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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 5

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

599 head

▼ 535 vs last sale 1,134▼ 335 vs year ago 934 · −35.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 72▼ 79 vs year ago 119 · −66.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and yearlings sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower in a limited comparison. Feeder heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower with more fleshy, soft, bawling calves on offer compared to last week. Good quality weaned heifer packages and yearlings sold nearly steady. Buyers cautious about fat, bawling, unvaccinated calves due to health concerns and unseasonably warm weather. Well managed reputation cattle still trading with moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower in a lite test. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower in a lite test.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $269.63/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −177.39 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.

Average price

$269.63

31 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$28.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.76

vs KY average

−32.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	270.54	1,512	30
Medium and Large 2-3	545	242.50	1,322	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.04/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale31 hd

269.63

—

KY average23 barns · 1,031 hd

266.87

+2.76

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−32.22

This barn, trailing median34 sales

447.02

−177.39

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,641	144.63	2,373	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	115.69	1,439	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,484	115.46	1,713	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,035	93.96	972	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,152	154.04	1,775	5thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,205	$1,610	2thin

Every lot

78 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	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	315	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	827	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,134	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	391	323.77/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,266	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,126	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	418	282.53/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,181	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	537	275.24/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,478	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,322	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	264.23/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,514	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	592	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,616	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	246.01/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,513	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	620	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,690	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	640	232.79/cwt	219.00–235.00	1,490	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	695	254.04/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,766	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	726	255.36/cwt	249.00–257.50	1,854	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	223.44/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,718	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	818	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,041	61
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	832	250.90/cwt	250.90–250.90	2,087	71
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	880	198.84/cwt	182.50–215.00	1,750	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	920	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,840	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	923	234.90/cwt	234.90–234.90	2,168	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	664	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	251.11/cwt	247.50–255.00	824	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	355	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	808	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	242.47/cwt	232.50–247.50	900	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,002	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	217.41/cwt	210.00–225.00	957	2
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2	450	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	788	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	216.78/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,019	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	480	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,152	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	521	212.23/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,106	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	230.29/cwt	228.00–232.50	1,209	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	220.95/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,259	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	212.98/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,214	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	580	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,491	8
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	585	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,170	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	222.58/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,418	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	648	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,620	80
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,179	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	687	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,621	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	196.26/cwt	192.50–200.00	1,439	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	745	170.00/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,267	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	761	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,613	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	813	197.38/cwt	195.00–198.00	1,605	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,447	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,603	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	870	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,723	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	905	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,792	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	965	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,834	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	295	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	767	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	305	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	702	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,054	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,169	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	420	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,281	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	967	1
Bulls	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2	475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	950	1
Bulls	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	510	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	969	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	232.45/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,197	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	241.26/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,334	2
Bulls	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	590	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,195	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,324	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	226.44/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,415	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	209.67/cwt	192.50–227.50	1,401	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	718	174.98/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,256	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	205.21/cwt	180.00–221.00	1,492	5
Bulls	700–750	Large 1-2	747	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,382	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	765	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,320	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,152	154.04/cwt	146.00–159.00	1,775	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,423	131.36/cwt	126.00–137.00	1,869	2
Bulls	—	—	1,653	146.66/cwt	140.00–153.00	2,424	6
Bulls	—	—	2,005	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	3,188	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	965	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	733	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,058	99.95/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,057	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,244	115.69/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,439	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	116.02/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,624	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,470	109.89/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,615	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,692	119.74/cwt	119.00–121.00	2,026	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,205	1,610.37/head	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,610	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 Nov 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 599Last week 1,134Year ago 934

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 72Year ago 119

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	246.00	246.00
2	300–350	328	247.50–255.00	251.11
6	350–400	371	232.50–247.50	242.47
5	400–450	431	232.50	232.50
12	500–550	525	228.00–232.50	230.29
8	550–600	570	220.00–225.00	220.95
12	600–650	637	210.00–225.00	222.58
2	700–750	733	192.50–200.00	196.26
1	800–850	815	177.50	177.50
1	850–900	855	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	580	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	227.50	227.50
2	400–450	440	210.00–225.00	217.41
7	450–500	470	210.00–220.00	216.78
10	500–550	521	210.00–220.00	212.23
5	550–600	570	210.00–215.00	212.98
2	650–700	655	180.00	180.00
2	700–750	745	160.00–180.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	480	240.00	240.00
80	600–650	648	250.00	250.00
6	650–700	687	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	761	212.00	212.00
5	800–850	813	195.00–198.00	197.38
2	850–900	870	198.00	198.00
1	900–950	905	198.00	198.00
1	950–1000	965	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	175.00	175.00
1	550–600	585	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	302.50	302.50
2	400–450	417	270.00	270.00
12	550–600	573	262.00–266.00	264.23
2	600–650	615	245.00–247.00	246.01
4	750–800	769	220.00–234.00	223.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	320.00–325.00	323.77
7	400–450	418	280.00–290.00	282.53
14	500–550	537	270.00–277.00	275.24
4	550–600	592	273.00	273.00
1	600–650	620	272.50	272.50
46	650–700	695	254.00–255.00	254.04
27	700–750	726	249.00–257.50	255.36
71	800–850	832	250.90	250.90
59	900–950	923	234.90	234.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	262.50	262.50
1	500–550	545	242.50	242.50
7	600–650	640	219.00–235.00	232.79
2	700–750	725	200.00	200.00
2	850–900	880	182.50–215.00	198.84
1	900–950	920	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
61	800–850	818	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	260.00	260.00
1	300–350	305	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	425	227.50	227.50
1	550–600	595	222.50	222.50
2	700–750	718	170.00–180.00	174.98
1	750–800	765	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	747	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	510	190.00	190.00
2	550–600	590	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	410	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	515	230.00–235.00	232.45
2	550–600	553	240.00–242.50	241.26
5	600–650	625	225.00–232.50	226.44
2	650–700	668	192.50–227.50	209.67
5	700–750	727	180.00–221.00	205.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,152	146.00–159.00	154.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,470	108.00–112.00	109.89
3	—	1,692	119.00–121.00	119.74
7	—	1,400	115.00–118.00	116.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,244	113.00–117.00	115.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	76.00	76.00
3	—	1,058	96.00–103.00	99.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	126.00–137.00	131.36
1	—	2,005	159.00	159.00
6	—	1,653	140.00–153.00	146.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,205	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,610.37

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.