Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold mostly steady with good demand. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Yearlings traded weak in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.55/cwt on 377 head.

Average price

$145.55

377 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$18.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.54

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	644	146.55	943	357
Medium and Large 2-3	554	127.71	708	20

One grade step is worth $18.84/cwt here — about $236 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 sale377 hd

145.55

—

KY average27 barns · 4,957 hd

142.01

+3.54

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	—	Average	1,667	80.48	1,342	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,484	62.94	934	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,279	55.36	708	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,026	44.58	457	12

Every lot, as filed

100 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 2-3	—	305	131.27/cwt	130.00–132.50	400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	657	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	813	114.49/cwt	113.00–116.00	931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	136.88/cwt	130.00–140.00	520	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	145.06/cwt	141.00–149.00	836	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	127.67/cwt	125.00–131.00	987	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,143	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,172	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	146.34/cwt	141.00–152.00	634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	128.33/cwt	123.00–131.00	744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	149.31/cwt	142.00–152.00	782	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	128.95/cwt	115.00–130.50	1,182	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	131.76/cwt	127.00–135.00	812	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	253	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	149.23/cwt	143.00–161.00	412	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	128.16/cwt	120.00–132.00	928	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	132.75/cwt	131.00–135.00	904	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	125.39/cwt	120.00–128.00	542	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	136.22/cwt	135.00–138.00	624	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	795	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,180	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,160	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,570	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,770	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	22,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,037	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	113.56/cwt	112.00–115.00	426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	128.00/cwt	127.00–129.00	740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	131.16/cwt	125.00–137.00	627	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	82.63/cwt	74.00–87.00	1,396	6
Bulls	—	—	1,808	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,645	2
Bulls	—	—	1,458	63.49/cwt	63.00–64.00	926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	716	122.83/cwt	120.50–125.00	879	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	629	123.29/cwt	120.00–125.00	775	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	682	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	825	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	918	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,037	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	781	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	937	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	832	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	305	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	395	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	362	136.82/cwt	135.00–138.00	495	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	316	144.77/cwt	140.00–147.50	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	605	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	357	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	445	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	164.70/cwt	154.00–169.00	697	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	164.77/cwt	156.00–169.50	862	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	144.57/cwt	141.50–148.50	889	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	133.85/cwt	131.50–135.00	977	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	165.70/cwt	156.00–168.50	799	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	165.40/cwt	155.00–167.00	923	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	129.29/cwt	126.00–133.00	674	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	131.94/cwt	129.00–134.00	619	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	132.24/cwt	126.00–135.00	772	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	416	131.80/cwt	130.00–139.00	548	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	123.64/cwt	123.00–125.00	775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	127.97/cwt	127.00–129.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	122.88/cwt	120.00–126.00	820	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	147.90/cwt	136.00–151.00	642	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	136.80/cwt	134.00–143.00	695	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	130.02/cwt	129.00–131.00	696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	148.85/cwt	142.00–150.00	572	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	100.81/cwt	100.00–102.00	831	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	149.38/cwt	149.00–151.00	699	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	116.17/cwt	111.00–121.00	831	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	142.69/cwt	134.00–147.00	825	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	64.11/cwt	61.00–69.00	960	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,458	63.92/cwt	63.00–65.00	932	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	145.04/cwt	140.00–150.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	107.04/cwt	103.00–109.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	110.32/cwt	102.00–113.00	416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	109.47/cwt	100.00–117.00	456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	123.73/cwt	121.00–128.00	584	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	127.94/cwt	120.00–134.00	482	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	653	99.49/cwt	96.00–103.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	747	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	118.84/cwt	110.00–124.00	683	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	113.18/cwt	105.00–117.00	716	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	108.19/cwt	104.00–110.00	721	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	121.06/cwt	110.00–126.00	628	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	589	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	49.72/cwt	43.00–52.00	622	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	56.53/cwt	53.00–61.00	693	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	56.51/cwt	56.00–57.00	794	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	49.76/cwt	47.00–53.00	481	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	41.33/cwt	33.00–47.00	431	8
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	335	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	996	1

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 Feb 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 858Last week 1,348Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 53Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	130.00–132.50	131.27
2	—	657	120.00	120.00
2	—	813	113.00–116.00	114.49
3	—	380	130.00–140.00	136.88
1	—	875	114.00	114.00
3	—	580	123.00–131.00	128.33
1	—	525	124.00	124.00
5	—	458	135.00–138.00	136.22
1	—	960	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	576	141.00–149.00	145.06
9	—	773	125.00–131.00	127.67
1	—	985	116.00	116.00
1	—	1,010	116.00	116.00
2	—	433	141.00–152.00	146.34
10	—	524	142.00–152.00	149.31
1	—	315	155.00	155.00
68	—	917	115.00–130.50	128.95
3	—	450	149.00	149.00
2	—	807	124.00	124.00
8	—	616	127.00–135.00	131.76
6	—	276	143.00–161.00	149.23
15	—	724	120.00–132.00	128.16
16	—	681	131.00–135.00	132.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	166.00	166.00
1	—	395	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	423	154.00–169.00	164.70
83	—	523	156.00–169.50	164.77
39	—	615	141.50–148.50	144.57
31	—	730	131.50–135.00	133.85
21	—	482	156.00–168.50	165.70
15	—	558	155.00–167.00	165.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	107.50	107.50
1	—	565	95.00	95.00
1	—	620	102.00	102.00
1	—	860	90.00	90.00
3	—	475	103.00–109.00	107.04
5	—	377	102.00–113.00	110.32
5	—	417	100.00–117.00	109.47
2	—	653	96.00–103.00	99.49
2	—	747	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	432	120.00–128.00	125.39
14	—	472	121.00–128.00	123.73
15	—	377	120.00–134.00	127.94
1	—	700	103.00	103.00
1	—	985	84.00	84.00
1	—	215	120.00	120.00
1	—	330	129.00	129.00
8	—	575	110.00–124.00	118.84
11	—	633	105.00–117.00	113.18
5	—	666	104.00–110.00	108.19
7	—	519	110.00–126.00	121.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	716	120.50–125.00	122.83
21	—	629	120.00–125.00	123.29
6	—	682	121.00	121.00
4	—	918	113.00	113.00
4	—	781	120.00	120.00
2	—	832	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	362	135.00–138.00	136.82
3	—	316	140.00–147.50	144.77
1	—	290	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	521	126.00–133.00	129.29
38	—	469	129.00–134.00	131.94
34	—	584	126.00–135.00	132.24
9	—	416	130.00–139.00	131.80
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	112.00–115.00	113.56
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	127.00–129.00	128.00
2	—	478	125.00–137.00	131.16
2	—	418	127.00–129.00	127.97
1	—	740	104.00	104.00
4	—	535	129.00–131.00	130.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	133.00	133.00
2	—	357	162.00	162.00
2	—	445	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	123.00–125.00	123.64
13	—	667	120.00–126.00	122.88
11	—	434	136.00–151.00	147.90
4	—	508	134.00–143.00	136.80
9	—	384	142.00–150.00	148.85
5	—	824	100.00–102.00	100.81
5	—	468	149.00–151.00	149.38
4	—	715	111.00–121.00	116.17
3	—	578	134.00–147.00	142.69
2	—	328	140.00–150.00	145.04
1	—	855	98.00	98.00
1	—	905	110.00	110.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	400.00	400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	825.00	825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,770	1,275.00	1,275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,690	74.00–87.00	82.63
2	—	1,808	91.00	91.00
2	—	1,458	63.00–64.00	63.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,498	61.00–69.00	64.11
2	—	1,405	56.00–57.00	56.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,458	63.00–65.00	63.92
6	—	1,250	43.00–52.00	49.72
7	—	1,226	53.00–61.00	56.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	55.00	55.00
3	—	967	47.00–53.00	49.76
8	—	1,043	33.00–47.00	41.33

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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