Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to Holiday last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.21/cwt on 488 head.

Average price

$140.21

488 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,068

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$30.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.93

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	765	140.99	1,078	472
Medium and Large 2-3	608	124.00	754	7thin
Small and Medium 1-2	565	117.00	661	2thin
Large 1-2	758	110.57	838	7thin

One grade step is worth $30.42/cwt here — about $240 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 sale488 hd

140.21

—

KY average15 barns · 2,763 hd

138.28

+1.93

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	1,468	88.30	1,296	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	62.90	764	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,370	61.59	844	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,064	50.91	542	8thin

Every lot, as filed

89 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	59.00/cwt	55.00–61.00	684	8
Bulls	—	—	1,250	86.05/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,076	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	355	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	114.18/cwt	112.00–119.00	665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	122.16/cwt	119.00–126.00	627	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	102.79/cwt	101.00–103.00	725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	124.36/cwt	120.00–128.00	598	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	111.58/cwt	103.00–118.00	700	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	720	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	126.29/cwt	120.00–131.00	539	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	641	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	766	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	127.38/cwt	125.00–129.00	684	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	122.77/cwt	122.00–125.00	712	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	761	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	976	64
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	121.96/cwt	120.00–125.00	748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	132.07/cwt	130.00–134.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Fleshy	—	805	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	147.53/cwt	145.00–148.50	988	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	156.99/cwt	151.00–160.00	922	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	483	154.23/cwt	152.00–156.00	745	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	154.72/cwt	151.00–156.00	781	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,005	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	436	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	678	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	139.01/cwt	136.00–142.00	838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	839	140.87/cwt	139.85–141.90	1,182	122
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	878.81/cwt	775.00–1,050.00	10,678	4
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	620	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	707	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	756	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	907	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	281	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	817	1
Steers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	760	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	745	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	129.01/cwt	128.00–130.00	529	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	138.30/cwt	137.00–142.00	716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	665	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	123.45/cwt	118.00–129.00	816	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	130.12/cwt	124.00–134.50	755	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	118.44/cwt	107.00–126.00	756	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	230	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	517	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	661	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	460	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	529	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	540	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	632	99.33/cwt	98.00–100.00	628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	668	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	655	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,258	59.31/cwt	57.00–60.00	746	7
Bulls	—	—	1,098	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	813	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	46.29/cwt	43.00–48.00	484	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	742	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	523	1
Bulls	—	—	1,703	94.92/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,616	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	65.46/cwt	62.00–70.00	816	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	736	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	64.66/cwt	62.00–68.00	947	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	55.92/cwt	55.00–57.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	133.61/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,178	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	138.61/cwt	120.00–139.25	1,145	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	979	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	138.40/cwt	129.00–140.00	861	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	142.86/cwt	135.00–149.00	807	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	147.38/cwt	138.00–150.00	699	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	129.68/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,009	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	133.95/cwt	128.00–139.00	885	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	603	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	140.04/cwt	135.00–143.00	739	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,101	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	809	109.74/cwt	109.00–110.00	888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	740	117.52/cwt	115.00–120.00	870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	540	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	802	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,179	63
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	323	106.89/cwt	105.00–109.00	345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	108.99/cwt	101.00–110.00	614	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	117.23/cwt	116.00–117.50	567	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	651	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	95.63/cwt	94.00–99.00	602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	106.09/cwt	102.00–110.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	468	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 (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Tue Jul 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 824Last week 1,001Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 64Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 16Year ago 0

No trends due to Holiday last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,159	55.00–61.00	59.00
1	—	1,090	48.00	48.00
18	—	1,246	62.00–70.00	65.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,258	57.00–60.00	59.31
1	—	1,400	53.00	53.00
8	—	1,464	62.00–68.00	64.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,046	43.00–48.00	46.29
1	—	1,150	64.00	64.00
2	—	1,065	55.00–57.00	55.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	84.00–88.00	86.05
2	—	1,098	74.00	74.00
5	—	1,703	89.00–99.00	94.92

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	125.00	125.00
1	—	895	98.00	98.00
3	—	323	110.00	110.00
3	—	772	100.00	100.00
4	—	582	112.00–119.00	114.18
5	—	513	119.00–126.00	122.16
10	—	705	101.00–103.00	102.79
12	—	481	120.00–128.00	124.36
12	—	627	103.00–118.00	111.58
14	—	686	105.00	105.00
29	—	427	120.00–131.00	126.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	641	119.50	119.50
12	—	537	125.00–129.00	127.38
34	—	580	122.00–125.00	122.77
64	—	761	128.25	128.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
3	—	632	98.00–100.00	99.33
3	—	668	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	105.00–109.00	106.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	563	101.00–110.00	108.99
9	—	484	116.00–117.50	117.23
3	—	651	90.00	90.00
3	—	630	94.00–99.00	95.63
2	—	528	102.00–110.00	106.09
1	—	745	91.00	91.00
1	—	400	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	120.00–125.00	121.96
2	—	570	130.00–134.00	132.07
1	—	475	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	670	145.00–148.50	147.53
18	—	587	151.00–160.00	156.99
9	—	483	152.00–156.00	154.23
8	—	505	151.00–156.00	154.72
6	—	723	139.00	139.00
4	—	436	155.50	155.50
2	—	603	136.00–142.00	139.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	839	139.85–141.90	140.87
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	114.00	114.00
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	756	120.00	120.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	760	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	882	120.00–135.00	133.61
63	—	826	120.00–139.25	138.61
22	—	725	135.00	135.00
19	—	622	129.00–140.00	138.40
11	—	565	135.00–149.00	142.86
11	—	474	138.00–150.00	147.38
7	—	778	125.00–136.00	129.68
5	—	661	128.00–139.00	133.95
4	—	431	140.00	140.00
3	—	528	135.00–143.00	140.04
2	—	910	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	809	109.00–110.00	109.74
2	—	740	115.00–120.00	117.52
1	—	540	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	802	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	127.50	127.50
1	—	345	120.00	120.00
1	—	350	122.00	122.00
1	—	710	122.00	122.00
1	—	1,075	76.00	76.00
4	—	410	128.00–130.00	129.01
4	—	518	137.00–142.00	138.30
5	—	489	136.00	136.00
5	—	661	118.00–129.00	123.45
7	—	580	124.00–134.50	130.12
8	—	638	107.00–126.00	118.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	115.00	115.00
1	—	300	130.00	130.00
1	—	395	131.00	131.00
1	—	405	118.00	118.00
1	—	490	133.00	133.00
1	—	590	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	115.00	115.00
2	—	540	116.00	116.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,215	775.00–1,050.00	878.81

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

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle