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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 10

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127

← earliestJun 10Jun 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

494 head

▲ 494 vs last sale 0▲ 494 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

119 head

▲ 119 vs last sale 0▲ 119 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 0▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Feeder heifers sold steady with good demand. Yearlings limited comparison. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher with good demand. Groups of 20 head or more: 59 head steers 883 lbs 134.95 Blk-Fancy

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.00/cwt on 224 head.

Average price

$127.00

224 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$356

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

$20.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.04

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	600	128.02	768	198
Medium and Large 1	535	126.00	674	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	511	120.32	615	18thin
Small and Medium 1-2	382	107.87	412	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.14/cwt here — about $356 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 sale224 hd

127.00

—

KY average3 barns · 318 hd

126.96

+0.04

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,677	93.11	1,561	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,362	66.56	907	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,250	65.77	822	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	942	54.62	515	20

Every lot

66 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	141.37/cwt	139.00–145.00	582	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	150.24/cwt	146.00–155.00	693	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	148.36/cwt	144.00–154.00	782	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	146.86/cwt	141.00–152.50	834	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	577	137.68/cwt	137.00–138.00	794	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	137.72/cwt	130.00–142.00	861	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	135.43/cwt	133.50–140.00	928	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	696	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	835	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	715	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	879	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	965	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,002	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	883	134.95/cwt	134.95–134.95	1,192	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	925	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,036	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	955	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,108	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	435	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	368	107.83/cwt	105.00–113.00	397	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	131.79/cwt	125.00–134.00	497	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	383	121.43/cwt	118.00–125.00	465	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	506	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	425	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	459	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	134.12/cwt	130.00–137.00	578	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	473	124.42/cwt	123.00–125.00	589	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	132.53/cwt	127.00–137.00	637	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	132.46/cwt	129.00–139.00	689	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	674	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	130.03/cwt	121.00–134.00	754	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	592	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	704	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	122.62/cwt	116.00–126.00	765	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	632	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	822	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	635	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	692	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	124.38/cwt	121.00–128.00	838	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	913	76
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	237	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	284	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	149.97/cwt	148.00–154.00	583	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	403	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	504	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	140.35/cwt	137.00–148.00	598	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	467	125.35/cwt	120.00–130.00	585	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	148.36/cwt	148.00–151.00	724	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	527	123.94/cwt	120.00–130.00	653	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	142.19/cwt	137.00–146.00	754	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	139.51/cwt	135.00–143.00	791	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	578	122.96/cwt	120.00–126.00	711	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	127.22/cwt	124.00–129.00	787	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	129.02/cwt	127.00–130.00	873	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	690	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	800	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	703	123.01/cwt	120.00–126.00	865	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	466	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	363	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,368	84.86/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,161	3
Bulls	—	—	1,809	96.65/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,748	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	904	48.46/cwt	44.00–52.00	438	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	963	61.50/cwt	59.00–64.00	592	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	991	56.46/cwt	52.00–58.00	560	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,162	57.63/cwt	55.00–60.00	670	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	65.09/cwt	62.00–67.00	794	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,267	63.82/cwt	62.00–67.00	809	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	68.97/cwt	66.00–71.00	897	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,350	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	716	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	69.29/cwt	67.00–74.00	989	16
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	810	60.48/cwt	60.00–61.00	490	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	923	81.94/cwt	79.00–85.00	756	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,015	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	6,445	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,165	803.96/cwt	725.00–890.00	9,366	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,377	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	10,809	2

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 (Monday) - Lexington, KY

Mon Jun 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 494Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 119Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	109.00	109.00
7	—	473	123.00–125.00	124.42
5	—	592	119.00	119.00
2	—	425	119.00	119.00
2	—	383	118.00–125.00	121.43
1	—	675	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	108.00	108.00
3	—	368	105.00–113.00	107.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	632	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	744	122.75	122.75
36	—	520	129.00–139.00	132.46
23	—	580	121.00–134.00	130.03
23	—	431	130.00–137.00	134.12
13	—	481	127.00–137.00	132.53
11	—	377	125.00–134.00	131.79
7	—	624	116.00–126.00	122.62
4	—	674	121.00–128.00	124.38
1	—	345	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	527	120.00–130.00	123.94
4	—	403	125.00	125.00
3	—	467	120.00–130.00	125.35
2	—	578	120.00–126.00	122.96
2	—	237	120.00	120.00
1	—	705	116.00	116.00
1	—	690	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	488	148.00–151.00	148.36
7	—	677	127.00–130.00	129.02
7	—	567	135.00–143.00	139.51
6	—	530	137.00–146.00	142.19
4	—	619	124.00–129.00	127.22
4	—	426	137.00–148.00	140.35
4	—	389	148.00–154.00	149.97
2	—	703	120.00–126.00	123.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	883	134.95	134.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	134.00	134.00
1	—	765	131.00	131.00
5	—	412	139.00–145.00	141.37
10	—	461	146.00–155.00	150.24
11	—	625	130.00–142.00	137.72
12	—	685	133.50–140.00	135.43
16	—	527	144.00–154.00	148.36
21	—	568	141.00–152.50	146.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	715	123.00	123.00
3	—	696	120.00	120.00
3	—	577	137.00–138.00	137.68
1	—	955	116.00	116.00
1	—	925	112.00	112.00
1	—	495	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	78.00	78.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	904	44.00–52.00	48.46
7	—	963	59.00–64.00	61.50
4	—	991	52.00–58.00	56.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	53.00	53.00
16	—	1,428	67.00–74.00	69.29
11	—	1,267	62.00–67.00	63.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,162	55.00–60.00	57.63
18	—	1,300	66.00–71.00	68.97
13	—	1,220	62.00–67.00	65.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,809	90.00–103.00	96.65
3	—	1,368	83.00–86.00	84.86

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	810	60.00–61.00	60.48

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	923	79.00–85.00	81.94

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,015	635.00	635.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,165	725.00–890.00	803.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,377	785.00	785.00

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.