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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 9
● Final116 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
771 head
▼ 363 vs last sale 1,134▲ 222 vs year ago 549 · +40.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 153▼ 35 vs year ago 133 · −26.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 17▲ 1 vs year ago 18 · +5.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher; some weaned calves sharply higher with very good demand. Very good demand for yearlings in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower with 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 $354.97/cwt on 180 head. That ranks 10 of 33 comparable sales and sits −43.37 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$354.97
180 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,992
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$675
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$103.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.39
vs KY average
+14.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562359.852,024166
Large 1-2566312.001,7673thin
Medium and Large 2-3545306.811,6738thin
Small and Medium 1-2527256.121,3493thin
One grade step is worth $103.73/cwt here — about $675 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale180 hd
354.97
—
KY average23 barns · 1,158 hd
340.57
+14.39
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
+14.05
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−43.37
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—Low1,629203.643,31813
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,265166.282,10426
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,519161.842,45828
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,056143.831,51922

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)1,100$2,0514thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,074$2,0427
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,119$1,8074thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,445$2,8751thin

Every lot

116 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 1-2Fancy271437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,1863
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4521
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,4382
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,4082
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3405350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4181
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425408.09/cwt407.50–410.001,7344
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added436421.83/cwt415.00–424.001,83910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added464414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,9215
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3472358.55/cwt347.50–377.001,6923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515372.07/cwt368.00–379.001,9168
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526403.80/cwt387.50–414.002,12430
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3526356.24/cwt332.50–367.501,8745
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565358.47/cwt357.00–360.002,0252
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0843
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577385.59/cwt381.00–390.002,22520
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3605308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,8631
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620380.49/cwt347.50–389.002,35954
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627341.15/cwt337.00–345.002,1395
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2656345.01/cwt341.00–346.002,2635
Steers650–700Large 1-2670274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,8361
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,8162
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714295.79/cwt285.00–298.002,1126
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733323.25/cwt313.00–324.002,36914
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3631
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3810260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1061
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fancy835299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,4974
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881271.63/cwt270.00–275.002,3933
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2925261.58/cwt258.00–265.002,4202
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,5132
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,013277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,81154
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,093235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,5693
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,100210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,3101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3235355.00/cwt355.00–355.008342
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265370.00/cwt370.00–370.009811
Heifers300–350Small and Medium 1-2320250.00/cwt250.00–250.008001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340386.72/cwt382.50–392.501,3153
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,1561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375414.90/cwt401.00–430.001,5565
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378390.30/cwt383.00–397.501,4752
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added416391.51/cwt385.00–397.501,6295
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431365.00/cwt343.00–380.001,57315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3447349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,5602
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462372.41/cwt362.50–377.501,7215
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475338.98/cwt337.00–341.001,6102
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480352.81/cwt344.00–359.001,6933
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2515274.18/cwt267.50–281.001,4122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3517310.50/cwt307.50–315.001,6055
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521352.50/cwt332.50–370.001,83748
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524327.65/cwt321.00–331.001,7175
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2101
Heifers550–600Large 1-2Value Added555330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571325.40/cwt314.00–332.501,85812
Heifers550–600Large 1-2572303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,7332
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583369.03/cwt342.00–371.002,151101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3592300.67/cwt290.00–312.001,7803
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629292.08/cwt287.50–301.001,8374
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633338.44/cwt322.50–340.502,142106
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3641248.67/cwt248.00–250.001,5943
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3653257.38/cwt240.00–267.001,6813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683296.14/cwt294.00–300.002,0235
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718267.15/cwt250.00–273.001,9186
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8061
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3790211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6671
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8231
Heifers800–850Large 1-2845215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8171
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2861227.98/cwt225.00–229.001,9634
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0831
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3293353.70/cwt347.50–360.001,0362
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3325374.44/cwt362.50–385.001,2172
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2328401.83/cwt393.00–413.001,3186
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3373381.57/cwt378.00–385.001,4232
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5391
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430388.07/cwt372.50–402.001,6695
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3435363.02/cwt361.00–365.001,5792
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3460350.49/cwt350.00–351.001,6122
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2468381.38/cwt372.50–385.001,7857
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy487409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,9922
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3510335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7091
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2533373.83/cwt351.00–387.001,99322
Bulls500–550Small and Medium 1-2540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2553356.27/cwt352.50–360.001,9702
Bulls550–600Small and Medium 1-2555302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6791
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3564343.23/cwt329.00–348.001,9365
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3620272.77/cwt252.00–287.001,6913
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2621336.36/cwt327.00–348.002,08910
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3660291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,9211
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665326.62/cwt314.00–336.002,17220
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2710308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,1872
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3750221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6581
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2825215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7741
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3835203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6951
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2869202.15/cwt193.00–223.001,7574
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2945181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7101
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6471
Beef/Dairy Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,445171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,4711
Bulls——1,606198.89/cwt184.00–206.003,1947
Bulls——1,699216.81/cwt210.00–226.003,6845
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,001155.72/cwt148.00–165.001,5597
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2531
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,082139.88/cwt133.00–146.001,51414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,097148.26/cwt145.00–151.001,6263
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202159.63/cwt155.00–164.001,9196
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,305149.28/cwt146.00–152.001,9482
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,317171.80/cwt165.00–177.002,26317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,516159.10/cwt157.00–163.002,41217
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,571169.80/cwt167.00–174.002,6689
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4452,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0251,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0321,783.32/head1,775.00–1,800.001,7833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0551,575.59/head1,450.00–1,700.001,5762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1052,236.71/head1,900.00–2,650.002,2374
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,167.48/head2,075.00–2,300.002,1673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1832,038.00/head2,025.00–2,050.002,0382
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-3820156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2791
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2913168.28/cwt162.00–172.001,5363

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.