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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-24

Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, May 24

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2129

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Receipts

325 head

▼ 126 vs last sale 451▼ 208 vs year ago 533 · −39.0%

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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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,158	$1,277	24
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,199	$1,244	32
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	980	$1,034	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	940	$1,075	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$1,025	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	854	$970	17
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	863	$950	4thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,373	$1,850	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,485	$2,021	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,282	$1,880	72
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,104	$1,863	6

Every lot

23 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	1,373	1,850.36/head	1,400.00–2,100.00	1,850	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	983	1,203.44/head	1,025.00–1,400.00	1,203	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,042	1,386.40/head	1,000.00–1,575.00	1,386	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,095	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,113	1,826.95/head	1,725.00–1,875.00	1,827	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,286	1,672.77/head	1,425.00–1,825.00	1,673	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,290	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,328	2,088.34/head	1,900.00–2,350.00	2,088	39
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,485	2,021.46/head	1,850.00–2,200.00	2,021	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	720	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	750	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	830	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	840	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	859	963.32/head	775.00–1,075.00	963	13
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	3
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	1,150.53/head	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,151	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	940	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	980	1,034.06/head	850.00–1,175.00	1,034	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,049	1,099.99/head	1,050.00–1,175.00	1,100	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,071	1,095.12/head	900.00–1,175.00	1,095	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,212	1,366.25/head	1,225.00–1,725.00	1,366	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,344	1,412.81/head	1,225.00–1,575.00	1,413	15

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 24, 2023

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

Receipts 325Last week 451Year ago 533

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,373	1,400.00–2,100.00	1,850.36

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,095	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	—	1,328	1,900.00–2,350.00	2,088.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,290	2,400.00	2,400.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,485	1,850.00–2,200.00	2,021.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,286	1,425.00–1,825.00	1,672.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,113	1,725.00–1,875.00	1,826.95

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	983	1,025.00–1,400.00	1,203.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,042	1,000.00–1,575.00	1,386.40

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	875.00	875.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	859	775.00–1,075.00	963.32

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	935	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,150.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	875	1,100.00	1,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	675.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	720	675.00	675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	980	850.00–1,175.00	1,034.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,049	1,050.00–1,175.00	1,099.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,071	900.00–1,175.00	1,095.12

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,344	1,225.00–1,575.00	1,412.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,212	1,225.00–1,725.00	1,366.25

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.