Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady on similar quality; yearling steers and heifers sold 4.00 higher in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 1.00 lower with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.10/cwt on 351 head.

Average price

$140.10

351 head · 851 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$533

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

$7.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.75

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	854	140.19	1,198	346
Medium and Large 2-3	615	133.57	821	4thin
Small and Medium 1-2	500	133.00	665	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.19/cwt here — about $533 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 sale351 hd

140.10

—

KY average26 barns · 4,037 hd

143.84

−3.75

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	1,553	103.64	1,610	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,545	70.63	1,091	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	69.39	884	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,174	65.95	774	4thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	816	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	987	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	855	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,116	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	972	136.90/cwt	136.90–136.90	1,331	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	720	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	412	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	330	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	370	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	629	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	873	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	767	138.63/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,063	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	376	172.04/cwt	171.00–173.00	647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	151.00/cwt	147.00–155.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	143.76/cwt	140.00–147.00	681	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	736	138.76/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,021	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	613	134.42/cwt	130.00–136.00	824	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	651	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	990	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	1,001.49/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	13,470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	152.73/cwt	149.00–154.00	939	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	736	145.20/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,069	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	710	125.67/cwt	125.00–127.00	892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	875	113.91/cwt	110.00–118.00	997	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	910	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,056	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	500	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	386	138.26/cwt	138.00–139.00	534	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	139.10/cwt	137.75–140.00	1,071	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	900	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	143.47/cwt	141.00–145.50	763	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	660	133.60/cwt	131.00–137.00	882	15
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	405	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	564	139.96/cwt	136.00–144.00	789	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,066	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	73.80/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,147	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	67.87/cwt	66.00–70.00	1,031	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	67.32/cwt	66.00–69.00	820	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	819	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	69.27/cwt	65.00–72.00	824	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	535	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	441	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	630	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	72.92/cwt	71.00–76.00	974	6
Bulls	—	—	1,553	103.64/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	426	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	724	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,325	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	12,588	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,423	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	15,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,030	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,354	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	971	134.90/cwt	134.90–134.90	1,310	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	936.94/cwt	825.00–975.00	12,133	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	135.63/cwt	131.00–140.00	719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	342	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	122.45/cwt	120.00–125.00	824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	127.65/cwt	127.00–129.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	597	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	782	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	852	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	135.00/cwt	134.00–136.00	992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	303	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	128.75/cwt	125.00–132.50	315	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	888	137.24/cwt	136.00–137.50	1,219	52

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 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 734Last week 1,386Year ago 728

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 53Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	816	121.00	121.00
2	—	412	166.00	166.00
1	—	330	171.00	171.00
4	—	376	171.00–173.00	172.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	135.00	135.00
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
2	—	673	120.00–125.00	122.45
1	—	270	140.00	140.00
1	—	415	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	632	129.00	129.00
1	—	550	150.00	150.00
2	—	367	150.00	150.00
1	—	715	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	426	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	855	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	140.00–147.00	143.76
73	—	736	133.00–139.00	138.76
23	—	613	130.00–136.00	134.42
12	—	386	138.00–139.00	138.26
111	—	770	137.75–140.00	139.10
16	—	532	141.00–145.50	143.47
15	—	660	131.00–137.00	133.60
7	—	564	136.00–144.00	139.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	710	125.00–127.00	125.67
2	—	875	110.00–118.00	113.91
1	—	910	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	120.00	120.00
2	—	342	129.00	129.00
1	—	860	93.00	93.00
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
1	—	370	122.00	122.00
2	—	597	120.00	120.00
2	—	782	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	127.00–129.00	127.65
1	—	570	134.00	134.00
1	—	855	103.00	103.00
1	—	835	102.00	102.00
1	—	720	115.00	115.00
1	—	675	125.00	125.00
1	—	410	134.00	134.00
3	—	303	134.00	134.00
2	—	377	133.00	133.00
2	—	245	125.00–132.50	128.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	972	136.90	136.90
52	—	888	136.00–137.50	137.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	134.00	134.00
1	—	615	146.00	146.00
2	—	540	147.00–155.00	151.00
3	—	735	134.00–136.00	135.00
1	—	685	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	170.00	170.00
2	—	512	170.50	170.50
11	—	767	138.00–139.00	138.63
9	—	651	152.00	152.00
28	—	615	149.00–154.00	152.73
65	—	736	139.00–148.00	145.20
6	—	566	159.00	159.00
2	—	470	155.00	155.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,030	131.50	131.50
50	—	971	134.90	134.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	131.00–140.00	135.63
1	—	650	139.00	139.00
1	—	750	124.00	124.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	82.50	82.50

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)	2	—	1,345	900.00–1,100.00	1,001.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,295	825.00–975.00	936.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,423	1,075.00	1,075.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	65.00	65.00
7	—	1,554	72.00–78.00	73.80
6	—	1,519	66.00–70.00	67.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,218	66.00–69.00	67.32
2	—	1,260	65.00	65.00
6	—	1,336	71.00–76.00	72.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,190	65.00–72.00	69.27
1	—	1,125	56.00	56.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,553	95.00–107.00	103.64

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle