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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Thu, Dec 12

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2130

← Dec 4Dec 12May 19 →

Receipts

527 head

▼ 1,166 vs last sale 1,693▼ 89 vs year ago 616 · −14.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special note: Certified Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale, all cattle were value added

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 $297.95/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −182.55 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$297.95

101 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$26.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.93

vs KY average

−26.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	298.47	1,689	99
Medium and Large 2-3	560	272.00	1,523	2thin

One grade step is worth $26.47/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale101 hd

297.95

—

KY average29 barns · 1,889 hd

296.02

+1.93

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−26.40

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−182.55

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,261	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	349.83/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,560	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,643	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	304.85/cwt	292.50–345.00	1,594	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,523	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	294.33/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,748	60
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,794	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	267.27/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,767	65
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	705	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,685	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	260.16/cwt	251.00–266.00	1,951	86
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	760	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,687	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	823	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,819	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	847	235.32/cwt	234.50–247.00	1,993	30
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	868	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,170	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	939	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,887	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	990	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,980	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	341.84/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,504	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,622	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	270.10/cwt	257.00–272.00	1,410	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,324	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	254.99/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,499	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,398	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	645	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,116	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	245.25/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,626	33
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,724	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	752	236.08/cwt	221.00–238.00	1,775	36
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	839	205.67/cwt	203.00–206.00	1,726	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	855	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,556	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	967	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,712	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.

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

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

Thu Dec 12, 2024

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

Receipts 527Last week 1,693Year ago 616

Special note: Certified Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale, all cattle were value added

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	440	335.00–343.00	341.84
1	450–500	460	352.50	352.50
35	500–550	522	257.00–272.00	270.10
40	550–600	588	249.00–257.00	254.99
2	600–650	600	233.00	233.00
33	650–700	663	240.00–250.00	245.25
2	700–750	740	233.00	233.00
36	750–800	752	221.00–238.00	236.08
9	800–850	839	203.00–206.00	205.67
3	950–1000	967	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	243.00	243.00
1	600–650	645	173.00	173.00
1	850–900	855	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	560	272.00	272.00
1	700–750	705	239.00	239.00
2	750–800	760	222.00	222.00
2	800–850	823	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	331.00	331.00
17	400–450	446	347.50–365.00	349.83
1	450–500	455	361.00	361.00
39	500–550	523	292.50–345.00	304.85
60	550–600	594	290.00–295.00	294.33
23	600–650	600	299.00	299.00
65	650–700	661	260.00–288.00	267.27
86	750–800	750	251.00–266.00	260.16
30	800–850	847	234.50–247.00	235.32
2	850–900	868	250.00	250.00
8	900–950	939	201.00	201.00
1	950–1000	990	200.00	200.00

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.