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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 15
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
16 head
489 vs last sale 505 548 vs year ago 564 · 97.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
41 vs last sale 76 72 vs year ago 107 · 67.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
25 vs last sale 26 25 vs year ago 26 · 96.2%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.50/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$106.50
10 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$573
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$54.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.30
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2489117.375748thin
Medium and Large 2-373563.004632thin
One grade step is worth $54.37/cwt here — about $111 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 sale10 hd
106.50
KY average16 barns · 1,337 hd
121.80
−15.30
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,625103.661,6853thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58779.191,25710
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30276.6699810
CowsLean 85-90%Average98757.795719thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%93756.68/cwt56.00–57.005313
CowsLean 85-90%90041.00/cwt41.00–41.003691
CowsLean 85-90%1,23577.97/cwt77.00–79.009632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435111.00/cwt111.00–111.004831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625116.00/cwt116.00–116.007251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,6001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2539111.49/cwt107.00–115.006014
BullsMedium and Large 2-374092.00/cwt92.00–92.006811
HeifersMedium and Large 2-367063.00/cwt63.00–63.004221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40781.47/cwt79.00–82.001,1465
CowsLean 85-90%90251.05/cwt45.00–55.004603
HeifersMedium and Large 2-380063.00/cwt63.00–63.005041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395129.00/cwt129.00–129.005101
Bulls1,573106.99/cwt105.00–109.001,6832
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19771.84/cwt69.00–75.008605
BullsMedium and Large 1-2545135.00/cwt135.00–135.007361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650111.00/cwt111.00–111.007221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385155.59/cwt152.00–159.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300137.00/cwt137.00–137.004111
Bulls1,73097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,6781
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55073.29/cwt71.00–76.001,1362
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59680.67/cwt78.00–84.001,2878

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.