Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher with good demand for weaned packages; yearling steers sold steady to 1.00 higher with good demand. Heifer calves sold steady with some 5-weights 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand for attractive quality weaned packages. Yearling heifers 5.00 higher in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower under heavy supply. Slaughter bulls no test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $159.72/cwt on 981 head.

Average price

$159.72

981 head · 689 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,100

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$420

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

$39.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.09

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	691	160.45	1,109	963
Medium and Large 2-3	570	120.76	689	18thin

One grade step is worth $39.69/cwt here — about $420 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 sale981 hd

159.72

—

KY average24 barns · 5,638 hd

146.63

+13.09

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,247	78.34	977	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,400	76.31	1,069	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	62.85	679	22

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)	1,107	$850	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	905	$750	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	860	$725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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	—	434	132.49/cwt	130.00–139.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	162.85/cwt	154.85–167.95	1,169	376
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	929	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	666	164.11/cwt	162.00–167.00	1,093	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	441	147.42/cwt	147.00–148.00	650	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	529	149.81/cwt	142.00–153.00	792	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	159.57/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,382	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	127.76/cwt	122.00–133.00	917	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	862	168.99/cwt	168.75–169.25	1,457	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	928	164.61/cwt	162.50–165.00	1,528	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	461	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	169.53/cwt	159.00–172.00	1,066	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	773	164.88/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,275	152
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	806	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,169	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	972	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	887	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,197	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	656	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,115	75
Steers	Large 1-2	—	665	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	863	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,295	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	148.33/cwt	145.00–150.00	549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	767	168.11/cwt	159.00–168.75	1,289	132
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	795	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,389	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	154.67/cwt	152.25–156.50	1,418	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,383	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	163.12/cwt	159.00–170.00	938	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	534	168.26/cwt	159.00–173.00	899	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	486	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,016	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	418	167.96/cwt	166.00–170.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	870	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	697	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	990	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	391	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	657	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	493	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	784	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	300	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	363	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,369	75.28/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,031	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	83.85/cwt	79.00–92.00	1,061	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	67.74/cwt	65.00–73.00	775	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	51.55/cwt	45.00–55.00	510	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	60.28/cwt	56.00–64.00	635	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,397	70.85/cwt	66.00–73.00	990	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	83.79/cwt	79.00–89.00	1,194	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	71.39/cwt	70.00–72.00	797	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	75.51/cwt	73.00–79.00	950	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,208	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	76.12/cwt	75.00–77.00	851	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	130.94/cwt	122.50–140.00	373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	809	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	568	115.01/cwt	114.00–116.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	908	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	505	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	148.94/cwt	145.00–151.00	715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	572	149.60/cwt	140.00–155.00	856	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	126.23/cwt	125.00–127.50	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	140.56/cwt	137.00–144.00	933	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	135.22/cwt	129.00–146.00	849	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	124.39/cwt	124.00–125.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	123.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	782	106.10/cwt	100.00–118.00	830	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	139.98/cwt	138.00–141.00	788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	983	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,268	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	130.57/cwt	130.00–133.00	479	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	803	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,076	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	725	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	813	3

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 Oct 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,133Last week 803Year ago 1,329

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 72Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 9Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	434	130.00–139.00	132.49
1	—	775	122.00	122.00
3	—	988	94.00	94.00
4	—	718	122.00–133.00	127.76
1	—	910	102.00	102.00
1	—	515	137.00	137.00
4	—	467	135.00	135.00
14	—	664	137.00–144.00	140.56
1	—	1,070	95.00	95.00
9	—	628	129.00–146.00	135.22
1	—	325	130.00	130.00
3	—	563	138.00–141.00	139.98
5	—	367	130.00–133.00	130.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
376	—	718	154.85–167.95	162.85
147	—	666	162.00–167.00	164.11
7	—	441	147.00–148.00	147.42
13	—	529	142.00–153.00	149.81
4	—	461	145.00	145.00
120	—	629	159.00–172.00	169.53
152	—	773	156.00–166.00	164.88
71	—	572	140.00–155.00	149.60
5	—	803	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	125.00	125.00
2	—	360	125.00–127.50	126.23
1	—	495	120.00	120.00
5	—	577	124.00–125.00	124.39
2	—	405	120.00–126.00	123.00
2	—	632	120.00	120.00
3	—	782	100.00–118.00	106.10
1	—	655	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	983	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	866	155.00–164.00	159.57
1	—	450	160.00	160.00
1	—	340	162.50	162.50
2	—	557	154.00	154.00
119	—	917	152.25–156.50	154.67
20	—	823	168.00	168.00
1	—	280	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	862	168.75–169.25	168.99
186	—	928	162.50–165.00	164.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	138.00	138.00
4	—	806	145.00	145.00
2	—	972	126.00	126.00
2	—	887	135.00	135.00
3	—	370	145.00–150.00	148.33
3	—	415	149.00	149.00
1	—	635	134.00	134.00
1	—	480	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	656	170.00	170.00
132	—	767	159.00–168.75	168.11
26	—	575	159.00–170.00	163.12
13	—	534	159.00–173.00	168.26
4	—	486	165.50	165.50
13	—	605	168.00	168.00
2	—	418	166.00–170.00	167.96
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	863	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	795	174.75	174.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	112.00	112.00
4	—	536	151.00	151.00
2	—	412	150.00	150.00
1	—	865	105.00	105.00
3	—	480	145.00–151.00	148.94
1	—	700	121.00	121.00
3	—	635	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	626	139.00	139.00
2	—	697	142.00	142.00
4	—	391	168.00	168.00
3	—	493	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	121.00	121.00
2	—	568	114.00–116.00	115.01
1	—	505	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	122.50–140.00	130.94
1	—	945	95.00	95.00
1	—	410	138.00	138.00
5	—	558	130.00	130.00
1	—	630	119.00	119.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,369	73.00–78.00	75.28
10	—	1,397	66.00–73.00	70.85
9	—	1,425	79.00–89.00	83.79
1	—	1,590	76.00	76.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,265	79.00–92.00	83.85
3	—	1,117	70.00–72.00	71.39
16	—	1,258	73.00–79.00	75.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,144	65.00–73.00	67.74
4	—	990	45.00–55.00	51.55
8	—	1,053	56.00–64.00	60.28
2	—	1,118	75.00–77.00	76.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,107	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	905	750.00	750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	725.00	725.00

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

Heifers · 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