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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 12
● Final134 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,042 head
335 vs last sale 707 406 vs year ago 636 · +63.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
196 head
57 vs last sale 139 97 vs year ago 99 · +98.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
7 vs last sale 9 14 vs year ago 2 · +700.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparisons with last Monday due to Holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $181.51/cwt on 491 head.
Average price
$181.51
491 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,214
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$929
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$52.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.13
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2675182.851,234468
Large 1-2502167.508418thin
Medium and Large 2-3598148.2288614thin
Small and Medium 1-2235130.003061thin
One grade step is worth $52.85/cwt here — about $929 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 sale491 hd
181.51
KY average24 barns · 6,125 hd
178.38
+3.13
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,778110.011,95625
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22987.191,07258
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44986.581,25439
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02373.5075258

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,031$9556
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$7851thin

Every lot, as filed

134 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added340218.00/cwt218.00–218.007411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added355206.00/cwt206.00–206.007311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2383188.77/cwt187.50–190.007232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added765173.01/cwt164.00–180.001,32414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added437216.34/cwt212.00–229.0094511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added683185.44/cwt162.00–190.001,267119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added631171.32/cwt164.00–178.501,08144
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added472194.49/cwt193.00–195.009184
Dairy SteersLarge 3705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added634161.75/cwt158.00–163.001,0254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added370200.42/cwt199.00–203.007423
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added469190.51/cwt188.00–193.008934
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added340201.52/cwt200.00–206.006854
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added409222.31/cwt217.00–226.0090911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy570168.84/cwt168.00–170.009625
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45789.95/cwt86.00–98.001,31122
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36478.37/cwt76.00–80.001,0695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19283.69/cwt81.00–86.5099827
CowsLean 85-90%95953.60/cwt39.00–65.005148
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46983.82/cwt80.00–86.001,23112
CowsLean 85-90%97068.36/cwt64.00–71.0066310
CowsLean 85-90%1,03575.44/cwt73.00–79.5078124
CowsLean 85-90%1,06983.76/cwt79.50–94.5089516
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28491.67/cwt86.50–100.001,17728
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05576.91/cwt75.00–79.008113
Bulls1,42383.94/cwt82.00–86.001,1942
Bulls1,795117.86/cwt114.00–124.002,11611
Bulls1,821107.15/cwt98.00–112.001,95112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open797131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0446
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2423122.88/cwt120.00–126.005202
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open860136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,031954.85/head875.00–1,100.009556
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09587.00/cwt87.00–87.009531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open800137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open982129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2672
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,025785.00/head785.00–785.007851
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2520131.00/cwt131.00–131.006811
BullsLarge 1-2633155.00/cwt155.00–155.009813
BullsMedium and Large 2-3795120.00/cwt120.00–120.009541
BullsMedium and Large 2-3615136.50/cwt135.00–138.008392
BullsMedium and Large 2-3985104.48/cwt103.00–106.001,0292
BullsMedium and Large 2-391086.00/cwt86.00–86.007832
BullsMedium and Large 2-3338157.96/cwt156.00–160.005342
BullsMedium and Large 2-3675123.00/cwt123.00–123.008301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2374185.07/cwt170.00–195.0069216
BullsMedium and Large 1-2572165.28/cwt164.00–166.009458
BullsMedium and Large 2-3571147.50/cwt141.00–153.008426
BullsMedium and Large 2-3469146.25/cwt145.00–151.006865
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added511181.50/cwt181.50–181.509278
BullsMedium and Large 1-2426178.13/cwt176.00–183.007597
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625153.05/cwt149.00–157.009573
BullsMedium and Large 2-3412148.11/cwt146.00–152.006103
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475171.22/cwt156.00–181.008139
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3393146.99/cwt145.00–149.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3623128.50/cwt128.00–129.008012
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2600119.00/cwt119.00–119.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3268134.81/cwt132.50–137.003613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616142.71/cwt137.00–148.008794
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3479140.51/cwt140.00–141.006734
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3665137.06/cwt129.00–145.009112
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3532137.58/cwt123.00–149.0073211
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3770122.67/cwt120.00–124.009453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open941128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2043
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3595130.00/cwt130.00–130.007742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331161.61/cwt159.00–164.005354
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665159.17/cwt158.00–161.001,0587
SteersMedium and Large 2-3385147.50/cwt147.50–147.505681
SteersMedium and Large 2-3865146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2631
SteersMedium and Large 2-3545152.00/cwt152.00–152.008281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added624160.82/cwt153.00–169.001,00449
SteersMedium and Large 2-3280141.00/cwt141.00–141.003951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2317184.29/cwt177.50–199.005843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added519162.02/cwt155.00–168.0084129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added565157.38/cwt153.00–161.0088950
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy818184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,505123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516149.26/cwt143.00–152.0077019
SteersMedium and Large 2-3580157.91/cwt147.00–166.009166
SteersMedium and Large 2-3720132.37/cwt127.00–143.009533
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420151.16/cwt150.00–155.0063518
HeifersLarge 1-2720121.00/cwt121.00–121.008711
HeifersLarge 1-2775119.00/cwt119.00–119.009221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2273158.75/cwt154.00–170.004335
HeifersLarge 1-2460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200135.00/cwt135.00–135.002701
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3326138.87/cwt130.00–148.004534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added470157.05/cwt155.00–160.0073820
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005451
BullsMedium and Large 1-2803141.02/cwt136.00–146.001,1322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added411158.27/cwt155.00–160.5065020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390158.34/cwt157.00–159.006186
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2990110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0893
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474148.98/cwt145.00–152.0070622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680142.37/cwt135.00–149.009687
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,000111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1101
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2205125.00/cwt125.00–125.002561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566149.53/cwt145.00–153.008464
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3433137.86/cwt130.00–146.005972
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3873112.97/cwt110.00–116.009862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760128.00/cwt128.00–128.009731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520179.45/cwt176.00–180.009337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578172.63/cwt167.00–180.0099811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2709158.17/cwt158.00–159.001,12112
SteersLarge 1-2365180.00/cwt180.00–180.006571
SteersLarge 1-2512161.00/cwt161.00–161.008242
SteersMedium and Large 2-3655144.00/cwt144.00–144.009431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2940151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2825156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2871
SteersLarge 1-2663154.99/cwt154.00–156.001,0282
SteersLarge 1-2412173.00/cwt173.00–173.007132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added554194.25/cwt185.00–196.501,07626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450188.00/cwt188.00–188.008461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added289220.47/cwt220.00–223.006376
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,008144.34/cwt141.00–146.001,4556
SteersLarge 1-2480182.00/cwt182.00–182.008741
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added534190.25/cwt185.00–199.001,01643
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added729169.42/cwt161.00–177.001,23516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2607157.00/cwt157.00–157.009532
Dairy SteersLarge 31,18091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0741
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2235130.00/cwt130.00–130.003061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423185.24/cwt180.00–191.007847
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added293222.00/cwt222.00–222.006505
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added660167.44/cwt161.00–169.001,1056
BullsLarge 1-2525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2521164.08/cwt151.00–172.0085516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added375176.00/cwt176.00–176.006606
BullsLarge 1-2326160.00/cwt160.00–160.005223
BullsMedium and Large 2-3278161.06/cwt140.00–182.504482
BullsMedium and Large 2-3519137.30/cwt135.00–140.007134
BullsMedium and Large 1-2735149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2957142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,3592
BullsMedium and Large 1-2237180.00/cwt180.00–180.004272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2683149.98/cwt148.50–153.001,0243

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.