Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers under 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Yearlings sold steady in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.76/cwt on 486 head.

Average price

$175.76

486 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$21.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.42

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	635	175.89	1,117	483
Medium and Large 2-3	530	154.67	820	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.23/cwt here — about $297 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 sale486 hd

175.76

—

KY average24 barns · 5,386 hd

167.35

+8.42

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	1,453	121.36	1,763	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	87.78	1,078	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,461	87.43	1,278	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	76.21	805	11

Every lot, as filed

84 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	—	409	202.74/cwt	184.00–205.00	829	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	461	202.18/cwt	182.00–204.00	932	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	171.20/cwt	169.00–172.00	957	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	909	145.35/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,321	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	146.81/cwt	142.75–150.00	1,290	121
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,047	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	424	177.61/cwt	162.00–180.00	753	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	149.34/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,220	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	156.30/cwt	148.00–159.00	982	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,177	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	332	181.79/cwt	170.00–185.00	604	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	154.96/cwt	149.00–159.00	899	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	154.60/cwt	148.00–160.00	810	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	374	165.50/cwt	163.00–173.00	619	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	151.45/cwt	142.00–157.00	944	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	164.39/cwt	154.00–167.00	779	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	316	202.00/cwt	198.00–207.00	638	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	820	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	191.69/cwt	191.00–193.00	732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	166.42/cwt	162.00–175.00	726	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	299	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	601	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	780	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,162	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	627	184.09/cwt	161.00–193.50	1,154	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	192.70/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,012	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	166.98/cwt	165.00–175.00	810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	142.02/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,031	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	188.57/cwt	177.00–199.00	1,113	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	669	167.48/cwt	164.00–172.00	1,120	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	390	210.25/cwt	201.00–213.00	820	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	705	152.02/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,072	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	242	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	325	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	185.51/cwt	184.00–186.00	890	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	171.79/cwt	165.00–174.00	885	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	681	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	967	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	75.12/cwt	71.00–80.00	761	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	684	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	90.49/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,265	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	81.30/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,291	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	83.08/cwt	78.00–85.00	950	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	671	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	84.93/cwt	84.00–86.00	922	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	72.91/cwt	71.00–75.00	826	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	89.83/cwt	85.00–100.00	1,124	26
Bulls	—	—	1,453	121.36/cwt	111.00–130.00	1,763	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,540	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	1,216.25/cwt	900.00–1,425.00	15,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	15,698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	120.99/cwt	120.00–125.00	895	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	91.32/cwt	90.00–92.00	799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	934	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	148.02/cwt	146.00–150.00	799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	144.99/cwt	141.00–147.00	826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	155.43/cwt	148.00–160.00	588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	951	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	1,053	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,148	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	666	131.72/cwt	130.00–135.00	877	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	144.82/cwt	143.00–147.00	705	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	747	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	829	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	866	88.01/cwt	87.00–89.00	762	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	274	186.20/cwt	166.00–192.50	510	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	660	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	970	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	130.68/cwt	125.00–135.00	921	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	152.24/cwt	149.00–156.00	670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	783	113.01/cwt	109.00–117.00	885	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 May 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 877Last week 1,351Year ago 567

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 93Year ago 124

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 13Year ago 21

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
35	—	409	184.00–205.00	202.74
64	—	461	182.00–204.00	202.18
20	—	316	198.00–207.00	202.00
5	—	299	201.00	201.00
2	—	780	149.00	149.00
83	—	627	161.00–193.50	184.09
41	—	525	184.00–195.00	192.70
18	—	590	177.00–199.00	188.57
8	—	669	164.00–172.00	167.48
7	—	390	201.00–213.00	210.25
3	—	705	150.00–156.00	152.02
2	—	242	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	559	169.00–172.00	171.20
27	—	909	143.00–147.00	145.35
121	—	879	142.75–150.00	146.81
2	—	347	190.00	190.00
6	—	817	147.00–150.00	149.34
10	—	628	148.00–159.00	156.30
1	—	1,075	129.00	129.00
4	—	503	163.00	163.00
3	—	382	191.00–193.00	191.69
3	—	436	162.00–175.00	166.42
5	—	485	165.00–175.00	166.98
4	—	726	140.00–148.00	142.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	153.00	153.00
1	—	335	181.00	181.00
1	—	905	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	712	147.00	147.00
78	—	424	162.00–180.00	177.61
13	—	332	170.00–185.00	181.79
29	—	580	149.00–159.00	154.96
13	—	524	148.00–160.00	154.60
8	—	374	163.00–173.00	165.50
30	—	623	142.00–157.00	151.45
35	—	474	154.00–167.00	164.39
4	—	274	166.00–192.50	186.20
3	—	660	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	131.00	131.00
1	—	565	135.00	135.00
6	—	747	111.00	111.00
4	—	866	87.00–89.00	88.01
2	—	783	109.00–117.00	113.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	141.00–147.00	144.99
4	—	378	148.00–160.00	155.43
1	—	790	123.00	123.00
5	—	487	143.00–147.00	144.82
1	—	655	135.00	135.00
1	—	530	141.00	141.00
7	—	705	125.00–135.00	130.68
5	—	440	149.00–156.00	152.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	951	118.00	118.00
9	—	1,053	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	144.00	144.00
1	—	440	201.00	201.00
1	—	325	200.00	200.00
4	—	480	184.00–186.00	185.51
8	—	515	165.00–174.00	171.79
5	—	681	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	135.00	135.00
1	—	550	142.00	142.00
5	—	740	120.00–125.00	120.99
3	—	875	90.00–92.00	91.32
2	—	540	146.00–150.00	148.02
1	—	765	118.00	118.00
4	—	666	130.00–135.00	131.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	126.00	126.00
1	—	535	157.00	157.00
1	—	360	171.00	171.00
2	—	672	139.00	139.00
2	—	332	170.00	170.00
3	—	461	161.00	161.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,013	71.00–80.00	75.12
1	—	1,140	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,065	63.00	63.00
4	—	1,086	84.00–86.00	84.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,398	87.00–95.00	90.49
4	—	1,588	77.00–85.00	81.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,144	78.00–85.00	83.08
2	—	1,133	71.00–75.00	72.91
26	—	1,251	85.00–100.00	89.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,453	111.00–130.00	121.36

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	—	1,060	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,258	900.00–1,425.00	1,216.25
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,365	1,150.00	1,150.00

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

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