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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-05

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 5

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2130

← Dec 7Jun 5Dec 6 →

Receipts

459 head

▼ 314 vs last sale 773▼ 59 vs year ago 518 · −11.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Profit Through Performance Calf Pool

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 $263.54/cwt on 257 head.

Average price

$263.54

257 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$33.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+37.94

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	585	266.43	1,559	235
Large 1-2	619	232.64	1,440	22

One grade step is worth $33.80/cwt here — about $119 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 sale257 hd

263.54

—

KY average26 barns · 4,344 hd

225.60

+37.94

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	344	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	915	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	405	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,085	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	457	265.64/cwt	244.00–273.00	1,214	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	537	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,536	75
Steers	—	Large 1-2Value Added	558	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,345	9
Steers	—	Large 1-2Value Added	629	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,440	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	658	266.75/cwt	266.75–266.75	1,755	79
Steers	—	Large 1-2Value Added	689	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,550	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	758	219.95/cwt	219.50–223.00	1,667	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	841	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,842	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	352	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	840	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	427	250.65/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,070	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	532	246.67/cwt	233.00–248.00	1,312	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	639	229.54/cwt	205.00–230.50	1,467	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	704	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,359	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	754	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,500	8

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

Mon Jun 5, 2023

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

Receipts 459Last week 773Year ago 518

Profit Through Performance Calf Pool

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
24	—	758	219.50–223.00	219.95
22	—	457	244.00–273.00	265.64
16	—	405	268.00	268.00
11	—	344	266.00	266.00
8	—	841	219.00	219.00
79	—	658	266.75	266.75
75	—	537	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	558	241.00	241.00
7	—	689	225.00	225.00
6	—	629	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	532	233.00–248.00	246.67
45	—	427	230.00–252.00	250.65
79	—	639	205.00–230.50	229.54
9	—	352	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	754	199.00	199.00
4	—	704	193.00	193.00

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.