Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Yearlings sold steady to 2.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.85/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −145.69 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$315.85

167 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

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

$59.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.85

vs KY average

+6.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	316.56	1,759	165
Medium and Large 2-3	513	257.44	1,321	2thin

One grade step is worth $59.12/cwt here — about $439 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

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 sale167 hd

315.85

—

KY average25 barns · 862 hd

301.00

+14.85

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+6.14

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−145.69

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	151.42	2,534	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,514	129.81	1,965	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	124.39	1,583	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	991	110.15	1,092	10

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,235	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,115	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	636	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,895	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,182	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	261.56/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,350	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	714	265.03/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,793	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	305.59/cwt	282.00–320.00	1,283	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,075	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	315.44/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,309	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	284.22/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	873	236.95/cwt	236.95–236.95	2,069	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	791	221.40/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,751	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	316.01/cwt	293.00–324.00	1,808	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	418	349.05/cwt	337.00–365.00	1,459	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	585	276.35/cwt	266.00–287.00	1,617	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	293.35/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,842	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	374	316.58/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,184	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	264.07/cwt	257.00–268.00	1,687	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	261.50/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,519	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	845	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	301.24/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,018	150.83/cwt	141.00–161.00	1,535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	254.39/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,702	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	560	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	405	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	871	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	375	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	950–1000	998	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,836	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	850–900	896	203.41/cwt	197.00–205.00	1,823	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	340	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	850	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	640	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,261	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	395	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	988	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	119.46/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,211	4
Bulls	—	—	1,775	157.36/cwt	151.00–165.00	2,793	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	106.94/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,062	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	115.60/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,495	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	117.39/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,451	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	792	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	610	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	982	1
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	765	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,855	1
Bulls	—	—	1,273	135.45/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,724	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	131.75/cwt	124.00–142.00	2,034	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	131.38/cwt	121.00–139.00	1,721	9
Bulls	—	—	1,646	147.99/cwt	142.00–150.00	2,436	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	242.73/cwt	236.00–252.00	1,743	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	900–950	940	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	549	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,669	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	305	351.39/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	890	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	257.44/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,362	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,031	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	209.08/cwt	205.00–213.00	1,505	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	935	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	286.87/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,033	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	900	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	259.83/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,697	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	482	297.44/cwt	282.00–302.50	1,434	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	274.33/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,679	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	250–300	291	313.58/cwt	309.00–317.50	913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	285.51/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	278.19/cwt	269.00–287.00	1,458	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	855	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,753	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	627	258.51/cwt	248.00–262.00	1,621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	320	309.36/cwt	305.00–312.50	990	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	324.56/cwt	294.00–331.00	1,681	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	283.93/cwt	273.00–289.00	1,885	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,104	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	717	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	458	278.89/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,277	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	475	325.12/cwt	314.00–342.00	1,544	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	255.19/cwt	246.00–261.00	1,233	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	249.11/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,308	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	294.04/cwt	291.00–304.00	1,573	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	667	219.23/cwt	205.00–230.00	1,462	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	231.69/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,467	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	288	286.23/cwt	267.50–304.00	824	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 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 801Last week 913Year ago 528

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 46Year ago 116

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 7Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	430	284.00	284.00
2	450–500	490	300.00–302.50	301.24
1	500–550	505	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	625	266.00	266.00
7	650–700	669	249.00–259.00	254.39
3	700–750	718	236.00–252.00	242.73
2	750–800	767	225.00	225.00
2	800–850	835	216.00	216.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	184.00	184.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	305.00–325.00	315.44
8	500–550	535	291.00–304.00	294.04
7	550–600	561	280.00–286.00	284.22
8	600–650	612	270.00–280.00	274.33
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	342.50–360.00	351.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	267.50–304.00	286.23
2	350–400	365	282.50	282.50
2	400–450	405	272.50	272.50
4	450–500	455	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	510	267.00	267.00
1	550–600	560	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	650	234.00	234.00
2	700–750	717	217.00	217.00
1	750–800	770	214.00	214.00
1	850–900	890	175.00	175.00
1	900–950	935	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	302.50	302.50
1	350–400	380	311.00	311.00
1	400–450	400	273.00	273.00
1	450–500	465	280.00	280.00
7	500–550	516	261.00–263.00	261.56
6	550–600	581	258.00–265.00	261.50
1	600–650	615	244.00	244.00
3	650–700	651	245.00	245.00
2	1000–1050	1,018	141.00–161.00	150.83
1	1100–1150	1,115	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	291	309.00–317.50	313.58
4	300–350	320	305.00–312.50	309.36
8	350–400	374	315.00–317.50	316.58
37	400–450	420	282.00–320.00	305.59
72	450–500	482	282.00–302.50	297.44
21	500–550	524	269.00–287.00	278.19
49	550–600	585	266.00–287.00	276.35
18	650–700	653	259.00–260.00	259.83
4	700–750	701	240.00	240.00
48	750–800	791	221.00–227.00	221.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	845	198.00	198.00
5	850–900	896	197.00–205.00	203.41
1	900–950	940	187.00	187.00
8	950–1000	998	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	232.50	232.50
1	400–450	405	215.00	215.00
1	550–600	560	227.00	227.00
1	600–650	640	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	285.00–288.00	286.87
4	450–500	483	246.00–261.00	255.19
5	500–550	525	240.00–255.00	249.11
5	600–650	633	225.00–237.00	231.69
10	650–700	667	205.00–230.00	219.23
2	700–750	720	205.00–213.00	209.08
1	750–800	780	192.00	192.00
1	800–850	825	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	636	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
18	400–450	418	337.00–365.00	349.05
24	450–500	475	314.00–342.00	325.12
43	500–550	518	294.00–331.00	324.56
105	550–600	572	293.00–324.00	316.01
42	600–650	628	280.00–299.00	293.35
21	650–700	664	273.00–289.00	283.93
5	700–750	714	262.00–267.00	265.03
57	850–900	873	236.95	236.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	332.50	332.50
1	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	525	285.00–286.00	285.51
2	550–600	590	286.00	286.00
5	600–650	639	257.00–268.00	264.07
2	650–700	670	255.00	255.00
3	700–750	738	243.00	243.00
1	800–850	825	237.00	237.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	190.00	190.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	549	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	291.00	291.00
2	450–500	458	270.00–287.50	278.89
2	500–550	513	245.00–270.00	257.44
4	600–650	627	248.00–262.00	258.51
1	650–700	665	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	735	239.00	239.00
1	850–900	855	205.00	205.00
1	900–950	900	180.00	180.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	161.00	161.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,014	117.00–123.00	119.46
5	—	993	103.00–109.00	106.94
1	—	890	89.00	89.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,293	114.00–117.00	115.60
22	—	1,544	124.00–142.00	131.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,236	111.00–121.00	117.39
9	—	1,310	121.00–139.00	131.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,775	151.00–165.00	157.36
2	—	1,273	135.00–136.00	135.45
8	—	1,646	142.00–150.00	147.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	2,100.00	2,100.00

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

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