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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 22
● Final131 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
997 head
▲ 413 vs last sale 584▼ 1,400 vs year ago 2,397 · −58.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 179▲ 6 vs year ago 173 · +3.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 25▲ 6 vs year ago 9 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand on a good through attractive quality offering. Yearling steer packages noticeably higher. Yearling heifers limited comparison. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with very good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.72/cwt on 162 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −131.62 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$266.72
162 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,464
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$35.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.48
vs KY average
−3.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549267.581,470158
Medium and Large 2-3538232.451,2494thin
One grade step is worth $35.14/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale162 hd
266.72
—
KY average25 barns · 1,823 hd
257.23
+9.48
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−3.47
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−131.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
460409358308median 398.3403/0204/2707/0608/3111/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.63, low $321.52, median $398.34 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,723151.672,61322
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,270126.561,60747
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,459124.961,82358
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,017110.311,12237

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,020$1,1351thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)780$7851thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,235$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,068$1,7132thin

Every lot

131 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2215295.00/cwt295.00–295.006341
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295300.00/cwt300.00–300.008851
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,1471
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,2041
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added380350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3302
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added416331.24/cwt318.00–350.001,37821
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418287.60/cwt285.00–290.001,2022
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435220.00/cwt220.00–220.009571
Steers400–450Small and Medium 1-2440210.00/cwt210.00–210.009241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478320.92/cwt302.00–325.001,53418
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486299.04/cwt297.00–303.001,4533
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516311.19/cwt300.00–326.001,60634
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523282.31/cwt272.00–289.001,4768
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2565212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1981
Steers550–600Large 1-2571267.26/cwt251.00–279.001,5265
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574306.86/cwt290.00–316.001,76132
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580287.80/cwt287.00–289.001,6695
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623267.11/cwt255.00–271.001,66425
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625233.42/cwt231.00–236.001,4592
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626301.34/cwt275.00–309.001,88632
Steers600–650Large 1-2626258.45/cwt248.00–266.001,6187
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6913
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0254
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676284.17/cwt275.00–290.001,9219
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added712273.58/cwt248.00–296.001,94833
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725240.77/cwt236.00–243.001,7464
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3730235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7161
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784236.00/cwt233.00–240.001,8504
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added818242.85/cwt240.50–248.001,98729
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3880231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,0331
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2932223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,07810
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,145160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,8322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3230247.34/cwt245.00–250.005692
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280235.00/cwt235.00–235.006581
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290272.00/cwt272.00–272.007891
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3312263.21/cwt260.00–265.008213
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added323303.78/cwt300.00–310.009815
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333289.63/cwt285.00–294.009645
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3364254.08/cwt202.50–283.009254
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381288.96/cwt280.00–299.001,10115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added387310.19/cwt300.00–316.001,20010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0101
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added421284.89/cwt257.00–320.001,19940
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473279.29/cwt265.00–290.001,32135
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487256.96/cwt254.00–263.001,2513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520239.93/cwt233.00–247.001,2483
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521251.17/cwt247.00–261.001,3096
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523269.40/cwt259.00–280.001,40968
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560249.50/cwt249.00–250.001,3972
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573267.72/cwt246.00–283.001,53482
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2391
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3Value Added610250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5251
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612256.08/cwt241.00–263.001,56734
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3591
Heifers600–650Large 1-2624206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2855
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638236.57/cwt235.00–239.001,5095
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3662212.10/cwt192.00–222.001,4043
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664259.19/cwt235.00–266.001,72122
Heifers700–750Large 1-2700184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,2882
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added712227.38/cwt222.00–230.001,6196
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open720200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4401
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725222.56/cwt190.00–230.001,6148
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770233.05/cwt230.00–235.001,79464
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open806190.61/cwt180.00–196.001,5363
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2808177.46/cwt163.00–192.001,4342
Heifers800–850Large 1-2815163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,3281
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3875163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,4261
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885156.99/cwt155.00–161.001,3893
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3910152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3831
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open953200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9065
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,038163.86/cwt151.00–167.001,7015
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,145146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6721
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,180159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,8761
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 1-21,245157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,9551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls38 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3225280.00/cwt280.00–280.006301
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3270260.00/cwt260.00–260.007021
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2281304.64/cwt300.00–310.008564
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2313309.10/cwt300.00–317.509672
Bulls300–350Small and Medium 1-2320245.00/cwt245.00–245.007841
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3340280.00/cwt280.00–280.009521
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,1011
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2379313.42/cwt305.00–320.001,1887
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added384324.61/cwt320.00–335.001,2474
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3400283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,1323
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2NHTC420310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3021
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430295.73/cwt289.00–301.001,2724
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added436320.05/cwt314.00–323.001,3955
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3953
Bulls450–500Large 1-2470281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3211
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478303.45/cwt295.00–313.001,4508
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy480300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4402
Bulls500–550Small and Medium 1-2506236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1943
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed510310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5812
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516287.80/cwt279.00–300.001,48520
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3525240.97/cwt240.00–242.001,2653
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy527291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,5342
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3560250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4003
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569280.88/cwt269.00–286.001,59819
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578273.32/cwt269.00–277.001,58016
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619262.63/cwt258.00–279.001,62615
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2628243.60/cwt235.00–251.001,5303
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3630220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3861
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2660234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5441
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3677224.86/cwt212.00–233.001,5223
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705228.50/cwt228.00–229.001,6112
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2763236.91/cwt227.00–239.001,8086
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3765210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6071
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2818206.59/cwt198.00–214.001,6904
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3845165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3941
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2878191.55/cwt188.00–195.001,6822
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2907221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,0049
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,070144.33/cwt144.00–145.001,5443
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers1050–1100Large 31,075144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,5481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,711148.42/cwt129.00–156.002,53917
Bulls——1,762162.72/cwt159.00–166.002,8675
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83879.70/cwt70.00–88.006686
Cows—Lean 85-90%94093.69/cwt91.00–98.008813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035109.38/cwt102.00–115.001,13211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083124.65/cwt115.00–138.001,35017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258131.14/cwt126.00–139.001,65028
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,271120.75/cwt114.00–126.001,53517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42599.02/cwt90.00–109.001,4113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,430111.89/cwt108.00–115.001,6002
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,434120.28/cwt114.00–125.001,72522
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,478130.43/cwt124.00–145.001,92833
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2352,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2991128.45/cwt118.00–134.001,2737
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-3780785.00/head785.00–785.007851
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0201,135.00/head1,135.00–1,135.001,1351
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39701,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1651,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.