Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher with advance on 500-700 lb weaned packages. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with advance on 500-600 lb weaned packages. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.81/cwt on 151 head.

Average price

$149.81

151 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$347

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

$33.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.97

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	528	153.15	809	127
Medium and Large 2-3	476	132.85	632	20
Large 1-2	645	131.67	849	3thin
Small and Medium 1-2	385	120.00	462	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.15/cwt here — about $347 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 sale151 hd

149.81

—

KY average25 barns · 4,506 hd

160.78

−10.97

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	—	Low	1,644	109.59	1,802	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,273	85.35	1,086	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	81.95	1,203	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	971	65.29	634	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,300	114.00	1,482	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,304	$1,053	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,015	$550	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	870	$461	2thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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	—	463	133.13/cwt	125.00–141.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	159.48/cwt	156.00–163.00	773	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	141.81/cwt	138.00–146.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	160.02/cwt	158.00–161.00	597	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	153.60/cwt	152.00–155.00	419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	136.34/cwt	131.00–141.00	585	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	131.33/cwt	125.00–135.00	762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	134.26/cwt	134.00–135.00	838	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	865	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	580	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	956	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	144.26/cwt	144.00–146.00	811	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	150.98/cwt	150.00–152.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	447	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	439	163.81/cwt	159.00–171.00	719	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	149.02/cwt	146.00–151.00	785	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	160.34/cwt	155.00–164.50	815	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	605	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	965	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	155.89/cwt	150.00–160.00	952	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	860	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	149.00/cwt	148.00–150.00	860	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	130.75/cwt	130.00–131.00	907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	181.78/cwt	162.00–183.00	1,191	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	198.43/cwt	195.00–205.00	625	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	745	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	660	152.38/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,006	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	183.49/cwt	175.00–185.00	982	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	169.01/cwt	167.00–173.00	833	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	182.84/cwt	180.00–189.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	150.94/cwt	143.00–160.00	1,028	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	151.30/cwt	142.50–160.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	176.04/cwt	169.00–178.50	1,109	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	183.44/cwt	177.00–191.00	870	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	180.80/cwt	176.00–182.00	868	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	411	179.01/cwt	173.00–182.00	736	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	166.73/cwt	164.00–175.00	865	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	184.83/cwt	172.50–205.00	601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	872	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	79.90/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,193	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	84.92/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,216	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	923	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	871	49.93/cwt	37.00–61.00	435	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	70.52/cwt	68.00–74.00	722	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	89.39/cwt	83.00–99.00	1,171	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,300	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,482	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	78.81/cwt	77.00–82.00	945	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	62.73/cwt	62.00–63.00	580	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	76.93/cwt	74.00–81.00	811	7
Bulls	—	—	1,463	89.16/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,304	2
Bulls	—	—	1,589	109.11/cwt	97.00–113.00	1,734	5
Bulls	—	—	1,751	116.79/cwt	115.00–120.00	2,045	6
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	870	461.49/head	450.00–475.00	461	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	910	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,120	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	928	703.37/head	650.00–750.00	703	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,429	1,169.62/head	1,050.00–1,275.00	1,170	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	487	139.07/cwt	135.00–141.00	677	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	863	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	187.79/cwt	182.00–193.00	689	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	465	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	163.76/cwt	157.50–175.00	357	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	148.62/cwt	146.00–150.00	691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	237	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	145.17/cwt	140.00–151.00	896	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	153.68/cwt	152.00–157.00	933	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	131.75/cwt	122.00–140.50	955	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	333	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	593	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	775	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	732	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	156.65/cwt	156.00–157.00	888	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	137.88/cwt	137.50–139.00	932	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	157.53/cwt	153.50–170.00	773	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	799	2

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 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 356Last week 543Year ago 679

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 41Year ago 139

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 2Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	125.00–141.00	133.13
2	—	368	138.00–146.00	141.81
1	—	615	124.00	124.00
5	—	429	131.00–141.00	136.34
3	—	580	125.00–135.00	131.33
1	—	865	100.00	100.00
1	—	325	135.00	135.00
1	—	670	130.00	130.00
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
1	—	285	142.50	142.50
2	—	237	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	485	156.00–163.00	159.48
11	—	439	159.00–171.00	163.81
17	—	508	155.00–164.50	160.34
4	—	577	148.00–150.00	149.00
5	—	660	150.00–154.00	152.38
11	—	617	140.00–151.00	145.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	158.00–161.00	160.02
2	—	273	152.00–155.00	153.60
8	—	624	134.00–135.00	134.26
2	—	730	131.00	131.00
8	—	562	144.00–146.00	144.26
2	—	420	150.00–152.00	150.98
2	—	310	160.00	160.00
7	—	527	146.00–151.00	149.02
4	—	694	130.00–131.00	130.75
3	—	218	157.50–175.00	163.76
3	—	465	146.00–150.00	148.62
1	—	890	108.00	108.00
1	—	765	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	138.00	138.00
1	—	775	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	605	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	140.00	140.00
1	—	275	162.50	162.50
1	—	520	142.00	142.00
1	—	240	157.50	157.50
2	—	418	142.50–160.00	151.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	611	150.00–160.00	155.89
9	—	315	195.00–205.00	198.43
3	—	493	167.00–173.00	169.01
3	—	370	180.00–189.00	182.84
4	—	681	143.00–160.00	150.94
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	655	162.00–183.00	181.78
1	—	745	163.00	163.00
4	—	595	184.00	184.00
17	—	535	175.00–185.00	183.49
7	—	630	169.00–178.50	176.04
6	—	474	177.00–191.00	183.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	176.00–182.00	180.80
3	—	411	173.00–182.00	179.01
4	—	519	164.00–175.00	166.73
3	—	607	152.00–157.00	153.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	172.50–205.00	184.83
2	—	627	139.00	139.00
1	—	405	180.00	180.00
6	—	367	182.00–193.00	187.79
1	—	845	110.00	110.00
11	—	725	122.00–140.50	131.75
3	—	567	156.00–157.00	156.65
4	—	676	137.50–139.00	137.88
4	—	491	153.50–170.00	157.53
1	—	850	115.00	115.00
2	—	510	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	110.00	110.00
1	—	465	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	135.00–141.00	139.07
3	—	685	126.00	126.00
2	—	732	120.00	120.00
1	—	435	147.00	147.00
2	—	575	139.00	139.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,493	77.00–82.00	79.90
9	—	1,432	83.00–88.00	84.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	73.00	73.00
16	—	1,310	83.00–99.00	89.39
8	—	1,199	77.00–82.00	78.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	871	37.00–61.00	49.93
4	—	1,024	68.00–74.00	70.52
4	—	925	62.00–63.00	62.73
7	—	1,054	74.00–81.00	76.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	114.00	114.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	88.00–90.00	89.16
5	—	1,589	97.00–113.00	109.11
6	—	1,751	115.00–120.00	116.79

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	870	450.00–475.00	461.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	450.00	450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	928	650.00–750.00	703.37
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,429	1,050.00–1,275.00	1,169.62

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle