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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-14

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Thu, Dec 14

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2130

← Dec 6Dec 14May 20 →

Receipts

616 head

▲ 267 vs last sale 349▼ 157 vs year ago 773 · −20.3%

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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 $231.92/cwt on 402 head.

Average price

$231.92

402 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,536

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$105

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$34.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.67

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	644	235.77	1,519	357
Medium and Large 2-3	806	201.40	1,624	45

One grade step is worth $34.37/cwt here — about −$105 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 sale402 hd

231.92

—

KY average27 barns · 6,107 hd

219.25

+12.67

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

Every lot

28 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	340	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	779	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	265.00/cwt	263.00–269.00	1,023	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,104	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	957	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	258.64/cwt	258.00–259.00	1,208	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	520	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,056	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,347	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,396	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	240.90/cwt	236.00–242.00	1,482	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	230.10/cwt	228.00–231.00	1,574	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	693	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,566	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	728	166.39/cwt	162.00–171.00	1,211	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	217.84/cwt	216.00–229.00	1,688	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,818	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	869	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,712	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	874	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,862	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	971	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,884	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	396	206.77/cwt	197.00–223.00	819	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	199.30/cwt	195.00–208.00	931	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	510	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	872	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	192.15/cwt	184.00–202.00	1,043	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,234	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	614	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,099	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	189.77/cwt	187.00–198.00	1,300	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,463	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	789	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,499	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,239	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	923	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,348	9

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

Thu Dec 14, 2023

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

Receipts 616Last week 349Year ago 773

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	971	194.00	194.00
2	—	433	255.00	255.00
93	—	684	228.00–231.00	230.10
77	—	615	236.00–242.00	240.90
37	—	541	249.00	249.00
4	—	874	213.00	213.00
2	—	830	219.00	219.00
13	—	554	252.00	252.00
31	—	467	258.00–259.00	258.64
15	—	386	263.00–269.00	265.00
77	—	775	216.00–229.00	217.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	162.00–171.00	166.39
1	—	520	203.00	203.00
1	—	340	229.00	229.00
33	—	869	197.00	197.00
7	—	693	226.00	226.00
1	—	445	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	685	187.00–198.00	189.77
26	—	467	195.00–208.00	199.30
55	—	543	184.00–202.00	192.15
16	—	789	190.00	190.00
14	—	608	203.00	203.00
9	—	923	146.00	146.00
8	—	396	197.00–223.00	206.77
7	—	735	199.00	199.00
1	—	815	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	171.00	171.00
32	—	614	179.00	179.00

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.