Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle are value Added, pre-conditioned and all cattle sold followed a health and management practices set by the Profit Thru Performance Spring Feeder Calf Sale.

Groups of 20 head or more:

Steers Heifers

30hd 448lbs BLK 509.00 30hd 445lbs BLK 480.00

61hd 518lbs BLK 497.00 76hd 516lbs BLK 437.00

76hd 589lbs BLK 467.50 91hd 588lbs BLK 400.00

73hd 661lbs BLK 433.00 104hd 660lbs BLK 384.50

69hd 744lbs BLK 393.50 34hd 750lbs BLK 355.50

34hd 857lbs BLK 355.00

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $483.33/cwt on 147 head, up $2.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +2.83 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$483.33

▲ 2.83 vs prior sale

147 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$533

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

$117.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.88

vs KY average

+24.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	484.94	2,695	145
Medium and Large 2-3	589	367.00	2,162	2thin

One grade step is worth $117.94/cwt here — about $533 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 sale147 hd

483.33

—

KY average25 barns · 930 hd

468.45

+14.88

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+24.14

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

+2.83

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

25 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 2-3	650–700	657	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	716	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	579	374.02/cwt	373.00–375.00	2,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	417	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	399.87/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,351	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	479	433.64/cwt	433.00–435.00	2,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	478.82/cwt	467.00–480.00	2,131	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,030	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	494.23/cwt	469.00–497.00	2,565	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	589	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	384.25/cwt	379.00–384.50	2,536	109
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	662	346.34/cwt	345.00–349.00	2,293	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	435.49/cwt	425.00–437.00	2,251	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,830	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	507.72/cwt	500.00–509.00	2,275	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,905	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	428.67/cwt	400.00–433.00	2,834	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,017	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,061	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	388.71/cwt	336.00–393.50	2,884	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	354.48/cwt	351.00–355.00	3,041	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	476.50/cwt	476.50–476.50	2,807	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	488.77/cwt	457.50–493.00	1,769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,955	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	355.14/cwt	349.00–355.50	2,664	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,901	11

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 1, 2026

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

Receipts 809Last week 1,466Year ago 740

All cattle are value Added, pre-conditioned and all cattle sold followed a health and management practices set by the Profit Thru Performance Spring Feeder Calf Sale.

Groups of 20 head or more:

Steers Heifers

30hd 448lbs BLK 509.00 30hd 445lbs BLK 480.00

61hd 518lbs BLK 497.00 76hd 516lbs BLK 437.00

76hd 589lbs BLK 467.50 91hd 588lbs BLK 400.00

73hd 661lbs BLK 433.00 104hd 660lbs BLK 384.50

69hd 744lbs BLK 393.50 34hd 750lbs BLK 355.50

34hd 857lbs BLK 355.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	479	433.00–435.00	433.64
1	500–550	500	381.00	381.00
2	550–600	579	373.00–375.00	374.02
1	650–700	657	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	362	457.50–493.00	488.77
33	400–450	445	467.00–480.00	478.82
87	500–550	517	425.00–437.00	435.49
95	550–600	588	395.00–400.00	399.87
109	650–700	660	379.00–384.50	384.25
36	750–800	750	349.00–355.50	355.14
11	800–850	836	347.00	347.00
6	900–950	938	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	417	422.00	422.00
2	550–600	589	367.00	367.00
3	650–700	662	345.00–349.00	346.34
1	700–750	716	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	378	537.00	537.00
35	400–450	448	500.00–509.00	507.72
69	500–550	519	469.00–497.00	494.23
76	550–600	589	476.50	476.50
2	600–650	606	467.00	467.00
84	650–700	661	400.00–433.00	428.67
77	700–750	742	336.00–393.50	388.71
39	850–900	858	351.00–355.00	354.48
15	1000–1050	1,017	301.00	301.00

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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