Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparisons due to the Holidays, however market opened strong this week. Very active interest for weaned steer and heifer calf packages.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.63/cwt on 430 head.

Average price

$149.63

430 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$471

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

$37.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.02

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	633	149.89	948	427
Medium and Large 2-3	425	112.17	477	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.72/cwt here — about $471 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 sale430 hd

149.63

—

KY average12 barns · 2,281 hd

140.61

+9.02

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	1,678	91.29	1,532	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	61.55	770	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,624	61.53	999	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,088	50.71	552	12

Every lot, as filed

78 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 1-2	—	380	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	908	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	555	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	498	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	822	100
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	148.51/cwt	143.00–151.00	704	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	145.54/cwt	139.00–152.00	766	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	142.90/cwt	135.00–150.00	400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	417	149.75/cwt	149.00–151.00	624	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,001	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	141.19/cwt	139.00–145.00	873	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	162.23/cwt	145.00–163.80	1,197	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	860	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,152	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	137.96/cwt	131.00–145.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	910	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	790	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	867	159.70/cwt	159.70–159.70	1,385	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	817	145.90/cwt	145.90–145.90	1,192	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	124.25/cwt	120.00–125.00	911	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,356	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,028	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	589	167.50/cwt	167.00–168.00	987	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	758	143.99/cwt	143.25–150.00	1,091	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	156.08/cwt	149.00–160.00	976	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	777	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	220	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	722	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,040	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	140.99/cwt	136.00–142.50	885	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	141.64/cwt	139.00–150.00	822	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	487	175.45/cwt	170.00–177.00	854	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	152.46/cwt	148.50–155.00	1,031	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	163.59/cwt	161.00–165.00	844	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	160.98/cwt	160.00–162.00	749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,061	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	432	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	791	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	415	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	768	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	895	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	895	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	159.62/cwt	156.00–167.00	761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	569	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	882	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	691	149.84/cwt	135.00–154.00	1,035	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	770	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	880	117.03/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	162.44/cwt	160.00–165.00	541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	159.97/cwt	150.00–165.00	585	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	773	105.87/cwt	98.00–114.00	818	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	345	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	144.58/cwt	141.00–148.00	836	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	573	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,910	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,715	1
Bulls	—	—	1,473	88.97/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,311	3
Bulls	—	—	1,985	94.78/cwt	94.00–96.00	1,881	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	59.53/cwt	57.00–62.00	727	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	68.13/cwt	65.00–70.00	916	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	59.94/cwt	58.00–62.00	952	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,713	65.49/cwt	63.00–68.00	1,122	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	718	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	42.74/cwt	29.00–49.00	448	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	54.16/cwt	50.00–59.00	596	5

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 Jan 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 812Last week 294Year ago 1,137

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 56Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 27

No market comparisons due to the Holidays, however market opened strong this week. Very active interest for weaned steer and heifer calf packages.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	159.00	159.00
2	—	582	156.00	156.00
9	—	720	139.00	139.00
8	—	618	139.00–145.00	141.19
4	—	548	156.00	156.00
1	—	825	152.00	152.00
7	—	901	150.50	150.50
2	—	465	160.00–162.00	160.98
2	—	447	169.00	169.00
2	—	780	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	147.00	147.00
1	—	785	131.00	131.00
1	—	745	130.00	130.00
1	—	300	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	738	145.00–163.80	162.23
22	—	589	167.00–168.00	167.50
19	—	758	143.25–150.00	143.99
17	—	625	149.00–160.00	156.08
9	—	487	170.00–177.00	175.45
27	—	676	148.50–155.00	152.46
6	—	516	161.00–165.00	163.59
2	—	432	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	867	159.70	159.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	130.00	130.00
1	—	835	109.00	109.00
17	—	733	120.00–125.00	124.25
1	—	855	100.00	100.00
3	—	477	156.00–167.00	159.62
2	—	333	160.00–165.00	162.44
2	—	667	130.00	130.00
8	—	366	150.00–165.00	159.97
3	—	578	141.00–148.00	144.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	125.00	125.00
1	—	525	125.00	125.00
2	—	280	135.00–150.00	142.90
2	—	493	131.00–145.00	137.96
1	—	395	140.00	140.00
2	—	773	98.00–114.00	105.87
3	—	415	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	112.00	112.00
1	—	895	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	569	155.00	155.00
1	—	440	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	134.00	134.00
1	—	495	139.00	139.00
1	—	855	116.00	116.00
4	—	571	136.00	136.00
1	—	375	130.00	130.00
2	—	692	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	498	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	474	143.00–151.00	148.51
13	—	526	139.00–152.00	145.54
8	—	417	149.00–151.00	149.75
63	—	817	145.90	145.90
50	—	722	144.00	144.00
38	—	628	136.00–142.50	140.99
31	—	580	139.00–150.00	141.64
91	—	691	135.00–154.00	149.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	117.50	117.50
1	—	305	115.00	115.00
1	—	750	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	128.00	128.00
2	—	880	114.00–120.00	117.03

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)	1	—	1,080	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,245	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	88.00–90.00	88.97
2	—	1,985	94.00–96.00	94.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,221	57.00–62.00	59.53
4	—	1,345	65.00–70.00	68.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,588	58.00–62.00	59.94
2	—	1,713	63.00–68.00	65.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	62.00	62.00
5	—	1,048	29.00–49.00	42.74
5	—	1,101	50.00–59.00	54.16

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle