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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 9
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
176 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 217▼ 67 vs year ago 243 · −27.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 12▼ 9 vs year ago 43 · −20.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 8 vs year ago 9 · −88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle market not fully established due to light run today and last Tuesday; however stronger undertone noted for steer calves under 600 lbs. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher with good demand under light supply. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher with good demand under light supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.05/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$119.05
77 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$2
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$21.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.74
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530121.1064269
Medium and Large 2-3585101.575947thin
Large 1-2640100.006401thin
One grade step is worth $21.10/cwt here — about $2 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 sale77 hd
119.05
—
KY average26 barns · 4,536 hd
123.79
−4.74
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—High1,50492.471,39110
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54766.691,0314thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33964.3386114
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07058.526262thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325177.50/cwt177.50–177.505771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385180.00/cwt180.00–180.006932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added426172.00/cwt172.00–172.007333
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added472155.37/cwt154.00–159.007336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475151.00/cwt151.00–151.007172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534155.33/cwt152.00–160.008296
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540143.00/cwt143.00–143.007721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575138.30/cwt135.00–141.007953
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627137.00/cwt137.00–137.008596
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715120.31/cwt120.00–120.5086013
Steers—Large 1-2715114.00/cwt114.00–114.008151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2742116.50/cwt116.50–116.508645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy830108.00/cwt108.00–108.008961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3325124.00/cwt124.00–124.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2342135.39/cwt130.00–138.004633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378128.84/cwt125.00–130.004879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435128.00/cwt128.00–128.005571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462123.85/cwt122.00–127.005728
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485117.00/cwt117.00–117.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added487134.80/cwt132.00–136.0065610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500121.00/cwt121.00–121.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540114.00/cwt114.00–114.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574118.71/cwt115.00–120.006814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576121.29/cwt120.00–125.006994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609108.89/cwt101.00–113.006639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open621115.87/cwt115.00–117.007209
Heifers—Large 1-2640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open707103.81/cwt100.00–110.007348
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-371788.75/cwt88.00–91.006364
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3392144.66/cwt142.00–146.005673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430151.29/cwt150.00–155.006514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515141.00/cwt141.00–141.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525122.00/cwt122.00–122.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578136.98/cwt135.00–138.007923
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578119.00/cwt119.00–119.006882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655113.00/cwt113.00–113.007403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy657124.00/cwt124.00–124.008155
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705106.00/cwt106.00–106.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2836101.53/cwt94.00–104.008494
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37071.00/cwt71.00–71.009731
Bulls——1,37488.27/cwt85.00–92.001,2134
Bulls——1,635100.13/cwt95.00–105.001,6375
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07058.52/cwt58.00–59.006262
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23461.61/cwt59.00–63.007605
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29062.00/cwt62.00–62.008001
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38967.70/cwt64.00–73.009408
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46551.00/cwt51.00–51.007471
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63268.25/cwt64.00–72.001,1143
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20077.00/cwt77.00–77.009241

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.