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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 4
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
847 head
▼ 152 vs last sale 999▼ 208 vs year ago 1,055 · −19.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 63▼ 49 vs year ago 138 · −35.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 7▼ 71 vs year ago 74 · −95.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers under 550 lbs sold steady with good demand for weaned packages; 550-800 lbs traded 5.00 to 10.00 lower with most decline on 600-700 lbs. Yearlings sold steady in a limited comparison with good demand. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower with moderate demand. CME cattle futures down Monday and again today put downward pressure on the feeder market. Slaughter cows sold steady except lean cows 5.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $304.33/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −142.69 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.
Average price
$304.33
65 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$45.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.30
vs KY average
−38.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558309.891,73157
Medium and Large 2-3536264.721,4188thin
One grade step is worth $45.17/cwt here — about $313 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale65 hd
304.33
—
KY average24 barns · 1,459 hd
321.63
−17.30
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
−38.05
This barn, trailing median34 sales
447.02
−142.69
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—High1,762161.812,85014
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,313134.651,76827
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,443132.531,91227
CowsLean 85-90%High1,087120.091,30614
HeifersChoiceAverage1,175178.952,1034thin

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)1,328$2,4262thin

Every lot

119 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Small and Medium 1-2280260.00/cwt260.00–260.007281
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3328316.34/cwt312.50–320.001,0382
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330372.83/cwt357.50–380.001,2303
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416298.10/cwt293.00–301.001,2404
Steers400–450Small and Medium 1-2430225.00/cwt225.00–225.009681
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy431372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,6056
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434363.64/cwt351.00–390.001,57814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added467368.00/cwt351.00–385.001,7194
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3473281.23/cwt277.50–285.001,3302
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3522260.54/cwt257.50–265.001,3605
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy527377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,9894
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531336.36/cwt325.00–342.501,78613
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534291.59/cwt285.00–300.001,5579
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3558271.69/cwt271.00–273.001,5163
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575278.59/cwt277.50–282.001,6024
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582297.86/cwt289.00–316.001,73427
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612257.59/cwt255.00–261.001,5767
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614283.85/cwt263.00–303.001,74327
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3640240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5363
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy663296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,96220
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668282.24/cwt260.00–290.501,88574
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670256.92/cwt253.00–259.001,7213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3683234.74/cwt226.00–240.001,6038
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723267.14/cwt260.00–269.001,93133
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3737239.68/cwt237.00–241.001,7663
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fancy761262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,99410
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762247.00/cwt245.00–251.001,88212
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added823250.64/cwt245.00–254.002,06313
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825238.33/cwt230.00–241.001,9664
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3840222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8652
Steers850–900Large 1-2855238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,0351
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2871232.45/cwt230.00–235.002,0255
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2913226.51/cwt222.50–229.002,0685
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Fancy932257.80/cwt257.80–257.802,40358
Steers900–950Large 1-2941236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,2216
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3950203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,9291
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2981210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0606
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,031213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,1966
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,096200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,1925
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 1-21,201200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,4025
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3290265.00/cwt265.00–265.007691
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310253.32/cwt240.00–272.507854
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added325320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1021
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3389286.58/cwt279.00–305.001,1155
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 1-2410222.50/cwt222.50–222.509121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added414315.30/cwt282.50–337.501,30519
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3416223.44/cwt220.00–233.009304
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1401
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2458200.00/cwt200.00–200.009162
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3477241.20/cwt232.50–261.001,1515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added484289.15/cwt280.00–340.001,39914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520245.14/cwt231.00–260.001,27516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523259.94/cwt255.00–265.001,3597
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527271.47/cwt265.00–275.001,43118
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566255.92/cwt250.00–260.001,44916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571264.80/cwt260.00–267.001,51221
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2575200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1501
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3577232.09/cwt222.50–237.501,3396
Heifers550–600Large 1-2595252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,5022
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2611200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2223
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613234.32/cwt233.00–237.001,4363
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615222.50/cwt221.00–224.001,3682
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627247.36/cwt240.00–257.501,55141
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3677217.27/cwt189.00–228.001,4715
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679237.27/cwt236.00–240.001,61111
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684250.90/cwt242.00–255.001,71659
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3707197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,3962
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added712241.77/cwt240.00–243.001,7215
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714228.05/cwt221.00–235.001,6285
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added762247.34/cwt242.50–249.001,88514
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3769216.17/cwt200.00–222.501,6625
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open825220.76/cwt219.00–225.001,8214
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open871226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,9684
Heifers850–900Large 1-2Guaranteed Open896210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8827
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3930182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,6931
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open935217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0291
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3300297.50/cwt297.50–297.508931
Bulls300–350Small and Medium 1-2320245.00/cwt245.00–245.007841
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,1471
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1291
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,4161
Bulls400–450Small and Medium 1-2423218.10/cwt200.00–240.009233
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3429286.75/cwt267.50–305.001,2304
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2442342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,5142
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2468317.63/cwt313.00–327.001,4873
Bulls450–500Large 1-2472297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,4022
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3495300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4851
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy508320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6267
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2512294.73/cwt271.00–310.001,5094
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3545257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4032
Bulls550–600Small and Medium 1-2552245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3522
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2566300.73/cwt277.50–305.001,7029
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3580245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4211
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2605272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,6491
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3632231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4602
Bulls600–650Small and Medium 1-2640182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,1681
Bulls650–700Large 1-2680255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7341
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2722224.39/cwt220.00–230.001,6205
Bulls750–800Large 1-2775190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4731
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3775187.50/cwt182.00–193.001,4532
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,5571
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3868182.67/cwt180.00–185.001,5863
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3480167.50/cwt167.50–167.508041
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3855159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,3591
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,175178.95/cwt170.00–187.002,1034
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,688157.38/cwt152.00–163.002,6579
Bulls——1,894169.77/cwt164.00–177.003,2155
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018105.95/cwt105.00–107.001,0792
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088123.91/cwt121.00–129.001,3488
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,121119.53/cwt118.00–121.001,3404
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213128.69/cwt124.00–131.001,56111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,304134.81/cwt132.00–139.001,75810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428127.42/cwt121.00–129.001,82012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435133.69/cwt131.00–137.001,9189
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483141.03/cwt138.00–145.002,0916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,510145.33/cwt141.00–151.002,1946
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,085155.74/cwt153.00–159.001,6902
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3282,425.99/head2,200.00–2,700.002,4262

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.