Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady on similar quality with very good demand for weaned packages. Yearlings sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.82/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −161.72 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$299.82

33 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$37.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.02

vs KY average

+0.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	303.21	1,681	30
Medium and Large 2-3	563	266.01	1,498	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.20/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale33 hd

299.82

—

KY average23 barns · 636 hd

299.81

+0.02

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

+0.56

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−161.72

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	1,362	175.93	2,396	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	152.11	1,934	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,427	150.00	2,141	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,061	140.22	1,488	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,360	171.00	2,326	1thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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 1-2Value Added	400–450	433	300.71/cwt	294.00–307.50	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	282.52/cwt	269.00–288.00	1,486	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	422	295.60/cwt	282.50–299.00	1,247	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	347	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,215	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,947	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	243.46/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,541	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	306.97/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,605	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	797	244.74/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,951	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	244.97/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	260.36/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,479	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	247.01/cwt	192.00–248.60	2,295	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	247.46/cwt	235.00–247.75	1,762	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	252.72/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,703	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	250.09/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,548	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	213.99/cwt	204.00–219.00	1,526	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	642	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,030	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	900–950	920	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	264.48/cwt	262.00–267.50	1,508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	468	318.32/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	440	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	990	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	575	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,167	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,207	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	254.01/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,328	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	562	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,276	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	508	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,168	3
Bulls	—	—	1,438	179.07/cwt	171.00–195.00	2,575	6
Bulls	—	—	1,133	166.50/cwt	166.00–167.00	1,886	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	153.44/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,188	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	146.56/cwt	142.00–149.00	2,093	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	112.98/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,141	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	144.76/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,549	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	660	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,122	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	555	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,399	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,360	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,326	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	144.65/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,679	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	154.60/cwt	149.00–166.00	2,022	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	262.52/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,404	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	892	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	151.51/cwt	146.00–159.00	1,504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	900–950	929	253.25/cwt	253.00–253.75	2,353	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	850–900	859	260.10/cwt	259.95–260.25	2,234	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	805	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,133	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	215	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	563	266.01/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	233.49/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	326	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	994	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	872	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	850	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	837	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,151	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	260.11/cwt	249.00–273.00	1,594	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	301.92/cwt	298.00–304.00	1,721	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	292.59/cwt	276.00–297.00	1,799	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	261.47/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,713	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	708	278.70/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,973	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	284.89/cwt	270.00–291.30	1,658	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	360	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	285.81/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,606	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	236.39/cwt	220.00–249.00	1,560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	250–300	275	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,037	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	400	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,460	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	762	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,050	15

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 Jun 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,160Last week 801Year ago 823

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 54Year ago 104

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	294.00–307.50	300.71
3	450–500	468	317.50–320.00	318.32
5	550–600	562	280.00–291.00	285.81
2	600–650	642	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	302.50	302.50
1	350–400	380	339.00	339.00
1	400–450	430	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	535	260.00–265.00	262.52
3	550–600	570	262.00–267.50	264.48
10	600–650	619	244.00–254.00	250.09
5	650–700	674	249.00–258.00	252.72
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	575	203.00	203.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	555	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	578	220.00–240.00	233.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	305.00	305.00
7	400–450	422	282.50–299.00	295.60
26	500–550	526	269.00–288.00	282.52
187	550–600	582	270.00–291.30	284.89
18	600–650	613	249.00–273.00	260.11
12	650–700	655	255.00–263.00	261.47
75	700–750	712	235.00–247.75	247.46
74	750–800	797	235.00–245.00	244.74
2	850–900	872	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	290.00	290.00
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	380	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	475	260.00	260.00
4	500–550	523	252.00–260.00	254.01
18	550–600	568	254.00–268.00	260.36
7	600–650	633	240.00–244.00	243.46
3	700–750	713	204.00–219.00	213.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	920	215.00	215.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	200.00	200.00
3	500–550	508	230.00	230.00
4	550–600	562	227.00	227.00
1	650–700	650	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	445	232.50	232.50
1	450–500	485	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	545	246.00	246.00
1	600–650	635	230.00	230.00
3	650–700	665	237.00	237.00
2	700–750	700	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	347	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	360	362.50	362.50
3	400–450	400	365.00	365.00
10	500–550	523	290.00–320.00	306.97
19	550–600	570	298.00–304.00	301.92
5	600–650	615	276.00–297.00	292.59
8	650–700	676	288.00	288.00
13	700–750	708	265.00–283.00	278.70
15	750–800	762	269.00	269.00
8	800–850	837	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	290.00	290.00
3	600–650	620	269.00	269.00
2	650–700	675	271.00	271.00
1	750–800	770	254.00	254.00
4	800–850	810	242.00–249.00	244.97
15	850–900	874	252.50	252.50
112	900–950	929	192.00–248.60	247.01
1	950–1000	970	210.00	210.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	800–850	805	265.00	265.00
125	850–900	859	259.95–260.25	260.10
164	900–950	929	253.00–253.75	253.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	293.00	293.00
1	450–500	465	274.00	274.00
3	550–600	563	264.00–270.00	266.01
1	600–650	620	237.00	237.00
3	650–700	660	220.00–249.00	236.39
1	700–750	730	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	775	231.00	231.00
1	850–900	850	230.00	230.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,438	171.00–195.00	179.07
2	—	1,133	166.00–167.00	166.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,426	150.00–159.00	153.44
9	—	1,428	142.00–149.00	146.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	112.00–114.00	112.98
12	—	1,070	139.00–150.00	144.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,161	137.00–148.00	144.65
21	—	1,308	149.00–166.00	154.60
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	171.00	171.00

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	—	993	146.00–159.00	151.51

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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle