Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers traded noticeably higher in a limited comparison to last week's lite test ahead of the Holiday. Very good demand for 600-800 lb yearling steers and heifers and weaned calf packages. Market very active on a good through attractive quality offering. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher in a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls steady in a lite test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $292.67/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −168.87 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$292.67

62 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

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

$77.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.46

vs KY average

−32.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	307.16	1,619	42
Large 1-2	565	265.00	1,497	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	500	255.00	1,275	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	560	230.00	1,288	1thin

One grade step is worth $77.16/cwt here — about $331 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 sale62 hd

292.67

—

KY average13 barns · 459 hd

287.21

+5.46

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−32.70

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−168.87

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	—	Average	1,814	155.64	2,823	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,400	129.33	1,811	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,176	125.66	1,477	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,121	112.08	1,256	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,170	136.00	1,591	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,340	156.00	2,090	1thin

Every lot, as filed

117 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	1050–1100	1,080	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	257.15/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,599	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	242.99/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,898	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	251.61/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,693	13
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	627	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,580	2
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	826	225.37/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,862	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	289.73/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,194	7
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,133	184.48/cwt	175.00–194.00	2,090	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	225.27/cwt	224.00–230.00	2,052	14
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	365	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	794	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	460	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	825	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,898	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	870	235.65/cwt	234.00–237.00	2,050	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	258.06/cwt	252.50–262.00	1,481	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	229.88/cwt	226.00–238.00	1,680	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	900–950	927	250.37/cwt	247.75–253.00	2,321	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	347.85/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,148	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	784	268.75/cwt	268.75–268.75	2,107	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	256.56/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,352	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	375	288.25/cwt	281.00–305.00	1,081	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	246.22/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,687	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	477	268.38/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,280	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	634	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	284.07/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,193	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	930	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	600–650	633	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,722	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,372	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,876	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	565	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,497	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,118	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	243.16/cwt	241.00–244.00	1,982	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	805	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	314.52/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,642	34
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	422	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,211	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	733	230.49/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	260	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	443	327.05/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,449	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	471	308.29/cwt	295.00–327.00	1,452	11
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	648	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,652	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	295.92/cwt	265.00–298.00	1,864	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	789	259.50/cwt	250.00–262.00	2,047	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	277.30/cwt	276.00–279.00	1,830	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	742	259.28/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,924	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	880	249.25/cwt	249.25–249.25	2,193	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	738	235.33/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	269.26/cwt	261.00–274.00	1,551	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	428	314.87/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,348	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	479	310.94/cwt	297.00–317.50	1,489	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	755	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	688	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,686	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,340	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,090	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,170	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,591	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	117.70/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,312	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	129.37/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,585	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	122.70/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,394	5
Bulls	—	—	1,843	150.56/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,775	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,280	123.33/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,579	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	130.97/cwt	126.00–138.00	1,877	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	966	1
Bulls	—	—	1,785	160.72/cwt	157.00–165.00	2,869	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	345	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,362	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,182	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	733	202.84/cwt	201.00–204.00	1,487	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	342	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	941	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	250.81/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	761	200.06/cwt	196.00–204.00	1,522	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	840	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,428	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	423	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	973	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,021	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	569	244.52/cwt	242.50–247.00	1,391	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,525	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,518	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	437	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,018	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	700–750	714	243.52/cwt	242.00–244.00	1,739	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	234.40/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,585	11
Heifers	Large 1-2Replacement	700–750	706	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,737	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	750	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	250.80/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,091	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	626	217.28/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,360	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	681	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	244.52/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,423	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	728	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	228.65/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,331	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	272.41/cwt	270.00–275.00	989	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	840	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	726	209.74/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	965	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	233.71/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	247.51/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,131	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	370	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	353	246.65/cwt	240.00–250.00	871	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	246.27/cwt	246.00–247.50	1,295	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	807	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	300	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	205	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	940	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,086	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	385	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,299	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,471	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,219	8

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 Dec 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,333Last week 150Year ago 1,349

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 51Year ago 81

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	412	282.50–292.50	289.73
3	500–550	508	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	565	279.00	279.00
14	600–650	622	250.00–259.00	257.15
13	650–700	673	250.00–254.00	251.61
1	700–750	700	242.50	242.50
4	750–800	781	241.00–245.00	242.99
18	800–850	815	241.00–244.00	243.16
3	850–900	886	239.00	239.00
14	900–950	911	224.00–230.00	225.27
1	1000–1050	1,025	183.00	183.00
1	1050–1100	1,080	191.00	191.00
2	1100–1150	1,133	175.00–194.00	184.48
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	422	287.00	287.00
17	550–600	565	265.00	265.00
2	600–650	627	252.00	252.00
11	800–850	826	225.00–226.00	225.37
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	217.50	217.50
1	450–500	460	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	560	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	500	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	600	231.00	231.00
1	650–700	695	239.00	239.00
2	700–750	733	230.00–231.00	230.49
2	800–850	805	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	825	230.00	230.00
9	850–900	870	234.00–237.00	235.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	345.00–355.00	347.85
1	350–400	370	339.00	339.00
62	750–800	784	268.75	268.75
109	900–950	927	247.75–253.00	250.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	443	310.00–329.00	327.05
11	450–500	471	295.00–327.00	308.29
34	500–550	522	290.00–317.50	314.52
2	550–600	582	280.00	280.00
179	600–650	630	265.00–298.00	295.92
31	650–700	660	276.00–279.00	277.30
40	700–750	742	251.00–263.00	259.28
77	750–800	789	250.00–262.00	259.50
61	850–900	880	249.25	249.25
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	648	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	281.00–305.00	288.25
8	400–450	420	265.00–287.50	284.07
21	450–500	477	264.00–275.00	268.38
14	500–550	527	255.00–261.00	256.56
16	550–600	574	252.50–262.00	258.06
5	600–650	634	255.00	255.00
98	650–700	685	240.00–248.00	246.22
24	700–750	731	226.00–238.00	229.88
2	750–800	750	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	250.00	250.00
3	350–400	353	240.00–250.00	246.65
1	400–450	410	244.00	244.00
8	500–550	530	230.00	230.00
6	550–600	582	227.00–232.00	228.65
4	600–650	626	215.00–218.00	217.28
4	650–700	681	206.00	206.00
3	700–750	726	190.00–220.00	209.74
2	800–850	807	182.00	182.00
1	900–950	930	159.00	159.00
1	950–1000	965	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
76	600–650	633	272.00	272.00
13	700–750	714	242.00–244.00	243.52
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	437	233.00	233.00
1	500–550	500	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	280.00	280.00
9	350–400	363	270.00–275.00	272.41
3	400–450	435	250.00–252.50	250.80
4	450–500	457	247.00–248.00	247.51
17	500–550	526	246.00–247.50	246.27
4	550–600	582	242.00–247.00	244.52
3	600–650	618	231.00–235.00	233.71
11	650–700	676	230.00–236.00	234.40
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	706	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	840	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	300	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	337.50	337.50
2	400–450	428	307.50–322.50	314.87
10	450–500	479	297.00–317.50	310.94
5	500–550	535	275.00	275.00
19	550–600	576	261.00–274.00	269.26
6	650–700	688	245.00	245.00
3	700–750	738	235.00–236.00	235.33
1	750–800	755	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	250.00	250.00
3	400–450	423	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	307.50	307.50
1	350–400	390	303.00	303.00
4	500–550	532	256.00	256.00
3	550–600	578	250.00–252.50	250.81
2	600–650	600	230.00	230.00
4	650–700	666	229.00	229.00
1	800–850	825	184.00	184.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	257.50	257.50
1	350–400	355	287.50	287.50
1	400–450	445	244.00	244.00
1	500–550	510	230.00	230.00
7	550–600	569	242.50–247.00	244.52
1	600–650	635	220.00	220.00
5	700–750	733	201.00–204.00	202.84
4	750–800	761	196.00–204.00	200.06
3	800–850	840	170.00	170.00
1	900–950	940	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	136.00	136.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,115	114.00–121.00	117.70
1	—	1,150	84.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,225	126.00–135.00	129.37
5	—	1,136	120.00–127.00	122.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	123.00–124.00	123.33
11	—	1,433	126.00–138.00	130.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,843	149.00–154.00	150.56
3	—	1,785	157.00–165.00	160.72

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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