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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 17
● Final146 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,429 head
▲ 786 vs last sale 643▼ 361 vs year ago 1,790 · −20.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 91▼ 100 vs year ago 252 · −39.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 14▼ 1 vs year ago 15 · −6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was stronger in spots with a average quality offering. Feeder steers 600 lbs and under were steady to 5.00 higher with a good supply and good demand, while the yearling steers appeared stronger but with limited comparisons. Feeder heifers were unevenly steady bouncing from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher across the weight classes with a good supply and spotty demand. Buyers were active today and willing pay premiums for weaned packages and harder conditioned calves, while discounts off colored and heavy conditioned calves severely. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 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 $324.88/cwt on 121 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −73.46 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$324.88
121 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$418
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$69.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.91
vs KY average
−32.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559337.671,88878
Medium and Large 2552306.731,69335
Large 1-2563299.001,6833thin
Medium and Large 2-3549267.861,4705thin
One grade step is worth $69.81/cwt here — about $418 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 sale121 hd
324.88
—
KY average25 barns · 1,396 hd
332.79
−7.91
National average188 barns · 19,415 hd
356.89
−32.01
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−73.46
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—High1,650185.543,06113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,569161.282,53041
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,227153.471,88316
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,063134.921,43444
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,175172.442,0262thin

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)1,045$2,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,258$2,0342thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,345$1,7251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,370$2,0001thin

Every lot

146 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2268392.44/cwt387.50–395.001,0523
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,2521
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy329467.00/cwt467.00–467.001,53617
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2331379.08/cwt370.00–383.001,2553
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379412.09/cwt409.00–430.001,5627
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420432.03/cwt425.00–440.001,81519
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429413.77/cwt405.00–417.001,7759
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2442391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,7283
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471391.44/cwt385.00–402.501,84412
Steers450–500Large 1-2475379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,8001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,5891
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490355.50/cwt351.00–360.001,7422
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0325
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521373.74/cwt360.00–382.501,94716
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528342.90/cwt342.00–345.001,8115
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565326.83/cwt319.00–335.001,8477
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573351.96/cwt350.00–360.002,0175
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added584372.11/cwt368.00–382.502,17326
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619349.53/cwt337.00–359.002,16417
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625311.08/cwt307.50–320.001,9445
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy657280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8402
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2658316.26/cwt315.00–317.502,0812
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672330.25/cwt320.00–343.002,21942
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9181
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2702333.85/cwt332.50–334.002,34410
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1601
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added748374.10/cwt374.10–374.102,79863
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771328.31/cwt310.00–339.002,5314
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added804342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,75041
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813304.34/cwt303.00–305.002,4743
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added890336.09/cwt336.00–336.502,99174
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,9372
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955292.00/cwt289.00–295.002,7892
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,050310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,2551
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,095201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,2011
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,135286.00/cwt286.00–286.003,2461
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2216393.21/cwt375.00–400.008494
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240330.00/cwt330.00–330.007921
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy253417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,0565
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2262392.64/cwt385.00–397.501,0293
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273359.40/cwt350.00–367.509815
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275322.50/cwt322.50–322.508871
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3302320.79/cwt312.50–325.009693
Heifers300–350Large 1-2310317.50/cwt317.50–317.509841
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy323425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3736
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324360.74/cwt340.00–372.501,16912
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336384.59/cwt381.00–397.501,2926
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2355322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,1431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365327.44/cwt310.00–335.001,1957
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371389.57/cwt378.00–402.501,44519
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378366.58/cwt352.50–373.001,38611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419327.42/cwt310.00–337.501,3728
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420283.78/cwt282.50–285.001,1922
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421359.97/cwt347.00–370.001,51527
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471351.60/cwt340.00–365.001,65637
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473314.52/cwt300.00–338.001,48823
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3484288.91/cwt280.00–295.001,3984
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2496336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,6673
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520333.19/cwt323.00–343.001,73326
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525300.19/cwt282.00–315.001,57615
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3541264.20/cwt250.00–280.001,4294
Heifers550–600Large 1-2563299.00/cwt297.00–300.001,6833
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy565292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,6501
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open571353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,01614
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572311.64/cwt299.00–322.001,78320
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,6391
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582336.25/cwt324.00–341.001,95737
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614321.90/cwt315.00–332.001,97616
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open619352.56/cwt349.00–353.502,18214
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2621293.19/cwt281.00–303.001,82115
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open656337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,2144
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673274.57/cwt270.00–285.001,8485
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677298.00/cwt292.50–317.502,01715
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3690230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5871
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open715315.49/cwt311.00–331.002,25622
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2727239.76/cwt230.00–243.001,7434
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728282.26/cwt275.00–300.002,0555
Heifers700–750Large 1-2732271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,9842
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767272.17/cwt270.00–275.002,0888
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2791235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8593
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2835255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1291
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2882277.13/cwt277.00–277.502,4444
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added901302.25/cwt302.25–302.252,72355
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,045227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,3771
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,050180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,8901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls43 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2212401.00/cwt401.00–401.008502
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2245360.00/cwt360.00–360.008821
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,1959
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2275392.50/cwt385.00–400.001,0792
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3278320.00/cwt320.00–320.008902
Bulls300–350Large 1-2305405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2352
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2308346.28/cwt342.50–350.001,0672
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3318304.69/cwt300.00–317.509694
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2333415.32/cwt410.00–418.001,3833
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365340.37/cwt331.00–350.001,2422
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy373427.94/cwt425.00–431.001,5962
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2379400.57/cwt385.00–411.001,51811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3407310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2622
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430421.15/cwt417.50–422.501,8118
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435348.61/cwt340.00–360.001,5165
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2437397.73/cwt385.00–410.001,7389
Bulls400–450Medium 1-2440307.50/cwt300.00–315.001,3534
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy453412.99/cwt411.00–415.001,8712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473391.96/cwt379.00–401.001,85413
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3481317.31/cwt271.00–335.001,5264
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2487359.48/cwt350.00–371.001,7518
Bulls450–500Medium 1-2490235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1522
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy513379.28/cwt377.50–381.001,9462
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2513358.45/cwt351.00–367.501,83910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513315.66/cwt310.00–330.001,6194
Bulls500–550Large 1-2515281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4471
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3533273.84/cwt270.00–277.501,4602
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572329.70/cwt319.00–335.001,88610
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2582295.47/cwt279.00–320.001,72021
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy585361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,1128
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625296.93/cwt291.00–302.501,85610
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2629282.77/cwt280.00–287.501,7799
Bulls600–650Medium 1-2633289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,8293
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,7091
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2684295.68/cwt280.00–302.502,02217
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2714296.46/cwt290.00–301.002,11711
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2784277.75/cwt272.50–281.002,1788
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3805225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8111
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2830249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,0671
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2890249.97/cwt245.00–255.002,2252
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2940250.00/cwt242.50–257.502,3502
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,2521
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,075174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,8711
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,175172.44/cwt161.00–182.502,0262
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,160157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,8211
Bulls——1,515180.54/cwt176.00–186.002,7356
Bulls——1,866195.30/cwt190.00–200.003,6446
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84074.58/cwt65.00–87.506262
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,009123.19/cwt115.00–126.001,2435
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075137.29/cwt128.00–145.001,47630
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,090165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,7991
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,114150.41/cwt147.00–157.001,6767
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236152.70/cwt147.00–160.001,88715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,533158.90/cwt154.00–163.002,43630
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,667167.77/cwt165.00–173.002,79711
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,060231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,4491
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0452,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2582,034.05/head1,800.00–2,225.002,0342
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3451,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3702,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105184.25/cwt180.00–188.002,0362

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.