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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 19
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
994 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 1,013▲ 732 vs year ago 262 · +279.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 90▼ 10 vs year ago 49 · −20.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 16▲ 5 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 heifers sold steady to lower on average quality offerings in a limited comparison with more fleshy calves on offer and impending winter weather front to impact the region on Thursday buyers showing preference for long-weaned preconditioned calves. Fleshy short-weaned calves pulled right off cows facing discounts. Demand moderate to good for good quality preconditioned calf packages. Yearlings steady in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower with moderate demand. 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 $273.55/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −173.47 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.
Average price
$273.55
41 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$28.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.83
vs KY average
−35.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565277.071,56536
Medium and Large 2-3536248.141,3315thin
One grade step is worth $28.94/cwt here — about $234 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale41 hd
273.55
—
KY average24 barns · 1,150 hd
272.71
+0.83
National average182 barns · 24,645 hd
309.26
−35.71
This barn, trailing median34 sales
447.02
−173.47
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—Low1,638146.462,3997thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,511115.261,7419thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,339113.921,5259thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,008101.891,02711

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)1,337$1,4583thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,215$1,6862thin

Every lot

109 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3300285.00/cwt285.00–285.008551
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added348319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,1103
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3364281.21/cwt255.00–290.001,0244
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1251
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added426288.85/cwt277.50–310.001,23115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474289.16/cwt275.00–293.001,37115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485270.81/cwt265.00–275.001,3136
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3524245.92/cwt236.00–257.501,2894
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532264.92/cwt261.00–269.001,4093
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564281.81/cwt266.00–285.001,58929
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5031
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595251.86/cwt250.00–257.501,4994
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2610210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630276.08/cwt254.00–283.501,739118
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637243.64/cwt242.00–245.001,55219
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672259.03/cwt253.00–260.001,74196
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6402
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3674232.83/cwt225.00–238.001,5696
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710246.17/cwt237.50–249.001,74853
Steers700–750Large 1-2720225.64/cwt219.00–229.001,6253
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3725220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5951
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742237.80/cwt237.00–238.001,7645
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3775225.50/cwt225.00–226.001,7482
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8332
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added786243.35/cwt241.00–245.001,91368
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813224.90/cwt224.00–226.001,82811
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867227.37/cwt225.00–230.001,97112
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3877207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,8152
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3965197.49/cwt195.00–200.001,9062
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2974202.40/cwt202.00–203.001,9715
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed988233.90/cwt233.90–233.902,31154
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,080189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,0411
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,145191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,1872
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,195190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,2711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Small and Medium 1-2260213.00/cwt213.00–213.005541
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285228.75/cwt200.00–245.006523
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340249.25/cwt247.50–251.008472
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2368211.22/cwt210.00–212.507772
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370260.40/cwt257.50–263.009632
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added373281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0489
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3383232.92/cwt220.00–246.008922
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added416268.04/cwt264.00–270.001,11512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418240.67/cwt240.00–242.501,0068
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2477200.00/cwt200.00–200.009542
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479251.40/cwt250.00–255.001,20411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485229.97/cwt227.50–232.501,1153
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491241.74/cwt237.00–244.001,1874
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515252.60/cwt245.00–256.001,30134
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526240.33/cwt237.50–242.501,2645
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530224.00/cwt220.00–226.001,1873
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2560212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570226.62/cwt225.00–230.001,2923
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584240.28/cwt237.50–242.501,40315
Heifers600–650Large 1-2605230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3922
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3607220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3352
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617250.65/cwt233.00–258.001,54739
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4064
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660204.54/cwt199.00–210.001,3502
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667245.08/cwt234.00–253.001,63537
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5581
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736220.99/cwt220.00–222.001,6264
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3840185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5541
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open860205.47/cwt203.00–208.001,7672
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2227285.00/cwt285.00–285.006472
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy290340.00/cwt340.00–340.009861
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3333260.38/cwt250.00–270.008672
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3363210.00/cwt210.00–210.007623
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378295.52/cwt285.00–299.001,1174
Bulls400–450Small and Medium 1-2415215.00/cwt215.00–215.008923
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0191
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3445232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,0351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3465230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0702
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474253.46/cwt245.00–267.501,2016
Bulls450–500Large 1-2475237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1261
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added477272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3002
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527261.55/cwt257.50–264.001,3788
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2534252.46/cwt246.00–257.001,34811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3538235.07/cwt230.00–240.001,2652
Bulls500–550Small and Medium 1-2540210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1341
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4252
Bulls550–600Small and Medium 1-2555222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2351
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579250.73/cwt245.00–255.001,45212
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3461
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4702
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3883
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3618210.72/cwt190.00–217.501,3024
Bulls600–650Large 1-2632211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3342
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2654223.01/cwt220.00–225.001,4585
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3667214.55/cwt194.00–219.001,4318
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2828191.03/cwt184.00–192.001,5828
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3860197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,69453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,413129.83/cwt123.00–136.001,8342
Bulls——1,548147.90/cwt141.00–153.002,2893
Bulls——1,998160.94/cwt158.00–164.003,2162
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87881.87/cwt79.00–85.007192
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02894.77/cwt92.00–97.009742
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031107.43/cwt106.00–109.001,1084
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050112.58/cwt112.00–113.001,1823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240113.36/cwt112.00–114.001,4065
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,4171
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390112.55/cwt111.00–114.001,5644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,415109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,5422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,510120.24/cwt118.00–123.001,8162
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,684119.53/cwt117.00–123.002,0134
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-3790121.00/cwt121.00–121.009561
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,5381
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,2151,686.42/head1,675.00–1,700.001,6862
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,3251,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3601,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251

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.