Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with moderate to good demand. Yearling 600-800 lb steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady with some lean cows 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.75/cwt on 872 head.

Average price

$133.75

872 head · 797 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

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

$14.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.67

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	799	133.92	1,070	861
Medium and Large 2-3	660	120.14	793	8thin
Large 1-2	696	119.33	831	3thin

One grade step is worth $14.59/cwt here — about $239 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 sale872 hd

133.75

—

KY average28 barns · 6,498 hd

133.07

+0.67

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	1,854	102.88	1,907	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,509	63.43	957	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	60.58	747	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	968	48.74	472	9thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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	—	375	117.28/cwt	110.00–124.00	440	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	737	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	870	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	615	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	106.87/cwt	100.00–111.00	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	823	80.02/cwt	75.00–85.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	752	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	955	67
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	61.89/cwt	60.00–64.00	766	3
Bulls	—	—	1,858	106.48/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,978	3
Bulls	—	—	1,848	97.49/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,802	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	14,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,685	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,080	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	672	118.05/cwt	111.00–125.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	138.64/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,005	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	150.84/cwt	146.00–153.00	802	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	128.91/cwt	126.00–131.00	661	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	107.14/cwt	105.00–111.00	721	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	127.93/cwt	125.00–129.50	729	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	475	136.57/cwt	134.00–139.00	649	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	610	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	665	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	525	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	920	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	129.64/cwt	125.00–136.00	758	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	119.67/cwt	119.00–120.00	804	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	117.51/cwt	116.00–119.00	847	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	122.32/cwt	122.00–123.00	772	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	106.01/cwt	105.00–107.00	878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	657	142.55/cwt	138.00–143.00	937	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	143.00/cwt	141.00–146.00	824	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	860	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	113.66/cwt	112.00–115.00	708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	981	83.24/cwt	81.00–90.00	817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	104.88/cwt	101.00–109.00	758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	132.49/cwt	128.00–134.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	121.67/cwt	119.00–123.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	130.68/cwt	130.00–131.00	568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	625	119.58/cwt	117.00–124.00	747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	711	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	782	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	967	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	870	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	650	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	663	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	573	114.12/cwt	110.00–118.00	654	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	765	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	704	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	45.23/cwt	36.00–48.00	447	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	53.64/cwt	50.00–58.00	448	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	869	131.38/cwt	129.00–133.60	1,142	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	752	139.90/cwt	139.90–139.90	1,052	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	734	139.80/cwt	139.80–139.80	1,026	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	840	135.20/cwt	135.20–135.20	1,136	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	124.32/cwt	111.00–125.00	1,149	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,076	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	127.88/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,004	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	133.83/cwt	130.00–137.00	839	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,099	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	140.69/cwt	137.00–142.00	782	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	134.15/cwt	130.00–137.00	895	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	127.57/cwt	122.00–130.00	931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	140.51/cwt	139.00–145.00	763	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	56.14/cwt	54.00–58.00	831	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	54.33/cwt	47.00–58.00	621	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	67.59/cwt	66.00–70.00	910	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,579	66.77/cwt	66.00–67.00	1,054	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	63.73/cwt	63.00–64.00	927	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	895	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,132	59

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 Jul 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,166Last week 693Year ago 652

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 70Year ago 83

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 6Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	110.00–124.00	117.28
3	—	665	100.00–111.00	106.87
2	—	980	78.00	78.00
2	—	823	75.00–85.00	80.02
1	—	715	85.00	85.00
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	752	127.00	127.00
10	—	513	126.00–131.00	128.91
1	—	425	136.00	136.00
43	—	570	125.00–129.50	127.93
12	—	475	134.00–139.00	136.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	673	105.00–111.00	107.14
10	—	623	112.00–115.00	113.66
4	—	981	81.00–90.00	83.24
4	—	723	101.00–109.00	104.88
4	—	477	128.00–134.00	132.49
3	—	593	119.00–123.00	121.67
3	—	435	130.00–131.00	130.68
1	—	780	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	109.00	109.00
1	—	525	121.00	121.00
2	—	650	102.00	102.00
2	—	573	110.00–118.00	114.12
1	—	765	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	625	117.00–124.00	119.58
5	—	711	110.00	110.00
2	—	967	90.00	90.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	737	118.00	118.00
1	—	615	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	111.00–125.00	118.05
2	—	820	114.00	114.00
1	—	630	118.00	118.00
1	—	515	134.00	134.00
1	—	480	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	725	132.00–140.00	138.64
19	—	532	146.00–153.00	150.84
18	—	657	138.00–143.00	142.55
11	—	576	141.00–146.00	143.00
7	—	614	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	869	129.00–133.60	131.38
71	—	752	139.90	139.90
67	—	734	139.80	139.80
57	—	840	135.20	135.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	924	111.00–125.00	124.32
61	—	821	131.00	131.00
25	—	785	127.00–128.00	127.88
12	—	627	130.00–137.00	133.83
8	—	968	113.50	113.50
7	—	556	137.00–142.00	140.69
6	—	667	130.00–137.00	134.15
4	—	730	122.00–130.00	127.57
4	—	543	139.00–145.00	140.51
2	—	487	149.00	149.00
2	—	427	141.00	141.00
1	—	860	119.00	119.00
1	—	380	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	895	126.50	126.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	91.00	91.00
1	—	675	96.00	96.00
1	—	605	110.00	110.00
1	—	545	122.00	122.00
1	—	460	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	585	125.00–136.00	129.64
6	—	672	119.00–120.00	119.67
4	—	721	116.00–119.00	117.51
3	—	631	122.00–123.00	122.32
3	—	513	131.00	131.00
2	—	828	105.00–107.00	106.01
1	—	750	114.00	114.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,237	60.00–64.00	61.89
4	—	1,143	47.00–58.00	54.33
3	—	1,347	66.00–70.00	67.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	988	36.00–48.00	45.23
2	—	835	50.00–58.00	53.64
1	—	1,110	60.00	60.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	54.00–58.00	56.14
4	—	1,579	66.00–67.00	66.77
4	—	1,454	63.00–64.00	63.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,858	103.00–109.00	106.48
2	—	1,848	96.00–99.00	97.49

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	—	1,500	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,335	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	825.00	825.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle