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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 24

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Mar 17Mar 24Mar 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

424 head

▲ 86 vs last sale 338▲ 424 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

215 head

▲ 157 vs last sale 58▲ 215 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher compared to last Tuesday however compared to yesterday's very high market slaughter cows sold 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.10/cwt on 230 head.

Average price

$122.10

230 head · 696 lb average

Value per head Derived

$850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$20.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.54

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	702	123.24	865	217
Medium and Large 2-3	602	103.00	620	13thin

One grade step is worth $20.24/cwt here — about $245 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 sale230 hd

122.10

—

KY average26 barns · 2,276 hd

123.63

−1.54

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	—	Average	1,656	98.12	1,625	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,443	70.78	1,021	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,297	66.61	864	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,051	55.25	581	46

Every lot

78 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	325	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	601	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	576	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	417	172.98/cwt	166.00–185.00	721	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	437	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	581	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	475	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	793	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	514	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	828	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	515	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	654	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	761	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	141.52/cwt	136.00–146.00	794	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	871	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	708	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	605	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	744	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	610	147.29/cwt	138.00–152.00	898	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	132.47/cwt	131.00–134.00	885	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	670	122.91/cwt	120.00–126.00	823	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	688	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	961	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	127.93/cwt	120.00–132.00	924	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	973	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,011	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	894	113.17/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,012	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	936	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,095	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	228	172.30/cwt	170.00–177.50	393	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	290	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	471	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	295	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	325	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	411	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	321	142.01/cwt	140.00–145.00	456	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	366	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	523	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	134.64/cwt	132.50–139.00	512	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	416	140.01/cwt	138.00–143.00	582	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	135.04/cwt	134.00–137.00	567	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	507	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	460	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	534	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	627	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	520	126.25/cwt	122.00–133.00	657	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	119.51/cwt	119.00–120.00	627	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	726	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	673	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	650	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	609	126.46/cwt	125.00–127.00	770	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	635	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	648	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	775	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	690	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	662	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	701	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	806	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	746	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	918	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	775	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	705	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	723	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	701	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	862	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	724	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	871	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,028	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	90.33/cwt	86.00–99.00	790	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	832	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	443	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	153.26/cwt	152.50–154.00	582	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	144.84/cwt	142.50–147.00	591	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	425	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	680	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	425	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	489	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	480	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	653	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	760	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	805	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	710	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	682	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	718	103.96/cwt	100.00–108.00	746	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3Fancy	793	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	737	15
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3Fancy	815	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	766	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,563	92.60/cwt	82.00–99.00	1,447	21
Bulls	—	—	1,764	104.56/cwt	99.00–114.00	1,844	18
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,023	51.27/cwt	44.00–56.00	524	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,066	64.70/cwt	63.00–67.00	690	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,102	59.15/cwt	57.00–62.00	652	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	70.61/cwt	68.00–76.00	899	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,291	65.42/cwt	60.00–67.00	845	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,390	57.42/cwt	54.00–60.00	798	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,396	64.90/cwt	64.00–67.00	906	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,463	73.27/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,072	26

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 Mar 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 424Last week 338Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 215Last week 58Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	550	132.00	132.00
11	—	609	125.00–127.00	126.46
9	—	520	122.00–133.00	126.25
6	—	416	138.00–143.00	140.01
71	—	746	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	651	119.00	119.00
4	—	380	132.50–139.00	134.64
3	—	875	86.00–99.00	90.33
3	—	420	134.00–137.00	135.04
2	—	795	91.00	91.00
2	—	525	119.00–120.00	119.51
1	—	945	88.00	88.00
1	—	845	83.00	83.00
1	—	645	115.00	115.00
1	—	570	118.00	118.00
1	—	475	132.00	132.00
1	—	310	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	228	170.00–177.50	172.30
1	—	290	162.50	162.50
60	—	871	118.00	118.00
5	—	321	140.00–145.00	142.01
3	—	366	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	862	84.00	84.00
2	—	775	91.00	91.00
2	—	690	96.00	96.00
2	—	430	118.00	118.00
1	—	635	102.00	102.00
1	—	575	113.00	113.00
1	—	460	116.00	116.00
1	—	345	120.00	120.00
1	—	295	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	701	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	96.00	96.00
1	—	425	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	100.00–108.00	103.96
1	—	525	125.00	125.00
1	—	480	136.00	136.00
1	—	335	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	142.50–147.00	144.84
2	—	755	120.00	120.00
2	—	380	152.50–154.00	153.26
2	—	277	160.00	160.00
1	—	555	145.00	145.00
1	—	510	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	124.00	124.00
1	—	360	160.00	160.00
56	—	936	117.00	117.00
6	—	894	109.00–114.00	113.17
4	—	561	136.00–146.00	141.52
3	—	815	124.00	124.00
3	—	722	120.00–132.00	127.93
3	—	521	146.00	146.00
2	—	668	131.00–134.00	132.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	120.00–126.00	122.91
2	—	437	133.00	133.00
1	—	605	123.00	123.00
1	—	580	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	688	139.75	139.75
9	—	573	152.00	152.00
8	—	417	166.00–185.00	172.98
5	—	514	161.00	161.00
3	—	610	138.00–152.00	147.29
2	—	475	167.00	167.00
1	—	325	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	793	93.00	93.00
1	—	815	94.00	94.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,291	60.00–67.00	65.42
7	—	1,390	54.00–60.00	57.42
22	—	1,273	68.00–76.00	70.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,023	44.00–56.00	51.27
13	—	1,102	57.00–62.00	59.15
6	—	1,066	63.00–67.00	64.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,463	68.00–79.00	73.27
11	—	1,396	64.00–67.00	64.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,563	82.00–99.00	92.60
18	—	1,764	99.00–114.00	104.56

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.