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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 11

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Feb 4Feb 11Feb 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

243 head

▼ 615 vs last sale 858▲ 243 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

43 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 60▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 7▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers steady in a light test due to extremely wet weather. Yearlings untested. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

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 $153.11/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$153.11

115 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$845

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$18

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$45.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.88

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	539	155.48	839	109
Medium and Large 2-3	778	110.17	857	6thin

One grade step is worth $45.31/cwt here — about −$18 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 sale115 hd

153.11

—

KY average25 barns · 2,756 hd

142.23

+10.88

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	—	High	1,498	88.17	1,321	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,473	63.99	942	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,220	57.98	708	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,049	46.30	486	10

Every lot

67 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	272	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	422	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	519	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	333	173.19/cwt	171.00–176.00	577	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	370	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	659	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	166.64/cwt	162.50–169.00	627	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	422	171.83/cwt	166.00–174.00	725	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	476	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	771	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	156.88/cwt	155.00–159.00	753	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	530	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	827	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	140.81/cwt	138.00–152.00	751	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	597	155.53/cwt	155.50–157.00	929	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	794	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	637	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	879	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	659	139.33/cwt	139.00–140.00	918	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	931	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	715	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	851	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,005	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Fleshy	921	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	875	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	263	133.32/cwt	130.00–135.00	351	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	290	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	341	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	124.29/cwt	119.00–130.00	408	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	379	136.98/cwt	133.00–139.00	519	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	123.50/cwt	122.00–125.00	469	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	401	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	521	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	127.00/cwt	125.00–128.00	560	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	110.23/cwt	106.00–118.00	518	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	120.41/cwt	118.00–124.00	578	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	489	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	660	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	510	100.78/cwt	97.00–108.00	514	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	113.16/cwt	111.00–119.00	600	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	541	131.34/cwt	129.50–133.50	711	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	557	104.05/cwt	102.00–110.00	580	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	129.10/cwt	124.00–130.00	733	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	117.38/cwt	117.00–119.00	671	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	682	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	696	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	752	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	732	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	630	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	792	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	265	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	368	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	335	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	489	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	566	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	148.39/cwt	145.00–152.00	697	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	128.22/cwt	122.00–135.00	603	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	143.31/cwt	139.00–145.00	797	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	587	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	734	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	613	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	791	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	653	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	872	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	824	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	731	124.20/cwt	124.00–125.00	908	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	805	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	604	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,303	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,108	2
Bulls	—	—	1,693	91.34/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,546	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	47.71/cwt	45.00–51.00	491	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	604	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,069	41.87/cwt	38.00–44.00	448	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	49.60/cwt	49.00–51.00	569	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	65.03/cwt	63.00–69.00	804	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	56.86/cwt	53.00–60.00	703	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,348	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	768	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,514	66.32/cwt	61.00–70.00	1,004	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	970	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	5,093	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,055	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	6,066	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	8,760	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,265	664.49/cwt	580.00–730.00	8,406	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,384	943.03/cwt	810.00–1,000.00	13,052	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 Feb 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 243Last week 858Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 60Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 7Year ago 0

Feeder steers and heifers steady in a light test due to extremely wet weather. Yearlings untested. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	129.00	129.00
1	—	335	146.00	146.00
5	—	731	124.00–125.00	124.20
4	—	653	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	145.00–152.00	148.39
1	—	675	122.00	122.00
1	—	390	145.00	145.00
7	—	556	139.00–145.00	143.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	587	125.00	125.00
2	—	470	122.00–135.00	128.22
2	—	265	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	106.00–118.00	110.23
3	—	732	86.00	86.00
3	—	510	97.00–108.00	100.78
2	—	682	102.00	102.00
1	—	290	117.50	117.50
4	—	557	102.00–110.00	104.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	530	111.00–119.00	113.16
3	—	441	125.00–128.00	127.00
3	—	263	130.00–135.00	133.32
2	—	380	122.00–125.00	123.50
2	—	328	119.00–130.00	124.29
1	—	740	107.00	107.00
1	—	690	109.00	109.00
5	—	572	117.00–119.00	117.38
5	—	480	118.00–124.00	120.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	401	130.00	130.00
10	—	379	133.00–139.00	136.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	541	129.50–133.50	131.34
7	—	568	124.00–130.00	129.10
6	—	489	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	119.00	119.00
1	—	625	127.00	127.00
1	—	565	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	776	129.50	129.50
5	—	533	138.00–152.00	140.81
1	—	310	167.50	167.50
1	—	700	133.00	133.00
5	—	376	162.50–169.00	166.64
4	—	272	155.00	155.00
8	—	480	155.00–159.00	156.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	921	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	156.00	156.00
7	—	422	166.00–174.00	171.83
7	—	333	171.00–176.00	173.19
6	—	659	139.00–140.00	139.33
3	—	476	162.00	162.00
2	—	637	138.00	138.00
2	—	370	178.00	178.00
51	—	597	155.50–157.00	155.53

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,384	810.00–1,000.00	943.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	730.00	730.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	525.00	525.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	575.00	575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,265	580.00–730.00	664.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,693	89.00–94.00	91.34
2	—	1,303	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,236	63.00–69.00	65.03
3	—	1,148	49.00–51.00	49.60
9	—	1,236	53.00–60.00	56.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,030	45.00–51.00	47.71
4	—	1,069	38.00–44.00	41.87
1	—	1,060	57.00	57.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,514	61.00–70.00	66.32
2	—	1,348	57.00	57.00

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.