Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold unevenly steady with good demand for weaned packages in light supply; light demand for new crop bawling calves. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower in a light test. Good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.27/cwt on 592 head.

Average price

$135.27

592 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$518

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

$32.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.28

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	732	136.23	996	572
Medium and Large 2-3	559	108.88	608	17thin
Small and Medium 1-2	463	103.33	478	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.89/cwt here — about $518 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 sale592 hd

135.27

—

KY average25 barns · 5,173 hd

130.99

+4.28

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	1,706	93.60	1,596	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	65.82	1,037	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,311	61.96	812	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,109	54.71	606	4thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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 2-3	—	913	115.99/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,059	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	519	131.18/cwt	120.00–135.00	681	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	132.00/cwt	131.00–133.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	949	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,367	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	776	144.44/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,121	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,034	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	143.76/cwt	142.50–145.00	543	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	571	132.94/cwt	130.00–136.00	759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	791	126.72/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,002	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	141.48/cwt	130.00–142.75	966	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	496	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	346	169.01/cwt	160.00–172.00	585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	826	151.41/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,251	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	278	167.51/cwt	160.00–171.00	466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	106.42/cwt	100.00–108.00	780	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	370	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	492	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	130.17/cwt	130.00–131.00	726	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	613	148.18/cwt	131.00–150.00	908	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	782	136.89/cwt	135.00–138.85	1,070	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	123.33/cwt	120.00–128.00	639	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	145.98/cwt	144.00–148.00	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,235	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	577	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	617	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	841	117.75/cwt	114.00–120.00	990	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	140.48/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,169	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	426	161.40/cwt	156.00–164.00	688	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	572	161.45/cwt	158.00–163.00	923	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	141.49/cwt	138.00–143.00	729	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	795	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	542	161.27/cwt	154.00–163.00	874	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	149.84/cwt	144.00–155.00	731	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	458	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	636	152.74/cwt	145.00–157.00	971	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	677	150.87/cwt	142.00–154.00	1,021	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	508	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	575	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	725	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	660	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	330	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	545	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	64.29/cwt	63.00–65.00	1,009	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	58.98/cwt	57.00–61.00	764	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	56.95/cwt	55.00–58.00	628	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	69.16/cwt	67.00–73.00	1,107	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	794	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	64.23/cwt	62.00–66.00	863	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	540	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	60.54/cwt	59.00–62.00	923	2
Bulls	—	—	1,913	102.00/cwt	98.00–104.00	1,951	3
Bulls	—	—	1,498	85.20/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,276	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,745	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	17,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	143.37/cwt	139.00–146.00	734	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	147.01/cwt	145.00–148.00	681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	125.56/cwt	125.00–127.00	780	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	487	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	748	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	523	150.90/cwt	150.00–152.50	789	16
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	335	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	137.20/cwt	137.20–137.20	1,146	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	122.24/cwt	120.00–124.00	499	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	119.32/cwt	118.00–121.00	723	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	524	112.29/cwt	110.00–116.00	588	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	125.13/cwt	119.00–129.00	703	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	877	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	124.43/cwt	115.00–134.00	834	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	108.94/cwt	105.00–113.00	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	315	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	124.50/cwt	121.00–128.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	138.51/cwt	137.00–139.00	784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	777	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	761	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	115.44/cwt	113.00–119.00	828	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	620	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	812	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	919	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,245	115
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	527	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	527	2

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 Oct 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,184Last week 1,077Year ago 1,046

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 62Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 9Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	913	113.00–119.00	115.99
5	—	519	120.00–135.00	131.18
2	—	668	131.00–133.00	132.00
1	—	420	130.00	130.00
1	—	580	122.00	122.00
2	—	465	124.00	124.00
2	—	617	131.00	131.00
8	—	841	114.00–120.00	117.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	949	144.00	144.00
4	—	346	160.00–172.00	169.01
122	—	826	150.00–153.00	151.41
3	—	278	160.00–171.00	167.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	776	144.00–147.00	144.44
6	—	718	144.00	144.00
12	—	426	156.00–164.00	161.40
18	—	572	158.00–163.00	161.45
10	—	542	154.00–163.00	161.27
4	—	458	164.00	164.00
20	—	636	145.00–157.00	152.74
29	—	677	142.00–154.00	150.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	142.50–145.00	143.76
1	—	265	147.50	147.50
2	—	590	144.00–148.00	145.98
8	—	915	135.00	135.00
26	—	832	135.00–144.00	140.48
4	—	515	138.00–143.00	141.49
5	—	488	144.00–155.00	149.84
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	571	130.00–136.00	132.94
1	—	795	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	791	125.00–128.00	126.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	683	130.00–142.75	141.48
3	—	496	131.00	131.00
2	—	422	134.00	134.00
6	—	370	133.00	133.00
6	—	558	130.00–131.00	130.17
80	—	613	131.00–150.00	148.18
123	—	782	135.00–138.85	136.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	278	128.00	128.00
5	—	733	100.00–108.00	106.42
20	—	518	120.00–128.00	123.33
63	—	835	137.20	137.20
7	—	408	120.00–124.00	122.24
9	—	606	118.00–121.00	119.32
35	—	562	119.00–129.00	125.13
5	—	763	115.00	115.00
7	—	670	115.00–134.00	124.43
1	—	905	90.00	90.00
2	—	462	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	105.00	105.00
6	—	524	110.00–116.00	112.29
1	—	350	110.00	110.00
4	—	621	105.00–113.00	108.94
1	—	280	112.50	112.50
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
1	—	565	108.00	108.00
2	—	777	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
2	—	527	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	919	135.50	135.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	94.00	94.00
1	—	330	154.00	154.00
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
6	—	512	139.00–146.00	143.37
3	—	463	145.00–148.00	147.01
1	—	680	125.00	125.00
14	—	621	125.00–127.00	125.56
4	—	566	137.00–139.00	138.51
5	—	717	113.00–119.00	115.44
1	—	375	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	126.00	126.00
2	—	660	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	155.00	155.00
1	—	330	165.00	165.00
5	—	487	153.50	153.50
16	—	523	150.00–152.50	150.90
4	—	620	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
2	—	675	105.00	105.00
1	—	520	121.00	121.00
1	—	275	130.00	130.00
1	—	610	115.00	115.00
2	—	590	121.00–128.00	124.50
1	—	445	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,569	63.00–65.00	64.29
5	—	1,600	67.00–73.00	69.16
2	—	1,525	59.00–62.00	60.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,296	57.00–61.00	58.98
1	—	1,185	67.00	67.00
7	—	1,344	62.00–66.00	64.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,103	55.00–58.00	56.95
1	—	1,125	48.00	48.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,913	98.00–104.00	102.00
3	—	1,498	83.00–87.00	85.20

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	—	1,745	1,000.00	1,000.00

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