Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $389.42/cwt on 175 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −91.08 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$389.42

175 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$46.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.47

vs KY average

+10.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	564	392.59	2,213	163
Medium and Large 2-3	563	346.33	1,949	12thin

One grade step is worth $46.26/cwt here — about $264 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale175 hd

389.42

—

KY average26 barns · 1,271 hd

376.95

+12.47

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+10.84

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−91.08

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

24 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	277.69/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,511	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	279.59/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,343	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,752	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	299.07/cwt	286.00–300.00	2,198	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	362.68/cwt	348.00–364.50	1,861	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	402.81/cwt	371.00–404.50	2,095	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	312.58/cwt	293.00–313.50	2,332	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	331.33/cwt	267.50–333.00	2,187	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	357.22/cwt	328.00–359.00	2,061	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,358	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	357.22/cwt	340.00–358.00	2,368	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	386.64/cwt	373.00–387.00	2,277	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	412.92/cwt	365.00–427.00	1,565	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	964	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,675	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,438	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	438.70/cwt	433.00–439.00	1,952	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	637	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	311.30/cwt	301.00–333.00	2,101	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	526	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,867	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	589	340.14/cwt	339.00–343.00	2,003	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	456	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	311.40/cwt	303.00–317.00	1,812	5

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 Jun 2, 2025

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

Receipts 740Last week 337Year ago 604

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	373	405.00	405.00
30	400–450	448	391.00	391.00
63	500–550	513	348.00–364.50	362.68
106	550–600	577	328.00–359.00	357.22
6	600–650	641	275.00–283.00	277.69
78	650–700	660	267.50–333.00	331.33
30	700–750	735	286.00–300.00	299.07
12	800–850	838	275.00–280.00	279.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	456	347.50	347.50
5	550–600	582	303.00–317.00	311.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	365.00–427.00	412.92
19	400–450	445	433.00–439.00	438.70
4	450–500	450	429.00	429.00
60	500–550	520	371.00–404.50	402.81
103	550–600	589	373.00–387.00	386.64
93	650–700	663	340.00–358.00	357.22
67	700–750	746	293.00–313.50	312.58
3	750–800	773	305.00	305.00
15	800–850	832	293.00	293.00
14	950–1000	964	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	355.00	355.00
7	550–600	589	339.00–343.00	340.14
2	600–650	637	322.00	322.00
3	650–700	675	301.00–333.00	311.30

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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