Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold mixed with good quality weaned packages steady with good demand; fleshy middleweight bawling calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower with moderate demand. Good demand for yearling steers. Light demand for heifers over 600 lbs not guaranteed open. Slaughter cows 1.00 lower with light to moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.60/cwt on 558 head.

Average price

$134.60

558 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$17.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.31

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	769	134.72	1,036	554
Medium and Large 2-3	760	117.23	891	4thin

One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $145 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 sale558 hd

134.60

—

KY average29 barns · 9,686 hd

134.91

−0.31

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	1,677	85.47	1,434	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	48.74	717	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,338	48.61	650	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,097	40.83	448	8thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1-2Value Added	—	775	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	123.68/cwt	121.00–125.00	764	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	105.84/cwt	96.00–109.00	724	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	116.63/cwt	115.50–121.00	681	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	147.28/cwt	146.00–150.00	704	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	118.57/cwt	115.00–123.00	521	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	113.17/cwt	110.00–117.00	609	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	104.99/cwt	102.00–108.00	754	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	132.56/cwt	130.00–137.00	880	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	91.67/cwt	90.00–98.00	670	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	104.24/cwt	101.00–106.00	650	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	480	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	114.00/cwt	109.00–119.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	608	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	118.94/cwt	114.00–120.00	570	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	134.21/cwt	131.70–137.60	1,102	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,029	113.15/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,164	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	153.18/cwt	145.00–156.00	774	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	415	163.31/cwt	159.00–165.00	678	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	485	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	862	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	136.41/cwt	135.00–141.00	713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	716	131.71/cwt	127.00–132.00	943	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	142.58/cwt	139.00–144.00	860	7
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	590	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	892	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,124	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	562	147.32/cwt	140.00–149.00	828	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	36.69/cwt	35.00–39.00	396	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	44.97/cwt	44.00–46.00	501	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	49.20/cwt	46.00–53.00	627	15
Bulls	—	—	1,788	83.44/cwt	83.00–84.00	1,492	2
Bulls	—	—	1,130	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	848	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	92.74/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,706	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	44.71/cwt	44.00–45.00	646	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	53.52/cwt	52.00–56.00	792	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	44.39/cwt	43.00–46.00	599	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,454	54.57/cwt	53.00–56.00	793	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	325	177.41/cwt	175.00–182.00	577	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	580	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	586	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	1,080.00/cwt	1,080.00–1,080.00	14,904	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	671	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	654	30
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	552	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	596	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	805	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	818	110.95/cwt	106.00–116.00	908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	525	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	48.37/cwt	46.00–52.00	715	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	674	92.11/cwt	81.00–100.00	621	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	920	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	372	135.19/cwt	135.00–136.00	503	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	921	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,234	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	390	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	108.72/cwt	105.00–111.00	516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	723	80.66/cwt	76.00–83.00	583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	142.51/cwt	142.00–143.00	755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	307	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	634	91.26/cwt	82.00–100.00	579	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	103.42/cwt	91.00–109.00	597	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	92.33/cwt	86.00–105.00	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	1,099	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,148	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	112.20/cwt	100.00–119.00	426	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	809	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	938	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	711	110.15/cwt	109.00–110.50	783	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	665	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	735	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,012	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	126.25/cwt	122.00–131.00	740	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	114.68/cwt	114.00–115.00	658	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	769	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 Dec 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 879Last week 2,073Year ago 530

Slaughter CattleReceipts 99Last week 90Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 6Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	126.00	126.00
11	—	664	130.00–137.00	132.56
8	—	505	145.00–156.00	153.18
7	—	415	159.00–165.00	163.31
146	—	716	127.00–132.00	131.71
7	—	603	139.00–144.00	142.58
20	—	562	140.00–149.00	147.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	116.00	116.00
3	—	618	121.00–125.00	123.68
1	—	375	157.50	157.50
7	—	478	146.00–150.00	147.28
256	—	821	131.70–137.60	134.21
7	—	1,029	108.00–114.00	113.15
1	—	695	124.00	124.00
5	—	523	135.00–141.00	136.41
2	—	585	135.00	135.00
8	—	892	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	175.00–182.00	177.41
58	—	921	134.00	134.00
1	—	390	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	818	106.00–116.00	110.95
1	—	540	130.00	130.00
1	—	865	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	684	96.00–109.00	105.84
10	—	439	115.00–123.00	118.57
17	—	538	110.00–117.00	113.17
1	—	775	91.00	91.00
2	—	370	120.00	120.00
6	—	731	90.00–98.00	91.67
11	—	624	101.00–106.00	104.24
23	—	479	114.00–120.00	118.94
36	—	574	114.00–115.00	114.68
1	—	915	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	584	115.50–121.00	116.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	115.00	115.00
27	—	1,099	104.50	104.50
16	—	809	116.00	116.00
13	—	711	109.00–110.50	110.15
6	—	665	110.00–111.00	110.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	101.00	101.00
1	—	805	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	105.00	105.00
12	—	674	81.00–100.00	92.11
4	—	475	105.00–111.00	108.72
3	—	723	76.00–83.00	80.66
2	—	307	115.00	115.00
1	—	435	110.00	110.00
12	—	634	82.00–100.00	91.26
6	—	577	91.00–109.00	103.42
5	—	380	100.00–119.00	112.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	135.00–136.00	135.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	718	102.00–108.00	104.99
3	—	630	113.00	113.00
1	—	800	97.00	97.00
1	—	925	72.00	72.00
2	—	400	145.00	145.00
3	—	343	140.00	140.00
3	—	657	109.00–119.00	114.00
2	—	530	142.00–143.00	142.51
2	—	957	78.00	78.00
7	—	586	122.00–131.00	126.25
1	—	875	83.00	83.00
1	—	765	114.00	114.00
1	—	385	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	552	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	587	120.00	120.00
3	—	675	86.00–105.00	92.33
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
2	—	478	119.00–120.00	119.49
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	671	97.50	97.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,078	35.00–39.00	36.69
4	—	1,115	44.00–46.00	44.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,274	46.00–53.00	49.20
12	—	1,350	43.00–46.00	44.39
7	—	1,454	53.00–56.00	54.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,444	44.00–45.00	44.71
7	—	1,479	52.00–56.00	53.52
14	—	1,479	46.00–52.00	48.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,788	83.00–84.00	83.44
1	—	1,130	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,840	91.00–94.00	92.74

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,380	1,080.00	1,080.00

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