Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with good demand. Yearling steers limited comparison. Yearling open heifer packages over 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.80/cwt on 574 head.

Average price

$133.80

574 head · 728 lb average

Value per head Derived

$973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$30.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.87

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	730	134.15	979	563
Medium and Large 2-3	579	118.89	688	9thin
Large 1-2	748	103.50	774	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.65/cwt here — about $205 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 sale574 hd

133.80

—

KY average27 barns · 6,079 hd

132.93

+0.87

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	2,032	102.84	2,090	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,291	76.74	991	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,442	74.10	1,069	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,100	62.62	689	5thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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	—	675	137.98/cwt	137.00–143.00	931	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	119.83/cwt	115.00–125.00	868	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	132.05/cwt	127.00–134.00	815	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	611	156.51/cwt	152.50–159.00	956	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	677	152.95/cwt	148.00–154.50	1,035	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	380	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	126.14/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,096	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	700	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	970	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	735	136.28/cwt	133.00–137.60	1,002	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	146.61/cwt	144.00–149.00	834	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	108.99/cwt	108.00–112.00	954	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	467	143.52/cwt	143.00–149.00	670	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	460	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	491	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	550	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	325	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	823	131.10/cwt	131.10–131.10	1,079	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	165.31/cwt	161.00–167.00	858	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	564	138.43/cwt	138.00–138.50	781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	137.20/cwt	134.00–139.00	722	28
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	159.49/cwt	157.00–162.00	829	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	427	146.55/cwt	140.00–149.00	626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	78.30/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,203	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	72.87/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,027	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	77.93/cwt	76.00–81.00	997	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	72.57/cwt	72.00–73.00	969	2
Bulls	—	—	2,083	107.26/cwt	103.00–112.00	2,234	2
Bulls	—	—	1,930	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	146.36/cwt	141.00–149.00	823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	941	126.60/cwt	126.60–126.60	1,191	48
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	720	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	763	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	775	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	783	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,308	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	876	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	58.02/cwt	55.00–61.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	474	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	65.68/cwt	61.00–69.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	763	135.81/cwt	134.50–136.80	1,036	208
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	951	124.90/cwt	124.90–124.90	1,188	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	130.75/cwt	130.00–131.00	756	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	723	110.71/cwt	109.00–114.00	800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	720	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	126.16/cwt	125.00–127.00	776	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	130.58/cwt	129.00–131.00	669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	115.30/cwt	108.00–119.50	877	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	642	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	122.49/cwt	116.00–126.00	826	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,009	117.46/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,185	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	427	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	129.33/cwt	128.00–131.50	1,076	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	123.33/cwt	120.00–123.75	1,126	9

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 Jun 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 963Last week 852Year ago 957

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 80Year ago 64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	675	137.00–143.00	137.98
1	—	620	143.00	143.00
1	—	465	151.00	151.00
1	—	385	155.00	155.00
7	—	869	126.00–127.00	126.14
5	—	569	144.00–149.00	146.61
1	—	545	147.00	147.00
53	—	1,009	114.00–118.00	117.46
26	—	832	128.00–131.50	129.33
9	—	913	120.00–123.75	123.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	611	152.50–159.00	156.51
30	—	677	148.00–154.50	152.95
1	—	380	165.00	165.00
10	—	700	138.50	138.50
3	—	491	169.00	169.00
3	—	550	156.00	156.00
21	—	519	161.00–167.00	165.31
3	—	427	169.00	169.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	941	126.60	126.60
56	—	951	124.90	124.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	121.00	121.00
2	—	705	126.00	126.00
1	—	420	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	724	115.00–125.00	119.83
4	—	875	108.00–112.00	108.99
3	—	562	141.00–149.00	146.36
1	—	1,005	94.00	94.00
1	—	510	143.00	143.00
1	—	660	124.00	124.00
1	—	640	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	156.00	156.00
1	—	325	162.00	162.00
4	—	520	157.00–162.00	159.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	130.00–131.00	130.75
3	—	723	109.00–114.00	110.71
1	—	485	130.00	130.00
2	—	642	120.00	120.00
1	—	420	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	617	127.00–134.00	132.05
100	—	735	133.00–137.60	136.28
13	—	467	143.00–149.00	143.52
129	—	823	131.10	131.10
7	—	564	138.00–138.50	138.43
28	—	526	134.00–139.00	137.20
7	—	427	140.00–149.00	146.55
3	—	385	150.00	150.00
208	—	763	134.50–136.80	135.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	112.00	112.00
7	—	615	125.00–127.00	126.16
5	—	512	129.00–131.00	130.58
2	—	550	133.00	133.00
15	—	761	108.00–119.50	115.30
9	—	674	116.00–126.00	122.49
3	—	475	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	106.00	106.00
1	—	775	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	117.00	117.00
2	—	590	124.00	124.00
1	—	480	127.00	127.00
4	—	621	116.00	116.00
1	—	660	114.00	114.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,537	76.00–81.00	78.30
9	—	1,409	72.00–75.00	72.87
2	—	1,308	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,279	76.00–81.00	77.93
2	—	1,335	72.00–73.00	72.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	55.00–61.00	58.02
3	—	1,095	61.00–69.00	65.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,083	103.00–112.00	107.26
1	—	1,930	94.00	94.00

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