Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold steady on similar quality. However more fleshy new crop un-weaned calves coming to town that are facing discounts. Very good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower with moderate demand and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.44/cwt on 254 head.

Average price

$154.44

254 head · 770 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$485

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

$16.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.80

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	779	154.88	1,206	246
Large 1-2	490	148.00	725	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	521	138.50	721	6thin

One grade step is worth $16.38/cwt here — about $485 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 sale254 hd

154.44

—

KY average26 barns · 4,470 hd

153.64

+0.80

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	1,504	99.41	1,495	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,411	67.84	958	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,261	67.01	845	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,185	60.65	719	8thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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	—	680	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	431	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	318	148.01/cwt	147.00–150.00	471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	845	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,128	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	123.82/cwt	123.00–127.00	770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	143.43/cwt	136.50–151.50	740	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	134.12/cwt	130.00–135.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	116.94/cwt	115.00–119.00	731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	118.78/cwt	117.50–120.00	396	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	590	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	875	144.78/cwt	142.75–150.00	1,267	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	713	138.00/cwt	137.00–140.00	984	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	137.64/cwt	135.00–139.00	655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	945	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	148.18/cwt	144.00–153.00	843	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	860	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	820	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	132.83/cwt	132.00–133.00	756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	478	141.00/cwt	140.50–143.00	674	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	161.50/cwt	159.00–163.50	851	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,045	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	426	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	849	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	1,339	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	991	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,397	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	156.03/cwt	150.00–159.00	710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	875	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	375	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	689	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	121.97/cwt	110.00–134.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	153.14/cwt	148.00–155.00	951	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	938	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	157.29/cwt	157.00–158.00	679	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	490	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	454	160.88/cwt	160.00–162.00	730	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	150.06/cwt	145.00–152.50	431	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	118.51/cwt	118.00–119.00	851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	124.89/cwt	120.00–130.00	831	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	280	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	364	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	255	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	435	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	653	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,235	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	778	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	65.57/cwt	62.00–68.00	803	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,209	61.56/cwt	58.00–63.00	744	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	72.58/cwt	71.00–75.00	965	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	66.56/cwt	65.00–69.00	970	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	58.97/cwt	56.00–62.00	619	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,303	52.09/cwt	49.00–56.00	679	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	67.38/cwt	66.00–69.00	687	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,396	72.33/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,010	6
Bulls	—	—	1,243	91.93/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,143	2
Bulls	—	—	1,634	103.15/cwt	98.00–108.00	1,685	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	365	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	146.98/cwt	146.00–148.00	714	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	367	133.89/cwt	131.00–137.00	491	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	786	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	695	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	931	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	640	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	134.80/cwt	131.00–138.00	627	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	902	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	119.98/cwt	118.00–122.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	127.76/cwt	122.00–130.00	781	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	476	153.68/cwt	153.00–154.00	732	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	327	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	143.48/cwt	136.00–147.00	772	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	124.63/cwt	119.00–130.00	517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	147.11/cwt	140.00–151.00	612	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	547	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	805	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	938	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,144	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Fleshy	—	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	134.80/cwt	130.00–140.00	771	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	485	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	514	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	415	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	121.23/cwt	110.00–127.00	434	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	458	107.16/cwt	102.00–112.50	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	941	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	131.74/cwt	130.00–135.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	134.43/cwt	126.00–135.00	730	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	120.34/cwt	115.00–126.00	517	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	425	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	357	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	854	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,144	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	275	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	1

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 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 493Last week 451Year ago 345

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 76Year ago 93

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	119.00	119.00
5	—	622	123.00–127.00	123.82
1	—	800	114.00	114.00
6	—	412	130.00–135.00	134.12
1	—	295	149.00	149.00
6	—	476	135.00–139.00	137.64
5	—	701	121.00	121.00
6	—	569	132.00–133.00	132.83
3	—	363	130.00–135.00	131.74
1	—	965	105.00	105.00
18	—	543	126.00–135.00	134.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	431	141.00	141.00
2	—	570	138.00	138.00
13	—	516	136.50–151.50	143.43
5	—	478	140.50–143.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	147.00–150.00	148.01
10	—	845	133.00–134.00	133.50
3	—	941	126.00	126.00
2	—	357	151.00	151.00
5	—	854	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	115.00–119.00	116.94
2	—	333	117.50–120.00	118.78
3	—	358	110.00–127.00	121.23
3	—	430	115.00–126.00	120.34
1	—	490	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	124.00	124.00
1	—	820	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
3	—	938	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	490	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	102.00–112.50	107.16
1	—	425	102.00	102.00
1	—	275	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	875	142.75–150.00	144.78
1	—	945	140.00	140.00
154	—	849	157.75	157.75
11	—	991	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	137.00–140.00	138.00
9	—	527	159.00–163.50	161.50
3	—	670	156.00	156.00
3	—	426	160.00	160.00
3	—	568	154.00	154.00
2	—	375	169.00	169.00
6	—	621	148.00–155.00	153.14
9	—	454	160.00–162.00	160.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	569	144.00–153.00	148.18
1	—	610	141.00	141.00
3	—	455	150.00–159.00	156.03
2	—	1,033	110.00–134.00	121.97
5	—	700	134.00	134.00
7	—	432	157.00–158.00	157.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	124.00	124.00
4	—	482	143.00	143.00
1	—	345	135.00	135.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	287	145.00–152.50	150.06
2	—	718	118.00–119.00	118.51
2	—	665	120.00–130.00	124.89
5	—	486	146.00–148.00	146.98
3	—	820	110.00	110.00
5	—	611	122.00–130.00	127.76
11	—	538	136.00–147.00	143.48
5	—	416	140.00–151.00	147.11
3	—	360	152.00	152.00
5	—	572	130.00–140.00	134.80
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	130.00	130.00
1	—	365	107.00	107.00
1	—	510	115.00	115.00
1	—	485	106.00	106.00
1	—	415	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	164.00	164.00
1	—	435	150.00	150.00
4	—	695	134.00	134.00
1	—	640	136.00	136.00
3	—	476	153.00–154.00	153.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	131.00–137.00	133.89
2	—	970	81.00	81.00
5	—	465	131.00–138.00	134.80
2	—	638	118.00–122.00	119.98
2	—	327	140.00	140.00
2	—	415	119.00–130.00	124.63
1	—	520	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	63.00	63.00
4	—	1,330	71.00–75.00	72.58
11	—	1,457	65.00–69.00	66.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,225	62.00–68.00	65.57
2	—	1,050	56.00–62.00	58.97
6	—	1,396	69.00–75.00	72.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,209	58.00–63.00	61.56
2	—	1,303	49.00–56.00	52.09
2	—	1,020	66.00–69.00	67.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	89.00–95.00	91.93
4	—	1,634	98.00–108.00	103.15

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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