Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 lbs sold steady to weak with moderate demand over 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher with good demand. Heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 lower with decline on fleshy bawling calves. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.03/cwt on 647 head.

Average price

$135.03

647 head · 770 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,040

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$520

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

$29.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.07

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	772	135.20	1,044	641
Large 1-2	460	121.00	557	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	515	117.58	606	3thin
Small and Medium 1-2	495	106.00	525	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.20/cwt here — about $520 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 sale647 hd

135.03

—

KY average27 barns · 8,251 hd

134.96

+0.07

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	1,784	82.05	1,464	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	58.84	868	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	55.33	694	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,023	46.32	474	26

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	53.15/cwt	50.00–56.00	638	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,339	55.22/cwt	53.00–56.00	739	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	59.83/cwt	57.00–64.00	905	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	36.98/cwt	33.00–39.00	338	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	53.32/cwt	52.00–55.00	562	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	47.68/cwt	42.00–51.00	509	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	109.20/cwt	104.00–113.00	416	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	115.96/cwt	106.00–119.00	771	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	103.40/cwt	101.00–105.00	626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	110.65/cwt	107.00–115.00	366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	918	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	104.56/cwt	98.00–108.00	902	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	96.69/cwt	96.00–98.00	691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	215	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	478	103.42/cwt	101.00–104.00	494	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	580	96.16/cwt	93.00–103.00	558	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	545	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	572	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	335	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	364	116.17/cwt	101.00–120.00	423	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	416	113.47/cwt	107.00–116.00	472	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	101.49/cwt	99.00–103.00	680	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	100.00/cwt	99.00–101.00	623	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	111.51/cwt	110.00–113.00	544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	108.97/cwt	104.00–112.00	634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	110.51/cwt	110.00–111.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	339	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	123.31/cwt	118.00–133.00	583	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	129.34/cwt	121.00–131.00	501	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	119.69/cwt	118.00–123.00	639	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	132.63/cwt	127.50–134.00	432	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	114.83/cwt	109.00–116.00	754	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	111.46/cwt	108.00–114.00	687	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	123.04/cwt	120.00–131.00	528	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	113.84/cwt	108.00–116.00	823	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	438	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	537	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	703	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	422	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	115.65/cwt	113.00–119.00	487	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	113.52/cwt	105.00–117.00	598	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	114.39/cwt	112.00–119.00	644	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	116.05/cwt	112.00–120.00	555	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	790	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	101.47/cwt	100.00–103.00	373	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	90.90/cwt	87.00–95.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	95.58/cwt	87.00–105.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	666	101.57/cwt	95.00–105.00	676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	326	99.28/cwt	91.00–106.00	324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	99.82/cwt	96.00–103.00	519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	104.36/cwt	103.00–107.00	495	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	265	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	345	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	655	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	871	139.95/cwt	139.95–139.95	1,219	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	915	132.20/cwt	132.20–132.20	1,210	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	137.34/cwt	136.00–138.00	600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,024	99.44/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,018	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	125.27/cwt	121.00–128.00	777	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	59.33/cwt	56.00–63.00	793	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	42.13/cwt	38.00–46.00	461	2
Bulls	—	—	1,904	87.70/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,670	7
Bulls	—	—	1,620	75.17/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,218	4
Bulls	—	—	1,600	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,120	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,005	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	4,774	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,243	649.75/cwt	625.00–675.00	8,076	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,045	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	5,643	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	750.82/cwt	725.00–775.00	10,249	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	13,845	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	662	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	490	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	—	535	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	465	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	495	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	113.87/cwt	108.00–120.00	652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	140.24/cwt	139.00–141.00	961	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	790	142.19/cwt	140.00–144.10	1,123	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	816	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	129.70/cwt	120.00–131.75	1,056	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	1,162	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	135.76/cwt	129.50–143.00	721	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	128.96/cwt	121.00–133.50	860	14

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 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,142Last week 923Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 56Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 9Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,201	50.00–56.00	53.15
23	—	1,337	56.00–63.00	59.33
2	—	1,095	38.00–46.00	42.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,339	53.00–56.00	55.22
22	—	1,512	57.00–64.00	59.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	915	33.00–39.00	36.98
7	—	1,054	52.00–55.00	53.32
12	—	1,068	42.00–51.00	47.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,904	84.00–90.00	87.70
4	—	1,620	74.00–77.00	75.17
1	—	1,600	70.00	70.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	381	104.00–113.00	109.20
8	—	665	106.00–119.00	115.96
5	—	605	101.00–105.00	103.40
5	—	331	107.00–115.00	110.65
3	—	1,040	91.00	91.00
3	—	977	94.00	94.00
3	—	863	98.00–108.00	104.56
3	—	715	96.00–98.00	96.69
1	—	290	108.00	108.00
1	—	200	107.50	107.50
21	—	421	113.00–119.00	115.65
21	—	527	105.00–117.00	113.52
22	—	563	112.00–119.00	114.39
36	—	478	112.00–120.00	116.05
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	100.00	100.00
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	566	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	97.00	97.00
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
1	—	765	89.00	89.00
2	—	368	100.00–103.00	101.47
2	—	615	87.00–95.00	90.90
3	—	577	87.00–105.00	95.58
3	—	666	95.00–105.00	101.57
4	—	326	91.00–106.00	99.28
6	—	520	96.00–103.00	99.82
8	—	474	103.00–107.00	104.36
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	478	101.00–104.00	103.42
3	—	580	93.00–103.00	96.16
1	—	545	105.00	105.00
1	—	335	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	364	101.00–120.00	116.17
5	—	416	107.00–116.00	113.47
4	—	670	99.00–103.00	101.49
4	—	623	99.00–101.00	100.00
4	—	488	110.00–113.00	111.51
3	—	582	104.00–112.00	108.97
2	—	533	110.00–111.00	110.51
1	—	280	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	473	118.00–133.00	123.31
19	—	387	121.00–131.00	129.34
14	—	534	118.00–123.00	119.69
7	—	326	127.50–134.00	132.63
6	—	657	109.00–116.00	114.83
6	—	616	108.00–114.00	111.46
6	—	429	120.00–131.00	123.04
5	—	723	108.00–116.00	113.84
1	—	755	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	131.00	131.00
2	—	537	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	110.00	110.00
2	—	422	113.00	113.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	130.00	130.00
1	—	655	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	871	139.95	139.95
56	—	915	132.20	132.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	437	136.00–138.00	137.34
9	—	1,024	99.00–100.00	99.44
14	—	620	121.00–128.00	125.27
100	—	814	120.00–131.75	129.70
60	—	935	124.25	124.25
40	—	531	129.50–143.00	135.76
14	—	667	121.00–133.50	128.96
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	108.00–120.00	113.87
1	—	400	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	685	139.00–141.00	140.24
119	—	790	140.00–144.10	142.19
13	—	600	136.00	136.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	662	74.00	74.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	87.00	87.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	475.00	475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,243	625.00–675.00	649.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	540.00	540.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,365	725.00–775.00	750.82
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,420	975.00	975.00

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