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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 21
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
680 head
▼ 913 vs last sale 1,593▼ 776 vs year ago 1,456 · −53.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 90▼ 14 vs year ago 100 · −14.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 6▼ 5 vs year ago 9 · −55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 550 lbs and under were 5.00 to 10.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply, while the 600-750 lbs steers were 4.00 to 8.00 higher with good demand. Yearling steers appeared steady but with limited comparisons. Feeder heifers 550 lbs and under were 5.00 to 8.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and good demand. Buyers were active today and willing to pay premiums for weaned packages or harder conditioned calves, while discounting off colored and fat fresh bawling calves severely. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady with a good supply and 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 $335.31/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 5 of 33 comparable sales and sits −63.02 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$335.31
107 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,896
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$37.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.92
vs KY average
−4.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566337.931,91395
Large 1-2500330.001,6501thin
Medium and Large 2563314.451,77010thin
Medium 1-2575300.001,7251thin
One grade step is worth $37.93/cwt here — about $188 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale107 hd
335.31
—
KY average24 barns · 1,240 hd
339.24
−3.92
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−4.87
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−63.02
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—Low1,495196.702,94018
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,507168.212,53517
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,263163.652,06715
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,095149.461,63723
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average927137.991,2793thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,490$2,3251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$1,9251thin

Every lot

115 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,1611
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330424.55/cwt410.00–440.001,4012
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,2982
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373436.88/cwt425.00–442.501,6303
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy391459.34/cwt455.00–461.001,7967
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405421.41/cwt415.00–425.001,7077
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed428437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,87310
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,6231
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3460340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5641
Steers450–500Medium 1-2475370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479393.99/cwt391.00–400.001,8875
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy485370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7951
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2486367.02/cwt360.00–372.501,7849
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,7001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522387.06/cwt375.00–397.002,02016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534359.09/cwt350.00–364.001,9188
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6051
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576358.52/cwt347.50–367.502,06513
Steers550–600Large 1-2576330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9013
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9142
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582377.61/cwt370.00–386.002,19825
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623320.13/cwt317.00–330.001,9944
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624367.92/cwt365.00–380.002,29621
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626352.44/cwt341.00–361.002,2068
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661375.30/cwt372.00–380.002,48119
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665319.57/cwt315.00–324.002,1252
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675335.93/cwt327.00–345.002,2682
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added711353.90/cwt349.00–358.002,51611
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2728293.85/cwt285.00–303.002,1392
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734321.66/cwt314.00–328.002,36119
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767319.55/cwt304.00–324.002,4519
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed807324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,6152
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2825268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,2111
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2847295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4992
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875294.65/cwt291.00–296.502,5786
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2972271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,6342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2235392.50/cwt392.50–392.509221
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed238432.42/cwt425.00–440.001,0292
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2284378.57/cwt360.00–385.001,0755
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed285437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,2472
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed305430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320360.57/cwt359.00–362.001,1542
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3341342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,1684
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343387.52/cwt385.00–390.001,3292
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377374.17/cwt362.50–377.001,4117
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed378395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4938
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3752
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3531
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427371.60/cwt357.50–380.001,58719
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428347.98/cwt345.00–354.001,4893
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,4923
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483339.07/cwt331.00–347.001,63812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490357.09/cwt351.00–370.001,75039
Heifers500–550Large 1-2500330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528336.55/cwt325.00–341.001,77715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532313.53/cwt311.00–319.001,6683
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572344.49/cwt340.00–348.001,97052
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7251
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576326.50/cwt310.00–334.001,88128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576314.85/cwt310.00–317.001,8147
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5591
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open637330.16/cwt327.50–339.002,10327
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637305.76/cwt296.00–319.001,94814
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7421
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open683315.16/cwt304.00–318.002,15314
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690283.10/cwt275.00–287.501,9537
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4002
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8331
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open710310.92/cwt299.00–316.002,2085
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720292.30/cwt283.00–297.502,1057
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open777302.51/cwt289.00–307.002,3514
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,024240.41/cwt238.00–241.002,4625
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3205335.00/cwt335.00–335.006871
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2225427.50/cwt427.50–427.509621
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2265401.08/cwt400.00–403.001,0633
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2153
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2328409.13/cwt400.00–415.001,3424
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328372.87/cwt363.00–385.001,2233
Bulls300–350Medium 1-2340282.00/cwt282.00–282.009591
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415389.37/cwt383.00–400.001,6164
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy435419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,8232
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,6141
Bulls450–500Large 1-2450343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,5441
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2468379.01/cwt372.00–392.501,7748
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,6371
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy520389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,0231
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3525267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4022
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2543364.00/cwt363.00–365.001,9772
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570345.04/cwt333.00–360.001,96710
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8601
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2639310.06/cwt307.50–315.001,9815
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672304.93/cwt300.00–312.002,0496
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy723288.91/cwt281.00–299.002,0895
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7401
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2757240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8172
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fancy765287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1991
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,9121
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3760247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8772
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3540215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,136177.83/cwt175.00–182.002,0204
Bulls——1,439193.74/cwt188.00–199.002,7888
Bulls——1,802222.68/cwt214.00–228.004,0133
Bulls——1,815203.76/cwt200.00–206.003,6983
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%883127.20/cwt125.00–129.001,1232
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090145.82/cwt138.00–152.001,58913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,156160.95/cwt157.00–167.001,8618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231154.73/cwt151.00–160.001,9056
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,284169.59/cwt165.00–175.002,1789
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,471159.16/cwt154.00–164.002,3414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518170.99/cwt167.00–178.002,59613
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%927137.99/cwt130.00–143.001,2793
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4902,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,203179.49/cwt179.00–180.002,1592

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.