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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 24

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2129

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Receipts

562 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 529▲ 58 vs year ago 504 · +11.5%

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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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,292	$1,605	72
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,256	$1,575	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,236	$1,437	82
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,267	$1,400	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,184	5
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,300	$2,000	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,169	$1,979	14
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$1,478	5
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	905	$1,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$954	5
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,508	$2,513	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,603	$2,676	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,844	$2,405	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,357	$2,208	72
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,545	$2,050	3thin

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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,508	2,513.20/head	2,300.00–2,750.00	2,513	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	800	954.44/head	925.00–975.00	954	5
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	905	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	955	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	967	1,578.97/head	1,450.00–1,725.00	1,579	4
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,169	1,978.56/head	1,850.00–2,100.00	1,979	14
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,075	1,184.30/head	1,125.00–1,375.00	1,184	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,175	1,276.98/head	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,277	34
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,256	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,263	1,274.17/head	1,125.00–1,375.00	1,274	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,267	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,280	1,550.17/head	1,400.00–1,800.00	1,550	48
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,298	1,671.09/head	1,400.00–1,975.00	1,671	60
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,103	2,166.67/head	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,167	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,151	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,363	2,658.20/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,658	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,376	2,107.98/head	1,750.00–2,500.00	2,108	50
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,545	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,755	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,853	2,930.99/head	2,550.00–3,175.00	2,931	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,888	2,520.50/head	2,425.00–2,600.00	2,521	2

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 Jan 24, 2024

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

Receipts 562Last week 529Year ago 504

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	2	—	1,300	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,169	1,850.00–2,100.00	1,978.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	967	1,450.00–1,725.00	1,578.97

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	800	925.00–975.00	954.44
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	905	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	1,075.00	1,075.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,175	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,276.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,075	1,125.00–1,375.00	1,184.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,263	1,125.00–1,375.00	1,274.17

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,267	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	48	—	1,280	1,400.00–1,800.00	1,550.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,256	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	60	—	1,298	1,400.00–1,975.00	1,671.09

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	50	—	1,376	1,750.00–2,500.00	2,107.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,545	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,888	2,425.00–2,600.00	2,520.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,363	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,658.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,755	2,175.00	2,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,853	2,550.00–3,175.00	2,930.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,103	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,166.67

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	5	—	1,151	1,675.00	1,675.00

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	4	—	1,508	2,300.00–2,750.00	2,513.20

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.