Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steer calves sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher in a light test with good demand for weaned packages. Heifer calves sold mostly steady; 400-500 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls no comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.60/cwt on 844 head.

Average price

$165.60

844 head · 859 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$499

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

$32.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.46

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	861	165.94	1,428	835
Medium and Large 2-3	696	133.49	929	9thin

One grade step is worth $32.45/cwt here — about $499 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 sale844 hd

165.60

—

KY average23 barns · 5,874 hd

166.06

−0.46

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	—	Low	1,477	96.13	1,420	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,239	69.30	858	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,393	68.12	949	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	959	59.31	569	10

Every lot, as filed

90 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	—	680	146.46/cwt	144.00–149.00	996	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	161.66/cwt	156.50–164.80	1,521	105
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,098	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	722	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	145.71/cwt	144.00–147.00	784	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	705	165.15/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,164	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	827	172.22/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,424	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	813	134.47/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,093	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.00	813	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	124.04/cwt	119.00–129.00	874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	157.96/cwt	146.00–161.10	1,218	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	458	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	145.37/cwt	143.00–149.00	839	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	115.49/cwt	107.00–121.00	789	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	137.44/cwt	130.00–141.00	727	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	959	152.98/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,467	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,481	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	162.75/cwt	158.00–167.50	1,641	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	666	174.69/cwt	155.00–184.00	1,163	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	167.75/cwt	167.75–167.75	1,384	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,664	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	883	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	818	177.10/cwt	177.10–177.10	1,449	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	157.00/cwt	156.00–158.00	951	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	245	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	564	161.65/cwt	160.00–165.00	912	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	898	168.80/cwt	168.80–168.80	1,516	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	782	177.40/cwt	177.40–177.40	1,387	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	766	167.99/cwt	158.75–172.25	1,287	159
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	586	153.57/cwt	153.00–157.00	900	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	395	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	153.32/cwt	148.00–155.00	955	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	540	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	460	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	679	142.65/cwt	141.00–145.00	969	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,379	67.41/cwt	65.00–71.00	930	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	813	50.61/cwt	49.00–52.00	411	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	58.31/cwt	56.00–60.00	601	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	64.67/cwt	63.00–66.00	621	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	803	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	76.90/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,192	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	62.35/cwt	61.00–64.00	806	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	77.38/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,030	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	67.53/cwt	64.00–72.00	798	11
Bulls	—	—	1,205	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,097	2
Bulls	—	—	1,613	98.69/cwt	93.00–109.00	1,592	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	562	134.08/cwt	131.00–139.00	754	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	139.24/cwt	137.50–141.00	617	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	280	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,011	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	200	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	220	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	185	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	163.14/cwt	150.00–180.00	602	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	970	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	127.62/cwt	119.00–133.00	923	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	148.70/cwt	141.00–151.00	873	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	143.99/cwt	143.00–145.00	670	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	136.43/cwt	134.00–142.00	764	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	140.05/cwt	130.00–145.00	532	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	119.93/cwt	101.00–127.00	747	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	145.02/cwt	141.00–146.00	641	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	151.48/cwt	148.00–155.00	723	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	152.15/cwt	150.00–155.00	673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	871	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,350	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	976	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,249	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	905	130.27/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,179	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	879	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,112	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	859	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	969	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	111.74/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,018	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	141.77/cwt	140.00–145.00	732	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	809	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	430	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	527	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 Oct 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,377Last week 2,133Year ago 999

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 104Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 0Last week 5Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	680	144.00–149.00	146.46
105	—	941	156.50–164.80	161.66
1	—	755	144.00	144.00
83	—	959	145.00–156.00	152.98
61	—	895	165.50	165.50
50	—	1,008	158.00–167.50	162.75
1	—	460	160.00	160.00
3	—	545	150.00	150.00
61	—	825	167.75	167.75
56	—	1,053	158.00	158.00
3	—	390	169.00	169.00
2	—	577	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	142.00	142.00
1	—	755	122.00	122.00
1	—	915	120.00	120.00
2	—	722	135.00	135.00
1	—	360	142.50	142.50
1	—	535	136.00	136.00
2	—	813	131.00–138.00	134.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	827	170.00–176.00	172.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	666	155.00–184.00	174.69
4	—	606	156.00–158.00	157.00
1	—	245	188.00	188.00
6	—	564	160.00–165.00	161.65
159	—	766	158.75–172.25	167.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	818	177.10	177.10
56	—	898	168.80	168.80
64	—	782	177.40	177.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	538	144.00–147.00	145.71
82	—	705	165.00–168.00	165.15
82	—	771	146.00–161.10	157.96
3	—	458	154.00	154.00
5	—	577	143.00–149.00	145.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	618	131.00–132.00	131.50
2	—	705	119.00–129.00	124.04
1	—	665	130.00	130.00
3	—	338	135.00	135.00
17	—	529	130.00–141.00	137.44
12	—	465	143.00–145.00	143.99
15	—	560	134.00–142.00	136.43
6	—	380	130.00–145.00	140.05
5	—	442	141.00–146.00	145.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	683	107.00–121.00	115.49
2	—	765	100.00	100.00
9	—	623	101.00–127.00	119.93
1	—	465	134.00	134.00
1	—	740	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	871	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	976	128.00	128.00
19	—	905	130.00–135.00	130.27
31	—	879	126.50	126.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	586	153.00–157.00	153.57
1	—	395	186.00	186.00
4	—	623	148.00–155.00	153.32
1	—	540	156.00	156.00
1	—	460	158.00	158.00
6	—	679	141.00–145.00	142.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	562	131.00–139.00	134.08
2	—	443	137.50–141.00	139.24
1	—	940	88.00	88.00
1	—	740	113.00	113.00
1	—	680	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	111.00	111.00
1	—	200	110.00	110.00
1	—	185	115.00	115.00
1	—	430	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	128.00	128.00
7	—	369	150.00–180.00	163.14
1	—	890	109.00	109.00
11	—	723	119.00–133.00	127.62
7	—	587	141.00–151.00	148.70
13	—	477	148.00–155.00	151.48
7	—	442	150.00–155.00	152.15
3	—	636	135.00	135.00
3	—	843	115.00	115.00
4	—	911	110.00–113.00	111.74
6	—	516	140.00–145.00	141.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,379	65.00–71.00	67.41
2	—	1,295	62.00	62.00
3	—	1,550	74.00–81.00	76.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	813	49.00–52.00	50.61
4	—	1,030	56.00–60.00	58.31
4	—	960	63.00–66.00	64.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,293	61.00–64.00	62.35
5	—	1,331	76.00–79.00	77.38
11	—	1,182	64.00–72.00	67.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	91.00	91.00
4	—	1,613	93.00–109.00	98.69

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	84.00	84.00

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