Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher; except 6-weight yearlings sharply higher with very good demand. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady on similar quality with good demand; except yearling 6-weight packages sharply higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.60/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −153.27 against this barn's trailing median of $405.87.

Average price

$252.60

71 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$49.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.09

vs KY average

−19.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	258.47	1,447	62
Large 1-2	595	223.00	1,327	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	535	209.04	1,119	7thin

One grade step is worth $49.43/cwt here — about $328 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $449.23, low $332.88, median $405.87 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale71 hd

252.60

—

KY average14 barns · 1,165 hd

256.69

−4.09

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−19.31

This barn, trailing median30 sales

405.87

−153.27

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	1,737	137.48	2,388	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	118.95	1,707	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,205	115.85	1,396	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	835	82.47	689	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,205	189.00	2,277	1thin

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)	1,040	$1,350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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	400–450	410	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	278.21/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,575	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	218.17/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,486	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	252.99/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,217	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	775	240.40/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	261.27/cwt	248.00–276.00	1,500	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,870	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	938	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,068	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	471	322.67/cwt	307.50–339.00	1,520	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	249.63/cwt	246.00–252.50	1,797	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	862	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,948	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	190.17/cwt	181.00–196.00	1,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	237.17/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,255	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	271.39/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,696	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	290.62/cwt	268.00–302.00	1,691	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	317	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,094	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	266.72/cwt	243.00–267.50	1,616	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	253.62/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,078	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	284.75/cwt	283.00–290.00	1,341	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	286.57/cwt	279.00–295.00	1,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	237.01/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,344	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,512	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,018	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,179	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	200–250	235	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	494	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	200–250	200	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	223.60/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	436	334.65/cwt	322.00–369.00	1,459	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	830	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	437	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,398	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	355	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	719	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	345	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	725	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	395	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	948	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	82.47/cwt	81.00–84.00	689	2
Bulls	—	—	1,590	139.73/cwt	130.00–150.00	2,222	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	121.29/cwt	117.00–135.00	1,727	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	113.18/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,637	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	125.21/cwt	117.00–136.00	1,514	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	110.27/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,344	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	355	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	976	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	595	223.00/cwt	218.00–228.00	1,327	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,205	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,277	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,658	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	102.61/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,170	2
Bulls	—	—	2,620	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	3,249	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	212.75/cwt	211.00–214.00	1,619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	792	209.61/cwt	209.00–215.00	1,660	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	603	295.84/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	668	298.77/cwt	296.00–299.50	1,996	51
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	565	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	205.91/cwt	195.00–216.00	1,180	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,255	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	332	253.07/cwt	250.00–260.00	840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	202.44/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,348	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	427	272.87/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,165	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	691	231.33/cwt	225.50–253.00	1,598	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	318	248.45/cwt	237.50–261.00	790	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	210.29/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,094	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	261.00/cwt	256.00–267.00	1,386	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	838	201.85/cwt	196.00–207.50	1,692	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	234.48/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,895	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	299.05/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,537	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	281.90/cwt	274.00–299.00	1,463	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,382	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	672	284.11/cwt	256.00–290.00	1,909	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	865	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	718	156.29/cwt	145.00–167.50	1,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	418	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	961	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	860	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,393	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	473	272.80/cwt	263.00–282.50	1,290	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	302.45/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,255	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	303.91/cwt	302.00–307.50	1,428	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	831	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	232.53/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,779	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	395	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,159	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 Mar 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 741Last week 722Year ago 880

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 44Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	312.50	312.50
1	400–450	410	292.50	292.50
4	450–500	471	283.00–290.00	284.75
11	750–800	765	230.00–234.00	232.53
23	800–850	808	230.00–235.00	234.48
2	850–900	850	220.00	220.00
4	1000–1050	1,018	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	341.00	341.00
18	400–450	436	322.00–369.00	334.65
7	450–500	471	307.50–339.00	322.67
8	500–550	514	285.00–312.00	299.05
21	550–600	582	268.00–302.00	290.62
20	600–650	625	250.00–277.50	271.39
16	650–700	672	256.00–290.00	284.11
28	700–750	720	246.00–252.50	249.63
5	750–800	775	240.00–241.00	240.40
41	850–900	862	226.00	226.00
24	900–950	938	220.50	220.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	603	295.00–297.50	295.84
51	650–700	668	296.00–299.50	298.77
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	272.50	272.50
1	450–500	485	261.00	261.00
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	317	327.00	327.00
4	400–450	415	300.00–307.00	302.45
4	450–500	470	302.00–307.50	303.91
11	500–550	519	274.00–299.00	281.90
5	550–600	566	277.00–279.00	278.21
2	600–650	612	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	660	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	300.00	300.00
3	350–400	390	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	430	270.00	270.00
3	450–500	458	292.50	292.50
1	550–600	590	271.00	271.00
5	650–700	681	217.00–220.00	218.17
1	700–750	715	216.00	216.00
4	750–800	761	211.00–214.00	212.75
1	800–850	820	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	210.00	210.00
1	350–400	395	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	250.00–260.00	253.07
1	350–400	385	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	455	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	500	251.00	251.00
1	550–600	555	249.00	249.00
1	650–700	665	213.00	213.00
1	850–900	860	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	279.00–295.00	286.57
2	400–450	425	250.00–257.00	253.62
14	450–500	481	249.00–258.00	252.99
4	500–550	529	230.00–247.00	237.17
3	550–600	567	230.00–242.00	237.01
2	600–650	618	220.00–227.00	223.60
4	650–700	666	200.00–210.00	202.44
3	700–750	720	181.00–196.00	190.17
2	800–850	800	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	427	260.00–300.00	272.87
13	450–500	473	263.00–282.50	272.80
16	500–550	531	256.00–267.00	261.00
39	550–600	574	248.00–276.00	261.27
87	600–650	606	243.00–267.50	266.72
32	650–700	691	225.50–253.00	231.33
28	750–800	792	209.00–215.00	209.61
45	800–850	838	196.00–207.50	201.85
3	850–900	865	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	217.50	217.50
1	300–350	345	210.00	210.00
2	350–400	355	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	437	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	275.00	275.00
2	550–600	595	218.00–228.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	237.50–261.00	248.45
1	350–400	375	240.00	240.00
3	400–450	418	230.00	230.00
5	500–550	520	200.00–220.00	210.29
2	550–600	573	195.00–216.00	205.91
1	600–650	610	190.00	190.00
1	650–700	680	170.00	170.00
2	700–750	718	145.00–167.50	156.29

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)	1	—	1,040	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	81.00–84.00	82.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,424	117.00–135.00	121.29
6	—	1,446	112.00–114.00	113.18
1	—	1,625	102.00	102.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,209	117.00–136.00	125.21
7	—	1,219	108.00–114.00	110.27
2	—	1,140	100.00–105.00	102.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,590	130.00–150.00	139.73
1	—	2,620	124.00	124.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	189.00	189.00

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 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle