Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was stronger in several spots with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 350 lbs and under appeared stronger with a lite test, while the 400-600 lbs steers were steady to 3.00 lower with a good supply and good demand. Feeder heifers 600 lbs and under were sharply higher with a good supply and good demand, while the 600-700 lbs heifers were steady with a lite test. Buyers were active today and willing to pay premiums for quality cattle, while discounting heavy conditioned and off colored cattle severely. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 lower with a moderate supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $360.67/cwt on 32 head, up $10.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −43.34 against this barn's trailing median of $404.01.

Average price

$360.67

▲ 10.99 vs prior sale

32 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$433

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

$91.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.14

vs KY average

+22.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	371.45	2,029	26
Medium and Large 2	575	320.80	1,845	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	570	280.00	1,596	1thin

One grade step is worth $91.45/cwt here — about $433 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.63, low $321.52, median $404.01 across 32 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 sale32 hd

360.67

—

KY average26 barns · 674 hd

349.53

+11.14

National average160 barns · 6,296 hd

338.02

+22.65

This barn, trailing median32 sales

404.01

−43.34

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	1,649	192.62	3,177	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,556	160.28	2,494	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	156.10	1,948	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,156	140.82	1,627	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,175	259.00	3,043	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)	1,275	$2,525	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,493	$4,305	2thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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	450–500	471	355.82/cwt	351.00–359.00	1,676	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	332.86/cwt	323.00–347.50	2,080	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	323.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,125	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	377.80/cwt	361.00–380.50	2,335	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	403.37/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,142	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	349.42/cwt	339.00–353.00	1,950	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	396.91/cwt	387.00–405.00	1,723	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	175	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,024	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	330.58/cwt	313.00–340.00	2,036	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	396.18/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,092	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	353.36/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	441.29/cwt	432.50–455.00	2,070	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	459.29/cwt	447.50–475.00	1,741	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	363.61/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,953	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,283	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	652.89/cwt	625.00–670.00	1,469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	487	400.11/cwt	397.00–407.50	1,949	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	355.38/cwt	349.00–382.50	2,015	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	401.81/cwt	387.00–417.00	1,567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	451.39/cwt	445.00–467.50	1,964	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	900–950	945	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	684	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,360	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	685	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	400.14/cwt	390.00–412.50	2,037	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,171	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	314	492.04/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,780	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	435	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	240	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	685	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	270	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	322	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,739	2
Bulls	—	—	1,380	175.12/cwt	167.00–185.00	2,417	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,175	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	3,043	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,713	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	162.47/cwt	158.00–171.00	2,026	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,059	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	154.64/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,721	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	575	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,121	1
Bulls	Large 1	650–700	695	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,102	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	158.22/cwt	151.00–167.00	2,490	13
Bulls	—	—	1,851	205.75/cwt	199.00–211.00	3,808	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	140.39/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,675	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,478	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,493	4,304.61/head	4,050.00–4,550.00	4,305	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	285	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,796	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,145	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	197.53/cwt	171.00–237.50	2,187	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,405	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Heifers	Large 2	650–700	665	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	265	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	317.87/cwt	317.50–319.00	1,856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	419.62/cwt	412.50–430.00	1,779	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	325.97/cwt	310.00–337.00	1,848	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	355.06/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,889	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	368.00/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,120	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	441.32/cwt	427.50–455.00	2,087	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,095	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	456.78/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,896	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,985	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	649	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,505	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	908	246.98/cwt	242.50–255.00	2,243	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	369.42/cwt	355.00–382.50	2,253	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,101	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	734	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,602	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,708	2

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 Aug 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 398Last week 208Year ago 773

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 53Year ago 116

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 14Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	445.00	445.00
2	350–400	390	387.00–417.00	401.81
8	400–450	434	387.00–405.00	396.91
10	450–500	471	351.00–359.00	355.82
11	500–550	537	350.00–382.50	363.61
4	550–600	558	339.00–353.00	349.42
3	600–650	616	313.00–340.00	330.58
2	650–700	673	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	770	297.00	297.00
1	800–850	805	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	531	395.00–405.00	403.37
5	550–600	576	360.00–370.00	368.00
93	600–650	618	361.00–380.50	377.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	640.00	640.00
2	250–300	265	590.00	590.00
4	300–350	314	480.00–505.00	492.04
2	350–400	355	480.00	480.00
2	400–450	400	445.00	445.00
10	450–500	487	397.00–407.50	400.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	684	345.00	345.00
1	900–950	945	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	331.00	331.00
1	500–550	540	332.50	332.50
4	550–600	584	317.50–319.00	317.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	175	585.00	585.00
1	200–250	235	500.00	500.00
5	350–400	379	447.50–475.00	459.29
7	400–450	435	445.00–467.50	451.39
5	450–500	469	432.50–455.00	441.29
8	500–550	509	390.00–412.50	400.14
13	550–600	567	349.00–382.50	355.38
6	600–650	625	323.00–347.50	332.86
5	650–700	657	320.00–325.00	323.50
1	700–750	705	323.00	323.00
1	800–850	810	260.00	260.00
2	850–900	865	251.00	251.00
5	900–950	908	242.50–255.00	246.98
1	1050–1100	1,050	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	625.00–670.00	652.89
2	250–300	270	645.00	645.00
2	300–350	322	540.00	540.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	393.00	393.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	695	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	605	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	770	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	420.00	420.00
1	350–400	365	440.00	440.00
4	400–450	424	412.50–430.00	419.62
1	450–500	455	396.00	396.00
4	500–550	532	350.00–360.00	355.06
5	550–600	567	310.00–337.00	325.97
1	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	700	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	517.50	517.50
3	400–450	415	450.00–460.00	456.78
2	450–500	473	427.50–455.00	441.32
12	500–550	528	380.00–405.00	396.18
5	550–600	581	393.00	393.00
3	600–650	610	355.00–382.50	369.42
3	650–700	660	350.00–360.00	353.36
1	1050–1100	1,095	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	630.00	630.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	322.50	322.50
1	500–550	540	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	450.00	450.00
1	300–350	310	443.00	443.00
1	350–400	350	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	492	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	540	367.50	367.50
1	800–850	825	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	649	386.00	386.00
13	700–750	734	354.50	354.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,380	167.00–185.00	175.12
4	—	1,851	199.00–211.00	205.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	259.00	259.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	137.00	137.00
3	—	1,247	158.00–171.00	162.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	117.00	117.00
2	—	1,113	153.00–156.00	154.64
9	—	1,193	135.00–146.00	140.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,574	151.00–167.00	158.22
1	—	1,325	187.00	187.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,493	4,050.00–4,550.00	4,304.61
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	2,050.00	2,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,405	3,000.00	3,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,107	171.00–237.50	197.53

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

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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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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

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