Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold steady on good quality offerings; softer undertone on average quality offerings. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with very good demand. Very hot weather this week with many farmers working in hay.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.82/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −60.91 against this barn's trailing median of $404.73.

Average price

$343.82

41 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$51.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.44

vs KY average

+7.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	347.34	1,865	37
Large 1-2	545	327.00	1,782	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	553	295.50	1,633	2thin

One grade step is worth $51.84/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.63, low $349.69, median $404.73 across 31 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 sale41 hd

343.82

—

KY average24 barns · 1,224 hd

336.39

+7.44

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

+7.91

This barn, trailing median31 sales

404.73

−60.91

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	1,431	206.07	2,950	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,314	170.96	2,247	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,441	166.51	2,399	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,032	151.52	1,564	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,500	190.00	2,850	1thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,153	$2,088	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,115	$2,850	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,040	$2,525	1thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	422	376.76/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	358.18/cwt	340.00–364.00	1,863	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	396.97/cwt	392.50–399.00	1,489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	340.44/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	362.23/cwt	354.00–366.00	2,094	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	321.94/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,075	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	405	414.04/cwt	412.50–417.00	1,677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	361.55/cwt	355.00–378.00	1,374	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	330.50/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,735	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	349.21/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	371.44/cwt	368.00–377.00	1,946	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	306.46/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,897	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,237	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	358.45/cwt	350.00–367.00	1,480	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	374.32/cwt	370.00–387.00	1,273	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	415.09/cwt	412.50–417.50	1,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	378.92/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,072	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,859	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	364.74/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,882	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	249.77/cwt	247.00–252.50	1,798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	415.27/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,142	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	900–950	905	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	407.75/cwt	392.00–420.00	1,562	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	378.46/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,745	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	323	422.86/cwt	412.00–427.00	1,366	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	628	348.75/cwt	348.75–348.75	2,190	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	295	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	625	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,206	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,903	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	360.75/cwt	347.00–375.00	2,038	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	352	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,496	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	490	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,475	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	535	319.95/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,712	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	148.95/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,895	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	172.92/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,521	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	160.09/cwt	157.00–164.00	2,278	2
Bulls	—	—	1,176	195.74/cwt	190.00–204.00	2,302	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	144.92/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,507	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,408	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	790	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,928	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,500	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,850	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	179.10/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,416	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,991	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	168.95/cwt	159.00–174.00	1,691	4
Bulls	—	—	1,857	223.29/cwt	215.00–235.00	4,146	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	900–950	946	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	2,644	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,075	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	158.13/cwt	145.00–163.00	1,518	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	875	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,466	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	545	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	319.89/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,248	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	773	215.56/cwt	205.00–235.00	1,666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	930	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,241	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	462	367.66/cwt	361.00–377.50	1,699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	880	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	258.49/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	390.78/cwt	390.00–391.00	1,817	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	390	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	388.46/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,892	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	571	336.40/cwt	336.00–337.00	1,921	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,909	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	343.88/cwt	337.50–352.00	1,616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	472	414.51/cwt	395.00–417.00	1,956	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	487	362.15/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,764	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1200–1250	1,210	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	386.20/cwt	377.00–390.00	2,190	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	690	339.21/cwt	338.00–341.00	2,341	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	991	277.82/cwt	222.00–279.00	2,753	47

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 Jun 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 472Last week 843Year ago 1,358

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 52Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 6Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	422	370.00–380.00	376.76
16	450–500	487	357.50–367.50	362.15
21	500–550	520	340.00–364.00	358.18
10	550–600	571	336.00–337.00	336.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	375.00–382.50	378.92
4	300–350	340	370.00–387.00	374.32
6	350–400	380	355.00–378.00	361.55
4	400–450	413	350.00–367.00	358.45
3	450–500	475	347.50–350.00	349.21
4	500–550	525	327.00–335.00	330.50
2	550–600	570	315.00–329.00	321.94
10	600–650	619	285.00–315.00	306.46
3	650–700	691	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	905	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	402.00	402.00
85	600–650	628	348.75	348.75
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	325.00	325.00
5	350–400	390	300.00–340.00	319.89
1	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	520	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	585	311.00	311.00
1	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
2	650–700	675	257.00–260.00	258.49
1	700–750	740	220.00	220.00
3	750–800	773	205.00–235.00	215.56
1	800–850	825	202.50	202.50
1	850–900	880	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	412.50–417.50	415.09
4	350–400	375	392.50–399.00	396.97
1	400–450	440	391.00	391.00
5	450–500	487	380.00–392.50	388.46
5	500–550	524	368.00–377.00	371.44
7	550–600	578	354.00–366.00	362.23
3	600–650	627	330.00–355.00	340.44
1	650–700	660	339.00	339.00
47	950–1000	991	222.00–279.00	277.82
1	1050–1100	1,075	225.00	225.00
1	1200–1250	1,210	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	412.50–417.00	414.04
9	450–500	472	395.00–417.00	414.51
7	550–600	567	377.00–390.00	386.20
22	650–700	690	338.00–341.00	339.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	353.00	353.00
28	900–950	946	279.50	279.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	383.00	383.00
3	450–500	462	361.00–377.50	367.66
1	500–550	525	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	580	327.50	327.50
1	650–700	650	317.00	317.00
1	800–850	830	228.00	228.00
1	900–950	930	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	400.00–430.00	415.27
10	350–400	383	392.00–420.00	407.75
3	400–450	401	380.00	380.00
5	450–500	461	375.00–387.50	378.46
15	500–550	516	350.00–375.00	364.74
2	550–600	565	347.00–375.00	360.75
1	600–650	640	281.00	281.00
1	650–700	690	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	720	247.00–252.50	249.77
2	750–800	780	244.00	244.00
1	800–850	805	229.00	229.00
1	900–950	930	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	323	412.00–427.00	422.86
2	350–400	352	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	301.00	301.00
2	500–550	535	315.00–325.00	319.95
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	790	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	342.50	342.50
3	450–500	470	337.50–352.00	343.88
2	550–600	575	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	465	390.00–391.00	390.78
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	875	167.50	167.50

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	2,475.00	2,475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,700.00	1,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	203.00	203.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	960	145.00–163.00	158.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,115	2,850.00	2,850.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,040	2,525.00	2,525.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,272	144.00–153.00	148.95
14	—	1,349	172.00–185.00	179.10
2	—	1,178	169.00	169.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	170.00–175.00	172.92
2	—	1,423	157.00–164.00	160.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,040	142.00–148.00	144.92
1	—	1,100	128.00	128.00
4	—	1,001	159.00–174.00	168.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,176	190.00–204.00	195.74
6	—	1,857	215.00–235.00	223.29
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	190.00	190.00

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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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

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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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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

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