Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand; attractive featherweights sharply higher. Yearlings steers sold steady to firm with very good demand. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher; high dressing cows 6.00 to 10.00 higher with a very attractive offering of heavy high dressing cows today. Slaughter bulls sold steady in a light test with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.95/cwt on 650 head.

Average price

$184.95

650 head · 804 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$695

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

$13.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.88

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	808	185.12	1,496	642
Medium and Large 2-3	467	171.48	801	8thin

One grade step is worth $13.64/cwt here — about $695 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 sale650 hd

184.95

—

KY average23 barns · 5,263 hd

183.08

+1.88

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	1,700	117.15	1,992	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,301	101.22	1,317	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,492	99.62	1,486	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,076	88.85	956	17

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	835	$725	1thin

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 1-2	—	826	174.61/cwt	171.00–176.00	1,442	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	202.42/cwt	200.00–205.00	858	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	991	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,615	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,085	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	806	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,451	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	859	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,555	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	201.41/cwt	185.00–206.75	1,285	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	171.62/cwt	170.00–172.50	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	176.07/cwt	166.00–179.00	1,012	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	166.86/cwt	159.00–173.00	1,056	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	324	173.42/cwt	173.00–176.00	562	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	460	170.41/cwt	165.00–179.00	784	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	201.70/cwt	194.00–206.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	173.09/cwt	161.00–178.00	923	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	153.55/cwt	152.00–157.00	869	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	159.58/cwt	154.00–164.00	753	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	131.26/cwt	123.00–140.00	676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	160.00/cwt	158.00–162.00	701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	586	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	883	181.85/cwt	181.85–181.85	1,606	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	295	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,228	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,064	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	198.34/cwt	190.00–207.00	526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	195.60/cwt	175.00–200.50	1,281	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	790	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	782	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	212.34/cwt	196.00–215.00	1,187	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	175.08/cwt	167.00–179.00	1,278	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	186.71/cwt	165.00–188.00	1,419	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	939	177.87/cwt	175.80–178.95	1,670	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	497	210.13/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,044	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	328	228.42/cwt	220.00–237.50	749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	213.14/cwt	202.00–218.00	1,119	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	418	212.15/cwt	208.00–218.00	887	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	371	214.20/cwt	209.00–217.00	795	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	460	207.38/cwt	207.00–208.00	954	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	467	193.58/cwt	188.00–208.00	904	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	200.95/cwt	199.00–209.00	723	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	523	194.54/cwt	187.00–197.00	1,017	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	330	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	719	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,395	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	670	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	94.51/cwt	87.00–106.00	979	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	84.58/cwt	83.00–86.00	931	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	103.00/cwt	95.00–115.00	1,357	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	90.03/cwt	84.00–95.00	1,079	7
Bulls	—	—	1,724	118.88/cwt	115.00–121.00	2,049	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	91.94/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,318	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	100.65/cwt	94.00–111.00	1,510	52
Bulls	—	—	1,535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,612	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	178.46/cwt	177.00–180.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	182.66/cwt	165.00–186.00	935	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	171.27/cwt	169.00–174.00	983	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	159.56/cwt	141.00–179.00	523	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	308	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	400	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	290	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	162.80/cwt	161.00–174.00	1,101	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	248	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	263	174.50/cwt	170.00–178.00	459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	665	173.90/cwt	173.50–174.00	1,156	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	126.45/cwt	124.00–129.00	864	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,028	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	154.49/cwt	151.00–157.00	833	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	153.45/cwt	151.00–157.00	959	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	386	176.53/cwt	174.00–180.00	681	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	167.66/cwt	166.00–169.00	600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	885	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	815	140.47/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,145	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	145.81/cwt	141.00–151.00	682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	142.04/cwt	131.00–144.00	1,018	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	197.63/cwt	191.00–204.00	757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	151.32/cwt	147.50–155.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	142.02/cwt	141.00–143.00	817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	161.84/cwt	161.00–162.00	1,105	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	128.97/cwt	115.00–134.00	784	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,028	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	167.80/cwt	166.00–169.00	1,027	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	431	211.63/cwt	211.00–213.00	912	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	173.44/cwt	170.00–177.00	732	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 Aug 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,116Last week 1,166Year ago 556

Slaughter CattleReceipts 158Last week 66Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 9Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	826	171.00–176.00	174.61
4	—	424	200.00–205.00	202.42
1	—	1,015	140.00	140.00
43	—	991	163.00	163.00
1	—	890	164.00	164.00
2	—	670	162.00	162.00
3	—	390	212.00	212.00
3	—	312	194.00–206.00	201.70
2	—	782	157.00	157.00
2	—	615	173.00	173.00
1	—	495	192.00	192.00
2	—	265	190.00–207.00	198.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	806	180.00	180.00
57	—	859	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	638	185.00–206.75	201.41
1	—	295	212.50	212.50
24	—	655	175.00–200.50	195.60
17	—	559	196.00–215.00	212.34
8	—	730	167.00–179.00	175.08
68	—	760	165.00–188.00	186.71
7	—	497	201.00–217.00	210.13
2	—	328	220.00–237.50	228.42
13	—	525	202.00–218.00	213.14
13	—	418	208.00–218.00	212.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	172.00	172.00
3	—	360	170.00–172.50	171.62
3	—	586	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	883	181.85	181.85
170	—	939	175.80–178.95	177.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	575	166.00–179.00	176.07
29	—	633	159.00–173.00	166.86
7	—	324	173.00–176.00	173.42
17	—	460	165.00–179.00	170.41
47	—	533	161.00–178.00	173.09
4	—	263	170.00–178.00	174.50
14	—	386	174.00–180.00	176.53
13	—	683	161.00–162.00	161.84
5	—	422	170.00–177.00	173.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	566	152.00–157.00	153.55
10	—	472	154.00–164.00	159.58
3	—	438	158.00–162.00	160.00
3	—	791	130.00	130.00
4	—	539	151.00–157.00	154.49
4	—	625	151.00–157.00	153.45
3	—	358	166.00–169.00	167.66
10	—	717	131.00–144.00	142.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	123.00–140.00	131.26
4	—	683	124.00–129.00	126.45
2	—	468	141.00–151.00	145.81
1	—	385	140.00	140.00
1	—	715	126.00	126.00
2	—	575	141.00–143.00	142.02
5	—	608	115.00–134.00	128.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	665	173.50–174.00	173.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	138.00	138.00
2	—	815	136.00–145.00	140.47
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	99.00	99.00
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	371	209.00–217.00	214.20
8	—	460	207.00–208.00	207.38
7	—	676	161.00–174.00	162.80
5	—	612	166.00–169.00	167.80
13	—	431	211.00–213.00	211.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	467	188.00–208.00	193.58
5	—	360	199.00–209.00	200.95
4	—	523	187.00–197.00	194.54
1	—	330	218.00	218.00
1	—	290	222.00	222.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	199.00	199.00
2	—	468	177.00–180.00	178.46
9	—	512	165.00–186.00	182.66
8	—	574	169.00–174.00	171.27
1	—	305	197.50	197.50
3	—	248	182.50	182.50
2	—	383	191.00–204.00	197.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	147.00	147.00
1	—	470	157.00	157.00
2	—	328	141.00–179.00	159.56
2	—	285	147.50–155.00	151.32
1	—	625	131.00	131.00
1	—	785	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	308	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	48.00	48.00
11	—	1,036	87.00–106.00	94.51
5	—	1,101	83.00–86.00	84.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,317	95.00–115.00	103.00
7	—	1,199	84.00–95.00	90.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,434	89.00–93.00	91.94
52	—	1,500	94.00–111.00	100.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,724	115.00–121.00	118.88
1	—	1,535	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	725.00	725.00

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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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle