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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 25
● Final131 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
773 head
▲ 199 vs last sale 574▲ 110 vs year ago 663 · +16.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 48▼ 25 vs year ago 141 · −17.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 10▲ 6 vs year ago 1 · +600.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Good quality feeder steers and heifers were 6.00 to 10.00 higher or greater in several spots with a good supply and strong demand. Yearling steers and heifers appeared sharply stronger as well, but with limited head to head comparisons. Double digit gains in the future market over the past week and cooler weather conditions have increased the premiums paid and demand for all classes of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $400.03/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 8 of 32 comparable sales and sits −42.80 against this barn's trailing median of $442.82.
Average price
$400.03
25 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$348
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$74.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.41
vs KY average
−9.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554405.982,24823
Medium and Large 2573331.511,9002thin
One grade step is worth $74.47/cwt here — about $348 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 sale25 hd
400.03
—
KY average24 barns · 816 hd
395.61
+4.41
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
−9.27
This barn, trailing median32 sales
442.82
−42.80
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—Average1,686198.933,35424
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,448173.352,51118
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,224172.592,11341
CowsLean 85-90%Low924140.511,29924
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,195191.002,2821thin

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/Aged (>5 yrs)873$1,8365
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)780$2,3501thin

Every lot

131 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2242432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,0472
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2255410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0461
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2323454.94/cwt447.50–462.501,4692
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy336506.78/cwt500.00–510.001,7033
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8902
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5241
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367495.65/cwt495.00–497.501,8194
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy414496.69/cwt485.00–501.002,0565
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423463.17/cwt450.00–475.001,9592
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy464471.61/cwt455.00–482.502,18811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484426.28/cwt415.00–440.002,0637
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528383.86/cwt375.00–397.502,0274
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534424.04/cwt415.00–440.002,2648
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565414.11/cwt410.00–422.502,3406
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573331.51/cwt331.00–332.001,9002
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592385.04/cwt381.00–397.002,2795
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609367.13/cwt347.50–375.002,23610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added639425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,71678
Steers650–700Medium 1-2655287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8831
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663375.67/cwt362.50–382.502,4913
Steers650–700Large 1-2686355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4354
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690332.75/cwt330.00–339.002,2964
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed711355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5245
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723331.19/cwt325.00–342.502,39514
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2756331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,5023
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2884321.01/cwt315.00–323.002,8384
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2908318.99/cwt317.00–321.002,8962
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added949335.50/cwt335.50–335.503,18461
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2955251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,3971
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,000265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,6501
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,022313.75/cwt313.75–313.753,20756
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,058283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,9943
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2178412.68/cwt410.00–415.007352
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2220404.77/cwt395.00–410.008903
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2277400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1082
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3277327.52/cwt315.00–337.509073
Heifers250–300Medium 1-2285285.00/cwt285.00–285.008121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,4061
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3331347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,1503
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335373.20/cwt362.50–382.501,2503
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2302
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy373436.35/cwt431.00–451.001,6289
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3691
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382411.64/cwt400.00–425.001,57212
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2410320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy413443.22/cwt427.50–455.001,8309
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426397.93/cwt385.00–407.501,69518
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6101
Heifers400–450Large 1-2445355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5801
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473387.56/cwt385.00–390.001,8336
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473369.60/cwt360.00–377.001,74811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478349.13/cwt340.00–357.501,6696
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515378.91/cwt370.00–393.001,9519
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,7121
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529360.30/cwt345.00–367.501,90621
Heifers550–600Large 1-2555332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,8452
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568322.97/cwt321.00–325.001,8342
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569363.87/cwt357.00–371.002,07022
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579339.32/cwt332.00–354.001,96513
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Replacement583385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2454
Heifers600–650Large 1-2600307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,8451
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618342.24/cwt334.00–349.002,11517
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627299.99/cwt297.50–302.501,8814
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Full665275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8291
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open682339.25/cwt335.00–343.002,31419
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687324.22/cwt305.00–327.502,22710
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,4104
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720281.38/cwt278.00–289.002,0265
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1001
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added774319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,4697
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2857273.23/cwt260.00–280.002,3423
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,035238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,4631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls41 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2165580.00/cwt580.00–580.009571
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2190447.50/cwt447.50–447.508501
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2235431.22/cwt430.00–432.501,0132
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3240395.00/cwt395.00–395.009481
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265447.41/cwt442.50–452.501,1862
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2280491.00/cwt491.00–491.001,3754
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,2831
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy310517.00/cwt517.00–517.001,6031
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2335495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6582
Bulls300–350Large 1-2340441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,4991
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370529.19/cwt527.50–532.501,9583
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378499.98/cwt490.00–507.501,8906
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3400387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,5501
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420500.12/cwt490.00–510.002,1012
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427470.19/cwt457.50–480.002,0083
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy463468.96/cwt462.50–481.002,1713
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3468350.30/cwt345.00–361.001,6393
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473441.23/cwt430.00–457.502,08713
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478413.90/cwt397.50–427.501,9788
Bulls450–500Large 1-2485417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,0252
Bulls500–550Large 1-2505407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,0581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513353.48/cwt342.50–362.501,8133
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3515286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,4731
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy518423.84/cwt412.50–435.002,1955
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2526393.01/cwt385.00–401.002,06711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy555402.35/cwt392.50–410.002,2337
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573374.66/cwt360.00–381.002,1478
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590336.79/cwt332.50–341.001,9872
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613307.35/cwt300.00–315.001,8842
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2614338.52/cwt327.00–345.002,0797
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy620289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,7921
Bulls600–650Large 1-2645281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,8121
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2673302.63/cwt297.50–307.502,0372
Bulls700–750Large 1-2710280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9881
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2744297.31/cwt297.00–297.502,2128
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2760295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2421
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,0731
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,1401
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2865227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9681
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2925250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3131
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3641
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,195191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,2821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,369172.20/cwt166.00–176.002,3574
Bulls——1,606193.40/cwt187.00–198.003,1068
Bulls——1,815208.10/cwt200.00–214.003,7779
Bulls——1,935221.81/cwt219.00–226.004,2923
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%628109.27/cwt100.00–117.506862
Cows—Lean 85-90%860131.76/cwt120.00–139.001,13312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031151.95/cwt147.00–157.001,5677
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130169.61/cwt166.00–174.001,9173
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188169.04/cwt158.00–174.002,00829
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,311181.17/cwt176.00–196.002,37512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,441178.32/cwt176.00–183.002,5706
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452170.87/cwt166.00–174.002,48112
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,130233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,6331
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28731,836.34/head1,500.00–1,950.001,8365
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,2331
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27802,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501

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.