Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $480.50/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$480.50

97 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$526

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

$98.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.20

vs KY average

+6.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	485.56	2,684	92
Medium and Large 2	557	387.50	2,158	5thin

One grade step is worth $98.06/cwt here — about $526 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale97 hd

480.50

—

KY average27 barns · 1,584 hd

481.70

−1.20

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

+6.02

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

+0.00

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

35 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	650–700	668	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	3,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	1,809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	452.56/cwt	451.00–453.00	1,946	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	492.96/cwt	485.00–517.50	2,573	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	400.17/cwt	382.00–401.00	2,053	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,953	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	854	341.25/cwt	341.25–341.25	2,914	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	246	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,599	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,971	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	584.08/cwt	582.50–602.50	2,132	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	544.27/cwt	537.50–547.50	2,395	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	412.97/cwt	400.00–438.00	2,726	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	843	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,866	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	359.67/cwt	356.00–384.00	2,636	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	476.35/cwt	471.00–499.00	2,815	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	354.89/cwt	354.00–355.00	2,080	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	619	384.63/cwt	383.00–387.00	2,381	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	850	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	669	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	381	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,743	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,219	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,339	3

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 18, 2026

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

Receipts 300Last week 556Year ago 337

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	493.00	493.00
21	400–450	430	451.00–453.00	452.56
24	500–550	513	382.00–401.00	400.17
1	600–650	635	395.00	395.00
1	650–700	668	485.00	485.00
1	750–800	760	389.00	389.00
1	800–850	805	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	397.00	397.00
3	500–550	500	357.00	357.00
1	550–600	560	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	648	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	381	457.50	457.50
9	550–600	586	354.00–355.00	354.89
5	600–650	619	383.00–387.00	384.63
4	650–700	669	375.00	375.00
2	750–800	750	329.00	329.00
1	850–900	850	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	246	650.00	650.00
6	300–350	308	600.00	600.00
13	350–400	365	582.50–602.50	584.08
25	400–450	440	537.50–547.50	544.27
51	500–550	522	485.00–517.50	492.96
41	550–600	591	471.00–499.00	476.35
5	600–650	605	491.00	491.00
21	650–700	660	400.00–438.00	412.97
15	700–750	733	356.00–384.00	359.67
3	750–800	767	385.00	385.00
10	850–900	854	341.25	341.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	487.50	487.50
3	500–550	538	412.50	412.50
2	550–600	585	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	655	390.00	390.00
2	750–800	768	310.00	310.00
6	800–850	843	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	473.00	473.00

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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