Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $418.63/cwt on 260 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −61.87 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$418.63

260 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,360

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$411

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

$69.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+32.16

vs KY average

−10.52 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	420.23	2,369	254
Medium and Large 2	558	351.00	1,959	6thin

One grade step is worth $69.23/cwt here — about $411 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 sale260 hd

418.63

—

KY average19 barns · 722 hd

386.47

+32.16

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−10.52

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−61.87

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

37 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	450–500	471	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	313.88/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,586	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	346.05/cwt	346.00–347.00	2,260	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	328.31/cwt	326.00–332.00	2,423	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	393.39/cwt	393.00–395.00	1,994	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,173	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	942	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,920	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,989	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	382.29/cwt	372.00–390.00	2,263	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	752	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,482	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	389.56/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,594	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	737	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,465	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	365.02/cwt	363.00–369.00	1,840	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	829	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,723	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,274	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	290.33/cwt	289.00–293.00	2,119	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	355.68/cwt	355.00–364.00	2,099	173
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,989	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	737	357.89/cwt	348.00–358.75	2,638	241
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,168	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	386.23/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,472	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,501	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	297.49/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,460	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	324.45/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,151	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	347.57/cwt	343.00–349.00	2,037	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	589	416.50/cwt	416.50–416.50	2,453	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	415.00/cwt	413.00–417.00	1,565	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	510	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,239	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	447	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,980	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	439	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,831	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	458	400.12/cwt	393.00–405.00	1,833	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

Wed Dec 3, 2025

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

Receipts 1,466Last week 740Year ago 1,693

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	413.00–417.00	415.00
1	450–500	471	395.00	395.00
5	500–550	507	393.00–395.00	393.39
17	550–600	592	372.00–390.00	382.29
6	650–700	661	344.00	344.00
13	700–750	738	326.00–332.00	328.31
3	750–800	789	317.00	317.00
9	800–850	824	310.00–315.00	313.88
1	900–950	912	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	417.00	417.00
155	550–600	589	416.50	416.50
211	650–700	666	370.00–390.00	389.56
241	700–750	737	348.00–358.75	357.89
57	800–850	829	328.50	328.50
13	900–950	942	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	446	387.00	387.00
3	500–550	536	359.00	359.00
3	550–600	580	343.00	343.00
3	650–700	667	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	447	443.00	443.00
73	500–550	510	439.00	439.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
91	500–550	514	387.00	387.00
173	550–600	590	355.00–364.00	355.68
144	650–700	653	346.00–347.00	346.05
63	700–750	737	334.50	334.50
7	750–800	752	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	317.50	317.50
6	700–750	730	289.00–293.00	290.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	385.00–390.00	386.23
1	450–500	490	347.50	347.50
12	500–550	504	363.00–369.00	365.02
17	550–600	586	343.00–349.00	347.57
13	650–700	663	321.00–330.00	324.45
10	800–850	827	290.00–300.00	297.49
1	900–950	935	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	439	417.00	417.00
5	450–500	458	393.00–405.00	400.12

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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