00–143.00	811	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	933	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,276	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	117.49/cwt	115.00–125.00	502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	114.68/cwt	114.00–115.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	114.41/cwt	109.00–117.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	119.95/cwt	118.00–122.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	539	130.62/cwt	129.00–132.00	704	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	814	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	977	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	572	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	455	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	124.64/cwt	122.00–126.00	652	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	126.77/cwt	125.00–128.00	721	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	128.20/cwt	127.00–129.00	538	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	130.96/cwt	127.00–133.00	638	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	114.17/cwt	110.00–116.00	754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	950	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	130.30/cwt	129.00–133.00	502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	608	124.30/cwt	118.00–128.00	756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	726	121.01/cwt	115.00–124.50	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	1,000	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,100	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	765	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	895	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	685	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	843	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	910	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	783	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	710	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	774	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	66.13/cwt	62.00–70.00	730	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	513	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	67.33/cwt	65.00–74.00	1,046	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,361	63.85/cwt	63.50–64.50	869	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	67.46/cwt	65.00–70.50	909	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	62.09/cwt	56.50–64.50	751	8
Bulls	—	—	1,881	100.95/cwt	92.00–105.00	1,899	12
Bulls	—	—	1,682	88.73/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,492	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,220	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,760	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 Aug 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 476Last week 471Year ago 458

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 177Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 8Year ago 17

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,160	700.00–710.00	704.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,220	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,260	840.00–1,100.00	975.16
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,303	1,010.00	1,010.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,428	1,100.00–1,180.00	1,130.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,608	1,525.00–1,535.00	1,530.26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	653	141.00–154.75	152.62
19	—	635	144.00–155.50	148.68
14	—	780	133.00–140.25	137.04
10	—	579	151.50–152.00	151.60
9	—	470	152.00–164.00	157.30
3	—	505	155.00–156.00	155.66
2	—	428	160.00–166.00	162.95
1	—	705	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	808	136.50	136.50
14	—	689	136.00–139.00	138.79
6	—	922	120.00–127.25	126.05
6	—	622	139.00–144.00	141.33
5	—	1,004	119.00	119.00
3	—	768	131.00	131.00
3	—	575	140.00–143.00	140.97
1	—	525	137.50	137.50
1	—	450	150.00	150.00
1	—	405	147.00	147.00
1	—	365	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	933	136.75	136.75
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	712	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	81.00	81.00
1	—	860	86.00	86.00
2	—	910	86.00	86.00
2	—	710	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	427	115.00–125.00	117.49
3	—	570	114.00–115.00	114.68
3	—	520	109.00–117.00	114.41
2	—	468	118.00–122.00	119.95
1	—	710	96.00	96.00
1	—	600	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	539	129.00–132.00	130.62
7	—	814	120.00	120.00
4	—	572	129.00	129.00
1	—	455	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	523	122.00–126.00	124.64
17	—	569	125.00–128.00	126.77
10	—	420	127.00–129.00	128.20
7	—	487	127.00–133.00	130.96
6	—	660	110.00–116.00	114.17
3	—	1,158	82.00	82.00
3	—	385	129.00–133.00	130.30
2	—	320	125.00	125.00
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
1	—	715	118.00	118.00
1	—	630	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	608	118.00–128.00	124.30
4	—	726	115.00–124.50	121.01
3	—	1,000	110.00	110.00
1	—	765	117.00	117.00
1	—	685	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	118.00–132.00	123.42
4	—	525	128.00–132.00	129.50
4	—	384	123.00–140.00	135.73
3	—	425	126.00–133.00	130.80
1	—	465	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	574	140.00–143.00	142.13
10	—	525	133.00–143.00	137.42
8	—	487	140.00–145.00	143.13
5	—	684	124.00–138.00	133.74
5	—	411	142.00–147.00	145.05
4	—	629	130.00–136.00	132.94
4	—	321	143.00–152.00	146.59
2	—	718	120.00–124.00	121.98
2	—	388	145.00–156.00	150.54
1	—	1,000	86.00	86.00
1	—	860	84.00	84.00
1	—	800	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	158.00	158.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,104	62.00–70.00	66.13
1	—	900	57.00	57.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,554	65.00–74.00	67.33
4	—	1,361	63.50–64.50	63.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,347	65.00–70.50	67.46
8	—	1,209	56.50–64.50	62.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,881	92.00–105.00	100.95
3	—	1,682	86.00–91.00	88.73

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle