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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 3
● Final117 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,333 head
▲ 1,183 vs last sale 150▼ 16 vs year ago 1,349 · −1.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 51▼ 45 vs year ago 81 · −55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers traded noticeably higher in a limited comparison to last week's lite test ahead of the Holiday. Very good demand for 600-800 lb yearling steers and heifers and weaned calf packages. Market very active on a good through attractive quality offering. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher in a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls steady in a lite test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $292.67/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −154.35 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.
Average price
$292.67
62 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$331
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$77.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.46
vs KY average
−32.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527307.161,61942
Large 1-2565265.001,49717thin
Medium and Large 2-3500255.001,2752thin
Small and Medium 1-2560230.001,2881thin
One grade step is worth $77.16/cwt here — about $331 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 sale62 hd
292.67
—
KY average13 barns · 459 hd
287.21
+5.46
National average187 barns · 33,494 hd
325.37
−32.70
This barn, trailing median34 sales
447.02
−154.35
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—Average1,814155.642,8236thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,400129.331,81114
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,176125.661,4779thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,121112.081,2566thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,170136.001,5912thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,340156.002,0901thin

Every lot

117 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3260290.00/cwt290.00–290.007541
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330347.85/cwt345.00–355.001,1486
Steers350–400Small and Medium 1-2365217.50/cwt217.50–217.507941
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,2541
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2412289.73/cwt282.50–292.501,1947
Steers400–450Large 1-2422287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,2112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added443327.05/cwt310.00–329.001,44927
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1-2460230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471308.29/cwt295.00–327.001,45211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2752
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522314.52/cwt290.00–317.501,64234
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2560230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2881
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5763
Steers550–600Large 1-2565265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,49717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6302
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,3861
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622257.15/cwt250.00–259.001,59914
Steers600–650Large 1-2627252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5802
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630295.92/cwt265.00–298.001,864179
Steers600–650Large 1-2Value Added648255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,65213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660277.30/cwt276.00–279.001,83031
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673251.61/cwt250.00–254.001,69313
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3695239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6611
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,6981
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3733230.49/cwt230.00–231.001,6892
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added742259.28/cwt251.00–263.001,92440
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781242.99/cwt241.00–245.001,8984
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fancy784268.75/cwt268.75–268.752,10762
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added789259.50/cwt250.00–262.002,04777
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3805222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7872
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815243.16/cwt241.00–244.001,98218
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy825230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8984
Steers800–850Large 1-2826225.37/cwt225.00–226.001,86211
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy870235.65/cwt234.00–237.002,0509
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added880249.25/cwt249.25–249.252,19361
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2886239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,1183
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2911225.27/cwt224.00–230.002,05214
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Fancy927250.37/cwt247.75–253.002,321109
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,025183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,8761
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,080191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,0631
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,133184.48/cwt175.00–194.002,0902
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy205300.00/cwt300.00–300.006152
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260280.00/cwt280.00–280.007281
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300285.00/cwt285.00–285.008551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310250.00/cwt250.00–250.007751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3353246.65/cwt240.00–250.008713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363272.41/cwt270.00–275.009899
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2370212.50/cwt212.50–212.507861
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375288.25/cwt281.00–305.001,0817
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420284.07/cwt265.00–287.501,1938
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435250.80/cwt250.00–252.501,0913
Heifers400–450Large 1-2437233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,0182
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2457247.51/cwt247.00–248.001,1314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added477268.38/cwt264.00–275.001,28021
Heifers500–550Large 1-2500230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526246.27/cwt246.00–247.501,29517
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527256.56/cwt255.00–261.001,35214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2198
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574258.06/cwt252.50–262.001,48116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582244.52/cwt242.00–247.001,4234
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3582228.65/cwt227.00–232.001,3316
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618233.71/cwt231.00–235.001,4443
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3626217.28/cwt215.00–218.001,3604
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Replacement633272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,72276
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6175
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676234.40/cwt230.00–236.001,58511
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3681206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,4034
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685246.22/cwt240.00–248.001,68798
Heifers700–750Large 1-2Replacement706246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7375
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Replacement714243.52/cwt242.00–244.001,73913
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3726209.74/cwt190.00–220.001,5233
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731229.88/cwt226.00–238.001,68024
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7252
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3807182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4692
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open840205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7222
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3930159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4791
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3965167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,6161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2305307.50/cwt307.50–307.509381
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3310257.50/cwt257.50–257.507981
Bulls300–350Large 1-2342275.00/cwt275.00–275.009412
Bulls300–350Small and Medium 1-2345250.00/cwt250.00–250.008631
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3355287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,0211
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,2991
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,1821
Bulls400–450Small and Medium 1-2423230.00/cwt230.00–230.009733
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added428314.87/cwt307.50–322.501,3482
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3445244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0861
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479310.94/cwt297.00–317.501,48910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3510230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1731
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2532256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3624
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4715
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3569244.52/cwt242.50–247.001,3917
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576269.26/cwt261.00–274.001,55119
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578250.81/cwt250.00–252.501,4503
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3802
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3635220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3971
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2666229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5254
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6866
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3733202.84/cwt201.00–204.001,4875
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added738235.33/cwt235.00–236.001,7373
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added755230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7371
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3761200.06/cwt196.00–204.001,5224
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2825184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,5181
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3840170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4283
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3940151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4191
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,340156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,0901
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,170136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,5912
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,785160.72/cwt157.00–165.002,8693
Bulls——1,843150.56/cwt149.00–154.002,7753
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115117.70/cwt114.00–121.001,3125
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,136122.70/cwt120.00–127.001,3945
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15084.00/cwt84.00–84.009661
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225129.37/cwt126.00–135.001,5854
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,280123.33/cwt123.00–124.001,5793
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433130.97/cwt126.00–138.001,87711

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.