Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was lower with an average quality offering. Feeder steers and heifers were sharply lower across all weight classes with a good supply and moderate demand. Continued negative pressure in the futures market coupled with it being a holiday week limited buyers interests and the premiums they were willing to pay today. Slaughter cows were mostly steady with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 5.00 higher with strong demand for higher yielding individuals.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.85/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −91.29 against this barn's trailing median of $406.14.

Average price

$314.85

29 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$458

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

$79.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.67

vs KY average

−34.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	322.43	1,738	25
Medium and Large 2	555	292.50	1,623	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	528	242.50	1,279	2thin

One grade step is worth $79.93/cwt here — about $458 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 sale29 hd

314.85

—

KY average23 barns · 924 hd

318.52

−3.67

National average34 barns · 3,821 hd

349.37

−34.52

This barn, trailing median30 sales

406.14

−91.29

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	1,508	193.30	2,915	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,594	161.94	2,581	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	156.15	1,870	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	130.34	1,337	25
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	152.00	1,748	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	113.00	1,130	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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,455	$2,275	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	710	$1,125	1thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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	750–800	765	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	357.44/cwt	342.50–365.00	1,516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	284.98/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,377	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	333.01/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,895	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	298.55/cwt	293.00–305.00	1,454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	328.27/cwt	321.00–342.50	1,582	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	327.37/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,679	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	380.68/cwt	365.00–389.00	1,561	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	343.82/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,826	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	334.66/cwt	315.00–339.00	2,065	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	317.08/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,798	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,195	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	249.86/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,836	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,180	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,171	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	364.44/cwt	357.00–380.00	1,687	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,319	71
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	276.16/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,425	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	334.60/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,083	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,274	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	400.06/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,492	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,260	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	967	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	455	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	396.19/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,347	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	413.74/cwt	412.50–415.00	1,212	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	710	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	347.39/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	317.46/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	369.34/cwt	357.50–372.00	1,592	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,781	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	136.38/cwt	129.00–142.00	1,451	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	97.11/cwt	94.00–100.00	947	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,626	164.40/cwt	162.00–170.00	2,673	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	163.85/cwt	162.00–167.50	1,892	6
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,748	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	149.45/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,617	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	120.42/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,137	7
Bulls	—	—	1,365	185.12/cwt	183.00–189.00	2,527	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	154.55/cwt	154.00–155.00	2,315	2
Bulls	—	—	1,787	209.34/cwt	206.00–216.00	3,741	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	154.58/cwt	149.00–160.00	1,883	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	142.47/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,717	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	600–650	610	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,113	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	250–300	290	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	486	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	400–450	405	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	739	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	700–750	712	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,264	2
Bulls	—	—	1,187	174.74/cwt	172.00–176.00	2,074	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,130	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	936	163.91/cwt	159.00–170.00	1,534	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,443	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	425	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	808	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	600	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	470	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	287.50/cwt	275.00–300.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,282	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	795	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	263	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,230	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	308.39/cwt	297.50–320.00	1,909	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	257.94/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,762	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	264.82/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,086	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,174	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,267	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	973	190.42/cwt	186.00–195.00	1,853	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	353.82/cwt	350.00–357.50	920	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	309.18/cwt	302.50–312.50	1,410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	315.07/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	323.67/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,013	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	205.75/cwt	204.00–207.50	1,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	259.48/cwt	240.00–269.00	1,585	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	252.51/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	319.25/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,015	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	301.18/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,114	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	341.00/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,606	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 Nov 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 451Last week 1,429Year ago 478

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 152Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 14Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	385.00	385.00
2	300–350	305	355.00	355.00
6	400–450	424	342.50–365.00	357.44
8	450–500	482	321.00–342.50	328.27
13	500–550	513	315.00–340.00	327.37
12	550–600	567	310.00–320.00	317.08
2	600–650	613	280.00–290.00	284.98
7	650–700	666	274.00	274.00
1	750–800	765	227.50	227.50
3	800–850	841	228.00	228.00
56	850–900	890	255.50	255.50
2	950–1000	967	224.00	224.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	190.00	190.00
1	1250–1300	1,260	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	330.00	330.00
3	300–350	313	312.50–330.00	323.67
3	350–400	373	300.00–330.00	315.07
3	450–500	456	302.50–312.50	309.18
2	550–600	555	292.50	292.50
5	650–700	698	229.00	229.00
1	700–750	710	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	810	199.00	199.00
2	850–900	850	204.00–207.50	205.75
2	950–1000	973	186.00–195.00	190.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	190.00	190.00
1	450–500	470	227.50	227.50
1	600–650	600	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	275.00–300.00	287.50
1	350–400	350	282.50	282.50
1	400–450	445	288.00	288.00
1	500–550	505	232.50	232.50
1	550–600	550	252.50	252.50
1	700–750	745	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	350.00–357.50	353.82
3	300–350	318	312.50–322.50	319.25
2	350–400	370	300.00–302.50	301.18
5	400–450	427	332.50–337.50	334.60
3	450–500	487	293.00–305.00	298.55
3	500–550	516	270.00–287.50	276.16
1	550–600	555	296.00	296.00
5	600–650	611	240.00–269.00	259.48
3	650–700	652	250.00–257.50	252.51
4	700–750	716	209.00	209.00
1	800–850	820	197.00	197.00
1	900–950	915	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	293	412.50–415.00	413.74
2	300–350	340	392.50–400.00	396.19
4	350–400	373	395.00–405.00	400.06
11	400–450	431	357.50–372.00	369.34
6	450–500	476	345.00–350.00	347.39
3	500–550	506	337.50	337.50
2	550–600	570	315.00–320.00	317.46
9	600–650	619	297.50–320.00	308.39
2	700–750	700	244.00	244.00
1	750–800	795	224.00	224.00
1	950–1000	995	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	410	250.00–280.00	264.82
1	500–550	520	272.50	272.50
1	650–700	665	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	297	402.50	402.50
3	300–350	313	440.00	440.00
6	400–450	410	365.00–389.00	380.68
12	450–500	463	357.00–380.00	364.44
7	500–550	531	335.00–355.00	343.82
6	550–600	569	322.50–345.00	333.01
14	600–650	617	315.00–339.00	334.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	417	352.50	352.50
8	450–500	471	335.00–350.00	341.00
1	500–550	520	281.00	281.00
1	550–600	575	280.00	280.00
5	650–700	683	242.50–265.00	257.94
3	700–750	735	245.00–260.00	249.86
1	750–800	775	262.50	262.50
1	1150–1200	1,180	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
71	650–700	682	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	263	467.50	467.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	167.50	167.50
1	400–450	405	182.50	182.50
2	600–650	610	182.50	182.50
2	700–750	712	177.50	177.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,455	2,275.00	2,275.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	936	159.00–170.00	163.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,240	197.00	197.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,064	129.00–142.00	136.38
2	—	975	94.00–100.00	97.11
3	—	1,082	146.00–153.00	149.45
7	—	944	116.00–123.00	120.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,626	162.00–170.00	164.40
2	—	1,498	154.00–155.00	154.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,155	162.00–167.50	163.85
12	—	1,218	149.00–160.00	154.58
2	—	1,205	142.00–143.00	142.47
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	152.00	152.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	113.00	113.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,365	183.00–189.00	185.12
5	—	1,787	206.00–216.00	209.34
3	—	1,187	172.00–176.00	174.74

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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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

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