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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, May 20
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,221 head
▲ 663 vs last sale 558▼ 367 vs year ago 1,588 · −23.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 105▼ 16 vs year ago 174 · −9.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 8▼ 15 vs year ago 28 · −53.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Yearlings sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher with very good demand in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher 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 $275.89/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −122.45 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$275.89
108 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,477
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$39.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.97
vs KY average
−0.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532279.921,49097
Medium and Large 2-3560240.361,34711thin
One grade step is worth $39.56/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale108 hd
275.89
—
KY average26 barns · 1,713 hd
265.92
+9.97
National average163 barns · 12,702 hd
276.46
−0.57
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−122.45
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—High1,705159.972,72713
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,488144.132,14548
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,294140.321,81557
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,031120.771,24537

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)960$1,1251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,048$1,4526

Every lot

119 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260322.50/cwt322.50–322.508392
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Value Added275345.00/cwt345.00–345.009491
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added347391.24/cwt332.50–394.001,35828
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added360353.17/cwt341.00–387.501,2717
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,2281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added427340.12/cwt320.00–375.001,45277
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440305.00/cwt300.00–307.501,3423
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470330.33/cwt320.00–337.001,55310
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4401
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530317.04/cwt308.00–335.001,68042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534293.12/cwt287.00–296.001,5657
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559298.26/cwt290.00–310.001,66718
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5121
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562284.01/cwt283.00–285.001,5963
Steers550–600Large 1-2568273.61/cwt270.00–277.001,5542
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3605246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619285.87/cwt274.00–297.001,77011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5408
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8231
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added681280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9077
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6521
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed705259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,8262
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723250.87/cwt250.00–253.001,81410
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723242.36/cwt242.00–245.001,75217
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770242.64/cwt240.00–242.751,86875
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7791
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2807221.40/cwt220.00–228.001,78710
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed810247.53/cwt245.00–250.002,0056
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed860243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,0909
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2874228.79/cwt228.00–230.002,0005
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Fancy880255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,24457
Steers950–1000Large 1-2951205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,95412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3210263.78/cwt262.50–265.005542
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2228288.23/cwt275.00–300.006573
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Value Added240312.00/cwt312.00–312.007491
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Value Added292314.00/cwt314.00–314.009177
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added307315.58/cwt307.00–327.5096910
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313298.19/cwt291.00–302.009333
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330270.45/cwt255.00–285.008922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added358323.24/cwt305.00–332.501,15717
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376291.75/cwt285.00–301.001,0978
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1061
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415247.24/cwt247.00–247.501,0262
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added419307.20/cwt284.00–318.001,28763
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424273.23/cwt270.00–281.001,1586
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469267.83/cwt257.00–272.001,25619
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474287.73/cwt276.00–299.001,36430
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3482250.14/cwt230.00–260.001,2063
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514288.73/cwt265.00–295.001,48459
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516255.68/cwt250.00–262.501,3199
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535227.52/cwt225.00–230.001,2172
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3566243.21/cwt230.00–254.001,3779
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573271.96/cwt261.00–284.501,55824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584257.78/cwt252.00–260.001,5055
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617235.68/cwt234.00–237.001,4543
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3631211.42/cwt202.50–227.501,3344
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634254.45/cwt250.00–268.001,613102
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664230.20/cwt230.00–231.001,5295
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3718190.64/cwt188.00–192.001,3693
Heifers700–750Large 1-2740182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3471
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed744239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,78266
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7283
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3767176.44/cwt161.00–191.001,3539
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4262
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed819235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,92562
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3820163.49/cwt162.00–165.001,3412
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2923196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,8093
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3933158.51/cwt155.00–162.001,4792
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,072175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls35 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2230319.13/cwt280.00–355.007342
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2270321.29/cwt300.00–340.0086711
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2338318.89/cwt312.50–337.501,0784
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3355303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,0763
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2357312.69/cwt310.00–314.001,1163
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added373335.80/cwt320.00–371.001,25312
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added422313.19/cwt305.00–330.001,32213
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3423266.69/cwt265.00–270.001,1283
Bulls400–450Small and Medium 1-2435215.00/cwt215.00–215.009351
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2446288.24/cwt280.00–291.001,2868
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3450260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1702
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added466318.63/cwt317.00–325.001,48511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2481283.44/cwt272.50–292.001,3635
Bulls450–500Small and Medium 1-2495235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1633
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy502306.59/cwt303.00–309.001,5395
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512291.51/cwt289.00–295.001,4936
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3517264.57/cwt260.00–270.001,3685
Bulls500–550Small and Medium 1-2520235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2540278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,5012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy565303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,7121
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570273.97/cwt260.00–278.001,5628
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585247.23/cwt239.00–250.001,4464
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added601269.81/cwt262.00–275.001,6225
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2622242.24/cwt240.00–248.001,5078
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added652259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6892
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2666246.78/cwt234.00–250.001,6448
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715238.38/cwt235.00–245.001,7043
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3720231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6631
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2790224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,7701
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2820190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5581
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2880186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,6371
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2913173.74/cwt156.00–186.001,5863
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2979157.93/cwt154.00–164.001,5465
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,085180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,9531
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,118169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8892
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3840112.50/cwt112.50–112.509451
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3955113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0791
Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 31,015106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,590150.63/cwt145.00–157.002,3956
Bulls——1,803167.97/cwt160.00–180.003,0287
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%958109.52/cwt104.00–116.001,04912
Cows—Lean 85-90%99599.43/cwt99.00–100.009892
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072128.50/cwt119.00–145.001,37823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,2201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,266118.58/cwt115.00–124.001,5014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,299142.61/cwt129.00–157.001,85352
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488144.13/cwt127.00–157.002,14548
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-39701,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0631,517.03/head1,200.00–1,750.001,5175
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39601,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251

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.