Report Date: 4/11/2017
LG_LS141
Frankfort, KY Tue Apr 11, 2017 USDA-KY Dept of Ag Market News
Lexington Auction (Tues)
Weighted Average Report for 04/11/2017
Receipts: 1252 Last Week: 915 Year Ago: 473
**Lexington Tuesday sale held at Richmond yards while new yards is under construction**
Compared to last Tuesday steer calves sold mostly steady to firm with good demand;
yearling steers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher with very good demand. Heifer calves sold 3.00 to
6.00 higher with good demand; few featherweights 10.00 higher with very good demand.
Prospects of China buying U.S. beef rallied markets today especially market for heavy
yearling cattle ready for feedlots. Quality was average through attractive. Slaughter cows
sold steady to 1.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower with good demand.
17 replacement cattle, 30 slaughter cattle, and 1204 feeder cattle. Today's supply included
66.8 percent that weighed over 600 lbs. 43.7 percent steers and 8.9 percent bull calves
and 43.1 percent heifers. 18 slaughter cows with 86 percent going to slaughter.
11 head of slaughter bulls with 100 percent going to slaughter.
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
2 200-250 207 185.00 185.00 Fancy
1 250-300 280 167.50 167.50
1 300-350 345 175.00 175.00
11 300-350 324 180.00-190.00 186.62 Fancy
6 350-400 370 165.00-174.00 170.37
6 350-400 377 175.00-184.00 178.18 Fancy
1 400-450 440 154.00 154.00
18 400-450 419 156.00-169.00 164.61 Value Added
2 450-500 475 145.00-151.00 147.97
19 450-500 474 152.00-165.00 160.19 Value Added
1 500-550 545 149.00 149.00
20 500-550 508 154.00-160.00 157.51 Value Added
4 550-600 581 145.00 145.00 Fancy
8 550-600 584 145.00-147.00 146.51 Value Added
1 600-650 615 132.00 132.00
11 600-650 627 135.00-148.00 140.84 Value Added
1 650-700 660 130.00 130.00
4 650-700 656 136.00-137.00 136.50 Value Added
72 700-750 717 126.00-136.50 135.82 Value Added
5 750-800 778 123.00-128.00 125.40
126 750-800 780 128.00-138.00 136.59 Value Added
2 800-850 847 119.00 119.00
59 850-900 878 124.00-131.30 131.18
5 900-950 944 120.00 120.00
128 900-950 920 131.00 131.00 Fancy
1 1000-1050 1005 112.00 112.00
Groups of 20 head or more:
65 head 716 lbs 136.50 Chax-Blk
65 head 768 lbs 138.00 Blk-Value Added
60 head 793 lbs 135.25 Blk-Chax Value Added
58 head 878 lbs 131.30 Blk-Chax
128 head 920 lbs 131.00 Mostly Blk Fancy
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2-3
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
2 350-400 380 143.00-151.00 146.89
2 550-600 560 122.00 122.00
2 650-700 675 124.00-125.00 124.50
3 750-800 772 120.00 120.00
2 800-850 815 110.00-118.00 113.98
Feeder Steers Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 400-450 440 120.00 120.00
1 550-600 595 125.00 125.00
Feeder Steers Small and Medium 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 650-700 670 104.00 104.00
Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
3 700-750 738 79.00 79.00
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 300-350 330 145.00 145.00
13 300-350 331 150.00-157.00 151.64 Fancy
6 350-400 378 139.00-146.00 140.76
5 350-400 369 149.00-151.00 149.43 Fancy
12 400-450 425 126.00-140.00 135.44
22 400-450 421 143.00-155.00 151.87 Value Added
10 450-500 469 125.00-134.00 130.51
16 450-500 478 136.00-147.00 139.77 Value Added
5 500-550 517 122.00-124.00 123.60
30 500-550 527 125.00-133.00 128.75 Value Added
7 550-600 566 120.00-124.00 123.00
48 550-600 572 126.00-137.00 130.89 Value Added
5 600-650 609 116.00-121.00 120.01
12 600-650 631 124.00-129.00 126.58 Value Added
9 650-700 670 108.00-116.00 112.87
12 650-700 657 126.00-129.00 127.25 Value Added
2 700-750 725 108.00-114.00 111.02
1 700-750 740 120.00 120.00 Value Added
4 750-800 772 105.00-113.00 109.25
201 750-800 781 126.00-127.10 126.78 Fancy
2 800-850 820 100.00 100.00
67 800-850 820 123.25 123.25 Value Added
Groups of 20 head or more:
61 head 759 lbs 126.00 Blk-Few Chax Fancy
140 head 791 lbs 127.10 Blk-Fancy
67 head 820 lbs 123.25 Mixed Value-Added
