Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends due to light receipts. Winter weather restricted cattle movement.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.97/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$111.97

78 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$11.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.96

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	595	115.04	685	53
Large 1-2	547	109.44	599	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	590	103.19	609	16thin

One grade step is worth $11.86/cwt here — about $76 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 sale78 hd

111.97

—

KY average27 barns · 4,561 hd

123.93

−11.96

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	2,103	91.00	1,913	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,290	55.28	713	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,647	52.66	867	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,188	46.50	552	2thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1-2	—	724	123.41/cwt	123.00–124.00	893	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	452	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	415	163.32/cwt	162.00–165.00	678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	651	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	143.09/cwt	139.00–145.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	320	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	120.61/cwt	120.00–122.00	936	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	137.63/cwt	133.00–139.00	735	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	122.95/cwt	120.00–126.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	127.50/cwt	127.00–128.00	641	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	381	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	419	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	408	118.29/cwt	100.00–128.00	483	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	128.16/cwt	126.00–132.00	797	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	156.33/cwt	155.00–157.00	732	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	660	4
Bulls	—	—	2,115	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	2,052	1
Bulls	—	—	2,090	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,777	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	624	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	60.06/cwt	59.00–61.00	700	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	519	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	586	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,647	52.66/cwt	51.00–54.00	867	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,530	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	767	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	805	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	625	120.45/cwt	119.00–122.00	753	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	437	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	511	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	640	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	480	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	534	112.60/cwt	112.00–113.00	601	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	739	94.57/cwt	94.00–95.00	699	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	740	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	703	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	398	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	125.01/cwt	123.00–127.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	123.30/cwt	120.00–126.00	577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	94.93/cwt	89.00–101.00	601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	862	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	120.01/cwt	113.00–124.00	810	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	110.91/cwt	106.00–115.00	795	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	109.51/cwt	109.00–110.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	337	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	404	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	148.91/cwt	147.00–153.00	578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	107.17/cwt	101.00–110.00	722	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	122.66/cwt	118.00–124.00	541	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	106.59/cwt	100.00–113.00	568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	669	3

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 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 217Last week 356Year ago 858

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 15Year ago 60

No market trends due to light receipts. Winter weather restricted cattle movement.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	724	123.00–124.00	123.41
2	—	655	130.00	130.00
2	—	567	140.00	140.00
2	—	452	144.00	144.00
19	—	776	120.00–122.00	120.61
11	—	534	133.00–139.00	137.63
1	—	340	167.50	167.50
7	—	622	126.00–132.00	128.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	162.00–165.00	163.32
1	—	320	180.00	180.00
3	—	468	155.00–157.00	156.33
1	—	520	146.00	146.00
6	—	668	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	129.00	129.00
1	—	325	139.00	139.00
3	—	810	91.00	91.00
7	—	468	120.00–126.00	123.30
1	—	1,035	84.00	84.00
14	—	674	101.00–110.00	107.17
2	—	563	115.00–116.00	115.51
6	—	441	118.00–124.00	122.66
3	—	603	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	119.00	119.00
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
4	—	485	136.00	136.00
2	—	518	123.00–127.00	125.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	767	105.00	105.00
2	—	625	119.00–122.00	120.45
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	437	117.00	117.00
1	—	640	93.00	93.00
5	—	534	112.00–113.00	112.60
1	—	740	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	739	94.00–95.00	94.57
2	—	633	89.00–101.00	94.93
4	—	337	120.00	120.00
1	—	590	106.00	106.00
2	—	533	100.00–113.00	106.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	626	115.00	115.00
3	—	481	139.00–145.00	143.09
2	—	585	120.00–126.00	122.95
2	—	503	127.00–128.00	127.50
1	—	320	150.00	150.00
9	—	675	113.00–124.00	120.01
4	—	717	106.00–115.00	110.91
3	—	388	147.00–153.00	148.91
2	—	780	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	136.00	136.00
1	—	580	116.00	116.00
2	—	620	109.00–110.00	109.51
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	110.00	110.00
3	—	381	110.00	110.00
3	—	408	100.00–128.00	118.29
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	154.00	154.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,115	97.00	97.00
1	—	2,090	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	48.00	48.00
2	—	1,165	59.00–61.00	60.06
1	—	1,530	53.00	53.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	44.00	44.00
1	—	1,195	49.00	49.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,647	51.00–54.00	52.66

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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