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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 23

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2129

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Receipts

354 head

▲ 190 vs last sale 164▼ 112 vs year ago 466 · −24.0%

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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)	1,276	$2,022	158
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,212	$1,998	15
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,190	$1,522	15
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,583	$3,151	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,340	$2,052	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,480	$2,738	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,346	$2,717	36

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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,340	2,052.05/head	1,875.00–2,200.00	2,052	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,583	3,150.95/head	2,550.00–3,750.00	3,151	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2-3	1,070	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,123	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,368	2,808.27/head	2,000.00–3,150.00	2,808	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,415	3,425.00/head	3,425.00–3,425.00	3,425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,545	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,080	1,379.45/head	1,200.00–1,500.00	1,379	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,083	1,314.14/head	1,175.00–1,450.00	1,314	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,146	1,891.40/head	1,525.00–2,250.00	1,891	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,283	1,704.17/head	1,675.00–1,750.00	1,704	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,291	1,947.11/head	1,600.00–2,350.00	1,947	118
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,295	2,613.96/head	2,400.00–3,025.00	2,614	28
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,478	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	3

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 Oct 23, 2024

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

Receipts 354Last week 164Year ago 466

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
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,340	1,875.00–2,200.00	2,052.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,583	2,550.00–3,750.00	3,150.95

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)	1	—	1,545	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,415	3,425.00	3,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,368	2,000.00–3,150.00	2,808.27

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	—	1,123	1,800.00	1,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	1,550.00	1,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,295	2,400.00–3,025.00	2,613.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,478	2,425.00	2,425.00

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)	7	—	1,083	1,175.00–1,450.00	1,314.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,080	1,200.00–1,500.00	1,379.45

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,283	1,675.00–1,750.00	1,704.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,146	1,525.00–2,250.00	1,891.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	118	—	1,291	1,600.00–2,350.00	1,947.11

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.