Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last monday: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher with a few instances of sharply higher on some weaned preconditioned packages. Feeder heifers under 600lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher with feeder heifers over 600lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Good quality offering of feeders in todays sale. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Good demand for all feeder and slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $294.58/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −111.56 against this barn's trailing median of $406.14.

Average price

$294.58

63 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$27.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.98

vs KY average

−9.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	295.02	1,596	62
Medium and Large 2	535	267.50	1,431	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.52/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.63, low $349.69, median $406.14 across 30 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 sale63 hd

294.58

—

KY average25 barns · 2,137 hd

281.60

+12.98

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−9.84

This barn, trailing median30 sales

406.14

−111.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,379	162.27	2,238	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,562	140.41	2,193	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	135.69	1,733	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	118.00	1,204	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,195	$2,512	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,108	$2,333	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,428	$2,280	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,390	$2,075	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,339	$1,881	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,525	1thin

Every lot, as filed

102 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,147	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,261	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	134.92/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,735	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	421	352.08/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,482	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	298.03/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,580	38
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	720	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,692	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	524	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,551	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	323.71/cwt	323.00–325.00	1,884	17
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	675	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	407	417.48/cwt	407.50–420.00	1,699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	456	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	293.00/cwt	285.00–301.00	1,875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,762	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,019	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	259.05/cwt	250.00–261.50	1,997	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	285.28/cwt	279.00–292.00	1,920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,170	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	299.51/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	390.14/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,424	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	982	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,249	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	373.79/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	265.60/cwt	264.00–269.00	1,679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	333.72/cwt	325.00–343.00	1,585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	376.04/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,534	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	440	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	913	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	840	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	321.94/cwt	314.50–331.50	2,044	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	347.33/cwt	343.00–354.00	1,803	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,995	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	926	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,306	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,607	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	610	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	507	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	396	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,647	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	583	270.19/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,992	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	261.55/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,784	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	293.53/cwt	289.00–297.00	1,688	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	287.70/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,752	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	777	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	462	338.72/cwt	338.00–341.00	1,565	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	243.99/cwt	234.00–248.00	1,657	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	771	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	206.26/cwt	204.00–211.00	1,497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	329.34/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,057	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	295.54/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,419	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	289.57/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,520	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	357.70/cwt	347.00–365.00	1,331	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	314.32/cwt	308.00–321.00	1,449	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	345.74/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,096	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	217.01/cwt	216.00–218.00	1,773	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	229.52/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,625	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	266.63/cwt	252.50–271.00	1,714	18
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	805	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,386	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	141.78/cwt	137.00–148.00	2,195	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	134.91/cwt	134.00–136.00	2,183	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	126.37/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,492	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	146.17/cwt	143.00–154.00	1,988	4
Bulls	—	—	1,191	157.39/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,875	4
Bulls	—	—	1,755	172.02/cwt	171.00–173.00	3,019	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	2,332.51/head	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,333	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,640	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	1,697.16/head	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,697	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	2,511.72/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,512	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,517	2,223.16/head	2,100.00–2,375.00	2,223	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	232.14/cwt	225.00–234.00	1,667	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	329.87/cwt	326.00–335.00	1,715	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	221.67/cwt	221.00–222.00	1,691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	368.17/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,517	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,486	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,416	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	470	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	280.82/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	333.57/cwt	332.00–335.00	1,414	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 (Monday) - Lexington, KY

Mon Jan 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 520Last week 928Year ago 870

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 62Year ago 133

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 4Year ago 36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	113.00	113.00
1	—	1,025	123.00	123.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,286	131.00–139.00	134.92
4	—	1,181	123.00–129.00	126.37
4	—	1,360	143.00–154.00	146.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,548	137.00–148.00	141.78
2	—	1,618	134.00–136.00	134.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,191	155.00–165.00	157.39
2	—	1,755	171.00–173.00	172.02

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	410.00	410.00
5	350–400	396	416.00	416.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	524	296.00	296.00
2	650–700	675	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	720	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	395.00	395.00
3	350–400	365	380.00–395.00	390.14
2	400–450	408	365.00–387.50	376.04
2	450–500	460	370.00–377.50	373.79
7	500–550	534	330.00	330.00
17	550–600	582	323.00–325.00	323.71
2	600–650	640	285.00–301.00	293.00
2	650–700	673	279.00–292.00	285.28
2	700–750	729	258.00	258.00
9	750–800	771	250.00–261.50	259.05
6	800–850	811	249.00	249.00
2	950–1000	982	229.00	229.00
1	1150–1200	1,170	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	407	407.50–420.00	417.48
4	450–500	456	393.00	393.00
28	500–550	519	343.00–354.00	347.33
2	550–600	565	352.50	352.50
51	600–650	635	314.50–331.50	321.94
14	700–750	723	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	317.50	317.50
2	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	475	325.00–343.00	333.72
4	550–600	573	299.00–300.00	299.51
3	600–650	632	264.00–269.00	265.60
1	700–750	740	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	279.00	279.00
6	550–600	583	261.00–280.00	270.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	421	350.00–360.00	352.08
9	450–500	462	338.00–341.00	338.72
38	500–550	530	295.00–301.00	298.03
13	550–600	575	289.00–297.00	293.53
35	600–650	609	279.00–290.00	287.70
9	650–700	682	260.00–262.00	261.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	302.50	302.50
1	450–500	485	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	630	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	295.00	295.00
1	250–300	255	302.50	302.50
4	300–350	321	327.50–330.00	329.34
1	350–400	395	317.50	317.50
9	450–500	480	290.00–300.00	295.54
1	500–550	535	267.50	267.50
3	700–750	726	204.00–211.00	206.26
4	750–800	777	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	330.00	330.00
5	300–350	317	337.50–355.00	345.74
13	350–400	372	347.00–365.00	357.70
6	400–450	424	332.00–335.00	333.57
15	450–500	461	308.00–321.00	314.32
7	500–550	525	282.50–292.50	289.57
4	550–600	564	270.00–285.00	280.82
18	600–650	643	252.50–271.00	266.63
15	650–700	679	234.00–248.00	243.99
5	700–750	708	220.00–232.00	229.52
1	750–800	780	217.50	217.50
3	800–850	817	216.00–218.00	217.01
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	282.50	282.50
1	800–850	805	197.50	197.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	207.50	207.50
1	800–850	840	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	257.50	257.50
1	650–700	665	210.00	210.00
4	900–950	926	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	355.00	355.00
2	350–400	380	391.00	391.00
3	400–450	412	360.00–377.50	368.17
22	500–550	520	326.00–335.00	329.87
1	550–600	570	297.50	297.50
2	600–650	625	275.00	275.00
5	700–750	718	225.00–234.00	232.14
3	750–800	763	221.00–222.00	221.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	593	271.00	271.00
2	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	655	242.50	242.50
1	700–750	745	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	507	347.50	347.50
1	600–650	610	311.00	311.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,108	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,332.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,188	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,697.16
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	2,075.00	2,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,195	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,511.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,640	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,517	2,100.00–2,375.00	2,223.16

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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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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