Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady except fleshy 400-500 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Another very hot humid day combined with many area farmers making hay softened demand for stocker calves and restricted local cattle movement. Good demand for thin-fleshed yearling loads. Slaughter cows sold steady 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 $174.26/cwt on 145 head.

Average price

$174.26

145 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$424

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

$24.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.51

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	578	174.43	1,009	144
Medium and Large 2-3	390	150.00	585	1thin

One grade step is worth $24.43/cwt here — about $424 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 sale145 hd

174.26

—

KY average26 barns · 5,135 hd

159.75

+14.51

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	1,600	112.32	1,797	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,436	92.07	1,322	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,292	91.63	1,184	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	887	63.91	567	6thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1-2	—	747	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	887	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	864	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	809	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,205	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	139.50/cwt	139.00–141.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	179.96/cwt	164.00–180.80	1,119	77
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	788	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	942	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	158.72/cwt	156.00–164.00	817	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	164.30/cwt	160.00–176.00	614	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	995	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	163.45/cwt	159.00–170.00	525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	173.23/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,031	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	177.69/cwt	165.00–181.00	919	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	735	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	135.99/cwt	130.00–139.00	840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	978	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	52.71/cwt	48.00–57.00	456	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	66.34/cwt	63.00–69.00	569	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	802	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	94.46/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,402	8
Bulls	—	—	1,733	120.65/cwt	116.00–129.00	2,091	3
Bulls	—	—	1,500	106.08/cwt	97.00–110.00	1,591	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	95.61/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,318	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,308	85.68/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,121	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	86.33/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	144.98/cwt	144.00–146.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,083	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	154.31/cwt	154.00–155.00	809	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	142.89/cwt	140.00–144.00	664	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	436	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	676	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	305	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	146.95/cwt	143.00–151.00	551	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	995	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	846	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 Jun 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 509Year ago 963

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 82Year ago 39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	747	117.00	117.00
1	—	670	125.00	125.00
4	—	551	139.00–141.00	139.50
2	—	410	144.00–146.00	144.98
11	—	465	140.00–144.00	142.89
6	—	375	143.00–151.00	146.95
1	—	620	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	600	144.00	144.00
61	—	809	149.00	149.00
13	—	524	154.00–155.00	154.31
8	—	436	155.00	155.00
1	—	305	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	580	130.00	130.00
1	—	730	108.00	108.00
1	—	530	133.00	133.00
1	—	395	136.00	136.00
1	—	995	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	157.00	157.00
2	—	432	161.00	161.00
3	—	515	156.00–164.00	158.72
7	—	374	160.00–176.00	164.30
4	—	321	159.00–170.00	163.45
1	—	675	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	170.00	170.00
77	—	622	164.00–180.80	179.96
1	—	425	171.00	171.00
5	—	663	150.00	150.00
23	—	595	165.00–175.00	173.23
13	—	517	165.00–181.00	177.69
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	788	119.50	119.50
1	—	735	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	94.00	94.00
3	—	618	130.00–139.00	135.99
1	—	580	141.00	141.00
2	—	532	150.00	150.00
1	—	690	130.00	130.00
3	—	730	134.00	134.00
2	—	1,105	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	133.00	133.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	865	48.00–57.00	52.71
3	—	858	63.00–69.00	66.34
1	—	1,015	79.00	79.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,484	90.00–101.00	94.46
3	—	1,308	85.00–86.00	85.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,378	90.00–102.00	95.61
3	—	1,177	84.00–88.00	86.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,733	116.00–129.00	120.65
4	—	1,500	97.00–110.00	106.08

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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