Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers limited comparison with last week's light test; however market more active this week for 400-500 lb steers. Quality was average through good. 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 $143.18/cwt on 1,114 head.

Average price

$143.18

1,114 head · 738 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$17

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

$20.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.86

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	740	143.88	1,065	1,072
Medium and Large 2-3	529	126.85	671	23
Large 1-2	878	123.32	1,082	19thin

One grade step is worth $20.56/cwt here — about −$17 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 sale1,114 hd

143.18

—

KY average20 barns · 4,890 hd

139.32

+3.86

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	—	Low	1,759	75.74	1,332	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,479	53.23	787	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	47.56	605	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,092	41.06	448	20

Every lot, as filed

103 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	140.91/cwt	139.00–142.00	661	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	138.99/cwt	134.00–143.00	795	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	132.02/cwt	130.00–135.00	871	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	726	141.48/cwt	139.00–144.25	1,027	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	142.92/cwt	132.00–149.50	899	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	536	131.94/cwt	118.00–137.90	707	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	792	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	130.07/cwt	117.00–133.50	869	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	452	128.47/cwt	121.00–129.00	581	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	119.39/cwt	116.00–121.50	690	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	116.05/cwt	110.00–121.00	557	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	105.79/cwt	100.00–108.00	754	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	114.70/cwt	110.00–116.00	654	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	117.56/cwt	116.00–118.00	494	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	844	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	105.61/cwt	105.00–106.00	714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	109.43/cwt	107.00–112.00	685	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	147.53/cwt	145.00–148.00	462	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	143.79/cwt	142.00–145.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	96.01/cwt	90.00–99.00	915	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	96.50/cwt	96.00–97.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	618	120.52/cwt	115.00–126.50	745	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	713	115.02/cwt	108.00–116.50	820	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	861	111.65/cwt	102.00–119.00	961	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	825	103.77/cwt	101.00–110.00	856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	683	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	795	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	123.54/cwt	123.00–130.00	420	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	367	132.95/cwt	123.00–135.00	488	13
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	272	103.83/cwt	100.00–112.50	282	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	111.96/cwt	108.00–116.00	583	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	125.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	113.23/cwt	107.00–122.50	759	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	127.01/cwt	120.00–129.00	622	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	131.52/cwt	125.00–133.00	740	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	149.17/cwt	144.00–155.00	491	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	93.81/cwt	93.00–97.00	763	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	113.97/cwt	110.00–116.00	813	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	557	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	607	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	39.29/cwt	35.00–44.00	430	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	44.36/cwt	43.00–46.00	481	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	51.39/cwt	50.00–53.00	724	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	55.69/cwt	54.00–59.00	877	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	49.57/cwt	46.00–53.00	631	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	43.87/cwt	38.00–46.00	552	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	717	3
Bulls	—	—	2,085	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,334	1
Bulls	—	—	1,850	82.48/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,526	2
Bulls	—	—	1,505	74.88/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,127	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,047	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,204	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	763	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	984	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	923	146.54/cwt	146.00–146.90	1,353	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	961	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,403	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	383	166.66/cwt	162.00–167.00	638	14
