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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 14
● Final118 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
874 head
▲ 472 vs last sale 402▼ 805 vs year ago 1,679 · −47.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 34▼ 22 vs year ago 86 · −25.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 4▲ 2 vs year ago 2 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trends due to market being closed for Labor Day, however the feeder market appeared stronger with a good supply and good demand for quality cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $351.25/cwt on 104 head, up $29.73 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 33 comparable sales and sits −47.09 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$351.25
▲ 29.73 vs prior sale
104 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$39.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.95
vs KY average
−3.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541353.701,91396
Large 1522345.001,8012thin
Medium and Large 2558314.031,7516thin
One grade step is worth $39.68/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale104 hd
351.25
—
KY average25 barns · 823 hd
338.30
+12.95
National average171 barns · 9,246 hd
354.31
−3.06
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−47.09
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—Low1,589189.263,00810
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,482157.332,33216
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,255147.641,8528thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,134138.781,57411
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,440126.501,8222thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,685$3,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,500$2,7751thin

Every lot

118 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed290540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,5661
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,3131
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378449.11/cwt442.00–455.001,6983
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5791
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415393.90/cwt375.00–400.001,6354
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421428.44/cwt422.50–447.501,8049
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,4851
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468381.18/cwt367.50–395.001,7842
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1381
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480430.60/cwt417.50–441.002,06712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3495349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,7281
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7681
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529405.42/cwt392.00–417.502,14527
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540381.83/cwt367.50–389.002,0623
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562402.44/cwt392.00–430.002,26215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581379.54/cwt361.00–382.502,2058
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609376.11/cwt371.00–380.002,29111
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633321.23/cwt320.00–322.502,0332
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636349.10/cwt335.00–355.002,2204
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,9581
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665357.97/cwt354.00–368.002,38124
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672341.86/cwt332.50–345.002,2976
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,4161
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0951
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775332.16/cwt323.00–340.002,57417
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812323.18/cwt315.00–327.002,62419
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added849336.75/cwt336.75–336.752,85942
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2886305.76/cwt299.00–327.002,7094
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added937315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,95257
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,004285.50/cwt285.50–285.502,86610
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,120250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,8001
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 1-21,210244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,9521
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy228555.22/cwt535.00–575.001,2662
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230415.00/cwt415.00–415.009551
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240395.00/cwt395.00–395.009481
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy285525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,4961
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy301533.84/cwt505.00–560.001,6074
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331456.66/cwt440.00–475.001,5124
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338413.61/cwt407.50–420.001,3982
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368424.01/cwt407.50–435.001,56010
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy371466.23/cwt465.00–470.001,7304
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416419.37/cwt417.50–421.001,7455
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438385.59/cwt380.00–400.001,68913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2446364.51/cwt364.00–370.001,62611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465401.10/cwt391.00–410.001,8657
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470373.23/cwt360.00–385.001,75414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5981
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512372.69/cwt366.00–387.501,90828
Heifers500–550Large 1522345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,7312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527353.49/cwt340.00–363.001,86337
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575305.54/cwt300.00–315.001,7574
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583336.81/cwt320.00–347.001,96431
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626326.32/cwt317.50–331.002,04344
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665312.66/cwt307.50–321.002,0798
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675284.88/cwt281.00–289.001,9232
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733307.98/cwt307.00–310.002,2576
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1131
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open737318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,34415
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2571
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open789308.59/cwt308.50–310.002,43517
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open840307.42/cwt305.00–309.002,5825
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2868241.60/cwt237.00–251.002,0973
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open869300.04/cwt295.00–300.502,60712
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2876247.67/cwt247.00–249.002,1703
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1862
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,060211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,2373
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 1-21,238215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,6623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2245485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,1881
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy250620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,5501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2287565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,6222
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy313565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,7683
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5081
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2339474.95/cwt460.00–500.001,6105
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3345362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,2511
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358423.32/cwt420.00–430.001,5156
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2381469.80/cwt460.00–477.501,7907
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2413441.67/cwt430.00–450.001,8246
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420462.41/cwt460.00–467.501,9426
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3420255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427398.09/cwt388.00–410.001,7005
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy463442.29/cwt427.50–447.502,0487
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473395.78/cwt380.00–415.001,8726
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2489374.74/cwt358.00–377.501,8327
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522381.92/cwt372.50–385.001,9944
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3526293.92/cwt287.50–295.001,5467
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy528398.93/cwt392.50–410.002,1068
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy559376.75/cwt367.50–381.002,10624
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578340.14/cwt335.00–349.001,9666
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610305.50/cwt301.00–310.001,8642
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2626339.93/cwt329.00–348.002,12817
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy631371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,3417
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2659326.31/cwt323.00–332.502,1507
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3660230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5181
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2721313.53/cwt305.00–317.502,2615
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,9391
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2775308.50/cwt308.00–309.002,3912
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2803243.02/cwt236.00–250.001,9512
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,075215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,3111
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,110190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,1091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,258173.98/cwt170.00–176.002,1893
Bulls——1,731195.81/cwt190.00–206.003,3897
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%795112.00/cwt112.00–112.008901
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143134.69/cwt126.00–141.001,5406
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,195138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,6491
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,206151.62/cwt148.00–156.001,8294
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,232150.50/cwt145.00–159.001,8546
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323139.05/cwt138.00–140.001,8402
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,6611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,502157.23/cwt147.00–166.002,36214
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,390109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,5151
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,490144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,1461
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5002,775.00/head2,775.00–2,775.002,7751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6853,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,094172.73/cwt163.00–187.501,8905

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.