Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with light demand for fleshy offerings; moderate demand for weaned packages. Quality was plain through average. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady with moderate demand. Yearlings not fully established. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.77/cwt on 188 head.

Average price

$127.77

188 head · 695 lb average

Value per head Derived

$888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$31

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

$13.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.90

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	698	128.34	896	174
Medium and Large 2-3	576	124.11	715	9thin
Large 1-2	811	114.37	928	5thin

One grade step is worth $13.97/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale188 hd

127.77

—

KY average28 barns · 8,512 hd

131.67

−3.90

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	—	Average	1,650	88.47	1,460	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	56.21	857	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,263	52.33	661	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,106	46.24	511	10

Every lot, as filed

104 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 1-2	—	955	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	850	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	112.64/cwt	109.00–116.00	695	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	632	114.27/cwt	113.00–115.00	722	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	107.76/cwt	105.00–109.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	125.43/cwt	122.00–129.00	541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	103.58/cwt	102.00–104.00	802	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	1,025	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	906	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	720	131.70/cwt	122.00–133.00	948	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	106.91/cwt	102.00–108.00	667	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	142.71/cwt	141.00–145.00	597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	966	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,215	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	104.67/cwt	104.00–105.00	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	119.80/cwt	118.00–120.50	854	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	125.33/cwt	124.00–125.50	837	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	557	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	112.53/cwt	108.00–114.00	647	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	141.96/cwt	141.00–143.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	119.26/cwt	117.00–122.00	618	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	137.25/cwt	136.00–139.00	707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	536	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	769	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	124.26/cwt	121.00–126.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	115.25/cwt	108.00–117.00	598	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	149.50/cwt	149.00–150.00	700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	770	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	996	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,046	10
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	570	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	621	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	632	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	551	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	684	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	707	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	516	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	127.34/cwt	127.00–130.00	790	16
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	405	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	728	100.56/cwt	100.00–101.00	732	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	868	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	911	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	520	113.51/cwt	113.00–114.00	590	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	573	90.33/cwt	89.00–91.00	518	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	53.40/cwt	53.00–54.00	744	5
Bulls	—	—	1,599	87.67/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,402	7
Bulls	—	—	1,540	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,016	1
Bulls	—	—	1,807	97.81/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,767	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	47.95/cwt	46.00–50.00	589	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,634	58.55/cwt	56.00–61.00	957	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	42.31/cwt	34.00–45.00	461	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	53.60/cwt	52.00–55.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	468	148.65/cwt	146.00–150.00	696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	773	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	811	114.37/cwt	110.00–115.50	928	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	51.90/cwt	50.00–54.00	673	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	446	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	475	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	618	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	56.27/cwt	55.00–59.00	702	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	46.50/cwt	45.00–49.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	577	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	85.92/cwt	82.00–90.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	471	105.12/cwt	101.00–114.00	495	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	416	151.28/cwt	149.50–154.00	629	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,418	830.25/cwt	750.00–925.00	11,773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	432	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	97.90/cwt	95.00–101.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	84.12/cwt	78.00–90.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	938	78.49/cwt	77.00–80.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	504	104.60/cwt	104.00–105.00	527	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	424	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	631	101.90/cwt	97.00–105.00	643	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	103.66/cwt	100.00–105.00	604	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	657	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	783	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	830	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	113.18/cwt	109.00–116.00	757	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	137.41/cwt	133.00–141.00	657	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	363	126.52/cwt	126.00–127.00	459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	851	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	860	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	117.94/cwt	116.00–121.00	668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	103.92/cwt	96.00–107.00	687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	653	112.00/cwt	111.00–113.00	731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	121.17/cwt	121.00–122.00	586	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	124.84/cwt	121.00–128.00	477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	126.67/cwt	124.00–128.00	709	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	127.54/cwt	123.00–133.00	672	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	142.48/cwt	138.00–149.00	549	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	92.76/cwt	91.00–100.00	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	126.60/cwt	120.00–130.00	422	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 Jan 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 539Last week 873Year ago 571

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 119Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 18Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	89.00	89.00
4	—	659	105.00–109.00	107.76
4	—	431	122.00–129.00	125.43
1	—	750	97.00	97.00
15	—	624	102.00–108.00	106.91
1	—	290	138.00	138.00
11	—	575	108.00–114.00	112.53
25	—	519	108.00–117.00	115.25
6	—	484	121.00–122.00	121.17
6	—	382	121.00–128.00	124.84
5	—	724	91.00–100.00	92.76
3	—	333	120.00–130.00	126.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	632	113.00–115.00	114.27
2	—	1,025	90.00	90.00
7	—	728	100.00–101.00	100.56
7	—	783	106.00	106.00
3	—	851	101.00	101.00
4	—	653	111.00–113.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	422	132.00	132.00
24	—	518	117.00–122.00	119.26
2	—	590	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	707	73.00	73.00
3	—	573	89.00–91.00	90.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	825	91.00	91.00
2	—	770	82.00–90.00	85.92
4	—	471	101.00–114.00	105.12
1	—	670	91.00	91.00
2	—	620	95.00–101.00	97.90
2	—	730	78.00–90.00	84.12
5	—	504	104.00–105.00	104.60
4	—	424	110.00	110.00
2	—	895	73.00	73.00
6	—	583	100.00–105.00	103.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	137.00	137.00
12	—	617	109.00–116.00	112.64
7	—	774	102.00–104.00	103.58
2	—	817	97.00	97.00
2	—	587	122.00	122.00
1	—	930	93.00	93.00
3	—	713	104.00–105.00	104.67
12	—	669	109.00–116.00	113.18
5	—	478	133.00–141.00	137.41
1	—	300	140.00	140.00
11	—	527	123.00–133.00	127.54
7	—	385	138.00–149.00	142.48
4	—	861	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	109.00	109.00
2	—	632	99.00	99.00
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
1	—	405	112.00	112.00
2	—	520	113.00–114.00	113.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	146.00–150.00	148.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	91.00	91.00
5	—	535	115.50	115.50
4	—	432	123.00	123.00
2	—	938	77.00–80.00	78.49
1	—	460	124.00	124.00
6	—	631	97.00–105.00	101.90
2	—	363	126.00–127.00	126.52
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
5	—	566	116.00–121.00	117.94
4	—	661	96.00–107.00	103.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	162.50	162.50
3	—	788	115.00	115.00
3	—	418	141.00–145.00	142.71
4	—	878	110.00	110.00
5	—	1,215	100.00	100.00
12	—	713	118.00–120.50	119.80
9	—	668	124.00–125.50	125.33
2	—	470	141.00–143.00	141.96
5	—	515	136.00–139.00	137.25
3	—	615	121.00–126.00	124.26
10	—	996	105.00	105.00
2	—	552	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	720	122.00–133.00	131.70
10	—	536	143.50	143.50
2	—	468	149.00–150.00	149.50
3	—	551	147.00	147.00
16	—	620	127.00–130.00	127.34
6	—	416	149.50–154.00	151.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	770	115.00	115.00
4	—	868	105.00	105.00
2	—	577	131.00	131.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	811	110.00–115.50	114.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	657	119.00	119.00
1	—	510	130.00	130.00
1	—	390	134.00	134.00
1	—	815	105.00	105.00
1	—	475	130.00	130.00
3	—	560	124.00–128.00	126.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,393	53.00–54.00	53.40
6	—	1,634	56.00–61.00	58.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,229	46.00–50.00	47.95
11	—	1,297	50.00–54.00	51.90
9	—	1,247	55.00–59.00	56.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,090	34.00–45.00	42.31
2	—	1,118	52.00–55.00	53.60
4	—	1,115	45.00–49.00	46.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,599	85.00–91.00	87.67
1	—	1,540	66.00	66.00
3	—	1,807	95.00–103.00	97.81

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,418	750.00–925.00	830.25

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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