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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 2
● Final113 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
← Oct 26Nov 2latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
639 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 778▼ 351 vs year ago 990 · −35.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
134 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 86▼ 89 vs year ago 223 · −39.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 12▼ 56 vs year ago 60 · −93.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was mixed with an average quality offering. Feeder steers 400-700 lbs were unevenly steady bouncing from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher across the weight classes with a good supply and spotty demand. Feeder heifers 300 lbs and under appeared higher with a lite test, while the 350-500 lbs heifers were mostly steady and the 500-600 lbs heifers were sharply higher with a good supply and good demand for quality cattle. Large discounts were was seen and noted on plainer quality, off colored, or heavy conditioned calves. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 lower with a good supply and moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $351.60/cwt on 76 head, up $19.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 33 comparable sales and sits −46.73 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$351.60
▲ 19.12 vs prior sale
76 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$540
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$102.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.71
vs KY average
−27.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539355.301,91672
Medium and Large 2568295.981,6813thin
Medium and Large 2-3545252.501,3761thin
One grade step is worth $102.80/cwt here — about $540 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale76 hd
351.60
—
KY average21 barns · 1,121 hd
340.90
+10.71
National average189 barns · 22,668 hd
379.00
−27.40
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−46.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
460409358308median 398.3403/0204/2707/0608/3111/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.63, low $321.52, median $398.34 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Average1,630168.292,74322
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,584128.252,03127
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,261126.011,58910
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,067102.541,09425
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,310208.912,7373thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,331$2,3914thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,190$2,4251thin

Every lot

113 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384454.22/cwt447.00–470.001,7445
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395235.00/cwt235.00–235.009281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416470.30/cwt450.00–477.501,95610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2442407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,7992
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474461.19/cwt450.00–470.002,1864
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,0912
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525365.00/cwt361.00–369.001,9162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528384.84/cwt375.00–400.002,0323
Steers500–550Large 1535305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566331.43/cwt325.00–344.001,8763
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571372.02/cwt360.00–377.502,12412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,2817
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611372.75/cwt370.00–379.002,27812
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623351.69/cwt340.00–365.002,19110
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679342.69/cwt333.00–361.002,32718
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7401
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728343.20/cwt326.00–356.002,4987
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2747315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3532
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2041
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765321.37/cwt315.00–327.502,4582
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826316.23/cwt305.00–321.002,6127
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,6351
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2952296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,8182
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,9851
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2150575.00/cwt575.00–575.008631
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2165415.00/cwt415.00–415.006851
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200430.00/cwt430.00–430.008601
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2252475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1972
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280275.00/cwt275.00–275.007701
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2282419.36/cwt400.00–437.501,1837
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2308442.40/cwt430.00–455.001,3632
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328392.02/cwt380.00–405.001,2862
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3345275.00/cwt275.00–275.009491
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy361440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5884
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,4341
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373412.11/cwt392.50–425.001,53711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy433392.89/cwt385.00–400.001,70114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433368.57/cwt360.00–380.001,5969
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5351
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy454386.73/cwt381.00–392.501,7564
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471364.49/cwt357.00–372.501,7178
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473322.59/cwt320.00–325.001,5262
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523371.48/cwt364.00–380.001,9439
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532354.43/cwt345.00–361.001,88642
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3545252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3761
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560341.64/cwt325.00–349.001,9137
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561367.97/cwt357.00–376.002,06412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy563272.47/cwt265.00–280.001,5342
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568295.98/cwt285.00–302.501,6813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613261.17/cwt260.00–262.501,6013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627295.21/cwt287.50–315.001,85115
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy655245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6051
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open671352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,3623
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678288.32/cwt279.00–313.001,9557
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2687265.89/cwt252.50–271.001,8274
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open706323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,2804
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720292.40/cwt285.00–300.002,1052
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,9661
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1004
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826284.47/cwt282.00–287.002,3504
Heifers850–900Large 1860222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,9141
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0571
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,015259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,6291
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2195435.00/cwt435.00–435.008481
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2216488.67/cwt475.00–495.001,0564
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2276485.13/cwt472.50–497.501,33911
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3571
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2308472.20/cwt460.00–485.001,4542
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2324427.30/cwt417.50–445.001,3847
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3335365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2231
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3364341.34/cwt315.00–350.001,2424
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380482.92/cwt475.00–495.001,8354
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2381392.93/cwt377.50–400.001,4974
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2386450.04/cwt440.00–465.001,7377
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9602
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428438.40/cwt430.00–457.501,8767
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435390.11/cwt380.00–400.001,6975
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2471432.07/cwt417.50–439.002,03516
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475397.50/cwt395.00–400.001,8882
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2511361.15/cwt350.00–372.501,84510
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519339.52/cwt335.00–340.001,76210
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3520240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2481
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy521387.95/cwt385.00–400.002,0219
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2564361.51/cwt350.00–368.002,0399
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2613338.79/cwt317.50–345.002,07713
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7781
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670313.18/cwt307.50–320.002,0985
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725301.32/cwt293.00–310.002,1852
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,1061
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2920190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7481
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,0401
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers1350–1400Large 31,380158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,1801
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,310208.91/cwt190.00–232.502,7373
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,412154.56/cwt150.00–159.002,1825
Bulls——1,682171.16/cwt163.00–183.002,87916
Bulls——1,880191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,5911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01067.27/cwt55.00–72.506793
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03294.23/cwt90.00–100.009729
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105116.44/cwt105.00–127.001,28713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257125.33/cwt116.00–129.001,5758
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,9221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3551
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,2282
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,586127.95/cwt121.00–136.002,02923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,655110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,8212
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,540186.62/cwt185.00–188.002,8742
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2282,687.78/head2,675.00–2,700.002,6882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,4332,093.76/head2,000.00–2,175.002,0942
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025198.38/cwt177.50–240.002,0334
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,146145.01/cwt125.00–210.001,66210

This sale against other markets

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.