Sale reports / Kentucky / Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky / 2019-11-26

Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 26
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
167 head
▼ 1,214 vs last sale 1,381▲ 167 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 190▲ 92 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 7▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No trends because of light supply due to approaching Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.42/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$108.42
63 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.63
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2601111.5767152
Medium and Large 2-349993.5446711thin
One grade step is worth $18.03/cwt here — about $204 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 sale63 hd
108.42
—
KY average22 barns · 5,334 hd
116.06
−7.63
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—High1,63878.581,28710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43049.2070319
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31147.7762622
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08840.5544129

Every lot

62 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3385138.00/cwt138.00–138.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3512118.34/cwt118.00–119.006063
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3590114.00/cwt114.00–114.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624124.49/cwt121.00–127.007774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632140.00/cwt140.00–140.008852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2656125.00/cwt125.00–125.008204
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770121.00/cwt121.00–121.009326
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-335594.99/cwt94.00–96.003374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395110.00/cwt110.00–110.004351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415116.00/cwt116.00–116.004811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3446100.00/cwt100.00–100.004464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458111.23/cwt110.00–115.005094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2504115.00/cwt115.00–115.005805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537118.69/cwt117.00–119.0063713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556115.00/cwt115.00–115.006393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562107.00/cwt103.00–110.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3580100.00/cwt100.00–100.005801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625111.46/cwt110.00–113.006972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open640118.00/cwt118.00–118.007557
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655111.00/cwt111.00–111.007271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open696115.00/cwt115.00–115.008003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735100.24/cwt98.00–101.007374
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-381077.00/cwt77.00–77.006241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-286089.01/cwt88.00–90.007654
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-390072.00/cwt72.00–72.006481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-292085.00/cwt85.00–85.007821
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330139.00/cwt139.00–139.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375151.00/cwt151.00–151.005661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415139.00/cwt139.00–139.005771
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2435103.50/cwt102.00–105.004502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3438122.28/cwt121.00–125.005363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470124.00/cwt124.00–124.005831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3472111.00/cwt111.00–111.005243
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2519101.33/cwt100.00–103.005266
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520120.50/cwt115.00–126.006272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525111.00/cwt111.00–111.005831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3559111.00/cwt111.00–111.006207
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2657121.00/cwt121.00–121.007952
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 350576.00/cwt76.00–76.003843
Dairy Steers—Large 3Fancy60480.50/cwt80.50–80.5048612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51066.98/cwt64.00–69.001,0112
Bulls——1,55476.30/cwt70.00–81.001,1864
Bulls——1,78586.66/cwt83.00–91.001,5474
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06742.84/cwt41.00–46.0045713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08836.54/cwt28.00–40.0039813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18348.00/cwt48.00–48.005683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26348.10/cwt46.00–52.0060816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37143.52/cwt41.00–45.005974
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40449.66/cwt47.00–53.0069714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42243.85/cwt41.00–46.006243
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,57353.62/cwt53.00–54.008432
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62054.00/cwt54.00–54.008752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,5331
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-21,185650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,7031
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,628810.68/cwt800.00–825.0013,1982
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,6301,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0017,9301
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,752972.41/cwt850.00–1,050.0017,0373

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.