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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 27
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,291 head
▲ 791 vs last sale 500▲ 1,291 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 41▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▲ 5 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 heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand on a good through attractive quality offering. Yearlings sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.73/cwt on 861 head.
Average price
$139.73
861 head · 784 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,095
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$340
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.64
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2787139.821,100849
Medium and Large 2-3571133.2576112thin
One grade step is worth $6.57/cwt here — about $340 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 sale861 hd
139.73
—
KY average26 barns · 5,068 hd
139.09
+0.64
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—Average1,75688.071,5467thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47061.0789813
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27957.5673620
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04048.5950510

Every lot

85 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005332
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3388138.00/cwt138.00–138.005353
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added429154.81/cwt151.00–159.006647
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479157.85/cwt153.00–162.0075619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483141.37/cwt141.00–142.006838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505151.11/cwt150.00–154.0076317
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3520137.00/cwt137.00–137.007121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526148.49/cwt148.00–150.007814
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3558138.00/cwt138.00–138.007705
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571143.94/cwt140.00–148.008229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2609138.78/cwt136.00–139.0084514
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3615129.00/cwt129.00–129.007931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620145.77/cwt143.00–147.009048
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673142.16/cwt141.00–146.0095714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686136.73/cwt136.00–139.009384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733146.53/cwt142.00–147.901,074143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741140.94/cwt137.00–141.001,044119
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3765125.00/cwt125.00–125.009561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2769134.50/cwt134.00–135.001,0344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2809137.80/cwt128.00–139.601,11582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed834141.09/cwt140.90–141.251,177118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2877135.70/cwt130.00–136.401,190147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy883136.85/cwt136.85–136.851,20850
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2913133.52/cwt120.00–134.001,21958
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3995104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,099102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,12617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,24696.50/cwt96.50–96.501,2023
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3280122.00/cwt122.00–122.003421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy290138.00/cwt138.00–138.004001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315126.00/cwt126.00–126.003971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3374116.58/cwt115.00–118.004365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy384136.00/cwt136.00–136.0052210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384125.13/cwt121.00–129.0048010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425117.00/cwt117.00–117.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428123.69/cwt123.00–125.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3463116.95/cwt115.00–118.005413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471129.16/cwt127.00–132.0060820
Heifers—Large 1-2493118.00/cwt118.00–118.005824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521122.86/cwt116.00–128.0064017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530132.24/cwt130.00–133.007014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005896
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3595103.00/cwt103.00–103.006131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2598126.41/cwt120.00–128.0075610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3623103.47/cwt102.00–105.006452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629119.00/cwt114.00–123.0074922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667137.41/cwt135.50–137.90917161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668117.86/cwt113.00–121.0078714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open714120.82/cwt119.00–122.0086313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730115.96/cwt114.00–119.008478
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-374389.00/cwt89.00–89.006613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open750117.00/cwt117.00–117.008781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760115.00/cwt115.00–115.008742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy800122.75/cwt122.75–122.7598228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open813111.31/cwt110.00–114.009056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815104.50/cwt104.00–105.008522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-386092.00/cwt92.00–92.007911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2873108.38/cwt108.00–109.009468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open896109.00/cwt109.00–109.009778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open915108.00/cwt108.00–108.009883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-299598.00/cwt98.00–98.009751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2275120.00/cwt120.00–120.003301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2338143.67/cwt140.00–147.504862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3380135.50/cwt134.00–137.005152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2388141.64/cwt141.00–143.005503
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471136.41/cwt135.00–140.006427
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3520126.00/cwt126.00–126.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521134.10/cwt131.00–139.006994
Bulls—Large 1-2565132.00/cwt132.00–132.007462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2595135.00/cwt135.00–135.008031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600130.00/cwt130.00–130.007802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-286091.00/cwt91.00–91.007831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-398588.00/cwt88.00–88.008671
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64885.70/cwt80.00–88.001,4125
Bulls——2,02594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,9042
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96645.39/cwt40.00–49.004385
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11451.79/cwt49.00–53.005775
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12551.00/cwt51.00–51.005741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24255.19/cwt52.00–60.0068513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38563.79/cwt63.00–65.008836
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42663.09/cwt60.00–66.009009
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56956.53/cwt55.00–60.008874
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,430875.00/cwt875.00–875.0012,5131
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,495947.36/cwt800.00–1,020.0014,1633

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.