Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady on similar quality with very good demand for weaned calf packages. Very active market for calves and yearlings. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $226.14/cwt on 334 head.

Average price

$226.14

334 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,423

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$543

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

$46.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.88

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	632	227.05	1,434	327
Large 1-2	655	203.00	1,330	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	494	180.29	891	6thin

One grade step is worth $46.76/cwt here — about $543 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 sale334 hd

226.14

—

KY average24 barns · 4,512 hd

218.26

+7.88

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	1,855	134.88	2,502	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,597	118.33	1,890	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,281	116.57	1,493	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,038	106.58	1,106	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,265	126.00	1,594	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	160.41	2,374	2thin

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)	1,045	$1,038	2thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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 1-2Value Added	—	921	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	190.54/cwt	185.00–193.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	194.30/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,197	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	976	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	196.75/cwt	195.00–198.00	1,413	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	220.01/cwt	202.00–229.00	1,155	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	728	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,616	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	195.47/cwt	185.00–199.00	1,128	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	197.42/cwt	175.00–205.00	1,325	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	211.93/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,229	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	461	235.37/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,085	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	419	222.71/cwt	208.00–235.00	933	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,316	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	373	222.64/cwt	221.00–230.00	830	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	655	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	184.51/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	310	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,249	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	475	230.75/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,096	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	371	242.02/cwt	241.00–244.00	898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	183.38/cwt	165.00–201.00	862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	644	224.05/cwt	218.00–225.20	1,443	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	591	235.81/cwt	231.00–246.00	1,394	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	416	233.25/cwt	221.00–245.00	970	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	239.93/cwt	233.00–246.00	1,291	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	215.44/cwt	206.00–218.00	1,547	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,440	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	702	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	870	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	481	225.02/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,082	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	385	238.94/cwt	234.00–244.00	920	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	667	196.18/cwt	193.00–201.00	1,309	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	208.96/cwt	192.00–215.00	1,300	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	215.81/cwt	198.00–225.00	1,262	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	232.31/cwt	229.00–234.00	987	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	160.41/cwt	156.00–164.00	2,374	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,594	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	118.33/cwt	107.00–126.00	1,890	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	116.57/cwt	107.00–125.00	1,493	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	106.58/cwt	102.00–111.00	1,106	2
Bulls	—	—	1,984	138.17/cwt	125.00–152.00	2,741	9
Bulls	—	—	1,275	120.10/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,531	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	193.43/cwt	190.00–200.00	812	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,394	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	364	197.56/cwt	185.00–220.00	719	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	514	229.34/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,179	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	177.51/cwt	175.00–180.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	970	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	203.35/cwt	202.00–204.00	830	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	280	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,266	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	175.98/cwt	164.00–179.00	1,336	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	860	186.12/cwt	185.50–188.25	1,601	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	127.26/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,162	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	983	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	840	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	662	214.90/cwt	214.90–214.90	1,423	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	176.56/cwt	173.00–190.00	1,204	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	365	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	183.49/cwt	177.50–190.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	920	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	200.34/cwt	200.00–201.00	753	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	846	2
Bulls	Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,011	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	215.63/cwt	212.50–222.50	701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	204.47/cwt	200.00–219.00	869	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	440	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	649	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	573	212.97/cwt	211.00–215.00	1,220	2

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 May 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 752Last week 1,143Year ago 979

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 106Year ago 172

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 6Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	921	157.00	157.00
10	—	616	189.00–199.00	194.30
7	—	718	195.00–198.00	196.75
29	—	525	202.00–229.00	220.01
22	—	671	175.00–205.00	197.42
21	—	580	209.00–219.00	211.93
10	—	461	230.00–236.00	235.37
8	—	419	208.00–235.00	222.71
7	—	373	221.00–230.00	222.64
2	—	310	205.00	205.00
1	—	280	217.50	217.50
89	—	860	185.50–188.25	186.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	185.00–193.00	190.54
3	—	493	198.00	198.00
7	—	577	185.00–199.00	195.47
6	—	408	202.00–204.00	203.35
1	—	1,005	126.00	126.00
2	—	507	197.00	197.00
5	—	759	164.00–179.00	175.98
4	—	913	124.00–132.00	127.26
6	—	682	173.00–190.00	176.56
3	—	376	200.00–201.00	200.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	183.00	183.00
1	—	575	171.00	171.00
2	—	428	177.50–190.00	183.49
1	—	920	104.00	104.00
2	—	600	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	109.00	109.00
1	—	365	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	662	214.90	214.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	728	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	184.00	184.00
4	—	868	200.00	200.00
3	—	778	201.00	201.00
1	—	500	205.00	205.00
2	—	903	180.00–189.00	184.51
3	—	573	218.00	218.00
1	—	690	193.00	193.00
1	—	1,000	165.00	165.00
2	—	460	198.00	198.00
2	—	820	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	150.00	150.00
1	—	515	160.00	160.00
2	—	305	202.50	202.50
2	—	470	165.00–201.00	183.38
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	475	225.00–238.00	230.75
3	—	371	241.00–244.00	242.02
49	—	644	218.00–225.20	224.05
94	—	591	231.00–246.00	235.81
7	—	416	221.00–245.00	233.25
39	—	538	233.00–246.00	239.93
22	—	718	206.00–218.00	215.44
6	—	676	213.00	213.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	702	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	481	224.00–228.00	225.02
2	—	385	234.00–244.00	238.94
6	—	667	193.00–201.00	196.18
21	—	622	192.00–215.00	208.96
4	—	585	198.00–225.00	215.81
3	—	425	229.00–234.00	232.31
23	—	514	220.00–240.00	229.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	179.00	179.00
1	—	825	161.00	161.00
3	—	905	154.00	154.00
1	—	350	217.00	217.00
1	—	700	186.00	186.00
1	—	850	160.00	160.00
4	—	462	210.00	210.00
3	—	325	212.50–222.50	215.63
4	—	425	200.00–219.00	204.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	170.00	170.00
4	—	420	190.00–200.00	193.43
4	—	364	185.00–220.00	197.56
2	—	463	175.00–180.00	177.51
2	—	500	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	200.00	200.00
2	—	573	211.00–215.00	212.97
Bulls — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	147.50	147.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	156.00–164.00	160.41
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	126.00	126.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,597	107.00–126.00	118.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,281	107.00–125.00	116.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	102.00–111.00	106.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,984	125.00–152.00	138.17
2	—	1,275	115.00–124.00	120.10

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	—	950	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,150.00	1,150.00

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle