Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $389.33/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −91.17 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$389.33

151 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,210

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$457

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

$44.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.57

vs KY average

−41.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	389.92	2,217	149
Medium and Large 2-3	510	345.00	1,760	2thin

One grade step is worth $44.92/cwt here — about $457 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale151 hd

389.33

—

KY average27 barns · 1,478 hd

396.90

−7.57

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−41.30

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−91.17

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

33 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 1-2Fancy	700–750	719	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,459	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	384.60/cwt	374.00–388.00	1,742	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	335.34/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,237	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	380.23/cwt	377.50–384.00	1,951	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,249	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,227	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	388.52/cwt	387.50–389.00	1,709	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	743	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,248	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	672	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,231	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	388.39/cwt	384.00–391.00	2,292	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	325.50/cwt	319.00–327.50	2,418	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	364.07/cwt	362.25–368.00	2,432	75
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	742	300.62/cwt	298.00–310.00	2,231	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,259	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	855	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,710	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	367.14/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,166	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	287.13/cwt	272.50–288.00	2,392	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	389.63/cwt	388.00–390.00	2,034	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	527	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,134	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	447	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,784	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,663	7

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

Thu Dec 11, 2025

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

Receipts 556Last week 1,466Year ago 527

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	719	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	340.00	340.00
5	400–450	434	394.00	394.00
21	450–500	453	374.00–388.00	384.60
50	500–550	513	377.50–384.00	380.23
55	550–600	590	355.00–380.00	367.14
26	650–700	667	332.00–340.00	335.34
2	800–850	830	271.00	271.00
4	950–1000	960	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	150.00	150.00
1	750–800	790	185.00	185.00
1	900–950	930	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	325.00	325.00
9	700–750	742	298.00–310.00	300.62
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	372.50	372.50
2	350–400	395	387.50	387.50
6	400–450	440	387.50–389.00	388.52
37	500–550	522	388.00–390.00	389.63
101	550–600	590	384.00–391.00	388.39
75	650–700	668	362.25–368.00	364.07
67	700–750	743	319.00–327.50	325.50
18	800–850	833	272.50–288.00	287.13
7	950–1000	958	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	345.00	345.00
4	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
9	650–700	672	332.00	332.00
4	700–750	743	302.50	302.50
1	850–900	855	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	267.50	267.50
1	700–750	745	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	447	399.00	399.00
11	500–550	527	405.00	405.00

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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