Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 600 lbs and under were sharply higher with a good supply and strong demand, while the yearling steers appeared stronger but with limited head to head comparisons. Feeder heifers 600 lbs and under were mostly 5.00-10.00 higher or greater in a few spots with a good supply and strong demand. Buyers were active today and willing to pay premiums for quality and long weaned packages and groups. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply 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 $442.39/cwt on 64 head, up $5.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 29 comparable sales and sits −15.43 against this barn's trailing median of $457.82.

Average price

$442.39

▲ 5.89 vs prior sale

64 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$438

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

$65.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.96

vs KY average

−36.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	445.49	2,499	61
Medium and Large 2	543	379.50	2,061	3thin

One grade step is worth $65.99/cwt here — about $438 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

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 sale64 hd

442.39

—

KY average18 barns · 417 hd

432.43

+9.96

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−36.00

This barn, trailing median29 sales

457.82

−15.43

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	1,782	200.84	3,580	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,564	176.92	2,767	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,338	171.19	2,290	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	151.24	1,636	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,645	240.00	3,948	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)	1,665	$2,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,390	$3,350	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,415	$2,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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 1-2	800–850	840	329.27/cwt	324.00–340.00	2,766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	372.27/cwt	365.00–374.00	2,368	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,252	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	823	324.31/cwt	323.00–327.50	2,669	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	429.04/cwt	417.50–440.00	1,236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	261.25/cwt	260.00–262.50	2,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	366.66/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,105	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	396.67/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,142	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	967	243.48/cwt	239.00–249.00	2,354	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	313.94/cwt	305.00–321.00	2,430	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,281	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	484.87/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,372	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	806	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,813	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	329.70/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,176	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	342.91/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,517	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,120	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	438.88/cwt	435.00–442.50	2,023	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	579	448.90/cwt	429.00–455.00	2,599	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,308	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	436.57/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,689	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	501.57/cwt	497.50–510.00	2,056	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	566	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,080	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	389	461.68/cwt	455.00–482.50	1,796	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	477	457.95/cwt	451.00–465.00	2,184	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	419	461.25/cwt	450.00–469.00	1,933	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	750–800	755	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	500	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,276	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	272.51/cwt	270.00–275.00	2,120	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,749	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	185.28/cwt	172.50–201.00	2,233	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,248	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	205	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	413	512.05/cwt	507.00–515.00	2,115	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,581	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	147.70/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,607	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	128.49/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,250	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	167.94/cwt	163.00–173.00	1,891	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	169.66/cwt	159.00–173.00	2,687	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,645	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	3,948	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	181.20/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,606	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	227.52/cwt	225.00–230.00	2,605	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,535	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,256	1
Bulls	—	—	1,945	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,085	1
Bulls	—	—	1,728	197.79/cwt	195.00–201.00	3,418	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	183.27/cwt	178.00–190.00	2,835	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	168.92/cwt	164.00–173.00	2,115	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	371.46/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,787	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,415	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	485	514.53/cwt	502.50–523.50	2,495	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,665	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	433.69/cwt	430.00–437.50	2,030	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	343.77/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	309.17/cwt	302.50–312.50	2,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,230	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	958	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,257	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	388.99/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,369	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	400.90/cwt	390.00–413.50	2,662	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,141	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,281	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	465	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	452.39/cwt	447.50–472.00	2,357	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	679	354.31/cwt	349.00–369.00	2,406	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	310.74/cwt	293.00–320.00	2,402	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	400.66/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,083	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	367.93/cwt	361.00–371.00	2,491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	573	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,401	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	359.75/cwt	359.75–359.75	2,554	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	583	395.84/cwt	387.00–409.50	2,308	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,137	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	709	390.38/cwt	379.00–393.00	2,768	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	390.02/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,958	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	487.62/cwt	470.00–494.00	2,248	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	928	342.37/cwt	341.25–343.50	3,177	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	466	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,255	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,998	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,151	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	349.66/cwt	340.00–354.50	2,692	10

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 Feb 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 840Last week 198Year ago 912

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 35Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	470.00–500.00	484.87
1	300–350	315	465.00	465.00
1	400–450	430	497.00	497.00
4	450–500	461	470.00–494.00	487.62
3	500–550	520	400.00–401.00	400.66
2	550–600	550	391.00	391.00
1	600–650	600	373.00	373.00
5	650–700	677	361.00–371.00	367.93
20	700–750	734	330.00–349.00	342.91
10	750–800	770	340.00–354.50	349.66
4	800–850	840	324.00–340.00	329.27
4	900–950	937	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	521	447.50–472.00	452.39
41	550–600	579	429.00–455.00	448.90
33	600–650	616	430.00–450.00	436.57
45	650–700	664	390.00–413.50	400.90
28	700–750	709	379.00–393.00	390.38
13	800–850	806	349.00	349.00
115	900–950	928	341.25–343.50	342.37
57	950–1000	958	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	510.00	510.00
7	400–450	413	507.00–515.00	512.05
27	450–500	485	502.50–523.50	514.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	442.50	442.50
2	450–500	468	430.00–437.50	433.69
2	500–550	527	383.00	383.00
1	550–600	575	372.50	372.50
2	600–650	637	350.00	350.00
3	750–800	773	293.00–320.00	310.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	545.00	545.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	417.50–440.00	429.04
1	300–350	330	460.00	460.00
1	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	415	442.50	442.50
7	450–500	461	435.00–442.50	438.88
5	500–550	502	370.00–395.00	390.02
5	550–600	574	355.00–380.00	366.66
5	600–650	636	365.00–374.00	372.27
6	650–700	660	320.00–340.00	329.70
1	700–750	720	327.00	327.00
4	750–800	774	305.00–321.00	313.94
2	850–900	853	260.00–262.50	261.25
3	950–1000	967	239.00–249.00	243.48
1	1000–1050	1,005	227.00	227.00
1	1050–1100	1,080	252.50	252.50
1	1100–1150	1,120	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	755	335.00	335.00
14	800–850	823	323.00–327.50	324.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	466	484.00	484.00
3	500–550	543	425.00	425.00
39	550–600	583	387.00–409.50	395.84
5	600–650	609	380.00–395.00	388.99
58	650–700	679	349.00–369.00	354.31
77	700–750	710	359.75	359.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	389	455.00–482.50	461.68
7	400–450	419	450.00–469.00	461.25
9	450–500	477	451.00–465.00	457.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	380.00	380.00
2	300–350	337	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	481	360.00–385.00	371.46
1	500–550	545	363.00	363.00
1	600–650	625	342.50	342.50
4	700–750	748	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	573	419.00	419.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	480.00	480.00
2	250–300	260	480.00	480.00
1	450–500	470	480.00	480.00
3	500–550	540	390.00–410.00	396.67
2	600–650	615	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	730	295.00	295.00
2	750–800	778	270.00–275.00	272.51
1	900–950	910	247.50	247.50
1	1000–1050	1,020	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	535.00	535.00
3	400–450	410	497.50–510.00	501.57
1	450–500	460	512.50	512.50
1	500–550	500	455.00	455.00
4	550–600	566	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	450	412.50	412.50
1	600–650	600	352.50	352.50
3	650–700	675	302.50–312.50	309.17
1	900–950	900	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	342.50–345.00	343.77

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,195	230.00	230.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,205	172.50–201.00	185.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,145	225.00–230.00	227.52
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,415	3,850.00	3,850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,365	2,850.00	2,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,415	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,665	2,950.00	2,950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,088	140.00–155.00	147.70
2	—	973	127.00–130.00	128.49
4	—	1,126	163.00–173.00	167.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,584	159.00–173.00	169.66
8	—	1,547	178.00–190.00	183.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,438	180.00–184.00	181.20
1	—	1,535	147.00	147.00
7	—	1,252	164.00–173.00	168.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	240.00	240.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,945	210.00	210.00
3	—	1,728	195.00–201.00	197.79

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

Steers · 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

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle