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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-03

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 3

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2130

← May 20Jun 3Dec 4 →

Receipts

604 head

▲ 255 vs last sale 349▲ 145 vs year ago 459 · +31.6%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $332.80/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −147.70 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$332.80

112 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$45.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.77

vs KY average

+23.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	334.82	1,829	107
Medium and Large 2-3	565	289.61	1,636	5thin

One grade step is worth $45.21/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale112 hd

332.80

—

KY average26 barns · 968 hd

307.03

+25.77

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+23.64

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−147.70

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $483.33, low $466.86, median $480.50 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	401	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,544	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,704	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	502	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,752	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,601	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	1,858	76
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	289.61/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,636	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,839	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	638	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,067	70
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	647	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,721	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	672	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,868	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,917	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,960	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	751	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,031	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	765	243.01/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,859	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	859	241.11/cwt	224.00–242.00	2,071	21
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	900	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,070	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	958	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,050	3
Steers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,319	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,292	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,396	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	290.84/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,457	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,573	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	557	267.79/cwt	267.00–268.00	1,492	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	274.05/cwt	263.00–274.50	1,677	80
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	240.19/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,633	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,814	40
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	233.80/cwt	233.00–234.00	1,667	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	1,847	31
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,739	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

Mon Jun 3, 2024

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

Receipts 604Last week 349Year ago 459

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	394	328.00	328.00
20	400–450	449	311.00	311.00
38	500–550	501	285.00–291.00	290.84
40	550–600	556	283.00	283.00
80	600–650	612	263.00–274.50	274.05
40	650–700	686	264.50	264.50
5	700–750	713	233.00–234.00	233.80
31	750–800	777	237.75	237.75
1	800–850	824	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	557	267.00–268.00	267.79
5	650–700	680	240.00–241.00	240.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	401	385.00	385.00
18	450–500	452	377.00	377.00
1	500–550	510	314.00	314.00
76	550–600	564	329.50	329.50
2	600–650	613	300.00	300.00
3	650–700	675	284.00	284.00
44	700–750	700	280.00	280.00
35	750–800	751	270.50	270.50
21	850–900	859	224.00–242.00	241.11
2	900–950	900	230.00	230.00
1	1200–1250	1,240	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	502	349.00	349.00
70	600–650	638	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	565	288.00–290.00	289.61
1	600–650	647	266.00	266.00
1	650–700	672	278.00	278.00
5	750–800	765	240.00–245.00	243.01
3	950–1000	958	214.00	214.00

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.