Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers under 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned offerings; over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady with moderate demand except weaned 400-500 lbs 3.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.13/cwt on 473 head.

Average price

$147.13

473 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$21.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.78

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	623	147.58	920	463
Medium and Large 2-3	641	126.20	808	10thin

One grade step is worth $21.38/cwt here — about $112 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 sale473 hd

147.13

—

KY average28 barns · 6,745 hd

143.35

+3.78

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	1,816	86.35	1,569	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,259	57.46	723	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,340	56.67	759	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,092	44.53	486	14

Every lot, as filed

95 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	—	670	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	124.72/cwt	120.00–130.00	333	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	114.11/cwt	104.00–118.00	752	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	122.67/cwt	110.00–129.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	290	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	122.48/cwt	122.00–123.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	228	112.53/cwt	110.00–115.00	257	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	144.02/cwt	143.00–147.00	737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	153.75/cwt	153.00–154.00	680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	157.37/cwt	152.00–160.00	535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	130.69/cwt	127.00–136.00	814	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	128.51/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,037	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	683	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,879	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	16,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	713	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	607	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	159.47/cwt	151.00–164.00	616	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	144.36/cwt	135.00–149.00	836	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,195	647.18/cwt	575.00–700.00	7,734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	736	124.29/cwt	123.00–126.00	915	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	771	125.57/cwt	120.00–129.00	968	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	1,092	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,212	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	285	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	378	133.38/cwt	131.00–139.00	504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	312	137.98/cwt	135.00–140.00	430	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	490	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	635	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	427	174.29/cwt	155.00–181.50	744	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	140.51/cwt	137.00–142.00	948	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	153.07/cwt	150.00–160.00	857	73
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	435	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	797	144.10/cwt	144.10–144.10	1,148	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	140.23/cwt	137.00–143.00	869	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	164.29/cwt	151.00–171.00	861	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	476	170.37/cwt	159.00–176.00	811	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	728	137.92/cwt	135.00–139.25	1,004	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	632	128.41/cwt	126.00–130.00	812	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	133.87/cwt	130.00–136.00	629	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	428	134.35/cwt	130.00–138.00	575	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	130.80/cwt	125.00–135.00	752	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	541	132.88/cwt	123.00–134.75	719	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	672	128.28/cwt	123.00–131.75	862	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	121.76/cwt	120.00–127.00	817	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	114.47/cwt	109.00–115.00	903	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	138.21/cwt	135.00–139.00	782	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	115.48/cwt	115.00–117.00	852	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	148.83/cwt	145.00–150.00	643	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	142.10/cwt	135.00–149.00	739	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	708	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	661	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	727	3
Bulls	—	—	1,981	92.70/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,836	4
Bulls	—	—	1,597	77.89/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,244	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	460	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	524	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	62.28/cwt	59.00–68.00	822	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	51.67/cwt	51.00–53.00	557	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,060	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	648	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,040	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	593	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	54.76/cwt	52.00–58.00	650	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,045	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	112.67/cwt	110.00–122.00	670	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	39.25/cwt	33.00–42.00	416	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	46.57/cwt	45.00–48.00	530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	124.69/cwt	120.00–129.00	595	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	122.89/cwt	121.00–127.00	516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	115.56/cwt	111.00–119.00	602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	113.61/cwt	110.00–120.00	710	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 Jan 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,064Last week 1,355Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 89Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 10Year 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	—	670	103.00	103.00
3	—	485	110.00–129.00	122.67
2	—	433	115.00–116.00	115.51
2	—	325	110.00	110.00
2	—	290	100.00	100.00
2	—	228	110.00–115.00	112.53
1	—	565	106.00	106.00
1	—	365	117.50	117.50
1	—	845	82.00	82.00
1	—	700	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	104.00	104.00
3	—	267	120.00–130.00	124.72
15	—	659	104.00–118.00	114.11
2	—	363	122.00–123.00	122.48
13	—	1,015	103.00	103.00
9	—	595	110.00–122.00	112.67
1	—	810	94.00	94.00
1	—	775	100.00	100.00
13	—	477	120.00–129.00	124.69
6	—	420	121.00–127.00	122.89
5	—	521	111.00–119.00	115.56
3	—	625	110.00–120.00	113.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	736	123.00–126.00	124.29
19	—	771	120.00–129.00	125.57
5	—	1,092	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	131.00–139.00	133.38
3	—	312	135.00–140.00	137.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	632	126.00–130.00	128.41
30	—	470	130.00–136.00	133.87
30	—	428	130.00–138.00	134.35
29	—	575	125.00–135.00	130.80
63	—	541	123.00–134.75	132.88
50	—	672	123.00–131.75	128.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	138.00	138.00
1	—	775	120.00	120.00
1	—	880	110.00	110.00
1	—	495	138.00	138.00
3	—	713	125.00	125.00
3	—	607	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	512	143.00–147.00	144.02
4	—	442	153.00–154.00	153.75
3	—	340	152.00–160.00	157.37
2	—	297	162.50	162.50
1	—	955	116.00	116.00
21	—	623	127.00–136.00	130.69
7	—	665	134.00	134.00
16	—	807	124.00–130.00	128.51
6	—	386	151.00–164.00	159.47
33	—	579	135.00–149.00	144.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	427	155.00–181.50	174.29
88	—	675	137.00–142.00	140.51
73	—	560	150.00–160.00	153.07
63	—	797	144.10	144.10
36	—	620	137.00–143.00	140.23
31	—	524	151.00–171.00	164.29
29	—	476	159.00–176.00	170.37
26	—	728	135.00–139.25	137.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	545	116.00	116.00
2	—	483	130.00–131.00	130.50
1	—	665	109.00	109.00
1	—	555	125.00	125.00
1	—	425	134.00	134.00
1	—	395	128.00	128.00
1	—	340	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	153.00	153.00
1	—	635	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	90.00	90.00
15	—	671	120.00–127.00	121.76
11	—	789	109.00–115.00	114.47
5	—	566	135.00–139.00	138.21
4	—	738	115.00–117.00	115.48
4	—	432	145.00–150.00	148.83
3	—	377	155.00	155.00
1	—	870	95.00	95.00
1	—	630	124.00	124.00
1	—	475	143.00	143.00
11	—	520	135.00–149.00	142.10
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	661	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	120.00	120.00
1	—	460	114.00	114.00

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	—	955	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,195	575.00–700.00	647.18
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	1,100.00	1,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	48.00	48.00
7	—	1,320	59.00–68.00	62.28
9	—	1,187	52.00–58.00	54.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	51.00–53.00	51.67
6	—	1,061	33.00–42.00	39.25
5	—	1,137	45.00–48.00	46.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	65.00	65.00
1	—	1,350	48.00	48.00
1	—	1,040	57.00	57.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,981	90.00–99.00	92.70
3	—	1,597	77.00–79.00	77.89

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle