Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steer and heifer calves sold mostly steady; except 400-500 lbs weaned packages 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.77/cwt on 274 head.

Average price

$152.77

274 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$22.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.07

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	685	154.03	1,055	253
Large 1-2	797	138.94	1,108	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	780	132.00	1,030	4thin

One grade step is worth $22.03/cwt here — about $25 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 sale274 hd

152.77

—

KY average25 barns · 4,103 hd

156.83

−4.07

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	1,404	106.91	1,501	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	89.44	1,151	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,489	87.37	1,301	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	990	69.87	692	12

Every lot, as filed

92 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	—	740	153.56/cwt	143.00–158.00	1,136	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	237	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	389	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	142.07/cwt	140.00–144.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	112.24/cwt	110.00–121.00	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	126.99/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,092	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	677	142.21/cwt	140.00–143.00	963	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	157.43/cwt	145.00–162.00	880	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	146.02/cwt	145.00–147.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	165.95/cwt	152.00–169.00	677	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	370	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	148.11/cwt	145.00–154.00	781	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	752	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,000	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	339	166.08/cwt	160.00–169.00	563	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	184.86/cwt	173.00–192.00	780	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	155.75/cwt	154.00–158.00	754	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,270	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	144.83/cwt	142.00–146.00	960	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	143.19/cwt	140.00–149.00	892	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	157.06/cwt	152.00–162.00	982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	382	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	733	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,263	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	797	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	145.32/cwt	140.00–145.50	1,269	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	260	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	179.42/cwt	178.00–182.00	849	10
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	—	681	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	913	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	822	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,151	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	139.89/cwt	135.00–141.00	990	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	136.95/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,082	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	179.70/cwt	171.00–182.00	918	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	155.68/cwt	154.00–168.00	911	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	660	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,049	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	334	193.63/cwt	192.00–200.00	647	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	445	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	935	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	270	200.00/cwt	190.00–205.00	540	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	655	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Fleshy	—	477	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	682	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	78.77/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,113	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	876	60.96/cwt	55.00–68.00	534	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	76.30/cwt	75.00–78.00	823	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	72.36/cwt	69.00–75.00	735	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	79.03/cwt	78.00–80.00	951	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	89.66/cwt	87.00–96.00	1,353	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	91.17/cwt	85.00–100.00	1,186	12
Bulls	—	—	1,273	95.82/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,220	3
Bulls	—	—	990	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	782	1
Bulls	—	—	1,565	119.14/cwt	107.00–129.00	1,865	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	145.58/cwt	143.00–148.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	145.80/cwt	140.00–151.00	838	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	353	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	370	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	126.46/cwt	124.00–129.00	898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	108.03/cwt	103.00–109.00	905	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	126.59/cwt	123.00–130.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	481	152.99/cwt	150.00–156.00	736	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	167.49/cwt	163.00–169.00	707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	106.50/cwt	100.00–113.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	865	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,081	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	772	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	973	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	124.01/cwt	123.00–125.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	313	130.73/cwt	121.00–140.00	409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	143.99/cwt	142.00–145.00	901	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	773	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	936	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	515	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	144.75/cwt	143.00–146.00	886	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	133.05/cwt	131.00–135.00	832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	180.66/cwt	180.00–181.00	491	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	134.33/cwt	132.00–136.00	873	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	838	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 Mar 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 498Last week 580Year ago 492

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 54Year ago 24

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
27	—	740	143.00–158.00	153.56
8	—	422	173.00–192.00	184.86
4	—	625	152.00–162.00	157.06
4	—	382	192.00	192.00
2	—	260	197.50	197.50
10	—	473	178.00–182.00	179.42
7	—	511	171.00–182.00	179.70
18	—	585	154.00–168.00	155.68
13	—	660	159.00	159.00
9	—	334	192.00–200.00	193.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	125.00–129.00	126.99
1	—	945	129.00	129.00
1	—	455	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	181.00	181.00
6	—	408	152.00–169.00	165.95
9	—	484	154.00–158.00	155.75
10	—	917	138.50	138.50
11	—	663	142.00–146.00	144.83
10	—	623	140.00–149.00	143.19
3	—	1,035	122.00	122.00
7	—	521	153.00	153.00
63	—	873	140.00–145.50	145.32
1	—	320	172.50	172.50
9	—	708	135.00–141.00	139.89
21	—	790	136.00–137.00	136.95
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	681	134.00	134.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	822	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	237	164.00	164.00
19	—	677	140.00–143.00	142.21
14	—	559	145.00–162.00	157.43
2	—	370	159.00	159.00
10	—	527	145.00–154.00	148.11
8	—	752	133.00	133.00
6	—	339	160.00–169.00	166.08
13	—	481	150.00–156.00	152.99
4	—	422	163.00–169.00	167.49
12	—	612	143.00–146.00	144.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	139.00	139.00
2	—	528	140.00–144.00	142.07
1	—	730	129.00	129.00
2	—	388	145.00–147.00	146.02
1	—	430	147.00	147.00
1	—	290	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	613	110.00–121.00	112.24
1	—	440	123.00	123.00
1	—	390	141.00	141.00
1	—	750	114.00	114.00
2	—	580	123.00–130.00	126.59
2	—	700	100.00–113.00	106.50
2	—	658	123.00–125.00	124.01
2	—	313	121.00–140.00	130.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	125.00	125.00
2	—	772	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	161.00	161.00
1	—	445	166.00	166.00
5	—	714	131.00	131.00
3	—	270	190.00–205.00	200.00
5	—	563	156.00	156.00
3	—	626	142.00–145.00	143.99
7	—	477	162.00	162.00
7	—	678	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	122.00	122.00
1	—	370	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	477	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	91.00	91.00
1	—	645	124.00	124.00
2	—	378	143.00–148.00	145.58
1	—	905	92.00	92.00
1	—	660	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	575	140.00–151.00	145.80
1	—	345	175.00	175.00
1	—	235	150.00	150.00
2	—	710	124.00–129.00	126.46
6	—	838	103.00–109.00	108.03
2	—	467	151.00	151.00
1	—	430	154.00	154.00
2	—	625	131.00–135.00	133.05
1	—	355	175.00	175.00
3	—	272	180.00–181.00	180.66
3	—	650	132.00–136.00	134.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,413	74.00–82.00	78.77
15	—	1,509	87.00–96.00	89.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	876	55.00–68.00	60.96
4	—	1,079	75.00–78.00	76.30
4	—	1,016	69.00–75.00	72.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	78.00–80.00	79.03
12	—	1,301	85.00–100.00	91.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,273	94.00–97.00	95.82
1	—	990	79.00	79.00
5	—	1,565	107.00–129.00	119.14

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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