Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages and yearlings. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with very 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 $306.42/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −155.12 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$306.42

46 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$486

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

$98.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.48

vs KY average

+1.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	308.56	1,672	45
Small and Medium 1-2	565	210.00	1,187	1thin

One grade step is worth $98.56/cwt here — about $486 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 sale46 hd

306.42

—

KY average18 barns · 550 hd

300.94

+5.48

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

+1.28

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−155.12

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	—	Low	1,566	160.40	2,512	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,467	143.87	2,111	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	142.63	1,790	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,003	128.31	1,287	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,205	146.00	1,759	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,205	142.00	1,711	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,138	$1,684	3thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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	500–550	526	285.76/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	253.45/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,308	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	241.50/cwt	236.00–246.00	1,596	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	270.51/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,179	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	309.35/cwt	287.50–317.00	1,745	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	321.52/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,537	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	256.46/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,464	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	629	253.05/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,592	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	263.10/cwt	251.00–268.00	1,621	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	483	312.19/cwt	312.00–312.50	1,508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	475	288.62/cwt	281.00–304.00	1,371	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	380	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,376	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	683	279.62/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,910	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,292	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	335	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,164	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	312.16/cwt	299.00–330.00	1,636	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	263.97/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,402	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	309.88/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,140	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	262.67/cwt	252.00–272.50	1,211	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	2,000.59/head	1,950.00–2,050.00	2,001	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	313.85/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,290	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	306.83/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,049	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	295.78/cwt	291.00–300.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,130	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	275.85/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,556	15
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	565	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,187	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	575	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,164	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	420	209.06/cwt	200.00–217.50	878	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	335	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	754	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	475	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	580	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,044	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	875	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bulls	—	—	1,100	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,496	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,205	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,711	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	144.57/cwt	135.00–158.00	2,145	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	143.76/cwt	135.00–157.00	1,796	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	130.97/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,725	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	132.09/cwt	123.00–148.00	1,338	13
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,205	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,759	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	116.03/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,127	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,203	133.04/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,600	2
Bulls	—	—	1,711	166.66/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,852	8
Bulls	—	—	1,428	155.26/cwt	153.00–159.00	2,217	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	950–1000	951	244.10/cwt	244.10–244.10	2,321	106
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	900–950	905	248.10/cwt	248.10–248.10	2,245	59
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	718	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,386	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	235.71/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	234.88/cwt	226.00–250.00	1,205	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	632	204.13/cwt	190.00–226.00	1,290	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	163.29/cwt	158.00–166.00	1,421	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,642	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	271.94/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,374	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	950	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,005	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,417	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	545	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,510	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	447	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,520	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	241.86/cwt	238.00–243.00	1,976	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	297.25/cwt	282.50–307.00	1,644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	601	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,845	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	663	211.65/cwt	192.00–230.00	1,403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	257.23/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,569	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	709	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,709	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	431	295.75/cwt	277.50–310.00	1,275	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	291.76/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,838	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	430	317.63/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,366	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	714	263.52/cwt	253.00–267.00	1,882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	758	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,940	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	782	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,822	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	272.46/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,420	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	757	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	708	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	224.00/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,266	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	930	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	358	251.58/cwt	240.00–263.00	901	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	661	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,339	3

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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 645Last week 632Year ago 727

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 50Year ago 217

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	304.00	304.00
1	450–500	490	294.00	294.00
4	500–550	526	281.00–290.00	285.76
7	600–650	616	251.00–268.00	263.10
1	650–700	660	252.50	252.50
22	800–850	817	238.00–243.00	241.86
1	900–950	900	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	347.50	347.50
2	350–400	380	362.00	362.00
3	400–450	430	315.00–320.00	317.63
16	450–500	478	312.50–327.50	321.52
21	500–550	524	299.00–330.00	312.16
20	550–600	564	287.50–317.00	309.35
27	600–650	630	270.00–305.00	291.76
5	650–700	683	276.00–285.00	279.62
4	700–750	714	253.00–267.00	263.52
4	750–800	758	256.00	256.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	900–950	905	248.10	248.10
106	950–1000	951	244.10	244.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	601	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	291.00	291.00
4	400–450	436	270.00–272.00	270.51
6	450–500	461	252.00–272.50	262.67
6	500–550	516	251.00–258.00	253.45
18	550–600	571	250.00–259.00	256.46
1	600–650	645	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	785	209.00	209.00
1	950–1000	955	185.00	185.00
1	1100–1150	1,130	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
13	400–450	431	277.50–310.00	295.75
22	450–500	475	281.00–304.00	288.62
20	500–550	521	265.00–287.50	272.46
15	550–600	564	262.00–280.00	275.85
32	600–650	610	250.00–262.00	257.23
6	700–750	709	241.00	241.00
13	750–800	782	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	247.50	247.50
2	350–400	358	240.00–263.00	251.58
2	400–450	400	245.00	245.00
3	450–500	470	230.00–247.50	235.71
11	500–550	513	226.00–250.00	234.88
4	550–600	565	221.00–225.00	224.00
6	600–650	632	190.00–226.00	204.13
3	650–700	661	202.50	202.50
3	700–750	708	208.00	208.00
1	800–850	835	178.00	178.00
3	850–900	870	158.00–166.00	163.29
1	900–950	930	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	291.00–300.00	295.78
3	300–350	342	290.00–317.50	306.83
7	350–400	368	300.00–337.50	309.88
4	400–450	411	312.50–317.50	313.85
5	500–550	531	260.00–270.00	263.97
1	550–600	585	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	635	242.00	242.00
8	650–700	661	236.00–246.00	241.50
1	700–750	720	228.00	228.00
1	750–800	750	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	447	340.00	340.00
5	450–500	483	312.00–312.50	312.19
2	500–550	545	277.00	277.00
5	550–600	553	282.50–307.00	297.25
7	600–650	629	250.00–257.00	253.05
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	225.00	225.00
2	400–450	420	200.00–217.50	209.06
1	450–500	475	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	580	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	260.00–284.00	271.94
2	550–600	570	241.00	241.00
3	650–700	663	192.00–230.00	211.65
2	750–800	757	210.00	210.00
1	950–1000	950	134.00	134.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	141.00	141.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	718	193.00	193.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,270	1,950.00–2,050.00	2,000.59
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	1,050.00	1,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	136.00	136.00
8	—	1,711	160.00–174.00	166.66
5	—	1,428	153.00–159.00	155.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	142.00	142.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,484	135.00–158.00	144.57
2	—	1,203	132.00–134.00	133.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,249	135.00–157.00	143.76
3	—	1,317	127.00–134.00	130.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,013	123.00–148.00	132.09
4	—	971	112.00–120.00	116.03
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	146.00	146.00

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 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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle