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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 20
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
520 head
▼ 408 vs last sale 928▼ 350 vs year ago 870 · −40.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 62▼ 101 vs year ago 133 · −75.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 4▼ 16 vs year ago 36 · −44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last monday: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher with a few instances of sharply higher on some weaned preconditioned packages. Feeder heifers under 600lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher with feeder heifers over 600lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Good quality offering of feeders in todays sale. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Good demand for all feeder and slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $294.58/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −103.75 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$294.58
63 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$27.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.98
vs KY average
−9.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541295.021,59662
Medium and Large 2535267.501,4311thin
One grade step is worth $27.52/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale63 hd
294.58
—
KY average25 barns · 2,137 hd
281.60
+12.98
National average149 barns · 17,148 hd
304.42
−9.84
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−103.75
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—Average1,379162.272,2386thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,562140.412,19310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,277135.691,73314
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,020118.001,2042thin

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)1,195$2,5122thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,108$2,3332thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,428$2,2804thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,390$2,0751thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,339$1,8813thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$1,5251thin

Every lot

102 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 2255317.50/cwt317.50–317.508101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy345410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4152
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365390.14/cwt380.00–395.001,4243
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy396416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,6475
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added407417.48/cwt407.50–420.001,6995
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408376.04/cwt365.00–387.501,5342
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4702
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added456393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,7924
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460373.79/cwt370.00–377.501,7192
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475333.72/cwt325.00–343.001,5852
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519347.33/cwt343.00–354.001,80328
Steers500–550Large 1-2524296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,5515
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7627
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5071
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9922
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573299.51/cwt299.00–300.001,7164
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582323.71/cwt323.00–325.001,88417
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3583270.19/cwt261.00–280.001,5756
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2632265.60/cwt264.00–269.001,6793
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635321.94/cwt314.50–331.502,04451
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640293.00/cwt285.00–301.001,8752
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673285.28/cwt279.00–292.001,9202
Steers650–700Large 1-2675255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7212
Steers700–750Large 1-2720235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6921
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,99514
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,8812
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,7211
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771259.05/cwt250.00–261.501,9979
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,0196
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2982229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,2492
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,170178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,0831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235295.00/cwt295.00–295.006931
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255302.50/cwt302.50–302.507711
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265330.00/cwt330.00–330.008751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2317345.74/cwt337.50–355.001,0965
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321329.34/cwt327.50–330.001,0574
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330302.50/cwt302.50–302.509981
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372357.70/cwt347.00–365.001,33113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,2541
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added421352.08/cwt350.00–360.001,4827
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424333.57/cwt332.00–335.001,4146
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2460200.00/cwt200.00–200.009201
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461314.32/cwt308.00–321.001,44915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462338.72/cwt338.00–341.001,5659
Heifers450–500Large 1-2470282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480295.54/cwt290.00–300.001,4199
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3101
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525289.57/cwt282.50–292.501,5207
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530298.03/cwt295.00–301.001,58038
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564280.82/cwt270.00–285.001,5844
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575293.53/cwt289.00–297.001,68813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609287.70/cwt279.00–290.001,75235
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3861
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643266.63/cwt252.50–271.001,71418
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679243.99/cwt234.00–248.001,65715
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682261.55/cwt260.00–262.001,7849
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708229.52/cwt220.00–232.001,6255
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2726206.26/cwt204.00–211.001,4973
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2777203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,5774
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6971
Heifers800–850Large 1-2805197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5901
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2817217.01/cwt216.00–218.001,7733
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2345355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2251
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1361
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,4862
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2412368.17/cwt360.00–377.501,5173
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy507347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,7622
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520329.87/cwt326.00–335.001,71522
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3550257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4161
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,6961
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2593271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6073
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy610311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,8971
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7192
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5632
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5881
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3665210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3971
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718232.14/cwt225.00–234.001,6675
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4901
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2763221.67/cwt221.00–222.001,6913
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3926141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3064
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3440207.50/cwt207.50–207.509133
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3840131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,191157.39/cwt155.00–165.001,8754
Bulls——1,755172.02/cwt171.00–173.003,0192
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1471
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181126.37/cwt123.00–129.001,4924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286134.92/cwt131.00–139.001,7356
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,360146.17/cwt143.00–154.001,9884
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,548141.78/cwt137.00–148.002,1958
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,618134.91/cwt134.00–136.002,1832
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1082,332.51/head2,150.00–2,500.002,3332
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1602,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1881,697.16/head1,650.00–1,750.001,6972
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1952,511.72/head2,300.00–2,700.002,5122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3902,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,5172,223.16/head2,100.00–2,375.002,2233
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,6402,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501

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.