Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-27

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $466.86/cwt on 35 head, down $16.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −13.65 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$466.86

▼ 16.48 vs prior sale

35 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,454

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+39.45

vs KY average

+67.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	526	466.86	2,454	35

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale35 hd

466.86

—

KY average25 barns · 589 hd

427.40

+39.45

National average142 barns · 3,877 hd

399.29

+67.57

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−13.65

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

34 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	650–700	685	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	589	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,291	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	751	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,591	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	422.18/cwt	402.50–429.00	1,929	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,383	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	861	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,652	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	764	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	2,739	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	728	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,664	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,110	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,499	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,490	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	845	331.25/cwt	331.25–331.25	2,799	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	314.50/cwt	311.00–315.00	2,645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,339	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,039	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	327.82/cwt	321.00–329.00	2,724	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	604	443.48/cwt	429.00–446.00	2,679	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	939	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	2,859	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,335	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	350.72/cwt	332.00–353.00	2,364	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	674	428.25/cwt	428.25–428.25	2,886	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	375.50/cwt	375.50–375.50	2,508	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	450	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,250	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,939	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,441	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	320.66/cwt	320.00–321.00	2,447	6

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 Jul 27, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	635	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	685	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
74	550–600	589	389.00	389.00
104	650–700	668	375.50	375.50
74	750–800	751	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	435.00	435.00
4	450–500	457	402.50–429.00	422.18
11	500–550	527	387.00	387.00
4	550–600	578	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	635	360.00	360.00
5	650–700	659	355.00	355.00
6	700–750	747	319.00	319.00
3	750–800	785	311.00	311.00
38	800–850	831	321.00–329.00	327.82
1	900–950	910	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	538	434.00	434.00
1	550–600	550	440.00	440.00
10	700–750	735	340.00	340.00
8	800–850	841	311.00–315.00	314.50
9	850–900	861	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	521	478.00	478.00
66	600–650	604	429.00–446.00	443.48
141	650–700	674	428.25	428.25
6	700–750	728	366.00	366.00
180	750–800	764	358.50	358.50
118	800–850	845	331.25	331.25
74	900–950	939	304.50	304.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	353.00	353.00
9	650–700	674	332.00–353.00	350.72
6	750–800	763	320.00–321.00	320.66
1	900–950	940	265.00	265.00
1	950–1000	950	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	450	500.00	500.00

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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