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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 17
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,070 head
▲ 474 vs last sale 596▲ 797 vs year ago 273 · +291.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 32▲ 6 vs year ago 43 · +14.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 1▼ 21 vs year ago 24 · −87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was mostly stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers and heifers 600 lbs and under were unevenly steady to 8.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and good demand for long weaned and thinner conditioned calves. Yearling steers were mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and strong demand. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply , while slaughter bulls appeared 2.00 higher 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 $481.15/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 30 of 34 comparable sales and sits +34.14 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.
Average price
$481.15
52 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$96.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.79
vs KY average
−6.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537484.852,60250
Medium and Large 2595388.752,3132thin
One grade step is worth $96.10/cwt here — about $289 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale52 hd
481.15
—
KY average25 barns · 1,340 hd
464.36
+16.79
National average178 barns · 13,390 hd
487.35
−6.20
This barn, trailing median34 sales
447.02
+34.14
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—Average1,780202.673,60811
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,568169.122,65111
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273160.792,0477thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,185146.631,73713
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,315224.002,9461thin

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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,245$3,7501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)815$2,5501thin

Every lot

102 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed345610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,1051
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,9722
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,1483
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433497.48/cwt487.50–502.502,1543
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469477.88/cwt465.00–487.502,2416
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490426.43/cwt420.00–433.002,0902
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527464.60/cwt452.50–472.502,44816
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534498.12/cwt490.00–501.002,66023
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4141
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed556496.22/cwt492.50–497.502,7598
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560473.68/cwt470.00–477.502,6532
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595388.75/cwt385.00–392.502,3132
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2612396.48/cwt395.00–402.502,4265
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619424.07/cwt417.50–431.002,62515
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628454.74/cwt450.00–462.002,85637
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680411.86/cwt407.00–420.002,80121
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681394.50/cwt387.00–397.502,6876
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9741
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730348.97/cwt345.00–353.002,5472
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731397.17/cwt367.50–400.002,90391
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added779375.00/cwt367.50–376.002,92114
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787353.24/cwt343.00–367.002,7803
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added828359.35/cwt350.50–365.002,975156
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,7721
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873324.10/cwt320.00–328.002,8298
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added891347.01/cwt344.75–358.003,092127
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added900345.00/cwt345.00–345.003,10559
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,025286.68/cwt285.00–290.002,9383
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,083280.00/cwt280.00–280.003,0322
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,160281.00/cwt281.00–281.003,2601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2182570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,0372
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2200550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,1002
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,0931
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2292510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,4892
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed325580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,8851
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330459.00/cwt459.00–459.001,5151
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy334518.97/cwt495.00–540.001,7334
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy379498.59/cwt490.00–510.001,8906
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393453.78/cwt450.00–455.001,7834
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy427470.38/cwt460.00–480.002,0096
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428440.75/cwt425.00–452.501,8867
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477412.14/cwt397.50–419.001,9667
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy484435.81/cwt425.00–440.002,10917
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed523457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,3903
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524417.94/cwt410.00–422.002,19019
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544381.44/cwt375.00–399.002,0756
Heifers550–600Large 1-2550360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566371.45/cwt367.00–373.002,1024
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573351.69/cwt350.00–355.002,0153
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2608343.29/cwt340.00–345.002,0873
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617357.63/cwt350.00–372.002,20712
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633398.97/cwt392.50–405.002,52521
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open636380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4175
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3640273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,7472
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy673312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,1033
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677348.59/cwt341.00–365.002,36020
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,75917
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added724360.08/cwt350.00–375.002,60717
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726319.96/cwt315.00–335.002,32313
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2786323.57/cwt314.00–334.002,54314
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added789362.38/cwt351.00–363.002,85956
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9361
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,86912
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,8631
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2945261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,4662
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open985287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,8321
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,005287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,8891
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy210615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,2922
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2225500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1251
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2300500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360501.09/cwt490.00–512.501,8042
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365589.00/cwt589.00–589.002,1501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6881
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,2001
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2455486.00/cwt486.00–486.002,2111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9952
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521404.79/cwt395.00–410.002,1096
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy533458.00/cwt458.00–458.002,4414
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy560446.23/cwt445.00–447.502,4992
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2585425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4862
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2617380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3452
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2682350.33/cwt350.00–351.002,3893
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy705370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,6091
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2785335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,6301
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3790175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3831
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2818285.54/cwt281.00–290.002,3362
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3Value Added972278.50/cwt278.50–278.502,70749
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,315224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,9461
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,733209.18/cwt204.00–213.003,6255
Bulls——1,820197.25/cwt190.00–202.003,5906
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,136151.43/cwt142.50–157.001,7209
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,210124.79/cwt120.00–130.001,5103
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273160.79/cwt154.00–173.002,0477
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,1531
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,539164.09/cwt155.00–173.002,5256
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,545169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,6111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,641181.70/cwt175.00–190.002,9824
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,430156.49/cwt145.00–170.002,2382
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28152,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2453,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7501

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.