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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 8
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
921 head
▼ 498 vs last sale 1,419▲ 921 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 104▲ 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 8▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand on an average through good quality offering. Feeder heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher with moderate demand. Yearlings sold steady to 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.37/cwt on 457 head.
Average price
$136.37
457 head · 716 lb average
Value per head Derived
$976
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$307
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.20
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2720136.64984445
Large 1-2615130.008002thin
Medium and Large 2-3538125.7967710thin
One grade step is worth $10.85/cwt here — about $307 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 sale457 hd
136.37
—
KY average28 barns · 4,938 hd
134.17
+2.20
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—Average1,56972.241,13413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28350.056426thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24649.6661922
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00042.7442718

Every lot

103 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275142.50/cwt142.50–142.503921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305152.50/cwt152.50–152.504651
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3355136.00/cwt136.00–136.004832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360146.00/cwt142.00–150.005262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430144.53/cwt139.00–148.0062110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added432152.19/cwt152.00–153.006575
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3455128.00/cwt128.00–128.005821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471147.15/cwt147.00–149.0069314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479143.15/cwt140.00–143.5068621
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3528124.65/cwt118.00–131.006582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532142.98/cwt138.00–147.0076115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568142.88/cwt139.00–145.5081250
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3583123.20/cwt113.00–128.007183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604147.79/cwt142.00–148.5089319
Steers—Large 1-2615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008002
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627132.50/cwt129.00–136.008319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added658143.50/cwt143.50–143.5094483
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665116.00/cwt116.00–116.007711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667132.32/cwt130.00–138.0088322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706135.00/cwt134.00–136.009534
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3745123.00/cwt123.00–123.009161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776130.51/cwt130.00–131.001,0134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,02551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2882130.61/cwt126.50–131.851,15277
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2933120.01/cwt118.00–122.001,1202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,022127.70/cwt127.70–127.701,30555
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3278100.50/cwt100.00–101.002792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327112.40/cwt110.00–115.003685
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3334102.71/cwt100.00–109.003435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy340134.00/cwt134.00–134.004561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377116.28/cwt108.00–120.004383
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3423101.34/cwt90.00–111.004299
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427123.16/cwt122.00–124.005267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy431124.00/cwt124.00–124.005343
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2440100.00/cwt100.00–100.004401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456117.67/cwt115.00–129.0053735
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2465100.00/cwt100.00–100.004652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3472111.03/cwt110.00–112.005243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy477128.12/cwt126.00–129.0061117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521123.94/cwt121.00–126.0064617
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3522106.24/cwt105.00–110.005554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528116.54/cwt110.00–122.0061529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added554124.31/cwt124.00–125.0068913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-356595.28/cwt90.00–101.005383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573116.25/cwt112.00–120.0066629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608132.61/cwt131.00–133.0080652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open609121.99/cwt120.00–123.0074310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613117.52/cwt111.00–121.007206
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3625106.30/cwt105.00–109.006643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669111.05/cwt109.00–117.007434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-367398.86/cwt84.00–106.006653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open720124.00/cwt124.00–124.008931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720111.46/cwt110.00–113.008032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open764119.40/cwt119.00–120.009125
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3768103.01/cwt100.00–106.007912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-382483.27/cwt72.00–87.006864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-284798.00/cwt98.00–98.008304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-292090.00/cwt90.00–90.008281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3275128.17/cwt124.00–133.003522
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2285102.50/cwt102.50–102.502921
Bulls—Large 1-2310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3327126.63/cwt125.00–130.004143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2345144.00/cwt144.00–144.004971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy355143.00/cwt143.00–143.005082
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2365102.50/cwt102.50–102.503741
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3382123.48/cwt123.00–125.004724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2394133.63/cwt130.00–136.005274
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2420113.10/cwt111.00–115.004752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432128.40/cwt125.00–137.005555
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465134.01/cwt125.00–137.006237
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2470108.00/cwt108.00–108.005081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517128.97/cwt122.00–133.0066717
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3523115.71/cwt113.00–117.006053
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005401
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2558104.41/cwt101.00–111.005833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571128.83/cwt122.00–138.0073611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3574117.79/cwt113.00–120.006766
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3605106.00/cwt106.00–106.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3650107.00/cwt107.00–107.006961
Bulls—Large 1-2663115.00/cwt115.00–115.007623
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680110.00/cwt110.00–110.007483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2763103.90/cwt98.00–116.007933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-381085.00/cwt85.00–85.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282597.51/cwt97.00–98.008042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-289086.00/cwt86.00–86.007651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-290082.00/cwt82.00–82.007381
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 360075.00/cwt75.00–75.004501
Dairy Steers—Large 3Fancy87386.50/cwt86.50–86.5075511
Dairy Steers—Large 392581.00/cwt81.00–81.007491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28565.05/cwt63.00–67.008363
Bulls——1,52672.37/cwt68.00–79.001,1048
Bulls——2,17082.50/cwt82.00–83.001,7902
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89353.70/cwt52.00–55.004803
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00837.81/cwt32.00–42.0038110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04746.02/cwt44.00–48.004825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07542.54/cwt42.00–43.004572
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22448.44/cwt45.00–52.0059314
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25449.06/cwt46.00–52.006155
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35554.87/cwt53.00–57.007436
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42555.00/cwt55.00–55.007841
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,215510.00/cwt510.00–510.006,1971

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.