Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Good quality feeder steers 700 lbs and under were 5.00 to 10.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply, while the yearling steers were 3.00 to 6.00 higher with good demand. Feeder heifers 650 lbs and under were unevenly steady with a good supply and the yearling heifers appeared stronger and with good demand. Buyers were active today and willing to pay premiums for weaned packages and groups, while discounting plainer or off colored cattle severely and increasing the spread between the highs and lows in a weight class. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand and slaughter bulls appeared steady with a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $386.74/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −71.95 against this barn's trailing median of $458.69.

Average price

$386.74

30 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$356

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

$61.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.79

vs KY average

+5.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	394.97	2,156	26
Medium and Large 2	540	333.24	1,799	4thin

One grade step is worth $61.73/cwt here — about $356 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.01, low $410.51, median $458.69 across 28 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 sale30 hd

386.74

—

KY average23 barns · 404 hd

367.95

+18.79

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

+5.06

This barn, trailing median28 sales

458.69

−71.95

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	1,610	205.49	3,308	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,463	174.00	2,546	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,268	169.57	2,151	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,106	151.88	1,679	7thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,300	195.00	2,535	1thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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	200–250	231	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,065	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	589	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,256	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	860	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,657	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	403	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,576	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	312	498.04/cwt	450.00–512.00	1,554	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	373	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	1,861	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	308.35/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	407.55/cwt	402.50–412.00	2,136	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	200–250	238	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	1,211	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	448	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,056	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	849	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,572	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	320.50/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	735	330.94/cwt	307.00–331.50	2,432	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,922	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	267.01/cwt	259.00–279.00	2,334	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	367.67/cwt	367.50–368.00	1,379	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	745	362.52/cwt	350.00–363.00	2,701	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	845	334.55/cwt	317.00–335.00	2,827	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	296.93/cwt	289.00–300.00	2,331	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,966	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	671	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,315	92
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	364.85/cwt	361.00–369.00	1,707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	275.84/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,804	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,295	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	376.20/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	312.13/cwt	312.00–312.50	1,938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	365.52/cwt	357.00–370.00	2,456	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	358.75/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,489	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	384.53/cwt	377.00–400.00	1,665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	244.41/cwt	240.00–249.00	2,493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	237.80/cwt	237.00–239.00	1,998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	354.98/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	397	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,945	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,748	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	310	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	814	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	555	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	356.99/cwt	349.50–360.00	1,867	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,769	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,300	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,535	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	162.94/cwt	156.00–169.00	1,939	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	124.23/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,112	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	174.00/cwt	166.00–183.00	2,546	15
Bulls	—	—	1,370	180.96/cwt	179.00–183.00	2,479	2
Bulls	—	—	1,730	217.75/cwt	213.00–221.00	3,767	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	630	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	480	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	287	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,263	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	174.44/cwt	170.00–182.00	2,217	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	161.46/cwt	151.00–165.00	2,041	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	964	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	267.23/cwt	257.00–294.00	1,975	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	310.49/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	225	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	277.23/cwt	267.50–287.50	1,544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	321.80/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	246.00/cwt	237.00–265.00	1,914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	277.61/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,760	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,267	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	297.36/cwt	291.00–303.00	1,531	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,445	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	311.94/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,628	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	346.66/cwt	342.50–365.00	1,522	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	386.19/cwt	369.00–395.00	2,391	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	337.50/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,401	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	318.46/cwt	311.00–320.00	2,159	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	249.81/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	338.65/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	958	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,999	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	408.66/cwt	397.50–429.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	940	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,566	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	761	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,740	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	307	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,299	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	354.94/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,154	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	390.48/cwt	381.50–394.00	2,601	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,462	4

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 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,224Last week 680Year ago 1,719

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 86Year ago 102

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 4Year ago 23

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
6	200–250	231	461.00	461.00
9	300–350	307	423.00	423.00
13	400–450	403	391.00	391.00
28	500–550	523	349.50–360.00	356.99
8	550–600	567	339.00	339.00
90	600–650	607	350.00–359.00	354.94
92	650–700	671	345.00	345.00
88	700–750	735	307.00–331.50	330.94
39	800–850	849	303.00	303.00
7	900–950	940	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	367.50–368.00	367.67
5	400–450	415	355.00–360.00	358.75
3	450–500	460	350.00–362.50	354.98
3	500–550	505	307.50–310.00	308.35
4	550–600	570	320.00–321.00	320.50
4	600–650	621	312.00–312.50	312.13
7	650–700	654	270.00–285.00	275.84
7	700–750	739	257.00–294.00	267.23
8	750–800	785	289.00–300.00	296.93
1	800–850	835	279.00	279.00
5	850–900	874	259.00–279.00	267.01
4	900–950	900	255.00	255.00
1	950–1000	980	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	635	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	360.00	360.00
1	300–350	335	355.00	355.00
6	400–450	415	330.00–345.00	337.50
5	450–500	483	310.00–330.00	321.80
5	500–550	515	291.00–303.00	297.36
4	550–600	557	267.50–287.50	277.23
6	600–650	634	267.50–282.50	277.61
3	750–800	778	237.00–265.00	246.00
1	900–950	900	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	238	509.00	509.00
11	300–350	312	450.00–512.00	498.04
9	350–400	373	499.00	499.00
4	400–450	448	459.00	459.00
15	500–550	524	402.50–412.00	407.55
8	550–600	589	383.00	383.00
38	600–650	619	369.00–395.00	386.19
104	650–700	666	381.50–394.00	390.48
186	700–750	745	350.00–363.00	362.52
10	750–800	761	360.00	360.00
159	800–850	845	317.00–335.00	334.55
7	850–900	860	309.00	309.00
43	950–1000	958	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	397.50–429.00	408.66
3	400–450	433	377.00–400.00	384.53
3	500–550	540	364.00	364.00
1	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
12	650–700	672	357.00–370.00	365.52
1	700–750	705	310.00	310.00
4	750–800	753	327.00	327.00
2	1000–1050	1,020	240.00–249.00	244.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	610	273.00	273.00
1	650–700	665	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	321	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	440	386.00	386.00
3	500–550	525	330.00–355.00	338.65
1	550–600	585	317.00	317.00
8	650–700	678	311.00–320.00	318.46
3	750–800	770	240.00–270.00	249.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	372.50–380.00	376.20
2	450–500	468	361.00–369.00	364.85
8	500–550	514	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	563	310.00–311.00	310.49
1	600–650	610	290.00	290.00
2	650–700	692	281.00	281.00
1	700–750	720	242.00	242.00
5	800–850	840	237.00–239.00	237.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	287	440.00	440.00
2	350–400	397	427.50	427.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	262.50	262.50
1	550–600	555	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	395	307.50	307.50
1	400–450	405	331.00	331.00
1	450–500	470	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	372.50	372.50
1	350–400	395	392.50	392.50
5	400–450	439	342.50–365.00	346.66
1	450–500	485	330.00	330.00
5	500–550	522	300.00–320.00	311.94
1	550–600	595	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	605	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	685	267.50	267.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	195.00	195.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,190	156.00–169.00	162.94
2	—	895	121.00–127.00	124.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,463	166.00–183.00	174.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,271	170.00–182.00	174.44
6	—	1,264	151.00–165.00	161.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	179.00–183.00	180.96
4	—	1,730	213.00–221.00	217.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	205.00	205.00

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

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