Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was mostly stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 300-500 lbs were 4.00 to 6.00 higher, while the 500-650 lbs steers were steady with a good supply and good demand for weaned packages and groups. Yearling steers appeared higher as well with a good supply and good demand. Feeder heifers 500 lbs and under were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while the 600-700 lbs heifers were 3.00 to 6.00 higher with a good supply and good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly 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 $468.57/cwt on 63 head, up $11.21 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 18 of 29 comparable sales and sits +10.74 against this barn's trailing median of $457.82.

Average price

$468.57

▲ 11.21 vs prior sale

63 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.32

vs KY average

+0.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	468.57	2,544	63

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale63 hd

468.57

—

KY average24 barns · 958 hd

463.25

+5.32

National average150 barns · 8,917 hd

468.46

+0.11

This barn, trailing median29 sales

457.82

+10.74

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	1,854	224.57	4,163	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,537	183.08	2,813	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,231	182.77	2,251	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,029	160.57	1,653	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,320	247.00	3,260	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)	1,400	$2,754	4thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,450	$3,306	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	920	$2,475	2thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	342.53/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,408	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	652	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,461	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	469.11/cwt	461.00–480.00	1,998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	383.85/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,207	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	487.99/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,801	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	386.42/cwt	365.00–399.00	2,732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	323.79/cwt	320.00–327.50	3,027	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	550	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	187	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,094	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	386.00/cwt	363.00–397.50	2,895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	481.81/cwt	480.00–497.50	2,125	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	373.68/cwt	367.50–380.00	2,459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	398.43/cwt	390.00–407.00	2,550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	410.66/cwt	407.50–416.00	2,370	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	315	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	178	604.23/cwt	585.00–620.00	1,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	538	476.11/cwt	472.50–490.00	2,561	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	933	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,312	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	631	442.28/cwt	432.50–452.50	2,791	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	483.93/cwt	475.00–507.50	2,342	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	400.77/cwt	390.00–411.00	2,096	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	298	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	1,840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,939	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,662	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,184	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	478	508.53/cwt	503.00–513.00	2,431	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	502.50/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,618	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,065	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	597.56/cwt	595.00–600.00	1,990	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	755	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	503.72/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,813	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	432.72/cwt	429.00–440.00	2,445	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	920	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	900	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	405.44/cwt	397.50–422.50	2,534	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	670	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,730	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,800	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	191.20/cwt	187.00–195.00	2,543	5
Bulls	—	—	2,048	232.90/cwt	227.00–243.00	4,770	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,320	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	3,260	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	170.59/cwt	163.00–178.00	1,801	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	152.66/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,589	5
Bulls	Large 1	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,021	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	181.78/cwt	178.00–186.00	2,812	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	176.75/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,052	7
Bulls	—	—	1,065	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,013	1
Bulls	—	—	1,663	217.00/cwt	209.00–220.00	3,609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	444.01/cwt	443.00–445.00	2,042	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	282	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,678	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,567	3,105.53/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,106	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	237.50/cwt	233.00–240.00	2,477	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	3,306.21/head	3,150.00–3,450.00	3,306	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	190.69/cwt	181.00–204.00	2,189	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,050	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	383.80/cwt	382.50–385.00	1,996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,057	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	264.27/cwt	259.00–275.00	2,154	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	446.79/cwt	438.00–452.50	2,806	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	426.37/cwt	415.00–433.00	2,034	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,145	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,715	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	217	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	354.29/cwt	347.50–357.50	2,360	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	366.52/cwt	357.50–385.00	2,265	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	430.86/cwt	421.00–449.00	2,253	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,135	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	822	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,137	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,814	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	436.23/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,063	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	485.34/cwt	475.00–495.00	1,762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,033	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	436.61/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	440.02/cwt	431.00–451.00	2,477	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	438.66/cwt	425.00–452.50	1,768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	366.00/cwt	365.00–367.00	2,061	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	989	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	3,397	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,014	335.75/cwt	335.75–335.75	3,405	57

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 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 661Last week 526Year ago 472

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 80Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 16Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	178	585.00–620.00	604.23
2	250–300	270	545.00	545.00
3	300–350	322	495.00–510.00	502.50
4	350–400	369	475.00–500.00	487.99
4	400–450	428	453.00	453.00
18	450–500	477	415.00–433.00	426.37
4	500–550	523	390.00–411.00	400.77
2	550–600	575	380.00–387.50	383.85
5	600–650	618	357.50–385.00	366.52
4	650–700	666	347.50–357.50	354.29
2	700–750	703	335.00–350.00	342.53
4	800–850	841	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	652	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	523	421.00–449.00	430.86
7	550–600	577	407.50–416.00	410.66
81	600–650	635	427.50	427.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	282	595.00	595.00
8	350–400	360	500.00–510.00	503.72
4	450–500	460	443.00–445.00	444.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	385.00	385.00
1	800–850	800	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	217	515.00	515.00
1	300–350	335	482.50	482.50
1	350–400	380	427.50	427.50
2	500–550	520	382.50–385.00	383.80
2	550–600	563	365.00–367.00	366.00
1	600–650	605	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	680	325.00	325.00
3	800–850	815	259.00–275.00	264.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	187	585.00	585.00
2	350–400	370	520.00	520.00
9	400–450	441	480.00–497.50	481.81
1	450–500	475	490.00	490.00
3	500–550	527	435.00–440.00	436.61
10	550–600	563	431.00–451.00	440.02
2	600–650	640	390.00–407.00	398.43
3	700–750	707	365.00–399.00	386.42
3	750–800	750	363.00–397.50	386.00
1	800–850	845	345.00	345.00
2	900–950	935	320.00–327.50	323.79
1	950–1000	955	311.00	311.00
1	1100–1150	1,145	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	500–550	538	472.50–490.00	476.11
3	550–600	570	477.50	477.50
20	600–650	628	438.00–452.50	446.79
22	650–700	653	431.00	431.00
67	900–950	933	355.00	355.00
56	950–1000	989	343.50	343.50
57	1000–1050	1,014	335.75	335.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	520.00	520.00
10	450–500	478	503.00–513.00	508.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	432.50–440.00	436.23
1	600–650	625	387.50	387.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	630.00	630.00
3	250–300	298	617.50	617.50
2	300–350	333	595.00–600.00	597.56
1	350–400	365	555.00	555.00
5	400–450	426	461.00–480.00	469.11
10	450–500	484	475.00–507.50	483.93
4	550–600	565	429.00–440.00	432.72
7	600–650	625	397.50–422.50	405.44
2	650–700	658	367.50–380.00	373.68
4	700–750	737	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	795	322.50	322.50
4	850–900	867	307.00	307.00
1	900–950	905	280.00	280.00
1	950–1000	970	270.00	270.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	497.50	497.50
1	550–600	550	460.00	460.00
4	600–650	631	432.50–452.50	442.28
4	650–700	670	407.50	407.50
1	750–800	755	372.00	372.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	635.00	635.00
3	350–400	365	585.00	585.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	530.00	530.00
1	250–300	285	535.00	535.00
1	300–350	315	475.00	475.00
2	350–400	363	475.00–495.00	485.34
2	400–450	403	425.00–452.50	438.66
1	450–500	490	455.00	455.00
3	500–550	505	402.50	402.50
4	700–750	732	280.00	280.00
2	800–850	822	260.00	260.00
1	850–900	880	265.00	265.00
1	900–950	915	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	485	395.00	395.00

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	2	—	920	2,475.00	2,475.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,567	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,105.53
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,043	233.00–240.00	237.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,148	181.00–204.00	190.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,450	3,150.00–3,450.00	3,306.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	200.00	200.00
13	—	1,547	178.00–186.00	181.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,330	187.00–195.00	191.20
7	—	1,161	170.00–183.00	176.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,056	163.00–178.00	170.59
5	—	1,041	145.00–160.00	152.66
1	—	785	130.00	130.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,048	227.00–243.00	232.90
1	—	1,065	189.00	189.00
3	—	1,663	209.00–220.00	217.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	247.00	247.00

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

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

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