Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 lower with good demand. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher; except 500-600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower in a limited comparison. Yearling steers limited comparison with very good demand. Yearling heifers sold steady to firm with very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.59/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −55.15 against this barn's trailing median of $404.73.

Average price

$349.59

125 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$340

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

$61.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.08

vs KY average

+10.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	352.04	1,996	120
Medium and Large 2-3	570	290.64	1,656	5thin

One grade step is worth $61.40/cwt here — about $340 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale125 hd

349.59

—

KY average25 barns · 1,599 hd

339.51

+10.08

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

+10.85

This barn, trailing median31 sales

404.73

−55.15

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	—	Low	1,610	203.34	3,274	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,323	162.72	2,152	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,518	161.40	2,451	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,066	150.67	1,605	16
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	151.00	1,767	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	923	148.46	1,370	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,280	$1,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,395	$2,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

110 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 1-2	450–500	472	349.90/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,652	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	331.60/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,714	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	325.77/cwt	324.00–327.50	1,850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	388.13/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,766	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	359.72/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	303.63/cwt	282.50–320.00	1,892	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	317.40/cwt	291.00–318.50	2,571	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	264.63/cwt	258.00–269.00	2,069	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	312.29/cwt	303.00–313.00	2,270	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	365.38/cwt	363.00–369.00	2,083	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	361.04/cwt	315.00–395.00	1,018	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	457.73/cwt	452.50–462.50	1,272	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,438	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	397.80/cwt	387.00–414.00	1,699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	380.00/cwt	376.00–381.00	2,128	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	338.44/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,264	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	343.07/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,139	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	296.38/cwt	283.50–303.50	2,573	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	335.65/cwt	334.60–337.00	2,282	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	365	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,396	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	850–900	858	324.17/cwt	323.50–324.80	2,781	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	364.38/cwt	337.50–372.50	1,596	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	380.57/cwt	375.00–387.00	1,971	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	271.06/cwt	260.00–283.50	2,507	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	760	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,082	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	421.34/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,635	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,291	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	384.02/cwt	372.50–395.00	1,613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	365.79/cwt	342.50–378.00	1,756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	850–900	866	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,113	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	340	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	282	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,213	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	254.23/cwt	246.00–272.00	1,968	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	836	256.71/cwt	250.00–260.00	2,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	950–1000	960	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,285	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	655	306.04/cwt	296.00–311.00	2,005	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	610	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	317.26/cwt	311.00–330.00	1,926	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	630	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,989	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	147.55/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,490	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,099	150.98/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,659	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	148.46/cwt	148.00–149.00	1,370	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,654	170.41/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,819	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	159.66/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,369	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,394	150.76/cwt	148.00–154.00	2,102	4
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,767	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,025	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,540	172.57/cwt	167.00–183.00	2,658	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	161.60/cwt	157.00–166.00	1,868	8
Bulls	—	—	1,353	175.60/cwt	175.00–176.00	2,376	2
Bulls	—	—	1,872	219.16/cwt	210.00–227.00	4,103	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	300–350	345	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,302	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	522	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,736	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	580	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,798	1
Bulls	—	—	1,452	196.23/cwt	181.00–205.00	2,849	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	134.23/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,315	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	162.63/cwt	156.00–166.00	2,091	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	750–800	783	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,175	3
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	650	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,028	1
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	840	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,016	1
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	760	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,409	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	737	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,666	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	433	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	288	401.65/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,157	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	422	413.64/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,746	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	716	276.67/cwt	276.00–278.00	1,981	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,395	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,080	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	771	276.69/cwt	255.00–287.50	2,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	999	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	289.76/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	581	317.05/cwt	313.00–320.00	1,842	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	487	360.80/cwt	360.00–362.50	1,757	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	546	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,889	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	272.96/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,856	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	534	302.47/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,615	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,634	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	732	273.43/cwt	225.00–280.00	2,002	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	539	338.89/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,827	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	632	323.25/cwt	308.00–333.00	2,043	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	403	383.77/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	800–850	824	326.79/cwt	326.00–327.75	2,693	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	755	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	712	200.48/cwt	192.50–202.50	1,427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	345.81/cwt	332.50–351.00	2,144	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	356.90/cwt	335.00–359.00	2,063	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	368.31/cwt	350.00–377.00	2,298	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	357.65/cwt	357.00–359.00	2,432	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	492	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	737	309.74/cwt	274.00–314.00	2,283	205

