Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower with light demand on a good through attractive quality offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with light to moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.45/cwt on 454 head.

Average price

$129.45

454 head · 801 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

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

$2.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.33

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	812	129.55	1,052	433
Medium and Large 2-3	568	127.53	724	21

One grade step is worth $2.02/cwt here — about $327 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 sale454 hd

129.45

—

KY average28 barns · 6,269 hd

133.78

−4.33

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	1,662	83.00	1,379	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	55.68	838	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,233	52.79	651	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,112	47.04	523	18

Every lot, as filed

87 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	—	660	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	572	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	55.07/cwt	53.00–57.00	871	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	59.03/cwt	58.00–60.00	895	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,288	50.50/cwt	50.00–51.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	118.60/cwt	114.00–121.00	629	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	428	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	115.95/cwt	114.00–121.00	657	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	117.41/cwt	115.00–120.00	567	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	114.22/cwt	108.00–118.00	776	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	129.60/cwt	127.00–132.50	295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	106.05/cwt	100.00–112.00	618	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	107.51/cwt	105.00–111.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	104.48/cwt	104.00–105.00	549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	891	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	110.63/cwt	108.00–118.00	678	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	109.44/cwt	106.00–110.00	788	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	253	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	316	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	643	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	58.44/cwt	58.00–59.00	753	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	46.73/cwt	43.00–49.00	581	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	54.08/cwt	52.00–57.00	658	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	56.48/cwt	55.00–58.00	646	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	48.50/cwt	47.00–51.00	559	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	44.27/cwt	40.00–49.00	479	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	133.49/cwt	124.00–140.00	565	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	117.34/cwt	115.00–120.00	719	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	686	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	117.75/cwt	114.00–122.00	619	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	112.48/cwt	111.00–116.00	647	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	784	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	128.79/cwt	121.00–133.00	721	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	132.51/cwt	132.00–135.00	611	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	120.56/cwt	118.00–123.00	506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	590	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	627	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	741	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	913	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	782	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,095	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	983	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	408	144.56/cwt	141.00–148.00	590	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	485	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	694	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	347	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	523	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	732	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	785	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,044	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	927	126.95/cwt	126.95–126.95	1,177	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	895	127.05/cwt	125.85–128.00	1,137	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	818	107.33/cwt	107.00–108.00	878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	863	109.02/cwt	106.00–113.00	941	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	610	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	722	118.09/cwt	117.50–119.00	853	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	683	126.58/cwt	120.00–128.00	865	184
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	289	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	143.61/cwt	135.00–152.00	531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	127.37/cwt	123.00–133.00	669	4
Bulls	—	—	1,753	87.98/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,542	3
Bulls	—	—	1,607	80.01/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,286	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	8,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,060	537.21/cwt	525.00–550.00	5,694	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	690	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	504	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	282	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	189	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	740	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	592	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	427	61.36/cwt	60.00–62.00	262	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	156.97/cwt	155.00–159.00	592	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,337	953.12/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	12,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	447	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	132.90/cwt	129.00–139.00	851	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,125	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	627	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	129.37/cwt	124.00–133.00	748	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	546	128.25/cwt	127.50–130.00	700	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	130.38/cwt	127.00–133.00	888	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	135.81/cwt	133.00–139.00	717	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	123.54/cwt	120.00–125.50	1,004	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	136.36/cwt	135.00–139.00	593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	138.32/cwt	137.00–139.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	500	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 (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Tue Sep 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 971Last week 1,037Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 117Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 22Year 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
1	—	660	95.00	95.00
1	—	615	93.00	93.00
1	—	405	109.00	109.00
1	—	330	105.00	105.00
5	—	583	100.00–112.00	106.05
4	—	476	105.00–111.00	107.51
2	—	525	104.00–105.00	104.48
1	—	765	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	114.00–121.00	118.60
4	—	357	120.00	120.00
3	—	918	98.00	98.00
29	—	567	114.00–121.00	115.95
21	—	483	115.00–120.00	117.41
15	—	679	108.00–118.00	114.22
2	—	228	127.00–132.50	129.60
11	—	865	103.00	103.00
9	—	613	108.00–118.00	110.63
7	—	720	106.00–110.00	109.44
3	—	253	125.00	125.00
2	—	317	123.00	123.00
2	—	420	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	741	123.25	123.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	818	107.00–108.00	107.33
4	—	863	106.00–113.00	109.02
6	—	610	124.00	124.00
21	—	722	117.50–119.00	118.09
184	—	683	120.00–128.00	126.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	423	124.00–140.00	133.49
15	—	613	115.00–120.00	117.34
4	—	740	106.00	106.00
5	—	560	121.00–133.00	128.79
6	—	461	132.00–135.00	132.51
1	—	210	137.50	137.50
1	—	260	135.00	135.00
2	—	370	135.00–152.00	143.61
4	—	525	123.00–133.00	127.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	126.00	126.00
3	—	686	106.00	106.00
5	—	526	114.00–122.00	117.75
6	—	575	111.00–116.00	112.48
2	—	420	118.00–123.00	120.56
2	—	490	120.00–121.00	120.49
2	—	627	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	141.00–148.00	144.56
7	—	485	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	782	140.00	140.00
20	—	719	136.75	136.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	347	160.00	160.00
19	—	523	140.00	140.00
28	—	785	133.00	133.00
66	—	927	126.95	126.95
144	—	895	125.85–128.00	127.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	127.00	127.00
1	—	745	113.00	113.00
2	—	627	125.00	125.00
7	—	578	124.00–133.00	129.37
10	—	546	127.50–130.00	128.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	721	125.00	125.00
3	—	788	127.00	127.00
4	—	377	155.00–159.00	156.97
1	—	300	149.00	149.00
30	—	640	129.00–139.00	132.90
54	—	900	125.00	125.00
10	—	681	127.00–133.00	130.38
11	—	528	133.00–139.00	135.81
23	—	813	120.00–125.50	123.54
3	—	435	135.00–139.00	136.36
3	—	453	137.00–139.00	138.32
3	—	575	136.00	136.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	73.00	73.00
2	—	282	67.00	67.00
2	—	740	80.00	80.00
3	—	427	60.00–62.00	61.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,582	53.00–57.00	55.07
4	—	1,516	58.00–60.00	59.03
2	—	1,288	50.00–51.00	50.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	58.00–59.00	58.44
4	—	1,244	43.00–49.00	46.73
10	—	1,217	52.00–57.00	54.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	55.00–58.00	56.48
6	—	1,153	47.00–51.00	48.50
10	—	1,081	40.00–49.00	44.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,753	85.00–91.00	87.98
5	—	1,607	76.00–81.00	80.01

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,060	525.00–550.00	537.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,337	900.00–1,100.00	953.12

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