Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was mostly steady with a good quality offering. Good quality feeder steers and heifers 600 lbs and under were mostly steady with a limited supply and good demand for weaned and value added packages and groups. Yearlings appeared steady as well but with limited comparisons. Buyers were active and willing to pay premiums for quality, while discounting plainer and off colored calves severely. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply and no trends on slaughter bulls due to a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.73/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −53.41 against this barn's trailing median of $406.14.

Average price

$352.73

41 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,019

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$35.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.03

vs KY average

−37.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	577	357.87	2,066	35
Medium and Large 2	544	322.70	1,754	6thin

One grade step is worth $35.17/cwt here — about $312 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale41 hd

352.73

—

KY average27 barns · 1,632 hd

352.70

+0.03

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−37.18

This barn, trailing median30 sales

406.14

−53.41

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	—	High	1,820	207.66	3,779	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,504	179.51	2,700	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,177	163.65	1,927	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,109	147.57	1,636	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,660	177.00	2,938	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	2,035	179.24	3,648	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$1,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	926	324.75/cwt	324.75–324.75	3,007	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	398.75/cwt	397.50–400.00	2,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,323	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	825	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	380.87/cwt	377.50–384.00	2,182	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	338.86/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,321	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	312.53/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,900	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	303.97/cwt	295.00–313.00	2,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,381	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	389.75/cwt	373.00–392.00	2,097	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	773	343.86/cwt	340.50–346.00	2,658	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	997	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,031	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,918	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,291	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	642	342.40/cwt	341.00–342.75	2,198	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	859	304.36/cwt	303.00–304.50	2,614	66
Heifers	Medium 1-2	800–850	810	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	1,901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	346	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,055	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	376.69/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	323.86/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	274.21/cwt	230.00–297.50	1,870	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	322.12/cwt	321.00–322.50	1,781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	289.99/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,807	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,981	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	333.50/cwt	320.00–347.00	2,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	325.50/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,210	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	357.60/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,085	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	750–800	763	312.98/cwt	311.50–321.00	2,388	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,169	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	378	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	418	409.61/cwt	395.00–417.50	1,712	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	950–1000	981	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,031	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,959	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	281.14/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,078	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,267	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	344.18/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	307.49/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,593	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	990	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	181.36/cwt	175.00–187.50	1,883	2
Bulls	—	—	1,820	207.66/cwt	205.00–210.00	3,779	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	163.55/cwt	157.00–168.00	1,838	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	173.30/cwt	171.00–176.00	2,253	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	168.91/cwt	167.00–171.00	2,508	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	181.28/cwt	175.00–188.00	2,732	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,214	158.57/cwt	153.00–165.00	1,925	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	124.37/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,080	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,480	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	149.67/cwt	147.00–152.00	1,886	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,660	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,938	1
Steers	Choice	—	2,035	179.24/cwt	170.00–190.00	3,648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,033	295.57/cwt	286.00–305.00	3,053	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,977	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	289.98/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,937	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,894	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	630	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	435	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,940	6

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 Dec 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 578Last week 2,631Year ago 1,081

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 112Year ago 193

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	520	397.50–400.00	398.75
8	600–650	608	382.00	382.00
105	750–800	773	340.50–346.00	343.86
59	900–950	926	324.75	324.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	422	396.00	396.00
8	500–550	538	373.00–392.00	389.75
5	550–600	573	377.50–384.00	380.87
2	600–650	608	364.00	364.00
5	650–700	685	335.00–350.00	338.86
1	700–750	715	321.00	321.00
4	750–800	768	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	845	305.00	305.00
8	950–1000	997	304.00	304.00
2	1000–1050	1,033	286.00–305.00	295.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	341.00	341.00
1	500–550	515	301.00	301.00
1	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
3	600–650	608	300.00–320.00	312.53
2	650–700	663	295.00–313.00	303.97
1	900–950	905	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	497.50	497.50
1	400–450	415	458.00	458.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	600–650	642	341.00–342.75	342.40
27	650–700	668	343.00	343.00
66	850–900	859	303.00–304.50	304.36
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	810	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	525	320.00–327.50	323.86
4	550–600	553	321.00–322.50	322.12
4	600–650	623	287.50–295.00	289.99
3	650–700	682	230.00–297.50	274.21
1	700–750	705	281.00	281.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	380.00	380.00
6	400–450	435	375.00–380.00	376.69
2	450–500	475	377.00	377.00
4	500–550	533	360.00	360.00
31	550–600	583	355.00–360.00	357.60
2	600–650	600	320.00–347.00	333.50
7	650–700	679	320.00–331.00	325.50
1	850–900	890	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
46	750–800	763	311.50–321.00	312.98
5	950–1000	981	273.00	273.00
3	1000–1050	1,031	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	400.00	400.00
6	400–450	418	395.00–417.50	409.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	465	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	330.00–357.50	344.18
3	500–550	518	300.00–312.50	307.49
2	600–650	630	275.00–287.00	281.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	560	353.00	353.00
2	650–700	668	285.00–295.00	289.98
1	700–750	720	263.00	263.00
2	750–800	777	267.50	267.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	274.00	274.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	446.00	446.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	1,500.00	1,500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,038	175.00–187.50	181.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,820	205.00–210.00	207.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,124	157.00–168.00	163.55
3	—	1,300	171.00–176.00	173.30
2	—	1,260	147.00–152.00	149.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	167.00–171.00	168.91
12	—	1,507	175.00–188.00	181.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,214	153.00–165.00	158.57
2	—	868	121.00–127.00	124.37
1	—	1,065	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	177.00	177.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,035	170.00–190.00	179.24

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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle