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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 4
● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
886 head
▲ 184 vs last sale 702▲ 287 vs year ago 599 · +47.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 59▲ 21 vs year ago 40 · +52.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 4▲ 8 vs year ago 2 · +400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was mixed with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers and heifers 300-600 lbs were unevenly steady bouncing from 3.00 higher to 3.00 lower across the weight classes with a good supply and good demand. Yearling steers and heifers were 3.00 to 6.00 higher with a good supply and good demand for the loads and guaranteed open females. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 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 $376.95/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −70.07 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.
Average price
$376.95
46 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,131
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$48.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.38
vs KY average
−42.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561385.282,16238
Medium and Large 2595345.002,0531thin
Large 1-2583336.291,9607thin
One grade step is worth $48.99/cwt here — about $202 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 sale46 hd
376.95
—
KY average23 barns · 865 hd
378.33
−1.38
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−42.15
This barn, trailing median34 sales
447.02
−70.07
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—Average1,616186.113,0088thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,441153.412,21115
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,319147.371,94413
CowsLean 85-90%High1,074134.031,44015

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)1,200$3,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,455$2,2751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,275$3,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,463$2,9833thin

Every lot

101 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3181
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4441
Steers400–450Medium 1-2408280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1422
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7564
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6341
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy469424.12/cwt420.00–430.001,98935
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476400.53/cwt395.00–410.001,9075
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8131
Steers500–550Large 1-2510320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6321
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0364
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536374.25/cwt370.00–382.502,0066
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568397.30/cwt390.00–400.002,25715
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577375.05/cwt370.00–382.502,16413
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0531
Steers550–600Large 1-2595339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,0176
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,9641
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643349.18/cwt347.50–350.002,2453
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added646372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,4065
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660310.15/cwt300.00–320.002,0474
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8561
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716337.40/cwt332.50–340.002,4163
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3730252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,8431
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added742354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,62711
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5393
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,5313
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2815281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,2901
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added825349.58/cwt348.25–350.752,884121
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added865342.54/cwt339.00–342.802,96368
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,5942
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added922338.01/cwt335.00–340.403,116146
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,1161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy318435.93/cwt422.50–450.001,3862
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3491
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423366.08/cwt350.00–372.501,5498
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423335.19/cwt312.50–343.001,4188
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2445280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2461
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475353.80/cwt350.00–370.001,6818
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476338.05/cwt330.00–342.501,6099
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy485380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8434
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open505360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,81821
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516315.00/cwt300.00–320.001,6259
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533341.83/cwt340.00–347.501,8228
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,6971
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy565280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9552
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open606362.36/cwt355.00–369.002,19613
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627332.25/cwt327.00–347.502,0839
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy640295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8881
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670307.79/cwt302.50–313.002,0622
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open695340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3637
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,0062
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2542
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open743329.73/cwt327.00–330.002,45021
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open762328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,4992
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy775265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0542
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4333
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,020240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,4481
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,095257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,8201
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,150202.50/cwt202.50–202.502,3291
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 1-21,215197.50/cwt197.50–197.502,4001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy328456.95/cwt447.50–460.001,4994
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4401
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2433406.69/cwt400.00–410.001,7616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy457425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9422
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2466387.22/cwt382.50–397.001,8048
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5841
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2532360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9156
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy536385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0645
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2566332.58/cwt327.50–340.001,8825
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy576360.66/cwt360.00–361.002,0773
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2582340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9795
Bulls600–650Large 1-2610265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6171
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2624327.23/cwt322.50–330.002,04212
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy657340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2344
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2660301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9872
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678285.02/cwt281.00–287.001,9323
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2744280.85/cwt280.00–286.002,0907
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2775270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0932
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2900210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8901
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3560225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2603
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3625190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1881
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3Value Added819282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,31047
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3Value Added881290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,55559
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,403175.97/cwt175.00–178.002,4693
Bulls——1,710184.97/cwt184.00–187.003,1633
Bulls——1,795203.01/cwt202.00–204.003,6442
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,5821
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063123.73/cwt118.00–128.001,3156
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093138.63/cwt132.00–146.001,5158
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,148139.48/cwt139.00–140.001,6012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350148.81/cwt144.00–158.002,00911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,398163.04/cwt162.00–164.002,2792
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448151.93/cwt145.00–157.002,20013
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0252,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2753,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5453,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,8203,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,9781
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4552,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751

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.