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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 15

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2130

← Dec 8Mar 15Jun 6 →

Receipts

166 head

▼ 877 vs last sale 1,043▲ 166 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.52/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$151.52

84 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$488

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2

$28.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.31

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	705	152.20	1,074	82
Small and Medium 1-2	472	124.00	585	2thin

One grade step is worth $28.20/cwt here — about $488 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale84 hd

151.52

—

KY average25 barns · 4,103 hd

156.83

−5.31

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

16 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards Lexington - Special Graded Feeder Cattle 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	472	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	585	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	475	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	884	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	535	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	990	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,018	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	693	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,026	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	778	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,105	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	873	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,144	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	365	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	551	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	477	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	763	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	548	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	860	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	553	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	841	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	624	141.75/cwt	139.00–142.00	885	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	691	135.51/cwt	134.50–139.00	936	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	742	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	928	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	766	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,003	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	875	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,015	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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards Lexington - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Lexington, KY

Tue Mar 15, 2022

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

Receipts 166Last week 1,043Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	693	148.00	148.00
15	—	617	165.00	165.00
13	—	873	131.00	131.00
8	—	535	185.00	185.00
4	—	475	186.00	186.00
23	—	778	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	472	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	548	157.00	157.00
9	—	766	131.00	131.00
26	—	691	134.50–139.00	135.51
24	—	624	139.00–142.00	141.75
8	—	477	160.00	160.00
3	—	742	125.00	125.00
2	—	553	152.00	152.00
2	—	365	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	116.00	116.00

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.