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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 9
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,508 head
▼ 351 vs last sale 1,859▼ 777 vs year ago 2,285 · −34.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 117▲ 15 vs year ago 78 · +19.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 5▲ 6 vs year ago 6 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was uneven and spotty with a good quality offering. Feeder steers and heifers were steady to 6.00 lower or greater in spots with a good supply and moderate demand. An increasing supply of fat bawling calves, and nearly a double digit drop in the futures market has limited the premiums buyers are will to pay and increased discounts for plainer or off colored cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with a good supply and 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 $396.31/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −50.70 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.
Average price
$396.31
72 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,168
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$37.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.87
vs KY average
−17.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543402.622,18660
Medium and Large 2568364.772,07212thin
One grade step is worth $37.85/cwt here — about $114 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 sale72 hd
396.31
—
KY average23 barns · 1,164 hd
402.18
−5.87
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
−17.21
This barn, trailing median34 sales
447.02
−50.70
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—Average1,709183.863,14116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,542170.642,63224
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,266162.322,05521
CowsLean 85-90%High1,089140.171,52622

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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,222$2,5753thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,300$2,5501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,135$1,6502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,015$1,4001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,085$1,3501thin

Every lot

120 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,1327
Steers400–450Medium 1-2435363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,5793
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438395.34/cwt380.00–430.001,7324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1433
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,0672
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513368.62/cwt360.00–377.501,8912
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519418.38/cwt415.00–420.002,17111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522401.74/cwt392.50–407.002,09724
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569390.58/cwt370.00–395.002,22216
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,10810
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581407.12/cwt401.00–422.502,3659
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615349.63/cwt337.50–358.002,1506
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618378.50/cwt373.00–390.002,3393
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622409.70/cwt402.50–419.502,548154
Steers600–650Large 1-2630305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9221
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682350.20/cwt347.50–353.002,3883
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690387.53/cwt380.00–390.002,67412
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added729388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,82971
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730354.54/cwt347.00–356.002,58836
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,2191
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787353.23/cwt340.00–354.002,78056
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added821359.98/cwt356.50–363.002,955112
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828343.72/cwt337.00–345.002,84610
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,8591
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2908320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,9063
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added918331.10/cwt330.75–331.503,039106
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2978310.61/cwt303.00–320.003,0386
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,003280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,8084
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,029315.47/cwt315.00–315.503,24650
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,061310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,28912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3245330.00/cwt330.00–330.008091
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3260335.00/cwt335.00–335.008711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315409.52/cwt400.00–420.001,2902
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2352385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3552
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375407.84/cwt392.50–410.001,5298
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy422430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8157
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422390.88/cwt380.00–397.501,65011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5841
Heifers450–500Large 1-2458325.24/cwt323.00–327.501,4902
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473404.57/cwt400.00–407.501,9145
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473384.95/cwt377.50–392.501,8219
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy501412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,0674
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7682
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524366.94/cwt350.00–377.001,92326
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533399.55/cwt380.00–401.002,13034
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568338.26/cwt335.00–340.001,9213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy590290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open596370.06/cwt370.00–371.002,20617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open610369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,25110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,34682
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621336.49/cwt330.00–355.002,09015
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635309.40/cwt300.00–322.501,9654
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open675330.75/cwt325.00–337.502,2333
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683296.48/cwt287.50–305.002,0255
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713300.08/cwt292.50–307.502,1402
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open719320.84/cwt315.00–330.002,3075
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added741352.47/cwt350.70–361.002,612168
Heifers700–750Large 1-2745283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,1081
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open760325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4705
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771279.19/cwt277.50–282.502,1533
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added814336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,73521
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2928285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,6453
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,64816
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2973215.09/cwt210.00–220.002,0932
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2210405.00/cwt405.00–405.008511
Bulls200–250Medium 1-2235270.00/cwt270.00–270.006351
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3315330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320487.62/cwt485.00–490.001,5602
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy341515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,7568
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2368476.28/cwt472.50–480.001,7532
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6991
Bulls400–450Large 1-2402357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,4372
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6381
Bulls400–450Medium 1-2435321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,3961
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1855
Bulls450–500Large 1-2460340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5641
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480386.27/cwt382.50–390.001,8544
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2537362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,9442
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2543383.89/cwt370.00–387.502,08522
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8871
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572359.46/cwt355.00–367.502,0565
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623328.98/cwt317.50–337.002,0505
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8691
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670312.52/cwt310.00–315.002,0942
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2730290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1171
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3770203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,5631
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7901
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2783290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2718
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2830260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1582
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2860240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0641
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2924200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8485
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2935223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,0851
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,018207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,1073
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3652215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4022
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3740180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3321
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3770180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3861
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3810188.64/cwt180.00–197.501,5282
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,569165.25/cwt157.00–176.002,5936
Bulls——1,747190.08/cwt183.00–194.003,3217
Bulls——1,898206.57/cwt202.00–211.003,9213
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92892.15/cwt84.00–100.008552
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed960195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8721
Cows—Lean 85-90%972118.55/cwt114.00–123.001,1523
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,123142.79/cwt134.00–150.001,60412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,187158.83/cwt153.00–168.001,8854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223160.74/cwt155.00–167.001,96612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,301150.10/cwt148.00–152.001,9534
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340175.90/cwt170.00–187.502,3575
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468148.70/cwt143.00–154.002,1832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,491161.59/cwt156.00–167.002,4096
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,571176.78/cwt170.00–188.002,77716
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 28701,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium 21,0151,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0851,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1832,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3002,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3002,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001

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.