Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with good demand; few fancy weaned featherweights sharply higher with very good demand. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.79/cwt on 329 head.

Average price

$173.79

329 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,181

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$31.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.17

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	681	174.55	1,189	321
Medium and Large 2-3	613	143.22	878	8thin

One grade step is worth $31.32/cwt here — about $311 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 sale329 hd

173.79

—

KY average20 barns · 4,251 hd

170.61

+3.17

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	—	Average	1,920	109.82	2,109	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,490	74.37	1,108	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	68.83	841	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	61.96	638	24

Every lot, as filed

78 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
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	690	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	490	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	140.52/cwt	140.00–141.00	878	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	572	181.52/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,038	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	192.36/cwt	179.00–194.00	998	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	657	157.57/cwt	155.00–167.00	1,035	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	167.76/cwt	158.00–169.00	1,047	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	148.53/cwt	141.00–156.00	844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	191.68/cwt	190.00–193.00	901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	365	226.66/cwt	211.00–230.00	827	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	172.50/cwt	170.00–175.00	897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	180.13/cwt	170.00–185.00	758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	428	209.81/cwt	194.00–219.00	898	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	165.97/cwt	158.50–168.25	1,280	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	962	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	721	137.18/cwt	130.00–148.00	989	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	277	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	416	155.48/cwt	150.00–164.00	647	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	149.51/cwt	147.00–154.00	794	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	156.59/cwt	156.00–158.00	897	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	149.98/cwt	142.00–151.00	955	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	796	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,385	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	137.78/cwt	135.00–145.00	714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	136.83/cwt	130.00–142.00	794	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,337	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	652	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	913	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	367	158.02/cwt	152.00–161.00	580	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	456	156.15/cwt	151.00–162.00	712	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	78.14/cwt	74.00–83.00	1,220	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	69.57/cwt	64.00–74.00	846	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	613	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	65.76/cwt	63.00–67.00	654	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	44.61/cwt	40.00–50.00	412	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	59.00/cwt	56.00–61.00	627	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	72.03/cwt	69.00–75.00	792	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	68.72/cwt	65.00–73.00	951	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	60.30/cwt	57.00–64.00	765	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	76.74/cwt	74.00–78.00	920	7
Bulls	—	—	1,635	97.67/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,597	2
Bulls	—	—	2,063	115.90/cwt	113.00–118.00	2,391	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	81.99/cwt	77.00–87.00	801	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	166.22/cwt	162.50–170.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	592	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	148.99/cwt	146.00–152.00	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	167.98/cwt	160.00–170.00	973	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	137.31/cwt	135.00–139.00	861	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,232	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,158	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	857	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,062	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	140.33/cwt	139.00–142.00	674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	131.73/cwt	130.00–135.00	885	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	462	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	125.82/cwt	124.00–130.00	666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	629	123.47/cwt	119.00–131.00	777	4

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 Dec 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 577Last week 1,598Year ago 294

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 82Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	136.00	136.00
1	—	785	117.00	117.00
2	—	655	139.00	139.00
2	—	358	162.50–170.00	166.22
1	—	480	150.00	150.00
2	—	523	146.00–152.00	148.99
3	—	627	135.00–139.00	137.31
2	—	1,232	94.00	94.00
1	—	900	118.00	118.00
1	—	830	118.00	118.00
1	—	590	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	189.00	189.00
1	—	490	189.00	189.00
1	—	535	164.00	164.00
2	—	625	140.00–141.00	140.52
5	—	579	160.00–170.00	167.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	111.00	111.00
2	—	592	134.00	134.00
1	—	820	108.00	108.00
1	—	355	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	158.00	158.00
1	—	910	149.00	149.00
2	—	520	170.00–175.00	172.50
3	—	421	170.00–185.00	180.13
10	—	641	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	572	180.00–182.00	181.52
36	—	519	179.00–194.00	192.36
14	—	657	155.00–167.00	157.57
27	—	624	158.00–169.00	167.76
3	—	470	190.00–193.00	191.68
7	—	365	211.00–230.00	226.66
12	—	428	194.00–219.00	209.81
110	—	771	158.50–168.25	165.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	160.00	160.00
1	—	600	140.00	140.00
2	—	568	141.00–156.00	148.53
4	—	721	130.00–148.00	137.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	796	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	277	166.00	166.00
19	—	416	150.00–164.00	155.48
25	—	531	147.00–154.00	149.51
32	—	573	156.00–158.00	156.59
48	—	637	142.00–151.00	149.98
4	—	652	140.00	140.00
6	—	367	152.00–161.00	158.02
7	—	456	151.00–162.00	156.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	518	135.00–145.00	137.78
11	—	580	130.00–142.00	136.83
3	—	1,183	113.00	113.00
2	—	842	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,130	104.00	104.00
3	—	628	139.00	139.00
6	—	480	139.00–142.00	140.33
3	—	672	130.00–135.00	131.73
1	—	360	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	125.00	125.00
1	—	365	135.00	135.00
1	—	720	119.00	119.00
1	—	780	110.00	110.00
2	—	462	135.00	135.00
1	—	310	130.00	130.00
5	—	529	124.00–130.00	125.82
4	—	629	119.00–131.00	123.47
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,561	74.00–83.00	78.14
12	—	1,384	65.00–73.00	68.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,216	64.00–74.00	69.57
1	—	1,225	50.00	50.00
6	—	1,268	57.00–64.00	60.30
7	—	1,199	74.00–78.00	76.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	994	63.00–67.00	65.76
2	—	923	40.00–50.00	44.61
10	—	1,062	56.00–61.00	59.00
3	—	1,100	69.00–75.00	72.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,635	93.00–101.00	97.67
4	—	2,063	113.00–118.00	115.90

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	3	—	977	77.00–87.00	81.99

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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