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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 29

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Jun 22Jun 29Jul 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

734 head

▼ 652 vs last sale 1,386▲ 6 vs year ago 728 · +0.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

38 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 53▼ 35 vs year ago 73 · −47.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 0▼ 16 vs year ago 22 · −72.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady on similar quality; yearling steers and heifers sold 4.00 higher in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 1.00 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 $140.10/cwt on 351 head.

Average price

$140.10

351 head · 851 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$533

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

$7.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.75

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	854	140.19	1,198	346
Medium and Large 2-3	615	133.57	821	4thin
Small and Medium 1-2	500	133.00	665	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.19/cwt here — about $533 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 sale351 hd

140.10

—

KY average26 barns · 4,037 hd

143.84

−3.75

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	1,553	103.64	1,610	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,545	70.63	1,091	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	69.39	884	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,174	65.95	774	4thin

Every lot

79 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	370	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	629	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	470	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	729	2
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	500	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	665	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	512	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	873	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	530	135.63/cwt	131.00–140.00	719	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	151.00/cwt	147.00–155.00	815	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	566	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	900	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	152.73/cwt	149.00–154.00	939	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	898	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	650	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	904	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	651	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	990	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	959	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	135.00/cwt	134.00–136.00	992	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	736	145.20/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,069	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	750	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	930	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,025	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	767	138.63/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,063	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	888	137.24/cwt	136.00–137.50	1,219	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	971	134.90/cwt	134.90–134.90	1,310	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	972	136.90/cwt	136.90–136.90	1,331	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,030	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,354	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	245	128.75/cwt	125.00–132.50	315	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	303	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	406	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	342	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	441	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	451	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	501	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	386	138.26/cwt	138.00–139.00	534	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	549	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	474	143.76/cwt	140.00–147.00	681	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	532	143.47/cwt	141.00–145.50	763	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	564	139.96/cwt	136.00–144.00	789	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	764	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	597	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	716	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	613	134.42/cwt	130.00–136.00	824	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	127.65/cwt	127.00–129.00	808	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	660	133.60/cwt	131.00–137.00	882	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	710	125.67/cwt	125.00–127.00	892	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	736	138.76/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,021	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	770	139.10/cwt	137.75–140.00	1,071	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	782	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	860	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	852	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	855	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,116	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	881	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	860	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	800	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	875	113.91/cwt	110.00–118.00	997	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	910	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,056	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	270	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	378	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	330	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	564	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	551	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	376	172.04/cwt	171.00–173.00	647	4
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	405	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	522	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	412	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	684	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	602	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	426	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	724	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	533	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	720	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	815	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	673	122.45/cwt	120.00–125.00	824	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	816	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	987	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	535	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	441	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,553	103.64/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,610	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	630	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,190	69.27/cwt	65.00–72.00	824	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	67.32/cwt	66.00–69.00	820	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	819	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,336	72.92/cwt	71.00–76.00	974	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,519	67.87/cwt	66.00–70.00	1,031	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,554	73.80/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,147	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,640	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,066	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,295	936.94/cwt	825.00–975.00	12,133	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,345	1,001.49/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	13,470	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,325	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	12,588	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,423	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	15,297	2

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 Jun 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 734Last week 1,386Year ago 728

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 53Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	816	121.00	121.00
2	—	412	166.00	166.00
1	—	330	171.00	171.00
4	—	376	171.00–173.00	172.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	135.00	135.00
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
2	—	673	120.00–125.00	122.45
1	—	270	140.00	140.00
1	—	415	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	632	129.00	129.00
1	—	550	150.00	150.00
2	—	367	150.00	150.00
1	—	715	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	426	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	855	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	140.00–147.00	143.76
73	—	736	133.00–139.00	138.76
23	—	613	130.00–136.00	134.42
12	—	386	138.00–139.00	138.26
111	—	770	137.75–140.00	139.10
16	—	532	141.00–145.50	143.47
15	—	660	131.00–137.00	133.60
7	—	564	136.00–144.00	139.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	710	125.00–127.00	125.67
2	—	875	110.00–118.00	113.91
1	—	910	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	120.00	120.00
2	—	342	129.00	129.00
1	—	860	93.00	93.00
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
1	—	370	122.00	122.00
2	—	597	120.00	120.00
2	—	782	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	127.00–129.00	127.65
1	—	570	134.00	134.00
1	—	855	103.00	103.00
1	—	835	102.00	102.00
1	—	720	115.00	115.00
1	—	675	125.00	125.00
1	—	410	134.00	134.00
3	—	303	134.00	134.00
2	—	377	133.00	133.00
2	—	245	125.00–132.50	128.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	972	136.90	136.90
52	—	888	136.00–137.50	137.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	134.00	134.00
1	—	615	146.00	146.00
2	—	540	147.00–155.00	151.00
3	—	735	134.00–136.00	135.00
1	—	685	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	170.00	170.00
2	—	512	170.50	170.50
11	—	767	138.00–139.00	138.63
9	—	651	152.00	152.00
28	—	615	149.00–154.00	152.73
65	—	736	139.00–148.00	145.20
6	—	566	159.00	159.00
2	—	470	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,030	131.50	131.50
50	—	971	134.90	134.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	131.00–140.00	135.63
1	—	650	139.00	139.00
1	—	750	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	82.50	82.50

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)	2	—	1,345	900.00–1,100.00	1,001.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,295	825.00–975.00	936.94

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	950.00	950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,423	1,075.00	1,075.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	65.00	65.00
7	—	1,554	72.00–78.00	73.80
6	—	1,519	66.00–70.00	67.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,218	66.00–69.00	67.32
2	—	1,260	65.00	65.00
6	—	1,336	71.00–76.00	72.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,190	65.00–72.00	69.27
1	—	1,125	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,553	95.00–107.00	103.64

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.