Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers unevenly steady with very good demand for 4-weight weaned packages. Yearling steers 3.00 to 4.00 higher with very good demand. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher on 4-weight weaned packages. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.78/cwt on 849 head.

Average price

$155.78

849 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$590

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

$41.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.21

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	718	156.53	1,124	824
Large 1-2	605	138.80	840	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	656	129.55	850	19thin
Small and Medium 1-2	465	115.00	535	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.53/cwt here — about $590 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 sale849 hd

155.78

—

KY average25 barns · 9,958 hd

153.57

+2.21

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	—	Low	1,798	91.52	1,646	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,311	59.34	778	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,489	59.09	880	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	49.52	497	9thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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	—	653	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	878	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	924	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,123	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	137.48/cwt	129.00–148.00	997	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	132.49/cwt	127.00–142.00	697	42
Steers	Large 1-2	—	735	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	128.71/cwt	127.00–130.00	739	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	870	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	318	174.80/cwt	170.00–180.00	556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	966	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,410	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	831	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,363	64
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	143.15/cwt	142.00–146.00	616	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	134.32/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,179	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	691	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	905	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	818	120.72/cwt	119.00–124.00	987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	722	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	137.61/cwt	136.00–139.50	842	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	139.30/cwt	135.00–140.00	908	29
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	465	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	576	137.69/cwt	137.00–139.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	138.53/cwt	133.00–144.00	641	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	134.47/cwt	131.00–139.00	974	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	134.28/cwt	126.00–137.00	1,319	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	150.61/cwt	143.00–154.00	824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	149.96/cwt	144.00–154.00	870	12
Steers	Large 1-2	—	595	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	129.70/cwt	129.00–131.00	798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	514	157.09/cwt	154.00–163.00	807	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	138.75/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,110	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	136.49/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,076	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	156.23/cwt	155.00–157.00	762	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	410	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,298	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	711	159.48/cwt	140.00–164.25	1,134	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	462	171.65/cwt	160.00–179.00	793	17
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	—	550	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	155.09/cwt	144.00–162.00	1,039	175
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	854	110.25/cwt	110.25–110.25	942	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	149.27/cwt	142.00–154.50	931	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	778	162.97/cwt	161.00–166.30	1,268	251
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	656	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,090	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	130.94/cwt	123.00–136.00	876	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	463	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	773	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	545	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	828	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	532	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	62.33/cwt	59.00–66.00	772	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	42.33/cwt	39.00–48.00	406	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	56.84/cwt	55.00–59.00	585	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	62.68/cwt	59.00–65.00	993	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	56.10/cwt	53.00–59.00	791	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	691	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,412	56.65/cwt	54.00–58.00	800	9
Bulls	—	—	1,180	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	897	1
Bulls	—	—	1,915	97.98/cwt	94.00–103.00	1,876	4
Bulls	—	—	1,836	88.95/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,633	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,688	940.45/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	15,875	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	846.02/cwt	830.00–860.00	10,939	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,275	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,609	918.94/cwt	850.00–1,080.00	14,786	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,739	1,250.26/cwt	1,100.00–1,360.00	21,742	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	885	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,195	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,497	923.93/cwt	820.00–1,000.00	13,831	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,490	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	20,115	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	115.26/cwt	110.00–119.00	893	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	485	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	104.30/cwt	101.00–106.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	138.45/cwt	136.00–144.00	656	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	113.50/cwt	110.00–117.00	499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	930	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	137.19/cwt	137.00–138.00	524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	112.42/cwt	107.00–120.00	821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	971	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,078	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	842	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	994	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	134.79/cwt	132.00–137.00	593	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	112.92/cwt	109.00–120.00	608	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	119.07/cwt	114.00–127.00	799	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	117.74/cwt	114.00–123.00	854	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	383	143.99/cwt	142.00–145.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	131.08/cwt	127.00–136.00	824	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	110.40/cwt	109.00–116.00	831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	132.82/cwt	130.00–135.00	643	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	119.00/cwt	115.00–125.00	700	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	139.67/cwt	131.00–144.00	828	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	134.87/cwt	133.00–136.00	688	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	126.09/cwt	122.00–133.00	797	18
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	360	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	707	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 Dec 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,319Last week 2,125Year ago 2,073