Steers	Large 1-2	—	928	123.31/cwt	121.00–123.50	1,144	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	878	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,054	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	715	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	505	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	537	102.66/cwt	100.00–105.00	551	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	627	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	133.71/cwt	127.00–135.00	969	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	132.24/cwt	125.00–138.00	830	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	984	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,299	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	133.02/cwt	122.00–136.00	1,022	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	909	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,270	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	137.38/cwt	135.00–137.80	1,184	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	142.00/cwt	134.00–142.90	1,153	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	432	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	769	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,023	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	152.07/cwt	146.50–156.00	707	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	153.12/cwt	147.00–156.00	813	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	155.76/cwt	145.00–156.60	894	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	148.38/cwt	135.00–149.75	999	161
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	407	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	129.37/cwt	125.00–133.00	595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	123.88/cwt	115.00–131.00	648	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	129.60/cwt	127.00–132.00	736	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	905	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	634	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	686	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	508	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	963	600.17/cwt	580.00–620.00	5,780	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 Dec 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,778Last week 167Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 106Last week 92Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	469	139.00–142.00	140.91
17	—	572	134.00–143.00	138.99
11	—	660	130.00–135.00	132.02
7	—	313	145.00–148.00	147.53
4	—	430	142.00–145.00	143.79
2	—	1,047	115.00	115.00
2	—	517	135.00	135.00
18	—	725	127.00–135.00	133.71
20	—	628	125.00–138.00	132.24
30	—	984	132.00	132.00
43	—	768	122.00–136.00	133.02
59	—	909	139.75	139.75
79	—	862	135.00–137.80	137.38
118	—	812	134.00–142.90	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	726	139.00–144.25	141.48
55	—	629	132.00–149.50	142.92
2	—	432	152.00	152.00
6	—	769	133.00	133.00
29	—	465	146.50–156.00	152.07
33	—	531	147.00–156.00	153.12
97	—	574	145.00–156.60	155.76
161	—	673	135.00–149.75	148.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	763	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	923	146.00–146.90	146.54
55	—	961	146.00	146.00
14	—	383	162.00–167.00	166.66
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	928	121.00–123.50	123.31
4	—	878	120.00	120.00
2	—	550	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	135.00	135.00
1	—	600	112.00	112.00
1	—	685	118.00	118.00
1	—	715	120.00	120.00
2	—	407	135.00	135.00
3	—	460	125.00–133.00	129.37
7	—	523	115.00–131.00	123.88
7	—	568	127.00–132.00	129.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	100.00	100.00
6	—	537	100.00–105.00	102.66
3	—	478	100.00	100.00
2	—	405	101.00	101.00
1	—	805	81.00	81.00
1	—	305	100.00	100.00
1	—	625	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	536	118.00–137.90	131.94
40	—	621	127.50	127.50
38	—	668	117.00–133.50	130.07
32	—	452	121.00–129.00	128.47
31	—	578	116.00–121.50	119.39
4	—	425	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	480	110.00–121.00	116.05
14	—	713	100.00–108.00	105.79
14	—	570	110.00–116.00	114.70
9	—	420	116.00–118.00	117.56
5	—	844	100.00	100.00
5	—	676	105.00–106.00	105.61
5	—	626	107.00–112.00	109.43
3	—	953	90.00–99.00	96.01
2	—	855	96.00–97.00	96.50
1	—	750	101.00	101.00
1	—	290	130.00	130.00
5	—	329	110.00	110.00
4	—	521	108.00–116.00	111.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	618	115.00–126.50	120.52
32	—	713	108.00–116.50	115.02
7	—	861	102.00–119.00	111.65
5	—	825	101.00–110.00	103.77
4	—	683	114.00	114.00
1	—	795	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	340	123.00–130.00	123.54
13	—	367	123.00–135.00	132.95
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	272	100.00–112.50	103.83
1	—	335	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	120.00–130.00	125.00
1	—	650	103.00	103.00
1	—	475	120.00	120.00
1	—	340	130.00	130.00
2	—	627	100.00	100.00
2	—	522	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	670	107.00–122.50	113.23
9	—	490	120.00–129.00	127.01
8	—	563	125.00–133.00	131.52
6	—	329	144.00–155.00	149.17
5	—	813	93.00–97.00	93.81
4	—	713	110.00–116.00	113.97
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
1	—	545	135.00	135.00
1	—	425	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	148.00	148.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	70.00	70.00
4	—	686	74.00	74.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,095	35.00–44.00	39.29
7	—	1,085	43.00–46.00	44.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,408	50.00–53.00	51.39
6	—	1,574	54.00–59.00	55.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,273	46.00–53.00	49.57
15	—	1,258	38.00–46.00	43.87
3	—	1,328	54.00	54.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,085	64.00	64.00
2	—	1,850	81.00–84.00	82.48
2	—	1,505	74.00–76.00	74.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	963	580.00–620.00	600.17

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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