Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold mostly steady with very good demand. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady; lean cows 5.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.73/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −129.41 against this barn's trailing median of $406.14.

Average price

$276.73

65 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

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

$42.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.19

vs KY average

+9.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	279.37	1,524	61
Medium and Large 2-3	513	236.59	1,214	4thin

One grade step is worth $42.78/cwt here — about $310 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale65 hd

276.73

—

KY average24 barns · 1,067 hd

265.54

+11.19

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

+9.51

This barn, trailing median30 sales

406.14

−129.41

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	1,572	165.79	2,606	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	143.91	2,118	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,236	140.94	1,742	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,000	130.82	1,308	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,142	152.07	1,737	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,269	177.72	2,255	4thin

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)	1,015	$1,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$1,025	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,543	$2,300	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,175	$1,625	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,722	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	316	330.79/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,045	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	795	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,585	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	276.75/cwt	255.00–278.75	1,683	95
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	380	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,273	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	272.17/cwt	272.00–272.50	1,824	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,067	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	282.28/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,454	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	435	302.44/cwt	289.00–308.00	1,316	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	264.00/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,412	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,741	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	485	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,028	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	219.02/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	292.50/cwt	292.00–293.00	1,506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1450–1500	1,460	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	258.72/cwt	243.00–274.00	1,622	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	244.52/cwt	227.00–249.00	1,849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	296.55/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,818	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	268.74/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,537	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	280.91/cwt	271.00–293.00	1,039	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	312.50/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	243.02/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,485	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,980	2,975.00/head	2,975.00–2,975.00	2,975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	218	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	277.28/cwt	263.00–291.00	1,447	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	293.12/cwt	281.00–319.00	1,366	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	440	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,038	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	550	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	430	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	250.20/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,629	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	298.25/cwt	297.50–299.00	1,202	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,120	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,467	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,616	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	147.05/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,825	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,408	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	142.17/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,481	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	763	96.09/cwt	86.00–109.00	733	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	144.90/cwt	139.00–150.00	2,172	13
Bulls	—	—	1,608	163.43/cwt	156.00–166.00	2,628	6
Bulls	—	—	1,010	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,293	1
Bulls	—	—	1,745	191.77/cwt	187.00–196.00	3,346	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,142	152.07/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,737	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	128.23/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,322	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	900–950	905	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	825	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,087	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	700–750	700	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	791	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	950–1000	962	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,741	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	435	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,240	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,269	177.72/cwt	166.00–187.00	2,255	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,401	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	323.51/cwt	305.00–329.00	1,695	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	268.47/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,066	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	967	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,217	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,142	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,015	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	238.62/cwt	220.00–257.50	890	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,175	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	442	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,182	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	271.25/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,085	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	702	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	340	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	707	257.30/cwt	237.00–260.00	1,819	96
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,105	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	293.86/cwt	290.75–296.75	1,986	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	283.08/cwt	279.00–288.00	1,330	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	409	319.97/cwt	311.00–328.00	1,309	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	321.55/cwt	320.00–323.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	236.59/cwt	222.50–250.00	1,214	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	471	325.36/cwt	307.00–336.00	1,532	5

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 Jun 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 646Last week 549Year ago 814

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 133Year ago 183

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 18Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	304.00	304.00
2	500–550	515	292.00–293.00	292.50
1	600–650	640	284.00	284.00
3	650–700	670	272.00–272.50	272.17
1	800–850	805	245.00	245.00
4	1000–1050	1,028	175.00	175.00
2	1050–1100	1,067	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	320.00–323.00	321.55
5	450–500	471	307.00–336.00	325.36
6	500–550	524	305.00–329.00	323.51
3	550–600	575	311.00	311.00
15	600–650	613	295.00–298.00	296.55
156	650–700	676	290.75–296.75	293.86
2	700–750	702	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	825	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	267.50	267.50
1	450–500	455	251.00	251.00
1	500–550	525	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	555	252.50	252.50
1	600–650	615	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	750	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	316	330.00–332.50	330.79
1	350–400	380	335.00	335.00
13	400–450	409	311.00–328.00	319.97
3	450–500	485	309.00	309.00
6	600–650	640	269.00	269.00
2	700–750	705	240.00	240.00
3	750–800	781	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	310.00–315.00	312.50
2	400–450	403	297.50–299.00	298.25
10	450–500	466	281.00–319.00	293.12
10	500–550	522	263.00–291.00	277.28
3	550–600	565	260.00–276.00	268.47
7	600–650	627	243.00–274.00	258.72
5	650–700	651	250.00–251.00	250.20
1	700–750	700	236.00	236.00
5	750–800	756	227.00–249.00	244.52
1	800–850	835	226.00	226.00
1	900–950	915	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	550	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	275.00	275.00
1	350–400	390	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	400	262.50–280.00	271.25
1	650–700	665	250.00	250.00
2	950–1000	967	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	310.00	310.00
12	400–450	435	289.00–308.00	302.44
13	450–500	470	279.00–288.00	283.08
21	500–550	515	276.00–286.00	282.28
30	550–600	563	281.50	281.50
95	600–650	608	255.00–278.75	276.75
96	700–750	707	237.00–260.00	257.30
1	750–800	795	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	305.00	305.00
1	300–350	325	293.00	293.00
4	350–400	370	271.00–293.00	280.91
4	500–550	535	260.00–268.00	264.00
6	550–600	572	265.00–273.00	268.74
7	600–650	611	242.00–245.00	243.02
2	700–750	718	218.00–220.00	219.02
1	850–900	875	199.00	199.00
1	950–1000	955	173.00	173.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	155.00	155.00
1	1450–1500	1,460	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	905	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	962	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	260.00	260.00
2	350–400	373	220.00–257.50	238.62
2	400–450	410	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	485	251.00	251.00
4	500–550	513	222.50–250.00	236.59
1	600–650	600	222.50	222.50
1	700–750	745	200.00	200.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	113.00	113.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,980	2,975.00	2,975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	810	1,025.00	1,025.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	131.00	131.00
13	—	1,499	139.00–150.00	144.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	124.00–125.00	124.50
7	—	1,241	140.00–155.00	147.05
1	—	1,075	131.00	131.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,042	136.00–148.00	142.17
3	—	763	86.00–109.00	96.09
8	—	1,031	124.00–134.00	128.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,608	156.00–166.00	163.43
1	—	1,010	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,745	187.00–196.00	191.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,142	150.00–153.00	152.07
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,269	166.00–187.00	177.72

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

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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

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