Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with very good demand for weaned and yearling packages. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.43/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −152.71 against this barn's trailing median of $406.14.

Average price

$253.43

58 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,363

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$28.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.42

vs KY average

−17.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	536	255.41	1,370	53
Large 1-2	562	240.00	1,349	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	547	227.33	1,243	3thin

One grade step is worth $28.08/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.63, low $349.69, median $406.14 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale58 hd

253.43

—

KY average26 barns · 1,408 hd

255.85

−2.42

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−17.16

This barn, trailing median30 sales

406.14

−152.71

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	—	Average	1,715	152.73	2,620	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,239	128.93	1,598	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,503	128.43	1,930	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	906	108.53	984	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,295	146.73	1,900	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,700	164.00	2,788	1thin

Every lot, as filed

118 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,038	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	947	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	289.00/cwt	278.00–299.00	942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	800–850	826	209.67/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	254.38/cwt	246.00–260.00	1,188	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	278.49/cwt	270.00–294.00	1,042	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	291.42/cwt	282.00–296.00	1,658	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,013	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	297.50/cwt	279.00–308.00	1,235	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	265.34/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	265.67/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	243.39/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,392	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	481	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,515	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	464	314.46/cwt	290.00–319.00	1,459	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	707	267.76/cwt	257.00–268.00	1,893	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	376	349.60/cwt	342.50–352.00	1,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	232.23/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	482	267.78/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,291	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	642	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	263.14/cwt	259.00–284.00	1,497	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	907	218.60/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,983	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	621	217.17/cwt	209.00–220.00	1,349	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	278.96/cwt	265.00–294.00	1,481	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	228.23/cwt	224.00–238.00	1,410	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,017	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	310.68/cwt	295.00–327.00	1,035	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	209.50/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	308.40/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,141	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,070	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,412	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	216.66/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	812	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	643	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,643	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	850–900	862	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,720	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	248.76/cwt	243.00–253.00	1,328	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	291.10/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,389	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	265.17/cwt	253.00–273.00	1,172	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	700–750	705	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	520	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,180	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	595	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,672	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	118.09/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,638	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	100.09/cwt	92.00–107.00	1,081	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	88.48/cwt	87.00–90.00	721	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	745	98.51/cwt	98.00–99.00	734	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	135.21/cwt	124.00–149.00	1,728	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	116.55/cwt	108.00–123.00	1,348	6
Bulls	—	—	1,662	144.11/cwt	138.00–149.00	2,395	7
Bulls	—	—	1,757	159.43/cwt	153.00–172.00	2,801	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,510	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	130.85/cwt	122.00–147.00	1,984	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	899	105.47/cwt	103.00–110.00	948	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	122.11/cwt	115.00–129.00	1,220	6
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	385	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	690	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,587	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	735	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	146.73/cwt	139.00–153.00	1,900	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,700	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	900–950	907	237.60/cwt	237.60–237.60	2,155	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	832	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,026	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	675	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,802	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	550–600	584	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,442	40
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	562	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,349	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	723	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	295.77/cwt	290.00–301.00	1,260	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	692	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,716	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,415	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	230.00/cwt	227.00–231.00	1,553	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	298.31/cwt	291.00–304.00	1,715	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	537	300.48/cwt	287.00–312.50	1,614	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	423	336.78/cwt	331.00–342.50	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	371	307.94/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,142	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	713	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	774	233.18/cwt	223.00–236.50	1,805	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	265.20/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,724	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	419	309.88/cwt	301.00–320.00	1,298	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	277.72/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,591	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	278	282.61/cwt	280.00–285.00	786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	257.67/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	372	233.98/cwt	221.00–257.50	870	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	263.31/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,351	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,447	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	241.68/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	788	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	413	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	971	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	277.97/cwt	276.00–280.00	1,329	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,379	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,634	1

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 Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 708Last week 1,250Year ago 1,169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 164Year ago 212

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	333	295.00–327.00	310.68
10	350–400	370	300.00–332.50	308.40
11	400–450	426	290.00–301.00	295.77
13	450–500	477	281.00–300.00	291.10
13	500–550	531	265.00–294.00	278.96
1	550–600	550	263.00	263.00
2	600–650	642	260.00	260.00
3	650–700	683	224.00	224.00
2	700–750	727	230.00	230.00
4	750–800	759	209.00–210.00	209.50
3	800–850	805	203.00	203.00
1	950–1000	955	183.00	183.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	481	315.00	315.00
6	800–850	826	209.00–210.00	209.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	419	301.00–320.00	309.88
12	550–600	573	275.00–285.00	277.72
2	600–650	642	250.00	250.00
5	650–700	650	250.00–269.00	265.20
3	700–750	713	229.00	229.00
4	750–800	774	223.00–236.50	233.18
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	227.00	227.00
1	550–600	595	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	690	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	735	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	280.00–285.00	282.61
1	300–350	325	285.00	285.00
2	350–400	355	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	475	260.00	260.00
3	500–550	538	263.00	263.00
1	600–650	630	220.00	220.00
5	650–700	675	227.00–231.00	230.00
1	750–800	760	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	269.00	269.00
4	300–350	326	278.00–299.00	289.00
11	350–400	374	270.00–294.00	278.49
6	400–450	442	253.00–273.00	265.17
7	450–500	467	246.00–260.00	254.38
15	500–550	534	243.00–253.00	248.76
10	550–600	572	240.00–248.00	243.39
8	600–650	618	224.00–238.00	228.23
5	650–700	672	210.00–221.00	216.66
1	700–750	700	184.00	184.00
2	900–950	947	170.00	170.00
1	950–1000	950	172.00	172.00
4	1000–1050	1,038	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	371	302.00–315.00	307.94
12	400–450	415	279.00–308.00	297.50
9	450–500	482	260.00–284.00	267.78
22	500–550	513	256.00–270.00	263.31
6	550–600	569	259.00–284.00	263.14
3	600–650	603	240.00	240.00
3	650–700	670	241.00	241.00
2	700–750	700	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	267.50	267.50
1	300–350	320	226.00	226.00
3	350–400	372	221.00–257.50	233.98
3	400–450	413	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	460	233.00	233.00
1	500–550	530	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	555	231.00	231.00
4	600–650	621	209.00–220.00	217.17
1	650–700	660	209.00	209.00
1	700–750	745	176.00	176.00
3	750–800	788	178.00	178.00
1	800–850	815	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	812	193.00	193.00
7	850–900	862	199.50	199.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	643	255.50	255.50
54	650–700	692	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	562	240.00	240.00
3	600–650	600	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	312.50	312.50
1	300–350	340	299.00	299.00
2	350–400	387	301.00	301.00
1	400–450	425	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	569	282.00–296.00	291.42
2	700–750	700	240.00	240.00
5	750–800	777	241.00	241.00
3	800–850	818	225.00–236.00	232.23
9	850–900	875	230.00	230.00
3	900–950	907	210.00–223.00	218.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	342.50–352.00	349.60
2	400–450	423	331.00–342.50	336.78
11	450–500	464	290.00–319.00	314.46
18	500–550	537	287.00–312.50	300.48
17	550–600	575	291.00–304.00	298.31
3	600–650	616	262.00–267.00	265.34
3	650–700	677	265.00–266.00	265.67
47	700–750	707	257.00–268.00	267.76
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	267.00	267.00
25	800–850	832	243.50	243.50
54	900–950	907	237.60	237.60
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	265.00	265.00
1	300–350	345	290.00	290.00
2	450–500	478	276.00–280.00	277.97
3	500–550	530	250.00–273.00	257.67
2	600–650	628	235.00–248.00	241.68
1	650–700	675	232.50	232.50
1	800–850	815	211.00	211.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	584	247.00	247.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	115.00–120.00	118.09
1	—	1,525	99.00	99.00
25	—	1,516	122.00–147.00	130.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	92.00–107.00	100.09
21	—	1,278	124.00–149.00	135.21
6	—	1,157	108.00–123.00	116.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	815	87.00–90.00	88.48
2	—	745	98.00–99.00	98.51
7	—	899	103.00–110.00	105.47
6	—	999	115.00–129.00	122.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,662	138.00–149.00	144.11
9	—	1,757	153.00–172.00	159.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	139.00–153.00	146.73
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	164.00	164.00

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