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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, May 24

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← May 17May 24May 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

979 head

▲ 126 vs last sale 853▲ 631 vs year ago 348 · +181.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

172 head

▲ 103 vs last sale 69▲ 99 vs year ago 73 · +135.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 14▲ 0 vs year ago 2 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady to 2.00 higher with buyers showing preference for weaned thin-fleshed calf packages; some fleshy bawling calves facing discounts. Yearlings limited comparison with last week. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher with very 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 $167.83/cwt on 575 head.

Average price

$167.83

575 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$21.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.61

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	665	167.95	1,117	569
Large 1-2	470	167.67	788	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	605	146.00	883	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.95/cwt here — about $235 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 sale575 hd

167.83

—

KY average25 barns · 5,354 hd

165.23

+2.61

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	1,733	127.50	2,210	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,289	94.58	1,219	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	91.13	1,413	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,083	81.32	881	37

Every lot

93 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 1-2	200	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	350	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	253	181.03/cwt	180.00–183.00	458	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	623	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	350	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	623	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	373	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	783	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2Value Added	415	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	755	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	425	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	710	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	187.29/cwt	185.00–188.00	802	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	445	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	903	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	474	188.60/cwt	186.00–191.00	894	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	178.67/cwt	171.00–183.00	884	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	911	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	526	194.96/cwt	179.00–203.00	1,025	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	186.75/cwt	181.00–189.00	1,046	35
Steers	—	Large 1-2	570	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	878	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	169.32/cwt	165.00–170.00	984	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	166.03/cwt	155.00–171.50	1,024	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	148.87/cwt	148.00–152.00	929	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	668	167.33/cwt	153.50–172.50	1,118	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	146.16/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,007	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	725	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,117	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	732	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	952	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,065	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	777	159.10/cwt	159.10–159.10	1,236	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	151.71/cwt	151.70–151.75	1,252	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,110	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	900	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,332	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	285	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	506	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	479	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	326	175.44/cwt	173.00–180.00	572	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	154.41/cwt	152.00–159.00	587	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	381	169.41/cwt	166.00–172.00	645	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	591	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	577	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	436	165.03/cwt	160.00–169.50	720	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	460	135.02/cwt	133.00–137.00	621	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	469	162.70/cwt	155.00–168.00	763	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	514	155.35/cwt	149.00–159.00	798	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	142.93/cwt	140.00–146.00	748	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	733	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	142.27/cwt	141.00–145.00	800	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	151.96/cwt	147.00–159.00	884	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	585	130.53/cwt	126.00–135.00	764	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	624	145.28/cwt	138.00–151.00	907	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	628	126.06/cwt	123.00–131.00	792	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	130.97/cwt	130.00–134.00	833	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	142.94/cwt	138.00–147.00	958	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	905	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	854	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	719	133.33/cwt	131.00–144.00	959	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	753	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	896	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	785	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	926	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	787	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,102	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	811	88.69/cwt	83.00–92.00	719	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	813	136.77/cwt	130.00–138.50	1,112	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	112.93/cwt	110.00–116.00	982	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	882	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,147	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	920	88.33/cwt	88.00–89.00	813	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1,142	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,051	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	410	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	176.31/cwt	176.00–177.00	591	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	373	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	750	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	707	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	172.62/cwt	171.00–175.00	727	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	423	183.23/cwt	179.00–186.00	775	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	170.50/cwt	163.00–174.00	803	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	478	178.90/cwt	177.00–183.00	855	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	505	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	909	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	818	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	559	171.17/cwt	171.00–172.00	957	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	148.45/cwt	140.00–154.00	843	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	629	149.31/cwt	146.00–152.00	939	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	143.29/cwt	141.00–144.00	914	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	139.28/cwt	134.00–145.00	922	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	715	131.49/cwt	131.00–132.00	940	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	126.70/cwt	125.00–128.00	919	3
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	725	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	885	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	997	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	106.06/cwt	100.00–112.00	992	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,170	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,080	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,166	1
Bulls	—	—	1,780	128.89/cwt	117.00–137.00	2,294	14
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	845	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	515	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	925	64.92/cwt	64.00–66.00	601	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	85.69/cwt	80.00–99.00	931	24
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,131	76.15/cwt	74.00–79.00	861	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	86.01/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,104	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,291	96.88/cwt	90.00–112.00	1,251	41
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,524	86.80/cwt	79.00–89.00	1,323	34
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,576	95.46/cwt	90.00–105.00	1,504	34
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	995	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,960	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 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 979Last week 853Year ago 348

