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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 24
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,539 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 1,664▲ 85 vs year ago 1,454 · +5.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 57▲ 5 vs year ago 123 · +4.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 4 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher with good demand for weaned packages. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady with moderate demand. Yearling steers sold 2.00 higher with good demand. Yearling heifers limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with moderate demand under heavy supply. Slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $274.55/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −172.47 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.
Average price
$274.55
114 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$453
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$70.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.89
vs KY average
+0.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566277.041,569110
Small and Medium 1-2541206.251,1164thin
One grade step is worth $70.79/cwt here — about $453 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale114 hd
274.55
—
KY average24 barns · 990 hd
262.66
+11.89
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
+0.26
This barn, trailing median34 sales
447.02
−172.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
515456398339median 447.0203/0304/2807/1409/0811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.70, low $353.17, median $447.02 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,630154.052,5108thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,497121.711,82229
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,271120.641,53441
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,100108.781,19724
HeifersChoiceAverage1,197160.661,9234thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,215$1,6882thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,590$2,3001thin

Every lot

104 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2297295.00/cwt295.00–295.008768
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369282.76/cwt270.00–301.001,0438
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375237.00/cwt237.00–237.008891
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added419288.43/cwt285.00–289.001,20928
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428264.85/cwt260.00–270.001,1342
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462272.69/cwt270.00–274.001,2603
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added490288.90/cwt287.00–290.001,41617
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513291.21/cwt287.00–299.001,49420
Steers500–550Small and Medium 1-2515202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0432
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536257.45/cwt252.00–261.001,38011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560256.41/cwt250.00–262.501,4366
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2567210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added586277.80/cwt265.00–282.001,62873
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3618213.37/cwt210.00–220.001,3193
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620234.38/cwt230.00–239.001,4536
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629263.42/cwt242.50–275.001,65754
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3677215.35/cwt200.00–224.001,4586
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687251.89/cwt250.00–252.501,73024
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3707217.55/cwt210.00–220.001,5385
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727235.13/cwt230.00–236.001,7097
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added738244.37/cwt244.00–244.501,80361
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3750227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,7032
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added753241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,8188
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793235.72/cwt234.75–239.501,86981
Steers800–850Large 1-2800220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7602
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed814246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,002131
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3816215.65/cwt210.00–220.001,7607
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,8773
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3853220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8774
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872231.49/cwt227.25–235.502,019118
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,037190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3323220.00/cwt220.00–220.007114
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325240.00/cwt240.00–240.007803
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added343266.00/cwt266.00–266.0091223
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378248.02/cwt245.00–251.009382
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3383226.94/cwt220.00–235.008698
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415210.88/cwt201.00–221.008752
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427242.83/cwt242.50–243.001,0373
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added433249.50/cwt245.00–270.001,08040
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3458225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,03111
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2464200.74/cwt200.00–201.009314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1282
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2511192.48/cwt191.00–200.009846
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3514225.59/cwt222.00–228.001,1608
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517233.50/cwt230.00–237.001,20711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3343
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2742
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565230.03/cwt228.00–232.001,3009
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627217.34/cwt215.00–218.001,3639
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3638194.44/cwt191.00–201.001,2418
Heifers650–700Large 1-2660193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,2741
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4473
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685238.08/cwt236.00–240.101,631152
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3690198.91/cwt187.00–211.001,3724
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709201.79/cwt193.00–211.001,4317
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769227.27/cwt225.75–228.751,748139
Heifers750–800Large 1-2780195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5211
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3830149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,2371
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added832209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7395
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open838192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,60910
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855170.95/cwt162.00–180.001,4622
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added897202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,8127
Heifers900–950Large 1-2905189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,7101
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3915150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3731
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added946207.75/cwt207.75–207.751,96532
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,010158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,5961
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,080162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,7551
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,100122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3423
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Small and Medium 1-2290227.50/cwt227.50–227.506601
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2333261.71/cwt260.00–262.508713
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2389287.89/cwt277.50–295.001,1205
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2414256.31/cwt241.00–262.501,0618
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added437277.93/cwt275.00–291.001,2155
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2482258.41/cwt244.00–270.001,2468
Bulls500–550Small and Medium 1-2520202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0532
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2538244.00/cwt243.00–245.001,3132
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3567222.43/cwt220.00–225.001,2614
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570241.26/cwt240.00–245.001,37510
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2664208.49/cwt207.00–210.001,3844
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725192.06/cwt190.00–194.001,3924
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2793184.52/cwt179.00–190.001,4632
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805187.52/cwt185.00–190.001,5102
Bulls900–950Large 1-2910151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3741
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2935170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5901
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3970143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,3871
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3Thin Fleshed845194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,63967
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3917192.75/cwt192.75–192.751,76855
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,197160.66/cwt154.00–165.001,9234
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,325140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,8552
Bulls——1,700153.67/cwt153.00–155.002,6123
Bulls——1,762163.80/cwt160.00–167.002,8863
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010100.43/cwt97.00–102.501,0144
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070115.95/cwt114.00–119.001,2416
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,139108.10/cwt104.00–114.001,23114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228119.99/cwt118.00–122.001,47314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,284124.67/cwt122.00–130.001,60118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,314113.59/cwt110.00–116.001,4939
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443124.49/cwt122.00–129.001,79619
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568118.55/cwt117.00–122.001,8597
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,675111.44/cwt110.00–112.001,8673
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5902,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0401,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3901,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251

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.