Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand on a good through attractive quality offering. Yearlings sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.73/cwt on 861 head.

Average price

$139.73

861 head · 784 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$340

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

$6.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.64

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	787	139.82	1,100	849
Medium and Large 2-3	571	133.25	761	12thin

One grade step is worth $6.57/cwt here — about $340 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 sale861 hd

139.73

—

KY average26 barns · 5,068 hd

139.09

+0.64

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	1,756	88.07	1,546	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,470	61.07	898	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	57.56	736	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	48.59	505	10

Every lot, as filed

85 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	116.95/cwt	115.00–118.00	541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	103.47/cwt	102.00–105.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	667	137.41/cwt	135.50–137.90	917	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	132.24/cwt	130.00–133.00	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	119.00/cwt	114.00–123.00	749	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	129.16/cwt	127.00–132.00	608	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	122.86/cwt	116.00–128.00	640	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	117.86/cwt	113.00–121.00	787	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	126.41/cwt	120.00–128.00	756	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	125.13/cwt	121.00–129.00	480	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	108.38/cwt	108.00–109.00	946	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	115.96/cwt	114.00–119.00	847	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	123.69/cwt	123.00–125.00	529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	104.50/cwt	104.00–105.00	852	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	714	120.82/cwt	119.00–122.00	863	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	896	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	977	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	813	111.31/cwt	110.00–114.00	905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	915	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	750	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	800	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	982	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	384	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	522	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	290	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	400	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	493	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	582	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	275	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	135.50/cwt	134.00–137.00	515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	985	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	867	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	136.41/cwt	135.00–140.00	642	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	134.10/cwt	131.00–139.00	699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	141.64/cwt	141.00–143.00	550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	143.67/cwt	140.00–147.50	486	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	565	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	746	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	51.79/cwt	49.00–53.00	577	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	45.39/cwt	40.00–49.00	438	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	63.09/cwt	60.00–66.00	900	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	56.53/cwt	55.00–60.00	887	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	55.19/cwt	52.00–60.00	685	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	63.79/cwt	63.00–65.00	883	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	574	1
Bulls	—	—	1,648	85.70/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,412	5
Bulls	—	—	2,025	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,904	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	12,513	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,495	947.36/cwt	800.00–1,020.00	14,163	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	995	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	733	146.53/cwt	142.00–147.90	1,074	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	479	157.85/cwt	153.00–162.00	756	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	151.11/cwt	150.00–154.00	763	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	142.16/cwt	141.00–146.00	957	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	145.77/cwt	143.00–147.00	904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	429	154.81/cwt	151.00–159.00	664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	834	141.09/cwt	140.90–141.25	1,177	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	135.70/cwt	130.00–136.40	1,190	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	140.94/cwt	137.00–141.00	1,044	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	137.80/cwt	128.00–139.60	1,115	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	133.52/cwt	120.00–134.00	1,219	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,099	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,126	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	138.78/cwt	136.00–139.00	845	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	143.94/cwt	140.00–148.00	822	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	141.37/cwt	141.00–142.00	683	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,034	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	136.73/cwt	136.00–139.00	938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	148.49/cwt	148.00–150.00	781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,246	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,202	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	883	136.85/cwt	136.85–136.85	1,208	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	116.58/cwt	115.00–118.00	436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	743	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	661	3

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 Aug 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,291Last week 500Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 41Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	115.00–118.00	116.95
2	—	623	102.00–105.00	103.47
1	—	860	92.00	92.00
1	—	595	103.00	103.00
1	—	425	117.00	117.00
1	—	280	122.00	122.00
6	—	535	110.00	110.00
5	—	374	115.00–118.00	116.58
3	—	743	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	667	135.50–137.90	137.41
4	—	530	130.00–133.00	132.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	629	114.00–123.00	119.00
20	—	471	127.00–132.00	129.16
17	—	521	116.00–128.00	122.86
14	—	668	113.00–121.00	117.86
10	—	598	120.00–128.00	126.41
10	—	384	121.00–129.00	125.13
8	—	873	108.00–109.00	108.38
8	—	730	114.00–119.00	115.96
3	—	428	123.00–125.00	123.69
2	—	815	104.00–105.00	104.50
2	—	760	115.00	115.00
1	—	995	98.00	98.00
1	—	315	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	714	119.00–122.00	120.82
8	—	896	109.00	109.00
6	—	813	110.00–114.00	111.31
3	—	915	108.00	108.00
1	—	750	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	800	122.75	122.75
10	—	384	136.00	136.00
1	—	290	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	493	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	134.00–137.00	135.50
1	—	985	88.00	88.00
1	—	520	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	471	135.00–140.00	136.41
4	—	521	131.00–139.00	134.10
3	—	388	141.00–143.00	141.64
2	—	600	130.00	130.00
2	—	338	140.00–147.50	143.67
1	—	860	91.00	91.00
1	—	595	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	558	138.00	138.00
3	—	388	138.00	138.00
1	—	995	104.00	104.00
1	—	765	125.00	125.00
1	—	615	129.00	129.00
1	—	520	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	733	142.00–147.90	146.53
19	—	479	153.00–162.00	157.85
17	—	505	150.00–154.00	151.11
14	—	673	141.00–146.00	142.16
8	—	620	143.00–147.00	145.77
7	—	429	151.00–159.00	154.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	834	140.90–141.25	141.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	877	130.00–136.40	135.70
119	—	741	137.00–141.00	140.94
82	—	809	128.00–139.60	137.80
58	—	913	120.00–134.00	133.52
17	—	1,099	102.50	102.50
14	—	609	136.00–139.00	138.78
9	—	571	140.00–148.00	143.94
8	—	483	141.00–142.00	141.37
4	—	769	134.00–135.00	134.50
4	—	686	136.00–139.00	136.73
4	—	526	148.00–150.00	148.49
3	—	1,246	96.50	96.50
2	—	355	150.00	150.00
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	883	136.85	136.85
1	—	300	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,114	49.00–53.00	51.79
5	—	966	40.00–49.00	45.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,426	60.00–66.00	63.09
4	—	1,569	55.00–60.00	56.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,242	52.00–60.00	55.19
6	—	1,385	63.00–65.00	63.79
1	—	1,125	51.00	51.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,648	80.00–88.00	85.70
2	—	2,025	94.00	94.00

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)	1	—	1,430	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,495	800.00–1,020.00	947.36

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle