Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher on gaunt high dressing bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.27/cwt on 143 head.

Average price

$135.27

143 head · 744 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,007

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$23.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.54

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	748	135.97	1,017	137
Medium and Large 2-3	576	126.33	728	3thin
Large 1-2	733	112.33	824	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.64/cwt here — about $194 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 sale143 hd

135.27

—

KY average26 barns · 3,576 hd

133.73

+1.54

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	—	High	1,814	94.37	1,712	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,522	55.74	848	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,293	55.48	718	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,106	46.44	514	10

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 1-2	—	993	96.52/cwt	89.00–99.00	958	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	108.71/cwt	105.00–110.00	789	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	119.97/cwt	113.00–124.00	757	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	121.50/cwt	119.00–123.00	702	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	120.11/cwt	119.00–123.00	625	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,002	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	128.49/cwt	127.00–130.00	827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	118.62/cwt	117.00–120.00	496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	858	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	137.29/cwt	133.00–139.00	740	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	117.13/cwt	111.00–118.00	719	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,086	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	818	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	908	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	142.58/cwt	141.00–146.00	692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	125.14/cwt	122.00–129.00	593	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	134.64/cwt	134.00–136.00	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	112.47/cwt	110.00–114.00	747	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	636	122.58/cwt	122.00–123.00	780	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	128.20/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,126	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	128.69/cwt	125.00–130.00	887	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	384	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	128.20/cwt	127.00–129.00	977	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	658	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	124.27/cwt	120.00–126.00	890	10
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	795	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	716	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	510	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	607	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	880	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	730	1
Steers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	820	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	836	1
Heifers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	700	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	776	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	908	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	39.91/cwt	32.00–47.00	441	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	500	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,830	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	897	1
Bulls	—	—	1,814	94.37/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,712	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,617	58.56/cwt	56.00–64.00	947	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	542	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	705	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	57.27/cwt	56.00–60.00	754	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	55.99/cwt	55.00–57.00	599	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	53.80/cwt	50.00–55.00	693	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	48.43/cwt	47.00–50.00	564	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	53.25/cwt	51.00–55.00	742	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	356	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,545	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	13,519	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,320	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	847	138.95/cwt	138.95–138.95	1,177	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	430	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	632	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	675	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	684	114.58/cwt	100.00–118.00	784	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	941	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	363	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	101.02/cwt	100.00–105.00	619	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	922	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	130.66/cwt	130.00–131.00	751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	574	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	99.62/cwt	98.00–102.00	784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	140.44/cwt	140.00–141.00	892	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	135.37/cwt	130.00–138.00	693	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	117.47/cwt	114.00–120.00	776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	722	130.80/cwt	129.00–134.00	944	6

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 Nov 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 355Last week 680Year ago 1,155

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 93Year ago 96

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 3Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	993	89.00–99.00	96.52
1	—	500	116.00	116.00
2	—	702	109.00	109.00
2	—	592	114.00	114.00
9	—	418	117.00–120.00	118.62
3	—	391	125.00	125.00
4	—	810	100.00	100.00
22	—	614	111.00–118.00	117.13
9	—	474	122.00–129.00	125.14
8	—	664	110.00–114.00	112.47
2	—	285	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	578	119.00–123.00	121.50
7	—	520	119.00–123.00	120.11
1	—	450	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	858	109.00	109.00
8	—	818	111.00	111.00
7	—	636	122.00–123.00	122.58
3	—	658	122.00	122.00
13	—	776	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	110.00	110.00
5	—	684	100.00–118.00	114.58
3	—	941	81.00	81.00
1	—	820	82.00	82.00
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
5	—	613	100.00–105.00	101.02
1	—	750	95.00	95.00
1	—	480	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	726	105.00–110.00	108.71
12	—	631	113.00–124.00	119.97
2	—	1,002	81.00	81.00
6	—	485	141.00–146.00	142.58
3	—	321	145.00	145.00
2	—	437	143.00	143.00
1	—	365	142.50	142.50
3	—	575	130.00–131.00	130.66
5	—	787	98.00–102.00	99.62
5	—	512	130.00–138.00	135.37
4	—	661	114.00–120.00	117.47
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	90.00	90.00
1	—	510	119.00	119.00
1	—	880	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	125.00	125.00
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
1	—	905	80.00	80.00
1	—	645	110.00	110.00
1	—	435	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	644	127.00–130.00	128.49
7	—	539	133.00–139.00	137.29
5	—	835	130.00	130.00
3	—	580	134.00–136.00	134.64
2	—	462	145.00	145.00
5	—	878	127.00–129.00	128.20
6	—	689	125.00–130.00	128.69
2	—	240	160.00	160.00
5	—	762	127.00–129.00	128.20
1	—	995	114.00	114.00
1	—	290	152.50	152.50
10	—	716	120.00–126.00	124.27
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	116.00	116.00
1	—	675	119.00	119.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	542	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	847	138.95	138.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	140.00	140.00
3	—	663	139.00	139.00
1	—	530	144.00	144.00
11	—	635	140.00–141.00	140.44
6	—	722	129.00–134.00	130.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,104	32.00–47.00	39.91
3	—	1,070	55.00–57.00	55.99
2	—	1,165	47.00–50.00	48.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	49.00	49.00
14	—	1,316	56.00–60.00	57.27
11	—	1,289	50.00–55.00	53.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,830	49.00	49.00
13	—	1,617	56.00–64.00	58.56
12	—	1,393	51.00–55.00	53.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,814	89.00–99.00	94.37

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	—	1,545	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	750.00	750.00

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