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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 3
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
804 head
▲ 303 vs last sale 501▲ 804 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
168 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 103▲ 168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 25▲ 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower on a plain through average quality offering; over 600 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower with some featherweight heifers sharply lower without the farmer participation in the market we experienced last week; over 600 lbs sold steady. More plain quality and fleshy calves carrying some mud seemed to depress calf market today compared to last week. Yearlings lightly tested. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.44/cwt on 327 head.
Average price
$122.44
327 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$261
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$24.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.02
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528124.87659278
Medium and Large 2-3433109.3447444
Large 1-2665104.006923thin
Small and Medium 1-2398100.003982thin
One grade step is worth $24.87/cwt here — about $261 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 sale327 hd
122.44
—
KY average25 barns · 5,782 hd
127.46
−5.02
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—Low1,62586.531,40623
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42059.0683918
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22756.4469341
CowsLean 85-90%High97346.5045247

Every lot

124 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2350150.00/cwt150.00–150.005251
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy379174.47/cwt166.00–178.0066115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421146.05/cwt140.00–152.006157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added422165.61/cwt162.00–171.0069923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479144.82/cwt140.00–148.0069410
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3521135.41/cwt133.00–136.507057
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523142.66/cwt141.00–147.007467
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524155.41/cwt151.00–161.0081422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567143.79/cwt140.00–147.0081514
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3568132.53/cwt130.00–135.007532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575148.51/cwt148.00–149.008546
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622131.98/cwt130.00–134.5082114
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3622122.97/cwt121.00–125.007653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629139.96/cwt138.00–143.5088029
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684136.19/cwt135.50–138.009327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687133.82/cwt127.00–135.5091910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2700126.00/cwt126.00–126.008821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added702135.00/cwt135.00–135.009487
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added768137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773126.57/cwt125.00–129.009785
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3875114.00/cwt114.00–114.009981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2885124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0972
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0671
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3970110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,000115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1504
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,070105.50/cwt105.00–106.001,1292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,117100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1172
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2218130.03/cwt125.00–134.002835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3240120.00/cwt120.00–120.002881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2257125.00/cwt125.00–125.003212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3280108.62/cwt105.00–112.503042
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2315100.00/cwt100.00–100.003151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322121.81/cwt120.00–123.0039213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3325112.32/cwt105.00–119.003655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy342132.00/cwt132.00–132.004512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3370110.99/cwt100.00–120.0041114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373127.66/cwt122.00–131.004764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy376135.04/cwt131.00–139.0050816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430133.84/cwt128.00–139.0057616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430124.36/cwt120.00–128.005359
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430115.36/cwt110.00–118.004966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added469131.36/cwt128.00–140.0061625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469126.14/cwt120.00–128.0059218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3473113.00/cwt105.00–119.005345
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2480100.00/cwt100.00–100.004801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3515101.46/cwt100.00–103.005232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527128.82/cwt124.00–133.0067934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533118.81/cwt109.00–123.006339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567128.43/cwt125.00–133.0072841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575106.53/cwt100.00–110.006134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590121.13/cwt117.00–124.0071516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-360894.75/cwt91.00–97.005764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open623123.69/cwt120.00–125.0077120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631114.17/cwt112.00–117.007207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007923
Heifers—Large 1-2665104.00/cwt104.00–104.006923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675114.92/cwt104.00–117.007767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713103.96/cwt100.00–107.0074112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open719115.20/cwt115.00–116.008285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375093.00/cwt93.00–93.006981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open754118.00/cwt118.00–118.008909
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2840104.00/cwt104.00–104.008741
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3232133.49/cwt132.50–137.503105
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2242149.00/cwt149.00–149.003612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3277136.00/cwt136.00–136.003772
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2280103.00/cwt103.00–103.002881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3303140.00/cwt140.00–140.004243
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335163.00/cwt163.00–163.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004691
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2335110.00/cwt110.00–110.003691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369144.18/cwt140.00–155.005328
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2370111.40/cwt105.00–125.004124
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3373133.51/cwt130.00–136.004984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy389166.27/cwt160.00–170.006474
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3420131.49/cwt131.00–132.005522
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2422111.83/cwt107.50–117.004723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432141.98/cwt140.00–148.0061313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465145.09/cwt139.00–153.0067512
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2471118.53/cwt117.00–120.005584
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3472130.12/cwt126.00–137.006148
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510149.00/cwt149.00–149.007601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy522152.00/cwt152.00–152.007932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3526128.92/cwt122.00–134.0067815
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3562129.11/cwt126.00–129.507269
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575135.98/cwt134.00–137.007824
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2590101.00/cwt101.00–101.005961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2606123.13/cwt120.00–126.0074621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3618110.99/cwt110.00–112.006862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3670103.52/cwt91.00–110.006943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2678120.58/cwt119.00–122.008187
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720117.00/cwt117.00–117.008421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3757103.00/cwt103.00–103.007802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2768115.00/cwt115.00–115.008832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2820102.43/cwt86.00–107.008407
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2886102.59/cwt91.00–110.009096
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-292594.00/cwt94.00–94.008701
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 375571.00/cwt71.00–71.005362
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43882.47/cwt78.00–87.001,1869
Bulls——1,49169.21/cwt58.00–78.001,0324
Bulls——1,84697.11/cwt90.00–103.001,79310
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95742.37/cwt30.00–46.0040521
Cows—Lean 85-90%98348.34/cwt46.00–50.0047517
Cows—Lean 85-90%99052.66/cwt50.00–55.005219
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14549.27/cwt47.00–52.0056410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20955.63/cwt53.00–58.0067318
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28457.76/cwt55.50–59.007426
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31663.09/cwt59.50–69.5083013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36047.53/cwt46.00–49.006463
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53163.77/cwt62.00–67.009769
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-3775450.00/cwt450.00–450.003,4881
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2978670.33/cwt600.00–725.006,5564
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,128828.72/cwt725.00–910.009,3487
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2865530.70/cwt500.00–575.004,5915
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2955518.50/cwt460.00–600.004,9523
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,012545.66/cwt500.00–585.005,5223
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,018672.73/cwt600.00–750.006,8487
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,025717.74/cwt625.00–775.007,35712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,140850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,6901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,155950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,9731
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175831.00/cwt775.00–975.009,7645
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,186892.96/cwt800.00–1,125.0010,5915

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.