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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 9
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
703 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 809▲ 703 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 152▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 23▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher with good demand. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher 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 $114.52/cwt on 272 head.
Average price
$114.52
272 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.52
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2598117.05700209
Large 1-2472112.415307thin
Medium and Large 2-3492105.3251956
One grade step is worth $11.73/cwt here — about $182 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 sale272 hd
114.52
—
KY average26 barns · 4,494 hd
121.04
−6.52
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—Low1,63483.771,36916
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27259.4675636
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44357.6983221
CowsLean 85-90%Low97249.5348115

Every lot

132 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290163.00/cwt163.00–163.004731
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003771
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004883
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377159.02/cwt157.00–162.006007
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy397164.00/cwt164.00–164.006512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added424155.83/cwt149.00–161.0066120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427144.25/cwt142.00–148.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added458152.47/cwt150.00–155.006986
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474142.66/cwt140.00–148.006766
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3485127.00/cwt127.00–127.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524140.72/cwt139.00–144.0073714
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530135.40/cwt134.00–136.007185
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570139.88/cwt138.50–143.0079716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572135.00/cwt134.00–138.007726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610140.00/cwt140.00–140.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610129.51/cwt124.00–132.007904
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007982
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671131.46/cwt129.00–134.008828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added742132.50/cwt132.50–132.509834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745124.00/cwt124.00–124.009241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783126.66/cwt124.00–128.009923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added798137.24/cwt129.00–137.751,09551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0842
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3830119.50/cwt119.00–120.009922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880133.58/cwt126.00–134.501,1769
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2995115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,042105.00/cwt95.00–115.001,0944
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,055112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240127.00/cwt127.00–127.003051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3283111.45/cwt106.00–117.003152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290126.00/cwt126.00–126.003651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320120.00/cwt120.00–120.003842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3320112.72/cwt106.00–115.003618
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3357113.13/cwt102.50–116.004049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370131.00/cwt131.00–131.004851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374122.30/cwt119.00–129.0045711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414122.69/cwt119.00–126.0050814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3419111.68/cwt100.00–118.0046810
Heifers—Large 1-2430114.48/cwt113.00–117.004924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3474113.23/cwt110.00–115.005378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481120.55/cwt115.00–124.0058039
Heifers—Large 1-2483113.97/cwt113.00–115.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514122.36/cwt118.00–125.0062923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-351795.44/cwt93.00–101.004936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523114.01/cwt110.00–117.005968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563119.93/cwt118.00–123.0067513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571115.13/cwt110.00–118.006578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open610120.34/cwt120.00–121.007343
Heifers—Large 1-2615101.00/cwt101.00–101.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619112.05/cwt109.00–117.0069418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3627100.00/cwt100.00–100.006273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open664123.27/cwt119.00–125.508197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674114.01/cwt110.00–118.007685
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3695100.00/cwt100.00–100.006951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713103.88/cwt100.00–109.007416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open717116.21/cwt115.00–117.008335
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-373092.52/cwt90.00–95.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open758122.34/cwt122.00–123.0092712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2778102.93/cwt100.00–106.008012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-379095.00/cwt95.00–95.007511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open809119.84/cwt107.00–122.009707
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-382586.63/cwt80.00–92.007153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-282993.46/cwt91.00–96.007754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-288295.00/cwt95.00–95.008384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open892112.00/cwt112.00–112.009992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-389580.00/cwt80.00–80.007161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-292093.85/cwt87.00–101.008632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open923114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0525
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-397770.00/cwt70.00–70.006842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,080111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,13796.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0924
Feeder Cattle · Bulls37 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2235143.00/cwt143.00–143.003361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3245135.00/cwt135.00–135.003311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3263135.63/cwt135.00–136.003573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2278148.94/cwt147.00–150.004143
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2328118.66/cwt115.00–122.503892
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3330133.50/cwt130.00–138.004414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335144.69/cwt140.00–150.004858
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3365121.97/cwt120.00–124.004452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370149.13/cwt144.00–152.005524
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2375114.00/cwt114.00–114.004282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430139.47/cwt130.00–145.006005
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3440126.00/cwt126.00–126.005542
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2445113.00/cwt110.00–116.005032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455148.00/cwt148.00–148.006733
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465136.73/cwt132.00–144.006367
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465128.00/cwt128.00–128.005951
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2473111.97/cwt110.00–116.005303
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3508120.97/cwt119.00–122.006153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531130.31/cwt124.00–139.0069221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3561119.98/cwt118.00–122.006734
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2581127.11/cwt122.00–137.0073910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2612119.87/cwt115.00–123.0073411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3615106.97/cwt105.00–109.006582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy625127.30/cwt127.00–128.0079613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy655127.00/cwt127.00–127.008324
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2683119.71/cwt116.00–125.0081812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2724112.81/cwt103.00–123.008177
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373590.00/cwt90.00–90.006621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-376594.57/cwt92.00–102.007234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy768119.47/cwt118.00–121.009182
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780115.00/cwt112.00–116.008978
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2816110.00/cwt106.00–112.008983
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-383091.00/cwt91.00–91.007551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-289599.00/cwt99.00–99.008861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-297284.00/cwt84.00–84.008162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-398876.98/cwt74.00–80.007612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,19868.60/cwt61.50–75.008222
Bulls——1,69681.91/cwt71.00–88.001,3899
Bulls——1,69893.19/cwt90.00–100.001,5825
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94150.32/cwt48.00–54.504749
Cows—Lean 85-90%96844.03/cwt38.00–46.004264
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11857.01/cwt56.50–57.506372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15044.00/cwt44.00–44.005061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17654.96/cwt52.50–57.5064612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29052.00/cwt52.00–52.006711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32762.48/cwt58.00–66.5082923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39555.94/cwt53.00–57.5078012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53361.02/cwt58.00–64.009358
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,430939.03/cwt850.00–1,025.0013,4282
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4781,186.90/cwt1,100.00–1,260.0017,5422
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6151,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0016,9581
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2985887.94/cwt800.00–975.008,7462
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1951,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0014,0411
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,240710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,8041
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,276702.13/cwt675.00–750.008,9593
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,365975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,3091
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,402964.03/cwt900.00–1,000.0013,5163

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.