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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 2

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Feb 23Mar 2Mar 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

716 head

▲ 222 vs last sale 494▲ 68 vs year ago 648 · +10.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

49 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 59▲ 21 vs year ago 28 · +75.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 1▲ 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold mostly steady however 400-500 lb sold 3.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 higher with very good demand for weaned 400-600 lb packages. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower 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 $138.11/cwt on 331 head.

Average price

$138.11

331 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$13.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.63

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	705	138.31	975	326
Medium and Large 2-3	660	125.00	825	5thin

One grade step is worth $13.31/cwt here — about $150 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 sale331 hd

138.11

—

KY average28 barns · 7,968 hd

138.73

−0.63

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,726	92.34	1,594	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,346	63.49	854	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,609	63.15	1,016	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,117	52.18	583	10

Every lot

68 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	330	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	479	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	342	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	616	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	628	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	435	181.43/cwt	180.00–182.00	789	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	751	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	481	163.27/cwt	159.00–165.00	785	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	784	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	701	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	547	160.16/cwt	155.00–161.00	876	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	145.33/cwt	145.00–147.00	824	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	153.47/cwt	148.00–157.00	893	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	624	141.02/cwt	139.00–147.00	880	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	858	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	660	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	851	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	686	139.64/cwt	136.00–140.00	958	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	722	131.04/cwt	127.00–133.25	946	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	770	129.84/cwt	126.00–130.75	1,000	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	124.25/cwt	122.00–125.00	957	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	847	128.85/cwt	128.85–128.85	1,091	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	858	122.70/cwt	119.00–123.00	1,053	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	118.16/cwt	115.50–120.00	1,081	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	337	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	472	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	420	140.26/cwt	135.00–144.00	589	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	552	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	488	135.27/cwt	134.00–136.00	660	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	523	132.47/cwt	129.00–136.00	693	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	576	131.79/cwt	127.00–135.00	759	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	630	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	643	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	634	127.82/cwt	122.00–129.00	810	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	670	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	637	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	115.02/cwt	109.00–117.00	784	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	704	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	866	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	108.49/cwt	105.00–111.00	829	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	824	124.90/cwt	124.90–124.90	1,029	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	889	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	941	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,082	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1,017	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	925	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	355	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	632	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	601	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	617	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	482	162.60/cwt	161.00–163.00	784	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	142.04/cwt	139.00–145.00	764	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	546	150.80/cwt	150.00–151.00	823	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	798	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	562	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	832	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	643	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	855	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	832	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	890	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	676	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	853	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	823	12
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	995	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	866	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,003	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	868	17
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,265	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	936	1
Bulls	—	—	1,841	96.93/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,784	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	54.10/cwt	50.00–57.00	602	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,133	44.51/cwt	44.00–45.00	504	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	49.32/cwt	48.00–51.00	569	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	57.47/cwt	57.00–58.00	706	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,390	66.38/cwt	63.00–70.00	923	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,604	64.25/cwt	63.00–68.00	1,031	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,623	60.39/cwt	58.00–62.00	980	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,404	1,076.05/cwt	1,050.00–1,100.00	15,108	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,565	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	12,520	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,118	80.81/cwt	75.00–84.00	903	3

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 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 716Last week 494Year ago 648

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 59Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 1Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	139.00–145.00	142.04
1	—	550	145.00	145.00
1	—	420	147.00	147.00
5	—	364	165.00	165.00
2	—	660	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	562	148.00	148.00
3	—	643	133.00	133.00
5	—	546	150.00–151.00	150.80
5	—	482	161.00–163.00	162.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	110.00	110.00
1	—	585	130.00	130.00
1	—	890	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	915	115.50–120.00	118.16
2	—	530	148.00	148.00
65	—	847	128.85	128.85
1	—	475	158.00	158.00
14	—	858	119.00–123.00	122.70
6	—	567	145.00–147.00	145.33
2	—	342	180.00	180.00
1	—	640	134.00	134.00
2	—	405	155.00	155.00
14	—	770	122.00–125.00	124.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	481	159.00–165.00	163.27
7	—	435	180.00–182.00	181.43
27	—	770	126.00–130.75	129.84
7	—	547	155.00–161.00	160.16
43	—	686	136.00–140.00	139.64
42	—	624	139.00–147.00	141.02
31	—	582	148.00–157.00	153.47
21	—	722	127.00–133.25	131.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	145.00	145.00
1	—	535	131.00	131.00
1	—	940	110.00	110.00
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
1	—	660	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	135.00–144.00	140.26
44	—	523	129.00–136.00	132.47
37	—	634	122.00–129.00	127.82
21	—	576	127.00–135.00	131.79
16	—	488	134.00–136.00	135.27
7	—	704	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	682	109.00–117.00	115.02
1	—	855	104.00	104.00
1	—	500	122.00	122.00
6	—	764	105.00–111.00	108.49
2	—	337	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,017	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	824	124.90	124.90
61	—	941	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	95.00	95.00
1	—	630	102.00	102.00
1	—	445	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	87.00	87.00
17	—	1,003	86.50	86.50
12	—	853	96.50	96.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	44.00–45.00	44.51
8	—	1,113	50.00–57.00	54.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,604	63.00–68.00	64.25
2	—	1,623	58.00–62.00	60.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	48.00–51.00	49.32
14	—	1,390	63.00–70.00	66.38
2	—	1,228	57.00–58.00	57.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,841	94.00–101.00	96.93
1	—	1,265	74.00	74.00

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	—	1,404	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,076.05

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	—	1,565	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,118	75.00–84.00	80.81

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.