Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher on good quality 500-600 lb packages. Very good demand for yearling packages. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.94/cwt on 303 head.

Average price

$167.94

303 head · 783 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,315

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$476

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

$29.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.46

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	786	168.42	1,324	298
Medium and Large 2-3	610	139.00	848	5thin

One grade step is worth $29.42/cwt here — about $476 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 sale303 hd

167.94

—

KY average24 barns · 4,313 hd

167.48

+0.46

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	1,617	110.21	1,782	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	83.06	1,007	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,429	79.30	1,133	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	994	67.75	674	12

Every lot, as filed

80 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	—	540	143.72/cwt	142.00–147.00	776	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	142.63/cwt	141.00–146.00	819	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	148.53/cwt	145.00–153.00	703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	164.69/cwt	160.00–167.00	603	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	432	163.34/cwt	154.00–165.00	706	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	165.06/cwt	156.00–173.00	1,022	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	631	122.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	172.47/cwt	167.50–177.50	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	993	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	746	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,164	44
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	149.06/cwt	146.00–150.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	808	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,402	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	163.23/cwt	155.00–165.00	929	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	152.15/cwt	140.00–155.50	937	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	136.36/cwt	133.00–138.00	859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	121.25/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,035	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	148.89/cwt	144.00–154.00	998	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	186.30/cwt	184.00–189.00	1,099	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	172.96/cwt	166.00–178.00	1,167	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	173.72/cwt	168.50–175.00	1,233	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	176.23/cwt	174.00–178.00	929	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	959	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,563	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	166.11/cwt	164.00–170.00	774	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,263	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	173.45/cwt	172.00–175.00	746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	137.51/cwt	135.00–140.00	925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,110	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	156.10/cwt	156.10–156.10	1,541	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	157.49/cwt	156.00–159.00	992	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	159.02/cwt	150.00–162.00	833	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	163.23/cwt	156.00–167.00	762	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	755	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	166.35/cwt	158.00–169.00	719	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	58.60/cwt	54.00–64.00	562	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	77.59/cwt	76.00–80.00	798	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	81.97/cwt	79.00–83.00	928	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	894	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	86.16/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,111	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	71.80/cwt	68.00–75.00	727	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	79.43/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,143	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,038	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	83.99/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,138	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	116.72/cwt	115.00–118.00	2,130	2
Bulls	—	—	1,547	108.04/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,671	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	131.81/cwt	127.00–136.00	887	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	946	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,012	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	155.03/cwt	147.00–159.00	1,015	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	176.65/cwt	172.50–178.00	647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	743	118.33/cwt	115.00–120.00	879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	154.70/cwt	153.00–158.00	890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	126.33/cwt	126.00–127.00	897	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	400	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	126.99/cwt	121.00–130.00	893	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,042	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	656	125.03/cwt	123.00–129.00	820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	122.72/cwt	120.00–127.00	826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	155.07/cwt	148.00–159.00	816	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	127.68/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,044	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	137.26/cwt	136.00–138.00	910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	160.27/cwt	154.00–163.00	769	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	556	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	133.02/cwt	130.00–134.00	656	4

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 Jul 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 543Last week 754Year ago 550

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 104Year ago 72

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 12Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	540	142.00–147.00	143.72
14	—	574	141.00–146.00	142.63
7	—	473	145.00–153.00	148.53
5	—	366	160.00–167.00	164.69
3	—	292	167.50–177.50	172.47
4	—	430	146.00–150.00	149.06
3	—	630	133.00–138.00	136.36
4	—	854	117.00–125.00	121.25
3	—	710	126.00–127.00	126.33
1	—	975	124.00	124.00
1	—	905	125.00	125.00
3	—	818	124.00–132.00	127.68
4	—	663	136.00–138.00	137.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	432	154.00–165.00	163.34
3	—	685	145.00	145.00
44	—	746	156.00	156.00
15	—	616	140.00–155.50	152.15
15	—	526	148.00–159.00	155.07
7	—	480	154.00–163.00	160.27
4	—	556	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	120.00–125.00	122.54
1	—	540	139.00	139.00
1	—	595	132.00	132.00
4	—	673	120.00–127.00	122.72
4	—	493	130.00–134.00	133.02
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	140.00	140.00
3	—	656	123.00–129.00	125.03
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	145.00	145.00
2	—	673	135.00–140.00	137.51
1	—	600	145.00	145.00
1	—	725	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	619	156.00–173.00	165.06
35	—	590	184.00–189.00	186.30
29	—	675	166.00–178.00	172.96
15	—	710	168.50–175.00	173.72
8	—	527	174.00–178.00	176.23
2	—	430	172.00–175.00	173.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	808	173.50	173.50
56	—	959	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	166.00	166.00
9	—	569	155.00–165.00	163.23
4	—	670	144.00–154.00	148.89
8	—	466	164.00–170.00	166.11
1	—	1,010	125.00	125.00
1	—	760	146.00	146.00
53	—	987	156.10	156.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	156.00–159.00	157.49
4	—	524	150.00–162.00	159.02
3	—	467	156.00–167.00	163.23
5	—	432	158.00–169.00	166.35
3	—	763	124.00	124.00
2	—	912	111.00	111.00
3	—	655	147.00–159.00	155.03
4	—	366	172.50–178.00	176.65
1	—	310	187.50	187.50
3	—	575	153.00–158.00	154.70
5	—	703	121.00–130.00	126.99
1	—	840	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	673	127.00–136.00	131.81
1	—	860	110.00	110.00
1	—	570	134.00	134.00
1	—	495	136.00	136.00
1	—	345	157.50	157.50
3	—	743	115.00–120.00	118.33
1	—	510	137.00	137.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	959	54.00–64.00	58.60
3	—	1,028	76.00–80.00	77.59
4	—	1,013	68.00–75.00	71.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,132	79.00–83.00	81.97
1	—	1,225	73.00	73.00
5	—	1,289	85.00–89.00	86.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,439	76.00–83.00	79.43
1	—	1,505	69.00	69.00
2	—	1,355	83.00–85.00	83.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,825	115.00–118.00	116.72
6	—	1,547	103.00–111.00	108.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	88.00	88.00

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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