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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 3
● Final136 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
990 head
▼ 241 vs last sale 1,231▼ 435 vs year ago 1,425 · −30.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
223 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 225▼ 21 vs year ago 244 · −8.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 18▲ 46 vs year ago 14 · +328.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was mostly stronger with a good quality offering. Light weight feeder steers 400 lbs and under were sharply higher and in strong demand, while the 500-700 lbs steers were mostly steady with a good supply. Yearling steers appeared stronger but with limited comparisons. Feeder heifers 600 lbs and under were 4.00 to 8.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply, while the 600-800 lbs heifers were steady with good demand for weaned and guaranteed open heifers. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with a large supply and slaughter bulls were steady 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 $362.86/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 11 of 33 comparable sales and sits −35.48 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$362.86
144 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,972
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$393
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$88.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.26
vs KY average
−2.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543368.662,003130
Medium and Large 2536320.621,72010thin
Medium and Large 2-3575279.871,6094thin
One grade step is worth $88.79/cwt here — about $393 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 sale144 hd
362.86
—
KY average24 barns · 1,200 hd
338.60
+24.26
National average198 barns · 25,157 hd
365.61
−2.75
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−35.48
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—Average1,694188.593,19522
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,512163.932,47857
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,238158.671,96547
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,057139.511,47552
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,235136.501,6862thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,183$3,2003thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,343$2,81012
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,323$2,73811
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,525$2,3751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,175$1,9752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,153$1,9434thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,420$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,349$3,4819
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,010$3,2502thin

Every lot

136 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2205472.50/cwt472.50–472.509693
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2255395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,0071
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2268472.38/cwt460.00–485.001,2662
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3290275.00/cwt275.00–275.007981
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342471.52/cwt470.00–473.001,6134
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381444.70/cwt430.00–450.001,6944
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,5182
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8531
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420353.88/cwt350.00–357.501,4862
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy427451.00/cwt451.00–451.001,9268
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431392.67/cwt380.00–404.001,6929
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442431.62/cwt420.00–437.001,90819
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476399.25/cwt397.50–400.001,90017
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy486422.17/cwt417.00–433.002,05217
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5881
Steers500–550Medium 1-2515220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1331
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519419.47/cwt407.00–429.002,17729
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522373.39/cwt367.50–377.501,9498
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537396.05/cwt382.50–403.002,12738
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6801
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563355.51/cwt355.00–358.002,0026
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575411.72/cwt406.00–413.002,36727
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582384.39/cwt371.00–395.002,23733
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3622265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6482
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626356.59/cwt343.00–369.002,23235
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638331.68/cwt320.00–338.002,1167
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682337.08/cwt331.00–357.502,29918
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722325.97/cwt321.00–330.002,35410
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775327.24/cwt324.00–329.002,5364
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2822307.86/cwt298.00–313.002,5313
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823338.67/cwt338.00–339.002,7873
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2945303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,8631
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2958249.99/cwt247.00–253.002,3952
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2155475.00/cwt475.00–475.007361
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2231443.72/cwt435.00–447.501,0253
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245350.00/cwt345.00–360.008583
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,1411
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,0091
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336396.74/cwt392.50–407.501,3337
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,3021
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2350280.00/cwt280.00–280.009803
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367363.61/cwt350.00–375.001,3346
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381396.46/cwt390.00–401.001,51111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3388337.03/cwt331.00–340.001,3083
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420377.37/cwt360.00–385.001,58526
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426388.38/cwt387.00–392.501,6548
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434354.99/cwt352.50–357.501,5415
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473345.22/cwt335.00–350.001,63311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475365.46/cwt357.00–377.001,73638
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,89117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy515307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,5841
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524357.38/cwt342.50–365.001,87334
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526322.97/cwt312.50–335.001,6998
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557383.36/cwt367.00–384.502,13552
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568351.57/cwt342.00–360.001,99726
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575279.87/cwt279.00–282.501,6094
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578311.21/cwt310.00–312.501,7992
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620308.76/cwt300.00–310.001,91411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627326.64/cwt319.00–338.002,0488
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added639357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,28428
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy650261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6972
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1584
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720293.54/cwt289.00–303.002,1133
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2729261.24/cwt250.00–265.001,9044
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9631
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3795235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8681
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818279.70/cwt270.00–289.002,2882
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873285.67/cwt284.00–290.002,4947
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open972257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,49814
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,015264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,6805
Feeder Cattle · Bulls38 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2180464.72/cwt460.00–470.008362
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy215500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0751
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2215475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,0211
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2276465.77/cwt465.00–467.501,2863
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285408.69/cwt400.00–412.501,1653
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4641
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2312457.54/cwt455.00–460.001,4283
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370416.55/cwt413.00–420.001,5414
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390463.47/cwt450.00–467.001,80813
Bulls350–400Medium 1-2390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2423419.06/cwt408.00–432.501,7736
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440339.89/cwt330.00–350.001,4962
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy456433.01/cwt425.00–437.001,9753
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3460300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3802
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473395.22/cwt385.00–410.001,86923
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481369.72/cwt361.00–380.001,7785
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy516390.09/cwt385.00–400.002,01310
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525363.86/cwt352.50–373.001,91010
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy556376.24/cwt372.50–378.002,09210
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575334.61/cwt331.00–337.501,9244
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2581350.14/cwt340.00–363.002,03419
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619341.27/cwt327.00–347.502,11219
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0481
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy652341.80/cwt341.00–343.002,2295
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2673307.50/cwt296.00–319.002,0695
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2732296.41/cwt292.00–310.002,1709
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2733275.93/cwt272.00–280.002,0232
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2780299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,3321
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,3101
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2837251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,1015
Bulls800–850Large 1-2845175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4791
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2855227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9451
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2885282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,4962
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2900224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,0163
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,2081
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2962176.66/cwt170.00–180.001,6993
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,047203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,1252
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,100205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,2551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,439176.57/cwt171.00–181.002,5417
Bulls——1,719188.48/cwt183.00–194.003,2409
Bulls——1,954202.79/cwt197.00–209.003,9636
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%919121.50/cwt117.00–127.001,1179
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085141.03/cwt131.00–148.001,53037
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093157.14/cwt153.00–163.001,7186
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,148144.55/cwt144.00–145.001,6592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234170.83/cwt165.00–177.002,1087
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244157.17/cwt148.00–164.001,95538
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,497158.89/cwt152.00–164.002,37930
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,528169.53/cwt165.00–178.002,59027
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%930126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1721
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,540147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,2641
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,4202,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 29981,812.66/head1,800.00–1,825.001,8132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0802,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1251,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1833,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2252,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3082,072.47/head2,050.00–2,100.002,0722
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3432,810.47/head2,350.00–3,275.002,81012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3472,811.39/head2,600.00–3,025.002,81110
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5252,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0103,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2653,224.98/head3,000.00–3,450.003,2255
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4533,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8004
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,124204.34/cwt185.00–232.502,2974

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.