Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower in a light test. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.02/cwt on 163 head.

Average price

$163.02

163 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$145

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

$44.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.09

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	620	164.76	1,022	155
Medium and Large 2-3	464	133.30	619	5thin
Small and Medium 1-2	375	128.00	480	1thin
Large 1-2	973	120.00	1,167	2thin

One grade step is worth $44.76/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale163 hd

163.02

—

KY average24 barns · 4,019 hd

164.11

−1.09

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	1,739	113.61	1,976	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,314	82.12	1,079	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,465	79.41	1,163	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	978	68.96	675	12

Every lot, as filed

85 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	—	690	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	137.57/cwt	135.00–140.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	143.60/cwt	138.00–145.00	840	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	145.43/cwt	141.00–150.00	758	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	125.66/cwt	125.00–126.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	159.82/cwt	146.00–166.00	758	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	140.01/cwt	134.00–148.00	1,145	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	133.86/cwt	123.00–137.00	897	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	378	174.22/cwt	161.00–185.00	659	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	328	168.94/cwt	161.00–182.00	554	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	503	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	509	180.65/cwt	175.00–186.00	920	11
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	480	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,180	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	656	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	918	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	917	11
Steers	Large 1-2	—	765	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	384	199.71/cwt	197.00–204.00	767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	164.00/cwt	158.00–170.00	968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	168.04/cwt	161.00–171.00	724	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	764	144.51/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,104	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	149.70/cwt	142.00–158.00	1,082	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	161.20/cwt	154.00–162.00	1,093	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	173.88/cwt	171.00–174.50	1,009	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,215	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	761	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	548	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	163.90/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,021	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	478	187.85/cwt	176.00–211.00	898	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	190.79/cwt	177.00–206.00	820	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	935	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	153.58/cwt	145.00–157.00	955	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	660	151.89/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,002	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	116.94/cwt	114.00–120.00	906	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	157.61/cwt	150.00–171.00	824	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	66.75/cwt	63.00–70.00	668	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	83.90/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,289	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	74.91/cwt	71.00–78.00	1,043	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	859	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	56.14/cwt	49.00–63.00	528	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	78.41/cwt	77.00–81.00	771	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	76.79/cwt	76.00–79.00	958	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	84.60/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,125	21
Bulls	—	—	1,739	113.61/cwt	103.00–122.00	1,976	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,619	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	18,053	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	760	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,180	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,439	1,270.54/cwt	1,025.00–1,450.00	18,283	5
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	933	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	671	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	174.06/cwt	164.00–180.00	545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	103.56/cwt	91.00–111.00	913	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	157.11/cwt	150.00–162.00	905	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	160.66/cwt	160.00–162.00	728	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	670	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	150.62/cwt	146.00–155.00	848	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	317	197.91/cwt	194.00–205.00	627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	178.60/cwt	171.00–181.00	861	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	164.50/cwt	163.00–166.00	956	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	169.60/cwt	168.00–173.00	717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	424	161.72/cwt	148.00–169.00	686	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	676	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	605	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	107.28/cwt	101.00–120.00	985	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	151.53/cwt	145.00–156.00	564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	151.98/cwt	145.00–157.00	792	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	606	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	511	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	639	3

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 Feb 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 411Last week 896Year ago 925

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 124Year ago 71

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 8Year ago 23

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower in a light test. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	690	116.00	116.00
1	—	780	109.00	109.00
3	—	422	125.00–126.00	125.66
1	—	560	133.00	133.00
3	—	606	128.00	128.00
3	—	511	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	135.00–140.00	137.57
5	—	585	138.00–145.00	143.60
7	—	521	141.00–150.00	145.43
4	—	640	128.00	128.00
1	—	710	118.00	118.00
7	—	670	123.00–137.00	133.86
3	—	483	140.00	140.00
7	—	372	145.00–156.00	151.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	474	146.00–166.00	159.82
10	—	378	161.00–185.00	174.22
8	—	328	161.00–182.00	168.94
6	—	656	140.00	140.00
11	—	622	147.50	147.50
12	—	563	146.00–155.00	150.62
13	—	424	148.00–169.00	161.72
16	—	521	145.00–157.00	151.98
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	221.00	221.00
14	—	818	134.00–148.00	140.01
2	—	590	158.00–170.00	164.00
5	—	431	161.00–171.00	168.04
4	—	521	169.00	169.00
4	—	957	127.00	127.00
1	—	470	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	503	131.00	131.00
1	—	310	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	509	175.00–186.00	180.65
4	—	384	197.00–204.00	199.71
4	—	764	143.00–145.00	144.51
27	—	723	142.00–158.00	149.70
10	—	678	154.00–162.00	161.20
12	—	580	171.00–174.50	173.88
34	—	623	160.00–169.00	163.90
11	—	478	176.00–211.00	187.85
11	—	430	177.00–206.00	190.79
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	128.00	128.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	100.00	100.00
1	—	765	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	548	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	178.00	178.00
6	—	622	145.00–157.00	153.58
2	—	660	145.00–159.00	151.89
1	—	400	200.00	200.00
3	—	317	194.00–205.00	197.91
5	—	482	171.00–181.00	178.60
6	—	581	163.00–166.00	164.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	114.00–120.00	116.94
4	—	523	150.00–171.00	157.61
1	—	1,060	88.00	88.00
1	—	245	159.00	159.00
1	—	355	189.00	189.00
1	—	730	128.00	128.00
3	—	313	164.00–180.00	174.06
3	—	882	91.00–111.00	103.56
9	—	576	150.00–162.00	157.11
3	—	453	160.00–162.00	160.66
3	—	423	168.00–173.00	169.60
3	—	918	101.00–120.00	107.28
1	—	655	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	151.00	151.00
1	—	715	100.00	100.00
1	—	335	142.00	142.00
1	—	600	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,001	63.00–70.00	66.75
3	—	940	49.00–63.00	56.14
5	—	983	77.00–81.00	78.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,536	81.00–88.00	83.90
5	—	1,393	71.00–78.00	74.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	62.00	62.00
6	—	1,248	76.00–79.00	76.79
21	—	1,330	80.00–90.00	84.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,739	103.00–122.00	113.61

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	775	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,439	1,025.00–1,450.00	1,270.54
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	760	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	550	400.00	400.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	95.00	95.00

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

Steers · 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