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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 4
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
532 head
▼ 692 vs last sale 1,224▼ 654 vs year ago 1,186 · −55.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 54▲ 23 vs year ago 80 · +28.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 1▼ 3 vs year ago 5 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was mostly stronger with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers 650 lbs and under were unevenly steady with a moderate supply and good demand. Yearling steers appeared steady but with limited comparisons. Feeder heifers were 3.00 to 6.00 higher or greater in spots with good demand, while yearling heifers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with a light test. Slaughter cows were sharply higher with a good supply, while slaughter bulls were steady to 3.00 higher with strong demand for all slaughter animals.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $369.77/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −73.05 against this barn's trailing median of $442.82.
Average price
$369.77
50 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,053
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$574
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$73.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.67
vs KY average
−20.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554376.822,08943
Medium and Large 2570330.421,8836thin
Medium and Large 2-3500303.001,5151thin
One grade step is worth $73.82/cwt here — about $574 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 sale50 hd
369.77
—
KY average24 barns · 564 hd
382.44
−12.67
National average145 barns · 8,057 hd
390.02
−20.25
This barn, trailing median32 sales
442.82
−73.05
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

32 sales
521457394330median 442.8203/0204/2707/0609/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.01, low $344.18, median $442.82 across 32 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—Average1,642217.633,57313
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,522182.152,77329
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,284181.822,33521
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,020166.621,69932
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,490163.002,4291thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,243225.912,8085thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)970$2,2751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)685$4751thin

Every lot

109 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 1-2233466.50/cwt465.00–470.001,0873
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2257462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,1892
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2323424.81/cwt411.00–431.001,3723
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2326384.32/cwt380.00–393.001,2533
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386428.29/cwt427.50–430.001,6533
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3427341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,4562
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430459.00/cwt459.00–459.001,9741
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,8381
Steers450–500Large 1-2467341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,5922
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3472331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,5622
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,8861
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493390.88/cwt387.50–397.501,9277
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added498425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1176
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,5151
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510413.55/cwt409.00–417.002,1097
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514372.50/cwt361.00–387.001,9158
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540344.82/cwt337.50–352.001,8622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573358.90/cwt350.00–366.002,05614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581378.84/cwt372.50–387.002,20114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585323.22/cwt319.00–329.001,8914
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,3502
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2637306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,9492
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,1181
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660274.92/cwt270.00–280.001,8142
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669375.03/cwt369.00–381.002,50921
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2681310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1113
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,2882
Steers700–750Large 1-2710262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,8641
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727319.92/cwt311.00–333.002,3267
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added738344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,5394
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775323.69/cwt320.00–331.002,5093
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added802330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6479
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3931
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,5674
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2902261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,3542
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added924322.14/cwt319.00–325.002,977115
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,7921
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added961310.75/cwt310.75–310.752,98650
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,040230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,3921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2267385.91/cwt385.00–387.501,0303
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290342.50/cwt342.50–342.509932
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added305455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3315325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0241
Heifers350–400Large 1-2355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0651
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368389.50/cwt375.00–397.501,4333
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added372420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5623
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,4504
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435370.31/cwt360.00–382.501,61110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3442332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,4702
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3501
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5811
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2455320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full465343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,5951
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471371.82/cwt367.00–379.001,7518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added501354.37/cwt352.50–355.001,7754
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5081
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537331.44/cwt325.00–344.001,78010
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582338.48/cwt336.00–341.001,9708
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583327.05/cwt322.50–330.001,9075
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617326.11/cwt310.00–332.502,01211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4571
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679287.30/cwt280.00–290.001,9514
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open720306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,2031
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725275.14/cwt264.00–285.001,9953
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open762300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2862
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1591
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813283.01/cwt279.00–287.002,3012
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,1801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy210435.00/cwt435.00–435.009141
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2215402.50/cwt402.50–402.508651
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2276412.70/cwt403.00–417.501,1394
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2338425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4378
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2353433.79/cwt427.50–440.001,5312
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy363463.92/cwt457.50–467.501,6843
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378389.70/cwt375.00–405.001,4732
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy407479.20/cwt462.50–487.501,9503
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2413441.18/cwt437.50–445.001,8222
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0931
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2467394.06/cwt390.00–402.501,8403
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3480325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5601
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,8501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,9381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6741
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2515230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1851
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5392
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy570331.31/cwt325.00–340.001,8886
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623299.67/cwt299.00–300.001,8673
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy663318.30/cwt310.00–324.002,1105
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2667290.77/cwt280.00–295.001,9394
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2774267.11/cwt261.00–275.002,0675
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3795214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,7011
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,243225.91/cwt210.00–239.002,8085
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,210199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,4081
Bulls——1,530213.08/cwt210.00–218.003,2606
Bulls——1,826225.28/cwt223.00–232.004,1146
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed933198.87/cwt190.00–215.001,8554
Cows—Lean 85-90%950127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2071
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,014155.49/cwt143.00–162.001,57716
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,066174.69/cwt166.00–186.001,86211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231172.16/cwt165.00–178.002,1199
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,324189.06/cwt182.00–196.002,50312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510186.88/cwt180.00–197.002,82218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,542174.42/cwt164.00–179.002,69011
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,490163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,4291
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2685475.00/head475.00–475.004751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29702,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751

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.