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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-24

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

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

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Feeder Cattle receipts

556 head

▼ 1,237 vs last sale 1,793▼ 578 vs year ago 1,134 · −51.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

51 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 41▲ 3 vs year ago 48 · +6.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold unevenly steady with good demand; very good demand for yearling 600-700 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher; over 700 lbs sold 5.00 higher with very good demand. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower with good demand; decline on lightweights. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 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 $154.90/cwt on 333 head.

Average price

$154.90

333 head · 829 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,284

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$442

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

$13.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.62

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	832	155.06	1,290	329
Medium and Large 2-3	600	141.25	848	4thin

One grade step is worth $13.81/cwt here — about $442 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 sale333 hd

154.90

—

KY average26 barns · 4,842 hd

152.28

+2.62

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	—	Low	1,612	98.58	1,589	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,462	67.43	986	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,141	66.13	754	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	942	59.25	558	5thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	479	168.99/cwt	168.00–170.00	809	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	745	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	156.23/cwt	155.00–158.00	814	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	581	165.67/cwt	159.00–167.00	963	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	842	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	595	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	815	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	169.72/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,047	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	695	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,140	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	719	154.27/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,109	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,133	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,062	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	805	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,047	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	853	158.20/cwt	158.20–158.20	1,349	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	864	154.11/cwt	153.75–154.50	1,332	127
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	927	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,372	79
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	318	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	375	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	139.98/cwt	139.00–142.00	462	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	134.70/cwt	130.00–139.00	520	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	386	124.67/cwt	120.00–127.00	481	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	134.01/cwt	132.00–135.00	583	6
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	461	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	622	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	502	141.65/cwt	137.00–144.00	711	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	523	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	680	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	729	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	570	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	764	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	778	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	595	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	833	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	638	143.79/cwt	138.00–145.00	917	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	671	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	872	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	675	134.93/cwt	133.00–139.00	911	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	708	128.20/cwt	125.00–129.00	908	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	710	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	774	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	720	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	806	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	112.00/cwt	111.00–114.00	851	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	770	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,140	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	815	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	921	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	840	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	731	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	891	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,143	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,029	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	502	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	367	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	617	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	402	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	563	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	672	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	472	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	826	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	136.52/cwt	136.00–137.00	648	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	3
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	532	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	713	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	603	133.01/cwt	130.00–136.00	802	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	765	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	757	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,100	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	905	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	760	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,250	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	850	1
Bulls	—	—	1,410	92.29/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,301	2
Bulls	—	—	1,740	105.78/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,841	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	873	58.06/cwt	55.00–62.00	507	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,108	66.94/cwt	64.00–69.00	742	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,220	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	781	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	62.50/cwt	62.00–63.00	805	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,447	65.93/cwt	63.00–68.00	954	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	72.44/cwt	71.00–73.00	1,094	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 Aug 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 556Last week 1,793Year ago 1,134

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 41Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,143	90.00	90.00
3	—	760	111.00–114.00	112.00
3	—	548	133.00	133.00
3	—	330	139.00–142.00	139.98
8	—	386	130.00–139.00	134.70
6	—	576	135.00	135.00
6	—	435	132.00–135.00	134.01
1	—	900	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	87.00	87.00
1	—	755	100.00	100.00
1	—	580	125.00	125.00
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
1	—	318	118.00	118.00
3	—	523	130.00	130.00
3	—	386	120.00–127.00	124.67
1	—	710	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	133.00–139.00	134.93
3	—	502	137.00–144.00	141.65
64	—	770	148.00	148.00
22	—	638	138.00–145.00	143.79
12	—	595	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	461	135.00	135.00
1	—	720	112.00	112.00
6	—	570	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	113.00	113.00
1	—	630	130.00	130.00
8	—	671	130.00	130.00
5	—	708	125.00–129.00	128.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	853	158.20	158.20
79	—	927	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	137.00	137.00
1	—	585	144.00	144.00
1	—	345	165.00	165.00
127	—	864	153.75–154.50	154.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	137.00	137.00
2	—	500	149.00	149.00
1	—	805	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	581	159.00–167.00	165.67
5	—	521	155.00–158.00	156.23
7	—	479	168.00–170.00	168.99
4	—	750	151.00	151.00
18	—	617	163.00–171.00	169.72
11	—	695	164.00	164.00
8	—	719	149.00–155.00	154.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	130.00–136.00	133.01
1	—	880	125.00	125.00
1	—	425	158.00	158.00
1	—	320	157.00	157.00
3	—	500	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	532	134.00	134.00
2	—	905	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	472	175.00	175.00
2	—	367	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	120.00	120.00
2	—	475	136.00–137.00	136.52
2	—	402	140.00	140.00
1	—	765	99.00	99.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	873	55.00–62.00	58.06
1	—	1,220	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,510	71.00–73.00	72.44
10	—	1,447	63.00–68.00	65.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,108	64.00–69.00	66.94
2	—	1,288	62.00–63.00	62.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	68.00	68.00
6	—	1,740	100.00–112.00	105.78
2	—	1,410	89.00–95.00	92.29

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.