Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.54/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −112.96 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$367.54

96 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

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

$36.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.16

vs KY average

−10.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	380.09	2,028	63
Medium and Large 2-3	594	343.57	2,041	33

One grade step is worth $36.52/cwt here — about −$13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $483.33, low $466.86, median $480.50 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale96 hd

367.54

—

KY average27 barns · 1,325 hd

369.70

−2.16

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−10.51

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−112.96

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

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards Lexington - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Lexington, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	402.42/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,799	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	357.94/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,384	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,243	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	411.04/cwt	407.50–430.00	1,509	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,289	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	370.65/cwt	360.00–382.50	1,638	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	333.92/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,970	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	377.91/cwt	370.00–392.00	1,950	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	593	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	662	313.18/cwt	304.00–314.50	2,073	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	594	343.57/cwt	341.00–353.00	2,041	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	349.13/cwt	335.00–359.00	1,833	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	299.46/cwt	292.00–304.00	2,273	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,150	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	270.40/cwt	269.00–271.00	2,012	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	303.69/cwt	291.00–329.00	2,023	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	405.16/cwt	402.50–408.00	1,511	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,367	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,108	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,115	2

How this sale compares

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 Lexington - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Lexington, KY

Mon May 19, 2025

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

Receipts 337Last week 527Year ago 349

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	367	407.50–430.00	411.04
35	400–450	447	390.00–425.00	402.42
46	500–550	516	370.00–392.00	377.91
17	550–600	581	386.00	386.00
18	650–700	666	340.00–359.00	357.94
14	700–750	744	289.00	289.00
16	750–800	759	292.00–304.00	299.46
9	800–850	822	278.50	278.50
2	950–1000	973	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
33	550–600	594	341.00–353.00	343.57
24	650–700	662	304.00–314.50	313.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	346	395.00	395.00
8	350–400	373	402.50–408.00	405.16
20	400–450	442	360.00–382.50	370.65
31	500–550	525	335.00–359.00	349.13
17	550–600	590	325.00–342.00	333.92
2	600–650	643	329.00	329.00
9	650–700	666	291.00–329.00	303.69
10	700–750	744	269.00–271.00	270.40
2	800–850	843	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	593	312.00	312.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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