Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was uneven and spotty with an average quality offering. Feeder steers 400-550 lbs appeared lower with a lite test, while the 600-700 lbs steers were mostly steady with good demand. Feeder heifers 400 lbs and under were 4.00 to 6.00 higher, while the 400-600 lbs heifers were steady to 4.00 lower with a good supply and good demand. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a moderate supply and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.38/cwt on 24 head, up $1.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 29 comparable sales and sits −14.44 against this barn's trailing median of $457.82.

Average price

$443.38

▲ 1.12 vs prior sale

24 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,397

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$369

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

$79.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.68

vs KY average

−10.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	454.56	2,441	20
Medium and Large 2	565	400.00	2,260	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	553	375.00	2,072	2thin

One grade step is worth $79.56/cwt here — about $369 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 sale24 hd

443.38

—

KY average24 barns · 647 hd

446.06

−2.68

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

−10.34

This barn, trailing median29 sales

457.82

−14.44

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	—	Low	1,764	226.59	3,996	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,568	184.15	2,887	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,301	182.18	2,371	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	162.41	1,750	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,280	220.00	2,816	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,285	231.00	2,968	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)	1,005	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	975	$1,700	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,355	$3,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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 1-2Fancy	250–300	255	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	379.64/cwt	357.00–389.00	2,312	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	433.04/cwt	429.00–440.00	2,503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	305.86/cwt	297.00–315.00	2,395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	359.85/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,242	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	381.80/cwt	371.00–390.00	2,127	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	470.36/cwt	462.00–487.50	1,844	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	338.18/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,313	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	435.81/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,088	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	604.96/cwt	600.00–610.00	1,742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	190	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,169	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	379.29/cwt	371.00–391.00	2,135	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	441.59/cwt	437.00–453.00	2,093	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,317	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,054	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	391.55/cwt	379.00–408.00	2,024	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	708	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,437	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	315.24/cwt	310.00–316.00	2,613	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,126	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	406.27/cwt	405.00–407.50	2,539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	890	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,977	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	483.06/cwt	460.00–505.00	1,773	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	452.32/cwt	442.50–462.50	1,868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	467.22/cwt	460.00–477.00	1,916	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	584.85/cwt	580.00–587.50	1,848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,040	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1100–1150	1,123	243.86/cwt	235.00–253.00	2,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	678	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	436.43/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,012	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,135	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	233	635.27/cwt	630.00–640.00	1,480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	775	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	278	626.06/cwt	615.00–635.00	1,740	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	458	475.50/cwt	472.50–477.50	2,178	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	323.38/cwt	321.00–327.50	2,222	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	242	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	950–1000	990	262.00/cwt	259.00–265.00	2,594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,022	257.01/cwt	255.00–261.00	2,627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1250–1300	1,275	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,996	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	429.11/cwt	412.00–441.00	2,197	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	680	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,033	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	680	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,502	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	187.54/cwt	187.00–188.00	2,597	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	163.83/cwt	159.00–168.00	1,809	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	134.52/cwt	129.00–145.00	1,312	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	180.85/cwt	170.00–186.00	2,004	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	192.06/cwt	187.00–200.00	2,983	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	179.54/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,830	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	180.04/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,283	5
Bulls	—	—	2,340	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	4,727	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,285	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,968	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,280	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,816	1
Bulls	—	—	1,904	239.22/cwt	230.00–246.00	4,555	4
Bulls	—	—	1,479	220.11/cwt	210.00–225.00	3,255	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	200.86/cwt	179.00–225.00	1,934	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	975	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	400–450	410	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	984	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	450	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,111	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,533	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	368	512.39/cwt	502.50–520.00	1,886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	485.55/cwt	472.50–490.00	2,088	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	351.36/cwt	350.00–354.00	1,996	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,023	323.25/cwt	323.25–323.25	3,307	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	426.01/cwt	420.00–427.50	2,228	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	385.83/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,597	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	407.96/cwt	403.00–413.00	2,693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,881	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	428.64/cwt	420.00–442.50	1,629	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	392.35/cwt	375.00–403.00	2,111	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	421.09/cwt	419.00–427.00	2,665	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	432.88/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,896	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	340.89/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,100	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	423.84/cwt	419.00–432.50	1,780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	269.57/cwt	259.00–280.00	2,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	447.59/cwt	445.00–452.50	1,710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	334.99/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,037	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	783	298.36/cwt	290.00–307.00	2,336	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,376	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	977	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	350.76/cwt	345.00–363.00	2,045	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	357.47/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,086	1

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 Jun 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 495Last week 671Year ago 771

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 87Year ago 98

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 4Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	242	660.00	660.00
1	250–300	255	650.00	650.00
2	650–700	680	368.00	368.00
1	750–800	775	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	190	615.00	615.00
2	200–250	233	630.00–640.00	635.27
2	250–300	288	600.00–610.00	604.96
3	300–350	316	580.00–587.50	584.85
7	350–400	367	460.00–505.00	483.06
3	400–450	410	460.00–477.00	467.22
7	450–500	461	427.50–440.00	436.43
12	500–550	512	412.00–441.00	429.11
11	550–600	557	371.00–390.00	381.80
10	600–650	623	350.00–375.00	359.85
6	650–700	687	321.00–327.50	323.38
2	750–800	783	297.00–315.00	305.86
3	1000–1050	1,022	255.00–261.00	257.01
1	1100–1150	1,135	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1100–1150	1,111	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	500	317.50	317.50
1	550–600	570	313.00	313.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	465.00	465.00
8	350–400	380	420.00–442.50	428.64
5	400–450	438	430.00–445.00	432.88
12	500–550	538	375.00–403.00	392.35
3	550–600	583	345.00–363.00	350.76
3	600–650	608	332.50–340.00	334.99
1	750–800	775	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	810	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	515.00	515.00
1	300–350	340	507.50	507.50
3	350–400	392	462.00–487.50	470.36
2	400–450	413	442.50–462.50	452.32
13	450–500	474	437.00–453.00	441.59
6	500–550	517	379.00–408.00	391.55
9	550–600	563	371.00–391.00	379.29
20	600–650	609	357.00–389.00	379.64
8	650–700	684	330.00–345.00	338.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	678	387.50	387.50
2	950–1000	990	259.00–265.00	262.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	281.00	281.00
2	1100–1150	1,123	235.00–253.00	243.86
1	1250–1300	1,275	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	278	615.00–635.00	626.06
2	300–350	315	540.00	540.00
3	350–400	368	502.50–520.00	512.39
13	400–450	430	472.50–490.00	485.55
5	450–500	458	472.50–477.50	475.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	525	317.50	317.50
1	650–700	660	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	430.00	430.00
4	400–450	420	419.00–432.50	423.84
2	500–550	538	350.00–365.00	357.47
3	550–600	568	350.00–354.00	351.36
4	600–650	616	340.00–342.50	340.89
1	700–750	745	270.00	270.00
2	750–800	765	259.00–280.00	269.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	523	420.00–427.50	426.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	570.00	570.00
3	400–450	438	469.00	469.00
5	450–500	479	430.00–450.00	435.81
1	500–550	510	448.00	448.00
3	550–600	578	429.00–440.00	433.04
2	600–650	625	405.00–407.50	406.27
19	650–700	673	380.00–390.00	385.83
2	700–750	700	331.00	331.00
1	750–800	775	319.00	319.00
8	800–850	829	310.00–316.00	315.24
1	950–1000	980	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	531	459.00	459.00
16	600–650	633	419.00–427.00	421.09
2	650–700	660	403.00–413.00	407.96
6	700–750	708	377.00	377.00
21	850–900	890	334.50	334.50
51	1000–1050	1,023	323.25	323.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	299.00	299.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	445.00–452.50	447.59
2	400–450	440	427.50	427.50
1	450–500	490	420.00	420.00
2	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
4	650–700	677	351.00	351.00
1	700–750	730	317.50	317.50
2	750–800	783	290.00–307.00	298.36
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	381.00	381.00
1	550–600	570	369.00	369.00
1	800–850	810	257.50	257.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	187.00–188.00	187.54
5	—	1,268	170.00–184.00	180.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,104	159.00–168.00	163.83
3	—	975	129.00–145.00	134.52
4	—	1,108	170.00–186.00	180.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,553	187.00–200.00	192.06
12	—	1,576	172.00–185.00	179.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,340	202.00	202.00
4	—	1,904	230.00–246.00	239.22
4	—	1,479	210.00–225.00	220.11
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	220.00	220.00

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	963	179.00–225.00	200.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,355	3,100.00	3,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	2,300.00	2,300.00

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

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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

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