Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady with good demand. Yearling steers sold 5.00 higher in a limited comparison with very good demand. Very good demand for yearling heifers in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold steady with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.94/cwt on 192 head.

Average price

$145.94

192 head · 811 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,183

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$417

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

$23.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.09

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	415	148.00	614	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	813	146.04	1,187	190
Large 1-2	825	125.00	1,031	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about −$417 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 sale192 hd

145.94

—

KY average11 barns · 1,425 hd

144.86

+1.09

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	1,830	104.40	1,911	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,254	69.79	875	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,694	69.58	1,179	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	63.38	697	14

Every lot, as filed

57 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	—	—	1,830	104.40/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,911	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	70.98/cwt	70.00–73.00	904	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	68.01/cwt	67.00–69.00	1,163	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,678	71.15/cwt	69.00–74.00	1,194	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	65.21/cwt	62.00–67.00	743	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	71.54/cwt	71.00–72.00	746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	734	140.94/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,034	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	700	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	889	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	885	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,027	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	921	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	631	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	960	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	5,664	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	922	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,053	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	162.99/cwt	160.00–175.00	872	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	487	174.27/cwt	172.00–175.00	849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	506	143.72/cwt	139.00–146.00	727	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	154.66/cwt	154.00–156.00	817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	448	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	157.71/cwt	157.00–160.00	923	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	142.07/cwt	138.00–144.00	845	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	623	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,165	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,155	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	923.27/cwt	850.00–1,070.00	10,525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,126	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	995	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	825	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,031	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	68.30/cwt	66.00–70.00	839	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	58.82/cwt	56.00–60.00	634	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	149.45/cwt	140.00–152.00	777	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	110.50/cwt	109.00–112.00	954	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	669	131.32/cwt	130.00–134.00	879	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	905	143.95/cwt	143.95–143.95	1,303	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,006	137.95/cwt	137.95–137.95	1,388	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	133.45/cwt	132.00–135.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	149.93/cwt	145.50–152.00	943	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	132.19/cwt	130.00–132.50	1,240	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	968	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 Jul 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 362Last week 734Year ago 693

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 38Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 6Year ago 6

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,830	100.00–110.00	104.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,274	70.00–73.00	70.98
4	—	1,228	66.00–70.00	68.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,710	67.00–69.00	68.01
3	—	1,678	69.00–74.00	71.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,140	62.00–67.00	65.21
2	—	1,043	71.00–72.00	71.54
6	—	1,078	56.00–60.00	58.82

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
9	—	734	140.00–142.00	140.94
26	—	535	160.00–175.00	162.99
4	—	487	172.00–175.00	174.27
3	—	448	167.00	167.00
4	—	585	157.00–160.00	157.71
20	—	629	145.50–152.00	149.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	135.00	135.00
1	—	420	151.00	151.00
1	—	770	136.00	136.00
4	—	810	130.00	130.00
1	—	515	157.00	157.00
1	—	580	155.00	155.00
8	—	938	130.00–132.50	132.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	148.00	148.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	905	143.95	143.95
50	—	1,006	137.95	137.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	127.00	127.00
6	—	885	115.00–117.00	116.00
9	—	669	130.00–134.00	131.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	622	148.00	148.00
3	—	438	144.00	144.00
25	—	506	139.00–146.00	143.72
28	—	595	138.00–144.00	142.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	123.00	123.00
1	—	745	118.00	118.00
4	—	415	134.00–135.00	134.50
1	—	330	139.00	139.00
2	—	540	130.00–132.00	130.99
2	—	480	132.00–135.00	133.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	119.00	119.00
1	—	475	130.00	130.00
1	—	605	114.00	114.00
1	—	700	97.00	97.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	654	141.00	141.00
3	—	528	154.00–156.00	154.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,005	99.00	99.00
6	—	520	140.00–152.00	149.45
2	—	863	109.00–112.00	110.50
1	—	960	106.00	106.00
1	—	470	151.00	151.00
1	—	840	116.00	116.00
1	—	750	129.00	129.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	590.00	590.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,140	850.00–1,070.00	923.27

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle