Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady in a light test; except attractive featherweight calves under 425 sold 3.00 higher with best demand for weaned offerings. Slaughter cows sold steady with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.72/cwt on 271 head.

Average price

$126.72

271 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$32.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.83

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	559	127.90	715	261
Small and Medium 1-2	480	101.00	485	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	447	95.44	427	9thin

One grade step is worth $32.45/cwt here — about $288 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 sale271 hd

126.72

—

KY average30 barns · 7,543 hd

122.89

+3.83

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	1,761	81.41	1,434	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,327	48.98	650	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	46.52	677	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	39.31	404	4thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	535	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	426	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	635	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	490	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	338	132.58/cwt	132.00–136.00	448	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	386	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	621	116.52/cwt	115.00–117.00	724	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	664	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	797	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	141.49/cwt	141.00–142.00	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	91.49/cwt	90.00–93.00	874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	127.80/cwt	120.00–130.00	705	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	121.16/cwt	120.00–125.00	623	7
Bulls	—	—	1,852	86.72/cwt	80.00–95.00	1,606	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	255	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	255	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	145.00/cwt	141.00–149.00	667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	977	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	136.59/cwt	134.00–139.00	690	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,725	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	15,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	7,930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	747	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	124.51/cwt	123.00–126.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	939	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,254	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,162	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	113.84/cwt	110.00–117.50	356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	100.20/cwt	100.00–101.00	391	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	480	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	571	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	858	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	690	136.19/cwt	136.00–137.00	940	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	140.32/cwt	139.00–142.00	717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	488	135.07/cwt	121.00–137.10	659	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	682	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	902	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	120.28/cwt	120.00–121.00	680	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	121.08/cwt	119.00–124.00	651	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	126.13/cwt	125.00–127.00	532	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	103.27/cwt	93.00–110.00	730	7
Bulls	—	—	1,815	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,325	1
Bulls	—	—	1,160	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	114.79/cwt	98.00–122.00	711	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	443	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	46.66/cwt	44.00–49.00	578	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	52.08/cwt	50.00–55.00	753	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	507	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	621	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	41.41/cwt	40.00–42.00	450	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	282	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	46.42/cwt	44.00–49.00	687	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	51.01/cwt	50.00–52.00	713	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	42.52/cwt	42.00–43.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	108.56/cwt	100.00–110.00	762	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	663	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	123.24/cwt	120.00–126.00	447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	109.07/cwt	105.00–112.50	313	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 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 530Last week 1,954Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 106Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	148.00	148.00
5	—	426	149.00	149.00
1	—	490	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	141.00–142.00	141.49
2	—	955	90.00–93.00	91.49
5	—	552	120.00–130.00	127.80
7	—	514	120.00–125.00	121.16
7	—	707	93.00–110.00	103.27
5	—	619	98.00–122.00	114.79
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	100.00	100.00
4	—	375	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	119.00	119.00
2	—	507	117.00	117.00
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
1	—	430	131.00	131.00
1	—	380	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	137.00	137.00
14	—	338	132.00–136.00	132.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	115.00–117.00	116.52
14	—	664	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	90.00	90.00
2	—	747	89.00	89.00
1	—	345	90.00	90.00
5	—	390	100.00–101.00	100.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	117.00	117.00
1	—	830	100.00	100.00
2	—	313	110.00–117.50	113.84
2	—	617	107.00	107.00
2	—	545	114.00	114.00
2	—	495	116.00	116.00
14	—	702	100.00–110.00	108.56
9	—	582	114.00	114.00
5	—	363	120.00–126.00	123.24
3	—	287	105.00–112.50	109.07
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	488	121.00–137.10	135.07
70	—	682	132.25	132.25
14	—	565	120.00–121.00	120.28
12	—	538	119.00–124.00	121.08
6	—	422	125.00–127.00	126.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	141.00–149.00	145.00
1	—	775	126.00	126.00
7	—	505	134.00–139.00	136.59
14	—	742	126.50	126.50
61	—	883	142.00	142.00
62	—	824	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	123.00–126.00	124.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	571	140.00	140.00
16	—	600	143.00	143.00
10	—	690	136.00–137.00	136.19
7	—	511	139.00–142.00	140.32
4	—	400	155.00	155.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,852	80.00–95.00	86.72
1	—	1,815	73.00	73.00
1	—	1,160	58.00	58.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,239	44.00–49.00	46.66
6	—	1,445	50.00–55.00	52.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,087	40.00–42.00	41.41
1	—	855	33.00	33.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,481	44.00–49.00	46.42
2	—	1,398	50.00–52.00	51.01
2	—	1,388	42.00–43.00	42.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,725	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	610.00	610.00

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

Heifers · 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