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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 28
● Final139 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,153 head
▲ 472 vs last sale 681▲ 357 vs year ago 796 · +44.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
210 head
▲ 116 vs last sale 94▲ 21 vs year ago 189 · +11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 7▼ 8 vs year ago 20 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher; some weaned 500-600 lbs and yearling steer packages 10.00 higher with very good demand. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand. Very good demand for yearling heifers. Attractive quality offering with good buyer participation. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower under heavy supply. Slaughter bulls 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 $330.27/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −68.06 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$330.27
98 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$43.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.18
vs KY average
+0.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537334.991,79887
Large 1-2577300.001,7312thin
Medium and Large 2-3545291.421,5889thin
One grade step is worth $43.57/cwt here — about $209 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 sale98 hd
330.27
—
KY average25 barns · 1,338 hd
324.10
+6.18
National average176 barns · 11,721 hd
329.34
+0.93
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−68.06
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—Average1,439178.562,56920
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,435150.892,16544
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,259150.281,89259
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,005136.621,37357
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,250135.001,6881thin

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)1,170$1,7883thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$1,7264thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)960$1,5001thin

Every lot

139 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy215460.00/cwt460.00–460.009891
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225422.50/cwt422.50–422.509511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,2531
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy310430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3331
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373416.04/cwt410.00–423.001,5525
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3379382.57/cwt380.00–390.001,4504
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,5671
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425426.44/cwt420.00–431.001,81212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426400.21/cwt395.00–407.001,70521
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added457413.01/cwt405.00–415.001,8875
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3465367.02/cwt335.00–380.001,7075
Steers450–500Large 1-2475370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7581
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508402.17/cwt390.00–413.002,04335
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3513345.37/cwt320.00–360.001,7725
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531374.25/cwt365.00–380.001,98717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556371.94/cwt367.50–373.002,06819
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573350.21/cwt261.00–370.002,00716
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575357.52/cwt355.00–360.002,0563
Steers550–600Large 1-2580347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0161
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3603310.48/cwt305.00–316.001,8722
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9137
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624343.72/cwt321.00–355.002,14518
Steers600–650Large 1-2643319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,0515
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669341.11/cwt330.00–348.002,282100
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3681307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,0919
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1921
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added722302.97/cwt290.00–316.002,18717
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730287.00/cwt285.00–289.002,0952
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,1513
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783291.03/cwt287.50–296.002,27919
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815284.43/cwt280.00–285.002,3189
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3835260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1711
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Fancy870288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,50626
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3887250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2182
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3925221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,0442
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2939258.36/cwt240.00–260.002,42619
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,4631
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,005187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,8791
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,033227.01/cwt220.00–241.002,3453
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,060230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,4383
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,135226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,5652
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2170425.00/cwt425.00–425.007231
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3205367.50/cwt367.50–367.507531
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,0011
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3255315.00/cwt315.00–315.008031
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2281398.00/cwt390.00–420.001,1187
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2319378.67/cwt372.50–385.001,2086
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added329407.66/cwt400.00–417.001,3415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added372403.89/cwt392.00–410.001,50214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379379.41/cwt370.00–387.501,4387
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added417385.66/cwt375.00–403.001,60819
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy439384.15/cwt381.50–395.001,68631
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440365.97/cwt362.00–370.001,61011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465374.52/cwt365.00–385.001,74230
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3471330.75/cwt309.00–353.001,55815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473356.19/cwt340.00–363.001,68516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3517278.57/cwt232.50–301.001,4403
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518343.74/cwt327.00–365.001,78148
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537318.85/cwt316.00–325.001,7129
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3559297.85/cwt287.00–300.001,6656
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561344.39/cwt322.50–366.001,93214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571309.59/cwt295.00–319.001,76816
Heifers550–600Large 1-2577300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611323.98/cwt309.00–330.001,98019
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy622340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,11584
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625292.99/cwt273.00–301.001,8318
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3638256.21/cwt252.50–260.001,6352
Heifers600–650Large 1-2645304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,9612
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663295.16/cwt281.00–302.501,9578
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670308.67/cwt306.00–322.502,0689
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680258.04/cwt256.00–260.001,7552
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3715230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6451
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721269.52/cwt262.50–273.001,94321
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765253.75/cwt252.00–254.001,9418
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3778230.91/cwt227.00–235.001,7964
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added817257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,1009
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823206.52/cwt205.00–208.001,7002
Heifers850–900Large 1-2852202.66/cwt198.00–205.001,7273
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,9292
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3955187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,7911
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,8431
Heifers950–1000Large 1-2980182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,7842
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,035193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,9981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls37 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2260407.12/cwt397.50–417.501,0592
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3265372.50/cwt372.50–372.509871
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy288427.43/cwt420.00–435.001,2312
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2308403.93/cwt399.00–410.001,2443
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3330350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1551
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy341422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,4413
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2371411.05/cwt395.00–417.501,52510
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3373371.78/cwt362.50–380.001,3872
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375424.03/cwt423.00–425.001,5902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2408404.46/cwt389.00–410.001,6508
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3420346.36/cwt312.50–373.001,45512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy429421.11/cwt417.50–425.001,8075
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3464369.85/cwt365.00–373.001,7166
Bulls450–500Large 1-2465370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7212
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2471392.28/cwt380.00–400.001,84818
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3520337.68/cwt270.00–359.001,7569
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2526375.53/cwt365.00–385.001,97514
Bulls550–600Large 1-2560361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,0221
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2563355.50/cwt340.00–370.002,00115
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3573310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7763
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3608291.81/cwt287.50–294.001,7743
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614315.74/cwt307.50–320.001,9396
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618307.35/cwt300.00–320.001,8999
Bulls600–650Large 1-2645311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,0061
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670294.90/cwt287.50–302.001,9767
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671298.85/cwt293.00–305.002,0054
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3690270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8631
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2716267.40/cwt247.00–284.001,9157
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy733299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,1929
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3769232.80/cwt220.00–245.001,7906
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2773252.48/cwt247.00–261.001,9526
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2811248.37/cwt221.00–258.002,0144
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3868175.99/cwt175.00–177.001,5282
Bulls900–950Large 1-2915177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,6201
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2940189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,7771
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,045174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,8181
Bulls1050–1100Large 1-21,090174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,8971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,219142.32/cwt140.00–148.001,7354
Bulls——1,283172.10/cwt159.00–185.002,2087
Bulls——1,658199.68/cwt185.00–211.003,3119
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%898108.14/cwt97.50–114.009713
Cows—Lean 85-90%981128.44/cwt119.00–138.001,26025
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,037146.62/cwt138.00–155.001,52029
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230137.13/cwt129.00–141.001,68712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265156.49/cwt150.00–165.001,98035
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,271145.32/cwt141.00–149.001,84712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,285140.45/cwt139.00–142.001,8052
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,325146.70/cwt143.00–149.001,94416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,514154.27/cwt150.00–162.002,33626
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,250135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6881
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-39601,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-3690800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0601,532.08/head1,200.00–1,750.001,5322
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3032,035.29/head1,850.00–2,200.002,0353
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3902,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,062168.13/cwt149.00–181.001,7869

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.