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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 1
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2130
← May 18Jun 1Jul 27 →
Receipts
809 head
▼ 657 vs last sale 1,466▲ 69 vs year ago 740 · +9.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle are value Added, pre-conditioned and all cattle sold followed a health and management practices set by the Profit Thru Performance Spring Feeder Calf Sale.

Groups of 20 head or more:

Steers Heifers

30hd 448lbs BLK 509.00 30hd 445lbs BLK 480.00

61hd 518lbs BLK 497.00 76hd 516lbs BLK 437.00

76hd 589lbs BLK 467.50 91hd 588lbs BLK 400.00

73hd 661lbs BLK 433.00 104hd 660lbs BLK 384.50

69hd 744lbs BLK 393.50 34hd 750lbs BLK 355.50

34hd 857lbs BLK 355.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $483.33/cwt on 147 head, up $2.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +2.83 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.
Average price
$483.33
▲ 2.83 vs prior sale
147 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$533
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$117.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.88
vs KY average
+24.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556484.942,695145
Medium and Large 2-3589367.002,1622thin
One grade step is worth $117.94/cwt here — about $533 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale147 hd
483.33
—
KY average25 barns · 930 hd
468.45
+14.88
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
+24.14
This barn, trailing median3 sales
480.50
+2.83
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
497483468453median 480.5005/1805/1806/0107/2707/27
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

25 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378537.00/cwt537.00–537.002,03011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3417422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,7601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2448507.72/cwt500.00–509.002,27535
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519494.23/cwt469.00–497.002,56569
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589476.50/cwt476.50–476.502,80776
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3589367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,1622
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2606467.00/cwt467.00–467.002,8302
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661428.67/cwt400.00–433.002,83484
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3662346.34/cwt345.00–349.002,2933
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3716301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,1551
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742388.71/cwt336.00–393.502,88477
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2858354.48/cwt351.00–355.003,04139
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,017301.00/cwt301.00–301.003,06115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2362488.77/cwt457.50–493.001,7699
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445478.82/cwt467.00–480.002,13133
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3479433.64/cwt433.00–435.002,0773
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,9051
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517435.49/cwt425.00–437.002,25187
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3579374.02/cwt373.00–375.002,1662
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588399.87/cwt395.00–400.002,35195
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3657361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,3721
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660384.25/cwt379.00–384.502,536109
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750355.14/cwt349.00–355.502,66436
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2836347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,90111
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2938315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,9556

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.
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