Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher; 600-800 lbs sharply higher with very good demand. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with very good demand. Quality was good through attractive. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.57/cwt on 285 head.

Average price

$134.57

285 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$771

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$23.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.32

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	572	135.48	775	271
Medium and Large 2-3	575	118.38	681	11thin
Large 1-2	628	111.67	701	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.82/cwt here — about $74 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 sale285 hd

134.57

—

KY average25 barns · 5,176 hd

134.89

−0.32

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	1,843	96.00	1,769	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,390	69.64	968	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,326	65.29	866	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,055	58.35	616	10

Every lot, as filed

92 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 1-2	—	464	154.27/cwt	150.00–159.00	716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	156.50/cwt	156.00–157.00	698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	127.72/cwt	125.00–129.00	932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	136.82/cwt	132.00–139.00	914	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	434	151.41/cwt	135.00–161.50	657	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	768	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	960	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	151.48/cwt	150.00–155.00	853	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	175.47/cwt	164.00–181.00	655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	166.04/cwt	164.00–169.00	565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	162.48/cwt	160.00–166.00	842	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	250	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	133.59/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,086	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	126.95/cwt	126.50–129.50	1,112	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	265	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	163.01/cwt	161.00–164.00	791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	135.21/cwt	134.00–136.00	978	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	166.07/cwt	161.00–172.00	792	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	333	152.95/cwt	151.00–155.00	509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	146.80/cwt	141.00–149.00	900	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	140.03/cwt	136.00–145.00	940	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	137.76/cwt	136.00–139.00	855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	805	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	894	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	589	163.43/cwt	155.00–170.00	963	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	137.51/cwt	133.00–141.00	723	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	331	185.69/cwt	184.00–189.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	200	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	138.86/cwt	127.00–140.25	858	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	368	155.09/cwt	149.00–160.00	571	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	135.69/cwt	132.50–140.00	779	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	144.51/cwt	137.00–147.00	1,091	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	433	178.90/cwt	160.00–189.00	775	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	151.14/cwt	147.00–156.00	930	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	157.26/cwt	155.00–158.00	912	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	722	116.86/cwt	113.00–120.00	844	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	144.89/cwt	137.00–150.00	681	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	145.50/cwt	143.00–152.00	752	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	178.58/cwt	174.00–180.00	679	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,374	69.59/cwt	66.00–76.00	956	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	62.38/cwt	61.00–64.00	656	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	57.23/cwt	54.00–59.00	617	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	490	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	70.35/cwt	66.00–75.00	993	8
Bulls	—	—	1,816	99.43/cwt	96.00–106.00	1,806	7
Bulls	—	—	2,090	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,568	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,225	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	784	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,155	725.54/cwt	700.00–750.00	8,380	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	928.35/cwt	850.00–975.00	11,187	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	470	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	606	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	63.99/cwt	61.00–65.00	833	14
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	565	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	836	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	707	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	122.29/cwt	120.00–123.00	714	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	56.19/cwt	54.00–58.00	701	7
Bulls	—	—	1,785	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,660	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,225	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	920	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,040	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	469	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	490	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	676	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	525	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	517	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	129.22/cwt	128.00–131.00	734	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	862	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,343	957.17/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	12,855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	150.05/cwt	146.00–152.00	839	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	126.81/cwt	126.00–130.00	664	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	147.96/cwt	145.00–151.00	621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	115.58/cwt	112.00–120.00	766	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	104.64/cwt	103.00–108.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	153.02/cwt	148.00–158.00	727	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	117.17/cwt	111.00–124.00	743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	133.73/cwt	132.00–136.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	130.66/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,013	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	353	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	695	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	159.53/cwt	140.00–161.50	1,061	40

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 Apr 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 686Last week 1,109Year ago 527

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 99Year ago 72

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	150.00–159.00	154.27
4	—	446	156.00–157.00	156.50
3	—	730	125.00–129.00	127.72
1	—	900	118.00	118.00
5	—	668	132.00–139.00	136.82
9	—	563	150.00–155.00	151.48
5	—	373	164.00–181.00	175.47
5	—	340	164.00–169.00	166.04
17	—	813	127.00–134.00	133.59
13	—	876	126.50–129.50	126.95
5	—	613	141.00–149.00	146.80
1	—	295	169.00	169.00
3	—	775	129.00–132.00	130.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	518	160.00–166.00	162.48
2	—	265	185.00	185.00
10	—	723	134.00–136.00	135.21
23	—	477	161.00–172.00	166.07
26	—	589	155.00–170.00	163.43
4	—	331	184.00–189.00	185.69
22	—	755	137.00–147.00	144.51
27	—	433	160.00–189.00	178.90
25	—	615	147.00–156.00	151.14
8	—	353	197.00	197.00
40	—	665	140.00–161.50	159.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	135.00	135.00
1	—	315	149.00	149.00
3	—	555	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	434	135.00–161.50	151.41
32	—	768	125.00	125.00
5	—	663	128.00	128.00
1	—	250	145.00	145.00
2	—	333	151.00–155.00	152.95
25	—	526	133.00–141.00	137.51
1	—	200	150.00	150.00
30	—	618	127.00–140.25	138.86
24	—	368	149.00–160.00	155.09
24	—	574	132.50–140.00	135.69
22	—	470	137.00–150.00	144.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	805	111.00	111.00
12	—	722	113.00–120.00	116.86
7	—	920	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	129.00	129.00
2	—	707	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	584	120.00–123.00	122.29
1	—	355	132.00	132.00
1	—	720	99.00	99.00
3	—	656	106.00	106.00
2	—	475	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	568	128.00–131.00	129.22
5	—	524	126.00–130.00	126.81
1	—	900	90.00	90.00
1	—	800	94.00	94.00
14	—	663	112.00–120.00	115.58
3	—	713	103.00–108.00	104.64
1	—	370	139.00	139.00
7	—	634	111.00–124.00	117.17
4	—	479	132.00–136.00	133.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	161.00–164.00	163.01
11	—	671	136.00–145.00	140.03
4	—	621	136.00–139.00	137.76
3	—	535	155.00	155.00
4	—	580	155.00–158.00	157.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	517	143.00–152.00	145.50
4	—	380	174.00–180.00	178.58
1	—	830	106.00	106.00
2	—	653	130.00–134.00	132.01
10	—	559	146.00–152.00	150.05
2	—	420	145.00–151.00	147.96
1	—	945	91.00	91.00
1	—	635	134.00	134.00
1	—	720	121.00	121.00
7	—	475	148.00–158.00	153.02
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	148.00	148.00
2	—	490	138.00	138.00
1	—	525	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	152.00	152.00
1	—	465	139.00	139.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,374	66.00–76.00	69.59
14	—	1,301	61.00–65.00	63.99
7	—	1,248	54.00–58.00	56.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,052	61.00–64.00	62.38
6	—	1,078	54.00–59.00	57.23
1	—	925	53.00	53.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,411	66.00–75.00	70.35
1	—	1,225	64.00	64.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,816	96.00–106.00	99.43
1	—	2,090	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,785	93.00	93.00

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	—	1,155	700.00–750.00	725.54
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,205	850.00–975.00	928.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,343	900.00–1,000.00	957.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	925.00	925.00

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

Heifers · 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