Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday all classes sold mostly steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.45/cwt on 917 head.

Average price

$143.45

917 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$351

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

$24.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.34

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	726	143.78	1,044	904
Large 1-2	530	130.00	689	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	119.49	693	12thin

One grade step is worth $24.29/cwt here — about $351 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 sale917 hd

143.45

—

KY average26 barns · 5,712 hd

138.10

+5.34

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	1,718	99.27	1,705	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,492	67.86	1,012	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,303	66.77	870	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	986	54.22	535	11

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	156.97/cwt	147.00–159.00	970	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	152.02/cwt	151.00–156.00	728	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	986	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,321	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	113.00/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,229	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	692	158.96/cwt	149.00–159.50	1,100	30
Steers	Large 1-2	—	646	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	840	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	144.48/cwt	142.00–147.00	903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	488	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	830	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	733	145.36/cwt	141.00–147.50	1,065	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	162.75/cwt	161.00–164.00	949	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	148.41/cwt	137.00–149.00	1,281	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,274	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	165.43/cwt	161.00–167.00	695	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	119.98/cwt	115.00–125.00	903	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	141.04/cwt	136.00–146.00	811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	535	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	660	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	891	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	916	50.25/cwt	47.00–55.00	460	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	64.68/cwt	61.00–67.00	928	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	70.40/cwt	68.00–74.00	941	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	123.49/cwt	123.00–125.00	884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	135.10/cwt	135.00–136.00	711	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	151.51/cwt	150.00–153.00	838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	143.50/cwt	143.00–144.00	959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	827	152.90/cwt	152.90–152.90	1,264	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	770	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	147.63/cwt	140.00–149.50	912	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,154	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	780	141.33/cwt	138.00–143.95	1,102	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	809	140.82/cwt	137.25–142.80	1,139	258
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	135.37/cwt	130.00–139.00	560	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	65.19/cwt	62.00–67.00	829	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	58.98/cwt	56.00–61.00	632	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	864	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	70.28/cwt	68.00–73.00	1,075	22
Bulls	—	—	1,765	100.72/cwt	96.00–108.00	1,778	5
Bulls	—	—	1,480	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,362	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	58.04/cwt	57.00–59.00	767	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	643	114.00/cwt	113.00–115.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	686	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	112.34/cwt	111.00–115.00	865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	677	148.84/cwt	133.00–151.95	1,008	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	812	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,031	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	129.27/cwt	125.00–133.00	795	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	935	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	866	126.54/cwt	113.00–130.00	1,096	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	123.27/cwt	119.00–127.00	832	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	129.33/cwt	129.00–130.00	601	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	804	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	145.69/cwt	132.00–147.00	1,040	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	128.04/cwt	124.00–133.00	800	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	161.48/cwt	159.00–164.00	832	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	137.01/cwt	135.00–138.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	117.63/cwt	116.00–121.00	750	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 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,329Last week 561Year ago 708

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 51Year ago 48

Compared to last Tuesday all classes sold mostly steady with good demand.

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
10	—	618	147.00–159.00	156.97
30	—	692	149.00–159.50	158.96
7	—	488	170.00	170.00
13	—	733	141.00–147.50	145.36
17	—	583	161.00–164.00	162.75
1	—	760	143.00	143.00
4	—	420	161.00–167.00	165.43
6	—	515	159.00–164.00	161.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	148.00	148.00
1	—	595	130.00	130.00
1	—	535	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	479	151.00–156.00	152.02
19	—	986	134.00	134.00
2	—	1,088	112.00–114.00	113.00
2	—	625	142.00–147.00	144.48
1	—	540	156.00	156.00
62	—	863	137.00–149.00	148.41
26	—	940	135.50	135.50
2	—	553	150.00–153.00	151.51
1	—	1,015	125.00	125.00
2	—	668	143.00–144.00	143.50
3	—	813	142.00	142.00
2	—	1,157	110.00	110.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	646	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	827	152.90	152.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	123.00	123.00
1	—	395	156.00	156.00
2	—	753	115.00–125.00	119.98
2	—	575	136.00–146.00	141.04
2	—	470	146.00	146.00
1	—	845	114.00	114.00
6	—	615	125.00–133.00	129.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	152.00	152.00
2	—	660	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	130.00	130.00
1	—	790	104.00	104.00
2	—	643	113.00–115.00	114.00
1	—	345	141.00	141.00
1	—	530	127.00	127.00
1	—	490	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	716	123.00–125.00	123.49
10	—	526	135.00–136.00	135.10
6	—	414	130.00–139.00	135.37
3	—	675	119.00–127.00	123.27
2	—	365	135.00	135.00
5	—	625	124.00–133.00	128.04
3	—	453	135.00–138.00	137.01
1	—	805	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	520	148.00	148.00
93	—	618	140.00–149.50	147.63
142	—	780	138.00–143.95	141.33
258	—	809	137.25–142.80	140.82
195	—	677	133.00–151.95	148.84
6	—	566	142.00	142.00
161	—	714	132.00–147.00	145.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	770	111.00–115.00	112.34
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
3	—	465	129.00–130.00	129.33
1	—	665	121.00	121.00
1	—	260	115.00	115.00
3	—	638	116.00–121.00	117.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	812	127.00	127.00
1	—	935	120.00	120.00
5	—	866	113.00–130.00	126.54
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	916	47.00–55.00	50.25
5	—	1,071	56.00–61.00	58.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,435	61.00–67.00	64.68
1	—	1,465	59.00	59.00
22	—	1,529	68.00–73.00	70.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,337	68.00–74.00	70.40
18	—	1,272	62.00–67.00	65.19
3	—	1,322	57.00–59.00	58.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,765	96.00–108.00	100.72
1	—	1,480	92.00	92.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky