Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly 5.00 lower with moderate demand. Yearling steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower with moderate demand. Yearling heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower in a limited comparison. Plain, fleshy and new crop calves calves facing discounts. The downturn in the CME feeder cattle futures softened demand today. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower 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 $279.94/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −181.60 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$279.94

40 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,492

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$56.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.27

vs KY average

+9.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	290.49	1,552	32
Large 1-2	505	250.00	1,263	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	537	233.63	1,255	6thin

One grade step is worth $56.86/cwt here — about $297 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 sale40 hd

279.94

—

KY average23 barns · 899 hd

285.21

−5.27

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

+9.44

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−181.60

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	1,499	166.47	2,496	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,459	143.55	2,095	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	141.51	1,739	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,127	121.17	1,366	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,280	186.00	2,381	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,638	161.64	2,648	2thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,296	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	476	206.70/cwt	205.00–210.00	984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,581	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,012	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,077	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,154	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,931	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	252.78/cwt	249.00–256.00	1,436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	254.28/cwt	247.00–259.00	1,330	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	258.94/cwt	248.00–260.25	1,919	74
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	2
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	705	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	230.80/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,673	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	221.70/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,053	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	212.49/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,101	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,488	11
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	385	230.50/cwt	230.00–231.00	887	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	387	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	258.89/cwt	240.00–265.00	875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	387	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	678	221.51/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	703	221.72/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,559	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	236.05/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,357	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	904	232.75/cwt	232.75–232.75	2,104	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	854	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,015	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	288.12/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,080	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	741	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	966	221.75/cwt	221.75–221.75	2,142	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	240.50/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,568	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,908	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,286	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	851	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,787	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	825	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,134	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,783	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	297.59/cwt	285.00–311.00	1,547	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	537	233.63/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,255	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,000	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,945	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	477	307.27/cwt	293.00–311.00	1,466	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	261.96/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,113	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	212.27/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,509	7
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	570	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	140.54/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,657	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	140.84/cwt	137.00–145.00	2,094	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	154.47/cwt	147.00–167.00	2,130	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	131.18/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,426	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	130.85/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,490	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	100.00/cwt	96.00–104.00	1,115	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,280	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,381	1
Steers	Select	—	1,638	161.64/cwt	160.00–163.00	2,648	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,238	135.30/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,675	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	120.06/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,391	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	149.55/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,228	10
Bulls	—	—	1,733	188.74/cwt	186.00–192.00	3,271	2
Bulls	—	—	1,585	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,346	1
Bulls	—	—	1,361	159.96/cwt	153.00–165.00	2,177	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	254.86/cwt	246.00–260.00	1,455	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	263.35/cwt	247.50–279.00	1,417	7
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	660	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,393	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	225.42/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,504	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	232.39/cwt	227.50–237.50	1,081	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	272.06/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,012	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	412	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,360	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	291	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	1,699	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	477	259.63/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,238	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	257.90/cwt	257.90–257.90	1,687	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	272	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	714	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	470	202.47/cwt	200.00–205.00	952	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	800	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	210.91/cwt	202.50–213.00	1,546	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	629	199.32/cwt	185.00–215.00	1,254	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	580	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	700–750	708	228.09/cwt	226.00–229.00	1,615	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1050–1100	1,085	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	252.55/cwt	237.50–255.00	993	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	663	205.80/cwt	197.00–210.00	1,364	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	216.23/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,416	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	850–900	895	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	842	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,096	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	997	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,175	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,635	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	475	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	260	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	237.36/cwt	222.50–247.50	1,021	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 Aug 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 890Last week 1,016Year ago 158

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 46Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	285.00	285.00
5	350–400	375	270.00–292.50	288.12
4	400–450	442	291.00	291.00
3	450–500	460	287.50	287.50
1	500–550	525	277.00	277.00
2	550–600	572	269.00	269.00
10	600–650	648	244.00	244.00
4	650–700	675	240.00–242.00	240.50
3	700–750	725	230.00–232.50	230.80
7	800–850	813	237.50	237.50
63	850–900	854	236.00	236.00
59	900–950	904	232.75	232.75
31	950–1000	966	221.75	221.75
30	1050–1100	1,077	200.00	200.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	230.00–231.00	230.50
3	450–500	476	205.00–210.00	206.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	288.00	288.00
2	350–400	387	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	420	241.00	241.00
6	500–550	537	232.00–242.00	233.63
2	650–700	678	220.00–223.00	221.51
7	700–750	703	220.00–224.00	221.72
1	800–850	835	205.00	205.00
4	850–900	851	210.00	210.00
17	1000–1050	1,000	194.50	194.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	293.00–311.00	307.27
20	500–550	520	285.00–311.00	297.59
9	550–600	558	281.00	281.00
4	600–650	615	256.00	256.00
9	650–700	663	269.00	269.00
74	700–750	741	248.00–260.25	258.94
73	750–800	754	253.00	253.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	505	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	705	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	272	262.50	262.50
4	300–350	338	240.00–265.00	258.89
7	350–400	393	237.50–255.00	252.55
2	400–450	402	248.00	248.00
3	450–500	471	243.00	243.00
2	500–550	527	223.00	223.00
4	550–600	575	230.00–242.00	236.05
1	600–650	600	216.00	216.00
19	650–700	655	210.00–220.00	216.23
25	700–750	733	202.50–213.00	210.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	415	264.00	264.00
8	450–500	477	255.00–263.00	259.63
13	500–550	523	247.00–259.00	254.28
6	550–600	568	249.00–256.00	252.78
11	600–650	620	240.00	240.00
78	650–700	654	257.90	257.90
71	700–750	741	229.25	229.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	223.00	223.00
2	350–400	387	195.00	195.00
3	450–500	475	220.00–225.00	221.70
4	500–550	518	210.00–220.00	212.49
1	550–600	565	200.00	200.00
6	600–650	629	185.00–215.00	199.32
4	650–700	663	197.00–210.00	205.80
2	800–850	842	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	200.00–205.00	202.47
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	225.00	225.00
3	800–850	800	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	708	226.00–229.00	228.09
1	850–900	895	197.00	197.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	192.00	192.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	291	302.50	302.50
7	350–400	372	260.00–287.50	272.06
3	400–450	425	250.00–280.00	261.96
1	450–500	465	275.00	275.00
7	500–550	538	247.50–279.00	263.35
7	550–600	571	246.00–260.00	254.86
1	600–650	640	225.00	225.00
3	650–700	667	223.00–230.00	225.42
7	700–750	711	210.00–215.00	212.27
1	800–850	810	181.00	181.00
1	900–950	905	171.00	171.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	570	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	242.50	242.50
1	300–350	320	242.50	242.50
3	400–450	430	222.50–247.50	237.36
2	450–500	465	227.50–237.50	232.39
1	500–550	535	232.50	232.50
1	550–600	570	210.00	210.00
2	600–650	640	212.50	212.50
2	700–750	740	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	412	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	615	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	660	211.00	211.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,179	136.00–144.00	140.54
8	—	1,379	147.00–167.00	154.47
9	—	1,139	125.00–135.00	130.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,487	137.00–145.00	140.84
3	—	1,238	135.00–136.00	135.30
10	—	1,490	145.00–155.00	149.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,087	128.00–135.00	131.18
2	—	1,115	96.00–104.00	100.00
7	—	1,159	112.00–124.00	120.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	186.00	186.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,638	160.00–163.00	161.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,733	186.00–192.00	188.74
1	—	1,585	148.00	148.00
4	—	1,361	153.00–165.00	159.96

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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