Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Yearlings sold steady with very good demand in a limited comparison with last week's light test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Yearling heifers limited comparison with last week's light test. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher compared to last Tuesday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.44/cwt on 1,185 head.

Average price

$149.44

1,185 head · 837 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$29.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.79

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	838	149.58	1,254	1,177
Medium and Large 2-3	670	133.33	893	6thin
Large 1-2	808	120.50	973	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.08/cwt here — about $281 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 sale1,185 hd

149.44

—

KY average26 barns · 6,098 hd

148.65

+0.79

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	1,896	109.75	2,081	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,369	73.37	1,004	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	71.67	886	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	993	65.50	650	2thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	857	152.90/cwt	152.90–152.90	1,310	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	767	153.23/cwt	142.75–156.00	1,175	91
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	140.60/cwt	123.00–141.00	1,272	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	154.45/cwt	152.00–157.00	811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	146.26/cwt	133.00–152.00	999	286
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	145.06/cwt	135.00–149.00	921	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	171.77/cwt	166.00–178.00	902	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	174.48/cwt	171.00–178.00	633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	497	161.33/cwt	160.00–166.00	802	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	381	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	150.66/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,017	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	120.24/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,225	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,272	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,068	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	437	162.89/cwt	160.00–169.00	712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	150.94/cwt	139.00–154.00	898	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	116.00/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,224	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	740	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,051	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	953	142.90/cwt	142.90–142.90	1,362	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	838	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,110	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	831	150.75/cwt	148.80–151.70	1,253	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	823	152.95/cwt	152.90–153.00	1,259	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	601	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	965	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	768	137.71/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,058	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	146.19/cwt	139.00–150.00	759	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	176.66/cwt	166.00–180.00	1,021	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	679	154.01/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,046	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,027	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,407	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	784	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	881	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	72.05/cwt	69.00–74.00	988	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	77.03/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,066	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	62.79/cwt	59.00–67.00	765	2
Bulls	—	—	1,896	109.75/cwt	102.00–116.00	2,081	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	700	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	847	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	76.52/cwt	75.00–78.00	976	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	746	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	561	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	644	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	725	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	938	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,330	58
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	844	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	852	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	861	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,040	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,073	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	915	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,098	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	728	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,036	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	1,041.98/cwt	925.00–1,125.00	12,014	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	961	143.08/cwt	142.25–143.95	1,375	112
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	124.33/cwt	124.00–125.00	837	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	778	111.46/cwt	108.00–117.00	867	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	112.83/cwt	100.00–119.00	1,041	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	126.67/cwt	126.00–127.00	852	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	126.32/cwt	125.00–129.00	925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	139.94/cwt	139.00–149.00	852	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	905	143.95/cwt	143.95–143.95	1,303	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	147.82/cwt	146.00–149.00	998	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	168.88/cwt	158.00–173.00	1,071	94

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 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,828Last week 362Year ago 1,166

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 37Year ago 32

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	857	152.90	152.90
55	—	953	142.90	142.90
131	—	823	152.90–153.00	152.95
110	—	905	143.95	143.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	767	142.75–156.00	153.23
4	—	525	166.00–178.00	171.77
9	—	497	160.00–166.00	161.33
1	—	740	142.00	142.00
29	—	578	166.00–180.00	176.66
22	—	679	152.00–157.00	154.01
94	—	634	158.00–173.00	168.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	905	123.00–141.00	140.60
2	—	363	171.00–178.00	174.48
4	—	1,019	118.00–121.00	120.24
58	—	882	144.25	144.25
4	—	797	134.00	134.00
3	—	1,055	110.00–119.00	116.00
1	—	1,140	112.00	112.00
25	—	609	139.00–149.00	139.94
5	—	675	146.00–149.00	147.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	831	148.80–151.70	150.75
56	—	1,027	137.00	137.00
58	—	938	141.75	141.75
112	—	961	142.25–143.95	143.08
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	121.00	121.00
1	—	915	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	130.00	130.00
1	—	495	147.00	147.00
1	—	875	130.00	130.00
2	—	540	131.00	131.00
1	—	745	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	112.00	112.00
2	—	525	152.00–157.00	154.45
1	—	980	102.00	102.00
3	—	923	100.00–119.00	112.83
1	—	480	155.00	155.00
3	—	732	125.00–129.00	126.32
1	—	605	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	675	150.00–151.00	150.66
3	—	437	160.00–169.00	162.89
3	—	600	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	118.00	118.00
1	—	465	142.00	142.00
1	—	410	149.00	149.00
3	—	673	126.00–127.00	126.67
1	—	625	149.00	149.00
1	—	390	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
286	—	683	133.00–152.00	146.26
22	—	635	135.00–149.00	145.06
3	—	381	152.00	152.00
5	—	469	150.00	150.00
100	—	595	139.00–154.00	150.94
69	—	768	134.00–140.00	137.71
9	—	519	139.00–150.00	146.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	129.00	129.00
3	—	673	124.00–125.00	124.33
1	—	950	109.00	109.00
1	—	780	123.00	123.00
2	—	565	137.00	137.00
1	—	370	144.00	144.00
2	—	600	131.00	131.00
1	—	450	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	838	132.50	132.50
2	—	340	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	601	160.50	160.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	778	108.00–117.00	111.46
1	—	535	123.00	123.00
1	—	355	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	90.00	90.00
2	—	852	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,040	89.00	89.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	82.00	82.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	82.50	82.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	75.00	75.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,153	925.00–1,125.00	1,041.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	70.00	70.00
2	—	1,218	59.00–67.00	62.79
4	—	1,275	75.00–78.00	76.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	68.00	68.00
7	—	1,371	69.00–74.00	72.05
4	—	1,384	75.00–79.00	77.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	70.00	70.00
1	—	920	61.00	61.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,896	102.00–116.00	109.75

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