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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 21
● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
681 head
▼ 1,088 vs last sale 1,769▼ 316 vs year ago 997 · −31.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 114 vs last sale 208▼ 85 vs year ago 179 · −47.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 12▼ 8 vs year ago 15 · −53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with some weaned 400-600 lb packages sharply with very good demand. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with some weaned 400-600 lbs packages 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand. Yearling steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher in a lite test. Active feeder market with good buyer participation and some farmer participation in the market today. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 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 $328.76/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −69.57 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$328.76
141 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,842
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$386
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$63.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.88
vs KY average
−1.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561332.371,866131
Large 1-2540300.141,6214thin
Medium and Large 2-3550269.011,4806thin
One grade step is worth $63.36/cwt here — about $386 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale141 hd
328.76
—
KY average25 barns · 1,395 hd
317.88
+10.88
National average175 barns · 11,256 hd
329.95
−1.19
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−69.57
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—Low1,603183.342,94017
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,440153.622,21222
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,297153.301,98829
CowsLean 85-90%High1,142137.731,5737thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,210182.972,2142thin

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)1,213$2,3522thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)885$1,5751thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,085$1,5251thin

Every lot

111 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Large 1-2335357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,1982
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340397.50/cwt395.00–400.001,3522
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added365430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3367352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2942
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370387.79/cwt379.00–405.001,4353
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408417.52/cwt414.00–421.001,7032
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434398.75/cwt396.00–400.001,7316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469382.86/cwt367.50–388.001,7968
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added484410.62/cwt395.00–416.001,98730
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523372.17/cwt367.00–377.501,9462
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3527322.28/cwt315.00–327.001,6985
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529388.62/cwt380.00–399.002,05640
Steers550–600Large 1-2Value Added565330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8652
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569357.52/cwt341.00–377.502,0347
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622352.12/cwt321.00–369.002,19049
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,0102
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674330.99/cwt321.00–334.002,23128
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,0331
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723299.17/cwt289.00–309.002,1632
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,3534
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0521
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added771299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,30521
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,2664
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3840214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,7981
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2491
Steers850–900Large 1-2885258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,2832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Small and Medium 1-2235230.00/cwt230.00–230.005411
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Value Added278389.46/cwt370.00–410.001,0832
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2287342.47/cwt330.00–367.009833
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310309.68/cwt290.00–330.009602
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added330402.01/cwt400.00–405.001,3273
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375400.42/cwt397.00–403.001,5027
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430379.72/cwt352.50–397.501,63325
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3455292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,3312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added483363.49/cwt351.00–375.001,75641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486343.75/cwt330.00–350.001,6716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513336.19/cwt327.50–342.501,72522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,6382
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy515305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525264.40/cwt261.00–271.001,3883
Heifers500–550Large 1-2530300.19/cwt290.00–305.001,5913
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy562304.95/cwt301.00–307.001,7143
Heifers550–600Large 1-2Value Added570300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573332.90/cwt320.00–337.501,908103
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575273.62/cwt260.00–280.001,5733
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620267.26/cwt255.00–280.001,6573
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633312.29/cwt294.00–319.001,97718
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655284.94/cwt284.00–291.001,86613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670273.51/cwt272.00–275.001,8332
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4741
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729263.19/cwt263.00–265.001,91920
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3735240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7641
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778246.62/cwt230.00–264.001,9192
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0784
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8341
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3820195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5991
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3870192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,6751
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2910233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,1201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Small and Medium 1-2245290.00/cwt290.00–290.007111
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2281383.89/cwt345.00–417.501,0794
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3335385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2901
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2337390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3142
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy340419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,4252
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3365370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3511
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy366416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,5233
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385429.86/cwt422.50–435.001,6558
Bulls350–400Small and Medium 1-2395300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1851
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2421384.56/cwt362.00–395.001,6193
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added426407.68/cwt402.50–411.001,7376
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475382.15/cwt379.00–387.001,8156
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475363.18/cwt357.50–370.001,7253
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3475314.99/cwt292.00–340.001,4962
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508362.71/cwt340.00–385.001,84314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3515301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,5501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553368.28/cwt349.00–379.002,0377
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3570280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5961
Bulls550–600Small and Medium 1-2575207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1931
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2583332.38/cwt327.00–343.001,9387
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607341.71/cwt325.00–345.002,0746
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2629292.67/cwt287.50–299.001,8414
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3635223.54/cwt210.00–250.001,4193
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2666284.63/cwt282.00–286.001,8963
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718273.57/cwt257.50–289.001,9643
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3718227.54/cwt209.00–247.001,6342
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2775268.37/cwt263.00–271.002,0803
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3860180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5487
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2880191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,6811
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3913170.51/cwt166.00–172.001,5574
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3955170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6241
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,040166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,7261
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,080196.00/cwt191.00–201.002,1172
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3550215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1831
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,210182.97/cwt176.00–191.002,2142
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,275147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,8741
Bulls——1,393163.60/cwt158.00–170.002,2794
Bulls——1,701192.95/cwt177.00–203.003,28212
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,139147.03/cwt142.00–151.001,6756
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140147.19/cwt141.00–151.001,6783
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143130.64/cwt125.00–135.001,4934
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320158.53/cwt151.00–173.002,09319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,411148.76/cwt144.00–151.002,0995
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,425137.83/cwt136.00–141.001,9644
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448155.05/cwt151.00–163.002,24517
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-38851,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-31,0851,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2132,351.86/head2,050.00–2,650.002,3522
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,010158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,5961
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,015207.54/cwt201.00–213.002,1073

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.