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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 22
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
389 head
490 vs last sale 879 389 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
62 vs last sale 99 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 4 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to firm in a light test. Good demand for yearling packages. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.94/cwt on 196 head.
Average price
$129.94
196 head · 628 lb average
Value per head Derived
$817
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$251
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$43.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.39
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2627130.76820192
Medium and Large 2-370094.006582thin
Small and Medium 1-265587.005702thin
One grade step is worth $43.76/cwt here — about $251 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 sale196 hd
129.94
KY average15 barns · 2,393 hd
122.55
+7.39
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,78684.751,5146thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54454.1583615
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32945.166006thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16537.654397thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,84786.11/cwt84.00–88.001,5903
Bulls1,79391.59/cwt90.00–93.001,6422
Bulls1,59067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,0651
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51656.70/cwt54.00–60.008607
CowsLean 85-90%1,19043.00/cwt43.00–43.005121
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56851.92/cwt49.00–53.008148
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,4351,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0017,9381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added535118.00/cwt118.00–118.006313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added469153.28/cwt151.00–156.007194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410148.00/cwt148.00–148.006073
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added743139.90/cwt139.90–139.901,03964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718119.72/cwt115.00–125.008608
BullsSmall and Medium 1-254590.00/cwt90.00–90.004911
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-272580.00/cwt80.00–80.005801
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-258594.00/cwt94.00–94.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673106.99/cwt103.00–110.007207
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423120.97/cwt119.00–123.005128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580141.00/cwt141.00–141.008182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375126.00/cwt126.00–126.004732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added539151.57/cwt151.00–153.0081712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430142.00/cwt142.00–142.006111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007981
BullsMedium and Large 1-285090.00/cwt90.00–90.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468115.50/cwt115.00–117.005414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added612133.40/cwt133.40–133.4081684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added681133.00/cwt133.00–133.0090680
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25559.00/cwt59.00–59.007401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34442.39/cwt40.00–45.005705
CowsLean 85-90%1,16136.76/cwt34.00–41.004276
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added758134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,02074
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added609137.43/cwt129.00–143.5083717
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430114.00/cwt114.00–114.004901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,303822.55/cwt800.00–850.0010,7182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1751,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0014,1001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2-3825650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,3631
SteersMedium and Large 2-3950100.00/cwt100.00–100.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 2-397074.00/cwt74.00–74.007181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added563120.00/cwt120.00–120.006763

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.