Slaughter CattleReceipts 172Last week 69Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 14Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	253	180.00–183.00	181.03
21	—	512	178.00	178.00
26	—	689	145.00–150.00	146.16
8	—	428	185.00–188.00	187.29
48	—	825	151.70–151.75	151.71
7	—	581	165.00–170.00	169.32
3	—	495	171.00–183.00	178.67
9	—	624	148.00–152.00	148.87
3	—	328	190.00	190.00
2	—	750	142.00	142.00
1	—	895	124.00	124.00
1	—	200	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	178.00	178.00
2	—	732	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	154.00	154.00
1	—	425	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	900	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	474	186.00–191.00	188.60
35	—	560	181.00–189.00	186.75
66	—	777	159.10	159.10
130	—	668	153.50–172.50	167.33
2	—	725	154.00	154.00
5	—	373	210.00	210.00
62	—	526	179.00–203.00	194.96
54	—	617	155.00–171.50	166.03
2	—	445	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	326	173.00–180.00	175.44
8	—	381	166.00–172.00	169.41
3	—	670	138.00–147.00	142.94
19	—	624	138.00–151.00	145.28
28	—	469	155.00–168.00	162.70
2	—	787	140.00	140.00
53	—	582	147.00–159.00	151.96
40	—	436	160.00–169.50	165.03
17	—	719	131.00–144.00	133.33
41	—	514	149.00–159.00	155.35
1	—	285	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	380	152.00–159.00	154.41
1	—	675	134.00	134.00
3	—	753	119.00	119.00
2	—	523	140.00–146.00	142.93
2	—	870	110.00–116.00	112.93
1	—	315	152.00	152.00
1	—	405	146.00	146.00
1	—	700	122.00	122.00
8	—	562	141.00–145.00	142.27
4	—	636	130.00–134.00	130.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	133.00–137.00	135.02
3	—	628	123.00–131.00	126.06
4	—	811	83.00–92.00	88.69
3	—	920	88.00–89.00	88.33
4	—	585	126.00–135.00	130.53
2	—	785	118.00	118.00
1	—	535	137.00	137.00
1	—	415	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,142	92.00	92.00
2	—	882	130.00	130.00
21	—	813	130.00–138.50	136.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	180.00	180.00
3	—	478	177.00–183.00	178.90
6	—	559	171.00–172.00	171.17
5	—	373	201.00	201.00
9	—	423	179.00–186.00	183.23
2	—	715	131.00–132.00	131.49
9	—	629	146.00–152.00	149.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
1	—	525	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	140.00–154.00	148.45
5	—	421	171.00–175.00	172.62
2	—	380	186.00	186.00
7	—	638	141.00–144.00	143.29
1	—	240	171.00	171.00
3	—	725	125.00–128.00	126.70
3	—	335	176.00–177.00	176.31
2	—	935	100.00–112.00	106.06
6	—	1,000	117.00	117.00
2	—	542	151.00	151.00
3	—	471	163.00–174.00	170.50
1	—	755	132.00	132.00
3	—	662	134.00–145.00	139.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	122.00	122.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,291	90.00–112.00	96.88
11	—	1,283	82.00–88.00	86.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	64.00–66.00	64.92
24	—	1,086	80.00–99.00	85.69
10	—	1,131	74.00–79.00	76.15
1	—	845	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,524	79.00–89.00	86.80
34	—	1,576	90.00–105.00	95.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,780	117.00–137.00	128.89
1	—	1,080	108.00	108.00

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	—	995	800.00	800.00

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.