Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher; some weaned/fancy packages sharply higher with good demand. Yearling steers good demand in a limited comparison. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand for weaned packages. Yearling heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls lightly tested. Much needed substantial rainfall across the state over the weekend created some drought relief.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $281.19/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −177.50 against this barn's trailing median of $458.69.

Average price

$281.19

102 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$349

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

$42.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.72

vs KY average

−5.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	571	284.90	1,627	93
Medium and Large 2-3	526	242.84	1,278	9thin

One grade step is worth $42.07/cwt here — about $349 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

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.01, low $410.51, median $458.69 across 28 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 sale102 hd

281.19

—

KY average24 barns · 973 hd

264.47

+16.72

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−5.63

This barn, trailing median28 sales

458.69

−177.50

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	1,640	147.16	2,413	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,495	127.29	1,903	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,232	122.02	1,504	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	989	106.27	1,051	24

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)	982	$1,912	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,683	24
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	932	$1,500	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$1,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,531	$2,024	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,145	$1,950	2thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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 1-2Value Added	400–450	428	281.23/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,204	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,405	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	242	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	575	2
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	750	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	842	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	473	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,168	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	566	216.95/cwt	201.00–226.00	1,228	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	180.72/cwt	172.50–190.00	1,148	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	905	7
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	400	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	236.02/cwt	234.00–237.00	1,447	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	219.52/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,043	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	445	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	890	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	465	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	351	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	426	224.51/cwt	214.00–228.00	956	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	195.53/cwt	191.00–214.00	1,377	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	410	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	972	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,164	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	264	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	759	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	244.55/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,022	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,301	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	370	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,173	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	845	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	326	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	962	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,645	86
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	600	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	244.44/cwt	238.00–251.00	1,271	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	479	238.23/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	339	324.17/cwt	323.00–332.50	1,099	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	277.13/cwt	274.00–277.50	1,266	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	238.55/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,591	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	896	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	2,108	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	469	309.49/cwt	297.00–310.50	1,452	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	796	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,034	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	771	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	485	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,305	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	361	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,155	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	231	264.07/cwt	230.00–275.00	610	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	221.25/cwt	220.00–225.00	752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	863	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,411	130.62/cwt	126.00–140.00	1,843	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	100.77/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,025	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	117.72/cwt	113.00–124.00	1,254	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	119.59/cwt	116.00–124.00	1,391	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	113.66/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,333	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	107.26/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,060	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	784	85.90/cwt	82.50–90.00	673	4
Bulls	—	—	1,440	139.81/cwt	128.00–149.00	2,013	2
Bulls	—	—	1,840	154.51/cwt	151.00–158.00	2,843	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	130.87/cwt	126.00–137.00	1,988	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	120.63/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,750	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	932	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	1,823.31/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,823	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	932	1,541.83/head	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,542	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,668	2,422.15/head	2,235.00–2,600.00	2,422	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,399	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	127.34/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,602	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,428	1,863.09/head	1,825.00–1,900.00	1,863	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	1,911.70/head	1,810.00–2,375.00	1,912	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,465	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,145	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,127	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	216.46/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,331	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	200–250	240	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	492	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	355	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	710	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	690	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	268	231.21/cwt	230.00–232.50	620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	236.89/cwt	233.00–242.50	1,128	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	443	283.35/cwt	251.00–285.50	1,255	104
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	442	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,017	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	531	224.91/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,194	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	337	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,438	80
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	185.48/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,443	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	312	200.87/cwt	200.00–202.50	627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	988	145.03/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	260	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	263.09/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,008	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,015	6
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	568	224.93/cwt	221.00–229.00	1,278	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	535	199.91/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,070	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	241.95/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,379	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	460	206.22/cwt	205.00–207.50	949	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	405	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	233.74/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,176	7
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	610	189.98/cwt	187.00–193.00	1,159	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 Sep 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 864Last week 830Year ago 766

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 194Year ago 221

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 24Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	339	323.00–332.50	324.17
7	350–400	370	317.00	317.00
2	400–450	428	280.00–282.50	281.23
93	450–500	469	297.00–310.50	309.49
86	550–600	575	286.00	286.00
4	600–650	610	266.00	266.00
62	750–800	796	255.50	255.50
56	850–900	896	235.25	235.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	278	303.00	303.00
1	300–350	310	299.00	299.00
10	450–500	457	274.00–277.50	277.13
5	500–550	509	276.00	276.00
2	550–600	555	260.00	260.00
3	600–650	613	234.00–237.00	236.02
9	650–700	667	235.00–239.00	238.55
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	600	231.00	231.00
1	750–800	750	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	270.00	270.00
5	450–500	479	236.00–243.00	238.23
8	500–550	520	238.00–251.00	244.44
1	550–600	575	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	730	214.00	214.00
3	750–800	771	224.00	224.00
1	800–850	845	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	242	237.50	237.50
2	250–300	268	230.00–232.50	231.21
2	300–350	337	230.00	230.00
4	350–400	351	238.00	238.00
4	400–450	426	214.00–228.00	224.51
2	450–500	475	219.00–220.00	219.52
1	500–550	535	225.00	225.00
4	550–600	566	201.00–226.00	216.95
5	600–650	635	172.50–190.00	180.72
1	800–850	800	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	264	287.50	287.50
7	350–400	355	255.00	255.00
7	400–450	418	241.00–248.00	244.55
9	450–500	476	233.00–242.50	236.89
1	500–550	510	232.50	232.50
2	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	605	215.00	215.00
2	650–700	652	223.00	223.00
12	700–750	704	191.00–214.00	195.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	326	295.00	295.00
104	400–450	443	251.00–285.50	283.35
4	450–500	473	247.00	247.00
80	550–600	551	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	445	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	465	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	237.00	237.00
1	500–550	515	226.00	226.00
1	650–700	690	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	231	230.00–275.00	264.07
1	250–300	260	250.00	250.00
4	300–350	340	220.00–225.00	221.25
1	350–400	375	230.00	230.00
3	400–450	442	230.00	230.00
7	500–550	531	220.00–231.00	224.91
1	550–600	555	216.00	216.00
2	950–1000	988	141.00–149.00	145.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	361	320.00	320.00
5	450–500	485	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	250.00	250.00
6	300–350	344	295.00	295.00
3	350–400	383	260.00–269.00	263.09
1	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	460	245.00	245.00
7	500–550	503	232.00–238.00	233.74
5	550–600	570	239.00–244.00	241.95
4	600–650	615	215.00–218.00	216.46
1	650–700	650	203.00	203.00
1	700–750	700	205.00	205.00
6	750–800	778	180.00–190.00	185.48
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	205.00	205.00
3	300–350	312	200.00–202.50	200.87
1	400–450	405	200.00	200.00
2	450–500	460	205.00–207.50	206.22
2	500–550	535	190.00–210.00	199.91
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	568	221.00–229.00	224.93
2	600–650	610	187.00–193.00	189.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,411	126.00–140.00	130.62
18	—	1,163	116.00–124.00	119.59
3	—	1,173	111.00–115.00	113.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,017	98.00–103.00	100.77
9	—	1,065	113.00–124.00	117.72
6	—	988	104.00–111.00	107.26
4	—	784	82.50–90.00	85.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,519	126.00–137.00	130.87
7	—	1,451	118.00–123.00	120.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	128.00–149.00	139.81
2	—	1,840	151.00–158.00	154.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	932	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	932	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,541.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,108	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,823.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	982	1,810.00–2,375.00	1,911.70
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,668	2,235.00–2,600.00	2,422.15
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,428	1,825.00–1,900.00	1,863.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,145	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,465	1,550.00	1,550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	126.00	126.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,258	123.00–129.00	127.34
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	1,650.00	1,650.00

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

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Steers · 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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