Sale reports / Kentucky / Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky / 2019-07-23

Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 23
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,117 head
▲ 465 vs last sale 652▲ 1,117 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 83▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifer sold steady to 2.00 higher with moderate demand; good demand for weaned packages. Quality was average through good. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.85/cwt on 482 head.
Average price
$132.85
482 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$304
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.38
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2666133.15887473
Medium and Large 2-3498116.995839thin
One grade step is worth $16.16/cwt here — about $304 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 sale482 hd
132.85
—
KY average26 barns · 5,210 hd
128.47
+4.38
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,52887.411,3363thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41763.879057thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21961.0774436
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02356.0157310

Every lot

73 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3245135.00/cwt135.00–135.003311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328145.04/cwt140.00–150.004762
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365148.00/cwt148.00–148.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471155.00/cwt155.00–155.007305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485144.38/cwt144.00–145.007005
Steers—Large 1-2485143.00/cwt143.00–143.006942
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3505139.00/cwt139.00–139.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525143.70/cwt141.00–149.007548
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added539150.00/cwt150.00–150.008097
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556153.19/cwt150.00–154.508527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629148.89/cwt145.00–149.5093721
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3640122.00/cwt122.00–122.007811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643137.67/cwt135.00–139.008853
Steers—Large 1-2645133.00/cwt133.00–133.008581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669137.52/cwt132.00–140.009208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added707141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,00010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725136.00/cwt136.00–136.009861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2758135.82/cwt130.00–136.251,03015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2809141.39/cwt139.80–143.001,144123
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3830121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2857136.09/cwt124.00–137.801,16669
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2965115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1103
Steers—Large 1-2975115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330119.00/cwt119.00–119.003931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340129.41/cwt125.00–134.0044010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375142.00/cwt142.00–142.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390122.00/cwt122.00–122.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391133.93/cwt124.00–138.0052428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422130.44/cwt129.00–132.0055012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480130.15/cwt120.00–136.0062516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520129.06/cwt127.00–132.006717
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535112.00/cwt110.00–114.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538121.04/cwt118.00–124.006512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569128.65/cwt126.00–133.0073224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3578114.44/cwt110.00–119.006612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added592143.00/cwt143.00–143.0084773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623126.20/cwt120.00–137.0078622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added677133.55/cwt133.25–135.0090424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open692130.00/cwt130.00–130.009002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695115.66/cwt115.00–119.0080418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716113.85/cwt110.00–117.008157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783133.68/cwt131.50–134.601,047226
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3278138.26/cwt137.50–139.003842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325143.00/cwt143.00–143.004653
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2355124.00/cwt124.00–124.004403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380141.00/cwt141.00–141.005361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3382134.09/cwt130.00–136.005123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415134.00/cwt134.00–134.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424140.39/cwt139.00–142.005958
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2484142.58/cwt136.00–145.0069015
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3515127.00/cwt125.00–129.006542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517133.67/cwt131.00–136.006913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575127.00/cwt127.00–127.007301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584137.87/cwt134.00–148.008057
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2609139.81/cwt124.00–141.0085115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740127.00/cwt127.00–127.009401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765126.00/cwt126.00–126.0096413
Bulls—Large 1-2765110.00/cwt110.00–110.008421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2830106.00/cwt106.00–106.008803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-292589.00/cwt89.00–89.008232
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 31,02088.25/cwt88.25–88.2590057
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48585.62/cwt85.00–86.001,2712
Bulls——1,61591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97547.45/cwt46.00–49.004632
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00063.00/cwt61.00–65.006302
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04656.53/cwt53.00–60.005916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20458.12/cwt52.00–62.0070017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22066.37/cwt64.00–70.0081016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27859.16/cwt56.00–62.007562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30049.49/cwt44.00–52.006433
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47265.75/cwt63.00–72.009685

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.