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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 26
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2129
Receipts
451 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 427▼ 82 vs year ago 533 · −15.4%
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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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,264$1,26663
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,162$1,236107
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)875$1,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,002$9356
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,522$2,0083thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,137$1,68118
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,103$2,01011
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,210$1,69351

Every lot

20 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Replacement Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1232,273.15/head2,225.00–2,325.002,2733
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1401,562.62/head1,200.00–1,825.001,56315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,7152,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-38551,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0131,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0761,286.31/head1,075.00–1,450.001,28614
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1461,341.77/head1,275.00–1,375.001,3424
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2042,200.77/head2,025.00–2,500.002,2016
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2171,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2211,869.92/head1,525.00–2,150.001,87024
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,4752,115.79/head2,000.00–2,150.002,1167
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38751,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,000953.73/head775.00–1,050.0095420
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,000892.48/head725.00–1,025.008925
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0101,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,096963.25/head850.00–1,050.009638
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1991,300.51/head1,050.00–1,675.001,30187
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2761,277.63/head1,100.00–1,575.001,27851
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,4521,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7254

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.