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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 9

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Jun 18Jul 9Jul 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

824 head

▼ 177 vs last sale 1,001▲ 824 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

68 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 64▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 16▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to Holiday last week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.21/cwt on 488 head.

Average price

$140.21

488 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,068

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2

$30.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.93

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	765	140.99	1,078	472
Medium and Large 2-3	608	124.00	754	7thin
Small and Medium 1-2	565	117.00	661	2thin
Large 1-2	758	110.57	838	7thin

One grade step is worth $30.42/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale488 hd

140.21

—

KY average15 barns · 2,763 hd

138.28

+1.93

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,468	88.30	1,296	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	62.90	764	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,370	61.59	844	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,064	50.91	542	8thin

Every lot

89 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	603	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	436	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	678	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	147.38/cwt	138.00–150.00	699	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	651	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	483	154.23/cwt	152.00–156.00	745	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	505	154.72/cwt	151.00–156.00	781	8
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	140.04/cwt	135.00–143.00	739	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	540	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	713	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	142.86/cwt	135.00–149.00	807	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	132.07/cwt	130.00–134.00	753	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	587	156.99/cwt	151.00–160.00	922	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	603	139.01/cwt	136.00–142.00	838	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	613	121.96/cwt	120.00–125.00	748	3
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	620	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	707	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	138.40/cwt	129.00–140.00	861	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	133.95/cwt	128.00–139.00	885	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	147.53/cwt	145.00–148.50	988	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	723	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,005	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	979	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	740	117.52/cwt	115.00–120.00	870	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	756	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	907	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fleshy	760	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	745	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	129.68/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,009	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	802	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,179	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Fleshy	805	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	813	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	809	109.74/cwt	109.00–110.00	888	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	826	138.61/cwt	120.00–139.25	1,145	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	839	140.87/cwt	139.85–141.90	1,182	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	882	133.61/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,178	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,101	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	355	3
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	323	106.89/cwt	105.00–109.00	345	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	456	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	400	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	468	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	126.29/cwt	120.00–131.00	539	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	124.36/cwt	120.00–128.00	598	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	484	117.23/cwt	116.00–117.50	567	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	122.16/cwt	119.00–126.00	627	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	528	106.09/cwt	102.00–110.00	560	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	537	127.38/cwt	125.00–129.00	684	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	563	108.99/cwt	101.00–110.00	614	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	122.77/cwt	122.00–125.00	712	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	114.18/cwt	112.00–119.00	665	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	111.58/cwt	103.00–118.00	700	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	630	95.63/cwt	94.00–99.00	602	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	632	99.33/cwt	98.00–100.00	628	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	641	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	766	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	651	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	586	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	668	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	655	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	720	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	102.79/cwt	101.00–103.00	725	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	745	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	678	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	761	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	976	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	772	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	877	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	220	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	281	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	230	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	265	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	427	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	395	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	517	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	405	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	478	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	129.01/cwt	128.00–130.00	529	4
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	460	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	529	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	665	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	652	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	138.30/cwt	137.00–142.00	716	4
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	540	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	626	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	130.12/cwt	124.00–134.50	755	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	590	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	661	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	118.44/cwt	107.00–126.00	756	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	123.45/cwt	118.00–129.00	816	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	866	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	817	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,098	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	813	2
Bulls	—	—	1,250	86.05/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,076	2
Bulls	—	—	1,703	94.92/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,616	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,046	46.29/cwt	43.00–48.00	484	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	55.92/cwt	55.00–57.00	596	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,090	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	523	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	736	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,159	59.00/cwt	55.00–61.00	684	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	65.46/cwt	62.00–70.00	816	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,258	59.31/cwt	57.00–60.00	746	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	742	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,464	64.66/cwt	62.00–68.00	947	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,215	878.81/cwt	775.00–1,050.00	10,678	4

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Tue Jul 9, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 824Last week 1,001Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 64Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 16Year ago 0

No trends due to Holiday last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,159	55.00–61.00	59.00
1	—	1,090	48.00	48.00
18	—	1,246	62.00–70.00	65.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,258	57.00–60.00	59.31
1	—	1,400	53.00	53.00
8	—	1,464	62.00–68.00	64.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,046	43.00–48.00	46.29
1	—	1,150	64.00	64.00
2	—	1,065	55.00–57.00	55.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	84.00–88.00	86.05
2	—	1,098	74.00	74.00
5	—	1,703	89.00–99.00	94.92

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	125.00	125.00
1	—	895	98.00	98.00
3	—	323	110.00	110.00
3	—	772	100.00	100.00
4	—	582	112.00–119.00	114.18
5	—	513	119.00–126.00	122.16
10	—	705	101.00–103.00	102.79
12	—	481	120.00–128.00	124.36
12	—	627	103.00–118.00	111.58
14	—	686	105.00	105.00
29	—	427	120.00–131.00	126.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	641	119.50	119.50
12	—	537	125.00–129.00	127.38
34	—	580	122.00–125.00	122.77
64	—	761	128.25	128.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
3	—	632	98.00–100.00	99.33
3	—	668	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	105.00–109.00	106.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	563	101.00–110.00	108.99
9	—	484	116.00–117.50	117.23
3	—	651	90.00	90.00
3	—	630	94.00–99.00	95.63
2	—	528	102.00–110.00	106.09
1	—	745	91.00	91.00
1	—	400	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	120.00–125.00	121.96
2	—	570	130.00–134.00	132.07
1	—	475	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	670	145.00–148.50	147.53
18	—	587	151.00–160.00	156.99
9	—	483	152.00–156.00	154.23
8	—	505	151.00–156.00	154.72
6	—	723	139.00	139.00
4	—	436	155.50	155.50
2	—	603	136.00–142.00	139.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	839	139.85–141.90	140.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	114.00	114.00
1	—	510	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	756	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	760	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	882	120.00–135.00	133.61
63	—	826	120.00–139.25	138.61
22	—	725	135.00	135.00
19	—	622	129.00–140.00	138.40
11	—	565	135.00–149.00	142.86
11	—	474	138.00–150.00	147.38
7	—	778	125.00–136.00	129.68
5	—	661	128.00–139.00	133.95
4	—	431	140.00	140.00
3	—	528	135.00–143.00	140.04
2	—	910	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	809	109.00–110.00	109.74
2	—	740	115.00–120.00	117.52
1	—	540	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	802	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	127.50	127.50
1	—	345	120.00	120.00
1	—	350	122.00	122.00
1	—	710	122.00	122.00
1	—	1,075	76.00	76.00
4	—	410	128.00–130.00	129.01
4	—	518	137.00–142.00	138.30
5	—	489	136.00	136.00
5	—	661	118.00–129.00	123.45
7	—	580	124.00–134.50	130.12
8	—	638	107.00–126.00	118.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	115.00	115.00
1	—	300	130.00	130.00
1	—	395	131.00	131.00
1	—	405	118.00	118.00
1	—	490	133.00	133.00
1	—	590	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	115.00	115.00
2	—	540	116.00	116.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,215	775.00–1,050.00	878.81

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.