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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-21

Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 21

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2129

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Receipts

383 head

▲ 103 vs last sale 280▲ 383 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,308	$1,550	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,298	$1,375	49
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,435	$1,319	17
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,315	$1,275	62
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,288	$1,143	21
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$1,075	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,128	$1,008	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,160	$900	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,096	$1,320	17
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,085	$1,125	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	934	$1,122	27
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$1,025	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,495	$1,854	5
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,750	$1,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,458	$1,906	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,379	$1,473	31
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,468	$1,275	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,088	4thin

Every lot

22 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,495	1,854.06/head	1,300.00–2,500.00	1,854	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,750	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,128	1,008.39/head	975.00–1,075.00	1,008	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,160	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,288	1,143.24/head	875.00–1,425.00	1,143	21
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,298	1,374.92/head	800.00–1,600.00	1,375	49
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,308	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,315	1,275.45/head	950.00–1,575.00	1,275	62
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,325	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,435	1,318.91/head	925.00–1,425.00	1,319	17
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	1,101.20/head	1,075.00–1,150.00	1,101	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	1,410.67/head	1,000.00–1,975.00	1,411	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,435	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,458	1,905.88/head	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,906	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,617	1,775.23/head	1,700.00–1,825.00	1,775	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,658	1,289.93/head	875.00–1,575.00	1,290	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,675	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	934	1,122.22/head	875.00–1,375.00	1,122	27
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,085	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,096	1,320.10/head	675.00–1,700.00	1,320	17

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 Dec 21, 2022

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

Receipts 383Last week 280Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,325	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	62	—	1,315	950.00–1,575.00	1,275.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,288	875.00–1,425.00	1,143.24
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,160	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,308	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,435	925.00–1,425.00	1,318.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,128	975.00–1,075.00	1,008.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	—	1,298	800.00–1,600.00	1,374.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,617	1,700.00–1,825.00	1,775.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,293	1,000.00–1,975.00	1,410.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,458	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,905.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,435	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,658	875.00–1,575.00	1,289.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,255	1,075.00–1,150.00	1,101.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,675	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,260	950.00	950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,096	675.00–1,700.00	1,320.10
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,085	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,025.00	1,025.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	934	875.00–1,375.00	1,122.22

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,750	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,495	1,300.00–2,500.00	1,854.06

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.