Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends- light receipts due to winter weather. Good demand for slaughter cows noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $186.26/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$186.26

42 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$56.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.17

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	594	194.39	1,154	36
Medium and Large 2-3	700	137.49	963	6thin

One grade step is worth $56.90/cwt here — about $192 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 sale42 hd

186.26

—

KY average14 barns · 3,937 hd

203.43

−17.17

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	1,620	122.03	1,977	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,311	106.20	1,392	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,166	104.40	1,217	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	938	90.02	844	6thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	750	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,028	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,383	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	249.41/cwt	241.00–267.00	1,292	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	252.83/cwt	249.00–260.00	1,039	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	270	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	446	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	370	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	529	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	625	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	258.74/cwt	254.00–261.00	1,216	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	218.23/cwt	200.00–235.00	912	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	581	194.98/cwt	188.00–214.00	1,133	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	208.23/cwt	205.00–213.00	1,185	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	195.83/cwt	187.00–209.00	1,187	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	190.62/cwt	184.00–194.00	1,270	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	211.51/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,085	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	200.84/cwt	191.00–202.00	926	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	933	123.98/cwt	118.00–130.00	1,157	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	131.65/cwt	109.00–154.00	1,485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	853	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	250.50/cwt	242.00–259.00	1,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,274	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	206.50/cwt	200.00–214.00	1,241	6
Bulls	—	—	1,655	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,837	1
Bulls	—	—	1,603	127.54/cwt	126.00–129.00	2,044	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	956	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	112.19/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,574	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,218	100.20/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,220	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	87.99/cwt	87.00–89.00	752	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	100.04/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,077	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	685	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	438	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	103.44/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,252	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	112.06/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,322	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 Jan 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 2,160Year ago 762

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 83Year ago 38

No market trends- light receipts due to winter weather. Good demand for slaughter cows noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	137.00	137.00
1	—	405	200.00	200.00
8	—	569	205.00–213.00	208.23
8	—	606	187.00–209.00	195.83
3	—	666	184.00–194.00	190.62
1	—	935	162.00	162.00
2	—	513	210.00–213.00	211.51
10	—	461	191.00–202.00	200.84
2	—	1,128	109.00–154.00	131.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	117.00	117.00
1	—	325	170.00	170.00
1	—	435	169.00	169.00
1	—	840	121.00	121.00
2	—	933	118.00–130.00	123.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	222.00	222.00
5	—	518	241.00–267.00	249.41
3	—	411	249.00–260.00	252.83
3	—	470	254.00–261.00	258.74
2	—	662	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	165.00	165.00
1	—	370	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	170.00	170.00
2	—	360	237.00	237.00
2	—	450	242.00–259.00	250.50
2	—	542	235.00	235.00
6	—	601	200.00–214.00	206.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	200.00–235.00	218.23
4	—	581	188.00–214.00	194.98
1	—	485	188.00	188.00
1	—	675	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	111.00	111.00
2	—	1,603	126.00–129.00	127.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	91.00	91.00
2	—	1,210	103.00–104.00	103.44
2	—	1,180	110.00–114.00	112.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,403	108.00–117.00	112.19
4	—	1,218	95.00–103.00	100.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	87.00–89.00	87.99
3	—	1,077	97.00–103.00	100.04
1	—	685	64.00	64.00

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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