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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-26

Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, May 26

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2129

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Receipts

244 head

▼ 300 vs last sale 544▼ 209 vs year ago 453 · −46.1%

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Every lot

11 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards Lexington - Replacement Livestock Sale - Lexington, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,346	1,638.53/cwt	1,400.00–1,875.00	22,055	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2-3	960	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,480	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,025	772.30/cwt	675.00–900.00	7,916	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,073	779.57/cwt	675.00–825.00	8,365	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,238	836.84/cwt	725.00–900.00	10,360	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	980.77/cwt	900.00–1,050.00	12,750	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,340	1,077.89/cwt	875.00–1,350.00	14,444	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,375	1,108.27/cwt	875.00–1,275.00	15,239	97
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,129	1,005.40/cwt	850.00–1,175.00	11,351	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,486	1,386.80/cwt	1,175.00–1,525.00	20,608	21
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	973	861.83/cwt	775.00–950.00	8,386	2

This sale against other markets

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.

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Blue Grass Stockyards Lexington - Replacement Livestock Sale - Lexington, KY

Wed May 26, 2021

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

Receipts 244Last week 544Year ago 453

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	675.00	675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,025	675.00–900.00	772.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,238	725.00–900.00	836.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,073	675.00–825.00	779.57

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	97	—	1,375	875.00–1,275.00	1,108.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,340	875.00–1,350.00	1,077.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,300	900.00–1,050.00	980.77

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,129	850.00–1,175.00	1,005.40

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,486	1,175.00–1,525.00	1,386.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,346	1,400.00–1,875.00	1,638.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	973	775.00–950.00	861.83

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.