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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 26
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2129
Receipts
72 head
▼ 423 vs last sale 495▲ 21 vs year ago 51 · +41.2%
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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)1,623$1,7842thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,296$1,5467
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,013$1,3892thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,730$2,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,283$1,4593thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,144$1,4247

Every lot

10 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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,7302,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0131,389.26/head1,350.00–1,425.001,3892
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3925950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3581,645.64/head1,300.00–1,950.001,6466
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,6231,783.59/head1,550.00–1,950.001,7842
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-3807875.00/head875.00–875.008752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0251,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2821,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2831,459.24/head1,375.00–1,500.001,4593
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4031,672.99/head1,550.00–1,800.001,6732

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.