Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher on weaned packages with very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $297.35/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −164.19 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$297.35

51 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$501

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

$82.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.52

vs KY average

−8.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	302.17	1,623	47
Medium and Large 2-3	537	247.67	1,329	3thin
Small and Medium 1-2	510	220.00	1,122	1thin

One grade step is worth $82.17/cwt here — about $501 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.70, low $384.59, median $461.54 across 31 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 sale51 hd

297.35

—

KY average23 barns · 1,094 hd

293.84

+3.52

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−8.12

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−164.19

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	1,673	163.77	2,740	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,402	131.33	1,841	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,289	129.80	1,673	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	990	115.08	1,139	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,299	154.67	2,009	8thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,400	$1,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	760	$950	1thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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	700–750	713	239.51/cwt	238.00–241.00	1,708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,485	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	779	241.27/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,879	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	280.64/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	232.28/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,905	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	477	319.70/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,525	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	279.71/cwt	265.00–294.00	1,902	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,954	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	400	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,212	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	613	301.22/cwt	298.00–304.00	1,846	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	908	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	256.02/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,229	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	929	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,053	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	257.24/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,098	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	252.29/cwt	249.00–255.00	1,430	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	282.65/cwt	272.00–292.50	1,020	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	927	190.01/cwt	187.00–192.00	1,761	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	251.68/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,304	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,033	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	505	306.21/cwt	293.00–320.00	1,546	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	429	314.40/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,349	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	285.22/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,378	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	222.51/cwt	221.00–223.00	1,711	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	239.44/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,615	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	510	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	345	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	802	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	125.00/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,279	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,663	3
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	250–300	265	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	656	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	610	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,379	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	120.51/cwt	116.00–128.00	1,244	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	708	1
Bulls	—	—	1,673	163.77/cwt	155.00–176.00	2,740	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,299	154.67/cwt	145.00–173.00	2,009	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,216	121.91/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,482	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	131.71/cwt	124.00–144.00	1,703	29
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	530	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,314	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	109.56/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,068	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	132.70/cwt	124.00–144.00	1,896	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	120.56/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,527	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	725	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	289.63/cwt	288.00–291.00	1,231	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	278.51/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	700–750	712	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,588	2
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	490	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	680	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,550	1
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	405	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	225	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	235.57/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,150	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	228.02/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	269.88/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,528	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	418	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,045	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	607	229.28/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,392	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,240	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	562	256.11/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	930	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	277.97/cwt	269.00–284.00	1,306	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	873	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	374	307.99/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,152	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	257.34/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,459	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	200.66/cwt	200.00–201.00	1,461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	226.13/cwt	208.00–226.75	2,148	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,078	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	283.44/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,754	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	434	274.29/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,190	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	248.70/cwt	241.00–254.00	1,562	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	631	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,710	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	321	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,037	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	271.54/cwt	258.00–274.00	1,428	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	706	259.10/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,829	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	303.33/cwt	296.00–308.00	1,696	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	249.82/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,669	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	219.61/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,379	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	240.40/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	388	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,230	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	245.67/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,290	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 Apr 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 621Last week 466Year ago 1,293

Slaughter CattleReceipts 136Last week 39Year ago 93

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 11Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	300.00	300.00
3	350–400	351	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	405	290.00	290.00
2	450–500	457	304.00	304.00
3	500–550	518	269.00–290.00	280.64
1	550–600	575	268.00	268.00
3	650–700	665	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	713	238.00–241.00	239.51
12	800–850	820	220.00–235.00	232.28
1	850–900	880	222.00	222.00
3	900–950	908	211.00	211.00
61	950–1000	950	208.00–226.75	226.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	321	323.00	323.00
3	350–400	388	317.00	317.00
14	400–450	429	307.00–320.00	314.40
10	450–500	477	310.00–324.00	319.70
17	500–550	505	293.00–320.00	306.21
26	550–600	559	296.00–308.00	303.33
9	600–650	619	274.00–295.00	283.44
28	650–700	680	265.00–294.00	279.71
19	700–750	706	250.00–271.00	259.10
6	750–800	779	239.00–246.00	241.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	613	298.00–304.00	301.22
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	247.50	247.50
1	500–550	510	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	610	226.00	226.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	288.00	288.00
1	450–500	490	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	500	239.00	239.00
2	550–600	555	252.00	252.00
3	650–700	670	238.00–245.00	240.40
1	750–800	775	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	303.00	303.00
2	450–500	465	294.00	294.00
4	500–550	521	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	570	271.00	271.00
5	600–650	631	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	300.00	300.00
3	400–450	425	288.00–291.00	289.63
8	450–500	483	270.00–291.00	285.22
2	500–550	503	277.00–280.00	278.51
6	550–600	566	265.00–280.00	269.88
4	650–700	672	237.00–242.00	239.44
2	700–750	713	226.00–230.00	228.02
4	750–800	769	221.00–223.00	222.51
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	241.00–250.00	245.67
4	550–600	562	250.00–262.00	256.11
4	600–650	607	222.00–232.00	229.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	285.00	285.00
6	350–400	361	272.00–292.50	282.65
5	400–450	427	250.00–260.00	257.24
2	450–500	480	255.00–257.00	256.02
11	500–550	518	243.00–255.00	251.68
17	550–600	567	249.00–255.00	252.29
2	600–650	617	239.00	239.00
2	650–700	690	234.00	234.00
3	700–750	728	200.00–201.00	200.66
3	750–800	788	211.00	211.00
2	800–850	812	189.00	189.00
4	850–900	872	193.00	193.00
5	900–950	927	187.00–192.00	190.01
3	1000–1050	1,033	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	680	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	712	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	247.50	247.50
3	400–450	418	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	488	231.00–240.00	235.57
4	600–650	628	210.00–226.00	219.61
1	700–750	740	185.00	185.00
1	750–800	775	160.00	160.00
1	800–850	815	171.00	171.00
1	900–950	930	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	300.00–312.50	307.99
8	400–450	434	260.00–287.50	274.29
16	450–500	470	269.00–284.00	277.97
27	500–550	526	258.00–274.00	271.54
27	550–600	567	256.00–260.00	257.34
11	600–650	628	241.00–254.00	248.70
43	650–700	668	242.00–255.00	249.82
3	850–900	873	204.00	204.00

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	—	1,023	123.00–128.00	125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	135.00	135.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	950.00	950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,032	116.00–128.00	120.51
1	—	805	88.00	88.00
4	—	975	107.00–111.00	109.56
1	—	725	99.00	99.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,216	117.00–124.00	121.91
48	—	1,429	124.00–144.00	132.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,293	124.00–144.00	131.71
6	—	1,267	114.00–123.00	120.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,673	155.00–176.00	163.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,299	145.00–173.00	154.67

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 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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

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