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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 1

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127

← Oct 25Nov 1Nov 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,152 head

▲ 382 vs last sale 770▲ 343 vs year ago 809 · +42.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

109 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 116▼ 43 vs year ago 152 · −28.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 13▼ 9 vs year ago 23 · −39.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with best demand for 400-500 lb weaned steer packages due to some farmer participation. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with moderate demand.

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 $127.10/cwt on 222 head.

Average price

$127.10

222 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$475

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

$28.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.02

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	689	128.45	885	202
Medium and Large 2-3	496	114.47	568	17thin
Large 1-2	625	111.00	694	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	410	100.00	410	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.45/cwt here — about $475 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 sale222 hd

127.10

—

KY average24 barns · 5,384 hd

131.12

−4.02

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,834	94.33	1,730	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,515	61.35	929	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,284	60.13	772	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,078	52.88	570	23

Every lot

87 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	347	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	604	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	651	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	639	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	423	170.78/cwt	157.00–176.50	722	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	469	163.77/cwt	162.00–165.00	768	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	147.37/cwt	143.00–152.00	759	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	520	156.01/cwt	155.00–157.00	811	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	148.13/cwt	147.00–154.00	841	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	835	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	605	129.54/cwt	125.00–134.00	784	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	611	144.39/cwt	141.00–148.00	882	15
Steers	—	Large 1-2	635	126.36/cwt	125.00–127.00	802	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	690	143.78/cwt	140.00–145.00	992	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	948	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	737	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	921	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	769	148.90/cwt	145.50–150.00	1,145	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,047	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	785	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	911	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	800	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,176	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	825	118.97/cwt	113.00–131.00	982	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	870	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	931	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	894	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,240	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	968	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,162	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	247	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	267	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	280	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	339	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	410	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	410	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	411	143.86/cwt	137.00–146.00	591	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	412	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	486	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	124.49/cwt	124.00–125.00	535	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	125.18/cwt	123.00–128.00	585	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	476	136.14/cwt	131.50–140.00	648	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	485	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	563	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	124.94/cwt	121.00–129.00	636	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	536	134.25/cwt	132.00–139.00	720	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	114.58/cwt	110.00–119.00	653	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	133.22/cwt	132.00–135.50	775	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	123.86/cwt	121.00–126.50	723	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	730	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	608	116.96/cwt	113.00–119.00	711	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	625	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	694	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	111.39/cwt	109.00–112.00	786	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	715	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	736	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	728	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	895	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	110.22/cwt	109.00–114.00	859	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	785	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	801	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	920	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	975	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,019	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1,023	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,307	54
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	235	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	308	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	598	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	405	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	547	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	151.69/cwt	148.00–155.00	642	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	455	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	564	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	704	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	141.34/cwt	138.00–149.00	759	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	540	151.13/cwt	150.00–155.00	816	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	558	124.04/cwt	121.00–127.00	692	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	559	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	783	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	141.76/cwt	133.50–147.50	819	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	123.03/cwt	121.00–126.00	776	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	641	130.60/cwt	130.00–131.00	837	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	669	115.97/cwt	115.00–119.00	776	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	123.07/cwt	122.50–126.00	855	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	114.78/cwt	110.00–117.00	815	4
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	765	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	780	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	768	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	776	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	652	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,660	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,361	1
Bulls	—	—	1,843	99.56/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,835	5
Bulls	—	—	1,878	89.73/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,685	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,024	53.20/cwt	51.00–56.00	545	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,082	42.14/cwt	36.00–51.00	456	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,152	61.64/cwt	58.00–66.00	710	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	59.44/cwt	56.00–62.50	728	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,331	65.57/cwt	63.50–69.00	873	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,396	51.62/cwt	48.00–55.00	721	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	59.38/cwt	56.00–62.00	852	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,618	63.92/cwt	63.00–66.50	1,034	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,010	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,676	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,198	706.03/cwt	650.00–760.00	8,458	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,295	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,741	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,322	831.01/cwt	800.00–860.00	10,986	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,357	933.64/cwt	860.00–1,025.00	12,669	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,505	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	12,943	1

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 Nov 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,152Last week 770Year ago 809

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 116Year ago 152

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 13Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	116.00	116.00
5	—	412	118.00	118.00
2	—	570	110.00–119.00	114.58
1	—	785	102.00	102.00
3	—	608	113.00–119.00	116.96
1	—	715	103.00	103.00
2	—	247	108.00	108.00
1	—	280	121.00	121.00
1	—	655	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	105.00	105.00
5	—	880	104.50	104.50
10	—	509	121.00–129.00	124.94
8	—	467	123.00–128.00	125.18
4	—	779	109.00–114.00	110.22
10	—	706	109.00–112.00	111.39
3	—	608	120.00	120.00
2	—	430	124.00–125.00	124.49
1	—	920	106.00	106.00
12	—	584	121.00–126.50	123.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	582	132.00–135.50	133.22
10	—	411	137.00–146.00	143.86
19	—	536	132.00–139.00	134.25
25	—	476	131.50–140.00	136.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	123.00	123.00
54	—	1,023	127.75	127.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	116.00	116.00
3	—	825	113.00–131.00	118.97
2	—	870	107.00	107.00
2	—	605	125.00–134.00	129.54
2	—	737	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	769	145.50–150.00	148.90
12	—	690	140.00–145.00	143.78
5	—	469	162.00–165.00	163.77
2	—	347	174.00	174.00
10	—	520	155.00–157.00	156.01
26	—	423	157.00–176.50	170.78
15	—	611	141.00–148.00	144.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	147.00–154.00	148.13
9	—	894	138.75	138.75
4	—	515	143.00–152.00	147.37
3	—	968	120.00	120.00
1	—	770	136.00	136.00
6	—	415	154.00	154.00
2	—	702	135.00	135.00
1	—	390	167.00	167.00
1	—	320	170.00	170.00
1	—	605	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	800	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	635	125.00–127.00	126.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	776	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	151.50	151.50
33	—	578	133.50–147.50	141.76
1	—	360	166.00	166.00
1	—	800	96.00	96.00
15	—	631	121.00–126.00	123.03
2	—	423	148.00–155.00	151.69
7	—	537	138.00–149.00	141.34
6	—	695	122.50–126.00	123.07
4	—	710	110.00–117.00	114.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	540	150.00–155.00	151.13
15	—	559	140.00	140.00
10	—	641	130.00–131.00	130.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	124.00	124.00
2	—	558	121.00–127.00	124.04
1	—	235	131.00	131.00
4	—	669	115.00–119.00	115.97
1	—	405	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,152	58.00–66.00	61.64
10	—	1,024	51.00–56.00	53.20
6	—	1,082	36.00–51.00	42.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,618	63.00–66.50	63.92
13	—	1,435	56.00–62.00	59.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,224	56.00–62.50	59.44
5	—	1,396	48.00–55.00	51.62
10	—	1,331	63.50–69.00	65.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,843	95.00–102.00	99.56
3	—	1,878	88.00–93.00	89.73
1	—	1,660	82.00	82.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,198	650.00–760.00	706.03

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,357	860.00–1,025.00	933.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,505	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,322	800.00–860.00	831.01

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.