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2-3
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
2 250-300 292 122.00 122.00
2 350-400 360 135.00-136.00 135.51
1 400-450 445 120.00 120.00
3 450-500 482 117.00-126.00 121.33
6 500-550 526 113.00-116.00 114.37
2 550-600 588 115.00-122.00 118.51
1 600-650 600 109.00 109.00
6 650-700 667 101.00-110.00 106.12
1 700-750 715 95.00 95.00
1 800-850 815 94.00 94.00
Feeder Heifers Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 350-400 350 130.00 130.00
1 450-500 495 125.00 125.00
Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
2 250-300 272 115.00-120.00 117.71
2 450-500 455 115.00-118.00 116.48
1 500-550 510 100.00 100.00
Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 250-300 280 179.00 179.00
5 300-350 326 154.00-167.00 159.14
3 300-350 320 181.00 181.00 Fancy
8 350-400 390 152.00-165.00 154.98
7 350-400 376 173.00-178.00 174.41 Fancy
3 400-450 446 145.00 145.00
3 400-450 438 151.00-161.00 155.63 Fancy
2 450-500 472 140.00-153.00 146.67
9 450-500 477 155.00-161.00 157.73 Fancy
2 500-550 527 131.00 131.00
12 500-550 522 140.00-159.00 147.82 Fancy
6 550-600 581 131.00-138.00 134.83
13 550-600 572 140.00-148.00 143.97 Fancy
5 600-650 622 129.00-135.00 131.78 Fancy
5 650-700 672 120.00-124.00 122.78
3 650-700 675 124.00-126.00 125.31 Fancy
1 700-750 735 114.00 114.00
1 700-750 700 124.00 124.00 Fancy
3 750-800 763 115.00-119.00 116.31
1 800-850 810 111.00 111.00
2 800-850 802 114.00 114.00 Fancy
1 850-900 885 106.00 106.00
1 900-950 905 103.00 103.00
Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2-3
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
2 350-400 390 139.00-155.00 147.10
1 450-500 485 135.00 135.00
1 550-600 590 121.00 121.00
5 650-700 687 112.00-119.00 115.98
1 850-900 880 90.00 90.00
Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 550-600 580 110.00 110.00
Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80%
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 800-1200 1170 64.00 64.00
2 1200-1600 1380 60.00-63.00 61.42
1 1200-1600 1390 66.00 66.00 High Dressing
1 1600-2000 1610 62.00 62.00
Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85%
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
3 800-1200 1055 58.00-61.00 59.08
2 800-1200 1072 65.00-68.00 66.50 High Dressing
1 800-1200 1095 57.00 57.00 Low Dressing
2 1200-1600 1222 59.00-62.00 60.50
3 1200-1600 1265 65.00-68.00 66.62 High Dressing
1 1200-1600 1235 54.00 54.00 Low Dressing
Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90%
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
4 800-1200 955 59.00-62.00 60.27
6 800-1200 951 45.00-57.00 52.87 Low Dressing
Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 1000-1500 1105 70.00 70.00 Low Dressing
3 1500-3000 1752 80.00-85.00 82.20
6 1500-3000 1668 86.00-94.00 89.21 High Dressing
Stock Cows Medium and Large 1-2 Young
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 800-1200 865 108.00 108.00
Stock Cows Medium and Large 1-2 Middle-Aged
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
2 800-1200 1058 64.00-84.00 73.60
Stock Cows Medium and Large 2-3 Middle-Aged
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 700-800 780 67.50 67.50
Bred Cows Medium and Large 1-2 Middle-Aged
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
2 1200-1600 1330 1200.00 1200.00 4-6 Mos Bred
4 1200-1600 1298 1000.00-1100.00 1043.28 7-9 Mos Bred
Bred Cows Medium and Large 2-3 Middle-Aged
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 1200-1600 1505 840.00 840.00 7-9 Mos Bred
Bred Cows Medium and Large 2-3 Aged
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
1 1200-1600 1395 760.00 760.00 7-9 Mos Bred
**This report reflects the majority of cattle sold with a usda grade,
weight and sex. This report does not reflect all animals sold on the above date.
Source: KY Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Service, Frankfort, KY
Bill Holleran, Market Reporter, 502-782-4139
24 Hour Toll Free Market News Report 1-800-327-6568
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