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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 9
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
772 head
▼ 368 vs last sale 1,140▼ 273 vs year ago 1,045 · −26.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 124▼ 80 vs year ago 176 · −45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 78▼ 4 vs year ago 19 · −21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was spotty and mixed with a plainer than average quality offering. Feeder steers 350 lbs and under were steady to 5.00 higher, while the 400-600 lbs steers were steady to 5.00 lower or greater in spots with a good supply and mixed demand. Yearling steers were 3.00 to 5.00 lower with a moderate supply and moderate demand. Feeder heifers 600 lbs and under were mostly steady to 5.00 lower or greater in a few spots with a good supply and spotty demand. Buyers were active today and willing to pay premiums for quality cattle, however a softer and spotty undertone was noted. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher 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 $426.40/cwt on 32 head, down $33.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 32 comparable sales and sits −16.42 against this barn's trailing median of $442.82.
Average price
$426.40
▼ 33.15 vs prior sale
32 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,401
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$26.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−40.21
vs KY average
−45.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2564428.082,41430
Medium and Large 2548401.252,1972thin
One grade step is worth $26.83/cwt here — about $218 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 sale32 hd
426.40
—
KY average23 barns · 976 hd
466.61
−40.21
National average178 barns · 10,669 hd
472.20
−45.80
This barn, trailing median32 sales
442.82
−16.42
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—High1,738195.083,39011
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,595170.812,72410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,329163.902,17822
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,038141.851,47230
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,400232.003,2481thin

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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,345$3,0732thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,205$2,3672thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)928$2,9552thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)975$2,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,108$2,6502thin

Every lot

120 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2272630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,7142
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy283705.00/cwt705.00–705.001,99513
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330560.40/cwt542.50–580.001,8492
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy344623.28/cwt620.00–640.002,14417
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6741
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy381575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,1916
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9951
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy419516.08/cwt515.00–525.002,16221
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433495.97/cwt487.00–500.002,1485
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,4532
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1151
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482489.73/cwt482.00–497.502,36021
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,1711
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538437.20/cwt430.00–455.002,35214
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2141
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,5742
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587417.26/cwt407.50–432.002,44914
Steers600–650Medium 1-2600342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,0551
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611419.12/cwt412.50–422.502,5616
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627387.09/cwt377.50–395.002,42710
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673352.49/cwt350.00–355.002,3722
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674378.34/cwt361.00–393.002,5509
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731363.86/cwt350.00–372.502,6607
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,5632
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767355.07/cwt342.50–359.002,72317
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2773314.88/cwt307.50–322.502,4342
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813328.29/cwt320.00–330.002,6696
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy816289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,3583
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2851300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5533
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875320.96/cwt320.00–321.002,80828
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added902327.75/cwt327.75–327.752,95658
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2919306.13/cwt303.00–310.002,8137
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,057280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,9602
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,110270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,9971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2175405.00/cwt405.00–405.007091
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2215505.00/cwt495.00–515.001,0862
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy228697.42/cwt695.00–700.001,5908
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy289605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,74811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed305570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7392
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310432.54/cwt430.00–435.001,3412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy319527.45/cwt517.50–540.001,6834
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6391
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2364475.99/cwt462.50–487.501,7334
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy371545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,02224
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,7262
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy421483.65/cwt480.00–487.502,0364
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426460.71/cwt450.00–475.001,96335
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy456461.86/cwt455.00–470.002,1067
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3465350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6285
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482434.10/cwt420.00–449.002,09233
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9891
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523384.72/cwt375.00–391.002,0129
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524414.74/cwt407.50–422.502,17315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530351.75/cwt347.50–365.001,8644
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4001
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open567403.72/cwt400.00–405.002,2894
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588385.64/cwt373.00–391.002,26817
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2591350.62/cwt347.50–360.002,0724
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2606339.25/cwt339.00–340.002,0564
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open610387.26/cwt382.00–389.002,3624
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629354.15/cwt345.00–370.002,2286
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6701
Heifers600–650Large 1-2645300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9351
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy655280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8341
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661333.25/cwt320.00–340.002,2033
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open685354.12/cwt350.00–357.502,42611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685296.50/cwt290.00–303.002,0312
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718321.91/cwt313.00–327.002,31115
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823312.17/cwt304.00–320.002,5692
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy823265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1813
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6993
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200490.00/cwt490.00–490.009801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy310609.89/cwt600.00–620.001,8913
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2340560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,9041
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2383523.00/cwt500.00–540.002,0037
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy413507.45/cwt505.00–510.002,0962
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413440.06/cwt430.00–450.001,8172
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3413323.79/cwt317.50–330.001,3372
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430483.84/cwt475.00–492.502,0819
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy456495.64/cwt495.00–497.502,2604
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,0581
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3470350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6451
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2097
Bulls450–500Large 1-2495432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,1412
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,9511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy518461.33/cwt457.50–465.002,3908
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2526424.27/cwt400.00–441.002,2325
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575417.78/cwt415.00–420.002,4028
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,1821
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy620409.66/cwt409.00–410.002,5403
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2645367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,3701
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2660370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4422
Bulls650–700Large 1-2672330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2182
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy715365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,6103
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2765331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,5323
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,6281
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy965200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9302
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2990290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,8711
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,024297.00/cwt297.00–297.003,0415
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3850227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9341
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,400232.00/cwt232.00–232.003,2481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,287174.10/cwt170.00–177.002,2413
Bulls——1,770191.88/cwt187.00–196.003,3963
Bulls——1,963207.49/cwt206.00–209.004,0734
Bulls——2,090218.00/cwt218.00–218.004,5561
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%909117.50/cwt107.50–125.001,0687
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072157.73/cwt154.00–163.001,6919
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080143.81/cwt136.00–150.001,55314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323162.37/cwt155.00–168.002,14813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335175.51/cwt173.00–182.002,3436
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340147.28/cwt142.00–153.001,9743
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,592179.02/cwt177.00–181.002,8506
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,599158.50/cwt152.00–165.002,5344
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2890190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6911
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29282,954.99/head2,500.00–3,300.002,9552
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29752,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2052,367.22/head2,000.00–2,750.002,3672
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3453,073.23/head2,800.00–3,400.003,0732
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0752,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1402,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001

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.