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 Jul 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,593Last week 858Year ago 769

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 83Year ago 91

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 19Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	372.50	372.50
3	250–300	282	315.00–395.00	361.04
3	300–350	332	340.00–350.00	343.07
3	350–400	383	350.00–372.50	359.72
8	400–450	438	337.50–372.50	364.38
15	450–500	472	335.00–365.00	349.90
18	500–550	517	325.00–337.50	331.60
2	550–600	568	324.00–327.50	325.77
5	600–650	623	282.50–320.00	303.63
1	700–750	725	247.50	247.50
5	750–800	782	258.00–269.00	264.63
1	800–850	815	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	382.50	382.50
2	400–450	403	380.00–387.50	383.77
6	500–550	546	346.00	346.00
94	550–600	578	335.00–359.00	356.90
167	600–650	620	332.50–351.00	345.81
193	650–700	680	334.60–337.00	335.65
205	700–750	737	274.00–314.00	309.74
1	750–800	755	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	836	250.00–260.00	256.71
8	850–900	866	244.00	244.00
1	950–1000	960	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	377.50	377.50
3	400–450	433	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	400.00–405.00	401.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	370	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	455	357.50	357.50
1	500–550	525	185.00	185.00
4	550–600	581	313.00–320.00	317.05
2	600–650	615	280.00–300.00	289.76
2	650–700	680	270.00–276.00	272.96
5	700–750	712	192.50–202.50	200.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	452.50–462.50	457.73
6	350–400	388	400.00–435.00	421.34
3	400–450	427	387.00–414.00	397.80
8	450–500	455	385.00–390.00	388.13
2	500–550	507	362.50	362.50
5	550–600	570	363.00–369.00	365.38
3	600–650	631	340.00	340.00
9	650–700	669	335.00–340.00	338.44
60	700–750	727	303.00–313.00	312.29
17	750–800	750	325.00	325.00
26	800–850	810	291.00–318.50	317.40
20	850–900	868	283.50–303.50	296.38
13	900–950	925	260.00–283.50	271.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	518	375.00–387.00	380.57
16	550–600	560	376.00–381.00	380.00
40	600–650	624	350.00–377.00	368.31
39	650–700	680	357.00–359.00	357.65
18	700–750	741	355.50	355.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
125	800–850	824	326.00–327.75	326.79
232	850–900	858	323.50–324.80	324.17
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	312.00	312.00
1	750–800	760	317.00	317.00
1	800–850	840	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	492	358.00	358.00
12	500–550	539	335.00–352.50	338.89
17	600–650	632	308.00–333.00	323.25
1	650–700	650	339.00	339.00
8	700–750	732	225.00–280.00	273.43
3	750–800	771	255.00–287.50	276.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	417.50	417.50
1	350–400	350	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	420	372.50–395.00	384.02
3	450–500	480	342.50–378.00	365.79
2	500–550	500	355.00	355.00
3	600–650	607	311.00–330.00	317.26
1	700–750	700	250.00	250.00
7	750–800	774	246.00–272.00	254.23
1	900–950	925	215.00	215.00
2	950–1000	975	235.00	235.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	282	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	340	475.00	475.00
4	400–450	422	410.00–425.00	413.64
2	600–650	610	298.00	298.00
3	650–700	655	296.00–311.00	306.04
3	700–750	716	276.00–278.00	276.67
1	750–800	760	274.00	274.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	522	332.50	332.50
1	550–600	580	310.00	310.00
2	700–750	737	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	487	360.00–362.50	360.80
9	500–550	534	295.00–330.00	302.47
1	550–600	570	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	740	237.00	237.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	783	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,010	144.00–152.00	147.55
1	—	820	125.00	125.00
8	—	1,156	157.00–166.00	161.60
3	—	980	131.00–137.00	134.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,099	145.00–154.00	150.98
6	—	1,540	167.00–183.00	172.57
5	—	1,286	156.00–166.00	162.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,654	165.00–175.00	170.41
17	—	1,484	155.00–165.00	159.66
4	—	1,394	148.00–154.00	150.76
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	148.00–149.00	148.46
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	151.00	151.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	175.00–176.00	175.60
8	—	1,872	210.00–227.00	219.16
10	—	1,452	181.00–205.00	196.23

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,395	2,550.00	2,550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	635	170.00	170.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,900.00	1,900.00

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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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