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 99Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 13Year ago 6

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
6	—	653	134.50	134.50
14	—	924	121.50	121.50
14	—	725	129.00–148.00	137.48
42	—	526	127.00–142.00	132.49
11	—	574	127.00–130.00	128.71
13	—	430	142.00–146.00	143.15
9	—	474	136.00–144.00	138.45
46	—	629	127.00–136.00	131.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	101.00–106.00	104.30
1	—	755	94.00	94.00
2	—	440	110.00–117.00	113.50
2	—	930	86.00	86.00
7	—	538	109.00–120.00	112.92
3	—	493	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	382	137.00–138.00	137.19
4	—	634	120.00–122.00	121.02
5	—	730	107.00–120.00	112.42
4	—	440	132.00–137.00	134.79
5	—	671	114.00–127.00	119.07
5	—	753	109.00–116.00	110.40
7	—	484	130.00–135.00	132.82
4	—	588	115.00–125.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	971	111.00	111.00
2	—	842	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	142.00–145.00	143.99
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	120.00	120.00
2	—	595	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	170.00–180.00	174.80
16	—	966	146.00	146.00
64	—	831	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	138.00	138.00
1	—	775	120.00	120.00
4	—	691	131.00	131.00
3	—	818	119.00–124.00	120.72
2	—	722	119.00	119.00
3	—	576	137.00–139.00	137.69
2	—	463	133.00–144.00	138.53
3	—	615	129.00–131.00	129.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	878	134.00–135.00	134.32
1	—	310	160.00	160.00
17	—	612	136.00–139.50	137.61
29	—	652	135.00–140.00	139.30
1	—	395	166.00	166.00
20	—	724	131.00–139.00	134.47
4	—	982	126.00–137.00	134.28
5	—	547	143.00–154.00	150.61
12	—	580	144.00–154.00	149.96
12	—	800	137.00–140.00	138.75
4	—	788	134.00–139.00	136.49
5	—	488	155.00–157.00	156.23
2	—	1,180	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,000	114.00	114.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	514	154.00–163.00	157.09
1	—	410	164.00	164.00
117	—	711	140.00–164.25	159.48
17	—	462	160.00–179.00	171.65
175	—	670	144.00–162.00	155.09
40	—	624	142.00–154.50	149.27
251	—	778	161.00–166.30	162.97
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	153.00	153.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	854	110.25	110.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	138.00	138.00
1	—	1,000	109.00	109.00
10	—	669	123.00–136.00	130.94
1	—	835	121.00	121.00
4	—	775	110.00–119.00	115.26
3	—	725	114.00–123.00	117.74
9	—	593	131.00–144.00	139.67
8	—	510	133.00–136.00	134.87
2	—	390	159.00	159.00
18	—	632	122.00–133.00	126.09
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	107.00	107.00
1	—	485	113.00	113.00
3	—	300	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	128.00	128.00
1	—	275	130.00	130.00
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
1	—	575	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	49.00	49.00
4	—	960	39.00–48.00	42.33
4	—	1,029	55.00–59.00	56.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,238	59.00–66.00	62.33
2	—	1,328	52.00	52.00
9	—	1,412	54.00–58.00	56.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,584	59.00–65.00	62.68
12	—	1,410	53.00–59.00	56.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	76.00	76.00
4	—	1,915	94.00–103.00	97.98
4	—	1,836	87.00–91.00	88.95

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,688	900.00–1,000.00	940.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,293	830.00–860.00	846.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,609	850.00–1,080.00	918.94
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,275	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,739	1,100.00–1,360.00	1,250.26
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,497	820.00–1,000.00	923.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,490	1,350.00	1,350.00

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

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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle