Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold steady with good demand on weaned thin-fleshed offerings. Yearling steers sold steady to 2.00 higher with very good demand. Heifer calves and yearling heifers softer undertone with more fleshy offerings this week. Buyers showing preference for good quality long-weaned vaccinated calf packages and yearlings in good condition. Fleshy, short-weaned, medium frame, and plain calves facing discounts. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00 lower; however a few exceptionally high dressing cows noted. 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 $241.76/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −219.78 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$241.76

16 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,376

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$33.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.62

vs KY average

−58.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	271.00	1,504	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	571	237.58	1,357	14thin

One grade step is worth $33.42/cwt here — about $147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale16 hd

241.76

—

KY average25 barns · 1,304 hd

270.38

−28.62

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−58.93

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−219.78

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	1,525	156.15	2,381	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,307	127.58	1,667	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,480	121.00	1,791	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	108.95	1,111	6thin

Every lot, as filed

113 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	800–850	849	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,114	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	855	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	265.07/cwt	260.00–270.00	888	2
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	700	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	252.98/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,194	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,139	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	655	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	249.75/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,671	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	475	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,045	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	362	259.35/cwt	257.50–260.00	939	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	869	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,907	20
Steers	Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	942	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	814	224.81/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,830	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	945	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,347	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	247.82/cwt	246.00–249.00	1,294	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	724	229.74/cwt	224.00–234.00	1,663	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	250.52/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,446	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	221.76/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,047	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	363	231.95/cwt	230.00–233.00	842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	669	198.64/cwt	188.00–205.00	1,329	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	621	193.92/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	506	225.47/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,141	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	222.00/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,281	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	238.77/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,382	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,135	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,986	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,290	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	251.71/cwt	241.00–256.00	1,558	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	900	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	234.97/cwt	223.00–242.00	1,356	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	728	225.76/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	646	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,460	3
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	670	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,424	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,168	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	259.66/cwt	259.00–262.00	1,771	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	460	279.77/cwt	278.00–281.00	1,287	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	225.08/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,486	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	408	246.55/cwt	238.00–255.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	641	272.52/cwt	266.00–277.00	1,747	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	253.25/cwt	249.00–257.50	1,355	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	595	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	817	256.84/cwt	255.50–258.50	2,098	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	797	256.34/cwt	247.50–260.20	2,043	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	708	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	1,846	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	894	249.25/cwt	249.25–249.25	2,228	51
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	638	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,384	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	250–300	270	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	574	227.41/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,305	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	259.81/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,455	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	480	259.40/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,245	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,293	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,010	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	109.17/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,057	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	118.81/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,463	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	140.82/cwt	129.00–157.00	1,919	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	123.11/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,634	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,070	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,315	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,341	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,404	124.04/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,742	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	117.51/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,807	9
Bulls	—	—	1,755	173.52/cwt	171.00–176.00	3,045	2
Bulls	—	—	1,410	147.47/cwt	141.00–154.00	2,079	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	478	213.69/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,021	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	378	207.48/cwt	205.00–210.00	784	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	574	209.89/cwt	207.50–211.00	1,205	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	246.92/cwt	242.50–250.00	1,269	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	253.86/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,109	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	382	248.88/cwt	245.00–260.00	951	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	227.84/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,419	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,432	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	283.72/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,016	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	520	212.12/cwt	202.50–220.00	1,103	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,401	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	244.90/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,430	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,128	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	338	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	896	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	224.75/cwt	217.50–229.00	1,609	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	952	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	238.80/cwt	237.50–240.00	991	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	419	225.81/cwt	215.00–232.00	946	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	239.87/cwt	233.00–244.00	1,149	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	300	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	240.04/cwt	236.00–244.00	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	224.75/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	244.62/cwt	235.00–249.00	917	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	229.08/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,402	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	645	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	483	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,125	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	300–350	308	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	699	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	562	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,124	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	469	210.37/cwt	210.00–212.50	987	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	430	200.06/cwt	195.00–205.00	860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	504	229.94/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,159	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	614	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,461	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1050–1100	1,060	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,961	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	850–900	850	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	808	222.52/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,798	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	667	207.92/cwt	190.00–217.50	1,387	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	604	205.26/cwt	200.00–217.50	1,240	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	797	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	437	232.17/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,015	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	915	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,327	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 Oct 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,134Last week 1,056Year ago 895

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 91Year ago 42

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	555	271.00	271.00
28	600–650	619	241.00–256.00	251.71
2	750–800	770	235.00	235.00
10	800–850	849	249.00	249.00
11	850–900	885	245.00	245.00
5	900–950	910	235.00	235.00
2	950–1000	950	241.00	241.00
3	1100–1150	1,135	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	260.00–270.00	265.07
2	400–450	408	238.00–255.00	246.55
5	450–500	472	240.00–261.00	252.98
2	500–550	535	249.00–257.50	253.25
12	550–600	577	223.00–242.00	234.97
3	600–650	646	226.00	226.00
3	650–700	660	220.00–235.00	225.08
4	700–750	728	225.00–228.00	225.76
5	800–850	814	221.00–230.00	224.81
1	850–900	855	202.50	202.50
1	900–950	900	220.00	220.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	212.50	212.50
1	700–750	700	203.00	203.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	850–900	869	219.50	219.50
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	942	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	278.00–281.00	279.77
24	600–650	641	266.00–277.00	272.52
40	650–700	682	259.00–262.00	259.66
72	700–750	708	260.75	260.75
101	750–800	797	247.50–260.20	256.34
125	800–850	817	255.50–258.50	256.84
51	850–900	894	249.25	249.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	362	257.50–260.00	259.35
16	500–550	522	246.00–249.00	247.82
20	550–600	577	246.00–255.00	250.52
2	600–650	622	242.00	242.00
144	650–700	669	247.00–250.00	249.75
19	700–750	724	224.00–234.00	229.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	230.00–233.00	231.95
11	400–450	419	215.00–232.00	225.81
15	450–500	472	217.50–225.00	221.76
5	500–550	506	220.00–231.00	225.47
5	550–600	577	210.00–226.00	222.00
4	600–650	621	180.00–210.00	193.92
4	650–700	669	188.00–205.00	198.64
2	700–750	740	182.00	182.00
1	900–950	945	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	375	235.00–249.00	244.62
2	400–450	415	237.50–240.00	238.80
9	450–500	479	233.00–244.00	239.87
2	500–550	540	236.00–244.00	240.04
12	550–600	579	237.00–240.00	238.77
8	600–650	612	223.00–230.00	229.08
5	650–700	677	220.00–230.00	224.75
1	700–750	730	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	840	180.00	180.00
2	850–900	887	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	200.00	200.00
1	350–400	370	200.00	200.00
2	400–450	430	195.00–205.00	200.06
7	450–500	469	210.00–212.50	210.37
2	550–600	562	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	227.00	227.00
3	450–500	483	233.00	233.00
1	600–650	645	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	614	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
13	800–850	808	217.00–225.00	222.52
2	850–900	850	213.00	213.00
2	1050–1100	1,060	185.00	185.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	265.00	265.00
4	600–650	638	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	221.00	221.00
2	350–400	378	205.00–210.00	207.48
2	450–500	478	210.00–217.50	213.69
5	500–550	520	202.50–220.00	212.12
4	550–600	574	207.50–211.00	209.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	382	245.00–260.00	248.88
5	400–450	437	220.00–236.00	232.17
1	450–500	450	225.00	225.00
5	500–550	504	220.00–232.50	229.94
9	550–600	574	220.00–231.00	227.41
11	600–650	604	200.00–217.50	205.26
10	650–700	667	190.00–217.50	207.92
1	700–750	725	202.50	202.50
2	850–900	870	152.50	152.50
1	900–950	915	160.00	160.00
2	950–1000	952	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	257.00–260.00	259.40
1	500–550	515	251.00	251.00
10	550–600	560	255.00–261.00	259.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	273.00	273.00
1	300–350	345	295.00	295.00
2	350–400	358	282.50–285.00	283.72
8	400–450	437	250.00–255.00	253.86
3	450–500	455	248.00	248.00
8	500–550	514	242.50–250.00	246.92
11	550–600	584	240.00–246.00	244.90
4	600–650	623	220.00–235.00	227.84
3	650–700	651	220.00	220.00
10	700–750	716	217.50–229.00	224.75
1	800–850	805	174.00	174.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	128.00	128.00
8	—	1,404	123.00–125.00	124.04
9	—	1,538	110.00–122.00	117.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	968	106.00–113.00	109.17
1	—	930	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,315	102.00	102.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,231	115.00–121.00	118.81
5	—	1,363	129.00–157.00	140.82
5	—	1,327	122.00–125.00	123.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,755	171.00–176.00	173.52
4	—	1,410	141.00–154.00	147.47

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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