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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 24
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2129
Receipts
258 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 296▼ 193 vs year ago 451 · −42.8%
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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)1,373$1,8209
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,283$1,62358
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,288$1,4083thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)987$1,34911
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,420$3,23014
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,654$2,6435
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,670$2,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,372$2,35544

Every lot

17 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Registered1,4133,485.50/head3,000.00–4,050.003,48610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,4362,592.12/head2,275.00–3,200.002,5924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,6542,643.17/head2,050.00–3,025.002,6435
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1303,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1791,827.39/head1,600.00–2,000.001,82711
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-21,2781,472.21/head1,400.00–1,550.001,4722
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,4262,123.04/head1,875.00–2,175.002,1236
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4802,688.81/head2,400.00–2,975.002,68923
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6702,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0021,157.62/head1,100.00–1,225.001,1587
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,2171,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2401,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3121,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3261,698.71/head1,475.00–1,900.001,69949
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3731,820.44/head1,475.00–2,125.001,8209
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-38941,134.14/head975.00–1,200.001,1345
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0651,528.82/head1,300.00–1,850.001,5296

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.