Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with best demand for 400-500 lb weaned steer packages due to some farmer participation. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.10/cwt on 222 head.

Average price

$127.10

222 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$475

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

$28.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.02

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	689	128.45	885	202
Medium and Large 2-3	496	114.47	568	17thin
Large 1-2	625	111.00	694	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	410	100.00	410	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.45/cwt here — about $475 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 sale222 hd

127.10

—

KY average24 barns · 5,384 hd

131.12

−4.02

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	1,834	94.33	1,730	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,515	61.35	929	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,284	60.13	772	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,078	52.88	570	23

Every lot, as filed

87 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 2-3	—	485	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	412	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	486	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	410	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	769	148.90/cwt	145.50–150.00	1,145	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	114.58/cwt	110.00–119.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	582	133.22/cwt	132.00–135.50	775	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	148.13/cwt	147.00–154.00	841	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,240	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	920	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	625	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	116.96/cwt	113.00–119.00	711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	118.97/cwt	113.00–131.00	982	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	147.37/cwt	143.00–152.00	759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,162	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	690	143.78/cwt	140.00–145.00	992	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	411	143.86/cwt	137.00–146.00	591	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	536	134.25/cwt	132.00–139.00	720	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	163.77/cwt	162.00–165.00	768	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	347	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	129.54/cwt	125.00–134.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	737	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	800	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,176	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	156.01/cwt	155.00–157.00	811	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	170.78/cwt	157.00–176.50	722	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	611	144.39/cwt	141.00–148.00	882	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	776	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	652	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	635	126.36/cwt	125.00–127.00	802	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	141.76/cwt	133.50–147.50	819	33
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	765	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	540	151.13/cwt	150.00–155.00	816	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	559	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	783	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	641	130.60/cwt	130.00–131.00	837	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	61.64/cwt	58.00–66.00	710	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	53.20/cwt	51.00–56.00	545	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	42.14/cwt	36.00–51.00	456	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	63.92/cwt	63.00–66.50	1,034	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	59.44/cwt	56.00–62.50	728	17
Bulls	—	—	1,843	99.56/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,835	5
Bulls	—	—	1,878	89.73/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,685	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	59.38/cwt	56.00–62.00	852	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,396	51.62/cwt	48.00–55.00	721	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	65.57/cwt	63.50–69.00	873	10
Bulls	—	—	1,660	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,361	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,676	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,357	933.64/cwt	860.00–1,025.00	12,669	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	12,943	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,322	831.01/cwt	800.00–860.00	10,986	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,295	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,741	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,198	706.03/cwt	650.00–760.00	8,458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	123.03/cwt	121.00–126.00	776	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	151.69/cwt	148.00–155.00	642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	124.04/cwt	121.00–127.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	141.34/cwt	138.00–149.00	759	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	728	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	895	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	669	115.97/cwt	115.00–119.00	776	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	123.07/cwt	122.50–126.00	855	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	114.78/cwt	110.00–117.00	815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	247	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	267	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	124.94/cwt	121.00–129.00	636	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	125.18/cwt	123.00–128.00	585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	110.22/cwt	109.00–114.00	859	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	111.39/cwt	109.00–112.00	786	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	476	136.14/cwt	131.50–140.00	648	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	124.49/cwt	124.00–125.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	1,023	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,307	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	123.86/cwt	121.00–126.50	723	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	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 Nov 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,152Last week 770Year ago 809

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 116Year ago 152

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 13Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	116.00	116.00
5	—	412	118.00	118.00
2	—	570	110.00–119.00	114.58
1	—	785	102.00	102.00
3	—	608	113.00–119.00	116.96
1	—	715	103.00	103.00
2	—	247	108.00	108.00
1	—	280	121.00	121.00
1	—	655	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	105.00	105.00
5	—	880	104.50	104.50
10	—	509	121.00–129.00	124.94
8	—	467	123.00–128.00	125.18
4	—	779	109.00–114.00	110.22
10	—	706	109.00–112.00	111.39
3	—	608	120.00	120.00
2	—	430	124.00–125.00	124.49
1	—	920	106.00	106.00
12	—	584	121.00–126.50	123.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	582	132.00–135.50	133.22
10	—	411	137.00–146.00	143.86
19	—	536	132.00–139.00	134.25
25	—	476	131.50–140.00	136.14
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	123.00	123.00
54	—	1,023	127.75	127.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	116.00	116.00
3	—	825	113.00–131.00	118.97
2	—	870	107.00	107.00
2	—	605	125.00–134.00	129.54
2	—	737	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	769	145.50–150.00	148.90
12	—	690	140.00–145.00	143.78
5	—	469	162.00–165.00	163.77
2	—	347	174.00	174.00
10	—	520	155.00–157.00	156.01
26	—	423	157.00–176.50	170.78
15	—	611	141.00–148.00	144.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	147.00–154.00	148.13
9	—	894	138.75	138.75
4	—	515	143.00–152.00	147.37
3	—	968	120.00	120.00
1	—	770	136.00	136.00
6	—	415	154.00	154.00
2	—	702	135.00	135.00
1	—	390	167.00	167.00
1	—	320	170.00	170.00
1	—	605	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	800	147.00	147.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	635	125.00–127.00	126.36
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	776	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	151.50	151.50
33	—	578	133.50–147.50	141.76
1	—	360	166.00	166.00
1	—	800	96.00	96.00
15	—	631	121.00–126.00	123.03
2	—	423	148.00–155.00	151.69
7	—	537	138.00–149.00	141.34
6	—	695	122.50–126.00	123.07
4	—	710	110.00–117.00	114.78
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	540	150.00–155.00	151.13
15	—	559	140.00	140.00
10	—	641	130.00–131.00	130.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	124.00	124.00
2	—	558	121.00–127.00	124.04
1	—	235	131.00	131.00
4	—	669	115.00–119.00	115.97
1	—	405	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,152	58.00–66.00	61.64
10	—	1,024	51.00–56.00	53.20
6	—	1,082	36.00–51.00	42.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,618	63.00–66.50	63.92
13	—	1,435	56.00–62.00	59.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,224	56.00–62.50	59.44
5	—	1,396	48.00–55.00	51.62
10	—	1,331	63.50–69.00	65.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,843	95.00–102.00	99.56
3	—	1,878	88.00–93.00	89.73
1	—	1,660	82.00	82.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,198	650.00–760.00	706.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,357	860.00–1,025.00	933.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,505	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,322	800.00–860.00	831.01

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