Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold unevenly steady to 5.00 higher on 4-weight weaned packages. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.03/cwt on 359 head.

Average price

$156.03

359 head · 666 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$28.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.92

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	668	157.24	1,051	342
Medium and Large 2-3	605	132.23	800	14thin
Large 1-2	660	128.67	849	3thin

One grade step is worth $28.58/cwt here — about $202 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 sale359 hd

156.03

—

KY average25 barns · 9,460 hd

155.11

+0.92

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	1,567	89.92	1,409	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,251	60.21	753	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,527	59.46	908	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,094	50.69	555	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,115	107.00	1,193	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,210	112.32	1,359	2thin

Every lot, as filed

122 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 1-2Value Added	—	421	144.36/cwt	138.00–150.00	608	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	159.54/cwt	158.00–161.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	564	136.83/cwt	135.00–139.00	772	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	572	155.99/cwt	150.00–160.00	892	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	132.40/cwt	127.00–135.00	704	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	134.03/cwt	132.00–135.00	591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	990	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	360	140.00/cwt	139.00–142.00	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	650	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	128.70/cwt	120.00–132.50	731	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	109.05/cwt	106.00–112.00	775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	142.78/cwt	138.00–150.00	672	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	129.77/cwt	127.00–136.00	805	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	120.04/cwt	114.00–123.00	748	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	120.32/cwt	114.00–125.50	813	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	103.36/cwt	100.00–112.00	654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	719	103.14/cwt	101.00–105.00	742	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	110.96/cwt	106.00–117.00	859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	131.27/cwt	130.00–133.00	433	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	763	98.49/cwt	96.00–101.00	751	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	570	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	117.39/cwt	115.00–120.00	558	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	330	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	132.99/cwt	127.00–136.00	626	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	134.45/cwt	132.00–136.00	515	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	119.46/cwt	110.00–124.00	380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	118.34/cwt	110.00–121.00	684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	140.49/cwt	135.00–145.50	735	36
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	355	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	130.46/cwt	125.00–135.00	862	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	126.97/cwt	125.00–131.00	804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	165.17/cwt	160.00–169.00	778	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	131.99/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,212	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	700	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	132.54/cwt	130.00–138.00	948	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	174.86/cwt	162.00–180.00	670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	426	181.64/cwt	168.00–190.00	774	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	367	191.08/cwt	187.00–193.00	701	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	137.47/cwt	135.00–140.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	139.00/cwt	134.50–140.00	860	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	151.13/cwt	136.00–152.75	1,224	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	163.52/cwt	158.00–169.00	837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	489	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	463	175.69/cwt	171.00–179.00	813	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	767	161.81/cwt	139.00–163.95	1,241	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	684	140.41/cwt	140.00–147.00	960	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	151.66/cwt	151.00–155.00	804	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	151.55/cwt	140.00–159.00	949	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	740	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,073	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	177.21/cwt	176.00–179.00	771	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	631	134.24/cwt	131.00–135.00	847	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	158.07/cwt	157.00–160.00	819	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	374	187.21/cwt	177.00–193.00	700	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	521	158.84/cwt	150.00–163.00	828	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	478	163.73/cwt	162.00–168.00	783	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,115	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,193	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,622	62.54/cwt	60.50–67.00	1,014	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	57.23/cwt	53.00–59.00	827	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	814	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	57.31/cwt	57.00–58.00	609	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	62.54/cwt	59.50–68.00	787	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,210	112.32/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,359	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	57.29/cwt	53.50–59.00	712	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	44.43/cwt	39.00–49.00	495	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	52.69/cwt	50.00–56.00	574	12
Bulls	—	—	1,710	98.89/cwt	93.00–102.00	1,691	4
Bulls	—	—	1,493	88.70/cwt	83.00–93.00	1,324	12
Bulls	—	—	1,723	79.33/cwt	79.00–80.00	1,367	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,160.00/cwt	1,160.00–1,160.00	14,326	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,568	1,190.67/cwt	1,150.00–1,235.00	18,670	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,395	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,555	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,480	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	11,470	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,170	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,313	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,575	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	14,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	17,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	671	116.15/cwt	109.00–120.00	779	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	113.75/cwt	109.00–120.00	719	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	128.31/cwt	125.00–130.00	668	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	573	120.02/cwt	119.00–121.00	688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	140.34/cwt	136.00–145.00	671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	143.35/cwt	142.00–144.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	156.01/cwt	150.00–160.00	501	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	147.03/cwt	142.00–152.50	537	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	420	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	500	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	505	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	530	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	604	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	317	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	428	106.91/cwt	104.00–110.00	458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	105.59/cwt	91.00–110.00	699	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	295	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	118.99/cwt	117.00–121.00	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	336	140.32/cwt	140.00–141.00	471	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	112.35/cwt	110.00–115.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	755	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	904	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	345	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	700	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	725	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	856	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	505	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	697	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	270	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	297	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	122.63/cwt	120.00–124.00	818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	120.00/cwt	115.00–126.00	880	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	150.80/cwt	146.00–155.00	641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	143.20/cwt	132.00–147.00	762	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	138.19/cwt	136.00–149.00	777	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	130.68/cwt	125.00–135.00	757	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	129.64/cwt	125.00–131.00	799	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	656	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	892	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	123.58/cwt	119.00–127.00	955	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	121.81/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,052	5

