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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-23

Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 23

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2129

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Receipts

57 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 72▼ 148 vs year ago 205 · −72.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Hot humid weather slowed cattle movement this week.

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)	1,151	$1,981	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,163	$1,948	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,350	$1,822	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,396	$1,475	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,388	$1,435	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,399	$1,411	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,403	$1,396	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,175	$1,250	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,220	$1,375	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,590	$1,739	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,465	$1,700	1thin

Every lot

14 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 · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,423	1,593.50/head	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,594	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,465	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,757	1,885.00/head	1,885.00–1,885.00	1,885	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,151	1,981.43/head	1,925.00–2,000.00	1,981	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,163	1,948.12/head	1,925.00–1,975.00	1,948	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,175	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,227	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,307	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	1,821.85/head	1,675.00–1,925.00	1,822	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,388	1,435.27/head	1,325.00–1,525.00	1,435	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,396	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,445	1,478.33/head	1,325.00–1,600.00	1,478	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,473	1,455.01/head	1,425.00–1,475.00	1,455	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,220	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1

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 Aug 23, 2023

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

Receipts 57Last week 72Year ago 205

Hot humid weather slowed cattle movement this week.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	2	—	1,757	1,885.00	1,885.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,465	1,700.00	1,700.00

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	2	—	1,423	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,593.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,163	1,925.00–1,975.00	1,948.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,151	1,925.00–2,000.00	1,981.43

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)	1	—	1,175	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,307	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,227	1,250.00	1,250.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,350	1,675.00–1,925.00	1,821.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,388	1,325.00–1,525.00	1,435.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,396	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,445	1,325.00–1,600.00	1,478.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,473	1,425.00–1,475.00	1,455.01

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	1,375.00	1,375.00

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.