Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.82/cwt on 281 head.

Average price

$140.82

281 head · 695 lb average

Value per head Derived

$979

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$30.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.39

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	697	141.89	990	271
Medium and Large 2-3	640	111.84	715	10thin

One grade step is worth $30.06/cwt here — about $274 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 sale281 hd

140.82

—

KY average27 barns · 5,489 hd

138.44

+2.39

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	—	Average	1,639	96.90	1,589	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,500	65.43	982	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,218	64.93	791	16

Every lot, as filed

75 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	147.59/cwt	145.00–149.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	717	146.80/cwt	146.80–146.80	1,053	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	147.15/cwt	135.00–149.10	986	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	146.56/cwt	145.00–148.00	832	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	641	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	923	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	880	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,091	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	151.74/cwt	150.00–154.00	853	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	133.27/cwt	130.00–135.00	956	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	159.70/cwt	157.00–164.00	928	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	160.47/cwt	159.00–162.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	481	151.75/cwt	149.00–156.00	730	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,154	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,008	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	162.30/cwt	155.00–166.00	824	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	876	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,334	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	149.02/cwt	141.75–150.95	1,241	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	147.52/cwt	141.00–152.00	972	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,076	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	925	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	627	154.00/cwt	141.00–159.00	966	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	726	141.76/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,029	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	833	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	716	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	971	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	859	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	463	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	764	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	450	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	667	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	70.55/cwt	69.00–73.00	967	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,870	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	972	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	70.24/cwt	70.00–71.00	1,065	4
Bulls	—	—	1,340	90.39/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,211	2
Bulls	—	—	1,140	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	878	1
Bulls	—	—	1,859	103.49/cwt	96.00–107.00	1,924	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	64.98/cwt	63.00–68.00	953	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	59.92/cwt	54.00–62.00	683	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	65.28/cwt	63.00–67.00	785	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,539	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,555	1,967.84/cwt	1,950.00–1,975.00	30,600	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,476	1,608.19/cwt	1,550.00–1,650.00	23,737	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	751	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	915	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	1,030	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,180	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,050	725.24/cwt	700.00–750.00	7,615	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,671	1,795.65/cwt	1,525.00–1,900.00	30,005	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	933	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,036	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	805	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	910	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	490	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	113.86/cwt	108.00–120.00	874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	119.25/cwt	117.00–120.00	905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	802	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	855	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	970	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	130.48/cwt	129.00–132.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	752	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,068	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	994	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	718	108.39/cwt	103.00–114.00	778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	672	114.73/cwt	108.00–121.00	771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	140.68/cwt	138.00–142.00	675	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 Sep 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 561Last week 1,508Year ago 855

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 102Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 15Year ago 4

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	533	145.00–149.00	147.59
65	—	717	146.80	146.80
93	—	670	135.00–149.10	147.15
16	—	568	145.00–148.00	146.56
8	—	641	144.00	144.00
4	—	880	124.00	124.00
10	—	481	149.00–156.00	151.75
31	—	752	142.00	142.00
1	—	440	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	933	111.00	111.00
2	—	805	113.00	113.00
19	—	855	113.50	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	759	117.00–120.00	119.25
2	—	673	129.00–132.00	130.48
2	—	920	108.00	108.00
3	—	480	138.00–142.00	140.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	101.00	101.00
1	—	335	125.00	125.00
3	—	718	103.00–114.00	108.39
3	—	672	108.00–121.00	114.73
1	—	760	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	140.00–141.00	140.50
1	—	620	128.00	128.00
3	—	473	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	562	150.00–154.00	151.74
7	—	717	130.00–135.00	133.27
2	—	373	159.00–162.00	160.47
1	—	1,165	117.00	117.00
1	—	460	155.00	155.00
2	—	962	120.00	120.00
2	—	752	134.00	134.00
78	—	833	141.75–150.95	149.02
3	—	861	125.00	125.00
1	—	405	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	581	157.00–164.00	159.70
8	—	508	155.00–166.00	162.30
10	—	659	141.00–152.00	147.52
5	—	627	141.00–159.00	154.00
12	—	726	141.00–142.00	141.76
1	—	420	159.00	159.00
7	—	463	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	876	152.25	152.25
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	127.00	127.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	833	86.00	86.00
8	—	971	88.50	88.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	140.00	140.00
1	—	745	110.00	110.00
1	—	675	122.00	122.00
1	—	640	131.00	131.00
2	—	860	100.00	100.00
2	—	768	108.00–120.00	113.86
1	—	435	148.00	148.00
2	—	557	144.00	144.00
1	—	300	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	153.00	153.00
1	—	425	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,370	69.00–73.00	70.55
4	—	1,140	54.00–62.00	59.92
9	—	1,202	63.00–67.00	65.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	52.00	52.00
4	—	1,516	70.00–71.00	70.24
13	—	1,467	63.00–68.00	64.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	87.00–93.00	90.39
1	—	1,140	77.00	77.00
5	—	1,859	96.00–107.00	103.49

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	75.00	75.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,050	700.00–750.00	725.24
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,555	1,950.00–1,975.00	1,967.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,476	1,550.00–1,650.00	1,608.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,671	1,525.00–1,900.00	1,795.65
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	83.00	83.00

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

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle