Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady except 400-500 lb heifers 3.00 higher due to some farmer participation in the market. Quality was average through good. Yearling sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.94/cwt on 181 head.

Average price

$139.94

181 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,076

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$12.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.61

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	774	140.43	1,087	174
Medium and Large 2-3	639	127.71	816	7thin

One grade step is worth $12.72/cwt here — about $271 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 sale181 hd

139.94

—

KY average26 barns · 5,398 hd

141.55

−1.61

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	—	High	1,617	85.74	1,386	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,471	66.04	971	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,185	61.66	731	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	998	55.65	555	9thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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%	—	1,154	65.58/cwt	63.00–68.00	757	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	620	1
Bulls	—	—	1,828	97.55/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,783	3
Bulls	—	—	1,643	75.39/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,239	3
Bulls	—	—	1,260	83.56/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,053	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,295	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	11,331	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,448	1,350.72/cwt	1,175.00–1,475.00	19,558	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,040.10/cwt	825.00–1,200.00	13,001	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	803	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	691	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	887	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	501	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	757	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	613	140.51/cwt	140.00–141.00	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	836	142.10/cwt	142.10–142.10	1,188	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	135.21/cwt	133.00–135.60	1,022	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	148.25/cwt	142.00–149.00	857	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,110	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	125.42/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,043	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	131.63/cwt	127.00–139.00	958	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	147.02/cwt	145.00–149.00	716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	146.33/cwt	145.00–147.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	116.50/cwt	115.00–117.00	558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	101.99/cwt	100.00–103.00	770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	820	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	493	138.21/cwt	135.00–141.00	681	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	698	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	745	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	909	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	127.63/cwt	121.00–132.00	670	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	126.05/cwt	121.00–131.00	724	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	126.16/cwt	126.00–127.00	799	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	133.04/cwt	127.00–135.00	620	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	723	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	437	139.69/cwt	136.00–142.00	610	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	139.68/cwt	139.00–140.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	313	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	115.68/cwt	111.00–120.00	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	132.64/cwt	128.00–141.00	700	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	138.97/cwt	136.00–144.00	592	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	143.41/cwt	143.00–144.00	529	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	149.49/cwt	140.00–155.00	466	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	138.07/cwt	133.00–147.00	799	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	96.43/cwt	88.00–113.00	734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	122.67/cwt	119.00–130.00	767	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	143.49/cwt	143.00–144.00	664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	457	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	60.05/cwt	56.00–63.00	720	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	66.04/cwt	64.00–68.00	971	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	45.93/cwt	42.00–50.00	445	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	64.48/cwt	61.00–68.00	632	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	56.01/cwt	52.00–58.00	570	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 (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Tue Jul 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 468Last week 1,117Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 73Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,154	63.00–68.00	65.58
1	—	1,265	49.00	49.00
14	—	1,199	56.00–63.00	60.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,471	64.00–68.00	66.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	42.00–50.00	45.93
2	—	980	61.00–68.00	64.48
5	—	1,017	52.00–58.00	56.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,828	93.00–100.00	97.55
3	—	1,643	72.00–77.00	75.39
2	—	1,260	82.00–85.00	83.56

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,295	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,448	1,175.00–1,475.00	1,350.72
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,250	825.00–1,200.00	1,040.10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	803	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	887	114.00	114.00
1	—	705	125.00	125.00
1	—	655	130.00	130.00
1	—	625	130.00	130.00
1	—	420	146.00	146.00
1	—	295	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	501	151.00	151.00
2	—	613	140.00–141.00	140.51
1	—	670	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	836	142.10	142.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	756	133.00–135.60	135.21
9	—	578	142.00–149.00	148.25
7	—	969	114.50	114.50
7	—	832	124.00–126.00	125.42
5	—	728	127.00–139.00	131.63
4	—	487	145.00–149.00	147.02
4	—	407	151.00	151.00
3	—	540	145.00–147.00	146.33
2	—	672	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	115.00–117.00	116.50
3	—	755	100.00–103.00	101.99
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
1	—	530	108.00	108.00
1	—	400	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	590	139.00	139.00
13	—	493	135.00–141.00	138.21
5	—	521	134.00	134.00
1	—	745	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	525	121.00–132.00	127.63
9	—	574	121.00–131.00	126.05
6	—	633	126.00–127.00	126.16
5	—	466	127.00–135.00	133.04
2	—	437	129.00	129.00
1	—	945	94.00	94.00
1	—	855	103.00	103.00
1	—	675	123.00	123.00
1	—	395	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	723	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	437	136.00–142.00	139.69
3	—	385	139.00–140.00	139.68
2	—	313	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	111.00–120.00	115.68
2	—	587	121.00	121.00
1	—	785	105.00	105.00
1	—	710	89.00	89.00
1	—	510	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	128.00–141.00	132.64
9	—	426	136.00–144.00	138.97
5	—	369	143.00–144.00	143.41
5	—	312	140.00–155.00	149.49
4	—	579	133.00–147.00	138.07
3	—	761	88.00–113.00	96.43
3	—	625	119.00–130.00	122.67
2	—	463	143.00–144.00	143.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	457	153.00	153.00
2	—	410	151.00	151.00
1	—	560	140.00	140.00

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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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle