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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 14

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

302 head

▼ 207 vs last sale 509▼ 661 vs year ago 963 · −68.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 82▼ 6 vs year ago 39 · −15.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady except fleshy 400-500 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Another very hot humid day combined with many area farmers making hay softened demand for stocker calves and restricted local cattle movement. Good demand for thin-fleshed yearling loads. Slaughter cows sold steady with very good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.26/cwt on 145 head.

Average price

$174.26

145 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$424

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$24.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.51

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	578	174.43	1,009	144
Medium and Large 2-3	390	150.00	585	1thin

One grade step is worth $24.43/cwt here — about $424 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale145 hd

174.26

—

KY average26 barns · 5,135 hd

159.75

+14.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,600	112.32	1,797	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,436	92.07	1,322	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,292	91.63	1,184	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	887	63.91	567	6thin

Every lot

50 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	163.45/cwt	159.00–170.00	525	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	164.30/cwt	160.00–176.00	614	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	425	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	727	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	696	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	480	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	816	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	158.72/cwt	156.00–164.00	817	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Tue Jun 14, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 509Year ago 963

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 82Year ago 39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	747	117.00	117.00
1	—	670	125.00	125.00
4	—	551	139.00–141.00	139.50
2	—	410	144.00–146.00	144.98
11	—	465	140.00–144.00	142.89
6	—	375	143.00–151.00	146.95
1	—	620	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 14

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

302 head

▼ 207 vs last sale 509▼ 661 vs year ago 963 · −68.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 82▼ 6 vs year ago 39 · −15.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.26/cwt on 145 head.

Average price

$174.26

145 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$424

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$24.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.51

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	578	174.43	1,009	144
Medium and Large 2-3	390	150.00	585	1thin

One grade step is worth $24.43/cwt here — about $424 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale145 hd

174.26

—

KY average26 barns · 5,135 hd

159.75

+14.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,600	112.32	1,797	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,436	92.07	1,322	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,292	91.63	1,184	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	887	63.91	567	6thin

Every lot

50 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	163.45/cwt	159.00–170.00	525	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	164.30/cwt	160.00–176.00	614	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	425	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	727	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	696	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	480	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	816	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	158.72/cwt	156.00–164.00	817	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Tue Jun 14, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 509Year ago 963

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 82Year ago 39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	747	117.00	117.00
1	—	670	125.00	125.00
4	—	551	139.00–141.00	139.50
2	—	410	144.00–146.00	144.98
11	—	465	140.00–144.00	142.89
6	—	375	143.00–151.00	146.95
1	—	620	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt

Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	612	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	798	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	818	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	135.99/cwt	130.00–139.00	840	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	897	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	978	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	965	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	907	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,083	2

Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	735	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	860	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	788	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	942	8

Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,500	106.08/cwt	97.00–110.00	1,591	4
Bulls	—	—	1,733	120.65/cwt	116.00–129.00	2,091	3

Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	858	66.34/cwt	63.00–69.00	569	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	865	52.71/cwt	48.00–57.00	456	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	802	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,177	86.33/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,016	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,308	85.68/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,121	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,378	95.61/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,318	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,484	94.46/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,402	8

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	580	130.00	130.00
1	—	730	108.00	108.00
1	—	530	133.00	133.00
1	—	395	136.00	136.00
1	—	995	85.00	85.00

Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	305	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	503	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	146.95/cwt	143.00–151.00	551	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	395	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	537	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	144.98/cwt	144.00–146.00	594	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	436	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	676	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	142.89/cwt	140.00–144.00	664	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	524	154.31/cwt	154.00–155.00	809	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	530	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	705	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	551	139.50/cwt	139.00–141.00	769	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	864	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	794	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	730	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	788	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	747	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	874	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	809	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,205	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	995	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	846	1

12	—	600	144.00	144.00
61	—	809	149.00	149.00
13	—	524	154.00–155.00	154.31
8	—	436	155.00	155.00
1	—	305	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	157.00	157.00
2	—	432	161.00	161.00
3	—	515	156.00–164.00	158.72
7	—	374	160.00–176.00	164.30
4	—	321	159.00–170.00	163.45
1	—	675	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	170.00	170.00
77	—	622	164.00–180.80	179.96
1	—	425	171.00	171.00
5	—	663	150.00	150.00
23	—	595	165.00–175.00	173.23
13	—	517	165.00–181.00	177.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	788	119.50	119.50
1	—	735	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	94.00	94.00
3	—	618	130.00–139.00	135.99
1	—	580	141.00	141.00
2	—	532	150.00	150.00
1	—	690	130.00	130.00
3	—	730	134.00	134.00
2	—	1,105	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	865	48.00–57.00	52.71
3	—	858	63.00–69.00	66.34
1	—	1,015	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,484	90.00–101.00	94.46
3	—	1,308	85.00–86.00	85.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,378	90.00–102.00	95.61
3	—	1,177	84.00–88.00	86.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,733	116.00–129.00	120.65
4	—	1,500	97.00–110.00	106.08