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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 3
● Final107 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
861 head
▼ 532 vs last sale 1,393▲ 456 vs year ago 405 · +112.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 148 vs last sale 205▼ 18 vs year ago 75 · −24.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 10▲ 22 vs year ago 2 · +1,100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower with good demand for weaned packages; softer undertone for fleshy offerings. Yearling steers sold 5.00 higher in a limited comparison. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages; over 600 lbs sold steady; except few good quality yearlings 5.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher with very 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 $369.64/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −77.37 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.
Average price
$369.64
88 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,057
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$494
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$74.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.55
vs KY average
−8.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558374.462,08978
Medium and Large 2-3552345.791,9107thin
Small and Medium 1-2532300.001,5953thin
One grade step is worth $74.46/cwt here — about $494 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 sale88 hd
369.64
—
KY average25 barns · 1,255 hd
376.19
−6.55
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−8.94
This barn, trailing median34 sales
447.02
−77.37
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—Average1,807203.333,6749thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,519165.052,50718
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,308161.622,11314
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,046145.581,5238thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)835$2,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)961$2,49511

Every lot

107 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3323330.74/cwt300.00–365.001,0682
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added366412.09/cwt411.00–420.001,5088
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420387.68/cwt380.00–395.001,6282
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5911
Steers400–450Small and Medium 1-2445350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3450377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,6991
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466384.02/cwt382.50–385.001,7905
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485417.65/cwt410.00–425.002,02612
Steers500–550Small and Medium 1-2500305.00/cwt290.00–320.001,5252
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510368.76/cwt367.50–370.001,8814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513397.62/cwt375.00–412.502,04018
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3533347.85/cwt332.50–362.501,8542
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560344.96/cwt337.50–360.001,9325
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566365.45/cwt365.00–367.502,06811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578367.91/cwt355.00–382.502,12745
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2595290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7261
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631355.68/cwt355.00–360.002,24414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0193
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662328.00/cwt327.50–330.002,1715
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3673297.69/cwt275.00–317.502,0035
Steers650–700Large 1-2677320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1662
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682330.56/cwt330.00–332.502,25418
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8461
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718316.49/cwt312.50–320.002,27215
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720290.08/cwt280.00–301.002,08910
Steers700–750Large 1-2725285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0662
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added761317.82/cwt312.50–320.002,4197
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765293.53/cwt280.00–312.502,2467
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3805257.47/cwt252.50–260.002,0733
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fancy807307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,4824
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818301.83/cwt287.50–302.602,46956
Steers800–850Large 1-2845250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1131
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868277.46/cwt275.00–280.002,4083
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2933291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,71553
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Fancy951291.10/cwt291.10–291.102,76857
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3955254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,4263
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2966264.83/cwt255.00–275.002,5584
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3200300.00/cwt300.00–300.006001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0981
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3333323.74/cwt322.50–325.001,0782
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3369316.00/cwt277.50–330.001,1664
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4241
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added447372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,6652
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,7551
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470329.72/cwt315.00–340.001,5503
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480353.07/cwt347.50–355.001,6958
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5661
Heifers500–550Large 1-2515305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524344.55/cwt330.00–355.001,80535
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560341.23/cwt338.00–346.001,91122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571324.99/cwt320.00–330.001,8567
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3582305.62/cwt300.00–307.501,7794
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606324.50/cwt312.50–331.001,96624
Heifers600–650Large 1-2610290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7692
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622307.02/cwt300.00–310.001,9106
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3622264.24/cwt260.00–267.501,6443
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670293.24/cwt285.00–297.501,9653
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675254.01/cwt250.00–262.501,7153
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684320.37/cwt308.00–332.002,191184
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2707283.71/cwt280.00–290.002,0066
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3715222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5911
Heifers750–800Large 1-2755250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8881
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added778282.44/cwt280.00–282.502,19743
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1061
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3800200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6001
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8751
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added838263.74/cwt262.50–265.002,2102
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added870270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3492
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Fancy910255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,3211
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,1111
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,3032
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378417.82/cwt410.00–435.001,5793
Bulls450–500Small and Medium 1-2455317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,4452
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475391.45/cwt385.00–397.501,8594
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5931
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3515325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6742
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2541360.04/cwt355.00–365.001,9484
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3561342.00/cwt340.00–345.001,9195
Bulls550–600Small and Medium 1-2575280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6101
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2588353.58/cwt345.00–360.002,07910
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635318.81/cwt292.50–335.002,0245
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3645312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,0161
Bulls650–700Large 1-2656317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,0833
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680292.63/cwt270.00–304.001,9908
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3680237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6151
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2769247.29/cwt240.00–262.501,90210
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2840205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7221
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3845187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,5841
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2930201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,8691
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3540117.50/cwt117.50–117.506351
Dairy Heifers750–800Large 3770117.00/cwt117.00–117.009011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,298171.48/cwt160.00–183.002,2262
Bulls——1,804219.50/cwt208.00–226.003,9605
Bulls——2,323194.77/cwt190.00–200.004,5252
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%795115.00/cwt115.00–115.009141
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,069142.76/cwt135.00–152.001,5264
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100159.52/cwt155.00–167.001,7553
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250158.24/cwt154.00–165.001,9786
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251148.91/cwt146.00–153.001,8634
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,451179.39/cwt169.00–195.002,6034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,497167.45/cwt164.00–176.002,50712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,563160.26/cwt158.00–164.002,5056
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-39351,769.25/head1,175.00–2,250.001,7693
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39382,868.38/head2,800.00–2,900.002,8685
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0252,597.40/head2,500.00–2,700.002,5973
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38352,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,9251

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.