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 Dec 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 997Last week 2,171Year ago 909

Slaughter CattleReceipts 123Last week 185Year ago 163

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	421	138.00–150.00	144.36
23	—	564	135.00–139.00	136.83
3	—	360	139.00–142.00	140.00
2	—	650	128.00	128.00
20	—	471	138.00–150.00	142.78
33	—	620	127.00–136.00	129.77
36	—	523	135.00–145.50	140.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	532	127.00–135.00	132.40
3	—	441	132.00–135.00	134.03
22	—	568	120.00–132.50	128.70
4	—	711	106.00–112.00	109.05
18	—	623	114.00–123.00	120.04
9	—	676	114.00–125.50	120.32
4	—	774	106.00–117.00	110.96
4	—	330	130.00–133.00	131.27
11	—	471	127.00–136.00	132.99
7	—	383	132.00–136.00	134.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	633	100.00–112.00	103.36
8	—	719	101.00–105.00	103.14
2	—	763	96.00–101.00	98.49
2	—	475	115.00–120.00	117.39
3	—	318	110.00–124.00	119.46
5	—	578	110.00–121.00	118.34
1	—	260	122.00	122.00
7	—	662	91.00–110.00	105.59
2	—	423	117.00–121.00	118.99
1	—	955	87.00	87.00
3	—	515	110.00–115.00	112.35
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	100.00	100.00
1	—	330	100.00	100.00
1	—	355	100.00	100.00
1	—	505	105.00	105.00
5	—	604	94.00	94.00
2	—	428	104.00–110.00	106.91
1	—	295	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	336	140.00–141.00	140.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	123.00	123.00
1	—	725	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	140.00	140.00
1	—	565	137.00	137.00
1	—	990	120.00	120.00
5	—	661	125.00–135.00	130.46
1	—	540	146.00	146.00
3	—	633	125.00–131.00	126.97
2	—	435	135.00–140.00	137.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	158.00–161.00	159.54
9	—	471	160.00–169.00	165.17
3	—	918	130.00–135.00	131.99
13	—	715	130.00–138.00	132.54
4	—	383	162.00–180.00	174.86
1	—	655	137.00	137.00
12	—	619	134.50–140.00	139.00
23	—	810	136.00–152.75	151.13
2	—	300	163.00	163.00
1	—	1,010	120.00	120.00
13	—	530	151.00–155.00	151.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	572	150.00–160.00	155.99
19	—	426	168.00–190.00	181.64
8	—	367	187.00–193.00	191.08
6	—	512	158.00–169.00	163.52
8	—	463	171.00–179.00	175.69
135	—	767	139.00–163.95	161.81
35	—	684	140.00–147.00	140.41
33	—	626	140.00–159.00	151.55
1	—	740	145.00	145.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	123.00	123.00
1	—	580	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	176.00–179.00	177.21
13	—	631	131.00–135.00	134.24
11	—	518	157.00–160.00	158.07
8	—	374	177.00–193.00	187.21
5	—	587	154.00	154.00
1	—	345	180.00	180.00
4	—	471	172.00	172.00
4	—	656	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	521	150.00–163.00	158.84
7	—	478	162.00–168.00	163.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	671	109.00–120.00	116.15
6	—	632	109.00–120.00	113.75
3	—	521	125.00–130.00	128.31
2	—	478	136.00–145.00	140.34
1	—	330	131.00	131.00
2	—	365	142.00–152.50	147.03
6	—	579	125.00–135.00	130.68
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	119.00–121.00	120.02
1	—	420	119.00	119.00
1	—	270	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	142.00–144.00	143.35
5	—	321	150.00–160.00	156.01
3	—	667	120.00–124.00	122.63
3	—	733	115.00–126.00	120.00
4	—	425	146.00–155.00	150.80
10	—	532	132.00–147.00	143.20
9	—	562	136.00–149.00	138.19
21	—	616	125.00–131.00	129.64
1	—	375	160.00	160.00
1	—	1,025	110.00	110.00
5	—	773	119.00–127.00	123.58
5	—	864	115.00–124.00	121.81
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	138.00	138.00
4	—	400	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	107.00	107.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,622	60.50–67.00	62.54
15	—	1,445	53.00–59.00	57.23
1	—	1,535	53.00	53.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	57.00–58.00	57.31
7	—	1,114	39.00–49.00	44.43
12	—	1,090	50.00–56.00	52.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,258	59.50–68.00	62.54
16	—	1,243	53.50–59.00	57.29
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	110.00–115.00	112.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,710	93.00–102.00	98.89
12	—	1,493	83.00–93.00	88.70
2	—	1,723	79.00–80.00	79.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	1,160.00	1,160.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,568	1,150.00–1,235.00	1,190.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,395	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,480	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,575	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,500	1,150.00	1,150.00

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