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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 9
● Final129 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,208 head
▲ 1,426 vs last sale 782▲ 2,208 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
314 head
▲ 153 vs last sale 161▲ 314 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 27▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with moderate demand; good demand for 375-475 lb weaned steers. Fleshy unweaned and smaller-framed calves facing discounts. Yearling steers sold 4.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.61/cwt on 778 head.
Average price
$139.61
778 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$865
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$29.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.91
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2624141.03880725
Medium and Large 2-3559121.7868144
Small and Medium 1-2394112.754444thin
Large 1-2652111.607285thin
One grade step is worth $29.43/cwt here — about $152 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 sale778 hd
139.61
—
KY average30 barns · 11,209 hd
137.70
+1.91
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,64775.751,24722
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,39050.4070128
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20447.8857760
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03339.3840736

Every lot

129 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2220111.00/cwt111.00–111.002441
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2325110.00/cwt110.00–110.003581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328147.53/cwt145.00–155.004845
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy362159.38/cwt158.00–162.5057711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381152.48/cwt145.00–157.5058120
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3385137.50/cwt137.50–137.505291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2408138.51/cwt130.00–145.0056518
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2420117.00/cwt117.00–117.004911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431152.24/cwt145.00–155.5065631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463137.44/cwt131.00–144.0063618
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480124.00/cwt124.00–124.005951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added483147.98/cwt144.50–155.0071512
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3519122.14/cwt115.00–127.0063421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520135.91/cwt130.00–138.0070728
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521147.05/cwt138.00–151.5076666
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566133.42/cwt129.00–137.0075537
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3566122.46/cwt116.00–126.0069315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added587139.00/cwt139.00–139.0081612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607143.49/cwt133.50–144.85871137
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2610113.00/cwt113.00–113.006891
Steers—Large 1-2615110.75/cwt110.00–111.006814
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3617119.00/cwt119.00–119.007342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621128.46/cwt122.00–132.007987
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655135.77/cwt133.00–140.2588978
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665126.70/cwt122.00–132.0084331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added727143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,04569
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3728111.54/cwt108.00–115.008122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2742127.00/cwt121.00–132.009425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750141.95/cwt141.95–141.951,06558
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2788122.70/cwt120.00–124.009673
Steers—Large 1-2800115.00/cwt115.00–115.009201
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3828116.98/cwt116.00–118.009692
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,20669
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2906122.98/cwt120.00–129.001,1149
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2985118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-322392.36/cwt89.00–95.002064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2225110.67/cwt100.00–120.002492
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-225090.00/cwt90.00–90.002251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy279130.85/cwt130.00–134.003655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285108.48/cwt97.50–130.0030914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-329287.25/cwt82.50–92.002554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Replacement315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy322126.50/cwt123.00–129.0040712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325111.76/cwt103.00–121.003637
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-333592.00/cwt92.00–92.003081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy367127.25/cwt122.00–129.0046721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375114.41/cwt100.00–124.0042925
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-337791.04/cwt90.00–93.003433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3421102.82/cwt100.00–108.004337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added426123.32/cwt122.00–124.005259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427117.09/cwt105.00–124.0050065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475114.55/cwt105.00–121.0054466
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3482101.03/cwt92.00–106.004877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added497124.00/cwt124.00–124.006162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3522102.96/cwt90.00–106.005379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531124.95/cwt115.00–132.00663105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531114.84/cwt111.00–116.0061046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569112.54/cwt107.00–117.0064033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3569102.01/cwt101.00–104.005804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583120.78/cwt116.00–123.5070421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open605121.00/cwt121.00–121.007324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621114.86/cwt105.00–120.0071333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-362993.47/cwt91.00–102.005886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added638133.16/cwt123.50–133.8585073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675111.06/cwt104.00–117.0075020
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-368194.20/cwt92.00–98.006424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713104.18/cwt102.00–110.007435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2756114.14/cwt113.00–115.008637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2825104.84/cwt92.00–108.008655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-287093.00/cwt93.00–93.008091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open900113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,02215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-393280.00/cwt80.00–80.007462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,005104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,055113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,13790.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0232
Feeder Cattle · Bulls33 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-223097.54/cwt93.00–110.002245
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2272110.71/cwt107.50–114.003015
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3274126.87/cwt120.00–132.503488
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305155.00/cwt155.00–155.004731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3324130.40/cwt125.00–135.0042212
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2326105.21/cwt90.00–116.003437
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2341138.49/cwt137.00–139.004728
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy358151.53/cwt150.00–153.005422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373145.59/cwt136.00–152.5054313
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3378127.21/cwt122.50–130.0048112
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2385111.12/cwt109.00–112.504285
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2412109.79/cwt109.00–110.004525
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2419136.00/cwt130.00–140.005704
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3434122.97/cwt119.00–130.005347
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477132.80/cwt126.00–139.0063315
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2477110.00/cwt110.00–110.005252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3486116.27/cwt113.00–120.005657
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528126.64/cwt120.00–133.0066931
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2535105.00/cwt105.00–105.005621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3539116.28/cwt110.00–121.006278
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2557101.00/cwt101.00–101.005632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3572114.42/cwt112.00–119.0065411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579125.99/cwt120.00–130.0072924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2624116.57/cwt110.00–121.0072727
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3626106.16/cwt104.00–110.006656
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2676113.64/cwt108.00–120.0076823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-368098.18/cwt94.00–102.006685
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy711117.00/cwt117.00–117.008329
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2712105.45/cwt100.00–116.0075113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373090.00/cwt90.00–90.006572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-375090.00/cwt90.00–90.006751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-284590.00/cwt88.00–92.007612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-394577.00/cwt77.00–77.007282
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 359371.00/cwt71.00–71.004213
Dairy Steers—Large 386060.00/cwt60.00–60.005161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48465.61/cwt60.00–69.009746
Bulls——1,61475.88/cwt70.00–78.501,2258
Bulls——1,80183.22/cwt80.00–88.001,4998
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00550.50/cwt50.50–50.505081
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01434.78/cwt30.00–40.0035317
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05243.11/cwt41.00–46.0045418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11939.42/cwt36.00–42.004418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20346.52/cwt44.00–49.0056028
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23452.29/cwt50.00–55.0064524
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24743.00/cwt43.00–43.005362
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39453.02/cwt50.00–57.0073916
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41347.68/cwt45.00–52.5067410
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,035399.36/cwt385.00–425.004,1333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,100555.40/cwt500.00–625.006,1092
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,110425.00/cwt425.00–425.004,7181
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,152515.45/cwt450.00–560.005,9386
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,310758.52/cwt650.00–900.009,9373
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,343688.04/cwt675.00–700.009,2402
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2868540.32/cwt430.00–650.004,6902

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.