Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was mostly steady with a good quality offering. Light weight steers 450 lbs and under appeared sharply higher but with a light test, while the 500-700 lbs steers were steady to 2.00 higher with good demand. Yearling steers appeared lower but with limited comparisons. Feeder heifers were mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower with a moderate supply and moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady with a good supply and good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.26/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −57.57 against this barn's trailing median of $457.82.

Average price

$400.26

30 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,208

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$613

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

$111.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.35

vs KY average

−57.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	406.79	2,251	28
Medium and Large 2	500	322.50	1,613	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	295.00	1,637	1thin

One grade step is worth $111.79/cwt here — about $613 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.01, low $374.67, median $457.82 across 29 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

400.26

—

KY average24 barns · 903 hd

397.91

+2.35

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−57.88

This barn, trailing median29 sales

457.82

−57.57

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	1,617	186.39	3,015	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,482	169.27	2,508	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,207	165.88	2,002	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,069	151.28	1,617	20

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,218	$2,463	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,143	$2,341	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	348.64/cwt	344.00–352.50	2,043	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	396.53/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	360.79/cwt	360.00–363.00	1,685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1050–1100	1,060	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	323.31/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,950	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	390.40/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,886	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	354.15/cwt	351.00–360.00	1,824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	373.93/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	316.82/cwt	314.00–322.50	2,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	405.09/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,134	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	831	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,075	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	185	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	790	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,998	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	364.52/cwt	359.00–368.00	2,435	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	579	409.94/cwt	408.00–415.00	2,374	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	341.30/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,631	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,019	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,731	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	389.49/cwt	389.00–390.00	1,675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	175	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	332.31/cwt	331.00–337.00	2,200	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	483	385.29/cwt	383.00–387.50	1,861	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	760	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	368.11/cwt	362.50–377.50	1,896	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	440	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	321.64/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,033	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	700	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	462	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	579	368.05/cwt	367.00–372.50	2,131	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	617	361.02/cwt	358.00–362.50	2,227	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	462	414.48/cwt	410.00–423.00	1,915	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	173.34/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,598	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	165.73/cwt	154.00–169.00	2,431	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,125	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,138	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,025	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,814	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	174.75/cwt	170.00–183.00	1,985	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	143.36/cwt	134.00–150.00	1,554	11
Bulls	—	—	2,068	215.52/cwt	215.00–216.00	4,457	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,035	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	163.52/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,779	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	162.45/cwt	156.00–169.00	1,997	20
Bulls	—	—	1,252	163.55/cwt	155.00–169.00	2,048	5
Bulls	—	—	1,668	188.05/cwt	181.00–192.00	3,137	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	2,561.93/head	2,525.00–2,600.00	2,562	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	750–800	771	285.39/cwt	270.00–300.00	2,200	6
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	790	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	950	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	950–1000	950	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,166	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	201.72/cwt	198.00–207.00	3,681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,143	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	100–150	145	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	525	384.46/cwt	380.00–389.00	2,018	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	372	478.63/cwt	473.00–495.00	1,781	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	2,463.24/head	2,200.00–2,950.00	2,463	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	250	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	264.84/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,915	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	219.30/cwt	210.00–229.00	2,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,308	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	374.02/cwt	367.50–379.00	1,773	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	289.46/cwt	279.00–300.00	1,861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	329.17/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,659	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	359.31/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,355	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,274	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	423.81/cwt	415.00–427.00	2,195	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	384.70/cwt	374.00–393.00	2,224	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	355.15/cwt	332.00–357.00	2,589	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	390.17/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,396	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	354.43/cwt	346.00–365.00	2,045	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	346.79/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,192	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	390.26/cwt	385.00–402.50	2,057	8

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 Oct 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 448Last week 758Year ago 1,098

Slaughter CattleReceipts 128Last week 142Year ago 240

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 6Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	422.50	422.50
3	300–350	322	380.00–410.00	396.53
2	400–450	430	389.00–390.00	389.49
7	450–500	483	385.00–395.00	390.40
7	500–550	515	362.50–377.50	368.11
8	550–600	586	344.00–352.50	348.64
3	600–650	603	310.00–330.00	323.31
8	650–700	662	331.00–337.00	332.31
1	700–750	710	297.50	297.50
3	800–850	845	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	473.00–495.00	478.63
1	400–450	440	447.50	447.50
4	450–500	462	410.00–423.00	414.48
2	500–550	525	380.00–389.00	384.46
5	550–600	579	367.00–372.50	368.05
6	600–650	617	358.00–362.50	361.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	250	322.50	322.50
1	350–400	360	317.50	317.50
1	550–600	555	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	360.00	360.00
5	450–500	474	367.50–379.00	374.02
2	600–650	643	279.00–300.00	289.46
1	750–800	795	241.00	241.00
1	850–900	895	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	475.00	475.00
1	400–450	405	462.50	462.50
1	450–500	485	455.00	455.00
8	500–550	527	385.00–402.50	390.26
7	600–650	632	340.00–350.00	346.79
5	650–700	668	359.00–368.00	364.52
13	700–750	729	332.00–357.00	355.15
14	750–800	771	330.00–347.50	341.30
2	800–850	842	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	518	415.00–427.00	423.81
15	550–600	579	408.00–415.00	409.94
7	600–650	614	380.00–400.00	390.17
67	750–800	790	379.50	379.50
63	800–850	831	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	771	270.00–300.00	285.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	495.00	495.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	555	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	379.00	379.00
2	450–500	460	342.00	342.00
1	500–550	500	322.50	322.50
2	700–750	715	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	185	410.00	410.00
1	200–250	220	415.00	415.00
2	250–300	280	400.00–410.00	405.09
1	350–400	395	371.00	371.00
7	400–450	426	365.00–382.50	373.93
4	450–500	467	360.00–363.00	360.79
3	500–550	515	351.00–360.00	354.15
7	550–600	577	346.00–365.00	354.43
3	600–650	632	320.00–325.00	321.64
3	700–750	713	314.00–322.50	316.82
2	800–850	847	281.00	281.00
1	950–1000	985	251.00	251.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,019	268.00	268.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	145	510.00	510.00
8	450–500	483	383.00–387.50	385.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	462	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	700	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	950	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
3	350–400	377	355.00–367.50	359.31
6	500–550	504	325.00–330.00	329.17
4	550–600	587	332.50	332.50
3	650–700	678	271.00	271.00
2	700–750	723	250.00–280.00	264.84
3	950–1000	975	210.00–229.00	219.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	578	374.00–393.00	384.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,499	170.00–183.00	173.34
23	—	1,467	154.00–169.00	165.73
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	190.00	190.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	177.00	177.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,136	170.00–183.00	174.75
20	—	1,229	156.00–169.00	162.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,084	134.00–150.00	143.36
1	—	815	127.00	127.00
7	—	1,088	155.00–170.00	163.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,068	215.00–216.00	215.52
5	—	1,252	155.00–169.00	163.55
6	—	1,668	181.00–192.00	188.05
3	—	1,825	198.00–207.00	201.72

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,320	2,525.00–2,600.00	2,561.93
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,218	2,200.00–2,950.00	2,463.24
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	790	1,900.00	1,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	1,900.00	1,900.00

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

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