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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, May 19

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← May 12May 19May 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

704 head

▲ 115 vs last sale 589▲ 704 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 99▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 20▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold unevenly steady to weak with moderate demand in a light test; over 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with good demand. Locally heavy rain and flash flooding restricted cattle movement this week. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher 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 $122.78/cwt on 533 head.

Average price

$122.78

533 head · 835 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$16.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.99

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	534	128.55	687	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	845	122.68	1,037	516
Small and Medium 1-2	547	112.00	612	3thin

One grade step is worth $16.55/cwt here — about $75 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 sale533 hd

122.78

—

KY average29 barns · 6,872 hd

131.76

−8.99

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	1,709	104.04	1,778	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,452	64.33	934	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	64.31	828	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,125	55.40	623	11

Every lot

76 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	322	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	518	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	142.67/cwt	140.00–144.00	592	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	436	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	650	7
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	457	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	708	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	632	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	141.02/cwt	139.00–142.00	681	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	138.36/cwt	134.00–139.00	724	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	123.35/cwt	120.00–125.00	648	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	530	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	758	1
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	141.19/cwt	139.00–145.00	805	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	136.68/cwt	136.00–138.00	783	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	587	128.13/cwt	125.00–133.00	752	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	628	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	860	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	645	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	703	1
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	650	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	689	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	128.44/cwt	125.00–130.00	859	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	676	142.86/cwt	131.00–143.75	966	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	707	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	863	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	895	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	831	127.53/cwt	120.00–127.95	1,060	155
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	121.25/cwt	121.25–121.25	1,065	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	927	111.40/cwt	108.50–112.25	1,033	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	958	109.75/cwt	109.75–109.75	1,051	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	108.90/cwt	108.90–108.90	1,116	101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	469	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	486	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	405	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	551	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	129.95/cwt	123.00–133.00	561	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	125.59/cwt	120.00–131.00	588	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	473	134.23/cwt	132.00–136.00	635	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	132.09/cwt	123.00–138.00	688	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	117.99/cwt	117.00–120.00	635	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	127.26/cwt	125.00–128.00	725	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	118.38/cwt	113.00–122.00	701	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	605	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	750	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	625	117.46/cwt	116.00–119.00	734	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	649	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	652	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	613	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	103.50/cwt	103.00–104.00	683	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	663	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	769	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	723	121.67/cwt	119.50–122.75	880	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	792	99.36/cwt	94.00–102.00	787	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	815	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	888	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	812	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	210	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	331	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	151.35/cwt	147.50–155.00	421	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	335	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	394	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	431	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	522	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	563	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	125.53/cwt	123.00–128.00	590	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	473	114.71/cwt	110.00–119.00	543	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	136.36/cwt	134.00–138.00	655	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	528	123.98/cwt	123.00–125.00	655	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	125.76/cwt	123.00–128.00	781	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	860	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	671	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	93.63/cwt	90.00–97.00	819	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,465	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,392	1
Bulls	—	—	1,736	105.05/cwt	98.00–110.00	1,824	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	52.24/cwt	48.00–54.00	569	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,144	55.99/cwt	54.00–59.00	641	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	62.13/cwt	60.00–64.00	730	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,261	61.93/cwt	60.00–64.00	781	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,317	67.03/cwt	65.00–70.00	883	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,441	60.76/cwt	57.00–63.00	876	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,462	67.90/cwt	65.00–74.00	993	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,095	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,665	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,850	1

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 May 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 704Last week 589Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 99Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 20Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	120.00	120.00
155	—	831	120.00–127.95	127.53
101	—	1,025	108.90	108.90
58	—	927	108.50–112.25	111.40
51	—	958	109.75	109.75
36	—	878	121.25	121.25
9	—	669	125.00–130.00	128.44
8	—	523	134.00–139.00	138.36
6	—	573	136.00–138.00	136.68
3	—	765	117.00	117.00
3	—	483	139.00–142.00	141.02
3	—	415	140.00–144.00	142.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	322	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	106.00	106.00
1	—	540	110.00	110.00
1	—	450	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	587	125.00–133.00	128.13
5	—	465	136.00	136.00
3	—	525	120.00–125.00	123.35
1	—	645	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	676	131.00–143.75	142.86
19	—	570	139.00–145.00	141.19
7	—	436	149.00	149.00
6	—	628	137.00	137.00
2	—	707	122.00	122.00
2	—	457	155.00	155.00
1	—	530	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	792	94.00–102.00	99.36
2	—	652	94.00	94.00
1	—	570	107.00	107.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	723	119.50–122.75	121.67
15	—	521	123.00–138.00	132.09
14	—	605	124.00	124.00
11	—	473	132.00–136.00	134.23
8	—	570	125.00–128.00	127.26
1	—	405	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	468	120.00–131.00	125.59
8	—	432	123.00–133.00	129.95
5	—	592	113.00–122.00	118.38
4	—	660	103.00–104.00	103.50
3	—	538	117.00–120.00	117.99
2	—	355	137.00	137.00
2	—	340	138.00	138.00
1	—	955	85.00	85.00
1	—	630	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	815	109.00	109.00
3	—	663	116.00	116.00
2	—	625	116.00–119.00	117.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	110.00–119.00	114.71
1	—	335	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	123.00–125.00	123.98
2	—	470	123.00–128.00	125.53
1	—	860	78.00	78.00
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
1	—	345	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	480	134.00–138.00	136.36
4	—	621	123.00–128.00	125.76
3	—	875	90.00–97.00	93.63
2	—	278	147.50–155.00	151.35
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
1	—	585	130.00	130.00
1	—	405	139.00	139.00
1	—	355	147.00	147.00
1	—	210	157.50	157.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,089	48.00–54.00	52.24
4	—	1,144	54.00–59.00	55.99
2	—	1,175	60.00–64.00	62.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,441	57.00–63.00	60.76
5	—	1,462	65.00–74.00	67.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,261	60.00–64.00	61.93
7	—	1,317	65.00–70.00	67.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,736	98.00–110.00	105.05
1	—	1,465	95.00	95.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	700.00	700.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	750.00	750.00

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.